Abstract: When information is recorded in an optical recording medium having a recording layer by irradiating a laser beam thereto through an optical system, the recording is carried out under the conditions: &lgr;/NA≦680 nm and n·Tw≦22 ns wherein the laser beam has a wavelength &lgr;, the optical system includes an objective lens having a numerical aperture NA, the window margin is Tw, and a signal length corresponding to the shortest recorded mark is n·Tw. The method provides for a high transfer rate and minimizes the jitter.

Abstract: A wire processing apparatus includes a microwave generator, a microwave transmitter, a waveguide coaxial converter and a wire insertion pipe, and the wire insertion pipe is disposed in the wireguide coaxial converter. In wire recycling process, after a tip end of a coated wire is inserted into the wire insertion pipe, microwave is launched into the inside of the waveguide coaxial converter. The tip end of the coated wire is separated into a decomposed coating insulator and a molten electric conductor by microwave. In wire cross-linking process, after microwave is launched into the inside of the waveguide coaxial converter, the coated wire is inserted into the wire insertion pipe. The coated wire is cross-linked by high frequency heat and a coating insulator is adhered well to an electric conductor by heat shrinking.

Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a recording layer in which a record mark can be formed by projecting a laser beam thereonto, a first dielectric layer disposed on the side of a light incidence plane with respect to the recording layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the opposite side to the light incidence plane with respect to the recording layer, a heat radiation layer disposed on the side of the light incidence plane with respect to the first dielectric layer and a reflective layer disposed on the opposite side to the light incidence plane with respect to the second dielectric layer, the recording layer containing a phase change material represented by a general formula: (SbxTe+x)+y My wherein M is an element other than Sb and Te, the first dielectric layer containing a mixture of ZnS and SiO2, the reflective layer containing Ag or alloy containing 90 atomic % or more of Ag, and the heat radiation layer containing 90 atomic % or more of aluminum nitride.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording method for recording data in an optical recording medium, which can reduce jitter of a reproduced signal even in the case where data are recorded at a plurality of linear recording velocities.

Abstract: A metal-inorganic particle composite material is heated into a melt. Flux is thrown into the melt, and both the melt and the flux are brought into contact with each other sufficiently. The resulting melt is then left at rest so as to be separated into an upper layer containing inorganic particles a and a lower layer composed of metal. Subsequently the upper layer and the lower layer are recovered individually.

Abstract: A tape drive apparatus employing, as a recording medium, a tape cassette (1) including a memory (4) in a cassette half unit (6) having accommodated a magnetic tape (3). When recording the application data on the magnetic tape (3), the application data to be recorded on the magnetic tape (3) is written in an area of a preset size of the memory (4), beginning from the leading end of the application data to be recorded on the magnetic tape (3). In this manner, at least the management information located at the leading end of the application data can be stored in the memory (4). In reproducing the application data from the tape cassette (1), the management information stored in the memory (4) is exploited to save time for accessing the management information recorded on the magnetic tape (3) to speed up the accessing to the data recorded on the magnetic tape (3).

Abstract: A television telephone apparatus includes a data compressor which is an image compressor or a voice compressor, an inputting unit and a load amount controller. The inputting unit generates a process amount reduction instruction of the image compressor or the voice compressor. The load amount controller controls a compression process amount of the image compressor or the voice compressor such that the compression process amount is reduced.

Abstract: In an installation structure, mounting/dismounting a device on a body panel can be done easily and the device can be fixed securely and recyclability is improved. Providing a mounting portion (27) on an automotive component (10), a supporting portion (51) on the body of a motor vehicle (50), a magnet (45) on either one of the mounting portion (27) or supporting portion (51), and making the other of the mounting portion (27) or supporting portion (51) with a ferromagnetic material, the mounting portion (27) and the supporting portion (51) are fixed attractively by magnetic force. The mounting portion (27) is provided with a slide portion (29) and the supporting portion (51) is provided with a guide portion (53) engaging slidingly with the slide portion (29).

Abstract: In an optical information medium comprising a supporting substrate, an information recording layer thereon, and a light-transmitting layer wherein a recording/reading laser beam enters the recording layer through the light-transmitting layer, the light-transmitting layer is formed of a resin and has a tensile strength at break of 5-40 MPa, a tensile elongation at break of 15-100%, and a tensile modulus of 40-1,000 MPa. The medium has improved recording/reading characteristics when a laser beam defines a beam spot having a small diameter of up to 300 &mgr;m and the medium is rotated at a high linear velocity of at least 8 m/s.

Abstract: In an optical information medium comprising a supporting substrate, an information recording layer thereon, and a light-transmitting layer wherein a recording/reading laser beam enters the recording layer through the light-transmitting layer, the light-transmitting layer is formed of a resin and has a tensile strength at break of 5-40 MPa, a tensile elongation at break of 15-100%, and a tensile modulus of 40≧1,000 MPa. The medium has improved recording/reading characteristics when a laser beam defines a beam spot having a small diameter of up to 300 &mgr;m and the medium is rotated at a high linear velocity of at least 8 m/s.

Abstract: In an optical recording medium wherein grooves or lands formed on the supporting substrate are used for the recording tracks, and wherein prepits are also formed, production of the supporting substrate and high density recording are facilitated. This medium comprises a supporting substrate and a recording layer on the substrate wherein the surface of the supporting substrate on which the recording layer is formed is formed with alternating continuous convex portions and continuous concave portions which are substantially parallel to each other. The adjacent continuous convex portions are connected by bridging convex portions extending in transverse direction, and the bridging convex portion has a planar configuration that its width is minimum at or near the center between the adjacent continuous convex portions. The supporting substrate is produced by using a master disk which has a resist layer formed with mother patterns of each of the continuous convex portions, continuous concave portions, and prepits.

Abstract: In a TV telephone system, a video compression section performs interframe predictive encoding of a video signal captured by a video camera, so as to generate INTRA video data and INTER video data. In the case in which the video compression section generates INTRA video data, the INTRA video data is performed TCP protocol processing by a TCP section, and in the case in which the video compression section generates INTER video data, the INTER is performed UDP protocol processing by a UDP section. The result is that communication of INTRA video data is performed using the TCP protocol and communication of INTER video data is performed using the UDP protocol.

Abstract: A tape driving apparatus which operates corresponding to the individual tape cassette loaded therein. A tape driving unit is included for running a magnetic tape included in the tape cassette and for recording/reproducing information to/from the magnetic tape. A memory driving unit is provided for reading/writing management information from/to a memory by implementing a predetermined communicating process. The memory is located at the tape cassette and stores the management information for managing a recording/reproducing operation to/from the magnetic tape. Identification information of the tape cassette is detected from the memory. A knowledge information memory stores knowledge information formed of operation specifying information and conditional information corresponding to the identification information of the tape cassette. The conditional information is evaluated based on the identification information.

Abstract: A mail transmitting server 100 comprises a notification method table 102, a data receiver 104, and a notification method selector 107. The notification method table 102 stores types of computer viruses and notification methods for the result of detection of computer viruses in association with each other. The data receiver 104 receives data from a cellular phone 20. The notification method selector 107 selects a method of notifying the cellular phone 20 of the virus detection result, based on a type of a computer virus included in the data received by the data receiver 104.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a generator for producing a first microwave. The apparatus includes a slot antenna for receiving the first microwave to radiate a second microwave in a shape. The apparatus includes a dielectric window for receiving the second microwave to produce surface-wave plasma. The apparatus includes a conveyor for an object to pass in proximity to the dielectric window. The apparatus includes a transmitting path for transmitting the first microwave in a direction. The apparatus includes a coaxial converter provided to a front end of the transmitting path. The coaxial converter includes an internal conductor for converting the first microwave from the direction into an orthogonal direction relative to the transmission path. The apparatus includes a discharging chamber provided to the dielectric window.

Abstract: This invention provides a recording medium supportable device such as a library device (50), which authenticates each recording medium by identification information such as serial number and controls the recording medium by a command based on radio communication. In this case, a communication identifier like a session identifier corresponding to the identification number is set and provided and the communication identifier is included in a command at the time of execution of control, so that only a specified recording medium to be controlled carries out an operation corresponding to the command. When authenticating the recording medium, the identification information, which is proper information such as serial number, is confirmed through reliable communication using successive communication identifiers, and reliable authentication of the recording medium is carried out by several stages of communication.

Abstract: In an optical recording medium of land/groove recording system, a sufficient tilt margin and a reduced cross talk are realized simultaneously with a sufficiently increased output. Provided is an optical recording medium having a light-transmitting substrate formed with grooves wherein the grooves and the region between adjacent grooves are used for the recording track, and a reading beam is irradiated through the light-transmitting substrate, wherein the relations: −12.6T+15.6≦x≦25T−3.8, and 0.55≦T≦0.68 are satisfied when the reading beam has a wavelength of &lgr;, the light-transmitting substrate has a refractive index at the wavelength &lgr; of n, the reading optical system has a numerical aperture of NA, recording track pitch is PT, the groove has a depth of &lgr;/(x·n), and T is PT/(&lgr;/NA).

Abstract: The present invention provides a portable telephone which allows the efficient storage of data. The portable telephone 100 comprises a pattern data receiving unit 103, a pattern data extraction unit 104, and a pattern data storage unit 105. The pattern data receiving unit 103 receives a plurality of sets of pattern data that are transmitted from a server device 10 in accordance with a pattern data transmission request. The pattern data extraction unit 104 extracts specified pattern data from the plurality of sets of pattern data received by the pattern data receiving unit 103 on the basis of terminal information that relates to the portable telephone 100. The pattern data storage unit 105 stores the specified pattern data that is extracted by the pattern data extraction unit 104.

Abstract: A mobile unit 10 is provided with a called party number acquiring unit 102 for acquiring a called party number corresponding to a call origination command entered by a user, a number checking unit 103 for checking the called party number acquired by the called party number acquiring unit 102, against every origination-restricted number stored in an origination-restricted number storing unit 112, and an origination restricting unit 104 for restricting origination of a call on the basis of the result of the checking by the number checking unit 103.

Abstract: A cellular phone 100 is provided with a data transmitter 102, a detection result receiver 103, and a virus management information storage 104. The data transmitter 102 transmits data to a virus detecting apparatus 20. The detection result receiver 103 receives as virus management information a result of detection on whether the data transmitted by the data transmitter 102 includes a computer virus. The virus management information storage 104 stores the data and the virus management information about the data in association with each other.