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20110077888 | MEASUREMENT DATA CORRECTION METHOD, OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM - A measurement data correction method is provided. A living organism is employed as a test sample, fluorescent light generated by excitation light from a fluorescent substance administered to the test sample is received by a light receiving component at a plurality of locations around the periphery of the test sample in a flat plane passing through an observation site of the test sample, and the method is employed for reconstruction of an optical tomographic image of the test sample along the flat plane passing through the observation site. The method includes: generating corrected measurement data, as measurement data to be used in reconstruction of an optical tomographic image along the flat plane passing through the observation site of the test sample, from an obtained first measurement data and an obtained first standardization measurement data using a defined correction coefficient. | 03-31-2011 |
20110240884 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC MEASURING DEVICE - An optical tomographic measuring device that includes: an illuminating component, a plurality of light-receiving components, a storage component, a specifying component, an acquiring component, and a constructing component is provided. The specifying component specifies a position of the measurement plane in the body length direction. The acquiring component acquires, from the storage component, an optical characteristic distribution that corresponds to the position specified by the specifying component. The constructing component constructs a density distribution of fluorescence in the measurement plane, on the basis of intensities of the fluorescence received at the respective light-receiving components and the optical characteristic distribution acquired by the acquiring component. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243414 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION COMPUTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An optical tomographic information generating device which generates optical tomographic information of a subject by using an updated value has: a Jacobian matrix computing unit that computes a Jacobian matrix that expresses a proportion of change in a light intensity distribution with respect to change in an optical characteristic value of the subject; a singular value decomposing unit that acquires a diagonal matrix of the Jacobian matrix; a unit diagonal matrix acquiring unit that acquires a unit diagonal matrix in which diagonal components that are less than or equal to a threshold value are replaced by 0; and a successive approximation unit that carries out approximation by carrying out substitution, that uses the unit diagonal matrix, with respect to a difference between an actually measured value and the computed value that appears in a successive approximation formula of ART (Algebraic Reconstruction Technique), and acquires the updated value. | 10-06-2011 |
20130289373 | ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - The endoscopic diagnosis system comprises an image sensor that receives reflected light from a subject illuminated with white light and first narrowband light to acquire a narrowband light image for blood vessel observation in a narrowband light observation mode, and receives reflected light from the subject illuminated with second narrowband light to acquire a narrowband light image for oxygen saturation level observation in an oxygen saturation level observation mode; a controller that controls such that the narrowband light images for blood vessel observation and oxygen saturation level observation are acquired alternately; an image processor that generates an oxygen saturation level image based on the narrowband light images for blood vessel observation and oxygen saturation level observation; and a display unit that simultaneously displays the narrowband light image for blood vessel observation and the oxygen saturation level image. | 10-31-2013 |
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20090073490 | COMMUNICATION INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A communication information processing device that includes a reception component, an image processing component, a memory component and a control component is provided. The reception component receives communication information through an external communication line. The image processing component performs image processing on image information. The memory component is provided for memorizing image information for image processing by the image processing component, and that memorizes image information and the communication information received by the reception component. The control component, when a pre-specified setting condition is satisfied, controls the memory component so as to delete the communication information memorized in the memory component and to memorize image information to be used by the image processing component as a priority. | 03-19-2009 |
20100128305 | RECEIVER, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, DATA RECEPTION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A receiver includes a first storage unit, plural second storage units, a selector, a storage controller, and a selection controller. The first storage unit stores at least one packet data. The plural second storage units respectively store at least one condition associated with packet data to be stored in the first storage unit. The selector selects at least one storage unit from the second storage units in accordance with a selection signal. The storage controller stores the packet data in the first storage unit if a received packet data corresponds to any condition stored in a selected storage unit, and discards the packet data if it does not correspond to any condition. The selection controller generates a selection signal for selecting at least one second storage unit in accordance with conditions to which the packet data stored by the storage controller corresponds, and transmits the signal to the selector. | 05-27-2010 |
20100241778 | INTERRUPT CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An interrupt control apparatus includes: an interrupt request supply unit that supplies interrupt request information; a processing unit that performs interrupt processing based on the interrupt request information supplied by the interrupt request supply unit; and a time measuring unit that is used to measure an elapse of a predefined time period from a time point when the interrupt request supply unit starts to supply the interrupt request information, wherein: even if new interrupt cause information is stored during the time when the time measuring unit is measuring the elapse of the predefined time period, the interrupt request supply unit does not supply interrupt request information based on the new interrupt cause information to the processing unit; and after the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit reaches the predefined time period, the interrupt request supply unit supplies the interrupt request information to the processing unit. | 09-23-2010 |
20100245893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives a request that requests a reply and includes a source of the request and a destination of the request; and a controller that returns from a low electric power condition after moving into the low electric power condition of which the power consumption is low, and that controls the communication unit, wherein when the controller is in the low electric power condition, the communication unit returns the reply to the request received and detects a duplication between an identification information that identifies the source and an identification information that identifies the destination based on the request. | 09-30-2010 |
20100246380 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication control device includes: a first processing unit that converts an electrical signal received by a communication channel into digital data and outputs the digital data, and in a second operation mode in which an amount of power supplied to the communication control device is lower than in a first operation mode, outputs a notification signal upon receiving an electrical signal indicating an arrival of packet data; a clock controller that, in the second operation mode, initiates supplying a clock signal upon receiving the notification signal; and a second processing unit that (i) has a receiving unit that extracts packet data from the digital data and outputs the extracted packet data, and (ii) in the second operation mode, stops receiving packet data during a time that the clock signal is not supplied, and upon reception of the clock signal, starts receiving packet data using the received clock signal. | 09-30-2010 |
20110228316 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication control apparatus including: a count portion that counts the number of received data; and a discard portion that is provided at an upstream side of a control portion on a forwarding route of the received data, and discards received data according to a counted value by the count portion. | 09-22-2011 |
20110272597 | METHOD FOR GENERATING OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Measurement data of intensities of fluorescence obtained by directing excitation light onto a subject is acquired. An initial value of an absorption coefficient of the phosphor is set on the basis of a concentration distribution of the phosphor, an intensity distribution of the fluorescence on the basis of an absorption coefficient and a diffusion coefficient (reduced scattering coefficient) of the subject, which are set beforehand, are calculated, and the measurement data is compared with the calculation result. If these are found not to be matched, an absorption coefficient of the phosphor at which the error will be a minimum is estimated by performing an inverse problem calculation using a mathematical model. The calculation of the intensity distribution of the fluorescence and evaluation of the error from the obtained concentration distribution are repeated using the absorption coefficient, and a concentration distribution for which the error is the minimum is acquired. | 11-10-2011 |
20120165627 | ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - An endoscopic diagnosis system includes first and second narrowband light sources for emitting respectively first and second narrowband lights having a wavelength range different from each other, a first image sensor for receiving reflected light of the first narrowband light illuminating a subject to acquire a narrowband light image in a narrowband light observation mode, a second image sensor for receiving first autofluorescence emitted from the subject as the first narrowband light illuminates the subject to acquire a first autofluorescence image in a first autofluorescence observation mode and receiving second autofluorescence emitted from the subject as the second narrowband light illuminates the subject to acquire a second autofluorescence image in a second autofluorescence observation mode, and a light source controller for increasing emission amounts of the first and the second narrowband light in the first and the second autofluorescence observation mode. | 06-28-2012 |
20120259174 | ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - An endoscopic diagnosis system includes a light source for simultaneously emitting at least two excitation light having different central wavelengths for exciting at least two autofluorescent substances to generate autofluorescence containing first autofluorescence whose intensity is strong in a lesion and weak in a normal region and second autofluorescence whose intensity is strong in a normal region and weak in a lesion, color filters having spectral transmission characteristics that block the excitation light and transmit the autofluorescence, image sensor for imaging autofluorescence generated from first and second autofluorescent substances contained in a subject's region under observation and dispersed by color filters to acquire first and second autofluorescence images as the at least two excitation light illuminate the region under observation, and an image sensor for image-processing and displaying the first and second fluorescence images. | 10-11-2012 |
20120327440 | PROGRAM EXECUTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A program executing apparatus, includes : a nonvolatile memory that stores a program for activating an equipment and a variable used in the program and sustains the stored program and the variable even though power is not supplied, the program and the variable being able to be read out and written into the nonvolatile memory; and an executing unit that transmits the program and the variable to the nonvolatile memory when the activation of the equipment is instructed at an initial status where the program and the variable are not stored in the nonvolatile memory, and successively executes the program using the variable stored in the nonvolatile memory, and, when the activation of the equipment is re-instructed, executes the program using the variable stored in the nonvolatile memory. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331236 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus includes an operation unit, a writable and readable volatile register, a writable and readable nonvolatile memory, first and second writing units and a write-back unit. The operation unit performs an arithmetic operation and a logical operation. The writable and readable volatile register stores data used in the operations performed by the operation unit. The writable and readable nonvolatile memory stores the data in parallel with the volatile register. The data stored in the nonvolatile memory is the data stored in the volatile register. The first writing unit writes the data in the volatile register. The second writing unit writes the data in the nonvolatile memory in parallel with the first writing unit every time the data is written in the volatile register. The write-back unit writes back the data stored in the nonvolatile memory to the volatile register when a power supply is turned on. | 12-27-2012 |
20130053646 | ENDOSCOPE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The endoscope diagnostic apparatus includes a light source emitting white light and two or more kinds of excited light with different center wavelengths for emitting two or more kinds of self-fluorescence from a self-fluorescent material, an imaging unit which receives reflected light of white light to image a normal light image, and receives self-fluorescence emitted from the self-fluorescent material to image self-fluorescent images, and a light source control unit which has compensation coefficients for preventing emission intensity from being lowered depending on the volume of blood when the two or more kinds of excited light are absorbed by blood, and compensates the ratios of emission intensity of the two or more kinds of excited light using the calculated compensation coefficients so as to exclude the influence of absorption of light by blood in each of the two or more kinds of excited light. | 02-28-2013 |
20130053703 | ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - An endoscopic diagnosis system includes a light source unit for emitting green and red light, blue and green light, or white light and excitation light having different central wavelengths for causing an autofluorescent substance to emit autofluorescence, an imaging unit for receiving reflected light from the observation region to acquire a reflected light image when the observation region is illuminated with the illumination light emitted, and receiving autofluorescence that is emitted from the autofluorescent substance, absorbed by blood, and decreases according to the amount of the blood to acquire an autofluorescence image when the observation region is irradiated with the excitation light emitted, and an image correction unit for correcting the autofluorescence image based on the reflected light image. | 02-28-2013 |
20130235417 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an execution unit that executes a control program for causing a functional unit to realize a predetermined function, a memory that stores the control program, a state variable indicating a state of the functional unit, and activation history of either initial activation or second and following activation, in a nonvolatile memory, and a communication unit that causes the execution unit to communicate with the functional unit, wherein the execution unit includes a first procedure where the control program is stored in the memory and the control program is read and is executed, and a second procedure where the control program pre-stored in the memory is read and is executed, refers to the activation history when activation is performed, executes the first procedure in a case of the initial activation, and executes the second procedure in a case of the second and following activation. | 09-12-2013 |
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20090320935 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE FOR GAS - A pressure reducing valve for gas is provided in which a valve mechanism having opening in a central part a valve hole that communicates with a low pressure passage and a low pressure chamber and including a valve body that is capable of being seated on a valve seat facing a valve chamber communicating with a high pressure passage is housed within a body such that the valve body is connected to a pressure receiving member operating in response to pressure of the low pressure passage and the low pressure chamber, wherein the body ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100224806 | PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE - A pressure-reducing valve is provided in which a diaphragm rod connected to a valve body of a valve mechanism is connected to a central part of a diaphragm having its peripheral edge part clamped between a body and a diaphragm cover, wherein the diaphragm ( | 09-09-2010 |
20110272614 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE - In a pressure reducing valve, a valve mechanism including a valve body that can be seated on a valve seat is housed in a body and a valve shaft portion which is coaxially connected to the valve body is linked to a central part of a diaphragm. A diaphragm rod ( | 11-10-2011 |
20110277854 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE - In a pressure reducing valve, a valve body is slidably fitted in a valve housing with an annular seal member disposed member disposed between the valve body and the valve housing; a black pressure chamber is formed within the valve housing with an end part, on a side opposite to a valve seat, of the valve body facing the back pressure chamber; and a pressure-receiving member that operates in response to fluid pressure on the downstream side of the valve seat is linked to the valve body. The valve housing is provided with a guide hole ( | 11-17-2011 |
20120012200 | DECOMPRESSION VALVE - In a decompression valve, a valve mechanism housed in a body has a valve body that can be seated on a valve seat facing a valve chamber into which high pressure fluid is introduced, and a valve shaft that has one end linked to a pressure receiving member operable in association with pressure of a decompression chamber communicating with a valve hole surrounded by the valve seat and that extends through the valve hole while having the other end facing a back pressure chamber communicating with the decompression chamber, and the valve body is fitted around the outer periphery of the valve shaft. The valve body ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120175545 | VALVE STEM CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE AND METHOD THEREFOR - In a valve stem connection structure of a pressure reducing valve, an insertion recess portion ( | 07-12-2012 |
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20100216312 | RESIST REMOVING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RESIST REMOVING APPARATUS - This invention provides a resist removing apparatus for removing a resist comprising a deteriorated layer and an undeteriorated layer from a substrate. The apparatus carries out the step of bringing radicals, reduced by subjecting any one of or a mixture of two or more of nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and steam to plasma treatment under a low pressure, into contact with the substrate to remove the resist, and the step of bringing ozone water into contact with the substrate to remove the resist. In the step of removing the resist by radicals, a large part of the undeteriorated layer is allowed to remain by regulating the radical contact time depending upon conditions for the formation of the deteriorated layer on the resist surface. Alternatively, a large part of the undeteriorated layer may be allowed to remain by conducting process control according to the results of analysis of a reactant gas discharged during the removal of the resist. | 08-26-2010 |
20120304809 | BALANCER - [Problem to be Solved] | 12-06-2012 |
20130298945 | Washing Treatment Apparatus And Wash Treatment Method - A washing treatment apparatus and a washing treatment method are provided. A washing treatment apparatus washes in a washing container an object to be washed including a tubular portion, and a main body portion to which one end portion of the tubular portion is connected. The washing treatment apparatus includes a washing solution supply unit which pressurizes and supplies a washing solution to the washing container, a penetration hole portion which is provided on the washing container and includes a penetration hole into which the tubular portion can be inserted, an outlet hole portion which is provided on the washing container and includes an outlet hole through which the washing solution supplied into the washing container flows out to adjust pressure of the washing solution in the washing container to predetermined pressure. | 11-14-2013 |
20130331598 | 2-CYANOACRYLATE-PURIFYING METHOD - Provided is a 2-cyanoacrylate-purifying method for decoloring a 2-cyanoacrylate which has been colored, and preventing further coloring of the 2-cyanoacrylate thus decolored. The 2-cyanoacrylate-purifying method includes the steps of: (a) adding a specific polyhydric aromatic compound to the 2-cyanoacrylate which has been colored; and (b) storing, at a temperature in a range of 0° C. to 40° C. for 0.5 day or more, the resulting mixture obtained in the step (a), and then subjecting the mixture to reduced pressure distillation. | 12-12-2013 |
20140324764 | CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSTORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method of the present disclosure is a control method of an information processing apparatus which includes a storage unit that stores predetermined resource information related to a resource required for a living activity of a user, the method including: an acquiring step of acquiring device information; an estimating step of estimating a living activity of the user; a competition extracting step of extracting a living activity group including living activities for which the resources are likely to compete among the living activities, based on the resource information; a resource judging step of judging whether a required resource has been secured for each of the living activities, based on the device information and the resource information; and an inhibition extracting step of extracting, as an inhibited living activity, a living activity for which it has been judged that the required resource has not been secured. | 10-30-2014 |
20150134369 | METHOD FOR SPECIFYING BEHAVIOR TENDENCY AND SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING BEHAVIOR TENDENCY - There are included: a step for receiving, through communication, pieces of operation information each including (a) operating state information of a device and (b) user information for identifying a user, in association with each other; a step storing the pieces of the operation information received in the receiving into a first storage unit; a step for reading, from a second storage unit, behavior tendency information including, in association with each other, (c) operating state information of at least one device and (d) a predetermined user behavior tendency of the user; and a step for specifying the predetermined user behavior tendency which corresponds to the operating state information of at least one device, by searching the pieces of the operation information for the operating state information of at least one device which is included in the behavior tendency information. | 05-14-2015 |
20150161514 | USER MANAGEMENT METHOD, SERVER DEVICE, AND USER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A user management method according to the present disclosure includes: storing appliance use information including: appliance identification information for identifying an appliance; user information for identifying a user of the appliance; and an operating state of the appliance when the appliance was used; analyzing the appliance use information stored in the storing to identify, from among a plurality of functions of the appliance, one or more first functions each having a use frequency less than or equal to a threshold value; and providing the user with a notice which prompts use of the one or more first functions identified in the analyzing. | 06-11-2015 |
20150222476 | SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, MAINTENANCE SERVICE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a server device capable of increasing the availability of a device by urging a user who uses the device to perform actions related to maintenance service. In this server device, an information transceiver receives operation information about a device. A remaining life determination unit determines the remaining life of the device or a component of the device based on the operation information. When the determined remaining life reaches a predetermined remaining life or becomes shorter than the predetermined remaining life, a transmission destination setting unit sets a device that is possessed by a person having a predetermined relationship with the user of the device as a transmission destination for the transmission of maintenance service information based on relationship information indicating the relationship between the user of the device and another person who is not the user. The information transceiver transmits the maintenance service information to the transmission destination. | 08-06-2015 |
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20090001832 | COMMUTATOR, DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMMUTATOR - A commutator having a plurality of segments, a short-circuit member assembly, a holding portion, and a plurality of spacing members is disclosed. The short-circuit member assembly includes a plurality of short-circuit pieces. Each short-circuit piece has an outer terminal, an inner terminal arranged radially inward from the outer terminal and circumferentially offset from the outer terminal at a predetermined offset angle, and a connecting portion connecting the inner terminal to the outer terminal. The holding portion covers the segments and at least a portion of the short-circuit member assembly to hold the segments and the short-circuit member assembly. The spacing members each have an insulated support portion and a plurality of insulated spacing projections formed integrally with the support portion. Each support portion extends in a radial direction of the short-circuit member assembly. The spacing projections are arranged in the direction in which the corresponding support members extend in such a manner that the spacing projections are each provided between the corresponding circumferentially adjacent pair of the connecting portions. | 01-01-2009 |
20090152057 | BRAKE DEVICE AND MOTOR WITH SPEED REDUCING MECHANISM - A brake device arranged between a drive shaft and a driven shaft arranged coaxially with the drive shaft is disclosed. The brake device includes a first rotor, a second rotor, an engagement member, a braking mechanism, and a cam mechanism. The braking mechanism includes a movable friction member rotatable integrally with the second rotor, a fixed friction portion, and an urging member that urges the movable friction member toward the fixed friction portion. When rotational force is provided from the drive shaft to the first rotor, the cam mechanism permits transmission of rotation of the drive shaft to the driven shaft. When the rotational force is provided from the driven shaft to the second rotor, the cam mechanism restricts rotation of the driven shaft. The cam mechanism is provided independently from the engagement member. | 06-18-2009 |
20090153090 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - A motor controller that outputs a drive signal to a direct-current motor to drive the motor is provided. The motor controller includes a drive circuit that generates the drive signal. The drive circuit superimposes on a direct-current voltage an alternating-current component having a frequency in the audible frequency range of the human ear, thereby generating the drive signal. | 06-18-2009 |
20090188168 | DOOR NOISE SUPPRESSING STRUCTURE IN OPEN/CLOSE BODY DRIVE APPARATUS - A drive apparatus for opening and closing a window glass provided in a door having an inner panel is disclosed. The drive apparatus includes a motor provided in the door and a regulator that receives drive force from the motor and selectively open and close the window glass. The door noise includes motor operating noise and vibration transmission noise that is generated when vibration of the motor is transmitted to the inner panel via the regulator. The motor is configured such that a first-order frequency component in vibration of the motor is greater than any other nth component (n is an integer greater than or equal to two), so that the first-order frequency component in the door noise is greater than any other nth frequency component (n is an integer greater than or equal to two). | 07-30-2009 |
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20140120342 | BUILDING BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A building board includes a base material, an insulating coating film for covering a surface of the base material, and a transparent clear coating film for covering the insulating coating film. The insulating coating film contains a coating film forming material, organic hollow particles, and a water-soluble solvent. The method for producing the building board includes a step of forming an insulating coating film in which an insulating paint is applied to a surface of the base material and then dried to form the insulating coating film, and a step of forming a clear coating film in which a clear paint is applied to a surface of the insulating coating film and then dried to form the clear coating film. The insulating paint contains a coating film forming material, organic hollow particles, and a water-soluble solvent. | 05-01-2014 |
20140287220 | BUILDING BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUILDING BOARD - A building board includes an inorganic board having a surface covered by an insulating coating film containing a coating film forming material and organic hollow particles, wherein the organic hollow particles have an average particle size in the range of 5 to 50 μm and an average hollow ratio of 80% or more, and the insulating coating film contains 0 01 to 5.0 parts by mass of the organic hollow particles per 100 parts by mass of solid content thereof, and has an average thickness of 5 to 500 μm. The method for producing a building board includes: applying, onto a surface of an inorganic board, an insulating coating material containing a coating film forming material and organic hollow particles; and drying the insulating coating material to form an insulating coating film. | 09-25-2014 |
20150247321 | BUILDING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A building material having a caulking on a shiplap portion. The caulking is covered with a caulking-coating film. The building material demonstrates superior cuttability and adhesion with the shiplap portion and demonstrates almost free of staining caused by bleeding of the oil and the like. The caulking preferably contains either a styrene-based block copolymer resin, or a mixture of an olefin-based resin and an adhesive resin. A method for producing the building material includes a step of heating a caulking material to a temperature equal to or higher than a softening point of the caulking material, a step of forming a bead-like caulking by applying the heated caulking material onto a shiplap portion formed in a base material, and a step of coating the caulking with a caulking-coating material. | 09-03-2015 |
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20150045667 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the ultrasonic wave transmitter/receiver transmits and receives an ultrasonic beam to a subject to generate reception data using ultrasonic wave transmission/reception elements arranged in one direction; the delay correction unit corrects a delay time of the reception data to align a phase of the reception data; the reception aperture range determination unit determines a reception aperture range of reception data, which is used when producing an ultrasound image from reception data after correction of the delay time, based on a signal value of the reception data after correction of the delay time in an arrangement direction of the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception elements; and the image producer produces an ultrasound image by performing phase matching addition of the reception data after correction of the delay time corresponding the reception aperture range and performing data processing. | 02-12-2015 |
20150080731 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the ultrasonic wave transmitter/receiver transmits and receives an ultrasonic beam to a subject to generate reception data; the delay correction unit corrects a delay time of the reception data to align a phase of the reception data; the reception aperture level setting unit sets two or more reception aperture levels of reception data from reception data after correction of the delay time; the image producer produces ultrasound images corresponding to the set reception aperture levels, by performing phase matching addition on the reception data after correction of the delay time; and the image quality determination unit determines image qualities of the ultrasound images corresponding to the set reception aperture levels and selects an ultrasound image having a predetermined image quality. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080732 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the ultrasonic wave transmitter/receiver transmits an ultrasonic beam to a subject, receives an ultrasonic echo that is a reflected ultrasonic beam from the subject, and outputs reception data; and the ambient sound speed calculator acquires first reception data for calculating an ambient sound speed as a sound speed in the subject, which is data of a lower frequency than second reception data for producing a brightness image of the subject, and analyses the acquired first reception data to calculate the ambient sound speed. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080733 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In this ultrasound diagnostic device and ultrasound diagnostic image data processing method, an element data determination unit compares a pre-set threshold value with the average value of the amplitude values in the element direction of the element data calculated by an average value calculation unit in the element direction, and an RF data calculation unit performs a process in which the element data of which the absolute value of the amplitude value is the maximum is adopted as the RF data without phasing addition when the average value (Aa) is greater than the threshold value. Meanwhile, when the average value (Ab) is equal to or lower than the threshold value, the RF data calculation unit performs a process in which the average values of all the amplitude values in the element direction of the element data are adopted as the RF data without phasing addition. | 03-19-2015 |
20150112198 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of outputting an appropriate ultrasound image with no distortion regardless of a sound velocity distribution in a subject. In the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, sound velocities are calculated at two or more points in a subject, and coordinate transformation of a generated ultrasound image is performed based on the calculated sound velocities. | 04-23-2015 |
20150141831 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS - An ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: a probe; a transmission unit configured to cause the probe to transmit a ultrasonic beam; a reception unit configured to receive analog element signals output by the probe; an A/D conversion unit configured to perform A/D conversion on the analog element signal to obtain first element data; and a data processing unit configured to generate second element data from a plurality of the pieces of first element data, wherein the data processing unit changes conditions of acquisition of two or more of the pieces of first element data for generating the second element data depending on a depth of a position in which the second element data is obtained. | 05-21-2015 |
20150196273 | ULTRASOUND INSPECTION DEVICE, ULTRASOUND IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides an ultrasound inspection device, an ultrasound image data generation method, and a computer-readable recording medium in which is stored a program, which determine for each of data calculation points whether or not the distance to a transmission focal point is with a predetermined range, and when the distance from the data calculation point to the transmission focal point is outside the predetermined range, superimposition of a plurality of first element data is carried out assuming an ultrasonic beam to be a convergent wave, and when the distance from the data calculation point to the transmission focal point is within the predetermined range, the superimposition of the plurality of first element data is carried out assuming an ultrasonic beam to be a planar wave to thereby generate second element data corresponding to the data calculation points. | 07-16-2015 |
20150196274 | ULTRASOUND INSPECTION APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND INSPECTION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An ultrasound inspection apparatus of the present invention includes: a probe provided with a plurality of elements; a transmitter configured to transmit the ultrasonic beam to an inspection object using the probe; a receiver configured to receive an ultrasonic echo signal from the inspection object; a sound velocity determiner configured to determine a sound velocity value inside the inspection object; and an element data processing section configured to generate a piece of second element data from at least two pieces of first element data using the sound velocity value, the piece of second element data corresponding to any of the at least two pieces of first element data, the sound velocity determiner being configured to obtain an optimum sound velocity value by optimizing the sound velocity value which is used when the piece of second element data is created in the element data processing section. | 07-16-2015 |
20150196280 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There are provided an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, an ultrasound image generating method, and a recording medium having stored therein a program capable of generating an ultrasound image with a precision close to that of multi-focus even with a moving image. In the case of a motion picture photographing mode, transmission/reception is performed with single focus, and multi-line processing is performed based on received element data. Thereafter, image processing is performed, and a moving image of an ultrasonic image is displayed or a sound velocity value is calculated. In the case of a still picture photographing mode, transmission/reception is performed with multi-focus, and phasing addition processing and the like are performed on received element data. Thereafter, image processing is performed, and a still image of an ultrasonic image is displayed or a sound velocity value is calculated. | 07-16-2015 |
20150196283 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, SOUND VELOCITY DETERMINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the method of determining the sound velocity, and the program recorded in a recording medium, a probe is made transmit an ultrasonic beam a plurality of times so as to form a predetermined transmission focus point, an analog element signal output by the probe is A/D converted into the first element data, the second element data corresponding to any one of a plurality of the first element data is generated, and the second element data is used to determine the sound velocity in an inspection object, whereby the sound velocity of the ultrasonic waves in the inspection object can be accurately determined without decreasing the frame rate. | 07-16-2015 |
20150196284 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, SOUND VELOCITY DETERMINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In the ultrasound diagnosis, a probe performs transmission of an ultrasonic beam a plurality of times so as to form predetermined transmission focus points, the analog reception data output by the probe is A/D converted to turn into a first element data, a plurality of first element data is used to generate a second element data corresponding to any one of the plurality of first element data, and a sound velocity is determined using the first element data in a case where the position for determining the sound velocity is in a vicinity of the transmission focus point and using the second element data in a case where the position is not in a vicinity of the transmission focus point. In this manner, the sound velocity of the ultrasound waves in an inspection object can be accurately determined without decreasing the frame rate. | 07-16-2015 |
20150198566 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus acquires an ultrasound image for examining an inspection object using an ultrasonic beam, and includes a sound velocity determiner configured to determine a sound velocity in the inspection object, and a sound velocity searching range setting section configured to set a range in which a sound velocity is searched by the sound velocity determiner. The sound velocity searching range setting section sets a sound velocity searching range using a sound velocity calculated in a predetermined range with respect to at least one of space and time. | 07-16-2015 |
20150201909 | ULTRASOUND INSPECTION APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An ultrasound inspection apparatus includes a region setting section setting a plurality of regions within the inspection object; a sound velocity calculator calculating a sound velocity of each of the plurality of regions; a sound velocity obtainer obtaining a preliminary sound velocity of a region of interest; and an image quality determiner determining an image quality of the region of interest based on the preliminary sound velocity. The preliminary sound velocity obtained by the sound velocity obtainer is employed as a sound velocity of the region of interest when a determination result made by the image quality determiner is positive, and the sound velocity of the region of interest is calculated by the sound velocity calculator when the determination result is negative. | 07-23-2015 |