Abstract: A connection apparatus that connects a plurality of storage units and a controller that establishes connection with the respective storage units in response to a connection request issued from each of the plurality of storage units and accesses the storage units includes a processor; and a memory, wherein the processor transmits a connection request selected based on priority information that represents priority associated with the connection among a plurality of received connection requests to the controller, the priority information being stored in the memory, and changes priority information included in a connection request received from a certain storage unit among the plurality of storage units so that the priority information has higher priority than the priority information included in connection requests received from the other storage units for a period where a connection request is successively received from the certain storage unit and a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory unit including a plurality of memory cells, each of the plurality of memory cells to perform a multi-level storage operation by assigning a value including a plurality of bits to at least four data states defined according to a threshold level; and a controller to control the memory unit, wherein the controller sets at least one of the plurality of bits to an error correction bit that indicates one of a first state and a second state; assigns the first state to the error correction bits that correspond to the data states having a minimum threshold level and a maximum threshold level and the second state to the error correction bits that correspond to the data state having other threshold level; and resets the error correction bit to the first state when the error correction bit indicates the second state.

Abstract: An ink supply device includes a reservoir; an ink carrying rotary member; a supply rotary member that rotates and supplies ink to the ink carrying rotary member while a part thereof is immersed in the ink in the reservoir; a regulation member that faces an outer peripheral surface of the supply rotary member, the regulation member regulating an amount of ink on the outer peripheral surface of the supply rotary member at a position outside of the reservoir; and a blocking member that extends from below to above a liquid surface of the ink in the reservoir at a position between a landing position and the supply rotary member, the landing position being a position at which ink that has been scraped off by the regulation member lands on the liquid surface, the blocking member blocking movement of the ink from the landing position to the supply rotary member.

Abstract: Provided is a non-linear resistive element which improves the degree of freedom of design of its mounting space. A ceramic sheet 10 which constitutes the non-linear resistive element is configured by a plurality of ceramic pieces 11 being consolidated in a plate like form by an insulating resin 12. One or a plurality of ceramic pieces 11 configure each of a plurality of conductive paths which penetrate the ceramic sheet 10 in a thickness direction thereof, and the ceramic pieces 11 which configure both ends of the conductive paths partially projects from the insulating resin 12.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling machine includes: a storage unit 30 for storing therein paper sheets P in a batch form; a kicker roller 2 for providing drive force to the paper sheet P located in the lowest position, among the paper sheets P in the batch form, by rotating; a gate mechanism 5 for grasping each paper sheet P provided with the drive force by the kicker roller 2, and feeding out the paper sheet P along a feed out plane; and a pressing member 11 for pressing, from above, the paper sheets P stored in the storage unit 30. The gate mechanism 5 includes a feed roller 3 provided to the storage unit 30, and a gate member 4 provided to be opposed to the feed roller 3. Further, a guide roller 10, which is rotatable in a feeding direction of the paper sheets P, is provided to a bottom end of the pressing member 11.

Abstract: Provided is a non-linear resistive element which enables to narrow an interval between a plurality of electrodes. A ceramic sheet (2) which constitutes the non-linear resistive element is configured by being supported in a sheet like form by a support member (22) composed of an insulating material. A plurality of ceramic pieces (21) are sectioned and arranged in each of a plurality of unit areas (23) which are apart from each other.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a storage apparatus including a plurality of solid state drives (SSDs) and a processor. The SSDs store data in a redundant manner. The processor controls a reading process of reading data from an SSD and a writing process of writing data into an SSD. The processor controls an internal process, which is performed during the writing process, to be performed in each of the SSDs when any one of the SSDs satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A transparent body inspecting device includes a light application unit, an image capturing unit, an image capture driving unit, and a defect determining unit. The image capturing unit is moved in the directions in which the image capturing unit is brought close to and away from the upper surface of the transparent body, and the image capturing unit captures a plurality of images of the transparent body during the movement. The images are captured while the position of the depth of field of the image capturing unit is adjusted to more than one spots inside the transparent body. When brightness of pixels in the captured image is nonuniform, the defect determining unit determines that a defect exists within the depth of field at the time of capture of the image.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication unit configured to acquire encrypted information that is encrypted with a local code from another information processing apparatus, and a control unit configured to decrypt the encrypted information to generate content and store the content into a removable medium.

Abstract: An imaging unit outputs a video signal at a frame rate higher than a standard frame rate. During a zoom operation period or a period including the zoom operation period and periods before and after the zoom operation, a video signal from the imaging unit is recorded in a recording medium at a high recording frame rate. Other than this period, a video signal is recorded in the recording medium at the standard frame rate. The recording frame rate and zoom operation information is recorded as metadata in the recording medium. During reproduction, based on a set reproduction mode, thinning processing is carried out on a video signal recorded during a zoom operation, and the processed signal is output at the standard frame rate. In this way, it is possible to change a frame rate in view of a photographer's intention and assure compatibility with existing viewing and reproduction environments.

Abstract: A reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction unit that reproduces plural moving image data having different frame rates from a recording medium, an output unit that outputs the reproduced moving image data to a display device, a setting unit that sets one of a first and a second reproduction modes, and a control unit that controls the output unit to select some of frames of the reproduced moving image data and output moving image data of the selected frames according to an instruction for high-speed reproduction. In the first reproduction mode, the control unit selects frames at a predetermined frame interval according to reproduction speed for the high-speed reproduction. In the second reproduction mode, the control unit selects frames at a frame interval determined based on the reproduction speed for the high-speed reproduction and a frame rate of the reproduced moving image data.

Abstract: A breast measurement apparatus comprises a receptacle for surrounding a breast; a plurality of optical fibers for irradiating the breast with examination light and detecting transmitted scattered light from the breast; an inner image generation unit for generating an optical CT image concerning the breast according to a detection signal of the transmitted scattered light; an ultrasonic probe, arranged so as to face the inside of the receptacle, for scanning the breast with an ultrasonic wave and receiving a reflected wave from the breast; an image generation unit for generating an ultrasonic image concerning the breast according to the reflected wave; and a mechanism for injecting and discharging a liquid interface agent into and from the inside of the receptacle.

Abstract: A recording apparatus records, in a recording medium, moving image data and management information, concerning the moving image data and generated in accordance with the recording operation of the moving image data. In accordance with a recording start instruction, the recording apparatus starts recording of the moving image data and records, in the recording medium, information indicating that the management information has not yet been recorded. In accordance with a recording stop instruction, the recording medium stops recording of the moving image data, generates and records the respective management information, and updates the information indicating the recording status of the management information. If a decrease in electric power is detected during recording of the moving image data, the recording apparatus stops recording of the moving image data, without updating the information indicating the recording status of the management information.

Abstract: An ink supply device includes a reservoir; an ink carrying rotary member; a supply rotary member that rotates and supplies ink to the ink carrying rotary member while a part thereof is immersed in the ink in the reservoir; a regulation member that faces an outer peripheral surface of the supply rotary member, the regulation member regulating an amount of ink on the outer peripheral surface of the supply rotary member at a position outside of the reservoir; and a blocking member that extends from below to above a liquid surface of the ink in the reservoir at a position between a landing position and the supply rotary member, the landing position being a position at which ink that has been scraped off by the regulation member lands on the liquid surface, the blocking member blocking movement of the ink from the landing position to the supply rotary member.

Abstract: An imaging unit outputs a video signal at a frame rate higher than a standard frame rate. During a zoom operation period or a period including the zoom operation period and periods before and after the zoom operation, a video signal from the imaging unit is recorded in a recording medium at a high recording frame rate. Other than this period, a video signal is recorded in the recording medium at the standard frame rate. The recording frame rate and zoom operation information is recorded as metadata in the recording medium. During reproduction, based on a set reproduction mode, thinning processing is carried out on a video signal recorded during a zoom operation, and the processed signal is output at the standard frame rate. In this way, it is possible to change a frame rate in view of a photographer's intention and assure compatibility with existing viewing and reproduction environments.

Abstract: Provided is a technique to secure compositional or microstructural uniformity of a ceramic sintered body while increasing the area of the ceramic sintered boy, thus improving basic performance including non-linearity, maximum withstand energy and aging characteristics. A plurality of small varistor pieces 11 and insulating resin are kneaded and extruded for shaping, whereby a sheet-form varistor layer 13 can be formed where a plurality of small varistor pieces 11 are spaced from one another and are aligned on the same plane, and the adjacent small varistor pieces 11 are bonded via insulating resin.

Abstract: Light irradiates one light incident position on the surface of a scattering-absorption body. The light that propagates through the interior of the scattering-absorption body is detected at one light detecting position on the surface of the scattering-absorption body. On the basis of a light detection signal, a temporal profile of the light intensity of the detected light is acquired, and on the basis of the temporal profile, an mean optical path length of the light in the interior of the scattering-absorption body and information relating to the amount of substance to be measured in a region to be measured are calculated. The information relating to the amount of substance to be measured is corrected on the basis of the mean optical path length, such that the longer the mean optical path length, the greater the amount of substance to be measured is.

Abstract: A recording apparatus of this invention detects the state of management information, which pertains to a recording address of an image signal, and which is reproduced from a disk-like recording medium having a first area for the image signal and a second area for the management information. On the basis of the detection result, management data is reproduced from the first area of the disk-like recording medium. On the basis of the management data reproduced from the first area, the management information reproduced from the second area is modified. A modify unit records the modified management information in the second area.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory unit including a plurality of memory cells, each of the plurality of memory cells to perform a multi-level storage operation by assigning a value including a plurality of bits to at least four data states defined according to a threshold level; and a controller to control the memory unit, wherein the controller sets at least one of the plurality of bits to an error correction bit that indicates one of a first state and a second state; assigns the first state to the error correction bits that correspond to the data states having a minimum threshold level and a maximum threshold level and the second state to the error correction bits that correspond to the data state having other threshold level; and resets the error correction bit to the first state when the error correction bit indicates the second state.

Abstract: A polymer optical waveguide includes: at least one core through which light propagates; a cladding which surrounds the core and has a refractive index less than that of the core; at least one conductive wire being provided on at least one side of the cladding, the polymer optical waveguide having a sheet shape, the conductive wire including a conductive layer which is provided on the at least one side of the cladding and being partitioned by a first groove, and the core being formed between second grooves each of which is formed in at least a part of the first groove.