Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus including an encoding unit that converts, based on a first conversion rule group according to which a total value for a base-K symbol sequence is X and a second conversion rule group according to which the total value for the base-K symbol sequence is ?X among conversion rule groups for converting an L-bit bit sequence into the base-K symbol sequence (K>2) of N/2 symbol, an M-bit (M?2*L) bit sequence into the base-K symbol sequence of N symbols. When converting the M-bit bit sequence into the base-K symbol sequence of N symbols, the encoding unit converts a first-half N/2 symbol based on the first conversion rule group and converts a second-half N/2 symbol based on the second conversion rule group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a communication control method employed by a communication apparatus that includes a primary communication interface and a plurality of relay communication interfaces and has a communication interface coupling function of transferring a transmission/reception frame of the primary communication interface through one of the plurality of relay communication interfaces. The method includes the steps of: acquiring traffic information concerning the primary communication interface; and dynamically varying a transfer allocation ratio between the plurality of relay communication interfaces based on the traffic information.

Abstract: Various services relating to cellular phones are integrally provided on a SIM card at the initiative of carriers. A wireless communication function via a reflected-wave transmission system is mounted to a SIM card to allow access to a control interface of a SIM card from an external control device via a wireless communication. The SIM card is provided with a credit function for treating electronic money as well as a SIM function for allowing a carrier to treat subscriber information. Furthermore, a high-capacity of memory card function is added to the SIM card to allow access to the control interface of the memory card from a control device via the reflected-wave transmission system.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a lamp device that is capable of avoiding concentration of stresses in a sub-mirror fixing portion of an arc tube. The lamp device can include an arc tube provided with a bulb portion encapsulating inside a pair of electrodes, and a pair of sealing portions formed continuously from the bulb portion and sealing inside electrode axes having the electrodes at tip ends and conductor foils to bring the electrode axes into conduction, a main reflection mirror, to which the sealing portion is fixed, to reflect lights emitted from the arc tube toward an illuminated region, and a sub-mirror fixed to the sealing portion in such a manner that a reflection surface opposes the main reflection mirror with the bulb portion in between. The sub-mirror can be bonded with a bonding agent to a surface region of the sealing portion present in a direction moving away from the bulb portion in reference to a position corresponding to a termination of the electrode axis.

Abstract: In a provided information processing device, a first information processing module, within its transmission time segment, transmits an encoded signal in which mutually distinct first and second bit values are respectively expressed by pluralities of mutually distinct first amplitude values and second amplitude values, the same amplitude value not occurring consecutively and the amplitude value polarity being inverted with each cycle. Within a transmission time segment for a second information processing module, the first information processing module transmits a clock signal that corresponds to the cycle at which the polarity is inverted.

Abstract: A lamp device and a projector having the lamp device eliminated of light leaking in a direction opposite to a reflecting direction at a rear end of an encapsulation fixing an arc tube on a reflection mirror is simply and inexpensively provided. An arc tube and a reflection mirror are provided. The arc tube has encapsulations one of which is inserted in a cylinder of the reflection mirror thereby securing the encapsulation and the cylinder together by an adhesive. The bulb of the arc tube and the other encapsulation are positioned on a side close to a reflection surface of the reflection mirror. The encapsulation inserted in the cylinder and positioned on a side opposite to the reflection surface has an end at least at an end face of which is covered with the adhesive thereby providing light shield.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a communication control method employed by a communication apparatus that includes a primary communication interface and a plurality of relay communication interfaces and has a communication interface coupling function of transferring a transmission/reception frame of the primary communication interface through one of the plurality of relay communication interfaces. The method includes the steps of: acquiring traffic information concerning the primary communication interface; and dynamically varying a transfer allocation ratio between the plurality of relay communication interfaces based on the traffic information.

Abstract: A light source device has: a light-emitting tube including a light-emitting portion that emits a light beam through electrodes and a pair of sealing portions provided on both sides of the light-emitting portion and lead wires for making electrical continuity between the electrodes and an external power source, the lead wires extending from the distal ends of the sealing portions, respectively; and a reflector having a concave reflecting surface that emits, from the opening thereof, the light beam irradiated by the light-emitting tube after aligning in a predetermined direction, in which the lead wire extends from the sealing portion on the light beam irradiation front side of the reflector up to the opening end portion of the reflector, the lead wire having bent portions in which the lead wire is sequentially bent along the shape of the opening edge portion. The lead wire is reliably fixed to the reflector by the spring force between the bent portions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a communications system that uses multiple transmission media, the system including: communications interface combining adapters connected via a power-line transmission path and a wireless transmission path between wireless LAN access points, each adapter having a power line communication interface and a wireless LAN interface, the wireless LAN interface having an access point function and an inter-access point communication function; wireless LAN terminals connected to the access points included in the adapters; and a wired LAN terminal connected to a wired LAN interface included in at least some of the adapters. Data transfer between the wireless LAN terminals or between one of the wireless LAN terminals and the wired LAN terminal is performed via a high-speed combined interface logically formed by using the power-line transmission path and inter-access point communication between the adapters to which the terminals participating in the data transfer are connected.

Abstract: In a lamp device provided with an arc tube, a principal reflection mirror, and a sub-mirror; a decrease in illumination light, caused by a trigger line disposed to improve the turn-on characteristics of the arc tube, being suppressed. The lamp device include an arc tube having a bulb portion that incorporates electrodes and sealing portions; a principal reflection mirror; a sub-mirror; leads connected to an electrode at an end portion of each of the sealing portions; and a trigger line. The trigger line has a ring-like portion wound around the sealing portion. The trigger line extends from the ring-like portion and has a wiring path that passes a neighborhood of the bulb portion without coming into contact with the bulb portion, further extends along the sealing portion and is connected to the lead. The wiring path is in the same plane that extends through an optical axis.

Abstract: A light source device has: a light-emitting tube including a light-emitting portion that emits a light beam through electrodes and a pair of sealing portions provided on both sides of the light-emitting portion and lead wires for making electrical continuity between the electrodes and an external power source, the lead wires extending from the distal ends of the sealing portions, respectively; and a reflector having a concave reflecting surface that emits, from the opening thereof, the light beam irradiated by the light-emitting tube after aligning in a predetermined direction, in which the lead wire extends from the sealing portion on the light beam irradiation front side of the reflector up to the opening end portion of the reflector, the lead wire having bent portions in which the lead wire is sequentially bent along the shape of the opening edge portion. The lead wire is reliably fixed to the reflector by the spring force between the bent portions.

Abstract: A light source device (10) has: a light-emitting tube (11) including a light-emitting portion (111) that emits a light beam through electrodes (114) and a pair of sealing portions (112, 113) provided on both sides of the light-emitting portion (111) and lead wires (200, 210) for making electrical continuity between the electrodes (114) and an external power source, the lead wires (200, 210) extending from the distal ends of the sealing portions (112, 113), respectively; and a reflector (12) having a concave reflecting surface (124) that emits, from the opening thereof, the light beam irradiated by the light-emitting tube (11) after aligning in a predetermined direction, in which the lead wire (200) extends from the sealing portion (112) on the light beam irradiation front side of the reflector (12) up to the opening end portion (125) of the reflector (12), the lead wire (200) having bent portions (221, 222, 223) in which the lead wire (200) is sequentially bent along the shape of the opening edge portion (125

Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a lamp device that is capable of avoiding concentration of stresses in a sub-mirror fixing portion of an arc tube. The lamp device can include an arc tube provided with a bulb portion encapsulating inside a pair of electrodes, and a pair of sealing portions formed continuously from the bulb portion and sealing inside electrode axes having the electrodes at tip ends and conductor foils to bring the electrode axes into conduction, a main reflection mirror, to which the sealing portion is fixed, to reflect lights emitted from the arc tube toward an illuminated region, and a sub-mirror fixed to the sealing portion in such a manner that a reflection surface opposes the main reflection mirror with the bulb portion in between. The sub-mirror can be bonded with a bonding agent to a surface region of the sealing portion present in a direction moving away from the bulb portion in reference to a position corresponding to a termination of the electrode axis.

Abstract: To reduce or prevent adhesive particles from being scattered toward a light-emitting portion of an arc tube and an auxiliary reflecting surface of an auxiliary mirror even when an inorganic adhesive injected for fixing the auxiliary mirror to the arc tube is boiled, a method of manufacturing a light source lamp includes: setting a light-reflecting surface of the auxiliary mirror so as to face the light-emitting portion of the arc tube and injecting an adhesive into a gap between the auxiliary mirror and the arc tube; heating and curing the adhesive from a side nearer to the light-emitting portion of the arc tube; and attaching the reflector to the arc tube with the auxiliary mirror fixed thereto. For example, a heated air blowoff and light irradiation toward the adhesive form the side nearer to the light-emitting portion of the arc tube may be performed. Further, a projector includes: an illumination system with the light source lamp; an optical modulator; and a projector lens.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a light source lamp that has a light-emitting portion and sealing sections provided on both sides of the light-emitting portion; a reflector that aligns and irradiates a light beam radiated by the light source lamp in a predetermined direction; and a sub-reflection mirror of which reflection surface opposes to a reflection surface of the reflector and reflects the light beam radiated by the light-emitting portion of the light source lamp toward the reflector. In the sub-reflection mirror, an adhesion surface of an insertion hole is bonded to the sealing section by an adhesive in a condition that the sealing section is inserted in the insertion hole. A cutting portion of the sub-reflection mirror is so formed to extend over a portion bonded by the adhesive in plan view.

Abstract: A radio communication system for transmitting voice or music data includes a data supplying source device for supplying the voice or music data, the data supplying source device having a reflector for transmitting a reflected wave signal obtained by modulating a received radio wave based on the data to be transmitted; and a data supply destination device for receiving the voice or music data, the data supply destination device having a reflected wave reader for transmitting an unmodulated carrier and for reading a reflected wave signal resulting from modulation of the unmodulated carrier. The voice or music data is transmitted by reflected wave transmission between the data supplying source device and the data supply destination device.

Abstract: A light source device (10) has: a light-emitting tube (11) including a light-emitting portion (111) that emits a light beam through electrodes (114) and a pair of sealing portions (112, 113) provided on both sides of the light-emitting portion (111) and lead wires (200, 210) for making electrical continuity between the electrodes (114) and an external power source, the lead wires (200, 210) extending from the distal ends of the sealing portions (112, 113), respectively; and a reflector (12) having a concave reflecting surface (124) that emits, from the opening thereof, the light beam irradiated by the light-emitting tube (11) after aligning in a predetermined direction, in which the lead wire (200) extends from the sealing portion (112) on the light beam irradiation front side of the reflector (12) up to the opening end portion (125) of the reflector (12), the lead wire (200) having bent portions (221, 222, 223) in which the lead wire (200) is sequentially bent along the shape of the opening edge portion (125

Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a lamp device that is capable of avoiding concentration of stresses in a sub-mirror fixing portion of an arc tube. The lamp device can include an arc tube provided with a bulb portion encapsulating inside a pair of electrodes, and a pair of sealing portions formed continuously from the bulb portion and sealing inside electrode axes having the electrodes at tip ends and conductor foils to bring the electrode axes into conduction, a main reflection mirror, to which the sealing portion is fixed, to reflect lights emitted from the arc tube toward an illuminated region, and a sub-mirror fixed to the sealing portion in such a manner that a reflection surface opposes the main reflection mirror with the bulb portion in between. The sub-mirror can be bonded with a bonding agent to a surface region of the sealing portion present in a direction moving away from the bulb portion in reference to a position corresponding to a termination of the electrode axis.

Abstract: To reduce or prevent adhesive particles from being scattered toward a light-emitting portion of an arc tube and an auxiliary reflecting surface of an auxiliary mirror even when an inorganic adhesive injected for fixing the auxiliary mirror to the arc tube is boiled, a method of manufacturing a light source lamp includes: setting a light-reflecting surface of the auxiliary mirror so as to face the light-emitting portion of the arc tube and injecting an adhesive into a gap between the auxiliary mirror and the arc tube; heating and curing the adhesive from a side nearer to the light-emitting portion of the arc tube; and attaching the reflector to the arc tube with the auxiliary mirror fixed thereto. For example, a heated air blowoff and light irradiation toward the adhesive form the side nearer to the light-emitting portion of the arc tube may be performed. Further, a projector includes: an illumination system with the light source lamp; an optical modulator; and a projector lens.

Abstract: In a lamp device provided with an arc tube, a principal reflection mirror, and a sub-mirror; a decrease in illumination light, caused by a trigger line disposed to improve the turn-on characteristics of the arc tube, being suppressed. The lamp device include an arc tube having a bulb portion that incorporates electrodes and sealing portions; a principal reflection mirror; a sub-mirror; leads connected to an electrode at an end portion of each of the sealing portions; and a trigger line. The trigger line has a ring-like portion wound around the sealing portion. The trigger line extends from the ring-like portion and has a wiring path that passes a neighborhood of the bulb portion without coming into contact with the bulb portion, further extends along the sealing portion and is connected to the lead. The wiring path is in the same plane that extends through an optical axis.