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20090258726 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | 10-15-2009 |
20100029408 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | 02-04-2010 |
20100317458 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head includes a face line | 12-16-2010 |
20110105240 | GOLF CLUB SET - Groove depths D | 05-05-2011 |
20120108359 | GOLF CLUB - A golf club has a reverse flex of from 90 to 140 mm. In a front view of the golf club head under a standard state in which the golf club head is placed on a horizontal plane at its lie angle and loft angle, a first straight line drawn to pass through the centroid of the toe-crown-side thin portion and the centroid of the back surface of the face portion is inclined at an angle θA of from 30 to 40 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane; and a second straight line drawn to pass through the centroid of the heel-sole-side thin portion and the centroid of the back surface of the face portion is inclined at an angle θB of from 39 to 42 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane. | 05-03-2012 |
20120165117 | GOLF CLUB - A golf club has a reverse flex of 110 to 160 mm. The face portion includes a central thick part, a toe-crown-side thin part on a crown-side and on a toe-side of the central thick part, and a heel-sole-side thin part on a sole-side and on a heel-side of the central thick part. In the front view of the head, a first straight line passing an area centroid of the toe-crown-side thin part and an area centroid of a back surface of the face portion has an angle θA of 10 to 30 degrees, and a second straight line passing an area centroid of the heel-sole-side thin part and the area centroid of the back surface of the face portion has an angle θB of 36 to 40 degrees, each with respect to the horizontal plane. | 06-28-2012 |
20140038745 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A hollow golf club head comprises a face and a face peripheral portion extending rearward from the face, the face periphery portion provided with a toe-side reduced-rigidity portion and a heel-side reduced-rigidity portion consisting of a concave portion or a slit, wherein under a standard state, the toe-side portion has a center point of length located higher and at the toe side than a face centroid, wherein an angle of a first straight line passing through the face centroid and the center point P | 02-06-2014 |
20150045143 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A golf club head has a hollow therein and a head volume of not less than 350 cc. The head comprises a head main body and a substantially cup-shaped face member which are united with each other. The face member integrally includes a face portion having a club face for hitting a ball, and a turnback extending backwardly of the head from a peripheral edge of the club face. The inner surface of the face member is provided with a groove extending along the boundary of the turnback with the face portion. The face member is a press-formed part whose turnback is bent by press working. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045144 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A golf club head has a hollow therein and a head volume of not less than 100 cc and less than 350 cc. The head comprises a head main body and a substantially cup-shaped face member which are united with each other. The face member integrally includes a face portion having a club face for hitting a ball, and a turnback extending backwardly of the head from a peripheral edge of the club face. The inner surface of the face member is provided with a groove extending along the boundary of the turnback with the face portion. The face member is a press-formed part whose turnback is bent by press working. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045147 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A hollow golf club head has a crown portion extending from a face portion and configured so as to generate good ball hitting sound. The crown portion is provided with a first region having a first thickness, a second region having a second thickness and a third region having a third thickness, wherein the third thickness is less than the second thickness which is less than the first thickness. The first region is disposed in a face portion side of the crown portion and extending in the toe-heel direction. The third region is disposed backward of the first region. The second region surrounds the third region. | 02-12-2015 |
20150246268 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - [Object] It is an object of the present invention to provide a golf club head being lightweight and having a high strength. | 09-03-2015 |
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20090205927 | VALUE MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A value medium processing apparatus includes a common rolling path on which the IC coin and the coin roll, a coin characteristic detector provided on a side portion of the common rolling path, an IC coin characteristic detector configured to detect IC coin rolling on the common rolling path; an inlet to a coin path on which the coin rolls and an inlet to an IC coin path on which the IC coin rolls, a medium sorter provided upstream of the coin inlet and the IC coin inlet; a communicator provided on a side of the IC coin path and communicating with the IC coin; and a controller actuating the medium sorter based on one of characteristic information from the coin characteristic detector and information from the IC coin characteristic detector, and switching the common rolling path to one of the IC coin path and the coin path. | 08-20-2009 |
20100137407 | SINGLE-CHAIN CIRCULAR RNA AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a single-chain circular RNA having a sustained or slow-releasing RNA interference effect, characterized in that the single-chain circular RNA comprises a sense strand sequence, an antisense strand sequence complementary to the sense strand sequence, identical or different two loop sequences between the sense strand and the antisense strand, connecting both strands, wherein the sense strand and the antisense strand are paired to form a stem. | 06-03-2010 |
20100190159 | FLUORESCENCE-PRODUCING MOLECULE - It is an object of the present invention to provide an on-off type fluorescent compound used in gene analyses, which is highly stable and highly sensitive, and which enables amplification of a trace amount of gene signal and observation thereof. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2): | 07-29-2010 |
20110055965 | CYCLE SINGLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID COMPLEX AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a circular single-stranded nucleic acid complex comprising a sense strand RNA sequence, an antisense strand RNA sequence complementary to the sense strand RNA sequence, and two identical or different loop moieties connecting the sense and antisense strands, wherein the sense and antisense strands form a stem by pairing, and the loop moieties are selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene glycol, DNA, DNA-RNA chimera, a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof. | 03-03-2011 |
20110076680 | FLUORESCENT MOLECULE - It is an object of the present invention to provide an on-off type fluorescent compound (a fluorescence-producing molecule system) used in gene analyses, which is highly stable (namely, being active for a long period of time) and highly sensitive, and which enables amplification of a trace amount of gene signal and observation thereof. The present invention provides a nonfluorescent molecule having a fluorescent substance skeleton such as fluorescein skeleton and having a group represented by —O—C(Y1)(Y2)-N | 03-31-2011 |
20110111446 | THIOL DETECTION METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide: a novel thiol-detecting reagent, which can be used in vivo and which solves the problem regarding the generation of background fluorescence due to hydrolysis; and a method for detecting thiol using the aforementioned reagent. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (1): | 05-12-2011 |
20120196377 | FLUORESCENT MOLECULE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID - Provided are a fluorescent on/off switchable compound for a gene analysis, which is highly stable and highly sensitive, and enables amplification and observation of a trace gene signal, and a labeling reagent for detection of a bio-related material, which uses the fluorescent on/off switchable compound. A compound represented by the following formula (I′): | 08-02-2012 |
20150118713 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE, AND NUCLEIC ACID COMBINATION TO BE USED IN SAID METHOD - A method for constructing a functional nucleic acid molecule comprising 1 or 2 nucleic acid strands, wherein 2 or more fragments having at corresponding ends a functional group pair that can mutually couple through a chemical reaction are introduced into a cell, and a functional nucleic acid molecule comprising 1 or 2 nucleic acid strands is formed by ligating mutually the fragments through a reaction between the functional groups in the cell. | 04-30-2015 |
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20090218323 | Spot welding method, method for judging shape of nugget, spot welding machine and spot welding electrode - An electrode whose electrode surface is a substantially convex curved surface and which has at a center portion a recess set at a predetermined depth allowing a welding trace formed on a metal body surface to reach a deepest portion when a nugget is formed in a satisfactory manner by the spot welding is used as at least an electrode for performing the spot welding. The spot welding quality is judged based on a shape of the welding trace formed on the metal body surface by the spot welding in correspondence with the recess. | 09-03-2009 |
20100079002 | Power Supply Device And Electric Vehicle Incorporating Said Device - A power supply device | 04-01-2010 |
20100102627 | Power Supply Device And Electric Vehicle Incorporating Said Device - To provide a power supply device and an electric vehicle using the power supply device that can warm up each of a plurality of power storage devices while restraining occurrence of variation in the temperatures of the plurality of power storage devices, a control unit performs a warm-up control that increases a time ratio of the ON state of a switch element relating to one of the plurality of power storage devices in controlling the ratio of ON and OFF states of the switch element as compared to a time ratio of the ON state of a switch element relating to other power storage device when a temperature detected at the temperature detection unit relating to the one of the plurality of power storage devices is lower than a first temperature. | 04-29-2010 |
20100193266 | Power Supply Apparatus And Electric Vehicle - A power supply apparatus | 08-05-2010 |
20110039145 | POROUS FILM FOR SEPARATOR, BATTERY SEPARATOR, BATTERY ELECTRODE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery using a separator including a porous film formed by binding inorganic oxide particles together with a binder. The inorganic oxide particles are treated so that an amount of alkali metal elements eluted therefrom when they are immersed in ion exchange water is reduced to 1000 ppm or less. As a result, it is possible to provide a lithium secondary battery with a high degree of reliability, whose characteristics deteriorate less when it is used or stored for an extended period. | 02-17-2011 |
20140240439 | LASER LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A laser light control device includes: a photodiode disposed, along with a semiconductor laser, at a location capable of receiving laser light reflected on a polygon mirror after emitted from the semiconductor laser can be received; a semiconductor laser drive control section; and a comparison circuit configured to compare an output voltage of the photodiode and a reference voltage corresponding to a reference amount of light of the semiconductor laser. The semiconductor laser drive control section uses a timing with which the semiconductor laser drive control section receives from the comparison circuit an output indicating that the voltage output from the photodiode is larger than the reference voltage to generate a light emission start timing with which the semiconductor laser starts to emit laser light based on an image signal. | 08-28-2014 |
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20100221965 | SLURRY FOR FORMING INSULATING LAYER, SEPARATOR FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - A slurry for forming an insulating layer of the present invention includes heat-resistant insulating fine particles, a thickening agent, and a dispersion medium. The insulating fine particles are dispersed in the dispersion medium. The slurry for forming an insulating layer has a viscosity of 5 to 500 mPa·s. The proportion of particles with a particle size of 1 μm or less in the insulating fine particles is 30 vol % or more and the proportion of particles with a particles size of 3 μm or more in the insulating fine particles is 10 vol % or less. An electrochemical device of the present invention includes a separator for an electrochemical device of the present invention that is produced using the slurry for forming an electrochemical device of the present invention. | 09-02-2010 |
20130230752 | SEALED BATTERY - A sealed battery includes a battery case. A side of the battery case includes a cleavage groove forming a cleavage line intersecting a ridge line. The cleavage line is formed exclusively of a curved line having a first curved segment curved to protrude in one direction as viewed in a direction normal to the side of the battery case and a second curved segment curved to protrude in a direction forming an angle of 90 degrees or larger with the direction in which the first curved segment protrudes, the first and second curved segments being connected with each other. An end of the first curved segment is connected with an end of the second curved segment. At least one of the first curved segment and the second curved segment intersects the ridge line. The cleavage groove has a depth that produces a ratio of the remaining thickness relative to the plate thickness of the battery case of 75% or smaller. | 09-05-2013 |
20150236318 | SLURRY FOR FORMING INSULATING LAYER, SEPARATOR FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - A slurry for forming an insulating layer of the present invention includes heat-resistant insulating fine particles, a thickening agent, and a dispersion medium. The insulating fine particles are dispersed in the dispersion medium. The slurry for forming an insulating layer has a viscosity of 5 to 500 mPa·s. The proportion of particles with a particle size of 1 μm or less in the insulating fine particles is 30 vol % or more and the proportion of particles with a particles size of 3 μm or more in the insulating fine particles is 10 vol % or less. An electrochemical device of the present invention includes a separator for an electrochemical device of the present invention that is produced using the slurry for forming an electrochemical device of the present invention. | 08-20-2015 |
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20100035781 | Composition which Contains a Mixture of Mono-, Di and Triglycerides and Glycerine - The present invention relates to a composition which contains a mixture of alkoxylated mono-, di-, and triglycerides and glycerine of formula wherein R′ represents H or CH3, and each one of m, n, or l represents, independently, a number from 0 to 20, the sum of m, n, and l being in the range of 1.5 to 20, characterized in that in the acyl group represented by —CO—R, R represents an alkyl or alkenyl group, linear or branched, of 6 to 11 carbon atoms, and the proportion by weight (i)+(ii)+(iii)/(iv) is in the range of 2.0:0.5 to 0.5:3; and to a method for the preparation of said composition, the detergent compositions which contain said compositions, and the use of said composition as surfactant or co-surfactant in the detergent compositions, particularly in detergent compositions, especially, but not exclusively, suitable for washing fabrics, suitable for manual dishwashing, for washing the hair or for personal hygiene. | 02-11-2010 |
20100041576 | Detergent Composition - The present invention relates to an aqueous detergent composition comprising the following elements in the indicated amounts expressed as percentage by weight: a) 0.1-15% of at least one alkyl ether carboxylate of formula (I): R—O—(CH | 02-18-2010 |
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20080309796 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging device includes an image input unit for inputting an image of a subject, an image signal processing unit for processing the input image, an image recording unit for recording the input image on a recording medium, a smiling degree detection unit for detecting a smile level of the subject contained in the input image processed by the image signal processing unit, a detection threshold level setting unit for setting a smiling face detection threshold level at which a determination of whether the subject is smiling is performed based on the smile level detected by the smiling degree detection unit, and a photographing control unit for controlling a photographing operation in response to the smiling face detection threshold level being reached by the smile level of the subject detected by the smiling degree detection unit. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317285 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - With a digital still camera, a user freely detects a smiling face on a touchpanel displaying a through image and selects a subject having that smiling face. The digital still camera displays the smiling face as a smiling face detection target and a non-target detected face on the through image in a distinctly different manner to discriminate the smiling face detection target from the non-target detected face. For example, when persons in an event such as a party are photographed in a relatively large viewing angle, an auto photographing operation may be performed in response to smiling face detections on condition that at least two members in the party are smiling. | 12-25-2008 |
20080317455 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image photographing apparatus for capturing a subject image in accordance with smile detection of a subject includes an optical unit; an image capturing unit configured to capture the subject image; an optical mechanism driving control unit configured to control driving of mechanisms of the optical unit; an image signal processing unit configured to perform signal processing on the captured image; an image recording unit configured to record the captured image onto a predetermined recording medium; a face detection unit configured to detect a face of the subject; a smile detection unit configured to detect a smile on the detected face; and a smile-detection photography control unit configured to perform photographing processing for the subject image in response to detection of the smile of the subject from the captured image, while the driving of the mechanisms by the optical mechanism driving control unit is maintained fixed. | 12-25-2008 |
20090002512 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to pick up a subject image and a control unit configured to perform control in a manner such that, in a case in which a predetermined mode is set, smile detection of a subject is started when an operation input is performed, the subject image is picked up if a smile is detected, and smile detection and image pickup are repeatedly performed until a completion condition is satisfied. | 01-01-2009 |
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20120310773 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention includes acquiring purchase history information related to a product purchased by a user, from a storage means that stores the purchase history information (S | 12-06-2012 |
20120311056 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention includes: acquiring a message related to a web site designated by a first user and link information to a web page of the web site, from a storage means that stores the message and the link information (S | 12-06-2012 |
20130145254 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An information processing device that acquires data constituting a Web page that is to be provided to a terminal device via a network and is designed for displaying predetermined content information. The information processing device then acquires a script that is programmed to allow reference to correspondence information associating candidate content information that is set beforehand as a candidate for content information to be displayed on the Web page, with variation information specifying variations of at least the display form of an object to be displayed on the Web page. The information processing device incorporates the script into the page data in an executable manner. In response to a request from the terminal device, the information processing device transmits the page data having the script incorporated thereinto, to the terminal device. | 06-06-2013 |
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20130199300 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING OBJECT INFORMATION AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An object information obtaining apparatus includes a signal processing unit configured to obtain weighted optical characteristic information about an object on the basis of feature information about the object obtained by elastography measurement or B-mode image measurement using an elastic wave signal acquired by transmission and reception of elastic waves to and from the object. | 08-08-2013 |
20140114172 | SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS AND SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD - A subject information obtaining apparatus and a subject information obtaining method are provided with which a resolution of a photoacoustic image can be improved even when an absorber arranged at a particular position with respect to a detector for photoacoustic waves is used. | 04-24-2014 |
20140182383 | OBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An object information obtaining device includes a light source which emits light, an acoustic wave detecting unit which detects a photoacoustic wave generated by irradiation of an object with the light, and outputs an electric signal in response to detection of the photoacoustic wave, and a processing unit configured to perform two or more types of processing to photoacoustic signal data based on the electric signal to obtain object information corresponding to each of the two or more types of processing, and to display on a display unit the object information corresponding to at least one processing selected by a user out of the two or more types of processing. | 07-03-2014 |
20140182384 | Object Information Acquisition Apparatus, Display Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium - An object information acquisition apparatus disclosed in the present specification includes a light source, an acoustic wave detection unit, and a processing unit. The light source is configured to emit light. The acoustic wave detection unit is configured to detect a photoacoustic wave generated by irradiation of an object with the light and to output a detection signal. The processing unit is configured to be able to acquire two or more types of object information on the basis of the detection signal and configured to cause a display unit to display at least one type of object information selected by a user from among the two or more types of object information. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187902 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including a light source, a photoacoustic probe that receives a photoacoustic wave generated at an object irradiated with light, an ultrasound probe that receives an ultrasound wave transmitted to the object and then reflected within the object, and a signal processor that creates a functional image showing functional information within the object on the basis of the photoacoustic wave and creates a morphological image showing morphological information within the object on the basis of the ultrasound wave, the signal processor being configured to divide the functional image into a plurality of regions, perform different image processing for each of the regions, superimpose the processed functional image on the morphological image, and display the resulting image in a display. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187903 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - An object information acquiring apparatus is used that include a probe; a signal processor that generates a first image based on photoacoustic waves, which are generated from an object irradiated with light and which are received by the probe, and that generates a second image based on ultrasound waves, which are received by the probe and then transmitted to the object and reflected off the object; a controller that displays the first image and the second image on a display unit; a first corrector that corrects brightness of the first image; and a second corrector that corrects brightness of the second image independently from the first corrector. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187936 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD - An object information acquiring apparatus, comprises a photoacoustic image acquiring unit configured to generate a first image related to optical characteristics within the object; an ultrasonic image acquiring unit configured to generate a second image related to acoustic characteristics within the object; a region of interest designating unit configured to receive designation of a region of interest with regard to the first image; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the first image inside the region of interest and outside the region of interest, respectively, using different image processing parameters; and an image synthesizing unit configured to superimpose and synthesize the first image, which has been image processed, and the second image. | 07-03-2014 |
20140316244 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An object information acquiring apparatus is used, which includes: a receiver configured to receive a photoacoustic wave generated from an object irradiated with light and output a time-series electric signal; and a processor configured to acquire characteristic information relating to an inside of the object by using the time-series electric signal, wherein the light is emitted at a plurality of timings, the receiver receives the photoacoustic wave at the plurality of timings, and the processor determines a projection position coordinate on which the time-series electric signal is projected on the basis of an amount of displacement of the inside of the object among the plurality of timings, for each of a plurality of time-series electric signals corresponding to the plurality of timings, and acquires the characteristic information. | 10-23-2014 |
20150098305 | PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A photoacoustic apparatus disclosed in the present specification includes: an acoustic wave transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission acoustic wave to a specific area; a control unit configured to control a transmission waveform of the transmission acoustic wave transmitted from the acoustic wave transmission unit; a light source configured to generate light emitted to an area including the specific area when the acoustic wave reaches the specific area; an acoustic wave reception unit configured to receive the acoustic wave and to output a time-series received signal; and a signal processing unit configured to acquire optical property information based on the time-series received signal, wherein the control unit controls the transmission waveform in such a manner that amplitude of a photoacoustic wave generated in the specific area is reduced by the transmission acoustic wave transmitted from the acoustic wave transmission unit. | 04-09-2015 |
20150099973 | PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS - A photoacoustic apparatus disclosed in the present specification includes: a light source configured to emit light; an acoustic wave transmission unit configured to transmit an acoustic wave to a specific area; a photoacoustic wave reception unit configured to receive a photoacoustic wave generated by a subject due to emission of the light, which is emitted from the light source, to the subject and configured to output a time-series photoacoustic signal; an echo reception unit configured to receive an echo generated due to reflection, in the subject, of the acoustic wave transmitted from the acoustic wave transmission unit and configured to output a time-series echo signal; and a processing unit configured to acquire, based on the time-series photoacoustic signal and the time-series echo signal, optical property information in which information a component corresponding to a reflected wave of the photoacoustic wave generated in the specific area is reduced. | 04-09-2015 |
20150334308 | SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus in related art has a problem in a presentation method of data to a user or a usability. A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of transducer elements that receive acoustic waves generated in a subject irradiated with light from a light source and transduce the acoustic waves into a plurality of reception signals, a processing unit configured to obtain a characteristic distribution indicating a distribution of characteristic information respectively corresponding to a plurality of positions in the subject by using the plurality of reception signals, in which the processing unit outputs image information for displaying a distribution image created by using the characteristic distribution and data indicating a time fluctuation of the characteristic information in a predetermined region of the distribution image within a same screen of a display unit. | 11-19-2015 |
20150351639 | SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a light source that emits light, a photoacoustic wave reception unit that receives a photoacoustic wave generated when the light is radiated onto a subject and that outputs a photoacoustic signal, an acoustic wave transmission unit that transmits an acoustic wave to the subject, an echo reception unit that receives an echo of the acoustic wave and that outputs an echo signal, and a signal processing unit that obtains pieces of optical characteristic information regarding the subject on the basis of the photoacoustic signal and pieces of morphological information regarding the subject on the basis of the echo signal. The signal processing unit obtains similarity between the pieces of morphological information, and, if the similarity is equal to or higher than a certain value, combines the pieces of optical characteristic information corresponding to the pieces of morphological information. | 12-10-2015 |