| Olympus Corporation Patent applications |
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| 20120035677 | DEFIBRILLATION SYSTEM AND CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATION METHOD - Provided is a defibrillation system including an electrode section that is attached to a heart and applies electrical energy to the heart, a defibrillator that generates the electrical energy on the basis of a predetermined defibrillation wave, and a lead that electrically connects the electrode section and the defibrillator. Further, the defibrillation wave includes a first wave generating first energy, a second wave generating second energy higher than the first energy of the first wave behind the first wave, and an application stop period formed between the first wave and the second wave. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033109 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image capturing system includes: a first noise reduction unit which roughly removes the effects of an edge component by performing edge-preserving adaptive noise reduction processing on a target pixel within a local region including the target pixel and the neighboring pixels extracted from an image signal acquired from a CCD; a noise estimation unit which dynamically estimates the noise amount with respect to the target pixel based upon the target pixel value thus subjected to the noise reduction processing by the first noise reduction unit; and a second noise reduction unit which performs noise reduction processing on the target pixel based upon the target pixel value thus subjected to the noise reduction processing by the first noise reduction unit and the noise amount thus estimated by the noise estimation unit. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033108 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An object is to improve noise reduction. Provided are an image-capturing-mode selecting portion ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033105 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition section that acquires a plurality of images that differ in in-focus state, a reference point setting section that performs a reference point setting process on each of the plurality of images, the reference point setting process setting a reference point that is set to an attention area, a distance estimation section that estimates distance information about a distance to a corresponding point based on a pixel value corresponding to the reference point, the corresponding point being a point in real space that corresponds to the reference point, and an additional information generation section that generates additional information based on the estimated distance information, the additional information being information that is added to the attention area to which the reference point is set. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033064 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, SPECIMEN OBSERVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A microscope system includes a pigment amount calculating unit, a cell component identification processing unit, a target molecule expression portion extraction unit, a cell variant setting unit, a cell variant classification determining unit, and a display image generating unit. The pigment amount calculating unit calculates a pigment amount of a molecule target pigment for each pixel of a VS image. The cell component identification processing unit identifies a cell component based on the pigment amount. The target molecule expression portion extraction unit extracts expression portions of target molecules in the area of the cell component. The cell variant setting unit sets a cell variant including a combination of presence/absence of expressions of target molecules. The cell variant classification determining unit classifies a cell area in the VS image into a cell variant based on the combination of the expression portions of the target molecules included in the cell area. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032558 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - In an ultrasonic motor, an elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration, resulting from an expansion and a contraction of a vibrator in a direction of a central axis, and a torsional secondary resonance vibration or a torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting of the vibrator about the central axis. A dimension ratio of a rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration, resulting from the expansion and the contraction of the vibrator in the direction of the central axis, and a resonance frequency of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration, resulting from twisting of the vibrator about rotation axis, substantially match. The vibrator includes, stacked in a short side direction of the cross-section, at least one torsional piezoelectric body that generates the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration, and a piezoelectric body for longitudinal vibration that generates at least the longitudinal primary resonance vibration. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032069 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE - A scanning microscope is provided with a scan unit that scans a sample, the scanningmicroscope including: a transmissive VPH grating for dispersing light from the sample; and a photodetector for detecting the light diffracted by the VPH grating. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120029328 | FLUORESCENCE SENSOR, NEEDLE-TYPE FLUORESCENCE SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ANALYTE - A needle-type fluorescence sensor that measures glucose based on fluorescence produced by excitation light is provided. The needle-type fluorescence sensor includes a needle body section including a sensor portion disposed in a needle distal end portion and metal lines disposed from the sensor portion to a needle proximal end portion, and a connector which is integrated with the needle body section and in which the metal lines extend. The sensor portion includes a silicon substrate having first and second principal surfaces, a PD device that converts fluorescence into an electric signal, an LED device that transmits fluorescence and emits excitation light, and an indicator layer that interacts with an analyte under the excitation light to produce fluorescence. The PD device, the LED device, and the indicator layer overlap with each other above the first principal surface of the silicon substrate. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029290 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND OPTICAL ADAPTER USED IN THE ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of kinds of optical adapters that have an illuminating window and an observation window, and an endoscope insertion portion that has a distal end portion to which the plurality of kinds of optical adapters can be detachably attached. A fluid spout that ejects fluid at least at the observation window, and a fluid inlet whose arrangement position is common among the plurality of kinds of optical adapters and that is connected to and communicates with a fluid supply port for supplying the fluid that is arranged on a distal end face of the distal end portion are provided in the optical adapters. A fluid supply channel that causes the fluid inlet and the fluid spout to communicate and in which the fluid flows and the fluid spout are configured differently according to the kind of the optical adapter. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027320 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus may include a distortion correcting unit performing distortion correction processing on input image data to generate output image data. The distortion correcting unit may include a distortion correction coordinate transforming unit that obtains coordinates indicating a position of the input image data corresponding to a position of the output image data, a range calculating unit that calculates a range of the input image data to be used in the distortion correction processing based on the coordinates of the input image data obtained by the distortion correction coordinate transforming unit, a correction information storage unit, an input image data storage unit, and an interpolation calculating unit that checks an amount of the input image data stored in the input image data storage unit based on the information regarding the range of the input image data. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026582 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Changes in moving speed of an observation image relative to the viewing range of an image displayed on a display unit are reduced, even if a stage is driven when the viewing range of the image on the display unit is changed. A microscope system is provided, including a stage on which a specimen is mounted and that can be moved in a direction that intersects with an optical axis of illumination light irradiated on the specimen; an observation optical system that acquires an image of the specimen on which the illumination light is irradiated; a viewing-range setting unit that sets a viewing range of the image acquired by the observation optical system and displayed on a display unit; a ratio calculating unit that calculates a ratio of the viewing range of the image, which is set by the viewing-range setting unit, relative to a maximum image-acquisition area that can be captured by the observation optical system; and a stage controller that controls the moving speed of the stage in accordance with the ratio calculated by the ratio calculating unit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026455 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The image display apparatus of the invention comprises a prism optical system using at least two optical surfaces, each having an optical function. At least two surfaces of the two optical surfaces are rotationally asymmetric surfaces, and one of the two surfaces which light transmits or leaves has a function of one transmission and two internal reflections. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026324 | IMAGE CAPTURING TERMINAL, DATA PROCESSING TERMINAL, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An image capturing terminal includes an image capturing unit, a sensor, a calculation unit, and an addition unit. The image capturing unit captures an object and generates an image. The sensor acquires information on a movement from a first image capturing position to a second image capturing position. The calculation unit calculates a relative position of a second image capturing position with reference to the first image capturing position based on the information on movement. The addition unit adds information that indicates the relative position to the image captured in the second image capturing position. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024011 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A manufacturing method for manufacturing an optical element includes: supplying a gas containing a mold-release acceleration substance to the space between a first mold and a second mold which sandwich an optical material and face each other; and pressurizing and transforming the optical material by bringing the first and second molds relatively close to each other. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120022677 | SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A simulation apparatus includes a storing unit that stores therein information about a shape of a blank piece to be cut out from raw wood, information about a final shape of a wooden piece obtained by compressing the blank piece, and image data of a surface of the blank piece. The apparatus also includes detecting unit that detects a knot appearing on the surface of the blank piece by image recognition using the image data; a shape estimating unit that estimates a shape of the detected knot using shape information on the blank piece; and a determining unit that determines, in accordance with the shape of the estimated knot, a cutting location and a cutting shape of the blank piece in such a manner that the cutting location and shape include a part and a thickness of the knot is substantially the same as that of the compressed blank piece. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019653 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - An inspection apparatus including: an insertion portion which is inserted into a device under inspection; a projection unit which projects light which forms a striped pattern onto an object inside the device, the striped pattern includes a plurality of linear patterns used to measures the object by a phase shift method; an imaging unit which is provided in the insertion portion and images the object onto which the striped pattern is projected and generates image data; a generation unit which generates first image data forming a first image not including the striped pattern and second image data forming a second image including the striped pattern from the image data generated by the imaging unit; a designation unit which designates a position in the first image based on an instruction input through an input device; a display unit which displays the first image and the second image and displays a mark at the position in the first image designated by the designation unit; and a measurement unit which measures the object using the second image data with the phase shift method based on the position indicated by the mark. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019104 | TRANSDUCER AND ULTRASONIC MOTOR - According to one embodiment, a transducer includes, a first transducer member, a second transducer member, and a coupling member. The first transducer member including a piezoelectric element in which longitudinal vibration and bending vibration are excited by application of a predetermined alternating signal. The second transducer member which is placed to make a predetermined angle with the first transducer member and in which longitudinal vibration and bending vibration are excited by application of a predetermined alternating signal. The coupling member configured to hold one end of the first transducer member and one end of the second transducer member. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019103 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic motor includes a transducer, a driven member, a pressing mechanism unit. The transducer includes stacked piezoelectric sheets on which internal electrodes are formed. The internal electrodes form driving activated areas and vibration detection activated areas in the transducer. The driving activated areas are located in portions which correspond to a node of the longitudinal vibration and an anti node of twisting vibration, so as to be symmetrical about a central plane in the stacking direction and a plane which is perpendicular to the stacking direction and includes the center axis, and are polarized in the stacking direction. The vibration detection activated areas are located in portions which correspond to a node of the longitudinal vibration and an anti node of the twisting vibration and are closer to the central plane than the driving activated areas, and are polarized in the stacking direction. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018082 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device includes an optical fiber holder configured to hold an optical fiber, a phosphor holder configured to hold a phosphor and faces the optical fiber holder, and a bonding material configured to intervene between the optical fiber holder and the phosphor holder to bond them. The illumination device includes adjustment guide members configured to intervene between the optical fiber holder and the phosphor holder, relatively positionally adjust the optical fiber holder and the phosphor holder so as to arrange an optical axis of the optical fiber and an optical axis of the phosphor on one line, and configured to prevent the optical fiber holder and the phosphor holder from tilting when the bonding material is cured. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018047 | METHOD OF FORMING WOODEN PIECE - A method of forming a wooden piece forms the wooden piece into a predetermined three-dimensional shape by compressing the wooden piece. The method includes attaching an elastic reinforcing member to an area of an inner surface of a wooden piece that is cut out to be substantially bowl-shaped, the area including a point where a change in curvature before and after compression is largest and separation of grain is largest; softening the wooden piece to which the reinforcing member is attached in a water-vapor atmosphere at a higher temperature and pressure than those in an atmospheric air; and compressing the softened wooden piece in the water-vapor atmosphere so as to deform the wooden piece into a predetermined three-dimensional shape. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018046 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMPRESSED WOOD PRODUCT - A method of manufacturing a compressed wood product that is obtained by compressing and forming a wooden piece, includes applying a compressive force to a blank piece that is cut out from raw wood and has a predetermined shape while sandwiching the blank piece between a pair of metal molds; and dividing the compressed blank piece into a plurality of portions by cutting. A compression rate, at the compressing, of an area of the blank piece corresponding to a boundary of the portions divided at the dividing is higher than compression rates, at the compressing, of other areas of the blank piece. A width of the boundary is larger than a cut width that is obtained when the blank piece is cut at the dividing. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120016191 | COVER-ADAPTED TREATMENT ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE COVER - An endoscope cover of a cover-adapted treatment includes a cover insertion portion main body, the cover insertion portion main body including a cover bending portion which is provided to a proximal side of a cover distal end portion and which is configured to be bent in response to a bending of a main body bending portion of an endoscope main body in an attached condition where the endoscope main body is inserted in an insertion passage. The endoscope cover includes a positioning section configured to determine an insertion position of the endoscope main body where the main body distal portion does not project from a distal end of the cover insertion portion main body in the attached condition, and one or more treatment arm/arms which projects/project from the distal end of the cover insertion portion main body toward a distal side. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013984 | JACKET AND HEAD-MOUNTED OPTICAL SYSTEM - A loss of cleanliness of hands is prevented even if a user manipulates optical units by directly grabbing them. Provided is a sterilizable jacket ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013773 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a motion vector calculator and an alignment processing unit. The motion vector calculator calculates motion vector information between a fluorescence image of an observed region based on fluorescence generated from the observed region irradiated with excitation light, and a reflected-light image of the observed region based on reflected light from the observed region. The alignment processing unit corrects misalignment of an object between the fluorescence image and the reflected-light image of the observed region based on the motion vector information. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013728 | CELL OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND OBSERVATION METHOD - Provided is a cell observation apparatus and an observation method with which only an observation target cell in an region of interest is illuminated with illuminating light to prevent photobleaching of cells that are not the observation target. The invention employs a cell observation apparatus including an objective lens that illuminates a specimen with illuminating light, a scanner that adjusts an area illuminated with illuminating light by the objective lens, an image generating portion | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013493 | CORRECTION SIGNAL GENERATOR AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A correction signal generator generates a correction signal that corrects a digital signal obtained from an analog input voltage. The correction signal generator has a correction signal output circuit that holds the number of transit stages of delay units detected by a first stage count detection circuit and a third stage count detection circuit at the timing corresponding to the difference in the number of stages between the number of transit stages of delay units detected by the first stage count detection circuit and the number of transit stages of delay units detected by a second stage count detection circuit, and outputs the difference between the number of stages from the first stage count detection circuit and the number of stages from the third stage count detection circuit, which were held, as the correction signal. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013221 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR UNIT - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic motor unit includes a piezoelectric element, a holder member, a pressing member, a pressing auxiliary member, a driven member, an ultrasonic motor accommodation member, a power extraction member. The piezoelectric element has a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The holder member holds the piezoelectric element so as to cover an outer surface of a portion of the piezoelectric element. The pressing member applies a predetermined pressing force to the piezoelectric element. The pressing auxiliary member transfers a pressing force generated by the pressing member to the holder member. The driven member is in contact with one end face of the piezoelectric element. The power extraction member is coupled to the ultrasonic motor accommodation member to form a joint portion. The ultrasonic motor unit is formed by connecting a plurality of sections each formed by coupling the ultrasonic motor accommodation member to the power extraction member. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012740 | OPTICAL SENSOR - According to one embodiment, an optical sensor includes a photodetector and a substrate. The photodetector detects light. The substrate in which the photodetector is received includes at least three layers including a cover layer, a spacer layer, and a base layer. The substrate includes an electrical conductive portion for the photodetector. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120010369 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present application relates to a rubber composition containing a fluororubber, a radical initiator having a 1-minute half-life temperature of 280° C. or higher, and a crosslinking assistant having a melting point of 200° C. or higher and having two or more double bonds between carbon atoms; and a thermoplastic resin composition containing a fluororesin and the rubber composition. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008860 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a low-luminance area detecting unit that detects a low-luminance area based on pixel values of pixels of the intraluminal image; a peripheral feature data calculating unit that calculates peripheral feature data based on pixel values of periphery of the low-luminance area; and a dark portion area determining unit that determines whether or not the low-luminance area is the dark portion area based on the peripheral feature data. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008839 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a reference surface generating unit that generates a reference surface indicating a reference value of each of a plurality of color elements of pixels constituting an intraluminal image at a pixel position of the each color element by performing a morphology process using pixel values of the color elements; and an abnormal area detecting unit that detects an abnormal area from the intraluminal image based on a difference for each of the color elements between the pixel value of each pixel and the reference surface. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008005 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A plurality of images are combined while suppressing a luminance change and the occurrence of artifacts. An image processing apparatus includes a measurement-area setting section that sets, in each of a plurality of images to be combined, a motion-vector measurement area that is used to measure at least one motion vector; a calculation section that calculates the motion vector between the images, in the motion-vector measurement area set by the measurement-area setting section; a reliability calculation section that calculates the reliability of the motion vector; and an image composition section that corrects misalignment between the images based on the motion vector and combines the images based on a composition ratio for each pixel, determined based on a feature quantity between the images for the pixel and the reliability of the motion vector. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007001 | FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM, FLUOROSCOPY APPARATUS, AND FLUOROSCOPY METHOD - Observation is performed with a fluorescence image having high quantitativeness by satisfactorily eliminating dependencies on distance and angle that remain in an image subjected to division. Provided is a fluoroscopy system | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120004503 | TREATMENT ENDOSCOPE - A treatment endoscope includes that a body cavity insertion portion which includes a main body distal hard portion, and a main body curving portion provided to a proximal side of the main body distal hard portion, one or more treatment arm/arms projecting to a distal side from the main body distal hard portion, each of the treatment arm/arms including a curving mechanism, an operation portion provided to the proximal side of the body cavity insertion portion, and an observation section configured to image a field of view in a body cavity, the observation section including an imaging section provided within the main body distal hard portion. The treatment endoscope includes that an operation portion attaching/detaching mechanism configured to removably attach the operation portion to the body cavity insertion portion, and an observation section attaching/detaching mechanism configured to removably attach the observation section to the body cavity insertion portion. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002879 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an area extracting unit that extracts a candidate area of a classification target area in which a pixel value does not correspond to a three-dimensional shape of an imaging target based on pixel values of an intraluminal image acquired by imaging the inside of a lumen or information of a change in pixel values of peripheral pixels; and an area classifying unit that classifies the classification target area out of the candidate area based on the pixel values of the inside of the candidate area, a boundary portion of the candidate area, or a periphery portion of the candidate area. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002309 | LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A light adjusting apparatus according to the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate having an optical aperture, a rotating shaft member which has been rotatably installed with respect to the first substrate and the second substrate, a light adjusting unit which is joined to the rotating shaft member, and a driving unit which moves the light adjusting unit by driving to rotate the rotating shaft member. Light which passes through the optical aperture is adjusted by moving the light adjusting unit by rotating the rotating shaft member by the driving unit. The light adjusting unit has a notch, and the rotating shaft member and the light adjusting unit are joined at the notch. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002026 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An average color bar indicating the overall imaging period of images taken in time sequence by a capsule endoscope is displayed. A list of checked images in the entire taken images is displayed in a checked-image display field, computation is made to what time during an observation period each checked image corresponds is computed, and a mark is displayed with a scale of the average color bar by a number corresponding to each checked image on the average color bar. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110321204 | NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE, NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL PROBE, AND SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD - Provided is a scanning near-field optical microscope capable of obtaining in a highly sensitive manner, optical information having a spatial frequency higher than a spatial frequency corresponding to a wavelength of irradiation light. A scanning near-field optical microscope | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319727 | CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL DEVICE AND CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL SYSTEM - The burden on a patient is reduced, and acquired measurement information is readily and reliably collected. A capsule-type medical device is provided, including a capsule-type casing that is introduced into a body cavity of a patient, a measurement-information acquisition unit that is disposed inside the casing and that acquires measurement information about a site to be examined in the body cavity; an IC chip that stores the measurement information acquired by the measurement-information acquisition unit; a capsule antenna that receives from outside the body cavity a measurement-information-reading signal and that transmits outside the body cavity the measurement information stored in the IC chip; a pH sensor unit that determines a passing position by acquiring positional information in the body cavity; and a buzzer that issues a notification sound outside the body cavity when the passing position determined by the pH sensor unit satisfies a predetermined positional condition. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319715 | ENCAPSULATED ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM IN WHICH ENDOSCOPE MOVES IN LUMEN BY ITSELF AND ROTATION OF IMAGE OF REGION TO BE OBSERVED IS CEASED - An encapsulated endoscope system in accordance with the present invention comprises: an encapsulated endoscope that rotates to develop a thrust; a controller that moves the encapsulated endoscope in an intended direction of advancement; an imaging unit incorporated in the encapsulated endoscope; and an image processing unit that receives image data sent from the imaging unit, and produces an image, which results from rotation of the received image data, according to the rotational phase of the encapsulated endoscope. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317923 | METHOD OF COMPILING IMAGE DATABASE, IMAGE DATABASE COMPILATION PROGRAM, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD - A method for creating an image database comprising an extraction step of extracting reference feature vectors from a reference image which should be compared with a retrieval query image for object recognition, the reference feature vectors corresponding to local features at different positions of the reference image and representing the position and characteristics of each of the local features as a vector position, vector length, and a vector direction, a clustering step of creating a plurality of clusters consisting of different reference feature vectors in such a manner that each reference vector belongs to any of the plurality of clusters, a selection step of selecting the representative vector of the clusters from among the reference feature vectors of each of the clusters, and a step of associating the representative vector with the reference image and registering the representative vector associated therewith in the image database for the object recognition, wherein, in the clustering step, each of the clusters is created in such a manner that reference feature vectors at a near vector position belong to the same cluster, and in the selection step, reference feature vectors with long vector length are given priority to select the representative vector, and wherein the retrieval query image and the reference image are compared with each other by generating at least one query feature vector from the retrieval query image, and applying local search between the query feature vector and the representative vector, each of the steps being executed by computers. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317910 | IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS - An image analysis method includes acquiring images of spatially different analysis regions. Each of the images of the analysis regions is constituted by pixels including a plurality of data acquired simultaneously or time-serially. The method further includes obtaining a cross-correlation between two analysis regions by using data of pixels of images of the analysis regions. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317043 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a normal light image acquisition section that acquires a normal light image, the normal light image being an image that includes information within a wavelength band of white light, a special light image acquisition section that acquires a special light image, the special light image being an image that includes information within a specific wavelength band, a normal light motion vector information calculation section that calculates normal light motion vector information based on a feature quantity included in the normal light image, the normal light motion vector information indicating a motion vector between a plurality of normal light images, and a noise reduction section that reduces an amount of noise included in the special light image based on the normal light motion vector information calculated by the normal light motion vector information calculation section. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317017 | PREDICTIVE DUTY CYCLE ADAPTATION SCHEME FOR EVENT-DRIVEN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - Embodiments of a method for controlling access to a shared communications medium by a plurality of nodes are disclosed. The method may comprise predicting, for each node of the plurality of nodes, whether an event will occur within a sensing field of that node at a future time and adapting a communications schedule of each node in response to the prediction regarding that node. Wireless sensor networks and computer readable media implementing embodiments of a method for controlling access to a shared communications medium by a plurality of nodes are also disclosed. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316999 | Microscope apparatus and image acquisition method - Provided is a microscope apparatus including a macro-image, acquisition section that acquires a macro image of a glass slide having a specimen mounted thereon; an extraction section that extracts the specimen in the acquired macro image; a block setting section that sets, when the extracted specimen is scattered to form a plurality of lumps, a plurality of blocks that include the lumps of the specimen; an area dividing section that divides an area that includes the specimen in each of the blocks into a plurality of small regions; and a micro-image acquisition section that acquires, for each of the small regions, a micro image while performing an automatic focusing operation for the specimen in the small region, in which the micro-image acquisition section searches for an autofocusing in-focus position in each of the blocks set by the block setting section. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110313297 | FLUOROSCOPY APPARATUS, FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM AND FLUORESCENCE-IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a fluoroscopy apparatus ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313254 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - An object is to provide a light source device that can readily synchronize the lighting cycle of light sources and the rotation cycle of a light guide rod. Provided is a light source device ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313253 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes a transparent member provided at a distal end of an insertion portion of an endoscope, opposed to an image pickup optical system, a transducer attached to an inner surface of the transparent member, a diffraction grating provided on an outer surface of the transparent member, for converting ultrasound vibration from the transducer to a surface acoustic wave Φ that propagates on the outer surface of the transparent member and a conversion section provided in an outer peripheral corner of the transparent member for converting the surface acoustic wave Φ to a bulk wave Φb that scatters into the transparent member. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313251 | ENDOSCOPE BENDING PORTION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF BENDING TUBE - Each of the first hinge portions includes a first central planar portion, and first both-sides planar portion, and each of second hinge portions includes a second central planar portion, and second both-sides planar portion which is arranged on the same plane as the first both-sides planar portion. At least one of each first hinge portion and each second hinge portion includes/include an axial step portion which is provided between the first central planar portion and the first both-sides planar portion and/or between the second central planar portion and the second both-sides planar portion over the entire length of the nodal ring in the longitudinal direction and allows/allow the first central planar portion to be arranged to an outer peripheral side than the second central planar portion by a distance corresponding to a wall thickness of the nodal ring. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311133 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a first judging unit that determines an unnecessary candidate region, on a basis of first feature data based on color information of an intraluminal image; and a second judging unit that judges whether the unnecessary candidate region is an unnecessary region, based on second feature data, which is different from the first feature data, of the unnecessary candidate region. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311117 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a normal light image acquisition section that acquires a normal light image including an object image that includes information within a wavelength band of white light, a special light image acquisition section that acquires a special light image including an object image that includes information within a specific wavelength band, an isolated point determination section that performs an isolated point determination process on a normal light processing target pixel based on a pixel value of the normal light processing target pixel, the normal light processing target pixel being a processing target pixel included in the normal light image, and a correction control section that controls a correction process performed on the special light image based on the isolated point determination process performed by the isolated point determination section. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310475 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope capable of forming a beam spot in a desired shape on a focal plane is provided.
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| 20110310287 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The image pickup optical system comprises: | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310255 | CALIBRATION OF LARGE CAMERA NETWORKS - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network including a plurality of nodes, each node having a directional sensor, a communication module, and a processor configured to receive local measurements of a calibration object from the directional sensor, receive additional measurements of the calibration object from neighboring nodes via the communication module, estimate an initial set of calibration parameters in response to the local and additional measurements, receive additional sets of calibration parameters from neighboring nodes via the communication module, and recursively estimate an updated set of calibration parameters in response to the additional sets of calibration parameters. Additional systems and methods for calibrating a large network of camera nodes are disclosed. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310239 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS - An image pick-up apparatus includes: a color imager having a color filter formed on a light receiving surface thereof; a monochrome imager not having a color filter formed on a light receiving surface thereof; a light guiding unit for guiding, to the color imager and/or the monochrome imager, light originating from a subject; and an image formation unit for forming an image from a signal based on an output from the color imager and/or the monochrome imager. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110306149 | OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND OBSERVATION METHOD - An observation apparatus and an observation method capable of changing the stimulation position in accordance with the position and the shape of a cell and of observing the cell immediately after stimulation are provided. The observation apparatus | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304928 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image pickup optical system of the present invention comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, which is formed into a meniscus shape facing its concave surface toward the object side, and an aperture located on the most object side. Thus, there can be provided an image pickup optical system and an image pickup apparatus having the same, in which the maximum effective lens aperture is small and various aberrations are corrected properly. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110300550 | METHOD FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACID IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - The present invention is to provide a method capable of efficiently and readily detecting a nucleic acid from a biological sample such as feces. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299748 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, LUMINAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, LUMINAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMS FOR THE SAME - There is provided a medical image processing apparatus including an image-extracting section extracting a frame image from in vivo motion picture data picked up by an in vivo image pickup device or a plurality of consecutively picked-up still image data, and an image analysis section analyzing the frame image extracted by the image-extracting section to output an image analysis result. The image analysis section includes a first biological-feature detection section detecting a first biological feature, a second biological-feature detection section detecting, based on a detection result obtained by the first biological feature detection section, a second biological feature in a frame image picked up temporally before or after the image used for detection by the first biological feature detection section; and a condition determination section making a determination for a biological condition based on a detection result obtained by the second biological feature detection section to output the determination. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110295070 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - Provided is an endoscope apparatus which is equipped with an endoscope including an object lens, a distal end portion and a handling section, a heat-producing device being incorporated into the distal end portion. The endoscope apparatus includes: a cleaning system which transiently discharges a cleaning liquid toward the object lens to clean the object lens; a cooling system which refluxes a coolant in the distal end portion to cool the heat-producing device; a liquid sending system, installed outside the endoscope, for supplying the cleaning liquid and the coolant; and a liquid-sending pressurizing system shared between the cleaning liquid and the coolant. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110294203 | CELL WASHING - A cell cluster from which unwanted components are removed by efficiently washing the cell cluster is collected. Provided is a cell washing method including a centrifuging step (S | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293220 | OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE - An optical coupling device includes an optical fiber holder configured to hold an optical fiber, a wavelength conversion member including a phosphor and an optical characteristic matching member and a wavelength conversion member holder configured to hold the wavelength conversion member. The optical coupling device includes a first region which is formed on an end face of the optical fiber and an end face of the wavelength conversion member, which are optically coupled, when bonding the optical fiber holder and the wavelength conversion member holder, and in which foreign bodies that shield the laser beam are removed from an optical axis of the optical fiber and an optical axis of the wavelength conversion member and a second region which is formed outside the first region when bonding the optical fiber holder and the wavelength conversion member holder, and in which the foreign bodies removed from the first region flow. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292484 | LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a light adjusting apparatus which is characterized in that it includes:
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| 20110292482 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength selective switch includes a light input output portion having an input port and an output port for a wavelength-multiplexed light, which are arranged in an array form in a first direction, a light dispersive unit which separates the wavelength-multiplexed light which has been input from the input port, into respective signal wavelengths, a condenser element which condenses light which has been separated into the signal wavelengths, and a light deflective element array which deflects the signal light in the first direction such that, respective signal wavelength light which has been condensed by the condenser element is switched to a desired output port. In such wavelength selective switch, when m is let to be an integer, the light input output portion is divided into m number of groups, and the light deflective element array is arranged in m number of rows in the first direction to correspond with the m number of groups of the light input output portion, and the light dispersive unit is in common for the m number of groups of the light input output portion. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292260 | DATA SELECTION CIRCUIT, DATA TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, RAMP WAVE GENERATION CIRCUIT, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - Provided are a data selection circuit, a data transmission circuit, a ramp wave generation circuit, and a solid-state imaging device. A delay section delays signals input to delay units of n (n is a natural number equal to or more than 3) stages that are connected to each other and have the same configuration and outputs delayed signals from the delay units. A delay control section controls a delay amount of the delay units. An output section performs a logical operation on signals output from i-th and j-th (i and j are natural numbers that are different from each other and equal to or more than 1 and equal to or less than n) delay units to generate a signal and outputs the signal to a k-th (k is a natural number equal to or more than 1 and equal to or less than m) first data selection pulse input terminal of a functional circuit having m (m is a natural number equal to or more than 2) first data selection pulse input terminals. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292194 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - This endoscope system includes: a distal end portion which is inserted inside a specimen and which has an imaging section that creates video signals, a video signal processing section that processes the video signals from the imaging section, a video transmitting section that transmits the video signals processed by the video signal processing section, a timing signal creation section that creates a timing signal that is needed to drive the imaging section, the video signal processing section, or the video transmitting section, and a base clock receiving section that receives as an optical signal a base clock which is the basis of the timing signal and then converts the received optical signal into an electrical signal; and an external apparatus which has an insertion portion which guides the distal end portion into the specimen, a monitor that displays the video signals, and a video processor that processes the video signals from the distal end portion and outputs them to the monitor. The external apparatus includes a base clock creation section that creates the base clock using a phase synchronization circuit that has a feedback mechanism, and a base clock transmitting section that converts the base clock into an optical signal and transmits the optical signal to the base clock receiving section. The phase synchronization circuit is contained solely within the external apparatus. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110290985 | PHOTOELECTRONIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device may include a pixel array including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels, and a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). Each ADC may include a pulse delay circuit including a plurality of connected delay unit stages, each of which delays a pulse signal during a delay time corresponding to a magnitude of a voltage of the pixel signal read from the pixel array, an encoder unit that outputs a digital value based on the number of stages of the delay units through which the pulse signal has passed during a predetermined time, and a correction unit that corrects the digital value output by the encoder unit by a rate corresponding to the number of stages of the delay units through which the pulse signal has passed during a predetermined period. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110288579 | MANIPULATOR - Provided is a manipulator including a first forceps piece and a second forceps piece, which are connected by a pivotal axle and have a gripping part opened or closed on a leading end side thereof. The manipulator includes a manipulation member that is connected to a base end side of the pair of forceps pieces, and moves forward or backward in an axial direction to open or close the gripping part, a first buffer part that has a first spring constant, and undergoes elastic deformation to change a grasping force generated at the gripping part on the basis of the first spring constant and a pulling amount of the manipulation member, and a stopper that regulates the elastic deformation of the first buffer part. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286212 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device which emits a white light beam having a high luminance and high color rendering properties at the time of a white light mode and which also emits an illumination light beam having a high luminance at the time of a special light mode. The illumination device is configured by including: LEDs | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285973 | PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS - The projection optical apparatus of the invention comprises a projection optical system | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110282213 | BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATION APPARATUS - Tumor tissue or the like that exists at a deep portion of a living organism far from an internal wall of a body cavity is observed. A biological observation apparatus ( | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282147 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A signal processing circuit of an external device includes a CPU and a memory which are not shown. A program for estimating at least one of the position and orientation of a capsule endoscope on the basis of strength signals received through respective antennas is installed in the signal processing circuit. A single-core coil to generate a magnetic field is arranged in the capsule endoscope. The generated magnetic field is detected by a plurality of coils arranged outside a body, whereby a distance that the capsule endoscope has traveled can be obtained with accuracy. This arrangement controls image-capture timing to reliably capture images necessary for a diagnosis and prevent unnecessary image capture. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282146 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A signal processing circuit of an external device includes a CPU and a memory which are not shown. A program for estimating at least one of the position and orientation of a capsule endoscope on the basis of strength signals received through respective antennas is installed in the signal processing circuit. A single-core coil to generate a magnetic field is arranged in the capsule endoscope. The generated magnetic field is detected by a plurality of coils arranged outside a body, whereby a distance that the capsule endoscope has traveled can be obtained with accuracy. This arrangement controls image-capture timing to reliably capture images necessary for a diagnosis and prevent unnecessary image capture. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282145 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A signal processing circuit of an external device includes a CPU and a memory which are not shown. A program for estimating at least one of the position and orientation of a capsule endoscope on the basis of strength signals received through respective antennas is installed in the signal processing circuit. A single-core coil to generate a magnetic field is arranged in the capsule endoscope. The generated magnetic field is detected by a plurality of coils arranged outside a body, whereby a distance that the capsule endoscope has traveled can be obtained with accuracy. This arrangement controls image-capture timing to reliably capture images necessary for a diagnosis and prevent unnecessary image capture. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282143 | FLUORESCENT ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A fluorescent endoscope apparatus according to the present invention comprises an excitation light irradiation means which irradiates excitation light to a living body, a wavelength selection and transmission means which selects and transmits light from the living body, a photo detector means by which the selected and transmitted light is photoelectrically converted, a wavelength selection control means which controls the wavelength selection and transmission means so that the wavelength selection and transmission means selects and transmits light in a plurality of fluorescence detection wavelength regions and light in spectrum acquisition wavelength regions in a predetermined wavelength range that includes at least one fluorescence detection wavelength region, a fluorescent image compounding means in the fluorescence detection wavelength regions, a display means for displaying the synthesized image, and an intensity distribution obtaining means which acquires the intensity distribution of light in the predetermined wavelength range. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280443 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an identification criterion creating unit that creates an identification criterion so as to enable identification of specific regions in a target image to be processed that is selected in chronological order from among images constituting a set of time-series images; includes a feature data calculating unit that calculates the feature data of each segmented region in the target image to be processed; and includes a specific region identifying unit that, based on the feature data of each segmented region, identifies the specific regions in the target image to be processed by using the identification criterion. Moreover, the identification criterion creating unit creates the identification criterion based on the pieces of feature data of the specific regions identified in the images that have been already processed. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279901 | MULTILAYER FILTER AND FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE USING THE SAME - A multilayer filter includes a multilayer part in which a layer composed of a first material and a layer composed of a second material having a refractive index different from that of the first material are stacked in an alternating pattern. The multilayer part has a cyclic film-thickness structure in which three or more layers are defined as one cycle. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110274321 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a gradient information calculating unit that calculates gradient information of each of pixels, based on pixel values of an intraluminal image; a closed region creating unit that, based on the gradient information, creates a closed region satisfying a condition where the closed region does not include, on the inside thereof, any pixel of which the gradient strength is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, and also, the boundary of the closed region does not curve toward the interior of the closed region, with a curvature equal to or larger than a predetermined value; and an abnormal part detecting unit that detects an abnormal part from the inside of the closed region. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273784 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system for viewing a front object and a generally side object comprises, sequentially from the front object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive index, a second lens group including a reflective-refractive lens, an aperture stop, and a third lens group having a positive refractive index. The reflective-refractive lens is provided with a first surface formed on the front object side, a second surface formed on an image side, and a third surface formed circumferentially to surround an optical axis between the first surface and the second surface. The first surface is provided with a first transmission surface formed around the optical axis, and a first reflection surface that faces the image side and is formed around the first transmission surface. The first surface is defined by an aspherical surface consisting of a concave surface in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex surface in the vicinity of the first reflection surface. The second surface is provided with a second transmission surface formed around the optical axis and a second reflection surface that faces the front object side and that is formed around the second transmission surface. The third surface is defined by a transmission surface. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273548 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - A capsule endoscope device includes an illumination unit that illuminates a living tissue using at least one of a white light illumination unit and a special light illumination unit; an imaging unit that captures an image of the tissue; a transmission unit that transmits imaging information containing the image; a storage unit that stores a threshold with respect to information on a distance between the endoscope and the tissue; a detection unit that detects the information; and an output unit that compares the information with the threshold, selects an image capturing condition of a special light observation mode if the distance is not larger than the threshold, selects an image capturing condition of a normal light observation mode if the distance is larger than the threshold, and outputs the selected image capturing condition to an operation unit related to image capturing. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110270272 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A medical instrument includes a swingable operating section formed of a pair of forceps which rock around a first rocking axis. A tubular sheath includes a distal end portion situated on a proximal end side of the operating section having a circular-section portion having a circular cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal central axis and a pair of flat portions formed by cutting the opposite sides of the circular-section portion and in sliding contact with the proximal end portions of the forceps. A manipulator advances and retreats in a longitudinal direction of the sheath, thereby rocking the forceps. A junction connects the manipulator for rocking motion around a second rocking axis with respect to the forceps in the flat portions, and is situated on or near a reference plane passing through the longitudinal central axis of the sheath and extending parallel to the second rocking axis when the operating section is closed. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270070 | LIVING BODY OBSERVATION APPARATUS - A living body observation apparatus irradiates a predetermined region inside a living body with ultrasound, irradiates the predetermined region, which is irradiated with the ultrasound, with a light of a predetermined frequency, and detects a scattered light with a frequency shifted by ultrasound vibration in a living body constituent substance included in the predetermined region. The living body observation apparatus calculates velocity information of the living body constituent substance from a frequency shift amount in a detection signal of the scattered light, calculates a density of the living body constituent substance from the velocity information, and performs discrimination of a state of the living body constituent substance by using a value of the calculated density. The living body observation apparatus further stores velocity information measured in advance in an organ or the like composing a living body and corresponding density information by linking the velocity information and the density information with each other. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270036 | ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED CURVING CONTROL DEVICE - A curving control device to which an electrically-controlled endoscope is connected has a main CPU for primarily performing curving driving control, and a monitoring CPU for monitoring whether the operating state relating to curving actions is normal or abnormal. In the event of detecting an abnormality from the monitoring CPU, the curving control device also performs processing for handling the occurrence of the abnormality, such as outputting an emergency stop through an interlock via the main CPU, turning the main power and the like of a servo driver OFF, and so forth. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267669 | LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS - There is provided a light adjusting apparatus which is to be used for a small-size image pickup equipment which is easy to assemble. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267663 | HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD AND HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM - Provided is a hologram-image projection method including a step of setting three-dimensional position information in a specimen for a plurality of focal points where laser light is to be focused via an objective lens; a step of performing reverse ray tracing from the individual focal points to an entrance pupil position of the objective lens by using the position information set for the individual focal points in the specimen, a refractive index of the specimen, and overall characteristic data of the objective lens, to calculate a wavefront of the laser light at the entrance pupil position from the individual focal points; a step of calculating a combined wavefront by combining the plurality of calculated wavefronts; a step of setting a phase pattern to be applied to a wavefront modulating device on the basis of the calculated combined wavefront; and a step of applying the set phase pattern to the wavefront modulating device, causing the laser light to be incident thereon, and focusing the laser light whose wavefront is modulated by the phase pattern on the specimen via the objective lens. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267449 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A microscope system improves the operability of a user in performing a microscope observation. The microscope system attains the improvement by including: a microscope apparatus including a plurality of drive units; a display unit for displaying an operation screen for operation of the microscope apparatus; a pointing device for inputting by a pointer an operation instruction to the microscope apparatus on the operation screen; and a control unit for switching the drive units depending on the position of the pointer on the operation screen, and controlling the operation of the switched drive units depending on the operation of the pointing device. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110266919 | DETECTION SENSOR AND RESONATOR OF DETECTION SENSOR - A detection sensor ( | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110263955 | Internal Observation Device for Object having Light Scattering Properties, Internal Body Observation Device, Endoscope for Internal Observation and Internal Observation Method - There is provided an inside observation apparatus of an endoscope and the like which can perform an inside observation for irradiating an illumination light to a minute area of a surface of an object (for example, a living tissue) having a light scattering property and detecting a back-scattered light of the illumination light, can increase a detected light amount by a simply and low cost configuration by making an area of a detection region larger than an illumination region, and can reduce a time necessary to detect an body (for example, a blood vessel) to be observed and detect a region deeper than a conventional region. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262127 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member, arranged on the surface along the one side, and configured to produce, at the surface, vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to the surface. A drive unit is configured to drive the vibrating member to produce the vibration on the surface, such that peak ridges of the vibration form a closed loop and an area including a center of the closed loop is surrounded by a node area having almost no vibrational amplitude. When a length of a side in a dust-screening member virtual rectangle corresponding to a long side of a vibrating member virtual rectangle is assumed to be LF, and a length of a long side in the vibrating member virtual rectangle is assumed to be LPFF, LPFF/LF has a dimension of 0.7. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262126 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole, and has at least one side that is symmetric with respect to a virtual axis on a surface of the member. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member, arranged on the surface along the one side, and configured to produce, at the surface, vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to the surface. A drive unit is configured to drive the vibrating member to produce the vibration on the surface, such that peak ridges of the vibration form a closed loop and an area including a center of the closed loop is surrounded by a node area having almost no vibrational amplitude. When a thickness of the dust-screening member is assumed to be tg and a thickness of the vibrating member is assumed to be tp, tg/tp has a dimension of 0.8. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262026 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND DEFECT DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - An inspection apparatus includes: a feature detection section for detecting first feature portions of at least two objects among a plurality of objects from images based on a first condition; a feature discrimination section for discriminating a first feature portion of a first object and a first feature portion of a second object based on the first feature portions of the at least two objects; a defect detection section for detecting a first defect portion of the first object and a first defect portion of the second object based on the first feature portions of the first object and the second object; and a display section for displaying information indicative of the first defect portion of the first object and information indicative of the first defect portion of the second object together with the images. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261246 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole, and has at least one side that is symmetric with respect to a virtual axis on a surface of the member. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member, arranged on the surface along the one side, and configured to produce, at the surface, vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to the surface. A drive unit is configured to drive the vibrating member to produce the vibration on the surface, such that peak ridges of the vibration form a closed loop and an area including a center of the closed loop is surrounded by a node area having almost no vibrational amplitude. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261245 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member and arranged on the surface along the one side. A drive unit is configured to drive the vibrating member to produce a vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to the surface, on the surface, such that peak ridges of the vibration form a closed loop and an area including a center of the closed loop surrounded by a node area having almost no vibrational amplitude. When a length of a side in a dust-screening member virtual rectangle corresponding to a short side of a vibrating member virtual rectangle is assumed to be LFw, and a length of short side of the vibrating member virtual rectangle is assumed to be WE, WF/LFw has a dimension of 0.095 or greater and 0.105 or less. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261189 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND DEFECT DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - An inspection apparatus includes a feature detection section for detecting a first feature portion of an object to be inspected from an image based on a first condition, a defect detection section for detecting a first defect portion of the object based on the first feature portion, and a display section for displaying information indicative of the first defect portion together with the image. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110258304 | SERVICE USAGE TERMINAL, SERVICE PROVIDING TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF SERVICE PROVIDING TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF SERVICE PROVIDING TERMINAL AND SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM - A communication control section according to the invention receives communication data on a transport layer from a service providing terminal which provides service in a higher layer than the transport layer, and a CPU performs a stopping process of a session layer relating to the service, when the communication data on the transport layer which is received by the communication control section relates to a stop request of the service. The CPU receives a trigger relating to the stop of the service, and the communication control section transmits the communication data on the transport layer including a request to the higher layer relating to the stop request of the service, to the service providing terminal, when the CPU receives the trigger. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255157 | Microscope apparatus - Illuminating light is two-dimensionally scanned without changing the ability to focus illuminating light on a specimen. A microscope has a spatial light modulator for the wavefront of illuminating light from a light source; a scanner having two mirrors independently pivoted about two non-parallel axes; a relay optical system guiding the illuminating light, whose traveling direction has been changed by the scanner, to an objective optical system; and an adjusting unit that moves a wavefront modulation region of the modulator, in which an image is formed, in response to pivoting of the mirrors, such that an image at the pupil position of the objective optical system assuming that the mirrors are stopped is moved opposite to the direction of movement of the image relayed to the pupil position of the objective optical system assuming that the mirrors are pivoting while the image on the spatial light modulator is fixed. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254937 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a special light image acquisition section that acquires an image including an object image that includes information in a specific wavelength band as a special light image, an attention area detection section that detects an attention area based on a feature quantity of each pixel of the special light image, a disappearance determination section that determines whether or not the attention area has disappeared from a display target area based on a detection result for the attention area, the display target area being an area displayed on an output section, a guide information generation section that generates guide information about the attention area that has disappeared based on a determination result of the disappearance determination section, and an output control section that controls output of information including the guide information generated by the guide information generation section. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254626 | AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT - An amplification circuit may include an input differential pair including a first transistor receiving a positive input voltage and a second transistor receiving a negative input voltage, a first resistor that generates a difference current corresponding to a difference voltage between the positive input voltage and the negative input voltage, an output differential pair including a third transistor supplying a negative output voltage and a fourth transistor supplying a positive output voltage, a second resistor connected to a reference voltage to receive the difference current generated by the first resistor, and a bias circuit that supplies a bias current to the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor. The first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor may have the same polarity. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254380 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus supplies power to a body-insertable apparatus from outside a subject. The body-insertable apparatus is introduced into the subject and obtains intra-subject information. The power supply apparatus includes a first electric cable which is wound around a circumferential surface of a garment and forms a coil, the garment covering the subject, the coil having a non-directionality at a time of power supply; and a power supply unit which supplies power to the body-insertable apparatus in a contactless manner through the coil. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110252291 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus that can prevent beforehand that a portable recording medium is erroneously ejected during examination, and can prevent body cavity image data from being lost and the portable recording medium from being damaged is provided. When an ejection operation of the portable recording medium is detected (step S | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249159 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device is provided with a color sensor including a first color sensor pixel and a second color sensor pixel. The first color sensor pixel includes a first color filter made from a first material, a second color filter made from a second material and superimposed on the first color filter, and a first color sensor element that is superimposed on the first color filter and the second color filter, and receives light that has passed through them. The second color sensor pixel includes a third color filter made from the first material, a fourth color filter made from the second material, superimposed on the third color filter, and having a different thickness to that of the second color filter, and a second color filter element that is superimposed on the third color filter and the fourth color filter, and receives light that has passed through them. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249155 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device may include a stage moving a sample, a line sensor that comprises an imaging element including pixels arranged in a line shape, the line sensor scanning and acquiring an image of the sample, a spectrum detection unit that comprises a first light receiving element including a first color filter and a second light receiving element including a second color filter, the first color filter and the second color filter having different spectral transmittance distributions, the first light receiving element and the second light receiving element scanning a first portion of the sample so as to acquire spectrum information of the first portion, an optical system that introduces a light from the sample to the line sensor and the spectrum detection unit, and a correction device that corrects the image, which has been acquired by the line sensor, based on the spectrum information of the first portion. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249137 | PREDETERMINED SITE LUMINESCENCE MEASURING METHOD, PREDETERMINED SITE LUMINESCENCE MEASURING APPARATUS, EXPRESSION AMOUNT MEASURING METHOD, AND MEASURING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples. An predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249106 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device chip having an image pickup device on a front face and an external connection terminal on a rear face through a via interconnect; a wiring board placed within a projection plane of the image pickup device chip and made up of an intermediate portion whose first main face is connected with the external connection terminal, a first flexing portion and a second flexing portion extended from opposite ends of the intermediate portion and bent toward the intermediate portion at a predetermined angle, and a first extension portion and a second extension portion; and a signal cable connected to the first extension portion and the second extension portion. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110244897 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication terminal includes a tentative determination unit for tentatively determining a role of a display terminal, a transmission unit for transmitting wireless data including information indicating the result of the tentative determination and first information on presence or absence of a display unit and an input unit of the wireless communication terminal, a receiving unit for receiving response data including information indicating a terminal as a display terminal and second information on presence or absence of a display unit and an input unit of a wireless communication terminal having received the wireless data, and a determination unit for determining the role of the display terminal based on the information indicating a terminal as the display terminal and the second information. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110244461 | METHOD FOR PREPARING STOOL SAMPLE, SOLUTION FOR PREPARING STOOL SAMPLE AND STOOL COLLECTION KIT - The present invention relates to the providing of a method for preparing a stool sample that enables a nucleic acid in a stool to be stably preserved without requiring a complex procedure, a solution for preparing a stool sample, a stool collection kit used in that method, and a method for recovering and analyzing a nucleic acid in a stool using a stool sample prepared using the preparation method of the present invention. A method for preparing a stool sample according to the present invention is a method for preparing a stool sample being used for analyzing a nucleic acid contained in the stool, and is characterized in that a collected stool is mixed with a solution having a protease inhibitor as an active ingredient. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243510 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a light guide member, a holding member to hold the light guide member, an optical element to function according to light applied from the light guide member, a holder to hold the optical element, and an adhesive to join the holding member to the holder. The holding member and the holder are engaged with each other so that the optical element is placed on an optical axis of the light guide member. At least one of the holding member and the holder has a joint structure extending along the light guide member. The joint structure forms a gap to allow the adhesive to be easily injected between the holding member and the holder. The holding member and the holder are joined to each other with the adhesive injected into the gap. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243323 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND CONNECTION UNIT THEREFOR - An endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope apparatus body portion which includes a first connector, and which is connectable to an insertion portion having an image pickup device disposed at a distal end portion. The endoscope apparatus further includes a connection unit which includes a second connector which is removably connectable to the endoscope apparatus body portion by communicating the second connector with the first connector, a non-volatile memory which stores a program for processing image data inputted from the image pickup device via the second connector, a CPU which controls the processing of the image data in accordance with the stored program to produce processed data, and a display data output section configured to output the processed data. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243116 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal that performs wireless communication with other terminal includes an information holding unit that holds a communication channel setting of the wireless communication and information of a communication attribute of the wireless communication, a communication unit that receives the information of the communication attribute held by the other terminal from the other terminal by wireless communication using a communication channel that the communication channel setting held by the information holding unit represents before a logical connection of the wireless communication with the other terminal is established, and a control unit that controls the establishment process of the logical connection with the other terminal based on the information of the communication attribute received by the communication unit. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242665 | IMAGING APPARATUS - A front curtain is biased by a biasing force so as to move from a third position on an optical path of an optical system to a fourth position at which the front curtain does not block a subject image being imaged by the optical system in a direction parallel to an imaging surface of an imaging element IMG. A rear curtain is biased by a biasing force so as to move from the third position on the optical path of the optical system to the fourth position at which the rear curtain does not block the subject image being imaged by the optical system in a direction parallel to the imaging surface of the imaging element IMG. A multiocular lens is moved by one or both of a front curtain driving mechanism and a rear curtain driving mechanism between a first position on the optical path of the optical system and a second position at which the multiocular lens does not block the subject image being imaged by the optical system in a direction parallel to the imaging surface of the imaging element IMG. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242301 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image acquisition section that acquires an image that has been acquired by imaging a tissue using an endoscope apparatus, an in vivo position identification information acquisition section that acquires in vivo position identification information that specifies an in vivo position of the endoscope apparatus when the image has been acquired, a in vivo model acquisition section that acquires a in vivo model that is a model of the tissue, an on-model position determination section that specifies an on-model position that corresponds to the position specified by the in vivo position identification information on the acquired in vivo model, and a linking section that links information about the acquired image to the specified on-model position. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110238960 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL UNIT, PROCESSING ELEMENT, DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A distributed processing system has a control unit and a plurality of processing elements and includes a control line through which control information is sent and received between the control unit and the processing elements, and a data line through which data to be processed is transmitted from at least one selected from the control unit and the processing elements to the processing element connected thereto. The data line is independent from the control line. The processing element has a processing content changing section that changes the content of processing in the processing element using processing content changing information received through the control line when a monitored processing context of the processing element meets a processing content changing condition received through the control line. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238959 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROLLER, DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING METHOD - A distributed controller is connected to two or more processing elements and controls the two or more processing elements to execute distributed processing. The distributed controller comprises a plurality of control modules, each of which is connected to at least one other control module. The distributed controller determines a processing path between processing elements using at least two of the plurality of control modules. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110237887 | INTERNAL BODY OBSERVATION DEVICE - The invention relates to an internal body observation device which includes an ordinary observation light source, an ordinary observation irradiation optical system, a special observation light source, a special observation irradiation optical system, an observation optical system for transmitting the light from an observation target, a detection means configured to detect the light transmitted from the observation optical system as a detection signal, and a processing unit for separating the detection signal in the respective light sources and making the detection signal into images, wherein the light from any one of the ordinary observation light source and the special observation light source is modulated, and the modulated light can be radiated to the observation target together with the light from the other light source, and the detection signal detected by the detection means is separated by the processing unit based on the frequency of the modulation. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110236895 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SAMPLE, SOLUTION FOR PREPARING SAMPLE AND STOOL COLLECTION KIT METHOD FOR ANALYZING A NUCLEIC ACID - The present invention relates to the providing of a method for preparing a sample from a nucleic acid-containing sample such as biological samples, where inhibitory substance's action against a enzyme reaction using a nucleic acid as substrate are decreased, a solution for preparing a sample used for the method, a stool collection kit used in that method, and a method for recovering and analyzing a nucleic acid in a nucleic acid-containing sample using a sample prepared using the preparation method of the present invention. A method for preparing a sample according to the present invention is a method for preparing a sample being used for analyzing a nucleic acid, and is characterized in that a nucleic acid-containing sample is mixed with a solution having one or more members selected from the group consisting of a polycation and a chelating agent as an active ingredient. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235877 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a normal light image acquisition section that acquires a normal light image that includes an object image and includes information within a wavelength band of white light, a special light image acquisition section that acquires a special light image that includes an object image and includes information within a specific wavelength band, a correction section that performs a correction process on the special light image, and a blending section that performs a blending process that blends the normal light image and a corrected special light image that is the special light image corrected by the correction section. The blending section blends a component G of the normal light image and a component G of the corrected special light image, and blends a component B of the normal light image and a component B of the corrected special light image. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235171 | MICROSCOPE ADAPTER UNIT - A microscope adapter unit disposed on an optical path of illumination light between a light source unit including a light source and a sample surface includes a first lens group having at least one lens and a second lens group having at least one lens. The first lens group converts the illumination light into roughly parallel luminous fluxes, and makes the illumination light enter the second lens group. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235170 | INCIDENT-LIGHT FLUORESCENT ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE USING THE DEVICE - An incident-light fluorescent illumination device includes: a light source emitting illumination light; a collector lens receiving the illumination light from the light source; a fly-eye lens optical system receiving the illumination light from the collector lens; an objective emitting the illumination light to a sample surface; and a relay optical system arranged between the fly-eye lens optical system and the objective. The fly-eye lens optical system includes a first fly-eye lens surface and a second fly-eye lens surface each having a plurality of lens elements. The incident-light fluorescent illumination device satisfies the conditional expression of | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234817 | IMAGE CAPTURING TERMINAL, EXTERNAL TERMINAL, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing system includes an image capturing terminal and an external terminal communicating with the image capturing terminal. Either the image capturing terminal or the external terminal includes a terminal information acquisition unit having a sensor and acquiring the position of the local terminal and the image capturing direction of the image capturing terminal from the sensor; and a calculation unit calculating a relative positional relationship between a subject and the local terminal. The image capturing system includes an instruction unit instructing a correction of the position of the local terminal or the image capturing direction of the image capturing terminal based on calculation result information indicating a calculation result of the relative positional relationship calculated by the calculation unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234714 | INK JET PRINTER - An ink jet printer has an ink circulation unit including an image recording unit to discharge ink to perform image recording on a recording medium; a first tank disposed above the image recording unit in a gravitational force direction to supply the ink to the image recording unit through a first ink path; a second tank disposed below the image recording unit in the gravitational force direction to collect the ink that was not discharged from the image recording unit through the second ink path; a pump to send the ink from the second tank to the first tank through a third ink path, and at least a part of the first ink path connecting the first tank and the image recording unit is positioned below an ink liquid level in the second tank in the gravitational force direction. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234484 | OPERATION INPUT UNIT AND MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - Unintended motion of a displayed object is prevented by rapidly detecting a state in which an operator becomes unable to operate an operating unit. Provided is an operation input unit including a display; a head-mounted unit; an operating unit to which an operating signal for a displayed object displayed on the display is input; a relative-position detecting section that detects the relative position between the head-mounted unit and the operating unit; and a control unit that controls the displayed object by switching between a first control mode in which the motion of the displayed object is controlled in accordance with an operating signal input to the operating unit and a second control mode in which the motion of the displayed object is controlled by limiting an operating signal input to the operating unit on the basis of the relative position detected by the relative-position detecting section. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234476 | HEAD-MOUNTED TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - A head-mounted type display device includes: a spectacle frame for fixture to a user's head; a body unit | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234049 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - In an ultrasonic motor, an elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration resulting from an expansion and a contraction of the vibrator in a direction of the central axis and a torsional secondary resonance vibration or a torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting of a rotation axis, and the dimension ratio of the rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration, resulting from the expansion and the contraction of the vibrator in the direction of the central axis and a resonance frequency of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting of the rotation axis match. The vibrator includes a torsional piezoelectric body that generates a thickness shear vibration, and that is arranged at an anti-node position of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233381 | Photoelectric conversion device - An electric conversion device may include A/D converters each of which includes a pulse delay circuit and an encoder, the pulse delay circuit including delay units each of which delaying a pulse signal with a delay time based on the difference between a voltage of a pixel signal and a reference voltage, the delay units being connected so that the pulse signal can circulate through the delay units, the encoder outputting a digital value based on the number of the delay units that the pulse signal passes through within a predetermined period of time. The encoder may include a latch circuit that includes latch units storing delay information, the delay information being output when the pulse signal passes through each of the delay units, an encoder unit that outputs the digital value based on the delay information, and a counter unit that counts the number of circulations. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110230945 | ELECTROSTIMULATION SYSTEM, AND ELECTROSTIMULATION ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND BIOLOGICAL IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE THEREFOR - An electrostimulation system includes an electrostimulation lead which has a connector connected to an electrostimulation device, a conducting wire pair electrically connected to the connector, and a sheathing body insulating the conducting wire pair, and is provided to pass through a vein, an electrostimulation block portion which is provided on the leading end side of the electrostimulation lead, and has an electrode portion electrically connected to the conducting wire pair and fixing hooks urging the electrode portion toward the inner wall of the vein, and a rotary member which has an engagement groove to be detachably engaged with the electrostimulation block portion and rotates the electrostimulation block portion placed in the vein around the center line of the vein through the engagement groove. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110230328 | CENTRIFUGE CONTAINER - A cell suspension that contains a cell group from which unwanted components have been removed by efficiently washing the cell group is recovered. A centrifuge container ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110229132 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength selective switch includes a light input/output unit that includes an input unit and an output unit of a wavelength multiplexed light arranged in a form of an array in a first direction, a light dispersing unit that receives the wavelength multiplexed light from the input unit and disperses the wavelength multiplexed light into signal wavelengths, a light condensing element that condenses the light dispersed into the signal wavelengths, and a light deflecting element array that deflects a signal light in the first direction and a second direction, that is orthogonal to the first direction, so as to switch the light of the signal wavelengths condensed by the light condensing element to a desired output unit. In the wavelength selective switch, the light condensing element and the light deflecting element array are arranged such that a light launched from the input unit is incident on a surface orthogonal to a passing direction at an angle that is not orthogonal within a deflection range of the light deflecting element array. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228267 | REFLECTION GRATING, AND SPECTROGRAPH AND PULSE SHAPER USING THE REFLECTION GRATING - A reflection grating includes a transmission hologram layer for diffracting incident light, a reflection member in contact with the transmission hologram layer, and a reflection plane for reflecting diffracted light generated by the transmission hologram layer. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228111 | IMAGING MODULE - An imaging module is provided with an image pickup device unit having an image pickup device; an optical unit to form a subject image on the image pickup device; and an image stabilization mechanism having a first drive unit to move an image stabilization object element that is at least one of the image pickup device and the optical unit in a first direction that is parallel with an imaging area of the image pickup device, and a second drive unit to move the image stabilization object element in a second direction that is parallel with the imaging area and intersects with the first direction, wherein the imaging module has a rectangular shape on a plane that is parallel with the imaging area, and the first drive unit and the second drive unit are respectively arranged around the optical unit and at two neighboring sides of the imaging module. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228064 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An endoscope system includes an imaging section that includes an optical system and an imaging element, an observation mode setting section that sets an object observation mode, a diaphragm control section that selects a diaphragm state based on the observation mode, and an image processing section that processes an image acquired by the imaging section. The diaphragm control section selecting a first diaphragm state when the observation mode is a first observation mode. The first diaphragm state being a state in which a resolution determined by a diffraction limit based on a diaphragm of the optical system is lower than a resolution determined by the imaging element. The diaphragm control section selecting a second diaphragm state when the observation mode is a second observation mode. The second diaphragm state being a state in which the resolution determined by the diffraction limit based on the diaphragm of the optical system is equal to or higher than the resolution determined by the imaging element. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110226510 | LAMINATE MOUNT ASSEMBLY - A laminate mount assembly includes a first member that includes an inter-member connection electrode that is provided on an end surface that forms a predetermined inter-member connection side surface; a second member that includes an inter-member connection electrode that is provided on an end surface that forms the inter-member connection side surface, the second member being arranged to be parallel with the first member; and a conductive film that electrically connects the inter-member connection electrodes to each other over a portion in which the first member and the second member are opposite to each other. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110224488 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope that includes an endoscope tip member at a rigid unit of a tip of the endoscope, and a cooling mechanism for cooling the endoscope tip member. The endoscope tip member includes at least an imaging element unit, an illuminating unit, and a cooling mechanism fitting unit. The cooling mechanism is fit into the cooling mechanism fitting unit. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223079 | STERILIZATION CONFIRMATION TESTER AND TEST PACK - The present invention provides a sterilization confirmation tester and a test pack which enables effective sterilization to be confirmed in a simple and sure manner by providing a simulation of the structure of an endoscope and so forth. The sterilization confirmation tester according to the present invention has a function of confirming effective sterilization treatment after sterilization performed by a sterilization apparatus. The sterilization confirmation tester includes a structure corresponding to at least one of the components which form the endoscope. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222136 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength selective switch according to the present invention includes at least one input port for inputting wavelength-multiplexed light, a dispersive element which receives the light from the input port, and disperses the received light, a light converging element which converges dispersed light which has been dispersed for each wavelength, a light deflecting member having a plurality of reflecting optical elements which are capable of independently deflecting each dispersed light from the light converging element, and at least one output port which receives light which has been deflected by the light deflecting member. An area having a reflectivity higher than a central area of the reflecting surface is formed in at least a part of an end portion of the reflecting surface in the dispersive direction by the dispersive element. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221915 | IMAGE STABILIZATION MECHANISM AND IMAGING MODULE - An image stabilization mechanism is provided with a base unit, a movable unit on which an image pickup device is arranged and which is movable with reference to the base unit, a guide axis to guide the movable unit in a first direction that is an axis direction parallel with an imaging area of the image pickup device, a first drive unit to move the movable unit along the guide axis in the first direction, and a second drive unit to move the guide axis along the base unit in a second direction that is parallel with the imaging area and that intersects with the first direction. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221881 | Virtual-Slide Creating Device - It is possible to create a virtual slide of a subject of observation in a simple configuration without setting a movement pattern in advance. Provided is a virtual-slide creating device including a stage on which a sample is mounted; an objective lens that collects light from the sample; a relative movement mechanism that moves at least one of these components relative to each other in a direction crossing the optical axis of the objective lens; a position detecting unit that obtains relative position information of the stage and the objective lens; an image capturing unit that acquires a partial enlarged image of the sample; a display unit that displays the enlarged image acquired; an image saving unit that saves an enlarged image acquired by the image capturing unit each time at least one of the stage and the objective lens is moved relative to each other by a predetermined distance, based on the relative position information obtained; and an image processing unit that creates a virtual slide by forming an array of saved enlarged images based on the relative position information detected. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221877 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - An endoscope apparatus, includes: an imaging unit that captures a subject to acquire an image of the subject; a base point setting section that sets a first base point and a second base point on the image based on an instruction input via an input device; a base line setting section that sets a base line on the image based on the first base point and the second base point; a point setting section that sets at least three points on the image based on the base line; a base plane setting section that sets a base plane in a space based on the at least three points; a distance calculation section that calculates a distance between the base plane and a point corresponding to the first base point; and a display that displays the image. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221621 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT - An A/D conversion circuit includes a pulse transit circuit, first and second pulse transit position detection circuits, and a digital signal generation circuit. The first pulse transit position detection circuit detects a transit position of the pulse signal output from the pulse transit circuit and generates a logical signal according to the transit position. The second pulse transit position detection circuit detects the circling number of the pulse signal output from the pulse transit circuit and generates a logical signal according to the circling number. The digital signal generation circuit synthesizes the logical signals output from the first and second pulse transit position detection circuits and generates a digital signal according to a size of an analog signal VA. The pulse transit circuit is configured so that a sum of the number of the inverting circuits that the pulse signal transits in an N-th period (N denotes a natural number) and the number of the inverting circuits that the pulse signal transits in an (N+1)-th period is a power of 2. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220246 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMPRESSED WOOD PRODUCT - A method of manufacturing a compressed wood product includes applying a compressive force to a wooden piece in a water-vapor atmosphere having temperature and pressure higher than those of atmospheric air to deform the wooden piece into a three-dimensional shape having a curved surface; placing an attachment for forming a pattern at a desired position on a surface of the wooden piece after applying the compressive force; and applying a pressure to the attachment and the wooden piece while heating the attachment and the wooden piece in the atmospheric air to shape the wooden piece into substantially the same shape as the three-dimensional shape and to firmly fix the attachment to the wooden piece. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220245 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMPRESSED WOOD PRODUCT - A method of manufacturing a compressed wood product includes cutting out a blank piece from raw wood, the blank piece having a shape in which a circularly closed marginal part makes a first plane, only one space of two spaces divided by the first plane has an undulation that includes a plurality of convex vertices, a vertex of which height from the first plane is higher is located at a position closer to a geometrical center of the circularly closed marginal part among arbitrary two vertices of the plurality of convex vertices when being viewed on a second plane that passes the two vertices and is perpendicular to the first plane, the blank piece having a volume obtained by adding an amount by which a volume of the blank piece is decreased by compression; softening the blank piece cut out; and compressing the softened blank piece in a water-vapor atmosphere having temperature and pressure higher than those of atmospheric air to deform the blank piece into a shape substantially like a bowl. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110218443 | ULTRASONIC PROBE - An electronic radial ultrasonic probe comprising an electronic radial array which comprises a plurality of ultrasonic transducers being continuously arrayed circularly around an insertion axis as center and also for which a transmission/reception of an ultrasonic wave is controlled by electronically selecting the plurality of ultrasonic transducer, comprises: a support member equipped on the electronic radial array; a lock member featured with a cavity in which the support member is inserted and with a lock groove for locking a balloon which is mounted in a manner to cover the electronic radial array and in which an ultrasonic medium is filled; and a filler member which is constituted by an adhesive material converting from a fluid state to a solid state, and is filled in the cavity. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218402 | CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - Provided is a capsule-type endoscope that has a power receiving coil that wirelessly receives an electric power from outside a body of an individual to be examined, a processing circuit that performs predetermined processing, and an adjusting reactance section that is capable of adjusting a reactance that is connected to the power receiving coil. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218398 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing system includes an image generation unit that has two observation modes of a first observation mode for capturing an image under illumination by a first light source and a second observation mode for capturing an image under illumination by a second light source different from the first light source and generates an image to be displayed based on the image captured by selecting one of the observation modes; a brightness detection unit that detects brightness of the image captured in one observation mode; and a control unit that controls an exposure operation or image processing in the other observation mode performed subsequent to an observation in the one observation mode based on the brightness of the image detected by the brightness detection unit. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110217556 | OPTICAL COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical component that includes a substrate and an optical thin film formed on the substrate. An internal stress σ (in units of MPa) satisfies Expression (1) given below when x=|E/R| is in the range of 0 to 3: | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110217532 | OPTICAL COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical component includes a multilayered optical thin film formed on a substrate. A critical load value of the optical thin film that includes at least one layer that is formed by a vacuum deposition method is greater than or equal to 30 mN. The critical load value is a value evaluated by a measurement method complying with JIS R3255 “Testing methods for adhesion of thin films on a glass substrate”. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110217037 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength selective switch includes a substrate. On the substrate, the wavelength selective switch includes at least one input port, a dispersive element, a light converging element, a light deflecting member, an output port, and a driving mechanism which drives at least one of the dispersive element, the light condenser element, and the light deflecting member, and drive by the driving mechanism is a rotational drive around an axis perpendicular to the substrate, for the dispersive element, and is a translational drive in a direction of dispersion of wavelength with respect to the substrate, for the light condenser element or the light deflecting member. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216183 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS AND OBSERVATION POSITION REPRODUCTION METHOD - A microscope apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a recognition unit, a rotational shift angle calculation unit and a position reproduction unit. The rotational shift angle calculation unit calculates a rotational shift angle between a first pattern image recognized by the recognition unit from an image of the circular sample, which is obtained by the image capturing unit in a first period, and a second pattern image recognized by the recognition unit from an image of the circular sample, which is obtained by the image capturing unit in a second period later than the first period. The position reproduction unit corrects a rotational shift of the circular sample based on the rotational shift angle calculated by the rotational shift angle calculation unit, and reproduces a position of the circular sample in the first period. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216107 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A video display apparatus displays videos corresponding to a plurality of directions of observation respectively and includes a display device. A control unit controls a scan timing so that a sum of a video scanning period from an upper end to a lower end of the display device concerning one video input into the display device and a response period in the lower end of the display device is smaller than a field period of the video. The control unit allows an illumination system to emit light between the end of the response period of the lower end and the start of scanning of the next video in the upper end of the display device. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110213592 | CAPACITIVE ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND ENDO CAVITY ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A capacitive ultrasonic transducer (c-MUT) comprising a silicon substrate and a transducer element which comprises transducer cells, each of which is constituted by a first electrode equipped on the top surface of the silicon substrate, a second electrode placed opposite to the first electrode with a predetermined gap therefrom and a membrane for supporting the second electrode, wherein a trench is equipped between the adjacent transducers and a conductive film is formed in the trench. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213562 | FLUORESCENT AGENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING APPARATUS, DOSE CONTROL APPARATUS, ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM, FLUORESCENT AGENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD, AND DOSE CONTROL METHOD - A fluorescent agent accumulation concentration measuring apparatus is configured to include a single-wavelength LED to radiate excitation light to a test bottle loaded in the inside, a barrier filter to transmit only fluorescence from the test bottle, a photoreceptor to receive the fluorescence through the barrier filter and output an electric signal, a detection processing circuit to conduct signal processing of the electric signal from the photoreceptor and detect the fluorescence intensity, and an operation circuit | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213248 | ULTRASONIC TREATMENT APPARATUS - An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes a sound source, a frequency setter and a drive signal generator. The sound source emits ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic waves are finite amplitude acoustic waves including a first signal frequency and a second signal frequency. The frequency setter sets the first signal frequency and the second signal frequency in accordance with a target position of a treatment object with respect to the sound source. The drive signal generator is configured to generate a drive signal and to drive the sound source. The drive signal is a signal which causes the sound source to emit the ultrasonic waves. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213205 | CAPSULE GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A capsule guidance system includes a plurality of electrode pads that are disposed on a body surface of a subject in which a capsule medical device that performs human body communication is inserted into an organ; a magnetic guidance unit applies a magnetic field to the capsule medical device to guide the capsule medical device; an eliminating unit that eliminates signal components of eddy current generated in the subject by a change of the magnetic field from electrical signals detected by the plurality of electrode pads; and a position calculation unit that calculates the position of the capsule medical device based on the electrical signals from the capsule medical device, the electrical signals being the signals from which the signal components of the eddy current are eliminated by the eliminating unit. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110212486 | Microscope System, Specimen Observation Method, and Computer Program Product - A microscope system includes an acquisition unit that obtains a specimen image acquired by capturing the specimen stained by an element identification dye that visualizes a predetermined cell constituent element and a molecule target dye that visualizes a predetermined target molecule by using a microscope; a dye amount unit that obtains dye amounts of the element identification dye and the molecule target dye that stain corresponding positions on the specimen for each pixel of the image; an element area identification unit that identifies an area of the cell constituent element based on the dye amount of the element identification dye; a condition setting unit that sets the presence or absence of the predetermined target molecule on the cell constituent element as a condition; and an extraction unit that extracts an area of a target portion that satisfies the condition based on the dye amount of the molecule target dye. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211053 | SOLID IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A solid image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a device chip including a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a CMOS device and an electrode portion being formed on the first principal surface; a holding block including a joining surface joined to the second principal surface and an inclined surface inclined inward at a predetermined angle relative to the joining surface; a wiring board including a distal end portion including a connection portion connected to the electrode portion on the first principal surface, an extending portion that is in contact with the inclined surface, the extending portion being joined to the inclined surface via a bonding layer; and a flexure portion flexed at the predetermined angle between the distal end portion and the extending portion. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210882 | ANALOG/DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT - An analog-to-digital converter may include an annular delay circuit that includes a plurality of delay units connected in an annular shape, each of the plurality of delay units delaying a pulse current that is input to each of the plurality of delay units, a current source that outputs an electric current, in accordance with an input analog signal, to selected delay units, which is selected from among the plurality of delay units, and a digital signal generation unit that generates a digital signal in accordance with a number of circulations per predetermined period of time of the pulse current circulating around the annular delay circuit. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210621 | WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, POWER TRANSMISSION COIL UNIT, AND WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A wireless power supply apparatus for a capsule-type endoscope has three sets of coils that generate a magnetic field in directions that are orthogonal to each other, a gravity sensor that detects a gravitational direction, a coil selection section that selects a coil that generates a magnetic field in a gravitational direction that is detected by the gravity sensor, and a drive section that applies a current to the coil that the coil selection section selects. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110208019 | WIRELESS-TYPE SUBJECT IN-VIVO INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - Provided is a wireless-type subject in-vivo information acquiring apparatus that is introduced into a body cavity of an individual to be examined and acquires subject in-vivo information, and that includes a transmission antenna that has an antenna orientation direction in which a transmission signal that transmits acquired subject in-vivo information is emitted most strongly, and another antenna that has an antenna directivity in a predetermined direction that is different from that of the transmission antenna. The transmission antenna and the other antenna are arranged so that a relationship between the antenna orientation direction of the transmission antenna and the antenna orientation direction of the other antenna is a twisted positional relationship or an intersecting relationship. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110204748 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - An elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration of the vibrator resulting from an expansion and a contraction of the vibrator in a direction of the central axis and a torsional resonance vibration resulting from twisting of the vibrator around the central axis as a torsional axis. The dimension ratio of the rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration resulting from the expansion and the contraction of the vibrator in the direction of the central axis and a resonance frequency of the torsional resonance vibrations resulting from twisting of the vibrator around the central axis as the torsional axis match. The ultrasonic motor further includes a vibration detecting electrode layer. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110199695 | OBJECTIVE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An objective comprises: a first group including a plurality of lens groups arranged at a predetermined interval; a second group composed of a single lens-group; a pressing ring which is screwed in, the pressing ring being for fixing the first group; and an outer frame accommodating the first group, the second group, and the pressing ring, wherein the outer frame includes a first hole at a position facing the second group. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199473 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an image pickup device chip including an image pickup device formed on a first principal surface thereof and an external terminal for the image pickup device formed on a second principal surface thereof; a wiring board including a distal end portion including a connection pad, a flexure portion flexed at an angle of no less than 90 degrees, and an extending portion, the wiring board including a wiring layer extending from the distal end portion to the extending portion via the flexure portion, the wiring board being kept within a space immediately above the second principal surface of the image pickup device chip; a bonding layer that joins the second principal surface of the image pickup device chip and the distal end portion of the wiring board; and a bonding wire that electrically connects the external terminal and the connection pad. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198649 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device according to an embodiment includes: a blue color LED including a first principal surface, a second principal surface and a side surface, the blue color LED producing light; and a package portion in which a recess portion, which is a light shield portion accommodating the blue color LED with no gap on the side surface side, thereby preventing release of the light from the side surface, is formed. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198517 | OPTICAL-LEVER CANTILEVER DISPLACEMENT DETECTING MECHANISM - An optical-lever cantilever displacement detecting mechanism includes a support member, a cantilever cantilevered by the support member, a light source to emit a light beam, and an optical sensor to sense the light beam. The cantilever has a probe at its tip. The support member has a reflecting portion extending to face the cantilever with a space. The reflecting portion has a light transmitting portion to allow the light beam to pass therethrough. The cantilever and reflecting portion have reflecting surfaces on sides facing each other, respectively. The light beam emitted from the source undergoes repeated reflections by the reflecting surfaces of the cantilever and reflecting portion including reflections by the reflecting surface of the cantilever, passes through the light transmitting portion, and strikes the sensor. The sensor outputs a signal representing a change of the entry position of the light beam caused by a displacement of the cantilever. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110196390 | LIGATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a ligation apparatus that ligatures living tissue by a clip and provides an optimal ligation apparatus for ligaturing living tissue in a body cavity. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194859 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - An optical transmitter includes three or more emission optical fibers that are three-dimensionally arranged, a single reception optical fiber, and an optical path converting component to optically couple the emission optical fibers to the reception optical fiber. The optical path converting component includes optical transmission portions that are optically coupled to the three or more emission optical fibers one to one, respectively, and optically coupled commonly to the single reception optical fiber. Entry ends of the optical transmission portions are aligned with exit ends of the three or more emission optical fibers, respectively. Exit ends of the optical transmission portions are aligned, as a whole, with an entry end of the single reception optical fiber. The exit ends of the optical transmission portions are arranged substantially parallel to one another and in closer proximity to one another than the entry ends of the optical transmission portions. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194003 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device comprising: first A/D converters that receive output signals of respective columns of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, convert the output signals into first digital signals, and output the first digital signals; a second A/D converter that receives a correction signal, converts the correction signal into a second digital signal, and outputs the second digital signal; a first correction calculation unit that produces a first correction formula; a second correction calculation unit that produces a second correction formula based on the second digital signal; a determination unit that compares a coefficient of the second correction formula and a coefficient of a second correction formula produced before the second correction formula, and determines whether or not to produce the first correction formula based on the comparison result; and a signal output unit that outputs an update signal when it is determined to produce the first correction formula. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193450 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR MECHANISM - A linear drive ultrasonic motor includes at least an ultrasonic vibrator having a piezoelectric element, a driven member which is driven relatively by a frictional force between the ultrasonic vibrator and the driven member, a plurality of coupling members which are coupled with the driven member, a frame body which is coupled with the coupling member, a bias applying member which applies a bias to the driven member by the ultrasonic vibrator, a base member which movably supports the driven member, and a rolling member having a spherical shape which movably supports the driven member with respect to the base member. The plurality of coupling members include a positioning portion which determines a position of the respective frame body, and which have a shape which enables to fix by a point contact, sandwiching the frame body. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110190710 | THERAPEUTIC FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - Therapeutic solution of an amount corresponding to a plurality of injections is injected with the distal end kept inserted in the pericardial cavity via an access port formed to penetrate under the xiphoid process. Provided is a therapeutic-solution injecting device ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110190587 | ENDOSCOPE WITH FIRST AND SECOND IMAGING AND ILLUMINATION UNITS - A container body includes an illumination section and an image pickup section. A tube body is integrally provided to the container body. A distal end of a hollow duct line provided in the tube body penetrates the container body to have an opening on an outer surface of the container body. First and second illumination and image pickup units are provided in the container body having opposite reference view field directions and are respectively freely tilted in an arbitrary direction within predetermined inclination angles from the reference view field direction. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110190584 | Surgical method and medical device - To perform treatment by readily introducing a device causing minimal invasion even where approach from the body surface is difficult, a medical device includes a guide that is inserted into a lumen; a first balloon at a distal end of the guide, connected to a first flow path extending to a proximal end of the guide; a second balloon on the guide, separated from the first balloon on the proximal-end side and connected to a second flow path extending to the proximal end of the guide; a third balloon extending along the guide from a point between the first balloon and the second balloon to the proximal end and having a port for supplying or discharging fluid at the proximal end; and a cleansing flow path having a discharge port between the first balloon and the second balloon and extending to the proximal end of the guide. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110189673 | STOOL SAMPLE PREPARATION METHOD, SOLUTION FOR PREPARING STOOL SAMPLE AND STOOL COLLECTION KIT - The present invention relates to the providing of a method for preparing a stool sample that enables nucleic acids in a stool to be stably preserved without requiring a complex procedure, a stool sample preparation solution and stool collection kit used in that method, and a method for recovering and analyzing nucleic acids in a stool using a stool sample prepared according to the preparation method of the present invention, and a stool sample having superior preservation of nucleic acids contained in the stool sample is prepared by mixing a collected stool with the stool sample preparation solution having for an active ingredient thereof a water-soluble organic solvent containing an organic acid. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188515 | TRANSMISSION MODULE, RECEPTION MODULE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A transmission module may include a first interface unit that inputs transmission target data and a trigger relating to halting transmission of the transmission data from a processing unit that performs processing in compliance with a communication protocol of an upper layer, a generating unit that generates a communication frame of a transport layer level corresponding to the transmission target data, a second interface unit that transmits the generated communication frame, and a setting unit that, when the trigger is inputted while communication frame corresponding to the transmission target data are being sequentially transmitted, sets a flag indicating the termination of transmission of the transmission target data to communication frame among those being transmitted which do not correspond to a final portion of the transmission target data. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188126 | VISUAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The visual display apparatus of the invention has an image display device, a projection optical system for projection of an image displayed on the image display device, an eyepiece optical system of positive reflecting power that uses an image coming from afar as an image projected from the projection optical system, and a cylindrical or conical diffusing surface located near an image projected from the projection optical system. The image projected from the projection optical system is located in such a way as to draw a circular arc at any position in the plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the projection optical system. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188050 | SUBJECT INFORMATION ANALYZING APPARATUS AND SUBJECT INFORMATION ANALYZING METHOD - A subject information analyzing apparatus includes a light detector that receives frequency-modulated light as scattered light corresponding to irradiating light of a second frequency from a region to be examined in a subject irradiated with ultrasound of a first frequency, an information extracting section that extracts information on a specific frequency shifted by an integer multiple of the first frequency of the frequency-modulated light and a feature information generating section that generates a calculated value or the like of a cell nuclei/cytoplasm ratio of constituent tissues as feature information on a composition ratio of constituent tissues making up the region to be examined using the extracted information on the specific frequency. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187824 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - An endoscope apparatus, includes: an imaging unit that captures a subject to acquire an image of the subject; a control unit that includes: a base point setting section that sets base points on the image, the base points being used for a three dimensional measurement of the subject; a reference point setting section that sets reference points inside and outside a region based on the base points, the reference points being used for extracting a characteristic of the image; a measurement section that performs the three dimensional measurement of the subject based on the base points; and a generation section that generates characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the image at the reference points based on information on the image at the reference points; and a display that displays the image, the characteristic information, and a result of the three dimensional measurement. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187296 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR SYSTEM - A shape memory alloy actuator system includes a shape memory alloy actuator which has a shape memory alloy wire, a mobile object which is movable, an elastic member, a first regulating member, and a second regulating member, a detecting section which detects a resistance value of the shape memory alloy wire, a calculating section (a computing section) which calculates an electric current applied, an output section, a control section which controls the detecting section, a calculating section, an output section, and a reference resistance value calculating section. The shape memory alloy actuator, the detecting section, the calculating section, the output section, the control section, and the reference resistance value calculating section collectively form a resistance control circuit which carries out a position control of the shape memory alloy actuator. The resistance control circuit calculates a first resistance value at which, a proportion of a resistance change with respect to a change in a unit temperature changes from a first proportion to a second proportion which differs from the first proportion, and carries out the position control by the first resistance value, when the shape memory alloy wire is to be loosened. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187231 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - In an ultrasonic motor, an elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration resulting from an expansion and a contraction of a vibrator in a direction of a central axis and a torsional secondary resonance vibration or a torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting around the central axis. A dimension ratio of a rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration and a resonance frequency of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration match. The vibrator includes a plurality of regions in a surface orthogonal to the central axis, and deformations of the regions adjacent to each other along the direction of the central axis are mutually different. The vibrator expands and contracts in a direction orthogonal to a polarization direction thereof. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187230 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - In an ultrasonic motor, an elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration resulting from an expansion and a contraction of a vibrator in a direction of a central axis and a torsional secondary resonance vibration or a torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting of a rotation axis. A dimension ratio of a rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration and a resonance frequency of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration match. The vibrator includes a plurality of regions in a surface orthogonal to the central axis, and deformations of the regions adjacent to each other along the direction of the central axis are mutually different. The vibrator expands and contracts in a direction along a polarization direction thereof. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187229 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - An ultrasonic motor is configured as follows. Namely, the ultrasonic motor includes an oscillator whose cross section vertical to a central axis has a rectangular shape which has a predetermined length ratio of a narrow side and a wide side, wherein the oscillator comprises driving electrodes and oscillation detecting electrodes near a node portion of the longitudinal oscillation and near ventral portions of the torsional oscillation, an external electrode achieving electrical conduction with the driving electrodes and an external electrode associated with one polarity of an external electrode achieving the electrical conduction with the oscillation detecting electrodes are formed on a first surface of outer surfaces of the oscillator, and an external electrode associated with the other polarity of the external electrode achieving the electrical conduction with the oscillation detection electrodes is formed on a second surface different from the first surface of the outer surfaces of the oscillator. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187228 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - An ultrasonic motor is configured as follows. Namely, the ultrasonic motor includes an oscillator which is configured to has a shape that conforms a resonant frequency of longitudinal oscillation exited in the oscillator to a resonant frequency of torsional oscillation, a driven body that comes into contact with an elliptic oscillation generation surface of the oscillator and is driven by the elliptic oscillation, and a pressing mechanism unit that welds the elliptic oscillation generation surface of the oscillator to the driven body by pressing, wherein the oscillator has a first polarization unit that is formed in a region associated with a node portion of the longitudinal oscillation and configured to excite the longitudinal oscillation in the oscillator, and a second polarization unit that is formed in a region associated with a ventral portion of the torsional oscillation and configured to excite the torsional oscillation in the oscillator. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110186713 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A data processing method may include counting one of a plurality of clock signals with a first mode, counting clock signals based on a predetermined number of the plurality of clock signals with the first mode, to output a first clock signal every time a counter value becomes a first predetermined value, counting the first clock signal with the first mode, counting one of the clock signals with a second mode while the counted value is considered as a first initial value, counting clock signals based on the predetermined number of the plurality of clock signals with the second mode, to output a second clock signal every time the counter value becomes a second predetermined value while the counted value is considered as a second initial value, counting the second clock signal with the second mode, and outputting the counter values with the second mode as difference data between a first data signal and a second data signal. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110184437 | ELECTRODE UNIT, ELECTRODE SYSTEM, ELECTRODE IMPLANTING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRODE IMPLANTING SYSTEM - An electrode system which includes: an electrode unit capable of switching at least a part of its shape between a curved shape and a stretched shape, wherein in the curved shape the electrode unit is wound around a predetermined linear tissue, and wherein in the stretched shape the electrode unit is flat; and a treatment tool that switches the shape of the at least a part of the electrode unit between the curved shape and the stretched shape, wherein the electrode unit includes: an insulating member formed in a sheet shape out of an elastic material; and an electrode that is disposed on a first surface which is an inside surface of a curvature when the insulating member has a curved shape and which applies a predetermined voltage. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184378 | TREATMENT INSTRUMENT AND TREATMENT METHOD - A procedure of positioning a treatment part at various sites on an organ is facilitated, and the positioning thereof can be stably maintained for treatment with accurate positioning. A treatment instrument includes a rigid rod-shaped insertion section having a treatment part at a distal end thereof and a manipulating section secured to a proximal end of the insertion section and gripped and manipulated by an operator. The insertion section includes a main body extending in a straight line, a first curved portion disposed at a distal end of the main body and curved in one direction with respect to the main body, and a second curved portion disposed on a distal side of the first curved portion and curved in a direction opposite to the direction in which the first curved portion is curved. The treatment part is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the main body. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184237 | ENDOSCOPE IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS - An image pick-up unit inserted in the body picks up an image of the body, and transmits by radio the image to an extra-corporeal unit which is arranged outside the body. The image pick-up unit includes an image pick-up portion capturing an image, a data transmitting portion for transmitting the image obtained by the image pick-up portion to the extra-corporeal unit at a plurality of transmitting ratios, a characteristic amount detecting portion for detecting a predetermined amount of characteristics based on the image, and a determining portion for determining a valid image based on an output from the characteristic amount detecting portion. The data transmitting portion controls the data transmitting ratio in accordance with the determining result of the determining portion. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184236 | IMAGING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging section that images an object, an observation mode setting section that sets an observation mode when the imaging section images the object, and a control section that controls an image read mode in which an image is read from the imaging section and a in-focus object plane of the imaging section based on the observation mode set by the observation mode setting section. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110183332 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING NUCLEIC ACID FROM STOOL SAMPLE, NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS METHOD AND STOOL SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to the a nucleic acid analysis method that uses nucleic acid recovered according to the nucleic acid recovery method, and a stool sample processing apparatus used in that method, wherein the method has steps of: (A) eluting nucleic acid amplification reaction inhibitory substances by preparing a stool sample by adding a collected stool to a solution for removing nucleic acid amplification reaction inhibitory substances that has a water-soluble organic solvent as an active ingredient thereof, and storing the stool sample for a predetermined time, (B) recovering a stool-derived solid fraction by removing the solution for removing nucleic acid amplification reaction inhibitory substances from the stool sample after step (A), and (C) recovering nucleic acid from the stool-derived solid fraction recovered in step (B). | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181760 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image capturing element of an image capturing section | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110180197 | MEDICAL CAPSULE HOUSING FORMED BY THERMAL WELDING - A capsule-type medical apparatus includes a distal-end cover which is formed in a substantially hemispherical dome shape, the distal-end cover having an open bonding end portion; a drum portion cover which is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the drum portion cover having an open bonding end portion; a function executing unit which executes a predetermined preset function, the function executing unit being accommodated in the drum portion cover; and an electric storage unit which accumulates drive electric power for driving the function executing unit, wherein the bonding end portion of the distal-end cover and the bonding end portion of the drum portion cover are subjected to a surface treatment, the bonding end portion of the distal-end cover and the bonding end portion of the drum portion cover are bonded after the surface treatment to form an outer casing which has a capsule shape insertable into a test subject and which seals an inside in a liquid tight manner. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110178371 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING SUBJECT - An endoscope apparatus includes: a display device that displays a first image and a second image, the first image and the second image being contained in image data of a subject captured by an imaging unit of an endoscope apparatus; a designation section that designates a first position on the first image in accordance with an instruction input through an input device; a position calculation section that calculates a second position on the second image, the second position corresponding to the first position on the first image; a display control section that, when the first position is designated, performs a control of displaying a mark at the first position, subsequently displaying a mark at a third position which is different from the first and second positions, and subsequently displaying a mark at the second position; and a measurement section that performs measurement relating to the subject based on the first and second positions. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176730 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a demosaicing section that receives an image that includes a first color signal, a second color signal, and a third color signal, and performs an interpolation process that interpolates a missing color signal among the first color signal, the second color signal, and the third color signal on each pixel of the image, and an image output section that outputs an output image based on an image obtained by the interpolation process and output from the demosaicing section. The demosaicing section performs a space-variant interpolation process that implements a different interpolation process depending on a pixel position on a first image that has information within a first wavelength band. The demosaicing section performs a space-invariant interpolation process that implements an interpolation process independently of a pixel position on a second image that has information within a second wavelength band. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176290 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION UNIT AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE UNIT - A wavelength conversion unit includes a wavelength conversion member that transmits a part of incident excitation light and converts a part of the excitation light into wavelength-converted light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the excitation light to emit the wavelength-converted light. The excitation light has an intensity distribution in which an intensity is maximum at the center and decreases as getting apart from the center. A thickness of the wavelength conversion member at a portion into which light at the center of the intensity distribution of the excitation light enters is larger than those at any other portions. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175990 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus is an endoscope apparatus that picks up an image of an object using a camera. The endoscope apparatus includes a semiconductor device mounted on a circuit substrate including a CPU core and a drive circuit for driving the camera and a parameter setting section provided in the semiconductor device that sets parameter data for adjusting output timing of a drive signal of the drive circuit or input timing of an image signal from the camera. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110173793 | MOUNTING APPARATUS AND MOUNTING METHOD - A mounting apparatus includes a substrate; an optical component having a first surface on which light from the substrate is incident and a second surface from which the incident light goes out after the incident light is refracted; an adjustment unit that adjusts a position of the substrate and a position of the optical component by moving the substrate and the optical component relatively with the first surface of the optical component and the substrate being opposed to each other; an imaging unit that is arranged in an optical path of the light that goes out from the second surface; and a control unit that controls an amount by which the adjustment unit moves the substrate and the optical component relatively according to image data which is captured by the imaging unit, and that mounts the optical component on the substrate. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110172490 | INSERTION PORTION HOLDER, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF BUNDLING INSERTION PORTION - An insertion portion holder includes a plane portion formed in a flat shape with an elastic member, the plane portion including: a first through hole formed on the plane portion, for passing therethrough an insertion portion having flexibility extended from an endoscope operation portion; and a second through hole formed on the plane portion adjacently to the first through hole, for holding a distal end side part of the insertion portion. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170181 | MICROSCOPE AND LAMPHOUSE - A microscope includes an illuminating unit that includes an excitation light source emitting an excitation light, and a phosphor receiving the excitation light and emitting illumination light in a specific wavelength range. The illuminating unit illuminates a specimen with the illumination light. The microscope also includes an observation unit for observing the specimen illuminated by the illuminating unit. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169988 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - In a solid-state imaging device, each of a plurality of switches is connected between a pulse output terminal of each delay unit and a pulse input terminal of the next-stage delay unit. Each of a plurality of switches is connected between the pulse output terminal and the pulse input terminal of each delay unit. A plurality of switches is turned on and a plurality of switches is turned off in conjunction with an oscillation operation, and a plurality of switches is turned off and a plurality of switches is turned on in conjunction with a holding operation. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169936 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope comprising: an XY stage unit for moving a sample holding unit for holding a sample in an optional XY direction within an XY plane orthogonal to the optical axis of an image forming optical system; a display unit for displaying a sample image photographed by a photographing device for photographing a sample image formed by the image forming optical system; a rotating unit for rotating the sample holding unit around an axis perpendicular to the XY plane; and a control unit for controlling the XY stage unit and the rotating unit so that the sample image displayed on the display unit is rotated within a screen. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110164314 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A microscope system improves the operability of a user in performing a microscope observation. The microscope system attains the improvement by including: a microscope apparatus including a plurality of drive units; a display unit for displaying an operation screen for operation of the microscope apparatus; a pointing device for inputting by a pointer an operation instruction to the microscope apparatus on the operation screen; and a control unit for switching the drive units depending on the position of the pointer on the operation screen, and controlling the operation of the switched drive units depending on the operation of the pointing device. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164249 | LIGHT SPECTRUM DETECTION METHOD - Optical spectrum of a light irradiated on the object, a spontaneous light emitted from within the object or a surface thereof, a scattered light, a transmitted light, a reflected light or a refracted light from within the object or a surface thereof generated by irradiating light on the object is resolved by amplifying said lights in a bandwidth narrower than the bandwidth of the optical spectrum of said lights. Thus, a method for detecting optical spectrum is provided in which signal intensity is amplified while deterioration of spectral data is suppressed. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164160 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An A/D conversion unit ( | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163633 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - An ultrasonic motor for driving a driven object with a multi-degree of freedom includes a vibrator configured to simultaneously excite two vibration modes to generate an elliptic vibration on an output surface thereof, a driven object configured to be driven by the elliptic vibration generated on the output surface, and a driving element interposed between the output surface and the driven object. The driven object includes a spherical portion to be brought into contact with at least the output surface via the driving element. The elliptic vibration exhibits different vibration amplitudes at different positions on the output surface. The output surface includes a plurality of regions which exhibit greater vibration amplitudes than other regions on the output surface. The driving element includes a contact portion with at least two regions exhibiting greater vibration amplitudes than other regions of the contact portion, and is provided on the output surface. | 07-07-2011 |
