Abstract: The invention provides a sensor comprising a frame, a plurality of beams extending inwardly from said frame, a weight portion supported by the beams, a piezoelectric-resistor formed on each beam and an insulating layer that covers the piezoelectric-resistor. The piezoelectric-resistor has at least one bend, and a metal wiring is located on the insulting layer positioned at the bend. The metal wiring is connected to the bend via at least two contact holes formed in the insulating layer. Contact holes are formed in the insulating layer positioned at both ends of the piezoelectric-resistor, and a bridge circuit wiring is connected to the piezoelectric-resistor via the contact holes.

Abstract: A fluid filter including: an upper case member having a flow outlet; a lower case member having a flow inlet; a filter element having a folded filter material and a holding frame which holds the circumferential part of the filter material and is sandwiched between the upper case member and the lower case member; and a reinforcing member provided to extend in a direction crossing the ridge line direction of the folds of the filter material, the reinforcing member is provided in such a manner that, when the height of the folds is defined as h1, the lower end thereof is positioned above a position of 0.6 h1 from the upper end of the folds.

Abstract: A content reproduction device includes: a plurality of communication units (a cellular phone and a wireless LAN communication unit), each receiving a content transmitted in segments from a content transmission device over a communication path; a content reconstruction unit that has a buffer in which each segmented data of the content received by each of the communication units is temporarily accumulated, and that reconstructs each segmented data accumulated in the buffer into the content; a reproduction unit that reproduces, at a predetermined bit rate, the content reconstructed by the content reconstruction unit; and a communication control unit that: calculates, for every predetermined time, target transmission speeds to be assigned for content reception performed by the respective communication units, based on free space in the buffer and the bit rate; and transmits a first request signal indicating the calculated target transmission speeds to the content transmission device via one of the communication un

Abstract: The automatic transmission fluid filter includes a plastic upper case having an outlet port, a plastic lower case having an inlet port, and a filter element including a filter medium and a plastic holder frame holding the periphery of the filter medium and held between the upper case and lower case, at least one of the upper case and lower case including a pair of joint portions respectively joined to opposite walls a of the holder frame, and a connecting wall connecting the pair of joint portions and having a circular arc longitudinal cross section protruding outward of one case.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a multilayer wiring board that includes a core board, a wiring layer, and an electrically insulating layer that are stacked on the core board. The manufacturing method forms a plurality of through holes in a core member, a thermal expansion coefficient of the core board being between 2 to 20 ppm, and the core member selected from silicon, ceramics, glass, a glass-epoxy composite, and metal. The through holes are made conductive by a conductive material, to electrically connect between the front and the back of the core board. A wiring layer and an electrically insulating layer are stacked on one surface of the core board to form a multilayer wiring layer. A capacitor is formed on the other surface of the core board.

Abstract: The automatic transmission fluid filter includes a plastic upper case having an outlet port, a plastic lower case having an inlet port , and a filter element including a filter medium and a plastic holder frame holding the periphery of the filter medium and held between the upper case and lower case, at least one of the upper case and lower case including a pair of joint portions respectively joined to opposite walls a of the holder frame, and a connecting wall connecting the pair of joint portions and having a circular arc longitudinal cross section protruding outward of one case.

Abstract: The present invention provide a transmission system comprising a transmission apparatus for transmitting audio data of multi channels and auxiliary data required for playback of the audio data, and a receiving apparatus for receiving the audio data and the auxiliary data which are transmitted by the transmission apparatus. A multiplexer of the transmission apparatus creates block data that is composed of 8 frames, and first 1 byte of each frame is allocated to a header having Sync, OE and the like, the second byte is allocated to the auxiliary data including AUX data and copyright protect information, and remaining bytes are used to transmit the audio data. An encryptor carries out an encryption process for the second and later bytes of each frame, and a communication means outputs encrypted data.

Abstract: A transmission system includes a transmission apparatus and a receiving apparatus for repeatedly transmitting and receiving a frame with plural time slots at a constant frequency, in which digital audio data of plural channels and auxiliary data required to playback the digital audio data are transmitted using previously allocated time slots. A multiplexer is provided for multiplexing, assuming an area made up of previously allocated time slots that are included in respective frames amounting to a number of a multiple of n as block data when the predetermined encryption unit is n bytes. The digital audio data and the auxiliary data are allocated as the block data wherein the auxiliary data is allocated to the time slots that are located at the same positions of respective plural frames within the block data, and the digital audio data is allocated in the time slots that are located at the same position in the respective frames amounting to the number of a multiple of n in the block data.

Abstract: In a multilayer wiring board comprising a core board, and a wiring layer and an electrically insulating layer that are stacked on one surface of said core board, a thermal expansion coefficient of said core board in XY directions falls within a range of 2 to 20 ppm, a core member for said core board is a core member selected from silicon, ceramics, glass, a glass-epoxy composite, and metal, said core board is provided with a plurality of through holes that are made conductive between the front and the back by a conductive material, and a capacitor is provided on one surface of said core board, wherein said capacitor comprises an upper electrode being the conductive material in said through hole, and a lower electrode disposed so as to confront said upper electrode via a dielectric layer.

Abstract: Stream data and a command output from a drive device are individually packetized in a first packet processing unit. The stream data packet and the command packet are further multiplexed, and the multiplexed data is transmitted to a transmission path using a synchronous channel. When the command output from a decoding unit is packetized in a second packet processing unit, it is packetized by multiplexing flow control information output from the decoding unit, and is transmitted to the first packet processing unit using a synchronous channel of the transmission path. Based on this flow control information, reading/writing by the drive device is controlled.

Abstract: In a multilayer wiring board comprising a core board, and a wiring layer and an electrically insulating layer that are stacked on one surface of said core board, a thermal expansion coefficient of said core board in XY directions falls within a range of 2 to 20 ppm, a core member for said core board is a core member selected from silicon, ceramics, glass, a glass-epoxy composite, and metal, said core board is provided with a plurality of through holes that are made conductive between the front and the back by a conductive material, and a capacitor is provided on one surface of said core board, wherein said capacitor comprises an upper electrode being the conductive material in said through hole, and a lower electrode disposed so as to confront said upper electrode via a dielectric layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a sensor comprising a frame, a plurality of beams extending inwardly from said frame, a weight portion supported by the beams, a piezoelectric-resistor formed on each beam and an insulating layer that covers the piezoelectric-resistor. The piezoelectric-resistor has at least one bend, and a metal wiring is located on the insulting layer positioned at the bend. The metal wiring is connected to the bend via at least two contact holes formed in the insulating layer. Contact holes are formed in the insulating layer positioned at both ends of the piezoelectric-resistor, and a bridge circuit wiring is connected to the piezoelectric-resistor via the contact holes.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to display or generate a map image which is easy for a moving user to intuitively understand. In an image providing system, an image generation apparatus 2 is connected to an image pickup apparatus 1, which is externally provided, so as to communicate with each other, and an image display apparatus 3 is connected to the image generation apparatus 2 so as to communicate with each other. The image display apparatus 3 displays a first map image of a moving object having the image display apparatus itself mounted thereon, and the vicinity of the moving object by using a display section 34. A communication section 35 requests a point-of-view converted image from the image generation apparatus 2 by notifying an point-of-view angle and a line-of-sight direction of the displayed first map image.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide an oxygen storage substance which has higher oxygen storage capacity than conventional substances and is inexpensive. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The oxygen storage substance is a calcium aluminosilicate (mayenite), i.e., a substance of a crystal structure which is synthesized by hydrothermally treating a mixture of calcium oxide, alumina (sol), and amorphous silica, has a three-dimensional network composed of AlO4 tetrahedrons and (Al,Si)O4 tetrahedrons in which part of the aluminum atoms have been replaced with silicon atoms, with vertex oxygen atoms being shared, and has oxide ions (O2?) occluded in microspaces in the structure. Part of the calcium atoms may be replaced with atoms of a transition metal, e.g., copper.

Abstract: An entertainment system capable of quickly permitting a viewer in a moving body to assume a posture of safety is provided. An entertainment system includes a capturing portion for generating a landscape image by capturing a landscape on a traveling direction of a vehicle, a contents information outputting portion for outputting contents information containing image information, a position-in-a-traveling-direction sensing portion for sensing a position on the traveling direction of the vehicle based on the landscape image generated by the capturing portion, a composite image generating portion for generating a contents image from the contents information output by the contents information outputting portion, and generating a composite image by combining the contents image with the landscape image such that the contents image is arranged on surroundings of the sensed position, and a displaying portion for displaying the composite image generated by the first composite image generating portion.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image output device capable of performing a screen switching without causing a user to feel discomfort or anxiety. An in-vehicle image output device 101 receives moving image data from a content storing section 110 via a communication section 102, and the received moving image data is decoded in a decoding section 103. An effect processing controlling section 106 calculates, as an effect processing execution time, a time period required from when an instruction to reproduce the moving image data is received to when the reproduction of the moving image data starts, and causes an effect processed image generating section 107 to generate an image in which a current screen is shifted to a subsequent screen. After displaying the effect processed image, the control section 105 changes an output so as to display an image of the moving image data.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor design apparatus including: a determination section that determines a connection position of a capacitor to suppress a noise on a layout data in which a layout of circuit cells are completed; a calculation section that calculates a capacitance value required to suppress the noise; a generation section that generates the capacitor satisfying the capacitance value; and a wiring section that wires the capacitor to a power wiring and a ground wiring at the connection position.

Abstract: An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus includes: a communication unit which is connected with a mobile phone; a storage unit for storing a voice of a party on the other end of a call; a situation analysis unit for analyzing surrounding situations of a car based on information outputted from a group of sensors for detecting the surrounding situations; an action determination unit for determining, based on the result of the analysis of the situation analysis unit, to continue or hold the call between a driver and the party, or cancel the hold; a playback control unit for playing back the voice of the party stored in the storage unit according to a control signal outputted based on the determination by the action determination unit to cancel the hold; and a voice output unit for outputting the voice played back by the playback control unit for the driver.

Abstract: The present invention realizes streaming reproduction in an environment in which a communication speed changes due to a change in the position of a moving body such as a vehicle.

Abstract: An on-vehicle recording/reproduction apparatus (700) of a data transmission/reception system includes: an extraction unit (502) which compares a database file (710) with a received database file (610) and extracts information regarding audio data recorded in a home recording/reproduction apparatus (600) but not recorded in the on-vehicle recording/reproduction apparatus (700); a sending unit which sends the audio data that is recorded in the on-vehicle recording/reproduction apparatus (700) but not recorded in the home recording/reproduction apparatus (600) and which is extracted by the extraction unit (502) to the home recording/reproduction apparatus (600); a delete determination unit (701) which determines whether to copy a song to the home recording/reproduction apparatus (600) or to delete the song from the recording unit (101) of the on-vehicle recording/reproduction apparatus (700) itself, by checking items “copy origin,” “copy destination,” and “priority level” in the database file (710).