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20090296550 | OPTICAL RECORDING-REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical recording-reproducing apparatus comprises a laser beam source; an objective lens for focusing a laser beam from the laser beam source on a disk medium; an actuator for positional control of the objective lens; a tilt-compensating mechanism for adjusting inclination of the objective lens relative to the disk medium; a detecting element for detecting an amount of a change of the power of the laser beam for recording of information on the disk medium, wherein the tilt-compensating mechanism adjusts inclination of the objective lens according to the amount of the change of the power of the laser beam when the recording is carried out. | 12-03-2009 |
20100080535 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING SIGNALS ON DISK RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording apparatus of this invention detects the state of management information, which pertains to a recording address of an image signal, and which is reproduced from a disk-like recording medium having a first area for the image signal and a second area for the management information. On the basis of the detection result, management data is reproduced from the first area of the disk-like recording medium. On the basis of the management data reproduced from the first area, the management information reproduced from the second area is modified. A modify unit records the modified management information in the second area. | 04-01-2010 |
20100295970 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An imaging unit outputs a video signal at a frame rate higher than a standard frame rate. During a zoom operation period or a period including the zoom operation period and periods before and after the zoom operation, a video signal from the imaging unit is recorded in a recording medium at a high recording frame rate. Other than this period, a video signal is recorded in the recording medium at the standard frame rate. The recording frame rate and zoom operation information is recorded as metadata in the recording medium. During reproduction, based on a set reproduction mode, thinning processing is carried out on a video signal recorded during a zoom operation, and the processed signal is output at the standard frame rate. In this way, it is possible to change a frame rate in view of a photographer's intention and assure compatibility with existing viewing and reproduction environments. | 11-25-2010 |
20110069600 | OPTICAL RECORDING-REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical recording-reproducing apparatus includes a laser light source, an objective lens for concentrating a luminous flux from the laser light source onto a disk medium, an actuator for controlling the position of the objective lens, a tilt-adjusting circuit for adjusting a tilt of the objective lens with respect to the disk medium, a circuit for determining laser power for recording a recording mark on the disk medium, and a circuit for detecting symmetry of the recording mark based on reflected light from the disk medium. In recording, the tilt of the objective lens is adjusted by the tilt-adjusting circuit based on an amount of change of the symmetry of the recording mark. | 03-24-2011 |
20120314967 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction unit that reproduces plural moving image data having different frame rates from a recording medium, an output unit that outputs the reproduced moving image data to a display device, a setting unit that sets one of a first and a second reproduction modes, and a control unit that controls the output unit to select some of frames of the reproduced moving image data and output moving image data of the selected frames according to an instruction for high-speed reproduction. In the first reproduction mode, the control unit selects frames at a predetermined frame interval according to reproduction speed for the high-speed reproduction. In the second reproduction mode, the control unit selects frames at a frame interval determined based on the reproduction speed for the high-speed reproduction and a frame rate of the reproduced moving image data. | 12-13-2012 |
20120327273 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS WHICH CHANGES FRAME RATE BASED ON ZOOM OPERATION - An imaging unit outputs a video signal at a frame rate higher than a standard frame rate. During a zoom operation period or a period including the zoom operation period and periods before and after the zoom operation, a video signal from the imaging unit is recorded in a recording medium at a high recording frame rate. Other than this period, a video signal is recorded in the recording medium at the standard frame rate. The recording frame rate and zoom operation information is recorded as metadata in the recording medium. During reproduction, based on a set reproduction mode, thinning processing is carried out on a video signal recorded during a zoom operation, and the processed signal is output at the standard frame rate. In this way, it is possible to change a frame rate in view of a photographer's intention and assure compatibility with existing viewing and reproduction environments. | 12-27-2012 |
20130343732 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS WHICH CHANGES FRAME RATE BASED ON ZOOM OPERATION - An imaging unit outputs a video signal at a frame rate higher than a standard frame rate. During a zoom operation period or a period including the zoom operation period and periods before and after the zoom operation, a video signal from the imaging unit is recorded in a recording medium at a high recording frame rate. Other than this period, a video signal is recorded in the recording medium at the standard frame rate. The recording frame rate and zoom operation information is recorded as metadata in the recording medium. During reproduction, based on a set reproduction mode, thinning processing is carried out on a video signal recorded during a zoom operation, and the processed signal is output at the standard frame rate. In this way, it is possible to change a frame rate in view of a photographer's intention and assure compatibility with existing viewing and reproduction environments. | 12-26-2013 |
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20090154817 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSOR AND IMAGE DATA DECOMPRESSOR - In a data decompressor, a variable length decoding unit extracts a variable length code from compressed image data, performs variable length decoding of the extracted variable length code, and restores quantized data before the variable length encoding was applied. An inverse quantization unit performs inverse quantization on the restored quantized data to generate orthogonal transform coefficients of each block and writes the generated orthogonal transform coefficients to a memory. An inverse orthogonal transform unit reads the orthogonal transform coefficients of each block from the memory and performs an inverse transform of the orthogonal transform performed by a data compressor on the orthogonal transform coefficients to thereby restore an image of each block. The inverse orthogonal transform unit is constructed so as to perform the inverse transform of the orthogonal transform coefficients in parallel with the variable length decoding of the variable length decoding unit and the inverse quantization of the inverse quantization unit. | 06-18-2009 |
20130100449 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING SCATTERING-ABSORPTION BODY - Light irradiates one light incident position on the surface of a scattering-absorption body. The light that propagates through the interior of the scattering-absorption body is detected at one light detecting position on the surface of the scattering-absorption body. On the basis of a light detection signal, a temporal profile of the light intensity of the detected light is acquired, and on the basis of the temporal profile, an mean optical path length of the light in the interior of the scattering-absorption body and information relating to the amount of substance to be measured in a region to be measured are calculated. The information relating to the amount of substance to be measured is corrected on the basis of the mean optical path length, such that the longer the mean optical path length, the greater the amount of substance to be measured is. | 04-25-2013 |
20130253322 | BREAST MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A breast measurement apparatus comprises a receptacle for surrounding a breast; a plurality of optical fibers for irradiating the breast with examination light and detecting transmitted scattered light from the breast; an inner image generation unit for generating an optical CT image concerning the breast according to a detection signal of the transmitted scattered light; an ultrasonic probe, arranged so as to face the inside of the receptacle, for scanning the breast with an ultrasonic wave and receiving a reflected wave from the breast; an image generation unit for generating an ultrasonic image concerning the breast according to the reflected wave; and a mechanism for injecting and discharging a liquid interface agent into and from the inside of the receptacle. | 09-26-2013 |
20140357998 | MAMMOGRAPHY DEVICE - A mammography device is disclosed. The mammography device includes a container configured to surround the breast and a plurality of optical fibers attached to be directed inward in the container and configured to perform radiation and detection of light. The container has a base member having an opening, a plurality of annular members continuously disposed to come in communication with the opening, and a bottom member disposed inside the annular member spaced the farthest distance from the base member. The annular members and the bottom member are configured to relatively displace the adjacent annular member on the side of the base member or the base member in a communication direction. Some of the plurality of optical fibers is attached to the plurality of annular members. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090058709 | Information processing system, information processing device and method, remote control, program, and recording medium - An information processing device that transmits and receives data to and from a device to which external devices are connected and that processes a signal transmitted from a remote control including buttons to which codes are allocated, the codes being different for each of the external devices, includes a storing unit configured to store, for each of the external devices, a table representing a relationship between the codes and the buttons; a generating unit configured to generate data of a graphical user interface in which a picture of the remote control and button names corresponding to the codes are located; and a control unit configured to perform, if a button included in the remote control to be used for issuing a command to change the button names has been operated, control such that the codes are changed while the table is referred to and that the button names are changed. | 03-05-2009 |
20110221885 | TRANSPARENT BODY INSPECTING DEVICE - A transparent body inspecting device includes: a light application unit for applying light to a transparent body; an image capturing unit which captures an image of the transparent body and in which a depth of field is smaller than a height of the transparent body; an image capture driving unit for moving the image capturing unit in a direction in which the image capturing unit is brought close to the transparent body and in a direction in which the image capturing unit is brought away from the transparent body; and a defect determining unit for determining existence or nonexistence of a defect in the transparent body based on whether or not brightness of pixels in the image captured by the image capturing unit is nonuniform, wherein: the image capturing unit carries out image capture more than once while moving in the direction in which the image capturing unit is brought close to the transparent body or in the direction in which the image capturing unit is brought away from the transparent body; and when the brightness of pixels in the image captured by the image capturing unit is nonuniform, the defect determining unit determines that a defect exists within the depth of field at the time of capture of this image. | 09-15-2011 |
20120219152 | KEY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, RECORD REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND KEY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A key information management system includes one or more record reproduction apparatuses and a key information management server. Each record reproduction apparatus has a substrate which can be replaced, and a nonvolatile storage unit which is mounted on the substrate and stores substrate identification information and key information of an encryption key. The key information management server includes a storage unit for storing the substrate identification information and the key information of the substrate in association with product identification information of the record reproduction apparatus, and the key information management server permits access to the storage unit through authentication. The record reproduction apparatus accesses the key information management server through the authentication after the substrate is replaced, and then rewrites substrate identification information and key information of the substrate after the replacement using the substrate identification information and key information of the substrate before replacement. | 08-30-2012 |
20140025962 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication unit configured to acquire encrypted information that is encrypted with a local code from another information processing apparatus, and a control unit configured to decrypt the encrypted information to generate content and store the content into a removable medium. | 01-23-2014 |
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20130042164 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory unit including a plurality of memory cells, each of the plurality of memory cells to perform a multi-level storage operation by assigning a value including a plurality of bits to at least four data states defined according to a threshold level; and a controller to control the memory unit, wherein the controller sets at least one of the plurality of bits to an error correction bit that indicates one of a first state and a second state; assigns the first state to the error correction bits that correspond to the data states having a minimum threshold level and a maximum threshold level and the second state to the error correction bits that correspond to the data state having other threshold level; and resets the error correction bit to the first state when the error correction bit indicates the second state. | 02-14-2013 |
20130198465 | CONNECTION APPARATUS, STORAGE APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING CONNECTION REQUEST TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - A connection apparatus that connects a plurality of storage units and a controller that establishes connection with the respective storage units in response to a connection request issued from each of the plurality of storage units and accesses the storage units includes a processor; and a memory, wherein the processor transmits a connection request selected based on priority information that represents priority associated with the connection among a plurality of received connection requests to the controller, the priority information being stored in the memory, and changes priority information included in a connection request received from a certain storage unit among the plurality of storage units so that the priority information has higher priority than the priority information included in connection requests received from the other storage units for a period where a connection request is successively received from the certain storage unit and a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 08-01-2013 |
20140082276 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL PROCESS - According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a storage apparatus including a plurality of solid state drives (SSDs) and a processor. The SSDs store data in a redundant manner. The processor controls a reading process of reading data from an SSD and a writing process of writing data into an SSD. The processor controls an internal process, which is performed during the writing process, to be performed in each of the SSDs when any one of the SSDs satisfies a predetermined condition. | 03-20-2014 |