Abstract: The multichannel data transfer apparatus is connected to a transmission line in which a plurality of connected nodes have their respective transmission channels and transmit compressed data in a predetermined present embodiment in accordance with bandwidths assigned to the respective channels, and the multichannel data transfer apparatus includes a calculating device that, when there is a request to change the number of transmission channels used to transmit compressed data in the transmission period, calculates a data compression rate and a transmission bandwidth for each of the transmission channels to be used in transmitting the compressed data to the transmission line when the number of the transmission channels is actually changed, and a notifying device that notifies each transmission channel of at least one of the calculated transmission bandwidth and transmission compression rate.

Abstract: When different images are combined, the corresponding parts are to be aligned accurately. To thus combine images, the feature point of each pixel is calculated from each original image using an operator (filter). The pixels are divided into blocks that the resolution matches that of the reduced image of each original image, and an expectation value map for registering the expectation value of the feature point of each block is drawn. Feature points are expected from the expectation values which the expectation value map holds, and reduced images are superposed one on the other. The feature points of the original images corresponding to the feature points between which the correspondence is derived from the reduced images are extracted, and the original images are superposed one on the other using the extracted feature points.

Abstract: A noise processing apparatus measures a first potential difference signal, between a first electrode and a second electrode that is used as a reference electrode, and measures a second potential difference signal, between the second electrode and a third electrode that is arranged on the steering unit in the apparatus. The apparatus calculates the difference between the intensities of the first potential difference signal and the second potential difference signal calculated at the predetermined intervals. The apparatus corrects the first potential difference signal or the second potential difference signal by using the calculated difference such that the intensities of the first potential difference signal and the second potential difference signal are canceled out.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a tungsten wire containing 1 to 10% by mass of rhenium, the wire having a point indicating a 2% elongation within a quadrangle formed by joining points with straight lines, where the values of x and y are point (20, 75), point (20, 87), point (90, 75), and point (90, 58), in this order; wherein the wire diameter of the tungsten wire is represented by x ?m, and the elongation of the tungsten wire is 2% after electrically heating with an electrical current which is a ratio of y % to the fusion current (FC) at the wire diameter x ?m, and wherein a semi-logarithmic system of coordinates is expressed by a horizontal axis using a logarithmic scale of the wire diameter x and a vertical axis using a normal scale of ratio y to the fusion current.

Abstract: A wakeful-state data generating apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one storage device, the at least one storage device configured to; store a first correlation between value of variation in heartbeat interval and maximum spectral density, and store a second correlation between heartbeat rate and wakeful-state maximum frequency, the at least one processor configured to; calculate a value of variation in heartbeat interval from a heartbeat signal of a subject, estimate a wakeful-state maximum spectral density of the subject, on the basis of the first correlation and the calculated value of variation, calculate a heartbeat rate from the heartbeat signal, estimate a wakeful-state maximum frequency of the subject, on the basis of the second correlation and the calculated heartbeat rate, and generate wakeful-state data including the estimated wakeful-state maximum spectral density and the estimated wakeful-state maximum frequency.

Abstract: A photoelectric sphygmograph measurement device includes a light emitting part emitting light pulses, a light receiving part having a light receiving element that receives the light pulses and producing a corresponding output signal, and a control part driving the light emitting part to emit the light pulses and performing a pulse wave measurement by using the output signal. The control part drives the light emitting part so that a charge accumulated in the light emitting element converges on a predetermined amount in a case where the charge accumulated in the light receiving element decreases to the predetermined amount or less during a time when driving of the light emitting part is stopped and/or in a case where the light receiving element changes to a first state in which the light receiving element is capable of receiving the light pulses from a second state in which the light receiving element is not capable of receiving the light pulses.

Abstract: A tungsten wire containing 1 to 10% by mass of rhenium has a point which indicates a 2% elongation within a quadrangle formed by joining points with straight lines, where the values of x and y are point (20, 75), point (20, 87), point (90, 75), and point (90, 58), in this order, wherein the wire diameter of the aforementioned tungsten wire is represented by x ?m, and the elongation of the tungsten wire is 2% after electrically heating with an electrical current which is a ratio of y % to the fusion current (FC) at the wire diameter x ?m, and wherein a semi-logarithmic system of coordinates is expressed by a horizontal axis using a logarithmic scale of the aforementioned wire diameter x and a vertical axis using a normal scale of ratio y to the fusion current.

Abstract: The multichannel data transfer apparatus is connected to a transmission line in which a plurality of connected nodes have their respective transmission channels and transmit compressed data in a predetermined present embodiment in accordance with bandwidths assigned to the respective channels, and the multichannel data transfer apparatus includes a calculating device that, when there is a request to change the number of transmission channels used to transmit compressed data in the transmission period, calculates a data compression rate and a transmission bandwidth for each of the transmission channels to be used in transmitting the compressed data to the transmission line when the number of the transmission channels is actually changed, and a notifying device that notifies each transmission channel of at least one of the calculated transmission bandwidth and transmission compression rate.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an image data transfer device capable of transferring image data in real time with a simple comprisal. The device according to the present invention calculates both the number of lines of the image data to be transferred in one cycle and the volume of data corresponding to the aforementioned number of lines on the basis of the category of the image data, stores data in an amount that is equivalent to the aforementioned number of lines of the image data processed by a variable length coding, calculates the difference between the calculated data volume corresponding to the number of lines and the volume of data stored, adds invalid data to the data stored in an amount that is equivalent to the calculated difference and generates, transmits a packet on the basis of the data to which the invalid data has been added.

Abstract: A stream data recording apparatus records stream data in such a manner that the head of each video coding unit and the head of a series of audio coding unit corresponding to each video coding unit contained in the stream data coincide with the heads of access units of a recording medium. Utilizing the structure of stream data so recorded and the random accessibility of the recording medium, a stream data replaying apparatus and a stream data editing apparatus replay or edit the stream data freely on a video coding unit basis. By replacing stream data recorded on the recording medium on a video coding unit basis, the recording apparatus realizes endless recording that does not require complex file manipulation.

Abstract: When different images are combined, the corresponding parts are to be aligned accurately. To thus combine images, the feature point of each pixel is calculated from each original image using an operator (filter). The pixels are divided into blocks that the resolution matches that of the reduced image of each original image, and an expectation value map for registering the expectation value of the feature point of each block is drawn. Feature points are expected from the expectation values which the expectation value map holds, and reduced images are superposed one on the other. The feature points of the original images corresponding to the feature points between which the correspondence is derived from the reduced images are extracted, and the original images are superposed one on the other using the extracted feature points.

Abstract: A tungsten wire containing 1 to 10% by mass of rhenium has a point which indicates a 2% elongation within a quadrangle formed by joining points with straight lines, where the values of x and y are point (20, 75), point (20, 87), point (90, 75), and point (90, 58), in this order, wherein the wire diameter of the aforementioned tungsten wire is represented by x &mgr;m, and the elongation of the tungsten wire is 2% after electrically heating with an electrical current which is a ratio of y % to the fusion current (FC) at the wire diameter x &mgr;m, and wherein a semi-logarithmic system of coordinates is expressed by a horizontal axis using a logarithmic scale of the aforementioned wire diameter x and a vertical axis using a normal scale of ratio y to the fusion current.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording digital video images in an endless fashion. The apparatus includes (a) a video data recording mechanism, (b) a mark setting mechanism, (c) a mark management mechanism, (d) a mark erasure mechanism, and (e) a playback allowing area setting mechanism. Upon playback of endlessly recorded video images, seamless video playback can be achieved without suffering from a disorder of video images caused by playback of destroyed video data.

Abstract: An information storage device stores data evenly in each of a plurality of external information-storage devices even if the number of external information-storage devices provided in the information storage system is changed. A division processing unit divides the information to be stored in the information storage devices and distributes the divided information to the information storage devices. A division control unit controls the division processing unit so as to divide the information in accordance with a number of the information storage devices. When the number of the information storage devices is changed, the division control unit controls the division processing unit so that the information stored in the information storage devices is divided by a dividing method suitable for the number of the information storage devices after being changed.

Abstract: A delivery server comprises image contents and informational data about the image contents in its storage device. From a video recorder being a client, a request to deliver image contents that a user of the video recorder desires is issued to the delivery server. At this time, the user transmits informational data about the image contents to the delivery server. The delivery server searches for the image contents of the server itself based on the informational data transmitted from the video recorder, and delivers the image contents that the user of the video recorder desires to the video recorder.

Abstract: An endless video recording apparatus for recording digital video images in an endless fashion is disclosed.

Abstract: A stream data recording apparatus records stream data in such a manner that the head of each video coding unit and the head of a series of audio coding unit corresponding to each video coding unit contained in the stream data coincide with the heads of access units of a recording medium. Utilizing the structure of stream data so recorded and the random accessibility of the recording medium, a stream data replaying apparatus and a stream data editing apparatus replay or edit the stream data freely on a video coding unit basis. By replacing stream data recorded on the recording medium on a video coding unit basis, the recording apparatus realizes endless recording that does not require complex file manipulation.

Abstract: A technique related to a data backup for a computer. There are provided a selection section, an archive file creation section, and a backup processing section. The selection section selects data files satisfying given conditions from among data files stored in a first storage section. The archive file creation section creates N (N is a natural number) archive files by grouping the plurality of data files selected by the selection section and which repeats the archive file creation processing M (M is a natural number) times. The backup processing section stores the archive files created by the archive file creation section into a second storage section. The technique enables efficient copying of a data file in a short period of time.

Abstract: An information storage device stores data evenly in each of a plurality of external information-storage devices even if the number of external information-storage devices provided in the information storage system is changed. A division processing unit divides the information to be stored in the information storage devices and distributes the divided information to the information storage devices. A division control unit controls the division processing unit so as to divide the information in accordance with a number of the information storage devices. When the number of the information storage devices is changed, the division control unit controls the division processing unit so that the information stored in the information storage devices is divided by a dividing method suitable for the number of the information storage devices after being changed.

Abstract: In response to a forming request, an archiver forming module compresses a data file on a network and stores into an archiver. In response to a referring request, an archiver referring module reads out the compressed data file from the archiver, reconstructs on the network, and stores the reconstructed data file into the archiver. An archiver managing module concentratedly manages the archiver on the network. An archiver concentration type processing apparatus in a sharing group is set to a host and remaining archiver distribution type processing apparatuses are set to clients. The archiver, archiver forming module, and archiver referring module are arranged in each of the host and the clients. Concentration processes and distribution processes are allowed to mixedly exist on the network.