Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate insulating film. A source region and a drain region of a first conductivity type are formed on the first side and the second side of the gate electrode, respectively, in the semiconductor substrate. A punch-through stopper region of a second conductivity type is formed in the semiconductor substrate such that the second conductivity type punch-through stopper region is located between the source region and the drain region at distances from the source region and the drain region and extends in the direction perpendicular to the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate. The concentration of an impurity element of the second conductivity type in the punch-through stopper region is set to be at least five times the substrate impurity concentration between the source region and the drain region.

Abstract: A simplified method of manufacturing a multi-voltage semiconductor integrated circuit device.

Abstract: A transmitting-side device (1) generates an image data by performing an image analysis toward the actually photographed two-dimensional image (100) and also generates depth information useful for converting the two-dimensional image into a stereoscopic vision-use image. Furthermore, the transmitting-side device generates additional subordinate information such as scale information, function specifying information, table specifying information, and the like, and transmits such the information to a receiving-side device (2). The receiving-side device (2) receives the image data, the depth information, and the additional subordinate information, generates a parallax image on the basis of such the information, and allows an observer to perform stereoscopic vision.

Abstract: A protection transistor which protects an internal transistor in an internal circuit from breakage due to static electricity occurring between power supply pads is provided. A conductivity type of a first p-well constructing a channel of the protection transistor corresponds to a conductivity type of a second p-well constructing a channel of the internal transistor. An impurity concentration of the first p-well is higher than an impurity concentration of the second p-well. Accordingly, drain junction of the protection transistor is sharper than drain junction of the internal transistor, and starting voltage of a parasitic bipolar operation of the protection transistor is lower than that of the internal transistor. Therefore, the internal circuit can be properly protected from an ESD surge.

Abstract: An image sensor has a plurality of pixels each with a photoelectric conversion element and a detection transistor the threshold voltage of which fluctuates in accordance with electrical charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element. The image sensor includes a second conductivity type shield region and a first conductivity type photoelectric conversion region; a first conductivity type well region linked to the photoelectric conversion region; a ring-like gate electrode; a second conductivity type source region at the inside of the ring-like gate electrode; a second conductivity type drain region. The image sensor further includes a potential pocket region that is formed in the well region below the ring-like gate electrode and accumulates the electrical charge, wherein the width of the gate electrode is formed narrower in the part adjacent to the photoelectric conversion region than in other parts.

Abstract: A server (1) analyses the request information transmitted from a client (11) by means of a request analyzer 4 and selects the necessary image data from multiple viewpoint image data (2) to output it to an image generator (3), where image data for the requested viewpoint is generated by interpolation to be output to an image synthesizer (5). In the image synthesizer (5), a plurality of images data are synthesized in a form suitable for encoding. An encoder (6) encodes the image data at a suitable bit rate and transfers it to a network (7). The client (11) receives the encoded image data, decodes the data through a decoder (12) and outputs the decoded image data to an image processor (13), where the image data is converted into an appropriate form in conformity with a stereoscopic display format and is displayed on a display unit (14).

Abstract: To a multimedia information file including three-dimensional image data, three-dimensional display control information is added that indicates an intended three-dimensional display method for the three-dimensional image data or a data format in which the data is recorded. A three-dimensional image reproduction apparatus performs conversion appropriate for data characteristics derived from the three-dimensional display control information and then provides display. Recorded three-dimensional image data is thus given versatility so that the same three-dimensional image data can be used commonly to different three-dimensional display schemes.

Abstract: An image data recording apparatus includes a three-dimensional display control information generation unit receiving a parameter indicating a condition for picking up a three-dimensional image, and encoding the parameter so as to generate image pick-up condition information, and a file generation unit generating a multimedia information file including both of the image pick-up condition information and three-dimensional image data or at least one of the three-dimensional image data and two-dimensional image data.

Abstract: A managing method for a multimedia file includes the steps of: generating index information including a source identifier expressing a source having one or more of management units associated with the multimedia file as a title frame, positions of a leading frame and tail frame of the title frame in the source, and a position of a reference frame for decoding the leading frame; and recording the index information onto a recording medium, attaching the index information to the multimedia file. The managing method for a multimedia file may include the steps of: causing a user to specify one or more of the management units associated with the multimedia file as a title frame; generating index information in which a bit stream obtained by encoding a specified title frame is embedded, and recording the index information onto a recording medium, attaching the index information to the multimedia file.

Abstract: A ground relay system is provided which includes: first current transformers located in the respective phases of a sending end of a high-voltage distribution provided from a distribution substation; over-current relays connected to the first transformers; distribution transformers located in the respective phases in the respective sections of the distribution; second current transformers connected to secondary sides of the distribution transformers; current converters connected to the second transformers; and a current comparator that introduces the currents of the respective phases of the sending end of the distribution from the relays to produce a first zero-phase current, introduces the currents of the respective phases of a load end of the high-voltage distribution from the current converters to produce a second zero-phase current, and operates a ground protection relay that opens a circuit breaker inserted at the sending end of the high-voltage distribution if the level of the first current is larger.

Abstract: An ESD-protection device includes a gate electrode formed on a substrate; a first diffusion region of a first conductivity type formed in the substrate at a first side of the gate electrode, a second diffusion region of the first conductivity type formed in the substrate at a second side of the gate electrode, and a third diffusion region of a second conductivity type formed in the substrate underneath the second diffusion region in contact with the second diffusion region. Thereby, the impurity concentration level of the third diffusion region is set to be larger than the impurity concentration level of the region of the substrate located at the same depth right underneath the gate electrode.

Abstract: A removable recording medium having an area for storing a content and, when attached to a reproducing apparatus, allowing the content recorded in the area to be reproduced is arranged so as to include, separately from the area for storing the content, an area for storing one or more conditions that allow the content to be reproduced by the reproducing apparatus. With this arrangement, by pre-recording on the recording medium, information for allowing the reproducing apparatus to reproduce a content, the recording apparatus can automatically perform processing such as encoding to a content in accordance with the information recorded on the recording medium and then record the content on the recording medium; and the reproducing apparatus can unconditionally reproduce a content recorded on the recording medium.

Abstract: A time-varying image editing device is provided on a recording medium (101) and used for editing time-varying image data reproduced from a time-varying image file containing time-varying image data body (111) the items of which are arranged together with time management information in temporal order and outputted. The device includes a file-to-be-reproduced extracting section (12) for extracting a desired reproduction part of a time-varying image file. The desired part contains a predetermined reproduction time. The device further includes a file creating section (17) for storing edit information (112) for managing the extracted reproduction part and the reproduction time in an area other than the one where the time-varying image data body is stored on the recording medium (101).

Abstract: The system of the present invention includes transformers 12-1, 12-2 and 12-3 for detecting voltages received at a power receiving point in the power system, a negative-phase-sequence component voltage detector 18 for arithmetically operating the voltage of a negative-phase sequence component from the received voltages and amplifying the voltage of a negative-phase-sequence component to output the amplified voltage of a negative-phase-sequence component, and a negative-phase-sequence voltage compensation input unit 14 for injecting the outputted voltage of a negative-phase-sequence component into a system as an object of compensation to compensate for the received voltages at the power receiving point. The voltage of a negative-phase-sequence component is cancelled for a load 17 as an object.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate insulating film. A source region and a drain region of a first conductivity type are formed on the first side and the second side of the gate electrode, respectively, in the semiconductor substrate. A punch-through stopper region of a second conductivity type is formed in the semiconductor substrate such that the second conductivity type punch-through stopper region is located between the source region and the drain region at distances from the source region and the drain region and extends in the direction perpendicular to the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate. The concentration of an impurity element of the second conductivity type in the punch-through stopper region is set to be at least five times the substrate impurity concentration between the source region and the drain region.

Abstract: A retention memory retains 2D image data picked-up and output by camera portion in association with corresponding thumbnail image data. The 2D image data retained in the retention memory is converted to 3D image data formed of image data for left-eye and for right-eye for stereoscopic vision of the image as desired. A retention portion creates thumbnail image data with a shrunken image based on this 3D image data and stores the created thumbnail image data and the 3D image data in the retention memory in association with each other. The thumbnail image data is created, for example, by reducing the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data of the 3D image data to satisfy a thumbnail size. A listing of thumbnails based on the thumbnail image data in retention memory is displayed on a display portion so that the retained image can be recognized at a glance.

Abstract: An ESD-protection device includes a gate electrode formed on a substrate; a first diffusion region of a first conductivity type formed in the substrate at a first side of the gate electrode, a second diffusion region of the first conductivity type formed in the substrate at a second side of the gate electrode, and a third diffusion region of a second conductivity type formed in the substrate underneath the second diffusion region in contact with the second diffusion region. Thereby, the impurity concentration level of the third diffusion region is set to be larger than the impurity concentration level of the region of the substrate located at the same depth right underneath the gate electrode.

Abstract: A ground relay system is provided which includes: first current transformers located in the respective phases of a sending end of a high-voltage distribution provided from a distribution substation; over-current relays connected to the first transformers; distribution transformers located in the respective phases in the respective sections of the distribution; second current transformers connected to secondary sides of the distribution transformers; current converters connected to the second transformers; and a current comparator that introduces the currents of the respective phases of the sending end of the distribution from the relays to produce a first zero-phase current, introduces the currents of the respective phases of a load end of the high-voltage distribution from the current converters to produce a second zero-phase current, and operates a ground protection relay that opens a circuit breaker inserted at the sending end of the high-voltage distribution if the level of the first current is larger.

Abstract: A cross current compensation control system includes a cross current detection compensator having an input terminal to which a cross connection line that cross-connects the secondary sides of auxiliary CTs are connected, and an output terminal to which cross current compensation lines that connect the secondary sides of a plurality of CTs in series are connected, in which the cross current detection compensator supplies a compensation current to the cross current compensation line so as to cancel the current component corresponding to the cross current that appears at the secondary sides of the CTs when detecting the cross current that circulates within the bus bar, the distributions and the switch.

Abstract: In order to segment a pixellated image having foreground and background regions, a uniform visual characteristic, such as color, of the background is determined and, from this, a non-occluded background image is generated (55). The generated background image 60 and the image to be segmented 61 are compared, for example using a two-shot segmentation technique 62, and the pixels of the image are allocated as foreground or background pixels.