Sony Corporation

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha

Harison Toshiba Lighting Corporation

Nippon Closures Co., Ltd.

Toshiyuki Arai

Hiroaki Sato

Takashi Kumagai

Fumitake Yodo

Masami Oyama

Hajime Inai

Takahiro Kurosawa

Hideo Kawachi

Katsuichi Sakurai

Yasuyuki Suzuki

Takayuki Kikuchi

Tomonori Kato

Toru Sahara

Yoshio Kishi

Ichiro Nakajima

Nobuhiro Tone

Teruaki Higashihara

Masamitsu Nagano

Kazuo Tomita

Mamiko Sugi

Tatsuya Kushima

Naotoshi Deguchi

In connection with an information transmission member-equipped external member (outer lid member) to be mounted on a container lid, the opening of the container lid and the destruction of the information transmission member are carried out by a series of operations. Upon rotational movement of an opening/closing cover () and an outer cover () relative to each other, the opening/closing cover () is raised to destroy a predetermined site of an IC tag (), and a tamper-evident bottom section () is cut off, whereby the outer cover () is separated from the opening/closing cover (), and the opening/closing cover () is opened sideways to make the opening/closing cover () detachable from the container lid.

External member for container lid

A processing unit performs a method including controlling a reading-out of data from a first storage medium at a predetermined read-out data rate to produce inputted data, and controlling a compression of the inputted data to produce first compressed data of a first compressed format. The method includes controlling a storage of the first compressed data in a second storage medium at a faster writing data rate than the predetermined read-out data rate, controlling a reading-out of second compressed data of a second compressed format from the second storage medium, and controlling a decompression of the second compressed data to produce decompressed data. The method also includes controlling simultaneously the storage of the first compressed data in the second storage medium, the reading-out of the second compressed data from the second storage medium, and audibly reproducing the decompressed data. The first compressed format is different from the second compressed format.

Data processing system having data reproduction independent of data processing

A composite container lid which includes an inner cap fitted onto the container mouth portion by screw engagement, an over-cap fitted onto the inner cap, and an IC tag. The over-cap has a top panel and a skirt descending from the circumferential edge of the top panel. The inner cap has a top plate and a cylindrical wall descending from the circumferential edge of the top plate and has a thread formed in the inner surface thereof to come into screw engagement with the outer surface of the container mouth portion. An engaging means is provided between the inner surface of the skirt of the over-cap and the outer surface of the cylindrical wall of the inner cap to transmit the turn of the over-cap fitted onto the inner cap to the inner cap.

Composite container lid with IC tag

An information-processing apparatus includes a processing unit that compresses inputted data to produce compressed data of a first compressed format. The information-processing apparatus also includes a storage unit that stores the compressed data in a storage medium. The processing unit decompresses data, stored in the storage medium, of a second compressed format to produce decompressed data. Further, the processing unit controls the storage unit to store the compressed data of the first compressed format in the storage medium while the processing unit simultaneously decompresses the data, stored in the storage medium, of the second compressed format and reproduces the decompressed data. The first compressed format is different than the second compressed format.

High-rate writing of data recorded on a CD into a hard disk drive (HDD) is performed while reproducing data read out of the CD at the standard bit rate prescribed for the CD. PCM data corresponding to a playback time of 10 seconds, for example, is read out of a CD and stored in a memory. The data is read out of the memory at appropriate timing and outputted after being converted into an analog audio signal by a D/A converter. In parallel, data for writing is read out of the CD in succession to reading of the data for playback and stored in the memory. The data read out of the memory is coded and compressed by an encoder and then stored in the memory. The compressed data is read out of the memory in units of a certain amount suitable for writing in an HDD and then written in the HDD. When the data stored in the memory for playback has become smaller than a predetermined amount, an interrupt is generated during the writing process with the processing, which is given top priority, so that a next set of playback data is read out of the CD and stored in the memory.

Apparatus and method for writing and reproducing data

An information processing apparatus in which main information is stored in a first storage unit and subinformation associated with the main information is stored in a second storage unit. The user selects the sub-information to retrieve the corresponding main information that is then transmitted to the user and the user is billed for the transmitted main information. In some instances the billing amount can be reduced.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

High rate writing of data recorded on a CD into a hard disk drive (HDD) is performed while reproducing data read out of the CD at the standard bit rate prescribed for the CD. PCM data corresponding to a playback time of 10 seconds, for example, is read out of a CD and stored in a memory for subsequent read out. In parallel, data for writing is read out of the CD and stored in the memory. The data read out of the memory is coded and compressed by an encoder and then stored back in the memory. When the data stored in the memory for playback has become smaller than a predetermined amount, an interrupt is generated during the writing process with the processing, which is given top priority, so that a next set of playback data is read out of the CD and stored in the memory.

A socket device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a tubular main bodymade of an electrically insulating material. The tubular main bodyprovides a lamp-loading holehaving an opening at upper end, through which a baseless lampis inserted. A notchis formed in a wall of the tubular main body, which extends downward from the opening of the lamp-loading holealong an axis of the tubular main body. A flange portionis provided around the tubular main bodyat a portion spaced from the lower end of the notch. First and second protrusionsare provided on both sides of the notch portionon the outer surface of the tubular main body. An electrically conducting connecting memberhaving a terminal pieceis provided so that the base portionof the terminal pieceis inserted in the lamp-loading hole and a leading portion of the terminal piecepasses through the notch portionextending to a position between the first and the second protrusions

Socket device

An efficient as well as rational information distribution system where retrieval can be carried out based on various kinds of retrieval information related to download information and particularly, at a time when the download information is specified from the retrieval information, if the retrieval information is outputted to a user as an advertisement, the amount of money to be billed for the download information is reduced by what the advertisement is worth.

A transmitting unit has a first storing portion for storing a plurality of data programs, and a data generating portion for adding first identification data to a data program selected corresponding to selection data that is input by a user from the plurality of data programs stored in the first storing portion. A terminal unit has an operating portion for inputting selection data for selecting users's desired data from the plurality of data programs stored in the first storing portion, a second storing portion for storing data to which the first identification data transmitted from the transmitting unit is added and for storing second identification data that is unique to the terminal unit, a reproducing portion for reproducing data that is read from the second storing portion, and a controlling portion for comparing the first identification data added to the data that is read from the second storing portion with the second identification data that is stored in the second storing portion and controlling a reproducing operation of the reproducing portion corresponding to the compared results when the data that is read from the second storing portion is reproduced. Thus, data can be protected and its ownership can be transferred.

Data transmitter, data reproduction method, terminal, and method for transferring data transmitter

An electronic apparatus in which grounding can be achieved between a casing of the main body portion of the apparatus and a slide tray mounted on the casing for being extracted forwards via an opening surface of the casing. To this end, the electronic apparatus includes a slide tray mounted on the casing of the main body portion of the apparatus for being extracted forwards via an opening surface of the casing and carrying electrical components in need of electrical conduction with respect to the main body portion, and an electrically conductive ejection plate electrically conductively connected with an electrically conductive main body portion of a tray and supported on the slide tray for movement in the fore-and-aft direction. The electronic apparatus also includes an electrically conductive roll supported via an electrically conductive spring plate on the ejection plate and adapted for rolling on an electrically conductive bottom plate of the casing of the main body portion.

Electronic equipment having a slide tray

A method for driving the motor of multiple phase, where the number of windings in the coil of each phase can be changed, either in a first mode where all the windings in the coil of each phase are used or a second mode where the number of windings used is smaller than that of the first mode. The driving method includes a source voltage detector for supplying the driving method with a source voltage, a temperature detector for detecting an ambient temperature about the motor, and a controller for switching the action of the driving method to run the motor in either the first mode or the second mode in response to a result of the detection released from the source voltage detector or the temperature detector. Accordingly, the revolution of the motor can be maintained constant hence providing a degree of energy saving.

Unit and method of driving with motor, and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing recording medium

An electronic apparatus having a casing of a main body portion and a slide tray mounted on the casing for being extracted forward via an opening surface of the casing. A resilient member is mounted on one of the casing and the slide tray for sliding in the direction of extraction. An engagement recess is formed in the other of the casing and the slide tray or the resilient member, and an engagement member is formed in the resilient member or the other of the casing and the slide tray. The engagement member is engaged in the engagement recess when the slide tray is in the pull-out position.

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Tokyo, Japan

Toshiyuki Arai