Abstract: A blowout in which the required exhaling force of for stretching thereof may be precisely set to a suitable level. The blowout may include: a stretchable body having a generally tubular shape; a wire body having elasticity and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the stretchable body; and a mouthpiece connected to an end of the stretchable body. In use, the mouthpiece may be held in the mouth such that air is blown therethrough, whereby the stretchable body is stretched. The stretchable body remains curled into a spiral shape by the wire body when air is not blown thereinto. The elastic force of the wire body may be set to a predetermined value, the mouthpiece may include an air regulator for regulating the quantity of airflow, and the stretchable body may not stretch unless the force of air blown is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A blowout in which the required exhaling force of for stretching thereof may be precisely set to a suitable level. The blowout may include: a stretchable body having a generally tubular shape; a wire body having elasticity and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the stretchable body; and a mouthpiece connected to an end of the stretchable body. In use, the mouthpiece may be held in the mouth such that air is blown therethrough, whereby the stretchable body is stretched. The stretchable body remains curled into a spiral shape by the wire body when air is not blown thereinto. The elastic force of the wire body may be set to a predetermined value, the mouthpiece may include an air regulator for regulating the quantity of airflow, and the stretchable body may not stretch unless the force of air blown is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A color image creating apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a creation unit. The acquisition unit acquires a color visible image from an imaging unit which images the color visible image which includes plural pixels which each include color information and intensity information based on light in a visible light range. The creation unit uses the intensity information and the color information which are acquired by the imaging for a pixel which has intensity equal to or higher than a predetermined value so as to effect display in color, and uses the intensity information acquired by the imaging for a pixel which has intensity lower than the predetermined value so as to effect display in grayscale, and create a color image.

Abstract: An object determining apparatus is disclosed which is structured such that right and left disparity images are acquired from different view points, disparity of corresponding points in the right and left images is computed, information relating to the points for which disparity is computed is voted to respective blocks of a disparity map that arranges blocks with one side corresponding to disparity, other side corresponding to image lateral position, and these sides being elongated with increasing disparity. An attribute of three dimensional object is applied to first blocks in which distribution of voted disparity points in disparity direction is small and image vertical direction is large. An attribute of road surface is applied to second blocks in which distribution in disparity direction is large and image vertical direction small, thereby determining an object as a three dimensional object or road surface.

Abstract: A communication apparatus for calling a counterpart apparatus and communicating with the counterpart apparatus, includes: a request issuing section for issuing a communication request to the counterpart apparatus; a response receiving section for receiving a communication permission response, which is sent from the counterpart apparatus, to the communication request issued from the request issuing section; an informing section for issuing information indicating that the communication apparatus uses a predetermined call rate paying system to the counterpart apparatus; and a communication permitting section for permitting a communication between a user of the communication apparatus and a user of the counterpart apparatus via the communication apparatus and the counterpart apparatus after the information is issued from the informing section.

Abstract: An Integrated Circuit (IC) card stores therein card identification. The IC card includes a verification data fetching unit that fetches verification data from a mobile communication terminal of a user; a verification process unit that verifies whether fetched verification data is authentic thereby verifying whether the user is an authorized user of the IC card; and a controller that permits exchange of the card identification data between the IC card and the transaction terminal upon the verification process unit confirming that the user is an authorized user thereby permitting execution of a transaction process at the transaction terminal.

Abstract: There are provided a mail server, a mail receiving apparatus, a mail server program storage medium, and a mail receiving program storage medium, the mail server which relays transmission and reception of electronic mail including a mail receiving section which receives electronic mail to which an attachment file is attached and which is accompanied by accompanying information which describes modes of treating the attachment file in association with plural recipient types into which recipients are categorized, an attachment file processing section which processes the attachment file of the electronic mail received at the mail receiving section in accordance with the type of recipients on the basis of the accompanying information which accompanies the electronic mail, and a mail sending section which sends the electronic mail the attachment file of which has been processed by the attachment file processing section to recipients of the electronic mail.

Abstract: An object determining apparatus is disclosed which is structured such that right and left disparity images are acquired from different view points, disparity of corresponding points in the right and left images is computed, information relating to the points for which disparity is computed is voted to respective blocks of a disparity map that arranges blocks with one side corresponding to disparity, other side corresponding to image lateral position, and these sides being elongated with increasing disparity. An attribute of three dimensional object is applied to first blocks in which distribution of voted disparity points in disparity direction is small and image vertical direction is large. An attribute of road surface is applied to second blocks in which distribution in disparity direction is large and image vertical direction small, thereby determining an object as a three dimensional object or road surface.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an image processing system, which includes an image sensor (DD) for introducing image information of an object to detect image data for indicating at least a density of the object. A scanning table memory (TM) is adapted to provide addresses in accordance with horizontal or vertical scanning lines, and provide a horizontal or vertical location information for each address. Also, the memory (TM) is adapted to provide a window on the basis of the location information and in accordance with the object, and store the window in a table memory. And, an image processor (DP) is adapted to provide a desired image on the basis of a logical product of the image data and the window. The memory (TM) is adapted to provide the window for the image which will be used at the next iteration step on the basis of the desired image formed by the image processor (DP).

Abstract: A vehicle condition detecting apparatus utilizes a camera mounted on the rear of a vehicle for providing an image including lines indicative of lane boundaries. The image is processed to determine the distances from the vehicle to each line. The distances are compared with predetermined distances by an image processor. A warning device provides a warning based on variations of observed distances with respect to the predetermined distances to warn the driver if the vehicle begins to drift out of a line.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for detecting a lane on a road, the latter of which includes an edge sensor (ED) for detecting edges indicative of boundaries of opposite sides of each lane, an edge memory (EM) for storing the edges to form a couple of continuous lines of edge groups indicative of the opposite boundaries of the lane, and an image processor (DP) for defining the opposite boundaries of the lane on a plane in a three-dimensional geometry. A center of curvature defining device (RC) defines a center of curvature to the opposite boundaries of the lane. An edge line extracting device (ES) divides the edge groups stored in the edge memory into a plurality of continuous regions each having a predetermined length along a concentric circle arc having the same center as the center of curvature, and extracts a pair of edge lines from each region.

Abstract: A polarizable electrode for an electric double layer capacitor, composed of a continuously micro-porous structure of a fluorine-containing polymer resin with a fine carbon powder incorporated therein, wherein said structure includes a numerous fine nodes of the resin and fine fibers of the resin three dimensionally connecting the nodes so that the nodes are partially in contact with or connected to one another, and the fine carbon powder is contained substantially in the nodes.