Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Ntt Electronics Corporation

Pigeon Corporation

J-Oil Mills, Inc.

Pigeon Co., Ltd.

Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Pacific Industrial Company, Ltd.

Takashi Sano

Atsushi Shimizu

Michiya Katou

Ken Nakamura

Takayuki Onishi

Makoto Shigihara

Hiroe Iwasaki

Katsuyuki Ozaki

Jiro Naganuma

Masayoshi Sakaino

Akiko Shimazaki

Hikaru Ishikawa

Shun Matsuzawa

Misaki Tsuji

Takahiro Tokuchi

To provide an edible ingredient having an exceptional effect for enhancing umami. An umami-enhancing composition having a carotenoid degradation product as an active ingredient. The umami-enhancing composition can be formulated through a manufacturing method that includes a step for adding a carotenoid to an edible oil and fat, and a step for degrading the carotenoid in the edible oil and fat. The carotenoid degradation product is preferably a degradation product of one or more selected from the group consisting of carotenes and xanthophylls. The umami-enhancing composition is optimally used as a food-product ingredient, etc., for manufacturing a seasoning or extract or for enhancing the umami of a food product.

Umami-enhancing composition, seasoning or extract, method for manufacturing umami-enhancing composition, method for manufacturing seasoning or extract, and method for enhancing umami of food product

A computation unit subtracts a prediction image from an input image. An orthogonal transformation unit applies orthogonal transformation to an output of the computation unit. A quantization unit quantizes an output of the orthogonal transformation unit. An encoding unit encodes an output of the quantization unit. A prediction mode determination unit determines a prediction mode from the input image. The prediction mode is different according to types of an I-picture, a P-picture and a B-picture.

Moving image encoding device

A video coding apparatus comprises a motion prediction unit configured to perform motion prediction for a plurality of coding unit sizes of an original image serving as the picture of an input video signal and evaluate results obtained by the motion prediction for the coding unit sizes so as to supply a first evaluation value; a merge mode evaluation unit configured to evaluate each of merge candidates on a coding unit of the merge size determined by a merge size determination unit so as to supply a second evaluation value of each of the merge candidates; and an inter-prediction mode determination unit configured to determine a mode used for coding on the basis of the second evaluation value obtained by the merge mode evaluation unit and the first evaluation value of the coding unit sizes.

Video coding apparatus

A motion detection portion of a video encoding apparatus conducts motion detection on each of frame macroblocks and field macroblocks to calculate motion vectors and respective detection cost. A motion vector evaluation value calculation portion calculates an evaluation value of the size of motion vectors. A motion vector threshold determination portion compares the evaluation value of the size of motion vectors to a predetermined threshold to determine whether the target area is a moving area or a still area. If the target area is a moving area, it is determined whether frame or field macroblock mode is to be used by comparing the detection costs. If the target area is a still area, it is determined whether frame or field macroblock mode is to be used in accordance with the size of the sum of absolute values of differences between neighboring pixels in a vertical direction regarding the frame macroblock and field macroblock.

Video encoding method, video encoding apparatus, video encoding program and storage medium of the same

Clinical thermometer

A fruit juice squeezer is disclosed for obtaining fruit juice from fruit by pressing and cutting, which includes: a squeezer body having a reservoir means for storing said fruit juice, a handle rotatable with respect to said body, and mincer means comprising a perforated plate fixed to said body and a cutter disposed adjacent to said perforated plate and fixed to said handle and filter means comprising a mesh member fixed to a perforated plate, and a sliding member rotatably engaged with said mesh member and fixedly fitted into said handle, and are operable by turning of said handle.

Fruit juice squeezer

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Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Sano