baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2005528922-A (JP)
IPC: A61K35/545
Filed: 2003-06-05
Abstract: Described is the use of a microorganism or cell containing a DNA sequence encoding a detectable protein or a protein capable of inducing a detectable signal, e.g., a luminescent or fluorescent protein for the preparation of a diagnostic composition for diagnosis and/or visualization of wounded or inflamed tissue or a disease associated therewith. Moreover, therapeutic uses are described, wherein said microorganism or cell additionally contain an expressible DNA sequence encoding a protein suitable for therapy, e.g. an enzyme causing cell death or digestion of debris. <IMAGE>
Patent JP-2005529331-A (JP)
Title: ガスセンサ及びガスセンサを製造する方法
IPC: G01N27/409
Filed: 2003-05-15
Abstract: 本発明は、測定ガスの物理的な特性、特にガス成分の濃度又は排気ガスの温度を測定するガス測定センサ（１０）であって、金属製のハウジング（２１）内にセンサエレメント（２０）が配置されていて、該センサエレメント（２０）が、金属製の受容体（３１）内に配置された少なくとも１つのシールエレメント（３２，３２１，３２２，３２３，３３１，３３２，３３３）によってシールされており、金属製の受容体（３１）がハウジング（２１）に固定されている形式のものに関する。このような形式のガス測定センサにおいて本発明では、シールエレメント（３２，３２１，３２２，３２３，３３１，３３２，３３３）がセンサエレメント（２０）を該センサエレメントの長さＬに沿って真ん中で又は該センサエレメント（２０）の、測定ガスに向けられた半部のところで取り囲んでいるようにした。
Patent JP-2005536100-A (JP)
Title: 移動無線システムのデータ転送速度を高める方法
IPC: H04B7/26
Filed: 2003-08-05
Abstract: 本発明は、移動無線システムにおけるデータ転送速度を高める方法と、本発明による方法を実施するコンピュータプログラムに関する。本発明は、本発明による方法での使用に適した移動無線システム、移動局（ＭＳ）および基地局（ＢＳ）を保護する。本方法自体は、本発明が移動無線システムにおける基地局（ＢＳ）と移動局（ＭＳ）との間でデータ転送速度を高める可能性を提供するという問題に取り組む。これにより、転送されるべきデータは、少なくとも二つの周波数チャネルにわたってアドレスコーディング値で合成された形態でパケットごとに転送される。
Patent JP-2005537756-A (JP)
Title: 自動的決済のための方法
IPC: H04M17/00
Filed: 2003-07-30
Abstract: 本発明は、遠隔通信網（１）および他の遠隔通信網（２）を有するネットワーク構成における自動的決済のための方法に関するものである。本方法では利用者サーバ装置（３）と遠隔通信網（１）に含まれている交換装置（４）との間ならびに他の遠隔通信網（２）のインタフェース（７）と交換装置（４）との間で電子的データがCAP／INAPプロトコルの使用のもとに交換される。
Patent JP-2005533394-A (JP)
IPC: H01L21/762
Filed: 2003-07-16
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of increasing the area of a useful layer (63) of material coming from a source substrate (6) and which has been transferred onto a support substrate (7). The invention is remarkable in that one of the two substrates is surrounded by a primary chamfer (74, 64), its front face presenting at least a flat central zone (70) of outline (C7), in that the front face of the other substrate is a flat zone (67) bordered by a peripheral side face (66), perpendicular or quasi-perpendicular thereto, the outer outline (C"6) of said flat zone (67) presenting dimensions greater than the dimensions of the outer outline (C7) of said flat central zone (70) of the first substrate (7), and in that during bonding, the two substrates (6, 7) are applied one against the other in such a manner that the outline (C7) of said flat central zone (70) is inscribed within the outline (C"6) of said flat zone (67). The invention is applicable to fabricating a composite substrate for electronics, optics, or optoelectronics.
Patent JP-2006500201-A (JP)
IPC: C08F2/14
Filed: 2003-09-23
Abstract: The present invention discloses a slurry loop reactor comprising one or more loops, capable of improving the properties of the product by enhanced homogeneity of the circulating slurry.
Patent JP-2006500615-A (JP)
Title: 向上したＱｕｉｓｑｕａｔｅｒＲｅｄｕｃｔｉｏｎ
IPC: G06F7/72
Filed: 2003-09-10
Abstract: Ｎを法とする第１の数Ｘ及び第２の数Ｙの積Ｐを計算する方法及び装置であって、Ｙは、各々が長さｐビットのｊワードに分割され、長さ（ｍ＋ｎ）ビットを有し、これら方法及び装置は、Ｙのｊワードの連続的な一つでサイクル的に動作し、形成された中間の積の中間的な法減少を実行する。Ｎの特別に選択した倍数Ｎ’を用いて、Ｎ’に基づく中間の単一の減少のみが、中間の積Ｐが各サイクルの終了時に（ｍ＋ｎ）ビットを超えないことを保証するようにする。Ｎ’はＮの整数倍であり、（ｍ−１）の最上位ビットが‘１’に等しくなるとともに最下位ビットが‘０’になるように値Ｎ’を選択する。
Patent JP-2006500676-A (JP)
Title: グラフィカル・ユーザ・インタフェース・ナビゲーション方法、及び装置。
IPC: G06F3/0486
Filed: 2003-09-05
Abstract: ＧＵＩディスプレイにおいてオブジェクトを移動するための方法。他のオブジェクト、カーソルのような、は、前記オブジェクトと同一位置に配置されるように（１０６）、位置付けられる（１０４）。該オブジェクト及びカーソルは、少なくとも、部分的に、該カーソルに関連するデータによって決定される（１０８）経路に沿って移動される（１１０）。前記カーソルとオブジェクトとの相対位置が変化する場合（１１２）に、前記経路に沿った移動は終了する（１１４）。該カーソル及びオブジェクトが同一場所配置を維持すれば、移動は、異なる経路に沿って継続するであろう。例示の実施例は、ユーザに、ポインティング・デバイスを操作することでより小さなカーソルアイコン領域をナビゲートすることによって、全てのＧＵＩディスプレイ領域をナビゲートすることを可能とする、カーソルアイコンである。
Patent JP-2006510327-A (JP)
IPC: H04L1/06
Filed: 2003-12-15
Abstract: The process involves pre-coding signals from a transmitting antenna by a complex matrix of pre-coding of order mXm to emit packages each including m number of consecutive symbols. The linear combinations of the symbols are interlaced to modify the temporal order of the symbols. Each block of the interlaced symbols are then coded according to a coding time space. An independent claim is also included for a system for emitting pre-coded signals.
Patent JP-2006513652-A (JP)
Title: 可撓性回路ベースの高速伝送線路
IPC: H05K1/00
Filed: 2003-12-17
Abstract: 【課題】  導電面、複数の信号線、および導電面および信号線の間にある中間レイヤを含む伝送線路回路を提供する。 【解決手段】  中間レイヤは、導電面および信号線の間で実質的に一定の間隔を維持する。中間レイヤの少なくとも一部は空気を含む。信号線および導電面は伝送線路を形成する。
Patent JP-2006514390-A (JP)
Title: 光記録媒体の記録方法及び装置
IPC: G11B20/18
Filed: 2003-11-27
Abstract: 管理情報記録を含む光記録媒体の記録方法及び装置を提供する。管理情報は、ディスクの管理領域、仮欠陥管理領域ＴＤＭＡ内に記録され、記録状態情報とアップデート情報とを含む。記録状態情報は、ディスク内の特定の領域が記録済み状態であるか否かを指示するスペースビットマップＳＢＭを意味し、アップデート情報は、記録状態情報を連続して管理するか否かを指示するＳＢＭアップデート情報を意味する。ＳＢＭアップデート情報は、複数の記録領域の各々に関するＳＢＭ−オン／オフ機能の状態を制御するものであり、当該領域に関する’開始位置情報’と’長さ情報’の形態であればよく、又はＳＢＭアップデートフラグの形態であってもよい。ＳＢＭアップデート情報はＴＤＭＡ内に記録され、光ディスク記録再生部内のメモリに記憶しておき、光ディスクの記録再生時に活用される。
Patent JP-2005539160-A (JP)
IPC: A61L9/01
Filed: 2003-09-08
Abstract: A combination is provided of a facemask having a periphery and an air permeable filter closure placed around the periphery of the facemask and adapted to abut and cover the contours of a user's face. The filter closure is made of a breathable substrate having electrostatic properties, whereby breathable air passing through the filter closure to the user is filtered. The substrate may also incorporate an active agent.
Patent JP-2005124584-A (JP)
Title: Element for fishing/sporting goods
Inventor: SUZUE HIROYASU
IPC: A63C5/12
Filed: 2005-01-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an element for fishing/sporting goods, lightweight and excellent in externals.  <P>SOLUTION: The element comprises an element main body, a film formed on the element main body directly or through a intermediate layer, and a unicolor chromophore film formed on the outside of the film and transmitting or reflecting a part of an incident light and of a specific wavelength band, wherein the unicolor of the unicolor chromophore film is a blue color of 450-490 nm wavelength or a yellow color of 560-590 nm wavelength.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006191392-A (JP)
Title: Turbo decoder and turbo decoding method
Inventor: HATA RYUTARO
IPC: H03M13/29
Filed: 2005-01-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce memory capacity to be used for inner operation without losing decoding capacity in the case of decoding a turbo code by an MAP system or a MAX-LOG-MAP system.  <P>SOLUTION: A rear probability calculation part 103 stores information generated at the time of calculating rear probability necessary for the calculation of likelihood and stores rear probability which can not be reproduced by a rear probability reproducing part 106 out of the calculated rear probability in a rear probability calculation result storing memory 104. The rear probability reproducing part 106 reproduces the rear probability not stored in the rear probability calculation result storing memory 104 by using the information stored in the calculation contents storing memory 105 and provides the reproduced rear probability to a likelihood calculation part 108.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006196970-A (JP)
Title: Method and apparatus for concealing moving picture error
Inventor: YONEYAMA AKIO
IPC: H04N19/91
Filed: 2005-01-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for concealing a moving picture errors, capable of reducing deterioration in the image quality due to the change in the image quality as seen from the standpoint of time.  <P>SOLUTION: An error block specifying section 2 specifies a region that has not correctly been decoded in the unit of macro blocks, on the basis of block decoding information b. An error concealment section 8 carries out error image concealment processing for macro blocks specified as not being correctly decoded. A reliability discriminating section 9 determines the reliability, on the basis of a discrimination result of the error in units of macro blocks. A filter strength determining section 10 determines the filter strength applied to a reproduced image g so as to place a limit on the difference of the image quality to be a prescribed value or smaller between macro blocks (MBs), spatially and temporally adjacent to each other on the basis of the reliability obtained by the reliability discriminating section 9 in units of macro blocks. A filter application section 11 applies a filter with the determined filter strength to the reproduced image g.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006196232-A (JP)
Title: Tape-shaped conductor and cable harness
Inventor: RINKA TATSUNORI
IPC: H01B5/12
Filed: 2005-01-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tape-shaped conductor improved in mechanical property such that wiring disconnection is reduced without deterioration of flexible and twisting property, and also to provide a cable harness using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: The tape-shaped conductor 1 is formed by weaving plainly two or more conductor strands 2 of warps arranged in parallel, and two or more plastic fiber threads 3 of wefts. The conductor strand 2 can be replaced with, for example, a thread covered with copper foil, and at least one of the conductor strands can be also replaced with a fiber thread of a high tensile strength. The cable harness is formed by covering and shielding bundled wires consisting of two or more wires with the tape-shaped conductor which is formed by weaving plainly two or more conductor strands 2 of warps arranged in parallel and two or more plastic fiber threads 3 of wefts.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005101015-A (JP)
Title: Light-emitting device and its manufacturing method
Inventor: YAMAZAKI SHUNPEI
IPC: H05B33/10
Filed: 2005-01-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light-emitting device of high reliability by restraining deterioration of an organic light-emitting element through elimination of impurity factors and structural factors deteriorating an organic light-emitting device.  <P>SOLUTION: Vapor and oxygen concentration remaining in a space sealing the organic light-emitting element is reduced as much as possible in order to prevent deterioration of the light-emitting device. Further, impurities including oxygen such as vapor and oxygen contained in an organic compound forming the organic light-emitting element are reduced at the same time. Furthermore, an element structure preventing deterioration of the organic light-emitting element due to stress is adopted to restrain deterioration.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006195286-A (JP)
Title: Imaging apparatus and its control method
Inventor: NISHIDA TOKUAKI
IPC: G03B15/05
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus capable of performing a consecutive photography while changing a focal distance with a simple operation, and to provide its control method.  <P>SOLUTION: First, whether or not a still picture taking mode is set is decided (step S1). If a moving picture taking mode is set, ordinary moving picture taking operation is performed (step S5). On the other hand, if the still picture taking mode is set, whether or not a drive mode is set to a zooming consecutive photography mode is decided (step S2). When the drive mode is set to the zooming consecutive photography mode, various kinds of setting, that is, the setting of zoom speed and that of photographing intervals or the like are performed in accordance with the states of various keys (step S3). When a zoom key is operated, a lens is driven to perform zooming consecutive photography (step S4). When the drive mode other than the zooming consecutive photography mode is selected in the step S2, a still picture is taken according to the specification of the selected mode (step S6).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006202798-A (JP)
Title: Heat sink
Inventor: ADACHI AKIO
IPC: H01L23/427
Filed: 2005-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit heat of a heat generating body becoming an article being fixed to a heat sink and cooled more uniformly to the substrate and the heat dissipation fin side while diffusing uniformly.  <P>SOLUTION: In the substrate of a base fixed with heat dissipation fins 12, a plurality of heat diffusion plates 20 for transporting heat through phase transformation of working fluid are arranged oppositely to the installation position of a plurality of heat generating bodies. Since the heat diffusion plates 20 is formed in the substrate region, heat of the heat generating bodies can be diffused to the entire region of the heat dissipation fins 12 and heat can be dissipated efficiently into the air. Consequently, heat sinks 10a-10f in which temperature rise is extremely low at the heat generating portion can be attained.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006200910-A (JP)
Title: System for estimating cause and degree of deterioration of concrete structure
Inventor: HOSAKA KOICHI
IPC: G01N33/38
Filed: 2005-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply and objectively analyze the deterioration cause and degree of the damage of a concrete structure and to effectively use the analytic result in the deterioration diagnosis and maintenance control of the concrete structure.  <P>SOLUTION: This estimation system has a means for inputting the inspection result of the concrete structure, a means for converting the inputted inspection result to a numerical value under each of conditions, a means for analyzing numerical value data and a means for displaying the analytic result to estimate the deterioration cause and degree related to the damage of the concrete structure.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006203395-A (JP)
Title: Moving body recognition system and moving body monitor system
Inventor: TOBA NAOTO
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2005-01-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a moving body recognition camera and a moving body monitor system in which communication costs are reduced and a monitor camera itself is simple and inexpensive.  <P>SOLUTION: Disclosed is the simple and inexpensive moving recognition camera 10 where picture quality of a region of interest is maintained and the communication cost for transfer of image information is kept equal to or less than the coventional one since the region of interest is set in a photographic region of the moving recognition camera 10 by using a setting means 24 and a photographic condition is switched to a moving recognition time mode when a moving body is recognized in the region of interest to acquire and transfer image information.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005258411-A (JP)
Title: Driving device and driving method of plasma display panel
Inventor: KIM JIN-SUNG
IPC: H01J17/49
Filed: 2005-01-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plasma display panel driving device and driving method for effectively performing initial resetting operation, without adding extra elements or making the internal pressure of an element rise.  <P>SOLUTION: The plasma display panel driving device uses a high-side switch of a scan IC, to make a voltage width of a reset voltage which is applied at the initial operation of the PDP set larger than that at normal operation. Accordingly, the initial picture is driven stably, and the voltage width of the reset voltage can be increased, without additional installation of elements or rise in the internal voltage of a switch.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006201531-A (JP)
Title: Imaging device
Inventor: SUMITOMO HIRONORI
IPC: H04N101/00
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging device designed to easily grasp whose eyes of a plurality of persons in a composition are not looking at the imaging device.  <P>SOLUTION: When a digital camera is in a photographing standby state, a live image for displaying a live view is captured. Person images are extracted from the live image. Then, a determination is made whether each person image extracted meets the condition of the state in which his or her eyes are not looking at the digital camera. To display live image on a liquid crystal monitor 4, a frame Fr is overlappingly displayed on the person image Cf that meets the condition of the state. Thereby, it is clearly determined from the other person images Af and Bf that do not meet the condition of the state. Such a display enables a user to easily grasp whose eyes of the persons in the composition are not looking at the digital camera 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006201581-A (JP)
Title: Image forming device
Inventor: SEKI HIROYUKI
IPC: G03G15/20
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming device preventing the problem of hot offsets, dew condensation, etc. by a peeling means of a fixing device, on the downstream side of a recording paper feeding direction.  <P>SOLUTION: The image forming device comprises: a detection means for detecting the temperature of the peeling means; and a cooling means for cooling the face of the peeling means opposite to the side which comes, in contact with the recording medium. According to the result of the detection by the detection means, the peeling means is cooled by the cooling means, when the temperature of the peeling means exceeds a first stipulated value. The cooling means is stopped, when the temperature of the peeling means lowers down to a second stipulated value or below.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006199548-A (JP)
Title: Method of manufacturing hydroxyl amine
Inventor: AOKI TAKANORI
IPC: C01B21/14
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of safely producing hydroxyl amine with high yield in the production of hydroxyl amine by the reaction of a hydroxyl amine salt with an alkaline compound.  <P>SOLUTION: In the method of producing hydroxyl amine, the hydroxyl amine is produced by reacting the hydroxyl amine salt with the alkaline compound in the presence of at least one kind of stabilizer selected from aromatic compounds having successive ≥2 carbon atoms on an aromatic ring each having hydroxy group.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005289042-A (JP)
Title: Thermal transfer sheet
Inventor: ODAKA KUNIAKI
IPC: B41M5/382
Filed: 2005-01-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermal transfer sheet which copes with requests for increasing printing speed of thermal transfer, high concentration of a heat transfer image and high quality, improves transfer sensitivity in photographic printing and prevents the occurrence of abnormal transfer, crease and others even an environment such as at high temperature and high humidity.  <P>SOLUTION: In the thermal transfer sheet wherein a heat-resistant lubricative layer is provided on one side surface of base material and an adhesive layer and a dye layer are successively formed on the other surface, the adhesive layer contains a polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin and an modifying agent of the resin and the modifying agent is contained at a rate of 0.5%-10% to total solid content of the adhesive layer. Therefore, the polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin can be made difficult to absorb moisture. Then, even under a circumference at high temperature and high humidity, an adhesiveness between the dye layer and the base material can be raised and abnormal transfer and the like can be prevented.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006205552-A (JP)
Title: Nozzle restoration method for inkjet recorder
Inventor: KONDO NORIMASA
IPC: B41J2/165
Filed: 2005-01-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove bubbles which stagnate in a nozzle and are not readily moved with ordinary purging.  <P>SOLUTION: In the inkjet recorder constituted of an inkjet head having a plurality of nozzles which inject ink droplets, a head driving circuit for setting the ink ejecting condition of the inkjet head, a suction purging means for the inkjet head, and a nozzle wiping means for wiping the ink stuck on the nozzle surface of the inkjet head, ink refreshment operation for discharging the ink from the nozzle is executed. After the nozzle is immediately sucked by the suction purge means, the nozzle surface is wiped by the wiping means.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006204754-A (JP)
Title: Neck pillow
Inventor: KASAI KENZO
IPC: A47G9/10
Filed: 2005-01-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a neck pillow for suppressing the unnatural inclination of a head.  <P>SOLUTION: The neck pillow includes: a connection member 2 which is arranged behind the neck and extended in a horizontal direction; a first three-dimensional cushion material 3 which is positioned on one end of the connection member 2 and extended from the rear part of the head to the lower part of a left jaw; and a second three-dimensional cushion material 4 which is positioned on the other end of the connection member 2 and extended from the rear part of the head to the lower part of a right jaw.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006206303-A (JP)
Title: Rejecting method and device of article
Inventor: AOKI KOICHI
IPC: B65G47/46
Filed: 2005-01-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rejecting method and device in which products inferior in quality, or glass bottles or cans to be subjected to sampling inspection are pushed out or branched from a carry conveyor line in the carry conveyor line of articles such as glass bottles, or cans to be continuously carried in rows by a conveyor.  <P>SOLUTION: In the rejecting method and device of the article, the rejecting device 50 of the article has a perpendicular rotary shaft in the vicinity of a side surface of the carry conveyor. A discontinuous annular rotating body composed of a plurality of pressing plates 1a-1f with the length from the rotary shaft to the full width of the conveyor as its radius is typically rotated at peripheral speed equal to carrying speed, on the upper part of the conveyor which does not interfere with the carried articles 9a-9h. When the article to be rejected is detected, the only pressing plate being in contact with the article is released from the annular rotating body, and lowered while turning at a prescribed radius. The pressing plate is brought into contact with the article at almost the same speed, and thereafter successively pushed out of the conveyor while turning.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006217134-A (JP)
Title: Television receiver with built-in disk drive
Inventor: ADACHI TAKAFUMI
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2005-02-02
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve viewer's convenience by performing the lightness control and sound volume control of a TV display screen scruplously when a sleep timer is set.  <P>SOLUTION: A disk-side microcomputer 11 once receiving a sleep timer setting code and a timer time from a TV-side microcomputer 21 adjusts the lightness of a screen of a display section 25 to previously set constant lightness and also adjusts the sound volume of a music disk 13 reproduced by a disk drive to a fixed sound volume as a fixed value set individually for each of a plurality of timer times. Further, while the automatic repeat reproduction of the music disk 13 is started at this point of time, the lightness of the screen of the display section 25 is gradually decreased from the fixed lightness corresponding to the timer time and the reproduction sound volume is gradually decreased from the fixed sound volume.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI