Abstract: A digital contents editing method performs an editing operation of digital contents with a plurality of computers connected via a network. A digital contents editing apparatus or server accumulates the initial data of the digital contents and the editing operation information which is digitized, and transfers the editing operation information to clients which are involved in the editing operation. Each client then performs an editing operation of the digital contents by creating the editing operation information, in which the editing operation of the digital contents is digitized, and communicates only the editing operation information to other clients via the server and the network.

Abstract: A moving image coding method and its apparatus are disclosed, in which a frame of input image is divided into N regions so that each boundary may be short, one of the divided regions is selected in an arbitrary sequence in every frame to be coded, the coding mode is determined as intra-frame coding in this selected region, and the coding mode is determined by the characteristic of the frame image in other regions so as to code according to this coding mode.

Abstract: The present invention offers a method for generating animations of a multi-articulated structure, a recording medium with the method recorded therein and an animation generating apparatus using the method. Motions of rigid sticks which approximate the upper arm connected to the shoulder joint and the lower arm connected by the elbow joint to the upper arm are modeled, by an interpolation scheme and/or equations of motion based on laws of physics, as temporal changes in angular positions in their respective constraint planes and the generated results are combined and output.

Abstract: A coordinate address is generated which specifies the position in a square original tile area where pattern data is to be written for each pixel, and a check is made to determine if the coordinate address is adjacent any one of sides of the original tile area. When the written pixel is adjacent any one of sides of the original tile area, the position of a pixel is calculated which is adjacent the written pixel on another tile area adjacent the original tile area along that side, and the position of the adjacent pixel when the adjacent tile area is laid on the original tile area is calculated as a shifted position of the adjacent pixel. The positions of the written pixel and the shifted position are rotated predetermined angle about the center of a polygon at least once to obtain rotational positions. Pixel values are additionally written at these shift and rotational positions.

Abstract: A coordinate address is generated which specifies the position in a square original tile area where pattern data is to be written for each pixel, and a check is made to determine if the coordinate address is adjacent any one of sides of the original tile area. When the written pixel is adjacent any one of sides of the original tile area, the position of a pixel is calculated which is adjacent the written pixel on another tile area adjacent the original tile area along that side, and the position of the adjacent pixel when the adjacent tile area is laid on the original tile area is calculated as a shifted position of the adjacent pixel. The positions of the written pixel and the shifted position are rotated predetermined angle about the center of a polygon at least once to obtain rotational positions. Pixel values are additionally written at these shift and rotational positions.

Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material having a support and a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the support, which thermosensitive coloring layer includes at least a first thermosensitive coloring layer containing at least one leuco dye having formula (I), (II) or (III) and a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye under application of heat thereto, and a second thermosensitive coloring layer containing at least one leuco dye having formula (IV) and a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye under application of heat thereto. The leuco dye for use in the first thermosensitive coloring layer has the absorption intensity in the near infrared region, and the leuco dye for use in the second thermosensitive coloring layer has the absorption intensity in the visible spectrum.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a unit for radiating light to an original with plural lighting conditions, a unit for changing the lighting condition according to a concentration of the original and reference exposure data, a unit for storing the reference exposure data, a unit for forming an image on an image carrier under different image forming conditions, using light radiated by the radiating unit and sent via the original, a unit for changing in a first mode the image forming conditions, and changing in a second mode the reference exposure data stored by the storing unit, and a unit for switching the first and second modes so as to change the operation of the changing unit.

Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material is composed of a support, a thermosensitive coloring layer capable of inducing color formation upon application of heat thereto, formed on the support, and an overcoat layer formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, the overcoat layer being essentially composed of a resin component which is crosslinked by a glycidylamine compound serving as a crosslinking agent for the resin component. A coating liquid for the formation of the overcoat layer is essentially composed of the resin component and the glycidylamine compound.

Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material is composed of a support, a thermosensitive coloring layer capable of inducing color formation upon application of heat thereto, formed on the support, and a protective layer including a resin and a filler formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, the filler containing aluminum hydroxide or/and aluminum oxide particles, having a volume mean diameter of 1 .mu.m or less, with the amount of the particles with a diameter of 4 .mu.m or less being 90 vol. % or more in the entire particles.

Abstract: A coagulation reaction tank comprises a cylindrical tank provided in the central part thereof with a rotary stirring mechanism furnished with stirring vanes and a filtration tank for introducing the liquid from within the cylindrical tank in the form of filtrate and discharging the filtrate out of the cylindrical tank. This coagulation reaction tank is characterized by the fact that the filtration tank provided in the bottom thereof with slits is disposed in the cylindrical tank above the stirring vanes or the cylindrical tank provided in the upper part of the wall thereof with slits and the filtration tank is disposed outside the slits.

Abstract: A feeding device for independently feeding, by a preparatory device, a binder strip and flap strips to a garment held by a base presses. There are eight types of combination in feeding fashions, whether or not the binder strip is to be fed, whether or not one flap strip is to be fed, and whether or not another flap strip is to be fed (2.sup.3 =8). Various feeding fashions are provisionally set in order prior to actual sewing, and control means controls actual operations of the preparatory device in accordance with the feeding fashions and every feeding fashions.

Abstract: A coagulation reaction tank comprises a cylindrical tank provided in the central part thereof with a rotary stirring mechanism furnished with stirring vanes and a filtration tank for introducing the liquid from within the cylindrical tank in the form of filtrate and discharging the filtrate out of the cylindrical tank. This coagulation reaction tank is characterized by the fact that the filtration tank provided in the bottom thereof with slits is disposed in the cylindrical tank above the stirring vanes or the cylindrical tank provided in the upper part of the wall thereof with slits and the filtration tank is disposed outside the slits.

Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material is disclosed, which comprises (a) a support, (b) an undercoat layer formed on the support, which comprises spherical hollow particles made of a plastic material having a glass transition temperature ranging from 40.degree. C. to 90.degree. C., the spherical hollow particles having a mean particle diameter of 0.20 .mu.m to 1.5 .mu.m, and a voidage of 40% to 90%, and a binder resin in an effective amount, and (c) a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the undercoat layer, which comprises as the main components a leuco dye and a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto.

Abstract: This invention discloses lightweight panels consisting of a honeycomb, boards on both sides, and phenolic foam of a density of 7-20 Kg/m.sup.3 in the cavities of the honeycomb and a method of making a honeycomb core, with the panels characterized by being light, fireproof, fire-resistant, thermally insulating, and of high strength and useful for building panels, particularly for panels in transportation equipment.

Abstract: Polished rice or barley enriched with nutrients, wherein the nutrients are fixed in and on the grain by coating an oil/fat and/or a wax on the grains, coating the same with a hydrophilic emulsifier and further coating them with a starch-based coating agent. The enriched polished rice or barley has essential nutrients in good balance and quality-wise advantageous characteristics.

Abstract: Polished rice or barley enriched with nutrients, said nutrients being fixed in and on the grain by coating an oil/fat and a wax which do not melt at ordinary temperature but melt on heating. Said enriched polished rice or barley has essential nutrients in good balance and the nutrients can be retained on the grains when washing them before cooking.

Abstract: A button sewing machine has a sewing needle reciprocatingly movable in response to rotation of a main shaft and a button gripping assembly having gripping portions for gripping and releasing a button and movable across the path of reciprocating travel of the sewing needle, the sewing needle and the button gripping assembly being operable together for sewing the button to a fabric. The button sewing machine includes a detector for detecting whether the button is gripped by the gripping portions. After it has been confirmed that the button is gripped by the gripping portions, the main shaft is driven by a control assembly for enabling the sewing needle to sew the button to the fabric.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with a sewing apparatus having a sewing machine mounted on a work table, fabric workpiece clamping means capable of holding and releasing the fabric workpiece on the work table, and a feed driving mechanism for intermittently feeding the fabric workpiece clamping means, whereby machine sewing and fabric workpiece feed are repeated alternatingly thereby sewing buttons or forming buttonhole stitches to a plurality of sewing portions on the fabric workpiece. The sewing apparatus has auxiliary fabric workpiece clamping means operable independently of the fabric workpiece clamping means.

Abstract: A tapping machine provided with a quill for rotatably supporting a spindle which holds a tap on one end thereof, a reversible electric motor for rotating the spindle and axially reciprocating the quill, an overload release clutch mounted in a power transmitting mechanism which is disposed between the quill and the motor, for suspending the power transmission between the quill and the motor when an overload is applied on the quill, and pulse signal generating means mounted between the clutch and the quill in the power transmitting mechanism for generating one pulse signal in response to each one pre-set unit distance of the quill during the forward motion thereof. The tapping machine performs a working cycle in good order wherein the spindle advances from the start position while being forwardly rotated until the number of pulse signals generated from the pulse signal generating means accords with a pre-set number and returns while being backwardly rotated back to the start position.

Abstract: A tapping machine having a spindle which is moved reciprocally, i.e., in advancing and retracting direction while being rotated forwardly and backwardly for forming a female screw in a work with a screw tap attached at one end thereof. The machine is provided with driving means including a reversible electric motor, position sensing means for generating a sensing signal when the spindle is moved in advancing direction from a start position so far as a predetermined position, and temperature sensing means for generating a sensing signal when the temperature of the electric motor has risen exceeding a predetermined value. The machine normally repeats a working cycle wherein the spindle is moved in advancing direction from the start position while being rotated in forward direction until it is retracted to the start position soon after a sensing signal from the position sensing means has been generated.