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20080240679 | RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS OF DIGITAL STREAM - According to one embodiment, this invention allows to acquire attribute information of a stream object and to generate it as management information upon recording a digital stream when an MPEG-TS that uses H.264 as a moving picture encoding format is to be recorded. Information is acquired from a component descriptor, a PES packet header, or a sequence parameter set in a program map table included in the digital stream signal, and video attribute information of the object and/or attribute information of the data unit is determined. The object is recorded for each data unit, and management information that manages the recorded is recorded. | 10-02-2008 |
20100250933 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus including: a communication module configured to establish communication with a counterpart device and receive and transmit a content from and to the counterpart device; a storage configured to store the content; a first processor configured to perform decryption and encryption on the content using a first key that is unique to the communication apparatus; a second processor configured to perform decryption and encryption on the content using a second key that is unique to the content; and a controller configured to control the second processor to perform the encryption on the content stored in the storage when transmitting the content to the counterpart device, and to control the first processor to perform the encryption on the content received from the counterpart device and decrypted by the second processor when storing the content in the storage. | 09-30-2010 |
20120005710 | Program Search Apparatus and Program Search Method - According to one embodiment, a program search apparatus includes a communication module, a search module, and an output controller. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a network. The search module is configured to search for a corresponding program corresponding to a designated program designated from a program table via the network. The output controller is configured to execute control to output a search result. | 01-05-2012 |
20120027075 | Signal Processing Apparatus and Signal Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a signal processing apparatus includes a decoder, a detector, an encoder and a generator. The decoder is configured to decode a first image ssignal which is encoded by a first encoding method. The detector is configured to detect whether an image based on the first image signal is a 2D image or a 3D image. The encoder is configured to encode the first image signal into a second image signal by a second encoding method. The generator is configured to generate information to be added to the second image signal and indicating whether the image based on the second image signal is a 2D image or a 3D image, based on detection by the detector. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030278 | Metadata Processing Apparatus, Server, and Metadata Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a metadata processing apparatus which communicates with a server that holds metadata, the metadata processing apparatus includes a metadata update module configured to update metadata pertaining to content, a transmission module configured to transmit, to the server, content identification data for identifying the content to which the metadata updated by the metadata update module pertains, a reception module configured to receive data transmitted from the server, a determination module configured to determine, on the basis of the data received from the server by the reception module, whether it is necessary to upload the metadata updated by the metadata update module, and a notification module configured to invoke notification that presses upload of the metadata updated by the metadata update module to the server when the determination module has determined that upload is necessary. | 02-02-2012 |
20130036205 | Metadata Processing Apparatus, Server, and Metadata Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a metadata processing apparatus which communicates with a server that holds metadata, the metadata processing apparatus includes a metadata update module configured to update metadata pertaining to content, a transmission module configured to transmit, to the server, content identification data for identifying the content to which the metadata updated by the metadata update module pertains, a reception module configured to receive data transmitted from the server, a determination module configured to determine, on the basis of the data received from the server by the reception module, whether it is necessary to upload the metadata updated by the metadata update module, and a notification module configured to invoke notification that presses upload of the metadata updated by the metadata update module to the server when the determination module has determined that upload is necessary. | 02-07-2013 |
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20080282998 | Ethanol fuel reforming system for internal combustion engines - Provided is an ethanol fuel reforming system for internal combustion engines with which system a reaction of reforming ethanol into diethyl ether can be conducted at a constant temperature, and the reaction can be maintained with stability. The system comprises reforming means | 11-20-2008 |
20080289599 | Controller for homogeneous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine - A HCCI engine ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080289600 | Controller for homogenous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine - A homogeneous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine (HCCI) ( | 11-27-2008 |
20090065409 | Gasoline-ethanol separation apparatus - This present invention provides a gasoline-ethanol separation apparatus which is used for an internal combustion engine, has a simple structure, and can separate a mixture fuel formed of mixed gasoline and ethanol into gasoline and ethanol. The gasoline-ethanol separation apparatus | 03-12-2009 |
20090235908 | FUEL TANK SYSTEM - A system for separating an ethanol-gasoline blended fuel into gasoline and ethanol-water mixture by mixing water therewith with a lightweight, compact and simple configuration is provided. The system includes a fuel tank for storing a blended fuel; pump means for sucking the blended fuel in the fuel tank, separating the blended fuel into gasoline and ethanol-water mixture by mixing water therewith, and pressure-feeding the separated gasoline and ethanol-water mixture; a separation tank provided inside the fuel tank, and storing the gasoline and the ethanol-water mixture pressure-fed by the pump means in a state separated from each other and in a pressurized state; gasoline drawing means for drawing the gasoline stored in the separation tank via a first on-off valve; and ethanol drawing means for drawing the ethanol-water mixture stored in the separation tank via a second on-off valve. | 09-24-2009 |
20120215419 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A controller for internal combustion engine has an intake cam for low-load operation and an intake cam for high-load operation. The controller switches the intake cam used to open/close an intake valve and changes the phase angle of each intake cam according to load on the internal combustion engine. The controller changes the phase angle at start of opening of intake valve by the intake cam for low-load operation in lag angle direction within a predetermined range as load on the internal combustion engine increases, and changes the phase angle at start of opening of intake valve by the intake cam for high-load operation in lead angle direction within the predetermined range as load on the internal combustion engine increases. Switching between the two intake cams is performed where the phase angles of the intake cams are controlled to predetermined phase angles on a lag angle side. | 08-23-2012 |
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20100002130 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus includes an input image processor configured to perform image processing on a received first image as first sub-pixels of a second image having a resolution higher than a resolution of the first image; at least one sub-pixel generator configured to generate, by shifting a phase of the first image, different sub-pixels that are different from the first sub-pixels of the second image; at least one sub-pixel image processor configured to perform image processing on the different sub-pixels generated by the at least one sub-pixel generator; and an output unit configured to output the first sub-pixels that have been subjected to the image processing by the input image processor and the different sub-pixels that have been subjected to the image processing by the at least one sub-pixel image processor, as the second image, to a subsequent stage. | 01-07-2010 |
20120293711 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus that converts an interlaced signal to a progressive signal, including: a field difference calculating unit calculating a field difference that is a difference between consecutive fields in the interlaced signal; a field resolution calculating unit calculating a field resolution that is a resolution of a field in the interlaced signal; a field correlation determining unit determining correlation between the consecutive fields based on the field difference and the field resolution; and an interpolated image deciding unit deciding the fields to be used in an interpolation process for obtaining the progressive signal based on a determination result produced by the field correlation determining unit. | 11-22-2012 |
20120308146 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a noise reduction processing amount calculator configured to calculate a noise reduction processing amount based on input image data and previous-frame output image data subjected to data compression/decompression processing; a feedback ratio correction unit configured, based on compression error information, to output the uncorrected noise reduction processing amount calculated by the noise reduction processing amount calculator with regard to a pixel having a noise reduction feedback ratio less than | 12-06-2012 |
20130222696 | SELECTING BETWEEN CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A method of operating at least one computing device. The method selects between a first clustering process and a second clustering process based on whether at least one condition is satisfied. If the first clustering process is selected, the first clustering process is performed on a first plurality of images to obtain a first clustering result. The first clustering process uses first coordinate axes that were used in a previous clustering process. If the second clustering process is selected, the second clustering process is performed on a second plurality of images to obtain a second clustering result, wherein the second clustering process uses second coordinate axes different from the first coordinate axes used in the previous clustering process. Some embodiments are directed to an apparatus capable of performing the above method. Some embodiments are directed to a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform the above method. | 08-29-2013 |
20130300890 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processor includes a first acquirer that acquires a matching tap having a target pixel at the center, a second acquirer that acquires plural matching taps each having, at the center, one of pixels in a search area including the pixels surrounding the target pixel, a similarity identifier that identifies, among the matching taps acquired by the second acquirer, a similarity maximizing pixel representing a central pixel of the matching tap having the highest similarity to the matching tap acquired by the first acquirer, and a mixing controller that computes a pixel value of the target pixel by mixing a pixel value obtained by performing a predetermined arithmetic process on pixel values of a prediction tap having the target pixel at the center with a pixel value obtained by performing a predetermined arithmetic process on pixel values of a prediction tap having the similarity maximizing pixel at the center. | 11-14-2013 |
20130308854 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a weight calculation unit that calculates a weight corresponding to each of a plurality of pixel values centering on a pixel of interest of an input image based on a feature amount calculated based on the plurality of pixel values centering on the pixel of interest, a regression coefficient reading unit that reads a regression coefficient stored for each class code determined based on a plurality of pixel values corresponding to the pixel of interest of the input image, and a pixel value calculation unit that calculates a pixel value of a pixel of interest of an output image by performing calculation using the plurality of pixel values, the weights, and the regression coefficients centering on the pixel of interest of the input image. | 11-21-2013 |
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20130289977 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit that acquires a first word input by a user, and a presentation unit that presents second words for replacing the first word when the first word is acquired by the acquisition unit. | 10-31-2013 |
20140012862 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a calculation unit and a generation unit. The calculation unit is configured to calculate a frequency function which is a function relating to an appearance frequency of one or more attribute values of a database having a predetermined attribute and the one or more attribute values relating to the attribute. The generation unit is configured to generate sample data in accordance with the appearance frequency relating to the database on the basis of the frequency function calculated, the sample data including at least a part of the one or more attribute values as one or more sample attribute values. | 01-09-2014 |
20140068788 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND CLIENT TERMINAL - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing request acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire a plurality of processing requests from a user, and an authentication execution unit configured to distribute and execute user authentication processing according to a timing of acquiring the plurality of processing requests. | 03-06-2014 |
20140075199 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a key selection section configured to select one out of a plurality of different secret keys, in a public key authentication scheme or a digital signature scheme in which each of the plurality of secret keys exists for one public key registered in a verifier, and a process execution section configured to execute, by using the secret key selected by the key selection section, an authentication process with the verifier by the public key authentication scheme or a digital signature generation process to the verifier by the digital signature scheme. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075201 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a distribution control unit configured to cause one or two external devices to distributively perform a repetitive process in a process for signature or authentication in which the repetitive process is included, and a processing unit configured to perform the process for signature or authentication using a processing result of each of the external devices. | 03-13-2014 |
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20090079176 | AIRBAG APPARATUS - An airbag apparatus equipped with an airbag, a garnish, a hinge, a protector and a bracket fixed to a vehicle body. An upper side of the garnish is supported by the bracket via the hinge. An engaging part protruding from the lower part of a garnish main part is engaged with an engagement receiving part disposed at the protector. Normally, the engaging part is engaged with the engagement receiving part, thereby retaining the shape of the garnish. On expansion of the airbag, the airbag presses the engaging part, by which the engaging part is disengaged from the engagement receiving part, and the garnish is opened smoothly. The airbag can be covered with the garnish, thereby allowing the garnish to move smoothly on expansion of the airbag. | 03-26-2009 |
20090079233 | Assist Grip - An assist grip includes: a grip member to be gripped by a passenger, the grip member configured to be capable of being pulled out from a retraction position to a grip position; a base member which is fixed to the vehicle and which includes a rotation shaft; a rotation arm pivotally supported so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft from the retraction position to a pull-out position; retraction biasing means configured to always bias the rotation arm in a retraction direction; and a holding member configured to hold the rotation arm in the pull-out position against a biasing force of the retraction biasing means when the rotation arm is caused to rotate to the pull-out position. In the assist grip, the grip member is rotatably jointed to the rotation arm, and the grip member is provided with a release dog formed therein, the release dog configured to release the rotation arm from being held by the holding member as the grip member is rotated. | 03-26-2009 |
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20080314674 | Vehicle with Tilt Detection Based on Fuel Gauge Output - A vehicle including an engine, a fuel tank configured to store a fuel supplied to the engine, a fuel gauge configured to detect a fuel level of the fuel inside the fuel tank, and a tilting detector configured to determine whether or not a body of the vehicle is tilted, based on a signal output from the fuel gauge. | 12-25-2008 |
20100131131 | Personal Watercraft - A personal watercraft includes a handle having a pair of right and left grip portions, and a handle pad configured to cover a region of the handle, the region being located between the pair of grip portions. The handle pad is provided on a surface thereof with an accommodating concave portion configured to accommodate therein a portable information device. | 05-27-2010 |
20110244737 | PERSONAL WATERCRAFT - A personal watercraft comprises a water jet pump configured to be driven by an engine to generate a rearward water jet, a reverse bucket mounted at a periphery of the water jet pump and movable between a forward driving position and a reverse driving position, a driving power operation member configured to control an engine driving power, a reverse driving operation member configured to change a position of the reverse bucket from the forward driving position to the reverse driving position, and a deceleration operation member, wherein the reverse bucket is in the forward driving position when the deceleration operation member and the reverse driving operation member are not operated, and the reverse bucket is in a deceleration position between the forward driving position and the reverse driving position when the deceleration operation member has been operated and the reverse driving operation member is not operated. | 10-06-2011 |
20110247539 | PERSONAL WATERCRAFT - A personal watercraft configured to eject water rearward from a body thereof to generate a propulsive force, includes a pair of right and left resistive elements which are attached to the body and configured to be able to receive water resistance during travel of the watercraft. The resistive elements are configured to move between an operating position and a non-operating position, the water resistance being larger in the operating position than in the non-operating position. Each of the resistive elements includes a pressure receiving section configured to receive the water resistance in the operating position, and wherein in the operating position, at least a portion of the pressure receiving section is located outward relative to a coupling portion where the resistive element is coupled to the body, in a width direction of the body. | 10-13-2011 |
20140030937 | PERSONAL WATERCRAFT - A personal watercraft is provided which includes a body including a deck and a hull having a water intake on a bottom portion thereof; a water jet pump configured to suction water through the water intake and eject the water through an outlet port of an ejecting nozzle; an engine for actuating the water jet pump; an ejecting direction adjusting device for adjusting an ejecting direction of the water ejected from the water jet pump; a driver seat section provided on the deck and configured to accommodate a driver seated in a straddle state; a passenger seat section provided on the deck behind the driver seat section and configured to accommodate a passenger seated in a straddle state; a sensor for detecting the passenger seated on the passenger seat section; and a controller for controlling the engine to reduce an engine driving power, if the sensor detects the passenger. | 01-30-2014 |
20140030938 | PERSONAL WATERCRAFT - A personal watercraft is provided which includes a body including a deck and a hull having a water intake on a bottom portion thereof; a water jet pump configured to suction water through the water intake and eject the water through an outlet port of an ejecting nozzle; an engine for actuating the water jet pump; an ejecting direction adjusting device for adjusting an ejecting direction of the water ejected from the water jet pump; a driver seat section provided on the deck and configured to accommodate a driver seated in a straddle state; a passenger seat section provided on the deck behind the driver seat section and configured to accommodate a passenger seated in a straddle state; a sensor for detecting the passenger seated on the passenger seat section; and a controller for controlling the engine to reduce an engine driving power, if the sensor detects the passenger. | 01-30-2014 |
20140177865 | AUDIO UNIT MOUNTABLE IN PERSONAL WATERCRAFT - An audio unit mountable in a personal watercraft, comprises a speaker, an automated adjustment device for automatically adjusting a volume of a sound emitted from the speaker such that the volume of the sound becomes an automated sound volume value corresponding to an engine speed or a watercraft speed, and a sound volume manipulation member manipulated by a rider to change the volume of the sound emitted from the speaker with respect to the automated sound volume value; wherein when the engine speed or the watercraft speed satisfies a predetermined deceleration condition, the automated adjustment device cancels a sound volume increase amount with respect to the automated sound volume value which was caused by the rider's manipulation of the sound volume manipulation member before the predetermined deceleration condition is satisfied, and adjusts the sound volume such that the volume of the sound becomes the automated sound volume value. | 06-26-2014 |
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20090103771 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The image processor includes: an acquisition unit acquiring a read-out image read out by an image reading apparatus; a detection unit detecting, from the read-out image, an embedded image including a first specified image having a first shape and a second specified image having a second shape; an adding unit adding attribute information to a specified region in the embedded image, in accordance with an appearance ratio of the first specified image in the specified region, and adding attribute information to other region surrounding the specified region, in accordance with an appearance ratio of the first specified image in the other region; and a determination unit determining whether or not the specified region is to be subjected to a predetermined processing using the first specified image based on whether or not the attribute information added to the specified region corresponds to the attribute information added to the other region. | 04-23-2009 |
20090123024 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The image processor is provided with: a detection unit that detects plural specified images each having a shape from an image read out by an image reading apparatus; a first determination unit that determines presence or absence of other specific image other than a specified image out of the plural specified images detected by the detection unit, in a position determined in advance for the specified image; and a second determination unit that determines whether or not the specified image is to be subjected to a processing on the basis of a result of the determination of the presence or absence of the other specified image by the first determination unit. | 05-14-2009 |
20110013238 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LIGHT QUANTITY ACQUISITION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes: an image reading unit including a light source and a light receiving unit, and being capable of reading an image of a document sheet with predetermined plural reading conditions; a first light quantity information acquiring unit acquiring first light quantity information on a quantity of light emitted from the light source to a first white reference plate and received by the light receiving unit, for each reading condition; a second light quantity information acquiring unit acquiring second light quantity information on a quantity of light emitted from the light source to a second white reference plate and received by the light receiving unit, for fewer reading conditions than all the plural reading conditions; and a third light quantity information acquiring unit acquiring the second light quantity information for reading conditions other than the fewer reading conditions by using the acquired first light quantity information. | 01-20-2011 |
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20100182652 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, BLACK CORRECTION EXECUTING METHOD, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING BLACK CORRECTION EXECUTING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image reading apparatus that includes: a photoelectric sensor including plural reading pixels aligned in one direction and output an electric signal depending on the amount of light from an image on the document; a read control section that reads a document image with the photoelectric sensor in accordance with a read instruction, and obtains image data; a black correction section that performs a black correction to adjust an output under dark condition of each reading pixel to a value within a predetermined range, the output under dark condition being an electric signal output when the amount of light input is zero; and a black correction execution determining section that determines whether to perform the black correction, when the read interval between each two document sheets of the multi-page document is equal to or shorter than a predetermined period of time. | 07-22-2010 |
20100221024 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image formation unit, a conveying unit and controller. The image formation unit includes a rotating photoreceptor, a latent image formation unit, a developing unit, a first transfer unit, and a second transfer unit. Regardless of forming or not forming on the photoreceptor a belt-shaped image which is not being transferred onto a recording medium, the controller controls the image forming unit such that formation of an image quality adjusting image that is not transferred to the recording medium starts from a predetermined position in a rotational direction of the photoreceptor, and such that the recorded image is formed further downstream in the rotational direction of the photoreceptor than an image quality adjusting image region. | 09-02-2010 |