Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120313737 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A disclosed electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact provided in a movable contact spring, an electric magnet causing the movable contact to contact the fixed contact by applying force via an arming unit, a magnet generating a magnetic field between the fixed contact and the movable contact, and yokes made of a magnetic material, wherein the yokes are arranged in parallel to interpose the fixed contact and the movable contact between the yokes and to apply the magnetic field generated by the magnet to an area where the fixed contact and the movable contact exist, and insulating portions are provided on inner surfaces of the yokes facing the fixed contact and the movable contact, respectively. | 12-13-2012 |
20130037401 | SWITCH DEVICE AND CONNECTOR - A switch device includes first and second contacting portions including first and second fixed contacting portions and first and second movable contacting portions, respectively, the first fixed contacting portion and the second fixed contacting portion being configured to be electrically connected to one of a power source and an electronic device while the first movable contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion are configured to be electrically connected to the other of the power source and the electronic device; a first electric arc runner provided near at least one of the first fixed contacting portion and the first movable contacting portion; and a second electric arc runner provided near at least one of the second fixed contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037517 | SWITCH DEVICE AND CONNECTOR - A switch device includes first and second contacting portions including first and second fixed contacting portions, first and second movable contacting portions and first and second break contacting portions, respectively, the first fixed contacting portion and the second fixed contacting portion being configured to be electrically connected to one of a power source and an electronic device while the first movable contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion are configured to be electrically connected to the other of the power source and the electronic device; and a first magnet and a second magnet configured to generate magnetic fields between the first fixed contacting portion and the first movable contacting portion and between the second fixed contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion, respectively. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037518 | SWITCH DEVICE AND CONNECTOR - A switch device includes first and second contacting portions including first and second fixed contacting portions and first and second movable contacting portions configured to contact the first and second fixed contacting portions, respectively and provided to be adjacent from each other; and a magnet unit provided such that a first pole is positioned to face the first contacting portion and a second pole is positioned to face the second contacting portion to generate magnetic fields between the first fixed contacting portion and the first movable contacting portion and between the second fixed contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion, respectively. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037519 | SWITCH DEVICE AND CONNECTOR - A switch device includes first and second contacting portions including first and fixed contacting portions and first and second movable contacting portions, respectively, the first fixed contacting portion and the second fixed contacting portion being configured to be electrically connected to one of a power source and an electronic device while the first movable contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion are configured to be electrically connected to the other of the power source and the electronic device; and first and second electric arc voltage suppression units configured to be electrically connected to the first and second fixed contacting portions and the first and second movable contacting portions for suppressing generation of electric arcs there between, respectively. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040502 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a first connector and a second connector configured to engage with the first connector to establish electrical connection, wherein the first connector includes a first contact terminal, and the second connector includes: a second contact terminal configured to come in contact with the first contact terminal; a switch part connected to the second contact terminal and including a fixed part and a movable part; and a movable member capable of pushing the movable part toward the fixed part, wherein the movable member is pushed by the first connector when the first connector engages with the second connector, and the movable member pushes the movable part toward the fixed part to bring the movable part in contact with the fixed part. | 02-14-2013 |
20130231007 | CONNECTOR AND SWITCH - There is provided a connector including a connection terminal to be connected to another connection terminal of another connector; a fixed contact; a movable contact provided on one button end portion of a movable plate; a card made of an insulating material and being in contact with the movable plate; a button in contact with the card; a swing spring connected to the button; and a slide operating portion for controlling a contact between the fixed contact and the movable contact, wherein one of the fixed contact and the movable contact is connected to the connection terminal, the button is pushed down by moving the slide operating portion in one direction to thereby move the movable plate via the card, the connector is in a turn-on state when the fixed contact is in contact with the movable contact, the swing spring generates restoring force in a direction of separating a contact between the fixed contact and the movable contact, and the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact so as to be in a turn-off state the connector by moving the slide operating portion in another direction opposite to the one direction. | 09-05-2013 |
20130278362 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay includes: a yoke capable of changing a magnetic pole thereof by an electromagnet; an armature that is magnetized by a permanent magnet and contacts with or separates from the yoke in accordance with the magnetic pole of the yoke; a movable contact that contacts with a fixing contact; an elastic body that biases the movable contact; and a pressing member that presses the elastic body in accordance with a movement of the armature to cause the movable contact to at least contact with or separate from the fixing contact, wherein a cover fixing the permanent magnet and the armature, and the pressing member are integrally formed. | 10-24-2013 |
20130285774 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay includes: a main body including: a first cover; an electromagnet having a first terminal extending toward the outside from a bottom surface of the first cover; and a contact portion that opens and closes according to a magnetic attractive force of the electromagnet, and has a second terminal extending toward the outside from the bottom surface of the first cover; a cable line drawn out to the outside of the electromagnetic relay; and a printed circuit board that fixes the cable line to at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal by dip soldering, and electrically connects the cable line to the at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal. | 10-31-2013 |
20140158511 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device includes a first contacting portion including a first fixed contact, a first movable contact contactable to the first fixed contact, and a first break contact, the first movable contact being configured to selectively contact one of the first fixed contact and the first break contact; a second contacting portion including a second fixed contact, a second movable contact contactable to the second fixed contact, and a second break contact, the second movable contact being configured to selectively contact one of the second fixed contact and the second break contact; and a mechanical switch that mechanically moves the first movable contact and the second movable contact toward the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact, and toward the first break contact and the second break contact, respectively. | 06-12-2014 |
20140273637 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR BAR - A connector includes a connecting terminal, a fixed contact, a movable plate, a movable contact provided at an end of the movable plate, a card that includes an insulator and contacts the movable plate, a button that contacts the card, an opening spring connected to the button, and a sliding operation part that controls a contact between the fixed contact and the movable contact. When the sliding operation part is moved in a first direction, the movable contact is brought into contact with the fixed contact and the connector is turned on. When the sliding operation part is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the movable contact is caused to move away from the fixed contact and the connector is turned off. The sliding operation part is provided on a surface that is different from a surface on which the connecting terminal is provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20160071663 | CONNECTOR AND SWITCH - A connector includes a fixed contact, a movable contact that contacts with the fixed contact, a slide, a contact slide operated in association with a movement of the slide, a button that is pushed in accordance with the movement of the slide, the button including a lower portion, an upper portion, and a slant portion connecting the lower portion to an upper stage, and a card that moves the movable contact toward and away from the fixed contact in accordance with the movement of the button, wherein the contact slide contacts with the lower portion when the switch is in a turn-off state, contacts with the slant portion so as to push the button and cause the card to move the movable contact toward the fixed contact when the slide slides in one direction, and contacts with the upper portion when the switch is in a turn-on state. | 03-10-2016 |
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20080250452 | Content-Related Information Acquisition Device, Content-Related Information Acquisition Method, and Content-Related Information Acquisition Program - Information relating to content such as a broadcast program is collected from a wide range of sources. Upon input of content-identifying information, which is information specifying content, a content-affiliated information acquisition unit ( | 10-09-2008 |
20090263023 | Video special effect detection device, video special effect detection method, video special effect detection program, and video replay device - An image boundary line candidate pixel detection section detects image boundary line candidate pixels as candidates for pixels specifying an image boundary line from each frame of video and outputs, for each frame, image boundary line candidate pixel information as information indentifying the image boundary line candidate pixels. A line extraction section extracts for each frame as the image boundary line a line specified by the image boundary line candidate pixels indicated by the image boundary line candidate pixel information and output image boundary line description information as information describing the image boundary line for each frame. An image boundary line having frame-set period detection section judges whether or not a frame has the image boundary line for each frame by using the image boundary line description information of respective frames and detects a frame-set period including successive frames having the image boundary line as a frame-set period including special effect. | 10-22-2009 |
20100169248 | CONTENT DIVISION POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, CONTENT VIEWING CONTROL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A content division position determination device | 07-01-2010 |
20110051810 | VIDEO DESCRIPTOR GENERATION DEVICE - The video descriptor generation device includes an each-picture feature extraction unit which extracts a feature from a video for each picture which is a frame or a field, and outputs an each-picture feature; an inter-picture feature difference calculation unit which calculates an inter-picture feature difference, which is a difference between features of pictures, from the each-picture features as a difference feature, and calculates a difference feature information amount indicating an amount of information of the difference feature; an additional feature extraction unit which calculates a feature to be added as an additional feature from the video; and a feature combining unit which, if the volume of the difference feature information amount is smaller than a certain criterion, constitutes a video descriptor by incorporating the additional feature in addition to the difference feature. | 03-03-2011 |
20110099177 | DATA RETRIEVAL DEVICE - The data retrieval device includes a first skip correspondence table which corresponds to each piece of data in a retrieval target data series, and, for each possible similarity range which is taken by a similarity between corresponding data and retrieval data, records skip destination data information for specifying the data which appears first after the corresponding data among pieces of data in which similarities with the retrieval data have the possibility to have a predetermined relationship in comparison with a predetermined threshold. The data retrieval device also includes a control unit which, when retrieving data in which a similarity with the retrieval data is smaller than or equal to the threshold from among the retrieval target data series, selects data in the retrieval target data series for which calculation of a similarity with the retrieval data is necessary, using the first skip correspondence table. | 04-28-2011 |
20110123171 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - Provided is a content reproduction control system equipped with: a signal characterizing quantity sequence extraction means that, for each content item stored in a content group storage unit that stores at least more than one content item, extracts a signal characterizing quantity sequence which is the sequence of the signal characterizing quantities associated with the content positions on the time axis; a common section group detection means that detects, as a common section group in the signal characterizing quantity sequence for each content item, a common section group for which the signal characterizing quantities for different content items are similar to each other; a content reproduction quality information collection means that, for each common section group, collects content reproduction quality information which indicates the reproduction quality of the content to which each common section of a common section group belongs; and a content reproduction control means that, when the content contained in the content group storage unit is reproduced, switches the content reproduced for the content to be reproduced for the sections included in the common section group and performs reproduction such that the reproduction quality of the content will be higher, based on the content reproduction quality information for the content to which each common section of a common section group belongs. | 05-26-2011 |
20110129017 | VIDEO SIGNATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE - A video signature extraction device includes an each-picture feature extraction unit which extracts a feature of each picture, which is a frame or a field, as an each-picture visual feature from an input video; a time axial direction change region extraction unit which analyzes an image change in a time direction with respect to predetermined regions in a picture from the video, obtains a region having a large image change, and generates change region information which is information designating the region; an each-region feature extraction unit which extracts a feature of the region corresponding to the change region information as an each-region visual feature from the video; and a multiplexing unit which multiplexes the each-picture visual feature, the each-region visual feature, and the change region information, and generates a video signature. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129155 | VIDEO SIGNATURE GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, VIDEO SIGNATURE MATCHING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A problem of degradation in the accuracy of video matching, which is caused when videos contain video patterns commonly appearing in various videos or video patterns in which features cannot be acquired stably, is solved. In order to solve this problem, a visual feature extraction unit extracts a visual feature to be used for identification of a video based on features of a plurality of pairs of sub-regions in the video, and a confidence value calculation unit calculates a confidence value of the visual feature based on the features of the plurality of pairs of sub-regions. When matching is performed, visual features are compared with each other in consideration of the confidence value. | 06-02-2011 |
20110135203 | FEATURE SELECTION DEVICE - The feature selection device includes a feature extraction unit that extracts M types of features from each of a plurality of original images and each of a plurality of altered images obtained by applying an alteration process to the plurality of original images; and a feature selection unit that handles an original image and an altered image of the original image as identical images and handles altered images of the same original image as identical images, while handles other images as different images, and with use of discrimination capability which is a degree of discriminating different images and robustness which is a degree that a value of a feature does not vary due to the alteration process applied to an image as evaluation criteria, evaluates the M types of features extracted from the respective images, and selects a collection of N types of features, the N types being smaller in number than that of the M types, from the M types of features as features for discriminating images. | 06-09-2011 |
20110153609 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CONTENT TOPICALITY, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A system for determining content topicality comprises a feature value extracting means which extracts feature values of a plurality of contents from the contents; a content grouping means which compares the feature values of the plurality of contents extracted by the feature value extracting means, obtains identical contents and derived contents created using the contents, both of which are included in the plurality of contents, and groups the identical/derived contents, thereby computing identical/derived content grouping information; and a topicality determining means which totals viewing frequencies of the contents determined to be the identical/derived contents from viewing history information and the identical/derived content grouping information relating to the plurality of contents, computes total viewing frequencies of each of the identical/derived contents, and determines the topicality of the identical/derived contents according to the total viewing frequency. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158538 | IMAGE FEATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE - This image feature extraction device extracts, from an image, an image feature that makes it possible to adjust the balance between identification capability and robustness, which are the scales of the capability of determining identity of images. This image feature extraction device executes hierarchical quantization to calculate quantization indexes of a plurality of hierarchies in accordance with a previously defined hierarchical quantization method for each quantization target region of an image, and outputs a hierarchical quantization index code, which is an encoding allowing unique specification of the quantization indexes of the respective hierarchies of each quantization target region. | 06-30-2011 |
20110170782 | IMAGE IDENTITY SCALE CALCULATION SYSTEM - This image identity scale calculation system can calculate an identity scale representing a degree of identity of two images in consideration of identification capability and robustness. An image feature comparison unit is supplied with hierarchical quantization index codes, which are encodings allowing unique specification of quantization indexes of a plurality of hierarchies calculated by hierarchical quantization for each quantization target region of the two images, and selects a quantization index set used for comparison as a comparing quantization index set based on additionally supplied information in accordance with a previously defined hierarchical quantization method. Then, the image feature comparison unit compares the hierarchical quantization index codes of the two images by using the comparing quantization index set, and calculates an identity scale of the two images. | 07-14-2011 |
20110229042 | IMAGE SIGNATURE MATCHING DEVICE - An image signature to be used for matching is generated by the following generation method. First, region features are extracted from respective sub-regions of a plurality of pairs of sub-regions in an image, and for each of the pairs of sub-regions, a difference value between the region features of two sub-regions forming a pair is quantized. Then, a collection of elements which are quantization values calculated for the respective pairs of sub-regions is used as an image signature to be used for discriminating the image. The image signature matching device specifies, from an image signature of a first image and an image signature of a second image generated by the above generating method, a margin region of each of the images. The image signature matching device matches the image signature of the first image and the image signature of the second image in such a manner that a weight of an element, in which at least one of two sub-regions forming a pair is included in the specified margin region, is reduced. | 09-22-2011 |
20110235920 | IMAGE SIGNATURE MATCHING DEVICE - An image signature to be used for matching is generated by the following generation method. First, region features are extracted from respective sub-regions of a plurality of pairs of sub-regions in an image, and for each of the pairs of sub-regions, a difference value between the region features of two sub-regions forming a pair is quantized. When performing the quantization, the difference value is quantized to a particular quantization value if an absolute value of the difference value is smaller than a predetermined value. Then, a collection of elements which are quantization values calculated for the respective pairs of sub-regions is used as an image signature to be used for discriminating the image. An image signature matching device matches an image signature of a first image and an image signature of a second image, generated by the above-described generation method, in such a manner that a weight of an element having the particular quantization value is reduced. | 09-29-2011 |
20110274317 | MATCHING WEIGHT INFORMATION EXTRACTION DEVICE - The matching weight information extraction device includes a matching weight information extraction unit. The matching weight information extraction unit analyzes a change in a time direction of at least either an input video or features of a plurality of dimensions extracted from the video, in association with the dimensions. Further, the matching weight information extraction unit calculates weight information to be used for matching for each of the dimensions as matching weight information, according to a degree of the change in the time direction. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274355 | VIDEO DESCRIPTOR GENERATION DEVICE - The video descriptor generation device includes a first extraction unit, a second extraction unit, and a feature combining unit. The first extraction unit extracts a first feature for each picture which is a frame or a field of a video. The second extraction unit extracts a second feature from a region defined by an edge of an image included in the video. The feature combining unit combines the first feature and the second feature to generate a video descriptor. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274359 | TIME SEGMENT REPRESENTATIVE FEATURE VECTOR GENERATION DEVICE - The time segment representative feature vector generation device includes an intra-time segment feature vector group selection means for selecting, for each time segment and from a feature vector series for respective frames, feature vectors of a plurality of frames included in a time segment; and a dimension selection means for selecting, for each time segment and from the selected feature vectors of different frames in the time segment, features of different dimensions of the feature vectors, and generating a time segment representative feature vector which is a feature vector representing the time segment. | 11-10-2011 |
20110285904 | VIDEO SIGNATURE GENERATION DEVICE - The video signature generation device includes a visual feature extraction unit that extracts a visual feature to be used for identifying a video based on features of a plurality of pairs of sub-regions in the video; and a confidence value calculation unit that calculates a confidence value of the visual feature, in which if the video is a particular video, the confidence value calculation unit calculates a confidence value having a smaller value compared with the case of a video other than the particular video. | 11-24-2011 |
20120014609 | IMAGE SIGNATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE - The image signature extraction device includes an extraction unit and a generation unit. The extraction unit extracts region features from respective sub-regions in an image in accordance with a plurality of pairs of sub-regions in the image, the pairs of sub-regions including at least one pair of sub-regions in which both a combination of shapes of two sub-regions of the pair and relative position between the two sub-regions of the pair differ from those of at least one of other pairs of sub-regions. The generation unit generates an image signature to be used for identifying the image based on the extracted region features of the respective sub-regions, using, for at least one pair of sub-regions, a method different from that used for another pair of sub-regions. | 01-19-2012 |
20120027306 | IMAGE SIGNATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE - The image signature extraction device includes an image signature generation unit and an encoding unit. The image signature generation unit extracts region features from respective sub-regions in an image in accordance with a plurality of pairs of sub-regions in the image, the pairs of sub-regions including at least one pair of sub-regions in which both a combination of shapes of two sub-regions of the pair and a relative position between the two sub-regions of the pair differ from those of at least one of other pairs of sub-regions, and based on the extracted region features of the respective sub-regions, generates an image signature to be used for identifying the image. The encoding unit encodes the image signature. | 02-02-2012 |
20130070847 | VIDEO SIGNATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE - A video signature extraction device includes an each-picture feature extraction unit which extracts a feature of each picture, which is a frame or a field, as an each-picture visual feature from an input video; a time axial direction change region extraction unit which analyzes an image change in a time direction with respect to predetermined regions in a picture from the video, obtains a region having a large image change, and generates change region information which is information designating the region; an each-region feature extraction unit which extracts a feature of the region corresponding to the change region information as an each-region visual feature from the video; and a multiplexing unit which multiplexes the each-picture visual feature, the each-region visual feature, and the change region information, and generates a video signature. | 03-21-2013 |
20130314601 | INTER-VIDEO CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP DISPLAY SYSTEM AND INTER-VIDEO CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP DISPLAY METHOD - To enable a presence/absence of a modification of a source video to be readily assessed in a derived video created by utilizing the source video. Relationship information including information indicating a segment corresponding relationship between at least one source video and a derived video created by utilizing at least a part of segments of the at least one source video and information indicating a presence/absence of a modification of the source video in a segment of the derived video in which the corresponding relationship exists is stored in a relationship information storing unit, and based on the relationship information stored in the relationship information storing unit, the segment corresponding relationship between the derived video and the at least one source video is displayed in a display mode in accordance with the presence/absence of a modification of the source video in the segment of the derived video in which the corresponding relationship exists. | 11-28-2013 |
20130322696 | DIFFERING REGION DETECTION SYSTEM AND DIFFERING REGION DETECTION METHOD - The present invention enables detection of a local differing region between images. Inter-image difference information indicating a difference in feature amounts for each subregion between first and second images is generated based on a first feature amount vector that is a set of feature amounts respectively corresponding to a plurality of subregions in the first image and a second feature amount vector that is a set of feature amounts respectively corresponding to a plurality of subregions in the second image, a differing region that is an image region that differs between the first and second images is detected based on differences in the respective subregions indicated by the inter-image difference information, and detection information that indicates a result of the detection is outputted. | 12-05-2013 |
20140019594 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO CONTENT MONITORING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE APPARATUS - A system of this invention is a video processing system for determining details of a browsable video content. This video processing system includes a video fragment download unit that downloads data of a video fragments in a determination target video content via a network, and a first video content determination unit that determines the details of the video content based on the downloaded data of the video fragments. With this arrangement, it is possible to determine the details of a browsable video content while reducing the amount of data to be downloaded. | 01-16-2014 |
20140301647 | LOCAL FEATURE DESCRIPTOR EXTRACTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR EXTRACTING LOCAL FEATURE DESCRIPTOR, AND PROGRAM - The size of a feature descriptor is reduced, with the accuracy of object identification maintained. A local feature descriptor extracting apparatus includes a feature point detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of feature points in an image and output feature point information that is information on each of the feature points, a feature point selecting unit configured to select the predetermined number of feature points from the detected plurality of feature points in order of decreasing importance based on the feature point information, and a local feature descriptor generating unit configured to generate a local feature descriptor that is a feature descriptor in a local region for each of the selected feature points. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310097 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATIONS TERMINALS AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - Advertisement information relating to an object is provided in real time, while capturing images of the object. m first local features which are respectively feature vectors from one dimension to i dimensions are stored in association with an object, n feature points are extracted from a video picture, n second local features which are respectively feature vectors from one dimension to j dimensions are generated, the smaller number of dimensions is selected, of the number of dimensions i and the number of dimensions j, and an object is recognized to be present in the video picture and advertisement information relating to that object is provided when determination is made that at least a prescribed ratio of the m first local features of the selected number of dimensions corresponds to the n second local features of the selected number of dimensions. | 10-16-2014 |
20140321755 | LOCAL FEATURE DESCRIPTOR EXTRACTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR EXTRACTING LOCAL FEATURE DESCRIPTOR, AND PROGRAM - The size of a feature descriptor is reduced with the accuracy of object identification maintained. A local feature descriptor extracting apparatus includes a feature point detecting unit configured to detect feature points in an image, a local region acquiring unit configured to acquire a local region for each of the feature points, a subregion dividing unit configured to divide each local region into a plurality of subregions, a subregion feature vector generating unit configured to generate a feature vector with a plurality of dimensions for each of the subregions in each local region, and a dimension selecting unit configured to select dimensions from the feature vector in each subregion so as to reduce a correlation between the feature vectors in proximate subregions based on positional relations among the subregions in each local region and output elements of the selected dimensions as a feature descriptor of the local region. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321765 | FEATURE DESCRIPTOR ENCODING APPARATUS, FEATURE DESCRIPTOR ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to reduce the size of encoded feature descriptors. A feature descriptor encoding apparatus includes a feature point detection unit that detects feature points from an image and outputs coordinate values; a local feature descriptor extracting unit that extracts local feature descriptors from local regions centered on the coordinate values of the feature points; a coordinate value scanning unit that converts the coordinate values into index values according to a specific scanning method; a sorting unit that sorts the index values; a difference calculation unit that calculates a differential value between two adjacent index values of the sorted index values and outputs a sequence of differential values; a differential encoding unit that encodes the sequence of the differential values in a sequential permutation; and a local feature descriptor encoding unit that encodes the local feature descriptors of the corresponding feature points in the same permutation as that of the sorted index values. | 10-30-2014 |
20140328543 | LOCAL FEATURE DESCRIPTOR EXTRACTING APPARATUS, LOCAL FEATURE DESCRIPTOR EXTRACTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to reduce a size of a feature descriptor while maintaining accuracy of object identification. A local feature descriptor extracting apparatus includes: a feature point detecting unit which detects a plurality of feature points in an image and which outputs feature point information that is information regarding each feature point; a feature point selecting unit which selects a prescribed number of feature points in an order of importance from the plurality of detected feature points, based on the feature point information; a local region acquiring unit which acquires a local region corresponding to each selected feature point; a subregion dividing unit which divides each local region into a plurality of subregions; a subregion feature vector generating unit which generates a feature vector of a plurality of dimensions for each subregion in each local region; and a dimension selecting unit which selects a dimension from the feature vector for each subregion so that a correlation between neighboring subregions is lowered, based on a positional relationship between subregions in each local region and which outputs an element of the selected dimension as a feature descriptor of the local region. | 11-06-2014 |
20140376815 | Video Processing System, Video Processing Method, Video Processing Device for Mobile Terminal or Server and Control Method and Control Program Thereof - The present invention is to notify a recognition result with respect to a recognition object in a video in real time while maintaining recognition accuracy. A recognition object and m-number of first local characteristic quantities which are respectively 1-dimensional to i-dimensional characteristic vectors are stored in association with each other, and n-number of second local characteristic quantities which are respectively 1-dimensional to j-dimensional characteristic vectors are generated for n-number of local areas respectively including n-number of characteristic points from an image in a video. In addition, a smaller dimension is selected from the dimension i and the dimension j, a recognition that the recognition object exists in an image in the video is made when it is determined that a prescribed proportion or more of the m-number of first local characteristic quantities which are characteristic vectors up to the selected number of dimensions correspond to the n-number of second local characteristic quantities which are characteristic vectors up to the selected number of dimensions, and information representing the recognition object is displayed in superposition on an image in which the recognition object exists in the video. | 12-25-2014 |
20150098610 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - Merchandise management is implemented by recognizing a piece of merchandise in an image on a video in real time. A piece of merchandise and m-number of first local feature which are respectively 1-dimensional to i-dimensional feature vectors are stored after being associated with each other, n-number of feature points are extracted from an image on a video captured by an imaging unit, n-number of second local feature which are respectively 1-dimensional to j-dimensional feature vectors are generated, a smaller number of dimensions of the number of dimensions i and the number of dimensions j is selected, and a recognition that the merchandise exists in the image on the video is made when it is determined that a prescribed proportion or more of the m-number of first local feature of the selected number of dimensions correspond to the n-number of second local feature of the selected number of dimensions. | 04-09-2015 |
20150379366 | ARTICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus of this invention is directed to an information processing apparatus that effectively counts, on a type basis, articles of a plurality of types displayed in a depth direction on a display shelf. The information processing apparatus includes a display count acquirer that acquires display count information of articles using article presence/absence sensors provided on the display shelf on which the articles are placed, an article identifier that acquires article identification information capable of identifying the types of articles based on an image acquired by capturing the display shelf, and a display recognizer that recognizes, based on the display count information and the article identification information, display count of each type of the articles. | 12-31-2015 |
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20130042945 | PURGE DEVICE AND LOAD PORT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - To generate a gas-curtain for a load-port-apparatus and to supply a purge-gas into a pod by a single gas source, provided is a gas purge device including: purge nozzles extending along an outer side of side edges of the opening portion; a curtain nozzle arranged above an upper edge of the opening portion; a gas supply pipe arranged in parallel to each purge nozzle, for supplying an inert gas to the purge nozzle and the curtain nozzle, the gas being supplied from the gas supply pipe to the purge nozzle in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the gas supply pipe; and a conductance adjusting unit arranged at an end portion of the gas supply pipe, for generating a pressure loss in a gas flow in a configuration in which the gas is supplied to the curtain nozzle at the end portion of the gas supply pipe. | 02-21-2013 |
20140157722 | LID OPENING/CLOSING SYSTEM FOR CLOSED CONTAINER, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - The partial pressure of an oxidizing gas within a FOUP fixed to a FIMS system and placed in an open state is prevented from increasing with the lapse of time. To that end, a gas supply port is arranged in the bottom face of the FOUP to enable nitrogen supply into the FOUP through the gas supply port with a pod mounted on the FIMS system. A nitrogen supply system for supplying nitrogen with the FOUP mounted is controlled so as to make a nitrogen supply at such a low flow rate and pressure as to be able to prevent dust or the like having such sizes as to possibly cause problems in wiring lines to be formed on a wafer from being stirred up from the gas supply port or the like. | 06-12-2014 |
20140363258 | LOAD PORT UNIT AND EFEM SYSTEM - A load port unit can prevent or control leakage of inert gas from an EFEM system to the outside. The load port unit used in the EFEM system is provided with an air inlet that opens on a side facing a mini-environment between the upper end of an opener driving unit and the lower end of the pod. The width of the air inlet opening is larger than the width of the opening of the pod. With this arrangement, surplus gas is sucked from the pod when gas purging is performed on the pod. | 12-11-2014 |
20150194328 | LOAD PORT APPARATUS - Provided is a load port apparatus capable of suppressing leakage of an inert gas from a mini-environment. The load port apparatus includes: a main base configured to partition the mini-environment from an external space, the main base including an opening portion facing an opening of a pod and communicating the mini-environment to the external space; and a door configured to open and close the opening portion and hold a lid. With this, wafers are insertable and removable between the pod and the mini-environment. The load port apparatus further includes a flexible sealing plate arranged so as to project from the main base toward an inside of the opening portion, the flexible sealing plate being configured to abut against an abutment surface surrounding the opening of the pod. | 07-09-2015 |
20150214078 | LOAD PORT APPARATUS - To prevent an increase with the passage of time in partial pressure of oxidizing gas in a FOUP, which is fixed to a FIMS system in an open state, a gas feed port is arranged on a lower surface of the FOUP so as to feed nitrogen to an inside of the FOUP through the gas feed port in a state where the FOUP is mounted on the FIMS system, in addition to nitrogen purge from an opening of the FOUP. A nitrogen feed system, which feeds nitrogen in a state where the FOUP is mounted on the FIMS system, is controlled so as to feed nitrogen at a low flow rate and a low pressure capable of suppressing the stirring-up of dust, which has a size that may cause a problem in wiring to be formed on a wafer, from the gas feed port and the like. | 07-30-2015 |
20150235885 | PURGE SYSTEM, POD USED WITH PURGE SYSTEM, AND LOAD PORT APPARATUS - A system prevents oxidative gases in a FOUP which is fixed to an FIMS system in an open state from increasing over time. A tower type gas supply port extending from the bottom of the FOUP to inside is provided. Nitrogen can be supplied into the FOUP through the gas supply port in addition to nitrogen purge through the pod opening, when the pod is mounted on the FIMS. Two gas flows thus formed cooperate to create a gas flow flowing along the side of the FOUP opposite to the opening and to the opening. Thus, the gas in the interior of the FOUP is remounted with nitrogen uniformly. | 08-20-2015 |
20150243538 | POD AND PURGE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An object is to prevent the partial pressure of oxidative gas over time in an FOUP mounted on an FIMS system and left open. A surface purge unit is provided on a side opposite to the opening of the FOUP in such a way that wafers supported in the FOUP is located between the opening and the surface purge unit. The surface purge unit ejects inert gas from a plurality of vent holes provided in its surface toward the opening. Uniform purging or replacement of the interior of the FOUP with inert gas can be achieved by creating inert gas flow from an inert gas supply part extending over a surface in the direction from the interior of the FOUP toward the opening along the wafer surface. | 08-27-2015 |
20150294888 | EFEM SYSTEM AND LID OPENING/CLOSING METHOD - An object is to prevent down flow gas from entering into a pod in an open state in an EFEM system. An upper canopy is provided along the upper edge of an opening portion on the mini-environment side to block down flow along the opening portion. The upper canopy provides a space in which inert gas supplied through a supply port provided in the pod flows into the mini-environment through the opening of the pod after circulating inside the pod. The down flow has no effect in this space, and the entrance of down flow into the pod can be prevented. | 10-15-2015 |
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20110242477 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The liquid crystal display comprises a first substrate having a first electrode formed on one side, and a second substrate having a second electrode formed on one side and which is placed opposite to the first substrate so that the second electrode and the first electrode of the first substrate face each other. A liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode includes a plurality of first openings provided in a regular checkered pattern with each first opening having a shape extending in a first direction. The second electrode includes a plurality of second openings provided in a regular checkered pattern with each second opening having a shape extending in the first direction. The plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings are relatively arranged so that each of the plurality of first openings is positioned between two second openings which are adjacent in a planar view among the plurality of second openings. | 10-06-2011 |
20110304802 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a first electrode, a second substrate including a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate which is controlled to a substantially vertical orientation having a pretilt angle smaller than 90 degrees. The first electrode includes a plurality of rectangular openings extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation direction of liquid crystal molecules at substantially a center of the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas disposed mutually alternately are set in an effective display area in which the first electrode and the second electrode overlap in a planar view. Relative positions of the openings are mutually unmatched relative to at least a part of the plurality of second areas, and the openings are not formed in the plurality of first areas. | 12-15-2011 |
20110304803 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A vertical alignment type liquid crystal display, which has a liquid crystal layer whose retardation value is about 600 nm or more, can solve the viewing angle problems associated with the wider viewing angle. The liquid crystal display can include a vertical alignment liquid crystal cell, and first and second polarizing plates cross-Nicol disposed on respective sides of the liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal cell has a liquid crystal layer with a retardation of about 600 nm or more. A C-plate and an A-plate are provided between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate, and two C-plates are provided between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizing plate. | 12-15-2011 |
20120075561 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate having a first electrode on one surface side, a second substrate having second electrode on one surface side and placed opposite to the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer having a pretilt angle of 89.7° or more and less than 90° is disposed between the first and second electrodes. The first and second electrodes respectively form a pixel in opposing areas. The first electrode includes rectangularly shaped openings disposed with regularity in the pixel in a planar view. The openings include first and second openings with longitudinal directions respectively facing first and second directions, the second direction different from the first direction. The angle formed by the longitudinal directions of the first and second openings, and an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules at the substantial center of the liquid crystal layer is 0° or more and less than 90°. | 03-29-2012 |
20120105786 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The liquid crystal display device comprises a first and a second substrate placed opposite each other, a first electrode provided on the first substrate extending in a first direction, a second electrode provided on the second substrate extending in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and a vertically-aligned liquid crystal layer provided between the two substrates. | 05-03-2012 |
20130021569 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - To improve the display uniformity in a vertical alignment liquid crystal display. A liquid crystal display includes: first and second substrates; first and second electrodes provided the substrates, respectively; first and second vertical alignment films provided on the substrates respectively; a plurality of columnar spacers disposed at least in a region where the first and second electrodes are superimposed, and provided between the first and second substrates; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates. The first vertical alignment film is subject to an alignment treatment in one direction. The liquid crystal layer has a pretilt angle during non-application of voltage. Each columnar spacer has a profile, in a planar view, which is not orthogonal to and which is not parallel with an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules at substantially center of the liquid crystal layer in a layer thickness direction. | 01-24-2013 |
20130182206 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: first and second substrates placed opposite each other; first and second electrodes each provided on one face of the first and second electrodes extending in first and second directions intersecting with each other; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the one face of the first substrate and the one face of the second substrate. A pixel is formed in a region where the first and second electrodes intersect, and a pixel edge of the pixel has a line segment which is oblique relative to the first direction. The first and second substrates are respectively subject to alignment treatment, and the liquid crystal layer is a substantial vertical alignment having a twisted structure, and an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules at a substantial center in a layer thickness direction and the oblique line segment are not orthogonal. | 07-18-2013 |
20130229599 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates placed opposite each other, a common electrode on one side of the first substrate to substantially cover a whole surface, a segment electrode on one side of the second substrate, a routing wire on one side of the second substrate and connected to the segment electrode, a liquid-crystalline resin film without electrical conductivity on one side of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal film between the substrates, and being subject to twisted alignment between the substrates. The liquid-crystalline resin film has refractive index anisotropy being substantially equal to that of a liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal film, is subject to twisted alignment, and is disposed to fill a space between the routing wire and the common electrode. The liquid crystal film is disposed to fill a space between the segment electrode and the common electrode. | 09-05-2013 |
20130229610 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates placed opposite each other, a common electrode on one side of the first substrate to substantially cover a whole surface, a segment electrode on one side of the second substrate, a routing wire on one side of the second substrate and connected to the segment electrode, a liquid-crystalline resin film without electrical conductivity on one side of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal film between the substrates. The liquid-crystalline resin film has refractive index anisotropy being substantially equal to that of a liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal film, has molecular alignment being substantially equal to that of the liquid crystal film, and is disposed to fill a space between the routing wire and the common electrode. The liquid crystal film is disposed to fill a space between the segment electrode and the common electrode. | 09-05-2013 |
20130342802 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates; first and second electrodes provided on the first and second substrates respectively; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates. The first electrode includes first openings each having an elongated shape in a first direction and which are arranged with regularity, and a short side edge thereof is longer than a length between the first openings adjacent in the first direction. The second electrode includes second openings each having an elongated shape in the first direction and which are arranged with regularity, and a short side edge thereof is longer than a length between the second openings adjacent in the first direction. Each of the first and second openings has a recess in at least either of two outer edge parts along the first direction in a planar view. | 12-26-2013 |
20140036215 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal layer, a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other and which sandwich the liquid crystal layer. First electrodes and second electrodes are both provided to one surface side of the first substrate. First lead wirings are provided to one surface side of the first substrate each connected to one of the first electrodes. Second lead wirings are provided to one surface side of the first substrate each connected to one of the second electrodes. A jumper wiring is provided to one surface side of the second substrate and superimposed with each portion of two or more second lead wirings of the plurality of second lead wirings and a conductive material interposed between each portion of the two or more second lead wirings and the jumper wiring, between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 02-06-2014 |
20140085584 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The apparatus comprises a first and a second substrate disposed facing each other, a first electrode comprising first openings provided to the first substrate, a second electrode comprising second openings provided to the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrate. A display part is defined in a region where the first and the second electrode overlap, each of the first openings is formed into a rectangular shape in the planar view, each of the second openings is formed into a rectangular shape or cruciform shape in the planar view, the second electrode comprises rectangular regions cyclically disposed inside the display part in the planar view, the four sides that define each of the rectangular regions respectively contact any portion of the second openings, and each of the first openings is disposed overlapping any of the rectangular sections in the planar view. | 03-27-2014 |
20140354929 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - To improve the display quality of a vertical alignment liquid crystal display apparatus. The apparatus comprises two substrates, a first electrode extending in a first direction, a second electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a crystal layer provided between the substrates, a pixel is configured where the two electrodes intersect, an electrode edge of the second electrode is of a shape that includes line segments obliquely crossed relative to the second direction and bend back, the pixel edges of the pixel are demarcated, including the line segments that are obliquely crossed, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed so that the angle of the alignment direction of the crystal molecules at the center and the direction perpendicular to the second direction is greater than 0°, and the alignment direction of the crystal molecules and the direction of obliquely crossed line segments don't become perpendicular. | 12-04-2014 |
20150055076 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - To provide a segment display-type liquid crystal display apparatus that readily prevents display flaws caused by disconnection. The apparatus displays a predetermined pattern shape, comprising a first and a second electrode disposed so that a portion of each overlaps, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the electrodes. The first electrode comprises hollow parts open in accordance with the pattern shape, and a plurality of first openings, each having a first area extending in a first direction. The region where the electrodes overlap is divided into a first region demarcated by a portion of a contour of a hollow part and a first boundary part wherein the distance in the first direction between contours of a hollow part is 1.5 times the length of the first area, and a second region other than the first region, and the plurality of first openings is disposed correspondingly in the first region. | 02-26-2015 |
20150177577 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide an IPS mode liquid crystal display device suitable for a segment display type that is easy to dispose each electrode and lead wirings on the same surface. The liquid crystal display device comprises first lead wirings each connected to one of the first electrodes, second lead wirings each connected to one of the second electrodes, a terminal part exposed on one edge of the first substrate without overlapping the second substrate, first external extraction electrode terminals, a detour wiring provided to the terminal part that connects several second lead wirings of the plurality of second lead wirings to each other, with each of first external extraction electrode terminals electrically insulated, second external extraction electrode terminals where each is connected to the second lead wirings connected to the detour wirings or the second lead wirings not connected to the detour wirings of the second lead wirings. | 06-25-2015 |
20150192817 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus with electrodes comprising openings that is less susceptible to disturbance of the contour shape of the display part. The apparatus includes two substrates, a first electrode, a second electrode. A display part is demarcated in a region where the two electrodes overlap, and an offset region is set from the display part edge to the inside. The electrodes comprise first openings disposed in a non offset region, and second openings disposed in the offset region. First openings comprises a shape wherein a branch part disposed so that the longitudinal direction thereof extends along a first direction and a branch part disposed so that the longitudinal direction thereof extends along a second direction are connected. Second openings comprises openings disposed so that the longitudinal direction thereof extends along the first direction, and openings disposed so that the longitudinal direction thereof extends along the second direction. | 07-09-2015 |
20150261049 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - To provide a technique that prevents electrode disconnection in a liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a plurality of openings in an electrode. The apparatus comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The first electrode comprises first openings and the second electrode comprises second openings. Each first opening is disposed forming columns so that the respective longitudinal directions align with a first direction, and comprises two short-side edges that obliquely cross the first direction at an angle other than orthogonal. Each opening is disposed forming columns so that the respective longitudinal directions align with the first direction, and comprises two short-side edges that obliquely cross the first direction at an angle other than orthogonal. The first openings and second openings are alternately disposed column by column along a second direction that crosses the first direction. | 09-17-2015 |