A sensor control device is adapted for an engine including an exhaust passage along which an exhaust purification catalyst and a particulate matter detection sensor are disposed. The inventive composition combines the best properties of cement and wood, yet uses recycled materials to make an environmentally-friendly building material. The tubular region may also include at least one region with a circular outer circumference, and a clamp region having a circumference defined by a circular surface and a stress relief surface. The edges of the web are brought together longitudinally and seamed to form a tube. This scene is prescribed as a video edit unit, so that, in configuration, the input image signal is subdivided into a plurality of video edit units to thereby set an average target coding rate for each of these video edit units, which are entered as coding conditions to thereby determine data distribution for each of the pictures at the time of re-coding.