Abstract: A guide wire includes a core wire having a first magnetized region magnetized on the distal end side of the core wire, and a maximum value of the outer diameter of the first magnetized region is larger than an outer diameter of the distal end portion in an area located to the proximal end side of the first magnetized region.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic flow sensor with improved practicality. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted and received by an ultrasonic element. A first flow rate value of a fluid in a pipe is calculated based on a propagation time difference of an ultrasonic signal, a measurement value corresponding to an ultrasonic velocity, and a parameter for identifying an inner diameter of the pipe. A second flow rate value of the fluid in the pipe is calculated based on a frequency shift of the ultrasonic signal and the parameter. The first flow rate value is calculated using a propagation time of the ultrasonic signal as the measurement value in accordance with a correspondence relationship among a distance of a path through which the ultrasonic wave propagates through the fluid in the pipe, a time for which the ultrasonic signal propagates in the path, and the ultrasonic velocity.

Abstract: A motion image processing apparatus is disclosed. In the apparatus, a decoding part decodes frame data separated by a frame separating part based on the quality parameter. That is, a quality parameter calculating part calculates the frame data number possible to further store in a frame buffer obtained from an accumulated data volume detecting part, and a decode quality updating part updates the quality parameter for the decoding part. Moreover, a frame location determining part determines a next frame location to process based on the frame data number, and the frame location updating part indicates the next frame location to a frame separating part.

Abstract: A motion image processing apparatus is disclosed. In the apparatus, a decoding part decodes frame data separated by a frame separating part based on the quality parameter. That is, a quality parameter calculating part calculates the frame data number possible to further store in a frame buffer obtained from an accumulated data volume detecting part, and a decode quality updating part updates the quality parameter for the decoding part. Moreover, a frame location determining part determines a next frame location to process based on the frame data number, and the frame location updating part indicates the next frame location to a frame separating part.

Abstract: An image transmission system includes a modulating part for independently modulating a luminance signal and two kinds of color difference signals and a demodulating part for independently demodulating the modulated luminance signal and the two kinds of modulated color difference signals. The demodulating part includes a signal correcting part for shifting at least one of the modulated luminance signal and the two kinds of modulated color difference signals by a predetermined number of picture elements in a scanning line direction to correct an error introduced by the modulation.

Abstract: A video phone comprising an input device for entering input image data to be transmitted, a circuit for digitizing the input image data into digital image data, a memory for storing the digital image data, a first circuit for producing an output image signal based on the digital image data from the memory, a display device for displaying an image of the output image signal, a second circuit for compressing the digital image data from the memory into compressed image data, a telephone part having telephone functions, a line control circuit coupled to a public analog telephone line for selectively coupling the second circuit and the telephone part to the public analog telephone line, and a control device.