Sony Corporation

Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Masafumi Takiguchi

Kiyoshi Miwa

Satoru Ishii

Kenji Goto

Minoru Ikarashi

Eiji Makino

Yoh Iwasaki

Hideo Takagi

Kazuyuki Iesaka

An image capturing device includes: a plurality of image capturing units that capture images from different viewpoints; an image analyzing unit that detects characteristic points by image analysis of the images captured by the plurality of image capturing units; a control unit that calculates image conversion parameters for correction of inputting characteristic point information generated by the image analyzing unit to correct deviation in the up and down direction of the plurality of images captured by the plurality of image capturing units; and an image conversion unit that performs a conversion process of the captured images of the plurality of image capturing units by applying the image conversion parameters calculated by the control unit.

Image capturing device, image capturing device control method, and program

A correction value calculation apparatus that includes circuitry configured to: acquire a relative position of a feature point to a reference point in a left/right image formed by a left/right lens as a left/right pixel position in the case where the left/right lens is moved in a coordinate system constructed with a pitch axis and a yaw axis; detect a relative position of the left/right lens to a reference position as a left/right lens detection position; generate a characteristic representing a relationship between the left/right pixel position and the left/right lens detection position; set each of the left/right lens detection position as a correction object position and determine an adjustment position which is a position on a straight line connecting the left and right pixel positions; and calculate correction values which are differences between the left and right lens detection positions.

Compound eye imaging apparatus and method with left image and right image processor to calculate correction value for lens position

Peptides which can induce specific CTLs for HIV, DNAs encoding for the peptides and medicaments for preventing and/or treating HIV comprising the peptides are provided. According to the present invention, peptides carrying novel CTL epitopes derived from HIV Pol or Env proteins are provided. These peptides can bind to HLA-A11, particularly HLA-A*1101 which is frequently encountered in Japanese people and induce HIV-specific cytotoxic T cells.

HIV-specific CTL inducing peptides and medicaments for preventing or treating AIDS comprising the peptides

An adaptive type equalization circuit and a playback apparatus can be used for the playback of a digital signal. A playback signal is supplied to an analog to digital converter and phase lock loop such that digital conversion of the playback signal is performed. Characteristic information such as a detection signal from an envelope detector to which the playback signal is supplied, a signal showing a phase lock from the phase lock loop is supplied to a data generation circuit together with a playback signal from the analog to digital converter. The playback signal processed in the data generation circuit and its characteristic information are supplied to a processor such tat operation for weighting coefficients is performed. The weighting coefficients operated or calculated in the processor are supplied to a transversal filter so that adaptive equalization processing for the playback signal is performed.

Adaptive equalizing circuit and regenerative device using it, and adaptive equalizing method

An equalizing circuit is provided for a playback apparatus not requiring tracking control. A playback signal is supplied to a plurality of unit delay devices which are connected in series, and the signals at the input ends and the output ends are supplied to weighting devices, respectively. Furthermore, the playback signal is supplied to a computation circuit, whereby weighting coefficients are determined. Weighting is performed on the signals from unit delay devices, and these signals are added together by an adder so that the equalization of the playback signal is performed, and the signal is extracted from an output terminal. Simultaneously, in the computation circuit, when the envelope value of the playback signal is within a range the phase lock for the playback signal is used so that the calculation of the weighting coefficients is done, and the coefficients of the weighting devices are changed.

Playback apparatus and adaptive equalizing circuit with a phase-locked loop coupled thereto

A magnetic recording medium includes an anti-ferromagnetic layer layered on at least one of the opposite major surfaces in a direction along the thickness of a ferromagnetic recording layer It is possible for magnetization in the vicinity of a surface of an anti-ferromagnetic layer facing a ferromagnetic recording layer to be rotated simultaneously with rotation of magnetization of the ferromagnetic recording layer It is also possible for the intensity of exchange coupling between the two layers to be larger than the total magnetic anisotropy of the anti-ferromagnetic layer It is similarly possible for the intensity of the exchange coupling between the two layers to be smaller than the total magnetic anisotropy of the anti-ferromagnetic layer and larger than the magnetic domain energy of the anti-ferromagnetic layer By the above constitution, it is possible to realize a high energy of magnetic anisotropy of the particles of the magnetic material to raise the coercivity to cope with higher recording density expected in near future.

Magnetic recording medium

A magnetoresistance film has an ordered antiferromagnetic layer ( ), a fixed magnetic structure portion ( ) joined thereto, a non-magnetic conductive layer ( ), and a free magnetic layer portion ( ) having at least one magnetic layer, the fixed magnetic structure portion ( ) having provided therein an amorphous magnetic layer ( ). The magnetoresistance film is thereby constructed such that the amorphous magnetic layer ( ) and the non-magnetic conductive layer ( ) are joined to each other with a crystalline ferromagnetic intermediate layer ( ) existing in between. Thereby, the fixed magnetic structure portion of a spin valve construction has therein the amorphous magnetic layer to thereby achieve the enhancement of the magneto-resistance change rate and the improvement of the heat resistance of the resulting magnetoresistance film.

Magnetoresistance film and magnetic read sensor

A magnetoresistance effect device and a magnetic head according to the present invention exhibit preferable magnetic characteristics and an excellent corrosion resistance. The magnetoresistance effect device includes an antiferromagnetic body formed in a fcc (face-centered cubic) structure and in an irregular phase and having a composition of A.sub.X --Mn.sub.1-X wherein A is at least one of Rh and Ru, and X is in a range from 0.05 to 0.25; and a ferromagnetic body whose magnetization state is controlled by the antiferromagnetic body. Moreover, the magnetic head includes an antiferromagnetic body formed in a fcc (face-centered cubic) structure and in an irregular phase and having a composition of A.sub.X Mn.sub.1-X wherein A is at least one of Rh and Ru, and X is in a range from 0.05 to 0.25; and a ferromagnetic body whose magnetization state is controlled by the antiferromagnetic body.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Masafumi Takiguchi