Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Tsubakimoto Chain Company

Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Katsuo Doi

Masafumi Hirata

Takahiro Yoneda

Toru Ueda

Katsuya Nakagawa

Masafumi Takahashi

Azusa Umemoto

Takuya Kinoshita

Aya Enatsu

Tatsuo Sudo

Minehiro Konya

Soichi Nitta

Kiyotaka Kashito

Yohei Iwami

Mitsunori Nojima

Hirofumi Furukawa

Koji Tanaka

Hiroshi Nishimura

Masaharu Nakatsuchi

Kumiko Yamaguchi

Kenji Mameda

Tsukasa Kaminokado

Hiroyoshi Toda

Michihiro Ohno

Kentaro Sakakura

Hideki Nishimura

Seiji Kitagawa

Makoto Shinkai

Hideyuki Otokawa

Takashi Nakajima

Masaki Hasiura

Satoshi Eguchi

Toshihide Hagawa

Tomoyuki Toya

Yasunori Yamashita

Yasushi Nagai

Daiki Ogasawara

Shigeki Takahashi

A television () includes: a receiving section () for receiving additional information which is added to and transmitted along with a broadcast content; a processing section () for processing additional information so that a mobile device () can obtain information that is specific to unique information which the television () has; and a transmitting section () for transmitting processed additional information.

Contents playback device, television receiver, information provision system, information provision method, information provision program, and recording medium

A television () includes: an image data receiving section () for receiving, from the outside, image data storing therein process specifying information; and a controlling section () for controlling an image processing section () so as to carry out a process specified by the process specifying information stored in the received image data. Thus, it is possible to cause the television () to carry out the desired process by causing the television () to receive the image data including the process specifying information for specifying the process which should be carried out by the television ().

Operating system that includes an image data receiving device and an operation device for processing image data sets

A televisionof the present invention is a televisionfor processing display data and displaying an image based on the processed display data, the display data containing the image and a control script that defines at least a function of displaying the image, wherein the televisionincludes a basic function executing sectionfor executing a basic function program called from the control script, the basic function program being stored in a basic function program storage section; and a control script executing sectionfor controlling basic function executing sectionaccording to the control script so as to perform a first function for displaying the image, the first function being defined by the control script, the control script further defines a second function which the televisionperforms while the image is being displayed by the first function, and the control script executing sectioncontrols the basic function executing sectionaccording to the control script so as to execute the second function.

Image display apparatus, image data providing apparatus, and image display system providing a control script for executing basic functions

An electronic device () constitutes a remote control system () together with a remote control device () and at least one controlled device ('), and the electronic device () includes: a first reception section () that receives, from the remote control device, a direct command signal (&#x2032;) broadcasted to the electronic device and the controlled device; a second reception section () that receives, from the controlled device, an indirect command signal () having been generated by the controlled device according to the direct command signal having been received from the remote control device; and a control section () including signal selecting means () that selects one intended command signal to which a response is needed from a signal group according to a predetermined rule, the signal group consisting of the direct command signal having been received by the first reception section and the indirect command signal having been received by the second reception section. This makes it possible to properly select and process a signal to be followed in the electronic device where a plurality of command signals are redundantly supplied with respect to one command signal from the remote control device.

Electronic device, remote control system, signal processing method, control program and recording medium

A communication device of the present invention which is realized as a video communication device () includes: a communication control section () for establishing communication connection with other communication device; a content receiving section () for obtaining content data from the outside; and a content transmission section () for specifying another communication device as a communication device, to which the obtained content data should be transmitted, if connection with said another communication device is established when the content receiving section () obtains the content data, so that it is possible to easily share the content data, obtained from the outside, with the communication counterpart device with which the communication connection has been established. This makes it possible to realize a communication device which can easily transmit the content data, obtained from the outside, to the communication counterpart device, that is, this makes it possible to realize a communication device which can easily share the content data, obtained from the outside.

Communication device, communication method, communication system, program, and computer-readable storage medium

A reproducing apparatus () of the present invention receives information of a WEB site from a service-providing server () that administrates the WEB site, and reproduces the information. The service-providing server () holds identification information () of a user of a portable communication apparatus () that is permitted to access the WEB site. The reproducing apparatus () includes: a data receiving section for receiving, from the portable communication apparatus (), invitation information (), identification information (), and transmission time point information (); a reproducing apparatus infrared communication section; a destination determination section that establishes a connection to the service-providing server () based on the received invitation information (), and transmits the invitation information (), the identification information (), and transmission-instruction time (); and a reproducing apparatus communication control section. This allows the administrative server to confirm an authorized destination, based on the content request information received from the portable communication apparatus, when a content is provided from the administrative server managing the content.

Reproducing apparatus, portable communication apparatus, administrative server, and content distribution system

A source devicetransmits streaming data. In a packet receiverof a sync device, statistical data acquirercalculates statistical data such as one-way delay time, packet loss ratio, reception rate and the like from the received streaming data and transmits it to the source device. The statistical information received by source deviceis extracted by a packet receiverand input to a channel band estimator. The channel band estimatorgives encoderinstructions to provide optimal encoding based on the transmission delay. Upon this, the transmission delay is calculated by assuming the minimum value of the communication delay from the start of transmission as zero. Control is performed by determining the delay time and packet loss ratio in data transmission and considering, based on these, the channel quality and bandwidth margin, so as to provide the optimal transmission bit rate or encoding rate.

Transmitter

When a content playback apparatus has detected a content data acquisition error in a process of acquiring title screen content serving as next content that is to be reproduced after top screen content, the content playback apparatus reproduces sub-content contained as error-handling information in the top screen content, and then displays an error screen. The error screen is contained as sub-content in the top screen content, and therefore can be changed flexibly. This makes it possible to provide a content playback apparatus capable of performing error handling flexibly in accordance with the content being reproduced.

Content playback apparatus, content playback method, and storage medium

A picture display apparatus, comprising: a synthesizing section for synthesizing divided screens to display a plurality of pictures on a single screen; a menu display section for displaying a menu in which a list of options is displayed, the options enabling a user to select a change to be made to at least one of a number, shapes, relative sizes, and relative positions of the divided screens and types of the pictures, so that the user can select from the options to switch to a corresponding screen arrangement; an icon display section for displaying an icon indicating a border between the divided screens in association with the options; and a border changing section for updating the divided screens according to a change in position of the border, wherein the icon display section displays the icon indicating a result of the change in position of the border before the border changing section updates the divided screens according to the change in position of the border. Thus, the user is informed of what the screen will look like before entering a change of the border.

Picture display apparatus with selectively divided screens, picture display method for selectively dividing screens, and storage medium

Updated information presenting software creates a list of information source URLs provided with the index of importance determined by the frequency of access to the referring URLs in the past, and selects an information source URL with a high index of importance by an information source URL sorting section, and obtains data from a server computer by a network file access section. A file comparing section detects whether the contents of the data have been updated, and, when a tag information change detecting section detects a new link and a changed anchor character string, an output formatting section creates output HTML which displays the new link and the changed anchor character string together with the information source URLs in order of the index of importance and supplies the output HTML to a browser.

Information source monitor device for network information, monitoring and display method for the same, storage medium storing the method as a program, and a computer for executing the program

In a roller chain in which a plurality of rolling bodies is disposed between a roller and a bushing, between a bushing and a pin, or between a roller and a pin, the rolling bodies include at least one carbon-impregnated ceramic rolling body, or at least one carbon-coated steel rolling body. Preferably, the carbon-impregnated or carbon-coated rolling bodies are disposed in an alternating configuration with steel rolling bodies.

Chain incorporating rolling bodies

A method and system for relaying a file object used in a gateway computer allowing the change of various parameters settings, dependent on particular networks, in a simple manner. The method and system further allowing reference of a file object referred to when a client computer was first connected to a certain network even when the client computer is then connected to another network in a simple manner. The method and system provides for relaying a file object in accordance with any of a plurality of control structures corresponding to a plurality of networks, respectively. The gateway computer includes storage for storing a file object. Each of the plurality control structures has an address of a representative gateway computer to which a client computer is connected. The method of relaying the file object includes the steps of receiving an event, when the event is a request for switching between the control structures, switching various parameters in accordance with that one of the control structures to which switching is requested, when the event is a request for getting the file object transmitted by the client computer, reading and relaying to the client computer the file object from either one of an upstream computer and the storage, and storing the relayed file object in the storage.

METHOD OF RELAYING FILE OBJECT, DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RECORDING A PROGRAM OF FILE OBJECT RELAY METHOD AND GATEWAY COMPUTER, ALLOWING REFERENCE OF ONE SAME FILE OBJECT AMONG NETWORKS

A cylindrical roller bearing includes a plurality of cylindrical rollers disposed between a circular outer race and a circular inner race without using a retainer. The inner and outer races are devoid of annular flanges extending radially from opposite axial ends of the races for controlling the position of the cylindrical rollers in an axial direction. A pair of thrust bearing plates are disposed on the opposite sides of the outer race for controlling the positions of the outer race and the cylindrical rollers in the axial direction. One or more of the cylindrical rollers are formed shorter than the other cylindrical rollers. With this arrangement, a skew of one or more of the cylindrical rollers, which may occur when the outer race is subjected to an axial load, is taken up by circumferential gaps formed between the shorter cylindrical roller and adjacent cylindrical rollers at opposite ends of the shorter cylindrical roller. Thus, rotation of the outer race is stable and abrasion between the end faces of the cylindrical rollers and the thrust bearing plates can be suppressed.

Cylindrical roller bearing

A cantilever shaft assembly includes a steel pipe firmly secured at one end to a wall surface of a stationary support member, and a core shaft made from a synthetic resin and having a body portion removably fitted in the steel pipe and an end portion located outside the steel pipe. The end portion forms a free end of the cantilever shaft assembly and rotatably supports thereon a rotating member such as a driven sprocket. The core shaft and the steel pipe are locked and held together by a locking device such as a pin or a key. The cantilever shaft assembly is light in weight and can be easily repaired at a low cost when the end portion of tne synthetic resin core shaft is damaged or worn out.

Cantilever shaft assembly for rotating member

A power control apparatus having a plurality of external devices and adapted to be used for a computer system and to reduce the power consumption in an idle state, the apparatus includes a processing unit for receiving a signal from at least one of the plurality of external devices and for outputting an instruction according to the received signal, a storage unit connected to the processing unit for temporary storing information and for accessing to the processing unit according to the instruction output from the processing unit, an interface unit connected to both the processing unit and the storage unit for controlling an interface between the processing unit and the storage unit, and an adjusting unit connected to the interface unit for adjusting a time proportion of an access cycle to a non-storage unit, for adjusting a time proportion in an operation of the processing unit to be stopped, and for adjusting an access to the storage unit.

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Katsuo Doi