Abstract: An image encoder is provided including circuitry and a memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation, responds to a size of a block satisfying a size condition by generating a prediction image using a prediction mode selected from a plurality of prediction modes. The plurality of prediction modes include a first prediction mode in which a prediction process uses a motion vector and a reference block in a same picture as the block. The circuitry encodes the block using the prediction image.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry: assigns a picture level slice index and a subpicture level slice index to each of the slices, the picture level slice index being assigned at a picture level, the subpicture level slice index being assigned at a subpicture level; for each of the slices, encodes the subpicture level slice index of the slice into a slice header of the slice; and encodes each of the slices into a bitstream. The picture level slice index assigned to a current slice to be processed that is included in a current subpicture to be processed is calculated by adding (i) the subpicture level slice index of the current slice and (ii) a total number of slices included in one or more subpictures that have been encoded prior to the current subpicture out of the subpictures.

Abstract: A method of transfer printing on a tatami mat cover includes a printing step for performing printing on an intermediate transfer medium using a color ink composition containing a sublimable dye, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and a transfer step for transferring the print on the intermediate transfer medium to a tatami mat cover, wherein the transfer step is performed under conditions of a heating temperature of from 170° C. to 180° C., a pressure of from 0.5 kg/cm2 to 0.6 kg/cm2, and a heating time of from 60 seconds to 180 seconds.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry determines whether or not a current video to be processed is a progressive video. When it is determined that the current video is a progressive video, the encoder encodes, into a bitstream, one syntax element indicating a chroma location type which is information indicating locations of chroma samples relative to luma samples for a frame included in the current video. When it is determined that the current video is not a progressive video, the encoder encodes two syntax elements into the bitstream, each of which indicates the chroma location type for a different one of fields of two types included in the current video.

Abstract: A window glass for a vehicle including a glass plate, a light shielding layer on the glass plate and a planar antenna including a planar conductor with a hollowed-out portion with at least one hole, wherein, when a region including the light shielding layer is assumed as a light shielding region; and a region including no light shielding layer is assumed as a transmission region, the planar antenna is arranged to lie across a boundary between the light shielding region and the transmission region, and has a first conductor part overlapping the light shielding region and a second conductor part overlapping the transmission region, and, wherein, when an area of overlap of the planar antenna with the light shielding region is assumed as a first overlap area; an area of overlap of the planar antenna with the transmission region is assumed as a second overlap area.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device and an operation controller. The image forming device includes a plurality of toner containers for each same color fitted therein and does printing. The image forming device includes, for the plurality of toner containers, respective removal restricting devices that restrict removal of the respective associated toner containers. The operation controller manages an in-use container which is, among the plurality of toner containers, the toner container used for execution of the printing, allows the removal restricting device for the in-use container to restrict the removal of the in-use container during the execution of the printing, and lifts, during the execution of the printing, restriction imposed by the other removal restricting devices on the removal of the toner containers other than the in-use container.

Abstract: An image encoder includes: circuitry; and a memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: calculates first values of a current block using intra prediction, the intra prediction being limited to planar mode, the planar mode using multiple reference pixels for each pixel location of the current block; calculates second values of the current block using inter prediction; calculates third values of the current block by weighting the first values and the second values; and encodes the current block using the third values, and in the calculating of the third values, a first weight is applied to the first values and a second weight is applied to the second values, the second weight being different from the first weight.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: derives, as a first parameter, a total sum of absolute values of sums of horizontal gradient values respectively for pairs of relative pixel positions; derives, as a second parameter, a total sum of absolute values of sums of vertical gradient values respectively for the pairs of relative pixel positions; derives, as a third parameter, a total sum of horizontal-related pixel difference values respectively for the pairs of relative pixel positions; derives, as a fourth parameter, a total sum of vertical-related pixel difference values respectively for the pairs of relative pixel positions; derives, as a fifth parameter, a total sum of vertical-related sums of horizontal gradient values respectively for the pairs of relative pixel positions; and generates a prediction image to be used to encode the current block using the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth parameters.

Abstract: An antenna device, including: a dielectric plate having a first surface provided with a radiation conductor and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a conductive layer provided on the dielectric plate; and a feeding structure for feeding the radiation conductor, wherein when a wavelength of a radio wave transmitted or received by the radiation conductor in air is ?, and a wavelength shortening rate by the dielectric plate is k, the conductive layer has an inner edge surrounding the radiation conductor such that a gap exists between the inner edge and an outer edge of the radiation conductor in plan view of the dielectric plate, a size of the outer edge of the radiation conductor and a size of the inner edge of the conductive layer are limited by ? and k.

Abstract: A sand mold-forming additive capable of making a sand mold-forming composition having excellent forming property and a sand mold having excellent moisture resistance is provided. The sand mold-forming additive contains 0.01-2.00 parts by weight of an inorganic alkali metal compound (B) per 100 parts by weight of anionic surfactant (A). The inorganic alkali metal compound (B) is at least one selected from sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. The ionic surfactant (A) is preferably at least one selected from alkyl sulfonic acid metal salts (A1), alkyl sulfuric acid metal salts (A2), and polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether sulfuric acid ester metal salts (A3).

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize a first situation related to power reception from an external charging facility and a second situation related to a connection between the external charging facility and the vehicle for the power reception; and an information control unit configured to present information to a user of a vehicle. When the recognition unit recognizes the second situation in which the connection has not been terminated for a period of time equal to or greater than a predetermined notification time threshold value in a state in which the recognition unit has recognized the first situation in which the power reception has been completed, the information control unit presents notification information related to at least one of the first situation and the second situation to the user via an information presentation unit provided in the vehicle or a mobile terminal of the user.

Abstract: A platen includes a support section configured to support a printing area of a medium; a base section fixed to the support section; a moving section configured to move relative to the base section; and a guide section configured to guide the movement of the moving section, wherein the guide section is incorporated so as to not protrude from the outer shape of the base section and the moving section.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry encodes, into a sequence parameter set, a first parameter indicating that a change in a picture size is allowed for any of pictures, determines whether or not a reference picture having a same size as a current picture is available to encode the current picture, and disables temporal motion vector prediction when it is determined that the reference picture having the same size as the current picture is not available.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle antenna system that is able to efficiently receive circularly polarized signals from the zenith direction. A vehicle antenna system (100) is provided with window glass (30) for a vehicle (20) and an antenna element (40) that is able to receive signals of a predetermined frequency band. The antenna element (40) is provided on a first principal plane of a dielectric substrate (43), and includes a radiating conductor (41) that is able to receive circularly polarized signals of a first frequency, and a grounding conductor (44) positioned opposite the radiating conductor (41) via the dielectric substrate (43). The normal direction of the first principal plane is less than or equal to 45° relative to the vertical direction, and the radiating conductor (41) is positioned away from the inner surface of the window glass (30) via the dielectric layer (60) in the direction of the vehicle interior.

Abstract: An encoder includes memory and circuitry which: (i) encodes an image block; (ii) when encoding the image block: binarizes coefficient information indicating coefficients of the image block; and controls whether to apply arithmetic encoding to a binary data string obtained by binarizing the coefficient information; and (iii) when binarizing the coefficient information: binarizes the coefficient information according to a first syntax structure when arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string and a predetermined condition is not satisfied; binarizes the coefficient information according to a second syntax structure when arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string and the predetermined condition is satisfied; binarizes the coefficient information according to the second syntax structure when no arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string; and subtracts 1 from a value of an initial non-zero coefficient when no arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string when encoding the image block.

Abstract: An encoder including circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. In a second type of residual coding among a first type of residual coding where an orthogonal transform is applied to a current block and the second type of residual coding where the orthogonal transform is skipped for the current block, wherein a first syntax used for the first type of residual coding is different from a second syntax used for the second type of residual coding, the circuitry: in a first loop process, derives a context index by using at least one of a plurality of surrounding coefficients; and encodes a plurality of coefficient information flags by CABAC with the derived context index; and in a second loop process of the plurality of loop processes, encodes a plurality of absolute value flags by CABAC with another context index.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a decoder includes memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to split a current picture into tiles, generate a slice having a rectangular shape and located at a lower-right corner of the current picture, the slice including at least a part of a tile among the tiles, generate first information on a region of the slice with header information, the header information not including information identical to the first information, and decode the slice with the first information.

Abstract: An antenna and an antenna apparatus for vehicle that can achieve reduction in size are provided. The antenna includes a dielectric body, a radiation conductor disposed on a first principal surface side of the dielectric body, and a ground conductor disposed on a second principal surface side of the dielectric body. The ground conductor is a planar conductor disposed within a rectangular region having a length LG1 in a first direction and a length LG2 in a second direction. When the ground conductor is divided into a first region and a second region, the ground conductor includes a slit that starts extending toward the inside of the ground conductor starting from an outer edge of the ground conductor in the first region.

Abstract: An antenna device with an attachment member includes an antenna including a radiation plate provided with radiation face that radiates vertically polarized waves, a housing portion that houses the antenna, an attachment member that attaches the housing portion to a vehicle, and a metal fixing portion that is formed in an elongated shape to one end of the attachment member, that abuts a back face of the housing portion facing toward an opposite side to the radiation face, and that fixes the housing portion. Viewed from a thickness direction of the radiation plate, the fixing portion is disposed between a first region formed to the back face on one side in the extension direction of a first straight line, and a second region formed to the back face on another side in the extension direction of the first straight line.

Abstract: A vehicle-type-antenna-device includes: a dielectric plate for a vehicle; and an antenna attached to the dielectric-plate; wherein the antenna includes: a dielectric-layer disposed along a curved-surface of the dielectric-plate, a conductive-layer laminated on the dielectric-layer and having a planar-pattern formed thereon, a feeding portion electrically connected to the planar-pattern, and an electronic-component electrically connected to the conductive-layer and having a higher rigidity than a combined rigidity of the dielectric-layer and the conductive-layer, wherein a curved-region of the dielectric-plate is defined as an extent to which the dielectric-layer-is attached to the curved-surface includes a first-curved line having a smallest radius-of-curvature in the curved-region and a second-curved line intersecting the first-curved line and having a radius-of-curvature larger than that of the first-curved line, and a longitudinal direction of an extent of the dielectric-plate to which the electronic-compo