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20090009179 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING A SEAL BETWEEN MUTIPLE CHAMBERS - An open seal check system for a multi-chamber supply container having at least one elongated seal, the system includes: (i) a base configured to support the multi chamber container; (ii) a plurality of electrodes positioned on the base so as to be at least substantially parallel with the elongated seal; and (iii) electronics connected to the electrodes, the electrodes each forming a capacitor with the multi-chamber supply container when the container is placed on the base, the electronics configured to output a single indication of a dielectric associated with each capacitor. | 01-08-2009 |
20090012459 | PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENT CONNECTION SYSTEM USING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A light applicator for a peritoneal dialysis conduit connection includes a housing having a inner surface; a plurality of ultraviolet (“UV”) light-emitting diodes (“LED's”) positioned on the inner surface of the housing; and circuitry connected to the UV-LED's such that power can be supplied to energize the UV-LED's simultaneously. | 01-08-2009 |
20120220927 | PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - Peritoneal dialysis systems are provided by the present disclosure. In a general embodiment, a peritoneal dialysis system includes a cycler, a disposable cassette operable with the cycler, a supply bag connected to the disposable cassette, a supply connector, a supply line extending from the disposable cassette, a patient connector in fluid communication with a patient's indwelling catheter, a device to connect the supply connector to the patient connector, and a housing around the device. The housing includes a plurality of ultraviolet (“UV”) light-emitting diodes (“LED's”) for directing energy towards at least one of the supply or patient connectors. The LED's are configured to deliver about 200 milliJoules in a period of about a minute. | 08-30-2012 |
20130281921 | PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - Peritoneal dialysis systems and methods are provided by the present disclosure. In a general embodiment, a peritoneal dialysis system includes a peritoneal dialysis fluid supply, a supply line in fluid communication with the peritoneal dialysis fluid supply and terminating at a supply connector, a patient connector in fluid communication with a patient's indwelling catheter, a device configured to connect the supply connector to the patient connector without a user having to physically contact the supply connector or the patient connector, and a housing placeable around the connecting device and including a plurality of ultraviolet (“UV”) light-emitting diodes (“LED's”) positioned to direct energy towards at least one of the supply connector and the patient connector. | 10-24-2013 |
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20090022400 | IMAGE EXTRACTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE EXTRACTING METHOD - Provided are a scene-transition-image extraction unit that extracts a scene transition image from a sequence of successive images using a predetermined extraction condition, a display unit that displays a near image of the scene transition image, an operation history acquiring unit that acquires image information of an image, for which a predetermined viewing operation is performed, among the near image(s) and history information of the operation, an extraction condition changing unit that changes the extraction condition using the image information and the history information of the operation acquired by the operation history acquiring unit. The scene-transition-image extraction unit re-extracts a scene transition image using the extraction condition changed by the extraction condition changing unit. | 01-22-2009 |
20090252390 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for extracting images from a continuous image sequence includes a storage unit that stores image information about images constituting the image sequence; an image reading unit that reads the image information from the storage unit; and an image change amount calculating unit that calculates a predetermined image change amount between at least two images using the image information read by the image reading unit. The apparatus also includes an image change amount information adding unit that adds information about the image change amount calculated by the image change amount calculating unit to a corresponding image; and an image extracting unit that extracts a preset number of images from the image sequence based on the information added to each image by the image change amount information adding unit. | 10-08-2009 |
20100061597 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device for processing time-series intraluminal images captured by an imaging device moving in an in-vivo lumen. The image processing device includes a structural area extracting unit that extracts a structural area from the intraluminal image; a corresponding area extracting unit that extracts a corresponding area corresponding to the structural area from the intraluminal image at a second time point different from a first time point at which the structural area is extracted; a lumen deep portion extracting unit that extracts a lumen deep portion, on which a deep portion in the lumen is captured, from the intraluminal image; and a movement amount estimating unit that estimates a movement amount of the imaging device based on positions of the structural area, the corresponding area and the lumen deep portion. | 03-11-2010 |
20100067808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE EXTRACTION - The image extracting apparatus includes the scene-change-image extracting unit that extracts a scene change image located at a position at which a scene is changed from an image sequence acquired in time series by using a predetermined extraction condition, a comparing unit that compares the scene change image with an adjacent image that is acquired at a time adjacent to the time at which the scene change image is acquired within a predetermined time-series range, and a summary image extracting unit that extracts one of the scene change image and the adjacent image corresponding to the scene change image as a summary image by using the result compared by the comparing unit. | 03-18-2010 |
20100194869 | SCENE-CHANGE DETECTING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCENE-CHANGE DETECTION PROGRAM, AND SCENE-CHANGE DETECTING METHOD - An image processing device includes a motion-vector detecting unit that detects motion vectors between an image and another image at a plurality of positions on the image, the image being at least a part of a plurality of images making up an image sequence; a pattern categorizing unit that categorizes the images into pattern groups each indicating a predetermined motion pattern, on the basis of the plurality of the motion vectors detected in the image; a group-based image-change detecting unit that detects, in each of the pattern groups, an image change between the images in the pattern group; and a group-based scene-change detecting unit that detects scene change in each of the pattern groups on the basis of the image change between the images in the pattern group. | 08-05-2010 |
20100277650 | SCENE-CHANGE DETECTION DEVICE - A scene-change detection device detects a scene change image from a continuous image sequence on the basis of an amount of change among a plurality of images. The scene-change detection device includes a feature-region extracting unit that extracts a feature region from an image in the image sequence; and a detecting unit that sets a condition of image-to-image change detection on the basis of a feature amount of the feature region extracted, calculates an image-to-image change amount, and detects a change among a plurality of images. | 11-04-2010 |
20140376792 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image summarization device includes a first image summarization section that performs a first image summarization process based on a similarity between a plurality of images to acquire a first summary image sequence, a second image summarization section that performs a second image summarization process based on a target object/scene recognition process on each image among the plurality of images to acquire a second summary image sequence, and an integration processing section that performs an integration process on the first summary image sequence and the second summary image sequence, or performs an integration process on the first image summarization process and the second image summarization process to acquire an output summary image sequence. | 12-25-2014 |
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20140037160 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes a process flow building unit, a process flow execution unit, a display unit, a selection unit, a process flow evaluation unit, and a storage unit including a process flow database. In addition, an image processing apparatus includes an image processing parameter adjusting unit, a process flow execution unit, a display unit, a selection unit, a parameter evaluation unit, and a storage unit including a parameter database. | 02-06-2014 |
20140153833 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a technology for extracting a target area from within an image by a combination of a plurality of image processes, enabling an automatic setting of an image process procedure without an operator inputting the image process procedure. Thus, according to the present invention, the content of an image process to be carried out in the next and subsequent rounds is automatically determined based on a history of results of image processes that have been applied to a process object image up to the immediately preceding round. | 06-05-2014 |
20150049935 | REGION EXTRACTION SYSTEM - Provided is a region extraction system that uses an image data analysis process, which has overcome the problem of false positives in region extraction and assists in more accurate region extraction. A luminance distribution-analyzing unit ( | 02-19-2015 |
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20100259135 | SUBMERSIBLE ELECTRIC MOTOR ASSEMBLY - According to an embodiment, a submersible electric motor assembly has: a casing; an electric motor that is accommodated in the casing; and an electric insulating substance that is filled between the electric motor and the casing and has a thermal conductivity higher than that of air. The electric motor includes: a stator, a rotor that is rotated by an interaction with a magnetic field of the stator, a coil that magnetizes the stator and/or the rotor, and a shaft that is rotated by rotation of the rotor. | 10-14-2010 |
20110024402 | LASER WELDING APPRATUS AND LASER WELDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a laser welding apparatus has a laser irradiation head that is arranged in an outer frame and is divided inside into a light source side and an irradiation side by a partitioning member. The apparatus also has a gas jet nozzle that is formed so as to irradiate a portion to be welded with the laser light and jet the inert gas to the portion to be welded; and a welding wire feed pipe that sequentially feeds a welding wire. The apparatus also has a welding wire contact mechanism that includes a measuring means for measuring a distance between the extremity of the irradiation side and the extremity of the welding wire, and is formed so that the extremity of the welding wire is brought into contact with and pressed against the portion to be welded by an elastic member. | 02-03-2011 |
20120243649 | IN-REACTOR WORK SYSTEM AND IN-REACTOR WORK METHOD - According to an embodiment, an in-reactor operation system which is provided with a crack detection vehicle that moves in a circumferential direction along an outer surface of a shroud disposed in a reactor pressure vessel with the axis vertical, an inspection/check sensor that is mounted on the crack detection vehicle and performs an operation with respect to the shroud, a vehicle positioning mast for setting an initial position of the crack detection vehicle on the shroud, a vehicle fixation mechanism for attaching and detaching the crack detection vehicle to and from the vehicle positioning mast, and a conveyance vehicle for conveying the vehicle positioning mast on which the crack detection vehicle is mounted into the reactor pressure vessel. | 09-27-2012 |
20120269311 | IN-REACTOR PIPING WORK DEVICE AND IN-REACTOR PIPING WORK METHOD - According to an embodiment, a horizontally moving stage is mounted on a cylindrical structure within a reactor pressure vessel, travels horizontally along the surface of the cylindrical structure by wheels, and is positioned above an in-reactor pipe by the operation of the horizontally moving stage. A hollow mast is carried by the horizontally moving stage, and is expandable and contractible in a vertical attitude. When the mast is in the vertical attitude, a probe is movable within the mast and performs work in the proximity to the inner surface of the in-reactor pipe. A cable passes through the mast to be connected to the probe. | 10-25-2012 |
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20090016758 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes data conversion, charging, exposure, developer supply, image density calculation, determination and voltage change mechanisms. The data conversion mechanism converts image data into printing data. The charging mechanism charges an image carrier. The exposure mechanism forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier based on the printing data. The developer supply mechanism supplies a developer to the image carrier having the electrostatic latent image with an electrostatic force. The image density calculation mechanism calculates an image density of an image having a predetermined number of lines in the printing data. The determination mechanism determines whether a voltage to be applied to the developer supply mechanism is changed based on a calculation result by the image density calculation mechanism. The voltage change mechanism changes the voltage to be applied to the developer supply mechanism based on a determination result by the determination mechanism. | 01-15-2009 |
20090297192 | Developing device, image forming apparatus and method of forming image - An image forming apparatus includes an image supporting member for supporting a static latent image; and a developer supporting member for developing the static latent image formed on the image supporting member using developer. It is configured to supply developer to the developer supporting member so that a ratio of a maximum amount of the developer on the image supporting member per unit area with respect to an amount of the developer on the developer supporting member per unit area does not exceed 0.60. | 12-03-2009 |
20120020703 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A developer container includes: an outer case; an ejection opening that is rectangular and formed on the outer case and extends longitudinally along an axial direction of the outer case, and from which a developer is ejected by a weight of the developer. A toner ejection index that is calculated from S/μdM is equal to or more than 0.79, where μ is a degree of agglomeration of the developer, d is a compact density, M is a fill amount of the developer and S is the area of the ejection opening. | 01-26-2012 |
20120063817 | DEVELOPMENT UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A development unit including: a developer carrier configured to carry a developer, and capable of supplying the carried developer to an electrostatic latent image; and a developer supplying member configured to supply the developer to the developer carrier and having a surface thereof made of a foamed body. Relationships expressed by v03-15-2012 | |
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20110222185 | Magnetic Recording Apparatus Provided with Microwave-Assisted Head - A magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic recording layer, a thin-film magnetic head with a microwave-band magnetic drive function, the head having a write field generation means that generates a write field to the magnetic recording medium in response to a write signal, and a microwave generator that is provided independent of the write field generation means and generates an alternating magnetic field in plane having a microwave-band frequency when microwave-excitation current is fed, an excitation current generation means that generates the microwave-excitation current by amplitude-modulating microwave carrier current with a modulating signal having a fixed period, and a write signal supply means that generates the write signal and applies it to the write field generation means of the thin-film magnetic head. | 09-15-2011 |
20110248710 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC FIELD OF MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HEAD - A measuring circuit system in a magnetic field measuring apparatus of the invention has an amplifier and a band-pass filter connected in sequence on an output terminal side of the TMR element, the band-pass filter is a narrow-range band-pass filter such that a peak pass frequency of the filter that is a center is a basic frequency selected from a range of 10 to 40 GHz and a band width centered around the basic frequency is a narrow range of ±0.5 to ±4 GHz; and with the measuring circuit system, an SIN ratio (SNR) of 3 dB or greater is obtained, the SNR being defined by a ratio of an amplitude S of a high-frequency generated signal induced by the TMR element to a total noise N that is a sum of a head noise generated by the TMR element and a circuit noise generated by the amplifier. With such a configuration, an in-plane high-frequency magnetic field generated by a microwave-assisted magnetic head is reliably and precisely measured. | 10-13-2011 |
20130279309 | MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE - A magnetic recording system including follows: a recording head, a recording medium that includes a first recording medium layer, a second recording medium layer, and a substrate. The magnetic recording system includes an electric field applying device applying an electric field and a magnetic field applying device applying a magnetic field to the recording medium, a movement mechanism that moves them to an arbitrary position. The magnetic recording system has a function of controlling an applying direction of at least one of the electric field applying device and the magnetic field applying device, and the recording head is arranged at a position facing the recording medium. | 10-24-2013 |
20130301162 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC FIELD OF MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HEAD - A measuring circuit system in a magnetic field measuring apparatus of the invention has an amplifier and a band-pass filter connected in sequence on an output terminal side of the TMR element, the band-pass filter is a narrow-range band-pass filter such that a peak pass frequency of the filter that is a center is a basic frequency selected from a range of 10 to 40 GHz and a band width centered around the basic frequency is a narrow range of ±0.5 to ±4 GHz; and with the measuring circuit system, an S/N ratio (SNR) of 3 dB or greater is obtained, the SNR being defined by a ratio of an amplitude S of a high-frequency generated signal induced by the TMR element to a total noise N that is a sum of a head noise generated by the TMR element and a circuit noise generated by the amplifier. With such a configuration, an in-plane high-frequency magnetic field generated by a microwave-assisted magnetic head is reliably and precisely measured. | 11-14-2013 |
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20130065054 | Process for Producing Poly(Arylene Sulfide), and Poly(Arylene Sulfide) - Disclosed is a process for producing poly(arylene sulfide) which includes: a polymerization step of polymerizing a dihalogenated aromatic compound and at least one sulfur source selected from the group consisting of alkali metal sulfides and alkali metal hydrogen sulfides in an organic amide solvent, preferably in the presence of a phase separating agent; a separation step of separating a polymer from a reaction liquid containing a produced polymer after the polymerization step; a washing step of washing the polymer with a washing liquid that consists of water and/or an organic solvent; and a separated liquid treatment step of bringing both a separated liquid that has been recovered after the separation of the polymer in the separation step and a separated liquid containing a wash waste liquid that has been recovered after the separation of the polymer in the washing step into contact with an alkaline compound. Also disclosed is poly(arylene sulfide). | 03-14-2013 |
20130068256 | Longitudinal Solid-Liquid Countercurrent Contact Method, Method of Washing Solid Particles, Method of Manufacturing Poly(Arylene Sulfide) and Apparatus - A longitudinal solid-liquid countercurrent contact method and apparatus are provided in which an aqueous slurry containing solid particles is supplied from an upper part and is caused to pass through a plurality of contact-processing chambers connected in a vertical direction while being caused to proceed downward, a contacting liquid is supplied from a lower part and is caused to pass through the plurality of contact-processing chambers connected in the vertical direction while being caused to proceed upward, and the aqueous slurry and the contacting liquid are caused to be continuously subjected to countercurrent contact, wherein the viscosity of a liquid phase in at least one of the contact-processing chambers is controlled, and especially the viscosity η | 03-21-2013 |
20130116401 | Production Process of Poly(Arylene Sulfide) and Production Apparatus Thereof - A production process of a poly(arylene sulfide) (PAS), including a polymerization step of forming a PAS from a sulfur source that is an alkali metal (hydro)sulfides and a dihalo-aromatic compound in an organic amide solvent; a separation step of PAS particles; a countercurrent washing step that is a step of washing the PAS particles with water and/or an organic solvent, wherein a downward current of a PAS particle-containing aqueous slurry is continuously brought into countercurrent contact with an upward current of a washing liquid; a PAS particle re-separation step of capturing a washing waste liquid by a PAS particle re-separating unit, in which a micro-slit filter has been installed, and then re-separating the PAS particles from the micro-slit filter, preferably using a backwashing unit, to discharge them; and a collecting step of the PAS particles discharged, and a production apparatus of a poly(arylene sulfide). | 05-09-2013 |
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20090267478 | EXTERNAL ELECTRODE FLUORESCENT LAMP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - An external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a glass tube made of soft glass, and external electrodes affixed to outer surfaces of both ends of the glass tube. The fluorescent lamp further includes a joining material applied between at least the glass tube and the external electrodes for affixing the external electrodes, which are made up of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient that is larger than that of the glass tube. According to the manufacturing method of the fluorescent lamp, first, the external electrodes are attached to the outer surface of each end of the glass tube, the external electrodes are then immersed in fused solder, and finally, the glass tube is cooled to room temperature. In this manner, the external electrodes are affixed to the outer surface of the glass tube via soldering. | 10-29-2009 |
20110171872 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN EXTERNAL ELECTRODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - An external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a glass tube made of soft glass, and external electrodes affixed to outer surfaces of both ends of the glass tube. The fluorescent lamp further includes a joining material applied between at least the glass tube and the external electrodes for affixing the external electrodes, which are made up of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient that is larger than that of the glass tube. According to the manufacturing method of the fluorescent lamp, first, the external electrodes are attached to the outer surface of each end of the glass tube, the external electrodes are then immersed in fused solder, and finally, the glass tube is cooled to room temperature. In this manner, the external electrodes are affixed to the outer surface of the glass tube via soldering. | 07-14-2011 |
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20140141596 | WAFER PROCESSING METHOD - A wafer processing method divides a wafer into individual devices along crossing streets formed on the front side of the wafer. The wafer has a substrate and a functional layer formed on the front side of the substrate. The individual devices are formed from the functional layer and are partitioned by the streets. A laser beam is applied along the streets from the front side of the functional layer to thereby remove the functional layer along the streets. A resist film is formed on the front side of the functional layer except on each street. The substrate of the wafer is plasma-etched along each street where the functional layer is absent to the depth corresponding to the finished thickness of each device, thereby forming a division groove along each street and also etching off a modified layer formed on the opposite sides of each street. | 05-22-2014 |
20140209240 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vacuum processing apparatus for processing a workpiece under vacuum. The vacuum processing apparatus includes a housing having a first vacuum chamber for processing the workpiece and a second vacuum chamber partitioned from the first vacuum chamber by a partition wall and communicating with the first vacuum chamber through a communication opening formed in the partition wall, a shutter for closing the communication opening of the partition wall, a gate for closing a workpiece load/unload opening communicating with the second vacuum chamber, a workpiece holding unit provided in the first vacuum chamber for holding the workpiece, a processing unit for processing the workpiece held by the workpiece holding unit, a first evacuating unit for evacuating the first vacuum chamber, and a second evacuating unit for evacuating the second vacuum chamber. | 07-31-2014 |
20150044857 | DIVIDING METHOD FOR WAFER - A dividing method for a wafer includes a step of irradiating a laser beam along streets to form modified regions in an inside of a wafer, a step of dividing the wafer into individual chips beginning with starting points given by the modified regions, a step of placing a processing chamber in which the wafer is charged to a vacuum state and fill the processing chamber with inert gas, and a step of introducing etching gas into the processing chamber filled with the inert gas to etch side faces of the chips. | 02-12-2015 |
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20110163876 | Millimeter Wave Imaging Apparatus - A millimeter wave imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device having a plurality of millimeter wave sensors that are arranged in a planar manner and receive millimeter waves radiated from a subject to detect signal levels thereof; an image data generation device that generates image data of the subject based on an output from each of the millimeter wave sensors constituting the imaging device; and a case that has a placement surface on which the subject can be placed and which permits transmission of the millimeter waves. The imaging device is arranged below the placement surface of the case, so that the millimeter waves, which are radiated from a bottom part of the subject placed on the placement surface of the case, are received by the plurality of millimeter wave sensors. | 07-07-2011 |
20110234783 | MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING APPARATUS - A millimeter wave imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device provided with a millimeter wave sensor that receives millimeter waves radiated from a subject; an image data generation device that generates image data of the subject based on an output from the millimeter wave sensor constituting the imaging device; a storage device that stores inspection target object data indicating, with respect to each object to be an inspection target object, a shape of the object and a size of the object relative to the subject; a detection device that compares the inspection target object data stored by the storage device and the image data generated by the image data generation device, thereby to detect an inspection target object hidden in the subject; and an output device that outputs results of detection by the detection device. | 09-29-2011 |
20110260905 | Millimeter Wave Imaging Apparatus - A millimeter wave imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device including a plurality of millimeter wave sensors that are arranged in a planar manner and receive millimeter waves radiated from a subject to detect signal levels thereof; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the imaging device; a storage device that stores, with respect to the each of the millimeter wave sensors, temperature characteristics data indicating a relationship between the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the output from the millimeter wave sensor; and an image data generation device that obtains a deviation of an output from the each of the millimeter wave sensors from reference temperature characteristics based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the temperature characteristics data stored by the storage device, corrects the output from the each of the millimeter wave sensors based on the deviation, and thereby generates the image data. | 10-27-2011 |
20120075479 | Millimeter Wave Imaging Apparatus and Program - There is provided a millimeter wave imaging apparatus including: a lens antenna forming a subject image based on the millimeter waves from a subject; a line sensor including a plurality of millimeter wave sensors and capturing an image for one line of a predetermined width of the whole subject; a reflector having a reflecting surface reflecting millimeter waves; a reflection angle change device changing an angle of the reflecting surface; an image generation device generating an image of the whole subject from the respective subject images for one line; a millimeter wave radiation unit radiating a reference millimeter wave; a correction value setting device setting correction values with respect to the detected values by the millimeter wave sensors based on the millimeter wave from the millimeter wave radiation unit; and a detected value correction device correcting the detected values by the millimeter wave sensors with the correction values. | 03-29-2012 |
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20120011330 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided is a memory management apparatus including a determiner configured to determine whether or not a pattern of writing data being data to be a target of an instruction of writing in a memory is a frequently-appearing pattern, and a setting unit configured to set a shared reference with respect to the writing data having the frequently-appearing pattern in a case where it is determined by the determiner that the pattern of the writing data is the frequently-appearing pattern and data of the frequently-appearing pattern has already been held in the memory. | 01-12-2012 |
20120260058 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A memory manager secures memory areas according to requests from programs and sets ranks designated by the programs to the secured memory areas. The memory manager selects a memory area released on the basis of the rank of each memory area, from the secured memory areas, when an available capacity of a main storage device is insufficient. The memory manager releases the selected memory area and secures a new memory area. The present disclosure can be applied to an embedded apparatus. | 10-11-2012 |
20120265953 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - When a page on a random access memory (RAM) having a value matching a page on a read only memory (ROM) is detected, a memory management section of a memory manager updates a conversion table so that the page on the ROM having the matching value is referred to, and discards the detected page on the RAM. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a built-in device. | 10-18-2012 |
20140149984 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to generate an instruction for running an application, and reserve a computer resource for running each of virtual machines corresponding to applications which are running instruction targets, in response to the generation of the running instruction. | 05-29-2014 |