A solid state imager converts analog pixel values to digital form on an arrayed per-column basis. An N-bit counter supplies an N-bit DAC to produce an analog ramp output with a level that varies corresponding to the contents of the counter. A ripple counter or equivalent is associated with each respective column. A clock supplies clock signals to the counter elements. A comparator in each column gates the counter element when the analog ramp equals the pixel value for that column. The contents o...

A water storage tank assembly 12 is accommodated so that it can be pulled out and extended over an ice making chamber 1 and a machine chamber 2 by passing through a lower portion of a partition wall part 4 by which the ice making chamber 1 is separated from the machine chamber 2. In the water storage tank assembly, a cube guide 16 is attached to a water storage tank 13 on the side of the ice making chamber. On the other hand, a pump motor 14 and a float switch 15 are attached to the water storag...

An object is imaged continuously during a first exposure time and a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time. Weights, one of which decreases monotonously and the other of which increases monotonously, are applied to first and second resultant image signals under the condition that the sum of the weights is 1. The first and second image signals that have been weighted are added up, thus producing a synthetic picture signal. When a luminance level is low, the ratio of the first i...

Use in inhibiting plant growth of a compound of formula II ##STR1## in which either the pair of symbols X and Y or the pair of symbols Y and Z, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, form a non-aromatic ring system having either 5 or 7 ring atoms, all of which are carbon except that one may be oxygen, and which is substituted or unsubstituted, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, alkenyl or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group and R.sup.2 represents a hydrog...

The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle that is capable of easily and simply assembling a thermistor-holding device insertedly with a coupling hole formed at one side surface of a lower case of an air conditioning case, while inserting first and second protrusions formed through upper and lower molds around the coupling hole thereto, such that the total number of parts and the working period are all reduced to improve the productivity of the product and the repairing or...

A method for producing an egg product comprising filling an elongated container with egg white and a stick of solidified frozen egg yolk and solidifying the egg white while the container is supported in a substantially vertical position and is agitated to substantially center the stick of yolk in the container and surround the yolk laterally with egg white.

This invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds structurally characterized by containing a specific heterocyclic group and by the presence of --CH.sub.2 --S--directly bound to the specific heterocyclic group. These heterocyclic compounds are useful as medicines, particularly as antagonists of SRS-A (slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis).

In a structure comprising a first, through-shaped reflector and a second reflector consisting of two parabolic portions derived from a parabola of which the axis forms a certain angle with the main axis of waveflux emission of the device, the two parabolic portions are so shaped and disposed as to have a certain symmetry in relation to the main axis of the emergent beam, so that a secondary emission can be obtained in a privileged direction other than that of the main beam axis.

A graphic image that has pixels arranged in rows and columns is scaled by processing a succession of segments. Each segment comprises contiguous pixels. The row and column dimensions of each segment do not correspond to an intended degree of scaling in both dimensions. The processing of each segment produces an intermediate pixel. The intermediate pixels form a stream. The intermediate stream of pixels is processed to form a final two-dimensional scaled image.

An intra-field interpolation method and apparatus for generating a target pixel value. The method includes the following steps of: receiving a plurality of pixel values of an image field; generating a first pixel difference set from the received pixel values using a first pixel difference algorithm; generating a second pixel difference set from the received pixel values using a second pixel difference algorithm; and blending the received pixel values according to the first pixel difference set a...