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20090168886 | MOVING PICTURE DECODING DEVICE - A moving picture decoding device | 07-02-2009 |
20090323821 | MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS - Provided is a moving picture decoding apparatus including: a picture memory ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100020869 | CODING RATE CONVERSION DEVICE AND CODING RATE CONVERSION METHOD - A coding rate conversion device can easily avoid the possibility of a violation of the standard taking place when all of the coded blocks included in a macroblock are to be deleted, with a high degree of efficiency in rate conversion performed when an MPEG-2 coding rate is converted through requantization. The coding rate conversion device performs a rate conversion on first coded data by inversely quantizing the first coded data having been quantized with a first quantization step and requantizing the first coded data with a second quantization step larger in step size than the first quantization step. The coding rate conversion device includes: a block specifying unit which specifies an object block having a nonzero coefficient, out of a plurality of blocks included in the first coded data; and a non-zeroing unit which performs non-zeroing processing by which a first nonzero coefficient of the specified object block become a nonzero coefficient even after the rate conversion is performed using the second quantization step, when the rate conversion is performed on the specified object block. | 01-28-2010 |
20100040153 | DECODING APPARATUS AND DECODING METHOD - A decoding apparatus is provided which can perform error concealment accurately by reducing false detection of an error and detecting an error efficiently. The decoding apparatus ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100091842 | CODING RATE CONVERSION APPARATUS, CODING RATE CONVERSION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A plurality of macroblocks constituting coded data are inverse quantized using a first quantization matrix that is used when coding a picture, to obtain a plurality of sets of coefficient data. The first quantization matrix is converted to a second quantization matrix using a first conversion value and a second conversion value, where the first conversion value is for converting a low frequency coefficient corresponding to a frequency lower than a predetermined frequency among a plurality of coefficients shown by the first quantization matrix, and the second conversion value is for converting a high frequency coefficient among the plurality of coefficients and is larger than the first conversion value (Step S | 04-15-2010 |
20100260258 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE, CODING RATE CONVERSION DEVICE, AUDIO VIDEO STREAM RECORDING DEVICE, NETWORK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, COEFFICIENT CONVERSION DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - An image coding device ( | 10-14-2010 |
20120039397 | DIGITAL SIGNAL REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND DIGITAL SIGNAL COMPRESSION DEVICE - A digital signal reproduction device includes an audio decoder configured to decode an audio bit stream to output a resulting audio signal, an audio bit stream analyzer configured to analyze whether or not the audio bit stream contains human voice, a playback speed determiner configured to determine a playback speed based on a result of the analysis by the audio bit stream analyzer, and a variable speed reproducer configured to receive the audio signal and reproduce an audio signal corresponding to the playback speed determined by the playback speed determiner. | 02-16-2012 |
20120183072 | MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS - Provided is a moving picture decoding apparatus including: a picture memory ( | 07-19-2012 |
20120274941 | SINTERED CERAMIC, CERAMIC SPHERE, AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING CERAMIC SPHERE - Provided are a sintered ceramic and a ceramic sphere which are inhibited from suffering surface peeling due to fatigue resulting from repetitions of loading and can attain an improvement in dimensional accuracy when subjected to surface processing and which have excellent wear resistance and durability. A ceramic-sphere inspection device is also provided with which a ceramic sphere is inspected for a flaw present in the surface layer and for snow flakes without destroying the ceramic sphere. The device is a ceramic-sphere inspection device ( | 11-01-2012 |
20150104158 | DIGITAL SIGNAL REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A digital signal reproduction device includes an audio decoder configured to decode an audio bit stream to output a resulting audio signal, an audio bit stream analyzer configured to analyze whether or not the audio bit stream contains human voice, a playback speed determiner configured to determine a playback speed based on a result of the analysis by the audio bit stream analyzer, and a variable speed reproducer configured to receive the audio signal and reproduce an audio signal corresponding to the playback speed determined by the playback speed determiner. | 04-16-2015 |
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20090297425 | METALLIC SILICON AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - This metallic silicon is manufactured by refining molten crude metallic silicon by unidirectional solidification, and has a purity of 3N or more to 6N or less and an average crystal grain diameter of 1 mm or more. This method for manufacturing the metallic silicon includes: solidifying molten crude metallic silicon in a mold which contains fine silica particles in an inner peripheral layer thereof by unidirectional solidification at a rate of 1 mm/min or less; and then cooling to 200° C. or below at a rate of 2° C./min or less. | 12-03-2009 |
20100025638 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM, TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM, AND DISPLAY - A composition includes a binder component and a conductive powder and a high-refractive-index powder both dispersed in the binder component, wherein the conductive powder includes 0.1 to 30 mass % of a tin hydroxide powder and 70 to 99.9 mass % of other conductive powder. The composition enables to form a transparent conductive film having excellent scratch resistance, excellent antistatic properties, an extremely high visible light transmittance and a controllable refractive index. Also described is the transparent conductive film. Further described is a display having the transparent conductive film on the display surface. | 02-04-2010 |
20100232024 | COMPOSITION FOR TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM FORMATION, TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM, AND DISPLAY - Through employment of a binder component, tin hydroxide powder serving as a conductive powder, and a high-refractive index powder; through dispersal of tin hydroxide powder and light-transmission-ensuring microparticles in a binder component at a predetermined ratio; and through employment of a specific binder component and, as a conductive powder, tin hydroxide powder and a conductive powder other than tin hydroxide powder at a predetermined ratio, there can be provided a composition which can form a transparent conductive film that exhibits excellent antistatic effect, and has very high visible light transmittance and provides transmitted images with natural hue by virtue of no color absorption wherein, if desired, the film also exhibits excellent scratch resistance and high antiglare effect, or the refractive index of the film can be controlled; such a transparent conductive film, and a display having such a transparent conductive film on a screen thereof. | 09-16-2010 |
20130008371 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON INGOT, AND POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON INGOT - A method for manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon ingot includes unidirectionally solidifying a molten silicon upwardly from the bottom of a crucible, wherein the crucible is provided with silica deposited on the bottom of the crusible; and then dividing the degree of solidification in the crucible into a first zone from 0 mm to X in height (10 mm≦X<30 mm), a second zone from X to Y in height (30 min≦Y<100 mm) and a third zone of Y or more in height, based on the bottom of the crucible, wherein a solidification rate V1 in the first zone is set in the range of 10 mm/h≦V1≦20 mm/h and a solidification rate V2 in the second zone is set in the range of 1 mm/h≦V2≦5 mm/h. | 01-10-2013 |
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20080297156 | NMR Probe - An NMR probe permits measurements to be made with its inner coil without replacing the probe. The NMR probe has three coils disposed to surround a sample tube. An inner coil can resonate with the HF and LF. An intermediate coil can resonate with the HF and LF, and produces an RF magnetic field perpendicular to the RF field produced by the inner coil. An outermost coil can resonate at least at a lock frequency. The outermost coil produces an RF magnetic field which is perpendicular to the RF field produced by the intermediate coil but which is coincident in direction with the RF field produced by the inner coil. | 12-04-2008 |
20090046891 | HAIR STYLE SIMULATION IMAGE CREATING METHOD - A hairstyle simulation image is formed by combining a face image and a hair image such that a hair image of any hairstyle can be simply combined with the face image without impairing the naturalness of the fitted face and hair images, irrespective of whether or not a part of the face is covered with the hair. The hairstyle simulation image formed by combining the face and hair images is formed as follows. First, two eyes in the face image are detected, and a semi-oval shaped curve L | 02-19-2009 |
20090261829 | NMR Probe - An NMR probe is offered which enables a | 10-22-2009 |
20090290267 | Magnetic Recording and Reproducing Apparatus with Thin-Film Magnetic Head Having Microwave Magnetic Exciting Function - A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus with a thin-film magnetic head having microwave magnetic exciting function, includes a metal housing, a magnetic recording medium, arranged in the metal housing, having a magnetic recording layer, and a thin-film magnetic head, arranged in the metal housing, having a write magnetic field production unit and a resonance magnetic field production unit. The write magnetic field production unit produces, in response to a write signal, a write magnetic field to be applied into the magnetic recording layer, and the resonance magnetic field production unit produces, in response to a microwave excitation signal, a resonance magnetic field with a frequency equal to or in a range near a ferromagnetic resonance frequency F | 11-26-2009 |
20100073804 | Thin-Film Magnetic Head Having Microwave Magnetic Exciting Function And Magnetic Recording And Reproducing Apparatus - A thin-film magnetic head having microwave magnetic exciting function includes a write magnetic field production means for producing, in response to a write signal, a write magnetic field to be applied into a magnetic recording medium, and at least line conductor of a microwave radiator of a plane-structure type, formed independent from the write magnetic field production means, for radiating, by feeding there through a microwave excitation current, a microwave band resonance magnetic field with a frequency equal to or in a range near a ferromagnetic resonance frequency F | 03-25-2010 |
20100086459 | Impurity removing apparatus and method of operating the same - An impurity removing apparatus is simple in structure for removing impurities from a rare gas and enable to make the rare gas reusable. The impurity removing apparatus includes a first treatment device | 04-08-2010 |
20100208379 | Thin-Film Magnetic Head Having Microwave Magnetic Exciting Function and Magnetic Recording and Reproducing Apparatus - A thin-film magnetic head having microwave magnetic exciting function, includes a write magnetic field production unit for producing, in response to a write signal, a write magnetic field to be applied into a magnetic recording medium, a line conductor of a microwave radiator of a plane-structure type, formed independent from the write magnetic field production means, for radiating, by feeding there through a microwave excitation current, a microwave band resonance magnetic field with a frequency equal to or in a range near a ferromagnetic resonance frequency F | 08-19-2010 |
20110222185 | Magnetic Recording Apparatus Provided with Microwave-Assisted Head - A magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic recording layer, a thin-film magnetic head with a microwave-band magnetic drive function, the head having a write field generation means that generates a write field to the magnetic recording medium in response to a write signal, and a microwave generator that is provided independent of the write field generation means and generates an alternating magnetic field in plane having a microwave-band frequency when microwave-excitation current is fed, an excitation current generation means that generates the microwave-excitation current by amplitude-modulating microwave carrier current with a modulating signal having a fixed period, and a write signal supply means that generates the write signal and applies it to the write field generation means of the thin-film magnetic head. | 09-15-2011 |
20110242696 | MICROWAVE ASSISTED MAGNETIC HEAD - A gap between a main pole and auxiliary pole composing a thin film magnetic head having a microwave assisted function of the present invention is filled with a nonmagnetic dielectric layer to embed a microwave radiator. The nonmagnetic dielectric layer has an inclined surface at a end on a side of an opposing medium surface by which the microwave radiated from the microwave radiator to be bent toward the main pole, whereby the microwave magnetic field generated from the microwave generator can be gathered immediately below the main pole, further improving the microwave assisted effect. | 10-06-2011 |
20110248710 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC FIELD OF MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HEAD - A measuring circuit system in a magnetic field measuring apparatus of the invention has an amplifier and a band-pass filter connected in sequence on an output terminal side of the TMR element, the band-pass filter is a narrow-range band-pass filter such that a peak pass frequency of the filter that is a center is a basic frequency selected from a range of 10 to 40 GHz and a band width centered around the basic frequency is a narrow range of ±0.5 to ±4 GHz; and with the measuring circuit system, an SIN ratio (SNR) of 3 dB or greater is obtained, the SNR being defined by a ratio of an amplitude S of a high-frequency generated signal induced by the TMR element to a total noise N that is a sum of a head noise generated by the TMR element and a circuit noise generated by the amplifier. With such a configuration, an in-plane high-frequency magnetic field generated by a microwave-assisted magnetic head is reliably and precisely measured. | 10-13-2011 |
20120033534 | MICROWAVE ASSISTED MAGNETIC HEAD - A microwave assisted magnetic head is formed to include a main pole magnetic layer including a main pole; a shielded magnetic layer including a shielded pole; a recording coil that is formed to generate a writing magnetic field from a tip of the main pole; and a microwave radiation waveguide made of a conductive nonmagnetic material that is disposed in a recording gap, the recording gap being a gap between the main pole and the shielded pole. The main pole magnetic layer and the shielded magnetic layer have an intermediate connection part that connects the layers at a depth-side, and an electrical insulation magnetic film is disposed in the intermediate connection part, and the main pole and the shielded pole are electrically connected with the microwave radiation waveguide that is disposed in the recording gap, which is the gap between the main pole and the shielded pole so that a simple configuration, with a relatively easy and efficient manufacturing process, is realized that overlaps AC magnetic fields in an in-plane direction of a microwave band, which is the same as, or close to, a ferromagnetic resonant frequency of a medium recording layer. | 02-09-2012 |
20120127610 | MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD USING MICROWAVE ASSISTED HEAD - A magnetic recording method for a recording layer of a magnetic recording medium uses a thin film magnetic head with a sub-coil or a microwave radiator. In the method, a microwave spread spectrum (SS) signal is applied to the sub-coil or the microwave radiator, the microwave SS signal including a ferromagnetic resonant (FMR) frequency of the recording layer as a carrier wave within a band so as to generate an in-plane high-frequency magnetic field so that a magnetization reversal magnetic field Hsw of the recording layer is lowered. The magnetic recording is performed while the magnetization reversal magnetic field Hsw of the recording layer is lowered. | 05-24-2012 |
20130015318 | LAYERED CRUCIBLE FOR CASTING SILICON INGOT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAMEAANM Wakita; SaburoAACI Noda-shiAACO JPAAGP Wakita; Saburo Noda-shi JPAANM Tsuzukihashi; KojiAACI Akita-shiAACO JPAAGP Tsuzukihashi; Koji Akita-shi JPAANM Ikeda; HiroshiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Ikeda; Hiroshi Tokyo JPAANM Kanai; MasahiroAACI Akita-shiAACO JPAAGP Kanai; Masahiro Akita-shi JP - Provided are a layered crucible for casting a silicon ingot that can suppress dissolution of oxygen into the silicon ingot and a method of producing the same crucible. The layered crucible for casting a silicon ingot is used in the production of a silicon ingot by melting and casting a silicon raw material. The layered crucible comprising: a silica layer provided on the inner side of a mold; and a barium coating layer provided on the surface of the silica layer. | 01-17-2013 |
20130122278 | POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON INGOT MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON INGOT MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON INGOT - A polycrystalline silicon ingot manufacturing apparatus, a polycrystalline silicon ingot manufacturing method, and a polycrystalline silicon ingot are provided. The apparatus comprises: a crucible having a rectangular shape in a cross-section; an upper heater provided above the crucible; and a lower heater provided below the crucible. A silicon melt stored in the crucible is solidified from a bottom surface of the crucible upward unidirectionally. The apparatus further comprises an auxiliary heater that heats at least a bottom-surface-side portion of a sidewall of the crucible. The production yield can be improved by using the apparatus and by reducing the oxygen concentration at the location where the oxygen concentration tends to be high locally at the bottom part of the ingot. | 05-16-2013 |
20130301162 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC FIELD OF MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HEAD - A measuring circuit system in a magnetic field measuring apparatus of the invention has an amplifier and a band-pass filter connected in sequence on an output terminal side of the TMR element, the band-pass filter is a narrow-range band-pass filter such that a peak pass frequency of the filter that is a center is a basic frequency selected from a range of 10 to 40 GHz and a band width centered around the basic frequency is a narrow range of ±0.5 to ±4 GHz; and with the measuring circuit system, an S/N ratio (SNR) of 3 dB or greater is obtained, the SNR being defined by a ratio of an amplitude S of a high-frequency generated signal induced by the TMR element to a total noise N that is a sum of a head noise generated by the TMR element and a circuit noise generated by the amplifier. With such a configuration, an in-plane high-frequency magnetic field generated by a microwave-assisted magnetic head is reliably and precisely measured. | 11-14-2013 |
20140366958 | POWDER DISCHARGE SYSTEM - A powder discharge system is installed in a circulating water tank for collecting powder generated when an exhaust gas is treated in an exhaust gas treatment apparatus. The powder discharge system includes at least one eductor provided in the circulating water tank. The eductor has a nozzle configured to throttle a flow of water supplied from a pump for pumping water in the circulating water tank, a suction port configured to suck water in the circulating water tank into the eductor by utilizing a reduction of pressure generated when the flow of water is throttled by the nozzle, and a discharge port configured to eject the water sucked from the suction port together with the water discharged from the nozzle toward a bottom of the circulating water tank. | 12-18-2014 |
20140374146 | METAL NANONETWORK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CONDUCTIVE FILM AND CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE USING METAL NANONETWORK - A metal nanonetwork includes metal nanostructures that are joined by metallic bond. The joined part between the metal nanostructures includes a fillet part. In the joined part between the metal nanostructures, the distance between the central axis of one metal nanostructure and the central axis of another metal nanostructure is smaller than the sum of the radii of both metal nanostructures. The metal nanostructure is a metal nanowire. A first method for producing the metal nanonetwork includes a process of forming an oxide film on the outermost surface of the metal nanostructure, and a process of reducing the oxide film at the joined parts of a plurality of the metal nanostructures to thereby join the metal nanostructures. | 12-25-2014 |
20150111040 | SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD OF GLASS SUBSTRATE AND GLASS SUBSTRATE - A method capable of forming a sufficiently thick low alkali concentration region without heating glass to a high temperature and even in an atmosphere which is not an atmosphere of plasma formation gas such as helium and argon, is provided. A glass substrate having a pair of main surfaces and being made of glass containing an alkali oxide in its composition, is disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode so that one main surface is separated from the first electrode and the other main surface is brought into contact with the second electrode, and a corona discharge is generated by applying a direct-current voltage to the first electrode as a positive electrode and the second electrode as a negative electrode, in a positive-electrode-side surface layer portion of the glass substrate, at least one positive ion including an alkali ion migrate toward the negative-electrode-side. | 04-23-2015 |
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20120150500 | OPTIMIZATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon detecting that a point that satisfies a predetermined condition and whose distance from a reference point is shorter than a distance from the reference point to a first point obtained by searching a parameter space based on values of a first search indicator under a first constraint exists in the parameter space, a second point is calculated under the first constraint in the parameter space by a search method other than the searching using the first search indicator. Then, generating a second search indicator represented by a first linear combination of at least certain of first search indicators so as to obtain the second point or an adjacent point of the second point, when searching by using the second search indicator or generating a second search indicator so that search is carried out in a direction of the second point when using the second search indicator is carried out. | 06-14-2012 |
20130116819 | ESTIMATING APPARATUS, ESTIMATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An estimating apparatus includes a processor configured to update a state of a first particle group indicating a state of a mobile body, from a current state to a next state through a simulation that is based on a state equation of the mobile body in a space using a particle filter; measure at each update, a distance between the mobile body and an object in the space; generate at each update, a second particle group indicating a state of a specific area in the space; calculate a level of likelihood for each particle of the first particle group and for each particle of the second particle group, based on the measured distance, the updated first particle group, and the generated second particle group; and identify a position of the mobile body in the space, based on the level of likelihood calculated for each particle. | 05-09-2013 |
20140088940 | THERMOFLUID SIMULATION METHOD AND THERMOFLUID SIMULATION APPARATUS - A thermofluid simulation method includes referring to a storage unit storing a simulation result corresponding to a predetermined analysis range including partial spaces set in a space subject to simulation, and a first reduced order model generated based on the simulation result, generating a second reduced order model derived from the simulation result thus referred to for an analysis range having an arrangement of partial spaces matching an arrangement of the partial spaces of the predetermined analysis range in the space subject to simulation, and storing the generated second reduced order model in the storage unit, and interpolating reduced order models among reduced order models stored in the storage unit based on a boundary condition to form a reduced order model group corresponding to variable ranges of the boundary condition, the reduced order model group including the first, and the second reduced order models. | 03-27-2014 |
20140309961 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING THERMO-FLUID - An information processing apparatus performs a principal component analysis using a plurality of analysis results in an analysis area about thermo-fluid and computes an approximate solution approximate to a final solution by summing analysis patterns obtained by the principal component analysis under a new analysis condition. The information processing apparatus performs a thermo-fluid analysis using the computed approximate solution as an initial state under the new analysis condition. | 10-16-2014 |