Abstract: A top-blowing lance nozzle is configured to freely switch an adequate expansion condition so as to control an oxygen-blowing amount and a jetting velocity independently of each other without requiring a plurality of lance nozzles or a mechanically movable part. A lance nozzle is configured to blow refining oxygen to molten iron charged in a reaction vessel while a gas is blown from a top-blowing lance to the molten iron. One or more blowing holes for blowing a working gas are on an inner wall side surface of the nozzle, at a site where the lance nozzle has a minimum cross-sectional area in a nozzle axis direction or at a neighboring site of the site.

Abstract: Cooling equipment for a hot rolled steel plate which is arranged on a hot rolling line of a steel plate includes an upper header which supplies cooling water to an upper surface of the hot rolled steel plate; upper cooling water jetting nozzles suspended from the upper header for jetting rod-like water flow; and an upper dividing wall arranged between the hot rolled steel plate and the upper header, wherein a plurality of upper water-supply inlets which allow insertion of lower end portions of the upper cooling water jetting nozzles thereinto, and a plurality of upper drain outlets which drain cooling water supplied to upper surface of the hot rolled steel plate on dividing wall are formed in the upper dividing wall.

Abstract: A motion picture recording/reproducing apparatus for embodying the technique includes, at least, a motion picture data input unit which inputs the motion picture data, a storage unit which stores the motion picture data, a recording unit which stores the motion picture data in the storage unit, a feature generating unit which generates a feature of the motion picture data, a ranking generating unit which provides ranking of scenes in the motion picture data according to their importance levels, a reproduction scene deciding unit which decides a reproduction image for each of the scenes in the motion picture data, and a category acquiring unit which acquires the category of the motion picture data. The ranking generating unit provides ranking of the scenes in the input motion picture data on the basis of the acquired category.

Abstract: A facility is provided for manufacturing a steel plate excellent in steel plate shape and mechanical property while setting low cooling-water spraying performance in a descaling step and achieving uniform cooling in a cooling step. Specifically, a hot rolling mill 3, a first hot leveler 5, a descaler 4, and cooling equipment 6 are arranged in that order from the upstream side in a conveying direction. A pressure P [MPa] at the point of impact of cooling water sprayed from the descaler to each surface of a steel plate 1 is greater than or equal to 1.5 MPa.

Abstract: A multiplexed audio data decoder apparatus is provided in which integration of an audio decoder is easy, and has a high flexibility when the number of the formats to be processed is increased or when the specification is changed. In an external ROM 60 there are accumulated a plurality of decoding program codes corresponding to respective plural methods for compressing and encoding. A controller 50 transfers the decoding program code corresponding to the method for compressing and encoding after changing thereof, from the external ROM 60 to an internal RAM 25. A DSP 22 starts decoding processing by using the decoding program code which is transmitted into the internal RAM 25.

Abstract: Cooling equipment for a hot rolled steel plate which is arranged on a hot rolling line of a steel plate includes an upper header which supplies cooling water to an upper surface of the hot rolled steel plate; upper cooling water jetting nozzles suspended from the upper header for jetting rod-like water flow; and an upper dividing wall arranged between the hot rolled steel plate and the upper header, wherein a plurality of upper water-supply inlets which allow insertion of lower end portions of the upper cooling water jetting nozzles thereinto, and a plurality of upper drain outlets which drain cooling water supplied to upper surface of the hot rolled steel plate on dividing wall are formed in the upper dividing wall.

Abstract: A video playback apparatus includes a first unit which inputs a viewing time of video data to be played back, a second unit which extracts scenes on a basis of a power of audio in the video data or a movement of image in the video data so that a sum of the time of the extracted playback scenes is within the viewing time, and a third unit which plays back the extracted scenes.

Abstract: A video playback apparatus includes: video data inputting unit; a ranking data inputting/generating unit that inputs or generates ranking data where scenes in video data are ranked according to importance; a playback scene determination parameter inputting unit that inputs parameters when determining scenes to be played back according to importance; a playback scene determining unit that determines playback scenes based on ranking data and playback scene determination parameters; and a display unit that displays playback scenes. A viewing time of video data that the user desires and a maximum time width of each playback scene are inputted to the playback scene determination parameter inputting unit, and the playback scene determining unit cuts scenes so that the playback time of the playback scenes fits the maximum time width, and determines the playback scenes so that the sum of the playback time of the playback scenes fits within the viewing time.

Abstract: A full-type rolling bearing that can be used under the conditions of high-speed, heavy-load and lowered viscosity of lubricating oil is provided. The full-type rolling bearing is formed of an outer ring, an inner ring and rollers made of steel, at least one of the outer ring, inner ring and rollers has a carbonitrided layer in its surface layer, and the austenite crystal grain size number of the surface layer is larger than 10.

Abstract: A multiplexed audio data decoder apparatus is provided in which integration of an audio decoder is easy, and has a high flexibility when the number of the formats to be processed is increased or when the specification is changed. In an external ROM 60 there are accumulated a plurality of decoding program codes corresponding to respective plural methods for compressing and encoding. A controller means 50 transfers the decoding program code corresponding to the method for compressing and encoding after changing thereof, from the external ROM 60 to an internal RAM 25. A DSP 22 starts decoding processing by using the decoding program code which is transmitted into the internal RAM 25.

Abstract: Within a television broadcast recording/reproducing apparatus, for preventing a commercial message (CM) from being cut when viewing an abridgement (digest), and for presenting the CM to a viewer without losing an advantage of viewing the abridgement, a ranking value of a CM portion is changed, with using a means for evaluating video and audio by one (1) frame thereof, thereby to give a ranking value thereto, and a means for detecting a CM portion.

Abstract: A digest image preparation apparatus includes an image coding circuit for receiving a moving picture to output a coded image obtained by coding the moving picture and extracting a certaing feature parameters produced upon the coding to be outputted, a feature vector computation circuit for receiving the feature parameters to output feature vectors of image frames defined in n dimensions and a curve simplification circuit for simplifying loci generated by arranging the n-dimensional feature vectors outputted by the feature vector computation circuit in time series manner to output ranking information. It then becomes possible to reduce a necessary cost for the image coding and a ranking information calculation.

Abstract: A multiplexed audio data decoder apparatus is provided in which integration of an audio decoder is easy, and has a high flexibility when the number of the formats to be processed is increased or when the specification is changed. In an external ROM 60 there are accumulated a plurality of decoding program codes corresponding to respective plural methods for compressing and encoding. A controller means 50 transfers the decoding program code corresponding to the method for compressing and encoding after changing thereof, from the external ROM 60 to an internal RAM 25. A DSP 22 starts decoding processing by using the decoding program code which is transmitted into the internal RAM 25.

Abstract: A decoding apparatus for selectively decoding compressed video or audio signal included in a data signal. The decoding apparatus includes a demultiplexer that receives and separates a data signal from a compressed input signal. A video decoder and an audio decoder are provided to decode compressed video or audio signals stored in a decoder buffer. The decoding apparatus uses a memory to store the data signal separated by the demultiplexer, and a CPU to analyze the data signal stored in the memory. The CPU causes the data signal analyzed by the CPU to be stored in the decoder buffer if the analyzed data signal includes a compressed video signal or a compressed audio signal, and the compression method used for the compressed video signal or the compressed audio signal included in the data signal can be decoded by the video decoder or the audio decoder.

Abstract: In order to avoid content deteriorations caused by embedment of a digital watermark into a moving picture, a process to search a picture for a motion and a process to filter a picture for medical care must be carried out, raising a processing cost. It is thus difficult to implement equipment for processing such pictures at a low cost. In a compound apparatus for encoding compressed code of a moving picture by employing a unit for embedding a digital watermark into a picture, a digital-watermark embedment quantity is determined by using a motion vector and a quantization parameter in a process to embed a digital watermark into the picture. It is thus no longer necessary to carry out the process to search a picture for a motion and the process to filter a picture for medical care for embedment of a digital watermark so that the cost of the entire apparatus can be reduced substantially.

Abstract: A technique for distributing digital contents capable of effectively protecting copyrights and the like on the basis of invisible electronic watermark information and electronic watermark information is to be provided. On the sending side, additional information including copyright-related information is embedded into digital contents in advance as invisible electronic watermark information, while on the receiving side, additional information as the embedded invisible electronic watermark information is decoded and extracted as visible watermark information, the extracted information is embedded again into the digital contents, and the additional information is distributed or outputted as visible information together with the digital contents.

Abstract: A video processing technique which enables users to effectively watch highlight scenes while listening to audio part thereof in a short period of time is disclosed. Upon input of video data, highlight scene data describing therein a highlight scene(s) in the video data is input or generated. Then, based this highlight scene data, determine a default playback parameter. Control is provided to reproduce the highlight scene(s) of the video data in a way such that when inputting a parameter for determination of a playback scene(s), this input playback parameter is used while giving thereto higher priority than the default playback parameter.

Abstract: A contents reproduction device realizes reduction of power consumption by controlling power supply control according to the input contents. More specifically, in the contents reproduction device, the PSI analysis unit analyzes additional information in the inputted contents so as to check whether video contents are contained or the signal detection unit checks whether the inputted contents contain a video signal. According to the check result, the video information detection unit detects whether the inputted contents contain video information and outputs the detection result to the power control unit. When the inputted contents contain video information, the power control unit supplies power to the display. When no video information is contained, the power control unit stops power supply to the display and turns off power supply to the display.

Abstract: A digest reproducing apparatus which creates and shows a digest which gives an overview of a whole motion video content regardless of the number of scenes included in an original content. To achieve the above technique, for example, we need to record data on plural still images obtained by encoding plural consecutive still images in time order, detect a scene change in a motion video obtained by reproducing the still image data in time order, calculate an index value indicating the significance level of each still image in the motion video from the still image data, rank scenes in the motion video based on index values indicating the significance levels of still images, and reproduces digest still images included in a specified number of scenes selected according to the ranking.

Abstract: A motion picture recording/reproducing apparatus for embodying the technique includes, at least, a motion picture data input unit which inputs the motion picture data, a storage unit which stores the motion picture data, a recording unit which stores the motion picture data in the storage unit, a feature generating unit which generates a feature of the motion picture data, a ranking generating unit which provides ranking of scenes in the motion picture data according to their importance levels, a reproduction scene deciding unit which decides a reproduction image for each of the scenes in the motion picture data, and a category acquiring unit which acquires the category of the motion picture data. The ranking generating unit provides ranking of the scenes in the input motion picture data on the basis of the acquired category.