Abstract: The present invention is a composition for detecting a latent fingerprint characterized in that the composition includes a 2-cyanoacrylate and a silicone oil, and that a content of the silicone oil is in a range from 700 to 9000 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the 2-cyanoacrylate. The composition may further include a fluorescent dye, a stabilizer, etc.

Abstract: The digital broadcast receiver 10 includes the first tuner 106 and the second tuner 107. The first tuner 106 receives a certain channel, whereas the second tuner 107 performs channel detection at a predetermined cycle. If the reception level of the certain channel currently received by the first tuner 106 becomes lower than a threshold, the digital broadcast receiver 10 switches the channel received by the first tuner 106 to a channel whose reception level is equal to or higher than the threshold among channels detected by the second tuner 107.

Abstract: A storage device that stores at least one of video data and audio data comprising: a storage medium having a total storage area divided into multiple divided storage areas; a storage processing unit that selects a divided storage area other than a divided storage area that is most recently subjected to storage processing among the multiple divided storage areas, and stores, in a selected divided area, at least one of the video data and the audio data corresponding to a storage period unit; and a divided storage area control unit that performs initialization processing or defragmentation processing to the divided storage area which stores at least one of the video data and the audio data corresponding to the storage period unit.

Abstract: A method is provided of playing a broadcast program content, which includes: (a) producing a combination-dependent unique key which is unique to a combination of a tuner unit and a computer unit; and (b) in response to issuance of a real-time play command or a recorded-video playback command from a user, playing a broadcast program content in real-time after transmission thereof from the tuner unit to the computer unit, or playing back recorded data after retrieval thereof from a data storage. In an illustrative embodiment, the produced combination-dependent unique key is outputted into an encryptor of the tuner unit for encryption, and the encrypted digital data is inputted into the computer unit. A decryptor of the computer unit is caused to attempt decryption of the encrypted digital data, using the produced combination-dependent unique key.

Abstract: A portable recording/reproducing apparatus has a function of a remote controller and a function of controlling a recording medium. The portable recording/reproducing apparatus includes an operation unit on which an operation relating to reproduction of a video content is performed, a video content reproducing unit configured to reproduce the video content in response to the operation relating to the reproduction performed on the operation unit, and a transmission processor configured to wirelessly send a display apparatus the video content reproduced by the video content reproducing unit as a control signal.

Abstract: The digital broadcast receiver 10 includes the first tuner 106 and the second tuner 107. The first tuner 106 receives a certain channel, whereas the second tuner 107 performs channel detection at a predetermined cycle.

Abstract: An external device (10) includes a memory (11) configured to store an external-device identifier that is an identifier of the external device. The memory includes a storage area (11a) to store a cryptographic key for copyrighted data. The cryptographic key is not stored in the storage area in the initial state, and the cryptographic key corresponding to the external-device identifier is written to the storage area by a terminal (20).

Abstract: A method is provided of playing a broadcast program content, which includes: (a) producing a combination-dependent unique key which is unique to a combination of a tuner unit and a computer unit; and (b) in response to issuance of a real-time play command or a recorded-video playback command from a user, playing a broadcast program content in real-time after transmission thereof from the tuner unit to the computer unit, or playing back recorded data after retrieval thereof from a data storage. In an illustrative embodiment, the produced combination-dependent unique key is outputted into an encryptor of the tuner unit for encryption, and the encrypted digital data is inputted into the computer unit. A decryptor of the computer unit is caused to attempt decryption of the encrypted digital data, using the produced combination-dependent unique key.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and its method which easily change the definition of pixel attribute in an image processing unit even if the image processing unit has been realized by hardware such as a semiconductor integrated circuit. The image processing apparatus inputs image data and first pixel information indicating information on a pixel of the image data. A first selector 101 selects predetermined bits from the first pixel information and generates second pixel information. A second selector 103 selects one of the plural third pixel information stored in a register file 102 based on the second pixel information and outputs the selected third pixel information as fourth pixel information. A decoder 104 determines a pixel attribute based on the fourth pixel information. Then, image processing is performed on the image data based on the determined pixel attribute. At this time, the selection bits by the first selector and the data stored in the register file 102 are variable.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and its method which easily change the definition of pixel attribute in an image processing unit even if the image processing unit has been realized by hardware such as a semiconductor integrated circuit. The image processing apparatus inputs image data and first pixel information indicating information on a pixel of the image data. A first selector 101 selects predetermined bits from the first pixel information and generates second pixel information. A second selector 103 selects one of the plural third pixel information stored in a register file 102 based on the second pixel information and outputs the selected third pixel information as fourth pixel information. A decoder 104 determines a pixel attribute based on the fourth pixel information. Then, image processing is performed on the image data based on the determined pixel attribute. At this time, the selection bits by the first selector and the data stored in the register file 102 are variable.

Abstract: For a combination of a first movable body adaptive for an automatic motion to provide an equivalent service to a required service, and a second movable body capable of exercising a voluntary motion and to cooperate with the first movable body to provide the voluntary motion as one of assistance and teaching to the first movable body to sophisticate the automatic motion, there are provided a first controller operative in a first mode for controlling the first moving body to exercise the automatic motion and in a second mode for adapting the first movable body to cooperate with the second movable body so that the automatic motion is sophisticated to be capable of achieving an equivalent service to the required service in a sophisticated manner, and a second controller for selecting one of the first and second modes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a three-dimensionally stacked LSI having a plurality of integrated-circuit layers stacked together, each of which is equipped with a plurality of circuit elements. Each of the circuit elements are equipped a power terminal of its own, which is connected through interlayer via-hole wiring to the power wiring of the uppermost integrated-circuit layer. The power wiring of the uppermost integrated-circuit layer is formed of a metal exhibiting a low electrical resistance, for example, Al, whereas the metal wirings of the other layers, which are exposed to high temperatures when forming the upper layers, are formed of W.

Abstract: A cell containing a test pad is defined as a standard cell, in the same fashion as a logic circuit, and is disposed and wired, together with logic circuit cells, in the internal circuit region excluding the input and output pad regions around the chip by a standard cell system. The cell containing the test pad possesses the pad region for feeding a reference potential in the cell, or the pad region capable of detecting a reference signal, or the layout pattern for expressing an arbitrary code for distinguishing the cell from other cells.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a first waveform memory for storing a waveform corresponding to an attack portion of a musical tone and one period of a steady waveform produced after the attack, a second waveform memory for storing one period of a waveform different from the contents of the first waveform memory, a waveform reader which reads out the first and second waveform from the first and second waveform memory, respectively, and an envelope generator which generates two separate envelope signals. The first waveform including the attack portion of the musical tone and the periodic second waveform are multiplied by the separate envelope signals, respectively, and then the products of the multiplication are added together. The sum of the products is provided as an output.

Abstract: Oil is extracted from vegetable material, such as cottonseed, rapeseed, safflower seed, sunflower seed, and linseed, by mechanically expelling crude oil from the vegetable material and then chemically extracting crude oil from the pulp cakes produced in the expelling step by using a suitable solvent. After the expelling step the oil is separated from the cakes and, thereafter, the mechanically expelled crude oil is passed through a layer of the cakes prior to at least a portion of chemical extraction to filter fine sediment from the expelled oil and thus eliminate separate fine sediment filtering steps of the mechanically expelled crude oil.