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20080245150 | Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Imaging Device - The object of the present invention is to provide a the three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging apparatus for improving accuracy of internal inspection of an object to be inspected and enabling an automatic determination by means of ultrasonic waves. The three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes: an ultrasonic transducer having a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators; a driving element selecting portion for selecting a piezoelectric vibrator to emit an ultrasonic wave among a plurality of the piezoelectric vibrators; a signal detecting circuit for causing ultrasonic waves emitted by the selected piezoelectric vibrator to enter the object to be inspected, receiving echo reflected from the object to be inspected, and thereby detecting an electric signal corresponding to the reflected echo; a signal processing portion for generating three-dimensional imaging data by subjecting the electric signal corresponding to the detected reflected echo to parallel arithmetic processing; and a display processing device for receiving the three-dimensional imaging data from the signal processing portion, correcting image luminance of the three-dimensional imaging data so as to flatten imaging intensity distribution in the plane direction of the surface of the object to be inspected, and then displaying a corrected result. | 10-09-2008 |
20100212429 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC PROBE APPARATUS USED FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD - An ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe apparatus including an ultrasonic transducer; a drive element selecting section that selects a required piezoelectric vibrator of the ultrasonic transducer; a signal detecting circuit that detects an electric signal dependent on a reflected echo of an ultrasonic wave emitted from the selected piezoelectric vibrator; a signal processing section that produces data on an internal image of the inspection object based on the detected reflected echo; a second display unit that combines multiple pieces of image data acquired from the signal processing section and displays an integrated visualization data result; and an second input unit that is used to perform an operation command such as a command input to start or terminate an inspection or an a command to set inspection condition. | 08-26-2010 |
20110000300 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS - There is provided an ultrasonic inspection apparatus using scanning path information with high accuracy at a time of ultrasonic flaw inspection. The ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: a measurement unit measuring a distance to a surface of the object to be inspected to obtain measurement data including a group of points; a shape data generation unit, by using the measurement data including the group of points obtained by the measurement unit, for generating shape data of the surface of the object to be inspected including the group of points having position information represented by a coordinate system of the scanner mechanism; and a path information generation unit, by using the shape data generated by the shape data generation unit, for calculating a passage point on the surface of the object to be inspected that forms a scanning path of the ultrasonic transducer, and generating the scanning path information of the ultrasonic transducer in which a normal vector of the passage point on the surface of the object to be inspected and an opening surface of the ultrasonic transducer intersect each other, and a distance between the passage point and a center of the opening surface of the ultrasonic transducer is constant. | 01-06-2011 |
20110102429 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS - A three-dimensional ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: an ultrasonic transducer disposed m×n piezoelectric vibrators in a matrix; a signal processing device to receive, detect an echo, and generate a three-dimensional image data by processing an electric signal of the echo detected; and a display processing device to display a result of processing the three-dimensional image data generated by the signal processing device, wherein the display processing device includes a peak detecting unit to detect a first peak and a second peak of an intensity distribution of the three-dimensional image data in a depth (z) direction, a joint portion image creation unit to create a three-dimensional image of the joined area by mapping z direction distance of the first peak and the second peak to x-y plane, a determination unit to determine whether the joined area is sound or not, and a display unit to display the three-dimensional image and the determination result of the joined area. | 05-05-2011 |
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20090284643 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a driver configured to drive the focus lens, a controller configured to control a supply of power to the driver, and a setting unit configured to set a power supply mode for specifying a method of supplying power to the driver. When a predetermined power supply mode is set, the controller determines according to a magnitude of a depth of field of the optical system during whether holding power for holding the state of the focus lens is supplied to the driver when the focus lens is stopped, and controls the supply of the holding power to the driver according to the result of the determination. | 11-19-2009 |
20110050974 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus for capturing an image includes a first display unit, a second display unit capable of being in a set-in state in which the second display unit is set in a body of the imaging apparatus or a non-set-in state in which the second display unit is not set in the body of the imaging apparatus, a proximity sensor operable to sense proximity of an object, and a controller operable to allow the first display unit to display an image when the proximity sensor senses the proximity of the object, and allows the second display unit to display an image when the proximity sensor does not sense the proximity of the object. The controller controls a sensing function of the proximity sensor according to whether the second display unit is in the set-in state or the non-set-in state. For example, the proximity sensor may sense the proximity of the object when the object is continuously sensed for a predetermined sensing time or more. The controller may set the predetermined sensing time for the second display unit being in the non-set-in state to be longer than the predetermined sensing time for the second display unit being in the set-in state. | 03-03-2011 |
20110280564 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS UNIT, IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERCHANGEABLE LENS UNIT, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An interchangeable lens includes a three-dimensional optical system, a lens-side determination section, and a state information production section. The three-dimensional optical system is configured to form an optical image of a subject for stereoscopic view. The lens-side determination section is configured to determine whether the camera body is compatible with three-dimensional imaging. The state information production section produces restrictive information used for restricting the photographing of the camera body, when the lens-side determination section has determined that the camera body is not compatible with three-dimensional imaging. | 11-17-2011 |
20120070139 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a driver configured to drive the focus lens, a controller configured to control a supply of power to the driver, and a setting unit configured to set a power supply mode for specifying a method of supplying power to the driver. When a predetermined power supply mode is set, the controller determines according to a magnitude of a depth of field of the optical system during whether holding power for holding the state of the focus lens is supplied to the driver when the focus lens is stopped, and controls the supply of the holding power to the driver according to the result of the determination. | 03-22-2012 |
20120236128 | CAMERA BODY, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAMERA BODY, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE RECORDING MEDIUM TO STORE PROGRAM - The camera body includes the body mount, the CMOS imaging sensor, and the identification information acquisition section. The body mount is provided so that the interchangeable lens unit can be mounted. The CMOS imaging sensor is configured to convert an optical image into an image signal. The identification information acquisition section is configured to acquire lens identification information indicating whether or not an interchangeable lens unit is compatible with three-dimensional imaging from the interchangeable lens unit mounted to the body mount. | 09-20-2012 |
20120249861 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes an imaging element, a shutter mechanism, an actuator, a rotatable transmission member, a position detector, and a drive controller. The shutter mechanism is switchable between an open and a closed state to control the light incident on the imaging element. The transmission member is configured to transmit a driving force produced by the actuator to the shutter mechanism. The position detector is configured to detect the rotational position of the transmission member. The drive controller is configured to direct the actuator to begin storing the driving force while image data is being read from the imaging element, to control the timing at which the actuator begins driving the shutter mechanism based on the position of the transmission member detected by the position detector, and to switch the shutter mechanism from the closed state to the open state after the actuator has stopped storing the driving force. | 10-04-2012 |
20130051780 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA BODY - An interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body includes a zoom lens configured to adjust an angle of view of a subject image, a driver configured to move the zoom lens in an optical axis direction, a plurality of operating members configured to generate an operation signal for driving the driver according to operation performed by a user, a communication unit configured to receive, from the camera body, setting information for setting valid/invalid of at least one of the plurality of operating members, and a controller configured to control the driver. The controller drives and does not drive the driver based on the operation signal from the operating member having been set to valid and invalid, respectively, by the setting information received through the communication unit. | 02-28-2013 |
20130088580 | CAMERA BODY, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS UNIT, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAMERA BODY, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A camera body ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130113985 | IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING ZOOM LENS, FOCUS LENS AND FOCUS DRIVER - An imaging apparatus includes a zoom lens, a focus lens, a focus driver for moving the focus lens, a zoom position detector for detecting a position of the zoom lens, a focus position detector for detecting a position of the focus lens, a storing unit for storing the positions of the zoom lens and the focus lens, and a controller. When powering off, the controller stores detected positions of the zoom lens and the focus lens in the storing unit. When powering on, the controller compares a current position of the zoom lens which is detected at the power-on of the imaging apparatus with the stored position of the zoom lens, and controls the focus driver not to move the focus lens to a predetermined initial position of the focus lens. | 05-09-2013 |
20130148008 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA BODY - An interchangeable lens includes a zoom lens, a driver configured to drive the zoom lens, an operation unit configured to receive a user's operation for changing a magnification of the zoom lens, and a controller configured to control the driver according to the operation of the operation unit. The controller controls the driver in either one of a first operation mode for enabling the zoom lens to stop at an arbitrary position according to the operation of the operation unit and a second operation mode for enabling the zoom lens to stop at one of discrete predetermined stop positions according to the operation of the operation unit. | 06-13-2013 |
20130242168 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a zoom lens, an operation unit that receives an operation for changing a magnification of the zoom lens, an imaging unit that generates image data based on a subject image formed via the zoom lens, a driver that moves the zoom lens stepwise to one of predetermined stop positions corresponding to each of a plurality steps according to the operation received by the operation unit, and a controller that controls the driver. The controller changes the stop position of the zoom lens at each step according to a size of a region of the imaging unit on which the image data is generated so that a converted focal length at the stop position of the zoom lens at each step is the same regardless of the size of the region. | 09-19-2013 |
20130258179 | IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING HOT SHOE - An imaging apparatus includes a hot shoe to which one of a plurality of peripheral devices including an external strobe is selectively attachable. The imaging apparatus further includes a USB controller, a flash controller configured to output a flash control signal for controlling the external strobe, and a video signal controller configured to output a video signal. An apparatus-side connector to be electrically connected to a peripheral-side connector provided in a corresponding one of the peripheral devices upon attachment of the corresponding one of the peripheral devices to the hot shoe is provided in an inner region of the hot shoe or an adjacent region outside the hot shoe. The apparatus-side connector includes a USB terminal, a flash terminal, and a video terminal. | 10-03-2013 |
20150124146 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing device having an image-capturing surface, a shutter unit having an aperture configured to allow light from an object to pass through the aperture, and a controller that controls the shutter unit. The shutter unit includes a curtain unit that selectively executes an opening operation of opening the aperture and a closing operation of closing the aperture, and an actuator that drives the curtain unit. The controller is operable to control the shutter unit to execute: an image-capturing operation in which the shutter unit executes the closing operation after resetting an electric charge stored in the image-capturing device; and a pre-driving operation in which the actuator drives the curtain with a small motion before executing the image-capturing operation. | 05-07-2015 |
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20090288490 | COPYING APPARATUS - There is provided a copying apparatus that copies a workpiece, including a shoe that comes into contact with a portion of the workpiece to be copied, and a first swiveling unit that swivels with the shoe in an arc pattern around a point, as a swiveling center, on a plane where the shoe comes into contact with the portion of the workpiece to be copied. | 11-26-2009 |
20090293620 | COPYING APPARATUS - There is provided a copying apparatus that copies a workpiece, includes a shoe that is brought into contact with the workpiece, an air cylinder that enables moving the shoe in a vertical direction, a clamping mechanism that grasps the workpiece from side surfaces placed in a direction orthogonal to a traveling direction and, and a lateral translatory slide guide that slides the clamping mechanism in the direction. | 12-03-2009 |
20100251822 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD - An ultrasonic transducer is provided with a distance measuring ultrasonic sensor for detecting a distance between the ultrasonic transducer and a surface of an inspection object and an inclination of the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the surface of the inspection object, to control the distance and the inclination of the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the inspection object based on information detected by the distance measuring ultrasonic sensor, and at least part of ultrasonic wave transmission/reception by the distance measuring ultrasonic sensor is performed during execution of aperture synthesis processing during which transmission/reception by the ultrasonic transducer is not performed. | 10-07-2010 |
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20090112583 | Language Processing System, Language Processing Method and Program - A language processing system, method, and program to automatically in time obtain text analysis results. The system comprises a plurality of text analysis units, each performing a different type of text analysis processing, an analysis order control means controlling order of analysis of text by each of the text analysis means, and an additional processing execution means receiving and executing additional processing for the text analysis results from each of the text analysis means, from a user. At a stage which a text analysis result by any one of said text analysis units is outputted and said additional processing execution unit operates, said analysis order control unit performs control to start text analysis processing for other text analysis means. | 04-30-2009 |
20090168976 | Voice Recognizing Apparatus, Voice Recognizing Method, and Program for Recognizing Voice - In a voice recognizing apparatus, a voice recognizing method, and a program for recognizing voice are provided to carry out voice recognition with high precision. When a call receiving unit in which a plurality of telephone numbers for receiving are assigned to respective contents of calls receives a call from a caller, a calling voice signal input device inputs a calling voice signal of the call, and a receiving telephone number input device inputs the receiving telephone number of the call. A voice correction device then carries out voice correction processing for the calling voice signal in accordance with the receiving telephone number and a voice recognizing device executes voice recognition processing for the calling voice signal in accordance with the receiving telephone number. | 07-02-2009 |
20090307210 | Text Mining Device, Text Mining Method, and Text Mining Program - Provided is a text mining device capable of showing a user whether the characteristics extracted by a text mining are either common to all texts independently of the citations, in case the text to be mined is configured with texts of a plurality of kinds of different citations, or deviated toward a text of a predetermined citation. The text mining device includes a citation information creating device for creating the citation information of texts containing characteristics extracted from a text set collected from a plurality of citations, and a mining result output device for outputting the characteristics and the citation information in a corresponding manner. | 12-10-2009 |
20100063795 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - [PROBLEMS] To provide a data processing device such as a text mining device capable of extracting characteristic structures properly even in case a plurality of words indicating identical contents or a plurality of words semantically associated are contained in input data. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Association node extraction unit ( | 03-11-2010 |
20100076749 | LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, LANGUAGE PROCESSING METHOD, LANGUAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A language processing system according to the present invention includes: an input device | 03-25-2010 |
20100164440 | Charger for electronic device, electronic device, and charging method - A charger for an electronic device that charges a rechargeable battery of the electronic device. The charger includes a detection unit, which detects connection of another electronic device to the electronic device through a communication cable including a power supply line. A charging unit charges the rechargeable battery with power supply voltage from the power supply line. A measurement unit acquires a measurement value indicating a degree of a voltage drop of the power supply voltage occurred when the charging unit performs charging. A control unit instructs a charging current value for charging the rechargeable battery with the charging unit. When the detection unit detects connection of the other electronic device, the control unit monitors the measurement value while instructing the charging unit to increase the charging current value from an initial current value and determines the charging current value based on the monitored measurement value. | 07-01-2010 |
20100223291 | Text Mining Device, Text Mining Method, and Text Mining Program - With respect to each part at which a word included in a characteristic condition defining a characteristic text set designated by a user through the input device appears in text, the characteristic condition assurance degree calculating unit of the text mining device obtains a reliability of the word from the word reliability storage unit to operate a value of a characteristic condition assurance degree for each text by predetermined operation based on all the obtained reliabilities. The characteristic condition assurance degree calculating unit executes operation such that when a value of each reliability is large, a value of a degree of assurance becomes large. The representative text output unit outputs text whose characteristic condition assurance degree is the highest among texts whose characteristic condition assurance degrees are calculated together with its characteristic condition assurance degree. | 09-02-2010 |
20110202532 | INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SHARING METHOD, AND INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM - There has been a problem in a related art that as information of a certain topic is scattered, the information cannot be shared efficiently,. An information sharing system includes a specified section linguistic analysis element that performs a linguistic analysis to a specified section text and outputs linguistic analysis information, a specified section topic generation element that generates topic information from the linguistic analysis information, where the topic information is a topic of the specified section text, and a bulletin board management element that refers to a bulletin board information storage unit and if address information of a bulletin board corresponding to the topic information is obtained, outputs the address information or a set of the topic information and the address information as corresponding bulletin board information. | 08-18-2011 |
20120326656 | CHARGER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CHARGING METHOD - A charger for an electronic device that charges a rechargeable battery of the electronic device. The charger includes a detection unit, which detects connection of another electronic device to the electronic device through a communication cable including a power supply line. A charging unit charges the rechargeable battery with power supply voltage from the power supply line. A measurement unit acquires a measurement value indicating a degree of a voltage drop of the power supply voltage occurred when the charging unit performs charging. A control unit instructs a charging current value for charging the rechargeable battery with the charging unit. When the detection unit detects connection of the other electronic device, the control unit monitors the measurement value while instructing the charging unit to increase the charging current value from an initial current value and determines the charging current value based on the monitored measurement value. | 12-27-2012 |
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20090192743 | SAMPLING ESTIMATING METHOD, SAMPLING INSPECTION ESTIMATING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING SAMPLING INSPECTION ESTIMATING PROGRAM - A sampling inspection estimating method comprises determining an acceptable range of a measured value and an acceptable range of a acceptance probability, determining a first sampling plan to be inspected and a condition of calculating a first acceptance variables of lots, obtaining a first measured value of a production lot based on the determined first sampling plan, calculating first acceptance variables of lots based on the obtained first measured value and the determined condition of calculating the first acceptance variables of lots, calculating a first acceptance probability based on the first acceptance variables of lots, determining a second sampling plan to be inspected and a condition of calculating a second acceptance variables of lots, obtaining a second measured value of a production lot based on the determined second sampling plan, calculating second acceptance variables of lots based on the obtained second measured value and the determined condition of calculating the second acceptance variables of lots, calculating a second acceptance probability based on the second acceptance variables of lots, calculating operating characteristics of the first and second sampling plans based on the first acceptance probability and the second acceptance probability, and estimating the operating characteristics by using the determined acceptable range of the acceptance probability. | 07-30-2009 |
20140244020 | ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ANOMALY DETECTION APPARATUS - In accordance with an embodiment, an anomaly detection method includes acquiring coordinate data of defects or particles generated on a wafer during a semiconductor manufacturing process, calculating an Eberhardt's index from the acquired data, calculating a first probability point, comparing the calculated Eberhardt's index with the first probability point, and judging presence/absence in state of a spatial point distribution relative to the defects or the particles. The first probability point is calculated based on a sample distribution of the Eberhardt's index. | 08-28-2014 |
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20140368186 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes an electron beam applying unit, a voltage applying unit, a substantially flat component with a lattice pattern, and a first detector. The electron beam applying unit generates an electron beam and applies the electron beam to a sample at a first voltage. The voltage applying unit applies a second voltage to the sample. The polarity of the second voltage is opposite to that of the first voltage. The absolute value of the second voltage exceeds the absolute value of the first voltage. The component is provided at a position where the electron beam specularly reflected by the second voltage before reaching the sample is focused. The first detector detects a secondary electron generated from the component which the specularly reflected electron beam has entered and outputs a first signal. | 12-18-2014 |
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20130336670 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: a rotatable image bearing member; a developing unit configured to supply a developer onto the image bearing member; a transfer unit configured to transfer the developer on the image bearing member to a recording medium by a transfer voltage being applied to the transfer unit by a voltage applying unit; and a cleaning unit configured to remove the developer on the image bearing member, wherein when the apparatus stops an image forming operation halfway, the apparatus executes a recovery operation in which the image bearing member is rotated while the voltage applying unit applies a voltage to the transfer unit so that a part of the developer remaining on the image bearing member is once transferred from the image bearing member to the transfer unit, transferred again from the transfer unit to the image bearing member, and then removed by the cleaning unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20140050499 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, which executes, after an image forming operation is stopped, a cleaning operation in which toner that remains on an intermediate transfer belt is transferred to a photosensitive drum and is removed by a cleaning blade while the image forming apparatus causes the intermediate transfer belt to move for circulation, causes a charging roller or a laser scanner to change the surface potential of the photosensitive drum such that the toner to be transferred from the intermediate transfer belt to the photosensitive drum is part of the toner that is to remain on the intermediate transfer belt, when the cleaning operation is executed. | 02-20-2014 |
20140119764 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: at least one image bearing member; a developing device for forming a developer image by developing a latent image formed on a surface of the image bearing member; a cleaning device, including a cleaning blade for collecting a developer on the image bearing member; a discriminating portion for discriminating whether or not a cleaning sequence in which an amount of the developer to be conveyed to the cleaning device is adjusted is to be performed; and a stop detecting portion for detecting the stop of an operation of the image forming apparatus. When the operation of the image forming apparatus is resumed after the stop detecting means detects stop of the operation of the image forming apparatus, the discriminating means discriminates, before the image bearing member is operated, whether or not the cleaning sequence is to be performed. | 05-01-2014 |
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20150075360 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - In a hydraulic control circuit including a solenoid valve, whose change responsiveness in an actual pressure with respect to a change in an instructional pressure deteriorates when the instructional pressure enters a dead band region on a lower pressure side than a dead band threshold, for adjusting a hydraulic pressure supplied to a hydraulic device operated by the hydraulic pressure based on the instructional pressure, the instructional pressure is increased in a stepwise manner to a charge pressure higher than the dead band threshold, when the instructional pressure is set in the dead band region and the instructional pressure increases within the dead band region to such an extent that a speed ratio does not change. Then, a lower limit of the instructional pressure is set to the dead band threshold, and use of the dead band region is prohibited for a certain period of time. | 03-19-2015 |
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