Abstract: In order to implement both a physical later pipe (PLP) structure and a plurality of receiver classes, a transmitting apparatus includes: a signaling information generation unit which generates signaling information including a transmission parameter for each of PLPs; a PLP processing group which performs processing based on the transmission parameter for each of the PLPs; and a transmitting unit which transmits data including the generated signaling information and PLP data for each of the PLPs. The PLP data is received by a receiving apparatus that is indicated by a flag of the PLP and is not received by another receiving apparatus, the receiving apparatuses being included in a plurality of receiving apparatuses classified under a plurality of states. The generated signaling information includes, as the transmission parameter for each of the PLPs, the flag of the PLP.

Abstract: An OFDM reception device receives an OFDM symbol that includes a signal for a useful symbol duration generated based on transmission information and a signal for a guard interval duration generated based on the signal for the useful symbol duration. The OFDM reception device includes a first orthogonal transformation unit configured to perform an orthogonal transformation on the signal for the useful symbol duration, a second orthogonal transformation unit configured to perform an orthogonal transformation on the signal for the guard interval duration, and a decoding unit configured to decode the OFDM symbol in accordance with results of the orthogonal transformation by the first orthogonal transformation unit and results of the orthogonal transformation by the second orthogonal transformation unit.

Abstract: An inter-carrier interface removal device can improve estimation accuracy of inter-carrier interference caused by Doppler shift in a received multi-carrier signal moving at a high speed, and a reception characteristic of the multi-carrier signal after removing the inter-carrier interference.

Abstract: An OFDM transmitter and an OFDM receiver respectively transmit and receive N (N?2, N is an integer) control symbols. For each control symbol, a guard interval time-domain signal is, for example, identical to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting at least a portion of a useful symbol time-domain signal by an amount different from any other symbol, or to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting one or both of a portion and a span of a useful symbol interval time-domain signal different from any other symbol by a predetermined amount.

Abstract: An inter-carrier interface removal device can improve estimation accuracy of inter-carrier interference caused by Doppler shift in a received multi-carrier signal moving at a high speed, and a reception characteristic of the multi-carrier signal after removing the inter-carrier interference.

Abstract: An inter-carrier interface removal device can improve estimation accuracy of inter-carrier interference caused by Doppler shift in a received multi-carrier signal moving at a high speed, and a reception characteristic of the multi-carrier signal after removing the inter-carrier interference.

Abstract: A wideband carrier frequency error calculator that, for each of a plurality of location patterns, calculates a cumulative value through a predetermined process performed on signals output by an orthogonal transformer for a plurality of sub-carrier positions determined according to a given location pattern while simultaneously shifting the signals output therefrom by one sub-carrier unit along the carrier direction and that also calculates wideband carrier frequency error according to carrier direction discrepancies calculated as maximum values within the cumulative value, and a carrier frequency error corrector that applies corrections to carrier frequency discrepancies according to the wideband carrier frequency error so calculated.

Abstract: An orthogonal transform subunit 14 separates a reception signal into carriers on a per-symbol basis.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to use chalcogenide glass to produce an infrared transmitting glass that is more suitable for mold-forming than the conventional glasses. Specifically, the invention provides an infrared transmitting glass for mold forming which contains, in molar concentrations, 2-22% of Ge, 6-34% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi, 1-20% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn and Zn and 58-70% of at least one element chosen from the group comprising S, Se and Te.

Abstract: An OFDM reception apparatus is provided that effectively suppresses a reduction in reception performance during high-speed mobile reception, thereby making it possible to achieve stable and high-speed mobile reception. To achieve this, the OFDM reception apparatus includes a transmission channel characteristic estimating unit for calculating a transmission channel characteristic value indicating phase and amplitude distortions in an OFDM signal for each sub-carrier, the phase and amplitude distortions occurring during propagation through a transmission channel, and calculating an n-th differentiation of the transmission channel characteristic value, and an interference component removing unit for using the transmission channel characteristic value and the n-th differentiation calculated for each of the sub-carriers by the transmission channel characteristic estimating unit, to remove an interference component between the sub-carriers from the OFDM signal.

Abstract: A waveform equalizer includes a filter unit, an error estimation unit, a tap coefficient storage unit, and an update amount calculation unit which includes an intermediate calculation unit and an update amount setting unit. Coefficient update amount ?Ci(n) for an ith tap is calculated according to an equation ?Ci(n)=?i(n)×?×e(n)×x*(n?i) with the multiplication by ?i(n) being performed by the update amount setting unit. Here, 0<?i(n)?1, and ?i(n) is a function f(Ci(n?1)) which monotonically increases with Ci(n?1).

Abstract: An inter-carrier interface removal device can improve estimation accuracy of inter-carrier interference caused by Doppler shift in a received multi-carrier signal moving at a high speed, and a reception characteristic of the multi-carrier signal after removing the inter-carrier interference.

Abstract: To provide a joint structure for vehicle body members, which can effectively accommodate distortion due to joining of dissimilar metals, a joining surface of an aluminum roof panel and a joining surface of a side roof rail made of steel are joined by non-piercing rivets, with an electrically insulating structural adhesive being interposed between the joining surfaces, and a bead extending along the joining surfaces is formed in the aluminum roof panel.

Abstract: A waveform equalizer includes a filter unit, an error estimation unit, a tap coefficient storage unit, and an update amount calculation unit which includes an intermediate calculation unit and an update amount setting unit. Coefficient update amount ?Ci(n) for an ith tap is calculated according to an equation ?Ci(n)=?i(n)×?×e(n)×x*(n?i) with the multiplication by ?i(n) being performed by the update amount setting unit. Here, 0<?i(n)?1, and ?i(n) is a function f(Ci(n?1)) which monotonically increases with Ci(n?1).

Abstract: To provide a joint structure for vehicle body members, which can effectively accommodate distortion due to joining of dissimilar metals, a joining surface of an aluminum roof panel and a joining surface of a side roof rail made of steel are joined by non-piercing rivets, with an electrically insulating structural adhesive being interposed between the joining surfaces, and a bead extending along the joining surfaces is formed in the aluminum roof panel.

Abstract: An automobile fuel container material and container has good workability, corrosion resistance of internal and external surfaces and weldability. Excellent environmental adaptability arises from the material being free from the elution of harmful components such as lead and chromium(VI). The automobile fuel container material includes a steel sheet, 5 to 80 g/m2 zinc plating as a first layer on at least one side of the surface of the steel sheet, 10 g/m2 nickel plating as a second layer, and not more than 5 g/m2 of a post-treatment layer. The post-treatment layer forms by coating partially reduced chromic acid and a reducing organic compound or can be an electrolytic chromate film as a lower layer and a resin as an upper layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are an automobile fuel container material and an automobile fuel container which have good workability, corrosion resistance of internal and external surfaces, and weldability, have excellent environmental adaptability, that is, are free from the elution of harmful components such as lead and chromium(VI), can be mass produced at low cost. The automobile fuel container material comprises: a steel sheet; a zinc plating as a first layer provided at a coverage of 5 to 80 g/m2 on at least one side of the surface of the steel sheet; a nickel plating as a second layer provided at a coverage of not more than 10 g/m2 on the zinc plating as the first layer; and a post-treatment layer as a third layer provided at a coverage of not more than 5 g/m2 on the nickel plating as the second layer.