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: 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: In a stream reception device, before the user operates an input section (15), a control section (12) uses locational information of each of n number of selected stream transmission stations (2) to generate and send a distribution request (R), which is data for requesting distribution of a stream (ST) stored in each of the stream transmission stations (2). Then, each stream (ST) is buffered in a stream storage section (14) sequentially from a reproduction start portion thereof. Then, in the case where a stream (ST) to be a target is stored, the control section (12) reads the target stream (ST) from the stream storage section (14), sequentially from the reproduction start portion thereof, and reproduces the target stream (ST), in response to an operation on the input section (15).

Abstract: A display system (100) is provided which includes two display devices (101a and 101b); a coupling section (102) for coupling the two display devices such that one display device can be displaced relative to the other display device; a detection section (111-114) for detecting a value by which a position of the one display device relative to the other display device can be identified; and a display control section (115) for generating an image to be displayed on each of the one and the other display devices, based on the position detected by the detection section. The one and the other display devices display their respective images generated by the display control section.

Abstract: In a display system, a projector is mounted inside a vehicle, and emits a light beam, which is generated based on an image signal, toward an opening formed at a portion near a rear end of the vehicle. An exterior screen is extendable toward the opening and is made of a material having low stiffness. While being extended toward the opening, the exterior screen displays an image by allowing the light beam emitted by the projector to pass therethrough. A screen housing unit is mounted on or near one of a rear hatch and a back door of the vehicle for accommodating the exterior screen.

Abstract: A transmitter is capable of compressing an incoming image with a relatively small delay time and transmit the compressed image data to a receiver. Image data contains at least i pixel values of pixels arranged in line along a single direction, each pixel value being expressed in n bits. A transmitter for compressing such image data and transmitting the image data to a receiver via a transmission path includes a blocking section, a data compression section, and a data sending section. The blocking section takes every p pixel values among the i pixel values in the image data to form a data block, and sequentially outputs a plurality of the data blocks each including the p pixel values. The data compression section reduces an amount of data from each data block outputted from the blocking section and thereby outputs a compressed block. The data sending section sends the compressed block outputted from the data compression section onto the transmission path.

Abstract: A control device determines whether an image generated by merging several concurrently picked-up images has consistent image quality on a display device. If determined No, image quality parameters set in each image pickup device are so controlled as to make the image quality of the merged image consistent. Therefore, the merged image can assuredly have consistent image quality. Further, a signal processing device detects, based on positions of nodes and attributes of cameras, a connection indicating which node is connected to which camera and with what attribute. The signal processing device in advance stores every detectable connection and a plurality of image processing programs corresponding to each connection, and selects and carries out one of the image processing programs corresponding to the detected connection.

Abstract: In a file system capable of reserving a storage area, disk fragments can be prevented and an insufficient file system area is hard to occur. A response time of writing a small size file can be shortened. When a file is written, a file size is compared with a plurality of preset threshold values and reservation is executed at a reservation size corresponding to the file size. If the reservation is failed due to an insufficient file system capacity, the reservation is again executed at an actual I/O size to effectively use the file system area. If the file size does not reach the preset smallest threshold value, the reservation is again executed at the actual I/O size and the reservation release process for the file equal to or smaller than the smallest threshold value is skipped.

Abstract: An installation vertical groove (13) is formed in a circuit member-installing surface (12) of a resin-molded panel (11). Then, a flat circuit member (14) is inserted into the installation vertical groove, so that the flat circuit member is installed in such a manner that this flat circuit member stands in a direction perpendicular to the circuit member-installing surface. The installation vertical groove has opposed surfaces which are spaced from each other by a distance, corresponding to a thickness of the flat circuit member and are disposed perpendicularly to the circuit member-installing surface, and this installation vertical groove is formed to be disposed below the circuit member-installing surface.

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 outputted from a drive device (101)are individually packetized in a first packet processing unit (102a). The stream data packet and the command packet are further multiplexed, and the multiplexed data is transmitted to a transmission path (104) using a synchronous channel. When the command outputted from a decoding unit (105) is packetized in a second packet processing unit (102b), it is packetized by multiplexing flow control information outputted from the decoding unit (105) on it, and transmitted to the first packet processing unit (102a) using a synchronous channel of the transmission path (104), and based on this flow control information, reading from and writing in the drive device (101) is controlled.

Abstract: An IDE interface unit (11) reads out a value of an ATA register in a DVD drive (1) repeatedly and sends the value to a host network interface device (4a). The host network interface device (4a) retains the register value in a shadow register (23). An IDE interface unit (21) sends a value of the shadow register (23) to a DVD decoder (2) (host) upon receiving a reading out signal of a register value in the ATA register (31). Thus, since a register reading out controlling signal is not sent via networks, there is no transmission delay that effects to the network.

Abstract: A program preselecting apparatus is provided. An electronic program guide storing unit stores an electronic program guide made up of a plurality of sets of program information of a plurality of programs, each of the plurality of sets of program information including a time slot, channel number, and content information of a respective program. A preselection criteria storing unit stores a plurality of preselection criteria used for specifying programs to be preselected, each of the plurality of preselection criteria including at least one criterion item which specifies at least the content information. A searching unit searches, according to each of the plurality of preselection criteria, the electronic program guide for a program corresponding to each set of program information that satisfies the criterion items of the preselection criterion. An overlap judging unit judges whether there are programs whose time slots overlap among programs found as a result of the search by the searching unit.

Abstract: In a display system, a projector 1 is mounted inside a vehicle A, and emits a light beam generated based on an image signal toward an opening G formed at a portion near a rear end of the vehicle A. An exterior screen 32 is extendable toward the opening G and is made of a material having low stiffness. While being extended toward the opening G, the exterior screen 32 displays an image by allowing the light L beam emitted by the projector 1 to pass therethrough. A screen housing unit 31 is mounted on or near one of a rear hatch B and a back door B of the vehicle A for accommodating the exterior screen 32.

Abstract: An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus 10 includes: a communication unit 15 which is connected with a mobile phone 30; a storage unit 17 for storing a voice of a party on the other end of a call; a situation analysis unit 12 for analyzing surrounding situations of a car based on information outputted from a group of sensors 20 for detecting the surrounding situations; an action determination unit 13 for determining, based on the result of the analysis of the situation analysis unit 12, to continue or hold the call between a driver and the party, or cancel the hold; a playback control unit 14 for playing back the voice of the party stored in the storage unit 17 according to a control signal outputted based on the determination of the action determination unit 13 to cancel the hold; and a voice output unit 16 for outputting the voice played back by the playback control unit 14 for the driver.

Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer, which comprises polymerizing a monomer containing a fluoromonomer having a polymerizable double bond, using an initiator, in a medium containing fluoroform and water, under a condition such that fluoroform is in a supercritical state.

Abstract: An installation vertical groove (13) is formed in a circuit member-installing surface (12) of a resin-molded panel (11). Then, a flat circuit member (14) is inserted into the installation vertical groove, so that the flat circuit member is installed in such a manner that this flat circuit member stands in a direction perpendicular to the circuit member-installing surface. The installation vertical groove has opposed surfaces which are spaced from each other by a distance, corresponding to a thickness of the flat circuit member and are disposed perpendicularly to the circuit member-installing surface, and this installation vertical groove is formed to be disposed below the circuit member-installing surface.

Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer, which comprises polymerizing a monomer containing a fluoromonomer having a polymerizable double bond, using an initiator, in a medium containing fluoroform and water, under a condition such that fluoroform is in a supercritical state.

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.