Abstract: Provided is a technique that enables proper sorting of discharged print media by suppressing curling of each of the print media sufficiently. A determining unit determines a curling suppressing operation to be executed such that in a case where sorting operation is executed, the suppressing operation having a higher effect of suppressing curling is executed than in a case where the sorting operation is executed. Then, a print control unit controls a print head to perform printing on print media while executing the suppressing operation determined by the determining unit.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: control circuitry which, in operation, in accordance with a condition, makes a setting of enabling or disabling of first communication using a first radio frequency band and makes a setting of enabling or disabling of second communication using a second radio frequency band lower than the first radio frequency band; and communication circuitry which, in operation, performs the first communication or the second communication in accordance with the setting of the enabling or disabling of the first communication and the setting of the enabling or disabling of the second communication.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: control circuitry which, in operation, makes a setting of a radio waveform of a signal according to a radio frequency band used for transmission or reception of the signal; and communication circuitry which, in operation, transmits or receives the signal based on the setting of the radio waveform.

Abstract: This encoding device is provided with a control circuit that, on the basis of information relating to the capability to convert the signal form of a sound signal in a decoding device for decoding encoded data of the sound signal, controls the conversion of the signal form of the sound signal, and an encoding circuit that encodes the sound signal in accordance to the conversion control.

Abstract: This encoding device is able to encode an S signal efficiently in MS prediction encoding. An M signal encoding unit generates first encoding information by encoding a sum signal indicating a sum of a left channel signal and a right channel signal that constitute a stereo signal. An energy difference calculation unit calculates a prediction parameter for predicting a difference signal indicating a difference between the left channel signal and the right channel signal by using a parameter regarding an energy difference between the left channel signal and the right channel signal. An entropy encoding unit generates second encoding information by encoding the prediction parameter.

Abstract: This encoding device is able to encode an S signal efficiently in MS prediction encoding. An M signal encoding unit generates first encoding information by encoding a sum signal indicating a sum of a left channel signal and a right channel signal that constitute a stereo signal. An energy difference calculation unit calculates a prediction parameter for predicting a difference signal indicating a difference between the left channel signal and the right channel signal by using a parameter regarding an energy difference between the left channel signal and the right channel signal. An entropy encoding unit generates second encoding information by encoding the prediction parameter.

Abstract: Provided is a base station that enables data communications in a small cell to continue even if a handover between macro cells occurs. In the base station (100), a handover determination unit (105) determines whether the handover of a control plane from the base station (100) to another macro cell is necessary for a terminal. If it is determined that the handover is necessary, a radio resource control unit (109) and a slave radio resource control unit (110) continue the control of a user plane communication process when the terminal is located inside a small cell, and the radio resource control unit (109) and slave radio resource control unit (110) stop the control of the user plane communication process and perform a process of handover to the other macro cell when the terminal is located outside the small cell.

Abstract: Even when a terminal goes out of a macro cell, data communication in the small cell can be caused to continue while the mobile management in a macro cell is continued. When a first determination unit (205) determines that a terminal exists outside the cell of a base station (200), an existence recognition packet transmission/reception unit (207) transmits a recognition packet, which is used for recognition, to the terminal via a small cell, and thereafter receives a response to the recognition packet from the terminal via the small cell. When a second determination unit (206) determines, because of the reception of the response, that the terminal exits inside the cell of the base station (200), a radio resource control unit (204) causes the connection of the control plane between the terminal and the base station (200) to continue.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission device capable of reducing quantization errors in nonlinear quantization of IQ signals. In the device, a standard deviation measuring unit measures a standard deviation ? of the amplitude distribution of input signals. A kurtosis measuring unit measures the kurtosis of the amplitude distribution of the input signals. A correction coefficient determining unit determines a correction coefficient ? corresponding to the kurtosis of the amplitude distribution of the input signals. A quantization unit quantizes the input signals using the correction coefficient ? and calculates quantization data. A multiplexing unit multiplexes the quantization data and quantization control information with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a base station that enables data communications in a small cell to continue even if a handover between macro cells occurs. In the base station (100), a handover determination unit (105) determines whether the handover of a control plane from the base station (100) to another macro cell is necessary for a terminal. If it is determined that the handover is necessary, a radio resource control unit (109) and a slave radio resource control unit (110) continue the control of a user plane communication process when the terminal is located inside a small cell, and the radio resource control unit (109) and slave radio resource control unit (110) stop the control of the user plane communication process and perform a process of handover to the other macro cell when the terminal is located outside the small cell.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission device capable of reducing quantization errors in nonlinear quantization of IQ signals. In the device, a standard deviation measuring unit measures a standard deviation ? of the amplitude distribution of input signals. A kurtosis measuring unit measures the kurtosis of the amplitude distribution of the input signals. A correction coefficient determining unit determines a correction coefficient ? corresponding to the kurtosis of the amplitude distribution of the input signals. A quantization unit quantizes the input signals using the correction coefficient ? and calculates quantization data. A multiplexing unit multiplexes the quantization data and quantization control information with each other.

Abstract: Even when a terminal goes out of a macro cell, data communication in the small cell can be caused to continue while the mobile management in a macro cell is continued. When a first determination unit (205) determines that a terminal exists outside the cell of a base station (200), an existence recognition packet transmission/reception unit (207) transmits a recognition packet, which is used for recognition, to the terminal via a small cell, and thereafter receives a response to the recognition packet from the terminal via the small cell. When a second determination unit (206) determines, because of the reception of the response, that the terminal exits inside the cell of the base station (200), a radio resource control unit (204) causes the connection of the control plane between the terminal and the base station (200) to continue.

Abstract: The object is to enable the calculation of load transfer paths in case of distributed load applied to the structure with the numerical structure-analysis calculation system. The value of the parameter U** at each point is calculated according to the ratio of the complementary strain energy U at the application of load without fixing the point in the structure and the complementary strain energy U? at the application of load with fixing one point in the structure. In the actual calculation, according to the complementary strain energy U, and the flexibility matrix CAC with respect to the loading point A and one point C in the structure, and the inverse matrix CCC?1 of the flexibility matrix with respect to point C, and the load pA at the loading point A, the value of the parameter U** (CACCCC?1CCApA·pA/(2U)) at point C is calculated.

Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to reduce the calculation time in the numerical structure analysis system based on load-transfer-path method. The parameters are set in the condition that the supporting point B in the objective structure is fixed and the load is applied to the specific loading point A. The FEM calculation means 2 calculates the deformation of the objective structure according to the structural stiffness matrix in the stiffness matrix holding means 1 to find the basic data such as the displacement of each point and so on. The FEM calculation means calculates each deformation to find the displacement under the condition that the specific loading point A and the supporting point B are fixed and three inspection loadings are applied to the variable loading point C.

Abstract: The object is to enable the calculation of load transfer paths in case of distributed load applied to the structure with the numerical structure-analysis calculation system. The value of the parameter U** at each point is calculated according to the ratio of the complementary strain energy U at the application of load without fixing the point in the structure and the complementary strain energy U? at the application of load with fixing one point in the structure. In the actual calculation, according to the complementary strain energy U, and the flexibility matrix CAC with respect to the loading point A and one point C in the structure, and the inverse matrix CCC?1 of the flexibility matrix with respect to point C, and the load pA at the loading point A, the value of the parameter U** (CACCCC?1CCApA·pA/(2U))at point C is calculated.

Abstract: In a grinding wheel in which abrasive tips for rough grinding and abrasive tips for finish grinding are alternately bonded to a periphery of a disk type base rotating about a rotation axis, each abrasive tip includes the abrasive layer formed by bonding abrasive grains and a lower layer overlaid and integrally for led with the abrasive layer. The abrasive tip is attached to the periphery of the base at the lower layer. A Young's modulus of the lower layer of the abrasive tip for finish grinding relative to a load acting on the grinding surface of the abrasive tip in an inward direction of the grinding wheel is less than that of the abrasive tip for rough grinding. Thereby, the surface of a workpiece can be both rough-ground and finish-ground with superhigh-precision surface roughness with using one grinding wheel.

Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to reduce the calculation time in the numerical structure analysis system based on load-transfer-path method. The parameters are set in the condition that the supporting point B in the objective structure is fixed and the load is applied to the specific loading point A. The FEM calculation means 2 calculates the deformation of the objective structure according to the structural stiffness matrix in the stiffness matrix holding means 1 to find the basic data such as the displacement of each point and so on. The FEM calculation means calculates each deformation to find the displacement under the condition that the specific loading point A and the supporting point B are fixed and three inspection loadings are applied to the variable loading point C.

Abstract: In a vitrified bonded grinding wheel having superabrasive grains 11 such as CBN, diamond or the like bonded with a vitrified bond 12, pores 16 of the vitrified bonded grinding wheel has impregnated thereinto a resin 17 consisting of any resin selected from, e.g., unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester and allyl ester which are in a liquid state at the normal temperature and which have a thermosetting property, and being capable of radical polymerization. Thus, any separation gas or the like is not generated when the impregnated resin is hardened, whereby the strength of the grinding wheel can be enhanced.

Abstract: In a grinding wheel in which abrasive tips for rough grinding and abrasive tips for finish grinding are alternately bonded to a periphery of a disk type base rotating about a rotation axis, each abrasive tip includes the abrasive layer for ed by bonding abrasive grains and a lower layer overlaid and integrally for led with the abrasive layer. The abrasive tip is attached to the periphery of the base at the lower layer. A Young's modulus of the lower layer of the abrasive tip for finish grinding relative to a load acting on the grinding surface of the abrasive tip in an inward direction of the grinding wheel is less than that of the abrasive tip for rough grinding.

Abstract: According to a body structure of the present invention, a floor panel member is reinforced by a pair of first members, and the second member comprised of plural pipes is disposed along the width of a vehicle so as to integrate the first members. An end of the second member is extended along the longitudinal side of the vehicle and is fixed by welding in the state of penetrating into a side sill. There is no necessity of providing any reinforcement material because the second member has a high strength continuously along the width of the vehicle. Moreover, there is no necessity of increasing a board thickness for the purpose of securing the rigidity because the second member penetrates into the side sill. On the other hand, the second member can be manufactured by cutting an existing steel pipe to a predetermined side. It is therefore possible to cope with the change in the width of the vehicle only by changing a cutting size.