Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Namco Limited

Sony Corporation

Other

Nippon Zeon Company, Ltd.

Namco Bandai Games, Ltd.

Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd.

Asahi Glass Ceramics Co., Ltd.

Atsushi Hayashi

Akira Mitsui

Otojiro Kida

Yasuo Hayashi

Hisashi Osaki

Kazuo Harada

Eri Suzuki

Teruo Takakura

Seitoku Kaya

Tatsuo Momii

Masao Higeta

Hiroshi Aruga

Kazuo Sato

Junichi Ebisawa

Makoto Fukawa

Masami Miyazaki

Katsuaki Aikawa

Shunsaku Tokito

Takashi Satsukawa

Kenichi Sasaki

Kiyoshi Matsumoto

Kazuo Sunahara

Takuji Oyama

Akiyuki Hatakeyama

Yasuhiro Sanada

Iori Yoshida

Yoichi Nishino

Toshihiro Ishino

Satoshi Takemiya

Hiroshi Yoshihara

Hiromichi Nishimura

Mitsuaki Shiraga

Masahide Kawakami

Sei Sunahara

Yukio Jitsugiri

Hiroshi Horino

Norihito Nakazawa

Katsuyuki Tsugita

Susumu Nakagama

Naohito Hanai

Shigeaki Yonemori

Kohzo Sakai

Kiyoharu Kuwabara

Sachie Shinmaru

Hiroyuki Kamiya

Makoto Noshiro

Taichi Niki

Satoshi Oki

Yuuki Fujiyama

Kiyoshi Shigeoka

Yoshiko Ikeno

Michiro Ohnaka

Katsuhiko Yamanaka

An information processing apparatus and method for reducing an unnecessary waiting time in a depacketizing process and enabling processing to be easily performed at high speeds applicable to, for example, an encoding apparatus. An analysis unit compares input image data with image data of one previous picture read out from a storage unit. On the basis of the analysis result, a concealment header generation unit generates a concealment header that is referred to by a receiving apparatus at the time of an error concealment process. On the basis of the concealment header, a loss analysis unit performs error concealment for the occurrence of a transmission error by suitably using encoded data stored in a storage unit.

Information processing device and method

A system and method are disclosed which may include providing a processor operable to request an ongoing processor operation DMA communication task; providing at least one data transfer device operable to request a defined-content DMA communication task; providing a memory operable to conduct DMA communication with the processor and the at least one data transfer device over at least one data bus, the DMA communication having a bandwidth; and allocating the DMA communication bandwidth between the processor operation DMA communication task and the defined-content DMA communication task.

Methods and apparatus for allocating DMA activity between a plurality of entities

Methods and apparatus provide for: selectively supplying a first source of power to a plurality of circuit blocks of a system using a plurality of gate circuits responsive to respective control signals provided by at least one control circuit; and providing a second source of power to operate the control circuit before the first source of power is available to the gate circuits such that the control signals are valid before such availability.

Methods and apparatus for managing defective processors through power gating

Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an SRAM memory, the SRAM memory including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows (word lines) and columns (bit lines), comprising: inverting a state of data for input to one or more columns of the array; and storing the inverted data in one or more memory cells of the one or more columns.

Methods and apparatus for low power SRAM based on stored data

Methods and apparatus provide for writing data into and reading data from an anti-parallel storage circuit of an SRAM memory cell via a true bit line (BLT) and a complementary bit line (BLC); and preventing the complementary bit line (BLC) from substantially dropping from a pre-charge level during operations in which a logic one is read from the anti-parallel storage circuit.

Dual word line or floating bit line low power SRAM

An insulating film comprising an organic silicon material having a C&#x2014;Si bond and a Si&#x2014;O bond is used for a semiconductor integrated circuit, and for polishing of its surface, a polishing compound comprising water and particles of at least one specific rare earth compound selected from the group consisting of a rare earth oxide, a rare earth fluoride, a rare earth oxyfluoride, a rare earth oxide except cerium oxide and a composite compound thereof, or a polishing compound having the above composition and further containing cerium oxide particles, is used. It is possible to provide a high quality polished surface which is free from or has reduced defects such as cracks, scratches or film peeling.

Polishing compound for insulating film for semiconductor integrated circuit and method for producing semiconductor integrated circuit

The present invention is to provide a bus arbitration apparatus and a bus arbitration method not reducing data transfer capability as a whole and preventing a loss of transferred data. It performs the arbitration with priority in response to properties of bus masters. It sequentially arbitrates a first hierarchy bus master of which requests are urgent, a second hierarchy bus master that requests data processing in real time, and a third hierarchy bus master that is neither a first hierarchy bus master nor a second hierarchy bus master sequentially.

Bus arbitration apparatus and bus arbitration method

An object is to provide an image generation system and program which can realize a realistic, variable and natural representation of motion with less data. When the forearm () of an enemy character is hit, the forearm () is moved through a physical simulation by a vector of hitting force FH. At the same time, vectors of hitting force FHto FHare sequentially transmitted to the brachium (), chest () and hip () which are parent parts for the forearm () while their magnitude being sequentially attenuated. These vectors of hitting force FHto FHmove these parent parts to generate a motion of the object. A rotational resistance force depending on its angular velocity and a restoring force for returning the part to its default posture act on each of the parts. When the object is hit, the play of motion based on motion data is switched to the generation of motion through the physical simulation. When a given time period elapses or when the strength parameter relating to the object becomes equal to zero, the generation of motion is switched to the play of motion. On switching, a connecting motion is played or generated.

Image generation system and program

A synthetic resin molded material characterized in that a thin film made of an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Zr, Ti, Ta, Hf, Mo, W. Nb, Sn, In, Al and Zn, is formed by a dry method on a synthetic resin substrate having hydrophobicity, and a method for its production.

Synthetic resin molded material and method for its production

An objective is to provide an image generation system and program which can implement a realistic image with less processing load and without giving any unnatural feel to a player. It is determined whether or not any obstruction OB intervenes between an enemy character controlled by a computer and a viewpoint VP (or player's character) (or whether or not the obstruction OB exists on a line connecting an enemy character to a viewpoint The present invention is particularly effective when the motion of the enemy character Cis generated in real time through the physical simulation.

Image generation method and program

A synthetic resin molded material characterized in that a thin film made of an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Zr, Ti, Ta, Hf, Mo, W, Nb, Sn, In, Al and Zn, is formed by a dry method on a synthetic resin substrate having hydrophobicity, and a method for its production.

A sputtering target comprising a substrate and a target material formed on the substrate, wherein the target material comprises a metal oxide of the chemical formula MO as the main component, wherein MO is a metal oxide which is deficient in oxygen as compared with the stoichiometric composition, and M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Zr and Hf, a process for its production, and a method for forming a film having a high refractive index.

Target and process for its production, and method of forming a film having a high refractive index

The present invention has an object to provide an integrated circuit device having a Cu wiring, using a barrier layer which facilitates planarization. The present invention relates to an integrated circuit device having a Cu wiring layer, a barrier layer therefor and a dielectric layer, wherein the barrier layer is represented by a compositional formula of TaO N (the range of x being 0<x<2.5, and the range of y being 0<y<1). Further, the present invention relates to an integrated circuit device having a Cu wiring layer, a barrier layer therefor and a dielectric layer, wherein the barrier layer is represented by a compositional formula of Ta M O N (M being at least one member selected from the group consisting of elements of Groups 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14 of the long form of the periodic table, the range of a being 0<a<1, the range of b being 0<b<2.5, and the range of c being 0<c<1).

Integrated circuit device and its manufacturing method

The objective is to provide a game system and an information storage medium that enable another player to enter into a game space that a first player is playing in, at any time during the game. When a 2P player issues a request to join into a game within a first game space, while a 1P player is already playing the game in the first game space, that request is accepted. Reconstruction information for reconstructing the first game space is created and sent to a second game machine. The second game machine reconstructs the first game space based on this reconstruction information, so that the 2P player can play the game within the reconstructed game space. This enables the 2P player to join into a game within the first game space, at any time during the game.

Game system and information storage medium

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Yokohama, Japan

Atsushi Hayashi