Panasonic Corporation

New Japan Chemical Co., Ltd.

Seven Dreamers Laboratories, Inc.

U.S. Philips Corporation

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd

Sbi Ventures Two Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Kitagawa

Shinichi Sakane

Naoki Ikeda

Masafumi Yoshimura

Yoshimasa Endo

Kazuaki Mizoguchi

Yohei Uchiyama

Yasuyuki Kawahara

Kiyoshi Sadamitsu

Fuminori Suzuki

Masahide Ishikawa

Sukehiro Niga

Yuji Kawashima

Jurgen H Geerlings

Hiroshi Kimura

Chiaki Ueoka

Kazumasa Igarashi

A server device is provided with: a receiver that receives subject data that are transmitted from one or more folding devices for folding subjects and that include related data on the subjects which are read from the subjects by the folding devices; a storage unit that stores aggregate data obtained by aggregating the subject data; an analyzer that performs an analysis on predetermined data contained in the aggregate data; and a provider that provides a result of the analysis by the analyzer to a predetermined information processing device.

System, method and device for folding subjects

An object of the present invention is to provide a more compact processing apparatus than previously available. Provided is a processing apparatus for unfurling or folding a processing subject (T), including a pair of retaining devices (A,B) capable of retaining the processing subject (T), a carrying device () capable of carrying the processing subject (T) such that a part of the processing subject (T) hangs down therefrom while the processing subject (T) is retained by at least one of the pair of retaining devices (A,B), and a control device that controls movement of the retaining devices (A,B) and the carrying device (), wherein the control device rotates the carrying device () in a condition where the retained processing subject (T) hangs down from the carrying device ().

Processing apparatus for processing subject

A deformable thin object spreading device and method are disclosed. The device includes a control part configured to: control a clamping unit and a moving mechanism to cause the clamping unit to clamp a first point of a deformable thin object; cause an endpoint detecting part to detect a first endpoint; control the clamping unit and the moving mechanism to cause the clamping unit to clamp the first endpoint; cause the endpoint detecting part to detect a second endpoint; control the clamping unit and the moving mechanism to cause the clamping unit to clamp both of the first endpoint and the second endpoint; cause the endpoint detecting part to detect a third endpoint; and control the clamping unit and the moving mechanism to cause the clamping unit to clamp both of the first endpoint or the second endpoint and the third endpoint of the deformable thin object.

Deformable thin object spreading device and method

A folding system for a fabric product is provided. The folding system includes an information obtaining device, a folding device and a width controlling device. The information obtaining device obtains first information held by a fabric product. The folding device includes a platen member, a width adjusting mechanism and a folding mechanism. The platen member is for holding the fabric product. The width adjusting mechanism adjusts the width directional length of the platen member. The folding mechanism folds the fabric product on the platen member. The width controlling device controls the width adjusting mechanism by using the first information obtained by the information obtaining device.

Folding system for fabric product

Disclosed are a mixture of at least two amide-based compounds represented by General Formula (1): wherein a represents an integer of 2 to 6, Rrepresents a Csaturated or unsaturated aliphatic polycarboxylic acid residue, and the aliphatic polycarboxylic acid has a valency of 2 to 6, and two to six Rgroups are the same or different, and each represent a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue or a cis-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue, the mixture having a content of a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue of at least 70 mole % but less than 100 mole % of the total 2-alkylcyclohexylamine residues in the mixture, or an all-trans amide-based compound wherein all of the 2 to 6 Rgroups represent a trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine residue; a polyolefin resin nucleating agent comprising the mixture or the all-trans amide-based compound; a polyolefin resin composition containing the amide-based compound or the mixture; a molded article obtainable by molding the composition.

Amide-based compound, polyolefin resin composition and molded product

Disclosed are a crystalline polypropylene resin composition comprising a crystalline polyproplylene resin and a &bgr;-nucleating agent, and a method of increasing the proportion of &bgr;-form crystals in a crystalline polypropylene resin molding comprising molding the composition, the &bgr;-nucleating agent being a diamide compound.

Crystalline polypropylene resin composition and amide compounds

Disclosed are a polybutene-1 resin composition comprising a polybutene-1 resin and a Form-II to Form-I crystal transformation accelerator, and a method of accelerating the Form-II to Form-I crystal transformation comprising molding the polybutene-1 resin composition and allowing the molded product to stand at about 0 to 50.degree. C., the crystal transformation accelerator being an amide compound.

Polybutene-1 resin composition and a method of accelerating the crystal

A knee circuit in which the hue on the output side does not differ from the hue on the input side. The knee circuit includes a virtual luminance signal generator for generating a virtual luminance signal Y based on at least one input color signal Rin, Gin and Bin, a virtual correction value generator for monitoring whether the virtual luminance signal Y is equal to or greater than a knee point NP and for generating a virtual correction value Yk by performing a knee correction with respect to the virtual luminance signal Y when it is equal to or greater than the knee point NP. A proportional value generator generates a proportional value Kk showing a ratio of the virtual correction value Yk to the virtual luminance signal Y by dividing the virtual correction value Yk by the virtual luminance signal Y. A correction color signal generator multiplies each of the input color signals Rin, Gin and Bin by the proportional value and outputs a multiplication result as corrected color signals Rout, Gout and Bout, that is, color signals on which knee correction has been performed.

Knee correction

There is provided a color video camera apparatus (10) which includes an image sensor (11) having a plurality of pixel elements for converting an optical image into an electric image signal, a color filter (12) arranged on the image sensor and having a predetermined mosaic pattern of different colors including complementary colors, an image signal processing circuit (15) for processing the electric image signal to produce at least first and second color difference signals (2R-G) and (2B-G), a variable coefficient generator (20) for generating first and second coefficients (a) and (b) each of which is variable in dependence on the first and second color difference signals, first and second multipliers (19 and 22) for multiplying the first and second color difference signals respectively by the second and first coefficients, and first and second adders (18 and 21 ) for adding outputs of the second and first multipliers to the first and second color difference signals to generate objective third and fourth color difference signals [(R-Y) and (B-Y)].

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Otsu, Japan

Hiroshi Kitagawa