Abstract: A DVD recorder is provided which includes an NTSC decoder (15) for converting an NTSC-based TV signal into an ITU-R BT. 601-based video signal, an MPEG encoder (17) for encoding the ITU-R BT. 601-based video signal into an MPEG-2 data stream, a driver (23) for recording the MPEG-2-based data stream to a DVD disk, and a VBI slice circuit (24) for detecting VBI from the TV signal. When the V timing of an input signal is asynchronous with that of recording signal, the MPEG encoder (17) inserts null data as blanking data into an arbitrary frame if a frame repeat has occurred or deletes null data from blanking data from an arbitrary frame if a frame skip has occurred.

Abstract: The present invention aims at preventing sanitary tissue paper from being torn when it is removed. The purpose is accomplished by sanitary tissue paper of single-ply or double-plies, characterized in that said paper has a lateral tensile strength on a dry condition of 32 N/m or more, a longitudinal tensile strength on a wet direction of 32 N/m or more, and a longitudinal tensile strength on a dry condition which is 2.5 to 3.5 times higher than the lateral tensile strength on a dry condition.

Abstract: A compact and economical gas-insulated switchgear is provided. The gas-insulated switchgear includes: a grounding metal housing 1 filled with insulating gas, and in which the disconnector part 2 having a moving side electrode part 2a and a stationary side electrode part 2b is accommodated; and composite insulating shields 17a, 17b integrally formed into one metal-dielectric member in which surface of a high electric field part located in the vicinity of ends of openings is coated with a dielectric so as to cover the moving side and stationary side electrode parts 2a and 2b with the dielectric. To form the composite insulating shields 17a, 17b, a metal shield of less than 0.6 in non-uniform constant before coating with the dielectric is coated with dielectrics 18a, 18b having a thickness of not more than approximately 30% of an interelectrode distance from a facing electric-field relaxation shield.

Abstract: The white light emitting diode comprising a light emitting component using a semiconductor as a light emitting layer and a phosphor which absorbs a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emits light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the light emitting layer of the light emitting component is a nitride compound semiconductor and the phosphor contains garnet fluorescent material activated with cerium. which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd and Sm, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In and, and is subject to less deterioration of emission characteristic even when used with high luminance for a long period of time.

Abstract: A decoder decodes full frame MPEG-2 video by a single method that applies regardless of buffer memory and frame rate conversion considerations. A display control module handles frame rate and field sequence in response to host configuration, trick play command signals, and information in the received bitstream. Pictures are decoded as buffer memory for the decoded pictures becomes available, and picture display attributes are assigned and stored in a table, one string for each decoded picture. Frame rate and field sequence are managed in light of memory constraints, to produce a high quality result without re-decoding data.

Abstract: A single-chip application specific integrated circuit provides autonomous management of playback of digital video and audio. The chip includes a digital video decoder and output system, and a central processing unit controlling said digital video decoder and output system. The central processing unit receives commands to establish a current playback state for management of playback of digital video and audio by said digital video decoder and output system, and responds to a video field synchronization signal and a current playback state, without external instruction, to determine whether to display digital video, whether to decode digital video for display, whether to repeat display of previously decoded digital video, and whether to skip over digital video prior to decoding digital video for output. By delivering commands to the central processing unit, the application specific integrated circuit can be caused to transition between playback states to provide desired playback of said digital video and audio.

Abstract: The white light emitting diode comprising a light emitting component using a semiconductor as a light emitting layer and a phosphor which absorbs a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emits light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the light emitting layer of the light emitting component is a nitride compound semiconductor and the phosphor contains garnet fluorescent material activated with cerium which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd and Sm, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In and, and is subject to less deterioration of emission characteristic even when used with high luminance for a long period of time.

Abstract: The white light emitting diode comprising a light emitting component using a semiconductor as a light emitting layer and a phosphor which absorbs a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emits light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the light emitting layer of the light emitting component is a nitride compound semiconductor and the phosphor contains garnet fluorescent material activated with cerium which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd and Sm, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In and, and is subject to less deterioration of emission characteristic even when used with high luminance for a long period of time.

Abstract: Provided are: a turn table for storing a disk shaped recording medium Dn to be vertically placed; a disk drive unit disposed at the center part of the table, the disk drive unit mounting a recording medium Dn to record and/or reproduce an information signal SIN; disk carrying means for carrying the recording medium Dn between the disk drive unit and the turn table; and a control device, wherein the control device controls the turn table and disk carrying medium so as to detect whether or not the recording medium Dn is stored in the disk storage unit, judge an information recording face of the recording medium Dn removed from the disk storage unit, and based on the judgment result, mount the recording medium Dn intact on the disk drive unit or invert the recording medium Dn, thereby remounting the medium on the disk drive.

Abstract: A digital video presentation system is provided with a decoder to decode full frame MPEG-2 video by a single method that applies regardless of buffer memory and frame rate conversion considerations. A display control module handles frame rate and field sequence in response to host configuration, particularly buffer memory size and display type (NTSC or PAL), to host trick play command signals, and to information in the received bitstream. Pictures are decoded as buffer memory for the decoded pictures becomes available, and picture display attributes are assigned and stored in a table, one string for each decoded picture. Field display logic is informed of the to memory address of the next field to be displayed along with the attributes needed for affecting proper field display sequence, and flagging whether the memory is to be freed for use by the decoder as the field is being displayed and whether the decoder is to decode the next picture as the field is being displayed.

Abstract: A single-chip application specific integrated circuit provides autonomous management of playback of digital video and audio. The chip includes a digital video decoder and output system, and a central processing unit controlling said digital video decoder and output system. The central processing unit receives commands to establish a current playback state for management of playback of digital video and audio by said digital video decoder and output system, and responds to a video field synchronization signal and a current playback state, without external instruction, to determine whether to display digital video, whether to decode digital video for display, whether to repeat display of previously decoded digital video, and whether to skip over digital video prior to decoding digital video for output. By delivering commands to the central processing unit, the application specific integrated circuit can be caused to transition between playback states to provide desired playback of said digital video and audio.

Abstract: The white light emitting diode comprising a light emitting component using a semiconductor as a light emitting layer and a phosphor which absorbs a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emits light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the light emitting layer of the light emitting component is a nitride compound semiconductor and the phosphor contains garnet fluorescent material activated with cerium which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd and Sm, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In and, and is subject to less deterioration of emission characteristic even when used with high luminance for a long period of time.

Abstract: The white light emitting diode comprising a light emitting component using a semiconductor as a light emitting layer and a phosphor which absorbs a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emits light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the light emitting layer of the light emitting component is a nitride compound semiconductor and the phosphor contains garnet fluorescent material activated with cerium which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd and Sm, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In and, and is subject to less deterioration of emission characteristic even when used with high luminance for a long period of time.

Abstract: A transmission-reception system is disclosed wherein digital data whose miss cannot be admitted can be transmitted on the real time basis with certainty and accurately without imposing a high load to any of electronic equipments on the transmission side and the reception side. DMCT data as ancillary data whose miss cannot be admitted are supplied from a DVD-Audio decoder of a DVD player to a microcomputer of a digital I/F section. The microcomputer supplies the DMCT data to a transmission data packet composite modulator of a link layer transmitter-receiver. The modulator divides the DMCT data into data units of an equal data length and adds a label and a sublabel to each of the data units to form a transmission data set. The sublabel indicates whether the corresponding data unit is the first data unit or a succeeding data set succeeding to the first data unit. The transmission data sets of the DMCT data formed by the modulator are transmitted.

Abstract: Conventionally, a particular countermeasure has been taken for each of the error factors. That is, each error requires a circuit and the like for carrying out the countermeasure, which leads to an increase size of the entire circuit. The present invention includes a controller 14 which resets a system time clock STC serving as the system reference time with a time management information PTM in a video decoder 7. This reset time is compared to a time management information PTM or DTM of the video decoder 7 or an audio decoder 11. According to a result of the comparison, the synchronization lag between the video signal and the audio signal is controlled.

Abstract: DVD reproducing apparatus which enables seamless images at a plurality of angles recorded on a DVD to simultaneously be watched or instantaneously be watched even if the images are switched. The frame memory of a DVD reproducing apparatus has m display data storage regions (m is an integer) corresponding to m different images to be displayed, as well as a first decoded data storage region and a second decoded data storage region in which decoded I pictures and P pictures, that is, the decoded image data, are stored.

Abstract: A DVD reproduction apparatus includes a video decoder capable of outputting smooth video data during forward or backward high-speed reproduction. The video decoder is intermittently supplied with data in VOBU (Video Object Unit) units. According to control by a controller, the decoder outputs the decoded I pictures or P pictures from a memory having a capacity of three or more pictures. In a case of forward reproduction, the pictures are outputted according to the time axis, and in a case of backward reproduction, the pictures are outputted in the opposite direction of the decoding order. Moreover, the decoder counts a VOBU passing time through a demultiplexer provided at a preceding stage and outputs respective pictures at averaged intervals. That is, because three pictures are outputted for each VOBU, pictures are outputted at an interval of the averaged VOBU passing time multiplied by ⅓.

Abstract: The white light emitting diode comprising a light emitting component using a semiconductor as a light emitting layer and a phosphor which absorbs a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emits light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the light emitting layer of the light emitting component is a nitride compound semiconductor and the phosphor contains garnet fluorescent material activated with cerium which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd and Sm, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In and, and is subject to less deterioration of emission characteristic even when used with high luminance for a long period of time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing data compressed in accordance with a motion picture experts group (MPEG) standard and recorded on a recording medium. The data represents a plurality of frames which correspond to a plurality of groups of pictures (GOPs), in which each of the GOPs includes different types of pictures including intraframe predictively (I) encoded and interframe predictively (P) encoded pictures. The compressed data is read from the recording medium, and the type of pictures corresponding to the read data is determined. The read image data is decoded and supplied to a display device. When special processing (such as, random accessing) is performed, image data may not be properly decoded during an initial period. During this time period, an auxiliary signal may be supplied to the display device.

Abstract: The white light emitting diode comprising a light emitting component using a semiconductor as a light emitting layer and a phosphor which absorbs a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emits light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the light emitting layer of the light emitting component is a nitride compound semiconductor and the phosphor contains garnet fluorescent material activated with cerium which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd and Sm, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In and, and is subject to less deterioration of emission characteristic even when used with high luminance for a long period of time.