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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice processor capable of converting a fundamental period of voice while balancing maintenance of individuality of voice and maintenance of sound quality, and outputting high-quality converted voice.SOLUTION: The voice processor includes: a spectrum envelope preservation type fundamental period conversion part for converting the fundamental period of inputted voice by a first magnification and outputting it by a spectrum envelope preservation type fundamental period conversion system; and a sampling rate conversion type fundamental period conversion part for converting the fundamental period of the inputted voice by a second magnification and outputting it by a sampling rate conversion type fundamental period conversion system. Then, (a) output from the spectrum envelope preservation type fundamental period conversion part is connected to input to the sampling rate conversion type fundamental period conversion part, or (b) output from the sampling rate conversion type fundamental period conversion part is connected to input to the spectrum envelope preservation type fundamental period conversion part.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To highly accurately measure OFDM signals even when signal power is at a low level.SOLUTION: An error detection part 14 of an OFDM wave measuring apparatus 1 performs addition of a 4-symbol unit on a time base to orthogonally demodulated baseband signals, and detects a frequency error, a symbol head position a0 and a clock error a1 by guard correlation processing. A symbol addition part 18-1 performs synchronous addition to a carrier symbol which is an FFT output signal of a symbol segmented on the basis of the symbol head position a0, and an SP pattern detection part 19 detects an SP pattern in SP correlation processing of the synchronous addition result. A clock error correction part 22 corrects the clock error a1 for the carrier symbol, a symbol addition part 18-3 synchronously adds SP signals in the carrier symbol after the correction of the clock error a1, and an SP extraction part 20-2 extracts the SP signal from the synchronous addition result. On the basis of the SP signal, the OFDM signals are measured.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To greatly improve parallax error included in a three-dimensional image obtained by photographing a moving body.SOLUTION: The three-dimensional image photographing apparatus comprises: an objective lens optical system 1 configured to condense a luminous flux reaching from a subject side; a first shutter 3a and a second shutter 3b disposed a predetermined distance apart from each other with a position on an optical axis a as the center and configured to open/close so as to pass/block part of a luminous flux reaching through the objective lens optical system 1; an imaging part 6 disposed behind the first and second shutters 3a and 3b; a shutter control part configured to control the first and second shutters 3a and 3b so as to selectively open the first and second shutters 3a and 3b in a time shorter than an image frame effective period, for each image frame; and an image signal processing part that generates a three-dimensional image signal based on an imaging image signal generated by the imaging part 6 for each image frame.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high resolution imaging apparatus capable of improving MTF and resolution.SOLUTION: The high resolution imaging apparatus comprises: an optical system 11 which forms a subject image of a subject 1; at least one functional imaging elements 14 which comprises plural light-receiving elements for converting the subject image to an electric signal by each of plural divided regions; and an optical waveguide element 13 which is disposed between the optical system 11 and the functional imaging elements 14 and in which there are plural optical waveguides 12 for transmitting the subject image divided into the regions. The pitch of the light-receiving elements matches that of the functional imaging element 14 side of the optical waveguides 12.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a speaking speed conversion magnification which is stable and adaptive even when a background sound and a voice are mixed.SOLUTION: A speaking speed conversion magnification determination device 1a comprises: a physical index calculation section 2 having a sound/soundless determination part 102 for determining a sound section and a soundless section of an input signal, a fundamental frequency calculation part 104 for calculating the fundamental frequency of the input signal and determining a stable section and an unstable section in the sound section, a frequency smoothing part 106 for smoothing the time change of the fundamental frequency in the stable section, a pseudo fundamental frequency calculation part 108 for calculating a pseudo fundamental frequency in which the fundamental frequency is interpolated in the unstable section and in the soundless section, and a fundamental frequency contour connection part 110 for connecting the smoothed fundamental frequency and the pseudo fundamental frequency to obtain a sample value of the fundamental frequency, and outputting the sample value of the fundamental frequency as a physical index; and a speaking speed conversion magnification specification part 120 for calculating a speaking speed conversion magnification based on the physical index.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce a high-definition stereoscopic image in an integral photography method.SOLUTION: This stereoscopic image pickup and display device includes: a beam splitter 120 splitting a light flux arriving from a subject O into two systems; an image pickup system lens array 130 for converting one separated light flux into a light flux of parallax image group; a parallax image group image-pickup element 140 capturing the light flux of the parallax image group to acquire the parallax image group; a plane image-pickup element 150 for capturing the other separated light flux to acquire a plane image; a parallax image group display element 240 for displaying the parallax image group; a display system lens array 250 for converting the light flux of the parallax image group into the light flux of a stereoscopic image; a plane image display element 260 for displaying the plane image; and a beam mixer 270 for emitting the light flux of the stereoscopic image in conjunction with the light flux of the plane image.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically perform setting of prefectural-area codes and wide-area codes and greatly reduce a memory area necessary for the setting.SOLUTION: There is provided an emergency alert signal reception device comprising: a reception module 220 configured to receive an area classification code setting signal including prefectural-area code data, wide-area code data, and cross-regional code data, which specify a reception area classification of an emergency alert signal; an area classification code data extraction module 250 configured to extract the prefectural-area code data, the wide-area code data, and the cross-regional code data from the area classification code setting signal; an area classification code data storage module 260 configured to store the extracted prefectural-area code data, wide-area code data, and cross-regional code data; and an emergency alert data processing module 270 configured to extract an area classification code from the emergency alert signal, determine whether the area classification code is included in the prefectural-area code data, wide-area code data, and cross-regional code data stored in the area classification code data storage module 260, and perform switching control according to the emergency alert signal when the area classification code is included in the prefectural-area code data, wide-area code data, and cross-regional code data stored in the area classification code data storage module 260.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integral type three-dimensional imaging apparatus using a lens array, the apparatus being capable of enhancing resolution without increasing the number of element lenses.SOLUTION: A three-dimensional imaging apparatus 1 comprising an element lens group 2 of arrayed element lenses 2a that receive incident lights L from a subject, imaging means 5 (element image elements 51) disposed opposite the element lens group to shoot element images formed by lights emitted from the element lenses, and memory means 9 that stores the shot element images further has light intercepting means 6 (light intercepting plate 61) provided with a light intercepting plane having one light transmitting unit (light transmitting unit H) that transmits the incident lights, on the light receiving face side of the element lenses in a transmissive area smaller in square measure than the light receiving face of the element lenses, per element lens and switching means 7 (drive unit 71) that switches repeatedly at prescribed time intervals positions of the light transmitting units so that the transmissive areas do not overlap one another in the respective positions of the light transmitting units.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disk conveying mechanism which achieves high speed conveyance of multiple thin disks between a disk cartridge and multiple drive devices.SOLUTION: A disk conveying mechanism comprises: four suction mechanisms 100 for sucking and holding thin disks; a spacer stocker where spacers are temporarily placed; four arms 520 to one end of each of which the suction mechanism 100 is attached and the other end of each of which is fixed to a rotation axis; and a revolution conveyance motor 500 for rotating the rotation axis. The rotation axis is located so that a center of a laminate stocker 300, a center of the spacer stocker 400, and centers of respective opening drive trays 810 are positioned on the same circumference whose center is the rotation axis, with the same central angle, and the central angle is the same as the central angles among the four arms.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mixing balance display apparatus and a mixing balance display program, which can display a state of mixing balance in accordance with acoustic feeling of high age persons without performing complex calculation like before. SOLUTION: A mixing balance display apparatus 10 includes: a weighted level difference calculation unit 16 for performing prescribed weighting on the level difference between an NR (Narration) signal and a BGM (Back Ground Music) signal to calculate a weighted level difference; a display boundary value determination unit 19 which determines a display boundary value between respective steps when displaying a state of the mixing balance in a plurality of steps; and a display unit 20 which displays the state of the mixing balance. The apparatus is composed to perform signal display in the plurality of the steps according to the level of the BGM signal considering whether the mixing balance is appropriate for aged people and acoustic characteristics of the aged people even in a frame section where the NR signal does not exist and only BGM signal exists. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT