Abstract: An image processor includes a filter process circuit for executing a filtering of image data picked up by an image pickup unit with a plurality of spatial filters, a brightness calculation circuit for calculating a brightness in a local area of the image data, a weighting circuit for weighting an output of the filter process circuit in accordance with an output of the filter process circuit and/or an output of the brightness calculation circuit, and an inverse filter process circuit for executing an inverse filter process with respect to an output of the weighting circuit to generate process image data.

Abstract: A safe and widely-applicable food intake regulator can be provided by using at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of a fish or mammalian melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and enzymatic digests thereof, which have the activity to suppress food intake.

Abstract: A telescopic shaft for vehicle steering installed in a vehicle steering shaft. A male shaft and a female shaft are non-rotatably and slidably fitted to each other and an outer peripheral portion of the male shaft and an inner peripheral portion of the female shaft come in contact with each other to transmit a torque during rotation. A grease composition which has an apparent viscosity of 400 to 750 Pa·s (25° C.) at a shear rate of 10 sec?1 as defined in JIS K2220 is enclosed in a gap between the outer peripheral portion of the male shaft and the inner peripheral portion of the female shaft.

Abstract: An impulse response synthesis method is carried out by a dispersion calculation process for calculating a dispersion of phase characteristics in association with a given room based on a volume of the room, a degree of sound absorption of the room, and a distance between a sound source and a receiving point arranged in the room, a noise creation process for creating a noise having the dispersion of the phase characteristics calculated in the dispersion calculation process, a trend addition process for adding a phase trend to the noise created by the noise creation process in accordance with the distance between the sound source and the receiving point and obtaining a phase characteristic of a minimum-phase component from the noise added with the phase trend, and a synthesis process for synthesizing an impulse response based on the phase characteristic of the minimum-phase component, the impulse response being used to create reverberation for the room.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof exhibits an excellent CRF receptor antagonism.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof exhibits an excellent CRF receptor antagonism wherein X is a nitrogen atom or CH; R1 is -A11-A12; A11 is a single bond or a C1-6 alkylene group; A12 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group or a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, etc.; R2 is -A21-A22; A21 is a single bond or a C1-6 alkylene group; A22 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, a non-aromatic heterocyclic group, or a heteroaryl group, etc.; R3 is a C1-6 alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C3-6 cycloalkoxy C1-6 alkyl group, di-C1-6 alkyl amino group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a formyl group, or a carboxyl group, etc; R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkoxy group; R5 is a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or a C1-6 alkoxy group; R6 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C1-6 alkylthio group, or a C1-6 alkyl sulfinyl group etc.

Abstract: A hearing aid device for processing an input sound signal via a microphone so as to output a sound signal from an earphone comprises a signal processing element, a couple of acoustic nerve excitation pattern calculation elements, a couple of acoustic filter shape memory elements, a comparison element, a correction processing element, etc. The couple of acoustic nerve excitation pattern calculation elements calculate acoustic nerve excitation patterns of a normal hearing person and a hearing impaired person based on an output signal of the signal processing element and acoustic filter shapes of the normal hearing person and the hearing impaired person which are stored in the couple of acoustic filter shape memory elements. Each of the acoustic nerve excitation patterns is compared via the comparison element.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a precursor film for a polypropylene-based resin retardation film that can yield films with almost no orientation and with high transparency. The process for producing a precursor film for a polypropylene-based resin retardation film comprises a step of pressing a molten sheet formed by extruding a molten polypropylene-based resin from a T-shaped die 12 at 180° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower between a cooling roll 16 having a surface temperature regulated to ?5° C. or higher and 30° C. or lower and a touch roll 14 having a surface temperature regulated to 80° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, whereby the molten sheet is cooled and solidified.

Abstract: The process has a step of longitudinally stretching a thermoplastic resin film F by heating and floating the thermoplastic resin film F by blowing hot wind supplied from slit 20a of each nozzle 20, and simultaneously, rotating nip rolls 30A, 30B, 32A, 32B at different rotation rates. Each slit 20a of the nozzle 20 extends in the width direction of the thermoplastic resin film F. Provided that, with respect to each slit of each nozzle, the product of the wind velocity of hot wind blown from the slit A (m/s) and the width of the slit B (m) is represented by C (m2/s), and the sum total of the products C of all the slits provided in a single nozzle is represented by Q, Q of each nozzle is 3×10?2 m2/s or more and 1×10?1 m2/s or less; and the wind velocity A of the hot wind blown from each slit is 2 m/s or more and 15 m/s or less.

Abstract: A method for producing a retardation film by a tenter method, in which a thermoplastic resin film 20 is stretched in the width direction thereof while heating the film with hot air supplied from blowout ports of a plurality of nozzles 30, 32 provided on the upper and lower portions of an oven 100, having a preheating step of heating the thermoplastic resin film 20 with hot air; a stretching step of stretching the thermoplastic resin film 20 preheated while heating it with hot air to obtain a stretched film 22; and a heat setting step of heating the stretched film 22 with hot air, in which, in the preheating step, the stretching step and/or the heat setting step, an air blow velocity at the blowout port of hot air to be used is 2 to 12 m/second and air blow amount per nozzle is 0.1 to 1 m3/second per meter of the length of the nozzle along the width direction of the film.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing an optical thermoplastic resin film that can yield films with almost no orientation and with high transparency. The process for producing an optical thermoplastic resin film comprises a molding step of discharging a molten thermoplastic resin from a T-shaped die, and thereby molding it into a film form, and a cooling step of cooling and solidifying the molten resin molded in a film form by pressing it with a metal cooling roll 16 and a touch roll 14 in which a rubber roll 14b are disposed inside a tubular metal belt 14a, whereby the molten resin is cooled and solidified. In the cooling step, the surface temperature Ti of the cooling roll 16 is set so as to satisfy the condition represented by the following formula (1), while the surface temperature T2 of the belt 14a is set so as to satisfy the condition represented by the following formula (2). Tg?30° C.?T1+50° C. ??(1) T1+10° C.?T2?T1+150° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent corticotrophin-releasing-factor receptor antagonistic activity. That is, it provides a compound represented by the following formula or a salt thereof. Wherein R1 denotes a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group and the like; R2 denotes a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C2-10 alkenyl group, C2-10 alkynyl group and the like; R3 denotes a C6-14 aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group or a 5- to 14-membered aromatic heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent; and X, Y and X are independent of each other and each denotes N or CR4 (wherein R4 denotes a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, an optionally halogenated C1-6 alkyl group and the like) and, in this case, at least two of X, Y and Z denote CR4.

Abstract: A mobile communications system including a mobile terminal 1 and a base station 2 which relays communications between a network and the mobile terminal 1, in which the base station 2 can deliver information to the mobile terminal 1 by using an MBMS, in which the base station 2 sets a flag indicating presence or absence of emergency information to a control channel used for the MBMS, and notifies the presence or absence of the emergency information to the mobile terminal 1 by using the description of the flag set to the control channel for the MBMS.

Abstract: To provide a method of reducing an intrinsic harsh/astringent taste of protamine and a protamine salt and effectively using a fat absorption suppressive effect of these. A complex is formed by reacting at least one of acidic macromolecular substances, such as alginate and polyglutaminate, and gum arabic which are capable of forming a complex reducing harsh/astringent taste and dissociating protamine having a lipase inhibitory activity by pepsin treatment, with protamine or a protamine salt.

Abstract: In a navigation apparatus having a base unit that is fastenable to a dashboard at a driver's seat of a vehicle; a front panel unit that is attachable to and detachable from the base unit and is equipped with a display displaying map data; and a microcomputer that performs a navigation function to indicate a determined location of the vehicle on the map data, it is configured such that a part of the front panel unit projects from a surface of the dashboard toward a user seated in the driver's seat, as viewed from side, when the front panel unit is attached to the base unit. With this, the degree of freedom of front panel unit attachment/detachment with respect to the base unit is improved without sacrificing the appearance of the navigation apparatus.

Abstract: The invention provides a telescopic shaft for vehicle steering installed in a vehicle steering shaft. A male shaft and a female shaft are non-rotatably and slidably fitted to each other and an outer peripheral portion of the male shaft and an inner peripheral portion of the female shaft come in contact with each other to transmit a torque during rotation. A grease composition which has an apparent viscosity of 400 to 750 Pa·s (25° C.) at a shear rate of 10 sec?1 as defined in JIS K2220 is enclosed in a gap between the outer peripheral portion of the male shaft and the inner peripheral portion of the female shaft. This telescopic shaft for vehicle steering does not need a new process for the male and female shafts, which is a cause of increase of cost. In addition, improvement in durability, reduction of resistance and stick-slip resistance are achieved.

Abstract: In a navigation apparatus having: a base unit fastenable to a vehicle and equipped with at least a microcomputer; and a front panel unit attachable to and detachable from the base unit and equipped with at least a display displaying map data and a microcomputer performing a navigation function to indicate a determined location of the vehicle on the map data, a front surface of the front panel unit is made same size as a mating face of the base unit; and the display occupies 70% or greater of length of the front panel unit in a lateral direction. With this, the front panel unit including the microcomputer for performing navigation functions can be configured to be attachable/detachable to/from the base unit to enhance ease of use, and the size (area) of the display formed in the front panel unit can be increased to improve viewability.

Abstract: The electronic endoscope device in accordance with the present invention comprises an image pick-up unit capable of acquiring an object image with respect to illumination light employed for illuminating the object for each prescribed wavelength band, an exposure period setting circuit for setting the exposure period of the image pick-up unit corresponding to the each wavelength band, an amplification circuit for amplifying picked-up image signals of the object image obtained with the image pick-up unit corresponding to the each wavelength band, and a control circuit for controlling the amplification circuit such that the picked-up image signals corresponded to the each wavelength band of the object image that are acquired with the image pick-up unit at the exposure period set corresponding to the each wavelength band set by the exposure period setting circuit are amplified at amplification factors computed corresponding to the exposure period that is set corresponding to the each wavelength band.

Abstract: A one-chip type magnetic sensor is provided in which thin-film anisotropic magnetoresistance elements are formed on an IC substrate. Applied magnetic fields can be detected in the magnetic sensor in vertical and horizontal directions, and detection sensitivity can be adjusted with respect to direction. The influence on a magnetic-sensitive property can be suppressed when another magnetic field is applied from another direction. A semiconductor substrate, lead frame, and lead frame(s) are accommodated in a package in the magnetic sensor. Thin-film magnetoresistance elements are formed on the substrate, which includes an electric circuit having comparison and amplification functions. The lead frame is used to mount the semiconductor substrate thereon. The lead frames are connected to the semiconductor substrate, which is attached to a semiconductor attachment surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein any one of R1, R2 and R3 represents a group represented by the formula: —(CH2)m-NR11R12 (wherein m is 1 or 2; and R11 and R12 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group or may, together with a nitrogen atom to which R11 and R12 are bound, form a 4- or 5-membered cyclic group); the remaining two or R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a group represented by the formula: —(O)n-R21 (wherein n is 0 or 1; and R21 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C2-6 alkenyl group, a C2-6 alkynyl group, or the like); and R4 represents a C1-6 alkyl group which may have a substituent or the like.