Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking game. The present invention provides, as mini-games, a plurality of preparation processes set up in accordance with a cooking menu and simulates processes for completing the cooking menu. The present invention comprises: providing mini-games to a player; judging and accumulating degrees of achievement in the mini-games; compiling the degrees of achievement accumulated in the mini-games after all mini-games are finished and judging the game result; and displaying a tasting character and then performing animation processing for changing the expression of the tasting character in accordance with the game result and/or displaying a comment in accordance with the game result.

Abstract: A polarization analyzing apparatus includes: a light source for generating optical pulses; a light dividing part; an electromagnetic wave radiation part; a collimation part; a polarizer part; a light analyzer part; a condenser part; an optical time-delay part; an electromagnetic wave detector part; and a calculation part which Fourier-transforms time-resolved waveforms obtained by time-resolving electrical signals of s- and p-polarized electromagnetic waves reflected from a sample, and calculates amplitude and phase information of the s- and p-polarized electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: A time domain polarization analyzing apparatus that is able to derive the complex optical constant spectrum in the terahertz region of a sample without necessitating any reference measurement will be proposed.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink-jet recording material which comprises a light transmitting support, at least one ink-receptive layer provided on one surface of the support and at least one back-coating layer provided on the opposite surface of the support, wherein at least one of the back-coating layers contains inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of a primary particle of 5 to 50 nm and a binder, and a void ratio of the layer is 70% by volume or less.

Abstract: Information of a product for an information seal to be adhered to is printed on an information side of the information seal. An adhesive for adhering the information seal to the product is applied to a pattern side of the information seal, and a conduction pattern corresponding to a serial number is further formed on the pattern side. The conduction pattern includes a required number of terminals opposed to each other, and lines interconnecting those of the opposed terminals required to indicate the serial number indicated on the information side.

Abstract: Information of a product for an information seal to be adhered to is printed on an information side of the information seal. An adhesive for adhering the information seal to the product is applied to a pattern side of the information seal, and a conduction pattern corresponding to a serial number is further formed on the pattern side. The conduction pattern includes a required number of terminals opposed to each other, and lines interconnecting those of the opposed terminals required to indicate the serial number indicated on the information side.

Abstract: The coordinates detecting device comprises a plurality of sensors (LS1, LS2: photosensors, or the like,) located in prescribed positions in a coordinates detecting region for detecting coordinates set on an image display surface (4) which displays images by means of scanning lines; a counter which counts the number of clock inputs with respect to the horizontal direction of the image display surface and the number of scans in the vertical direction, on the basis of the scan timing of the scanning lines as detected by the sensors; and a coordinates identifying circuit which, when a desired trigger signal (LP3) is input from an external source, outputs the count values of the counters at the time that this trigger signal is input as relative coordinates on the image display surface. The coordinates of any position can be determined accurately even when the display uses a special television format, such as HDTV, or the like, and regardless of differences in the scanning system.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a security checking function for ascertaining the authenticity of a program to be executed, and the program and display data to be displayed are stored in an external storage device. The information processing apparatus, which has a CPU for executing a program, is connected to the external storage device and a display device for displaying the display data. During the execution of the program, the display data stored in the external storage device are displayed on the display device in consonance with that program. The display data are compared with comparison reference data that are stored in the information processing apparatus. When the two sets of data do not match, the operation of the CPU of the information processing apparatus is halted, and further execution of the program is prevented.

Abstract: A method for executing software which is stored in an external memory attached to console equipment having a CPU uses software assets advantageously. The console equipment is designed to bank switch from a BIOS ROM included in the console equipment to the software stored in the external memory during an initialization routine, to check the genuineness of the software during a security check routine, and to execute the software by the CPU of the console equipment during a program executing routine if the software is judged to be genuine during the security check routine. In some embodiments of the method, the program is executed by the CPU during the program executing routine after the security check routine, at least, has been skipped. In other embodiments, the security check is always forced to be successful. Circuitry for performing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A multi-connection device for use in a game apparatus for outputting data from a plurality of input means to the body of the game apparatus is provided. The multi-connection device is connected to respective input means 20, and comprises a plurality of input connections 32a-32d for inputting data from the input means 20, an output connection for outputting the data to the game console 10, and a control unit for sequentially reading the data from the input means 20 connected to the plural input connections 32a-32d and outputting at the output connection 20 the read data to the game console 10. The multi-connection device can simultaneously connect a larger number of input means than a number of input means directly to the game console without burdening the game apparatus with more data processing, and is very effective as an adaptor for use in a game apparatus.