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20140183882 | PANEL LOCKING STRUCTURE FOR CARGO BED OF VEHICLE - A utility vehicle according to the invention includes a cargo bed having a panel locking mechanism. The panel locking mechanism includes a locking lever pivotably supported on a gate-type panel, a substantially U-shaped movable hook made of a spring steel and coupled to a middle of the locking lever, and a stationary hook provided on a panel adjacent to the gate-type panel and with which the movable hook is engageable. When seen from above, the middle portion of the movable hook is pressed onto a surface of the gate-type panel so as to press the gate-type panel inward of the cargo bed by a resilient force upon locking. For example, the movable hook can be formed with a straight portion. | 07-03-2014 |
20140183903 | UTILITY VEHICLE - A utility vehicle according to the present invention includes a chassis, one or more seat rows arranged on the chassis, a cargo bed arranged behind the seat row(s), the cargo bed turnably supported at a pivot of the chassis so as to be changeable between a normal position in which a front portion of the cargo bed is not raised and a dumping position in which the front portion of the cargo bed is raised, and cargo bed locking mechanisms capable of locking the cargo bed in the normal position to the chassis, the cargo bed locking mechanisms each having a grip of a locking operating lever arranged at a front of the cargo bed. | 07-03-2014 |
20140183906 | UTILITY VEHICLE - In a utility vehicle according to the present invention, a ROPS (rollover protective structure) surrounding a riding space includes right and left side frame units, and a plurality of cross members. Each of the side frame units includes a front pipe portion extending upward from near a dashboard, an upper pipe portion extending rearward from the upper end of the front pipe portion, a rear pipe portion extending downward from the rear end of the upper pipe portion, and an intermediate pipe portion extending downward from the middle portion in the front-rear direction of the upper pipe portion. The front pipe portion, the upper pipe portion, and the rear pipe portion are integrally formed by bending. | 07-03-2014 |
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20110313590 | DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A distributed power supply system of the present invention comprises a distributed power supply apparatus ( | 12-22-2011 |
20120070755 | FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A fuel cell power generation system including: a measurement section configured to measure an accumulated energized period; a calendar section configured to specify a time and a date; a memory having stored therein a matrix in which time-of-year segments which are defined by dividing a one-year period are arranged in rows, and energized period segments which are defined by dividing a target value of the accumulated energized period are arranged in columns, wherein the matrix stores, as elements, upper limit values of a power generation period per unit time of a fuel cell stack, and the upper limit values are set such that the sum of power generation periods calculated for all of the elements coincides with a pre-measured life period of the fuel cell stack; a calculation section configured to apply the time and the date and the accumulated energized period to the matrix, and to determine an upper limit value of the power generation period per unit time; and an operation controller configured to set, in consideration of at least a thermal demand from a demander, a plan for a power generation operation to be performed in each unit time within the range of the upper limit value, and to control the power generation operation of the fuel cell stack based on the plan. | 03-22-2012 |
20120218794 | DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A distributed power supply system is configured to execute a process for determining whether or not to permit a diagnostic process in such a manner that it is determined whether or not a difference between a set upper limit value and an actual measurement current value is not less than a load current value, the set upper limit value being a predetermined upper limit value set with respect to a detected current of a current sensor, the measurement current value being detected by the current sensor in a state where the diagnostic process is not executed, and the load current value being a value of a current flowing from a commercial power utility to a power load during execution of the diagnostic process; and if it is determined that the difference is not less than the load current value, the controller permits the diagnostic process. | 08-30-2012 |
20120286759 | DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A distributed power generation system of the present invention is a distributed power generation system connected to a three-wire electric power system including first to third electric wires, the third electric wire being a neutral wire, and includes: an electric power generator ( | 11-15-2012 |
20130076131 | DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A distributed power generation system ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130108938 | POWER CONVERTER AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130211786 | FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION APPARATUS - A fuel cell power generation apparatus ( | 08-15-2013 |
20140203647 | DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The distributed power generation system includes: an inverter connected to the first connection point; a first power generator; a current sensor provided on the power line between the commercial power supply and the first connection point; and a controller. In a case where a current flowing in a direction from the first connection point to the commercial power supply is a positive current, in a state where the inverter is disconnected, the controller determines that there is an abnormality in an installation state of the current sensor, or gives a notification of the abnormality in the installation state of the current sensor, if differential power that is obtained by subtracting power consumed by the electrical load from output power of the inverter is greater than a first threshold greater than 0. | 07-24-2014 |
20140232194 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply system including: a power storage device which is connected to a system power supply and is chargeable and dischargeable; a second load which is connected in parallel to the power storage device; a power generation device which is connected to the second load, generates power, supplies the generated power to the second load, and performs a shutdown process for stopping power generation using power supplied from the power storage device; and a determination device which determines whether or not a remaining amount of power in the power storage device is greater than a shutdown power amount which is an amount of power necessary for the power generation device to perform the shutdown process, in which the power generation device performs, while in operation, the shutdown process or supplying of power to the power storage device according to the determination by the determination device. | 08-21-2014 |
20150318700 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND MEASUREMENT POINT SWITCHING APPARATUS - An autonomous distribution board receives feeding of power via a distribution board for a period during which grid power is supplied from a grid power source, while receiving power via an autonomous terminal of a power conversion apparatus for a period during which supplying of grid power from grid power source is stopped. Autonomous distribution board is connected with a specific load and the like. A measurement point switching apparatus is configured to select one from a current sensor configured to monitor a current that flows through a main breaker, and a current sensor configured to monitor a current that is supplied from power conversion apparatus to autonomous distribution board. A fuel battery is configured to adjust an output thereof based on an output of the selected one so that power by fuel battery is consumed by a general load, specific load and the like. | 11-05-2015 |
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20130106151 | VEHICLE SEAT | 05-02-2013 |
20130106152 | VEHICLE SEAT | 05-02-2013 |
20130106153 | VEHICLE SEAT | 05-02-2013 |
20130113244 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat comprises: left and right base frames (side portions | 05-09-2013 |
20130113245 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat comprises: a base frame (side frames | 05-09-2013 |
20130113246 | VEHICLE SEAT - Provided is a vehicle seat having a sufficient strength against an impact load due to collision in a peripheral structure of a side frame and having a reduced size of the peripheral structure of the side frame. The vehicle seat includes a seat back frame having a side portion located on a lateral side, a load input member arranged on the lateral side of the seat back frame so that a load from another member is input thereto, a pressure receiving member coupled to the seat back frame via a joint member and supporting an occupant, and an impact reduction member arranged on at least one side of the side portion, engaging with the joint member, and moving the pressure receiving member rearward by an impact load applied to the pressure receiving member. | 05-09-2013 |
20130119724 | VEHICLE SEAT - Provided is a vehicle seat by which an impact of rear end collision is reduced and of which peripheral structure of a side frame is simplified. A vehicle seat includes: a seat back frame which includes side portions positioned at the sides thereof, a pressure receiving member which is jointed to the seat back frame through joint members and supports an occupant, and an impact reduction member which is disposed on at least one of the side portions to engage with the joint member and to move by a predetermined amount of impact load applied to the pressure receiving member so that the pressure receiving member is caused to move rearward; in which the side portion includes a convex portion protruding in the movement range of the impact reduction member, and the impact reduction member abuts against the convex portion so that the movement of the impact reduction member is prevented. | 05-16-2013 |
20140183918 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat with a height adjustable seat bottom, includes left and right side frames each including a main body portion extending in a front-rear direction and a mount portion for a seat back frame protruding from a rear portion of the main body portion, which side frames constitute left and right frames of the seat bottom, a height adjustment mechanism configured to allow the left and right side frames to be lifted and lowered, and an operation unit including an operation knob configured to be operated by an occupant to cause the height adjustment mechanism to be actuated which operation unit is fixed to one of the left and right side frames. The operation unit is so disposed that at least a part thereof lies over the mount portion. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090208247 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member is provided in which both a potential variation over a long time period and a potential variation within a short time period are suppressed. A method of producing the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member are also provided. In the electrophotographic photosensitive member, an intermediate layer is a layer formed by coating and drying a coating liquid for an intermediate layer, containing an acidic titania sol and an organic resin, and the acidic titania sol is an acidic sol containing anatase-type titanium oxide crystal particles having an average primary particle diameter of 3 nm or more and 9 nm or less. | 08-20-2009 |
20100062171 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - The present invention provides an apparatus for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member that has a coating machine for dipping plural members to be coated in a coating liquid in a coating bath and then lifting up the coated members to form a coating film on the surface of each of the plural members to be coated and a transport holding member for holding and transporting the members to be coated, and has plural stretching hoods which can individually cover each side of the plural members to be coated and can extend in association with the movement of the plural members to be coated to individually cover each side of the plural members to be coated when the coating machine is lifting up the plural members to be coated, wherein the plural stretching hoods are linked with each other at the lower parts of the hoods. | 03-11-2010 |
20110117483 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Aspects of the present invention provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member in which an intermediate layer contains metal oxide particles, an organic resin, and a specific compound (fluorenone derivative), and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus including the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 05-19-2011 |
20110200743 | DIP-COATING PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MAKING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - A dip-coating process includes immersing a member to be coated in a coating solution in a coating vessel and lifting the member to be coated while covering a side surface of the member to be coated with a telescopic sliding hood to form a coating film on a surface of the member to be coated. The telescopic sliding hood includes a plurality of tubular members connected so that their diameters successively decrease upward in a dip-coating direction, and can cover the side surface of the member to be coated by extending in association with the movement of the member to be coated during the lift of the member to be coated. While the member to be coated is being lifted, a downward airflow in the dip-coating direction is generated in a gap between an inner surface of the telescopic sliding hood and the member to be coated to discharge solvent vapor to outside the telescopic sliding hood. | 08-18-2011 |
20120115076 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A charge generating layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a charge generating substance, polyvinyl acetal, and a fluorenone derivative. | 05-10-2012 |
20150346620 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an undercoat layer that includes metal oxide particles and a compound represented by formula (1). | 12-03-2015 |
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20090066878 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - A liquid crystal display apparatus, comprises: a liquid crystal display ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090086119 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - In an image displaying apparatus, comprising: a large-size housing; and a panel module | 04-02-2009 |
20090147175 | Liquid Crystal Display Appliance - A liquid crystal display apparatus which exhausts heat generated within the apparatus efficiently, and reduces temperature increase in the heat-frail sections is provided. | 06-11-2009 |
20100008044 | Flat Display Apparatus - A flat display apparatus includes a display unit; a housing configured to accommodate the display unit; a support member configured to support the housing; and a cooling device configured to radiate heat of a heating element which is mounted in the housing, wherein the cooling device includes a first far infrared ray transfer member which is thermally connected to the heating element in the housing and a second far infrared ray transfer member which is thermally connected to an external portion of the housing at a rear surface side, wherein a radiating surface of the first far infrared ray transfer member and an absorbing surface of the second far infrared ray transfer member are disposed to oppose to each other with the housing interposed therebetween, and wherein heat radiated from the first far infrared ray transfer member is radiated at both plane surface of the second far infrared ray transfer member. | 01-14-2010 |
20100238372 | Image Displaying Apparatus - A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted. | 09-23-2010 |
20100271361 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted. | 10-28-2010 |
20110141671 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a wall-mountable display apparatus that is simple in structure and excellent in withstand load. In an inner central portion of a rear cover of the display apparatus, a boss bulged towards a display panel is formed integrally with the cover, with a distal end of the boss being fixedly coupled to a base chassis in such a manner that the boss end is opposed to part of the base chassis. The boss is formed in a substantially central position of a mounting region defined by four mounting holes to which wall-mounting metallic fixtures are to be mounted. Alternatively, the boss is formed in a substantially central position of the mounting region in a horizontal direction. | 06-16-2011 |
20110286169 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel, a signal board for processing an image signal used in an image display, and a power source board for supplying power from a power source to the signal board and the display panel. The signal board and the power source board are disposed in a horizontal direction relative to the display panel, and a projection portion, being disposed higher above a surface of the power source board than a circuit element of the power source board and not being connected with a member opposing to a mounting side of the circuit element, is provided on the surface of the power source board where the circuit element is mounted. | 11-24-2011 |
20120140144 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a backlight unit in which a diffusing member and an adjusting member are disposed on exit surfaces of light guide plates near a liquid crystal panel. The diffusing member diffuses light from the exit surfaces and the adjusting member adjusts the distribution of light from the exit surfaces. The light guide plate is as large as one of four equal parts of the liquid crystal panel as divided in vertical and horizontal directions. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140149 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus equipped with a backlight unit includes an LED, a light guide plate for light emission by guiding light from the LED to a liquid crystal panel, an LED board for driving the LED, a reflection sheet interposed between the light guide plate and the LED board, and a chassis on which the LED, the light guide plate, the reflection sheet and the LED board are mounted. The light guide plate has a half length and a half width of the liquid crystal panel, and the reflection sheet has substantially the same size as the light guide plate. The reflection sheet is extended at portions abutting on sides of the chassis to define flanges. | 06-07-2012 |
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20150266881 | CYCLOPROPANAMINE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a compound having a lysine specific demethylase 1 inhibitory action, and useful as a medicament such as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or Huntington's disease, and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula | 09-24-2015 |
20150291577 | CYCLOPROPANAMINE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a compound having a lysine-specific demethylase-1 inhibitory action, and useful as a medicament such as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for schizophrenia, developmental disorders, particularly diseases having intellectual disability (e.g., autistic spectrum disorders, Rett syndrome, Down's syndrome, Kabuki syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Kleefstra syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, Noonan syndrome, tuberous sclerosis), neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, spinocerebellar degeneration (e.g., dentatorubural pallidoluysian atrophy) and Huntington's disease), epilepsy (e.g., Dravet syndrome) or drug dependence, and the like. A compound represented by the formula | 10-15-2015 |
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20080232692 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The image processing apparatus comprises: an image correction unit which applies a correction processing to the digital image data; a subject detection unit which detects a human subject from an input image data; a skin color setting unit which sets skin color information based on the detected human subject; a skin color extraction unit which extracts pixels having a skin color similar to a skin color represented by the set skin color information from the digital image data; an area setting unit which sets mask information used to apply correction only to an area to be corrected; and an image output unit which produces output image data based on the inputted digital image data, the corrected image data and the mask information. In a case where the human subject is not detected, skin color information is set using the pre-defined skin color information. | 09-25-2008 |
20140012112 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An electronic endoscope has normal and high-sensitivity image sensors. In a special mode for imaging an oxygen saturation level of blood, one of the normal and high-sensitivity image sensors is selected in accordance with a reflected light amount of special illumination light. When the normal image sensor is selected, the normal image sensor captures an image under irradiation with the special illumination light and outputs a second normal-sensor image. When an average pixel value of the second normal-sensor image is less than a first sensor selection threshold value, the use of the high-sensitivity image sensor is started. When the high-sensitivity image sensor is selected, the high-sensitivity image sensor captures an image under irradiation with the special illumination light and outputs a high-sensitivity-sensor image. When the average pixel value of the high-sensitivity-sensor image is more than a second sensor selection threshold value, the use of the high-sensitivity image sensor is stopped. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012113 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - In a special mode for imaging an oxygen saturation level of blood, an internal body portion is imaged under irradiation with special illumination light. A light amount evaluation section judges based on an obtained image whether or not a reflected light amount of the special illumination light is adequate for calculating the oxygen saturation level. When the reflected light amount is judged to be adequate, a normal image sensor captures an image under irradiation with the special illumination light. When the reflected light amount is judged to be low, a high-sensitivity image sensor is used. In using the high-sensitivity image sensor, a binning process is applied to an image signal in accordance with the reflected light amount of the special illumination light, in order to further sensitize the image signal. | 01-09-2014 |
20140031628 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE OF ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF ENDOSCOPE IMAGE - Illumination light for highlighting vessels and measurement light for measuring oxygen saturation level is applied alternately to a subject. A color image sensor images the subject illuminated with the illumination light and acquires a first blue signal, a first green signal, and a first red signal. The color image sensor images the subject illuminated with the measurement light and acquires a second blue signal, a second green signal, and a second red signal. An oxygen saturation level of hemoglobin in blood is calculated using the second blue signal, the first green signal and the first red signal. The first blue signal changed in accordance with the oxygen saturation level, the first green signal, and the first red signal are assigned to respective B, G, and R channels of a display. The display displays a “high-contrast vessel image with oxygen saturation level” that varies with the oxygen saturation level. | 01-30-2014 |
20140316195 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE OF ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Broadband light BB and narrowband light NB are simultaneously irradiated to a subject. A blue signal B, a green signal G, and a red signal R are obtained by imaging the subject using a color CCD | 10-23-2014 |
20140316283 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE OF ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Even if the ratio between blue and green components of illumination light is changed, a plurality of types of blood vessels at different depths are reliably distinguished. A blue signal B, a green signal G, a red signal R is obtained by imaging the subject using a color CCD | 10-23-2014 |
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20150216400 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - An endoscopic device that irradiates a plurality of illuminating lights having different spectrums from each other onto a subject at a front edge of an endoscope inserting module and captures the subject to obtain an observation image, includes an illuminating module that generates the plurality of illuminating lights, an imaging module that captures the subject and outputs an image signal of the observation image, a light intensity ratio control module that controls the illuminating module to irradiate the plurality of illuminating lights onto the subject with a set light intensity ratio by setting the light intensity ratio of the plurality of illuminating lights for every observation image, and a color tone correcting module that corrects the color tone of the image signal so as to obtain the observation image with substantially a same color tone even though the light intensity ratio is changed. | 08-06-2015 |
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20090016577 | COLLATION SYTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON PROGRAM - A collation system for selecting a registrant matched with a passer-by among a plurality of registrants registered in advance includes a photographing section for photographing the passer-by, a candidate searching section for searching a plurality of candidates for the registrant matched with the passer-by among the plurality of registrants based on a first image of the passer-by photographed by the photographing section, and a passer-by collating section for selecting the registrant matched with the passer-by among the plurality of candidates based on a second image of the passer-by photographed by the photographing section when the passer-by is closer to the photographing section than when the first image is photographed. | 01-15-2009 |
20120154565 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring a normal light observation image captured with white light and a special light observation image captured simultaneously with the normal light observation image using predetermined narrowband light, and an image processing unit for subjecting the normal light observation image acquired by the image acquisition unit to predetermined processing to generate a processed normal light observation image and providing information of the processed normal light observation image to the special light observation image. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154566 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - The image processing device includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring a normal light observation image captured with white light and an original special light observation image captured simultaneously with the normal light observation image using predetermined narrowband light, and an image processing unit for subjecting the original special light observation image acquired by the image acquisition unit to predetermined processing to generate a special light observation image and providing information of the special light observation image to the normal light observation image. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157774 | ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM - An endoscopy system includes a lighting section for emitting blue narrow-band light, green band light and red band light, an endoscope using an image pickup device for splitting light into blue, green and red spectral bands for photometry, and a processing section for generating a special light inspection image and a normal light inspection image from images produced by the image pickup device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120188351 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an electronic endoscope system, a changed-area detector detects a changed area from an image captured by an endoscope, the changed area having different features from other area of the captured image. A mask data produce produces mask data based on the detected changed area, the mask data allocating an image processing parameter to each pixel of the captured image such that the changed area is processed in a different way from the other area. An image processor processes the captured image according to the mask data. Thus, an image area corresponding to an artificial object like a surgical tool may be detected as the changed area and excluded from unnecessary image processing. | 07-26-2012 |
20120190922 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system is provided in which blood vessels (pits) are extracted from an image captured by an endoscope to perform pattern matching with vascular patterns (pit patterns) associated with the cancer invasion depth and operations such as enhanced display of blood vessels, suggestion of preferred imaging conditions and display for diagnosis support are performed based on the matching result. The endoscope system enables even a less-experienced doctor to correctly diagnose the cancer invasion depth. | 07-26-2012 |
20120197077 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An electronic endoscope system includes a light source apparatus, a CCD, and a processor apparatus. The light source apparatus applies illumination light to a target portion. The target portion includes a surface blood vessel and a subsurface blood vessel. The CCD captures light reflected from the target portion. The processor apparatus generates an image based on an imaging signal from the CCD. The processor apparatus has a suppression processor. Out of the surface blood vessel and the subsurface blood vessel in an image, the suppression processor reduces contrast of a non-target blood vessel relative to that of a target blood vessel to suppress or reduce display of the non-target blood vessel relative to that of the target blood vessel. | 08-02-2012 |
20120220824 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes a light source unit, an imaging element, a density calculating section, and an image processing section, wherein the image processing section changes frequency processing conditions with respect to the captured image such that the detection and enhancement degree of the structure and components of the living body in the subject are changed according to at least the density of each pixel of the captured image. | 08-30-2012 |
20120253122 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION METHOD - An endoscope system includes an illumination apparatus for applying imaging light to body tissue in a tube of a body cavity. An electronic endoscope images the body tissue illuminated with the imaging light, and outputs a blue image signal of blue and a green image signal of green. A signal processing device detects specific body tissue (such as blood vessels) in the body tissue according to the blue and green image signals. A calibration device refers to a reference ratio predetermined according to a reflectivity of the body tissue in relation to the blue and green, and calibrates the blue and green image signals to set a ratio between the blue and green image signals equal to the reference ratio. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259232 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus has: a light source device that includes a light source irradiating narrow band light and a fluorescent substance to emit predetermined fluorescent light and that irradiates illumination light; an endoscope body that includes an imaging element outputting an image signal; and a processing device that includes a signal dividing unit dividing the image signal into a first image signal corresponding to the narrow hand light and a second image signal corresponding to the fluorescent light, a blood vessel depth information calculating unit calculating blood vessel depth information based on the first image signal and the second image signal, a spectral estimation information calculating unit calculating spectral estimation information based on the second image signal, and an image processing unit generating a captured image from the first image signal, the second image signal, the blood vessel depth information, and the spectral estimation information. | 10-11-2012 |
20130041218 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - An endoscopic device that irradiates a plurality of illuminating light having different spectrums from each other onto a subject at a front edge of an endoscope inserting module and captures the subject to obtain an observation image The endoscopic device includes an illuminating module, an imaging module, a light intensity ratio control module, and a color tone correcting module. The illuminating module generates the plurality of illuminating light. The imaging module captures the subject and output an image signal of the observation image. The light intensity ratio control module controls the illuminating module to irradiate the plurality of illuminating light onto the subject with a set light intensity ratio by setting the light intensity ratio of the plurality of illuminating light. The color tone correcting module corrects the color tone to obtain the observation image with substantially the same color tone even though the light intensity ratio is changed. | 02-14-2013 |
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20120026284 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus capable of shifting to a panoramic shooting function based on a user's intention without performing a complicated setting operation. In a digital camera, when a zoom operation member is operated again to a wide-angle side within a predetermined length of time after the zoom operation member has been operated to the wide-angle end, the process shifts to the panoramic shooting mode. | 02-02-2012 |
20130002699 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To generate a high-quality mosaic image even in a case where a material image having a shape different from that of a region in which the material image is to be placed is used. A target image is divided into a plurality of different-sized regions. The size of a material image is changed in accordance with the area of corresponding one of the regions, and is placed in the region on the basis of the chromatic component of the region. In the case of overlapping material images that have been placed, control processing is performed so that a smaller one of them is placed on a larger one of them. | 01-03-2013 |
20130009891 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Display means capable of displaying a plurality of objects, detection means for detecting a body, specifying means for specifying a first object displayed in the display means by a movement of the body, measurement means for measuring a distance between the body and the display means, and display control means for determining whether the first object or a second object which is different from the first object is displayed on a front side in the display means in accordance with the distance are provided. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016954 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUMAANM Watanabe; KazuhiroAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Watanabe; Kazuhiro Tokyo JPAANM Kaku; WataruAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP Kaku; Wataru Yokohama-shi JPAANM Nagasaki; DaijirouAACI Kamakura-shiAACO JPAAGP Nagasaki; Daijirou Kamakura-shi JPAANM Oshimoto; NobuoAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Oshimoto; Nobuo Kawasaki-shi JPAANM Oya; SusumuAACI Kamakura-shiAACO JPAAGP Oya; Susumu Kamakura-shi JPAANM Hokari; YusukeAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Hokari; Yusuke Tokyo JPAANM Kanai; EriAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Kanai; Eri Kawasaki-shi JP - An object three-dimensionally represented by frames contained in a moving image and a time axis indicative of a playback time of the moving image is displayed on a display unit, and, while the three dimensional image being displayed, and an object representative of a moving image of a part between two points detected on the time axis is displayed in response to an instruction by a thing approaching to the display unit and is moved in accordance with a moving operation on the thing. | 01-17-2013 |
20130188781 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus comprises an X-ray generation unit; a plurality of supporting members configured to support the X-ray generation unit; and an accommodation unit configured to accommodate the X-ray generation unit and the plurality of supporting members, wherein the accommodation unit is formed by bringing a first member and a second member into contact with each other, each of the plurality of supporting members is connected to the first member by a first connecting portion that is rotatable and to the X-ray generation unit by a second connecting portion that is rotatable, and a support height of the X-ray generation unit supported by the supporting members can be adjusted in accordance with a distance between the first member and the second member. | 07-25-2013 |
20130272502 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED PROGRAM - A radiographic imaging apparatus for acquiring a radiographic image includes: a detecting unit configured to detect a position of a receiving unit, in which the receiving unit is configured to receive a radiant ray radiated by a radiating unit, which radiates a radiant ray, and output an electrical signal in accordance with the received radiant ray; and a display control unit configured to display, on a displaying unit, image data pertaining to the receiving unit and image data pertaining to a radiating area of the radiant ray of the radiating unit, overlapped with each other based on the position of the receiving unit detected by the detecting unit. | 10-17-2013 |
20140046543 | MOVABLE CARRIAGE - A movable carriage having front wheels and rear wheels includes, a detection unit detecting a direction caused by the operator pushing or pulling a grip unit, a rear-wheel steering angle changing unit changing a steering angle to cause a phase of the rear wheel to be the same as or opposite to the phase of the front wheel according to whether an angle between the detected direction and a center axis of the movable carriage is a predetermined angle or smaller, and a front-wheel steering angle changing unit changing a steering angle to cause a phase of the front wheel to be the same as or opposite to the detected direction according to whether the detected direction is a direction in which the movable carriage is pushed or pulled, when the angle between the detected direction and the center axis of the carriage exceeds the predetermined angle. | 02-13-2014 |
20140215342 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read allocation data in which categories of images to be displayed in a slide show are associated with display periods, a display control unit configured to display a selection screen that allows selection of a plurality of images for each of the categories based on the allocation data read by the reading unit, a selection unit configured to select images to be allocated to each of the categories based on a user operation performed on the selection screen, and a playing unit configured to sequentially play a plurality of images based on the images allocated to each of the categories in the selection and also based on the allocation data. | 07-31-2014 |
20140233705 | MOBILE X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - A mobile X-ray imaging apparatus includes: a mobile cart having a casing as an exterior member; an X-ray generation unit that can be stored in the casing; a handle portion arranged on an upper portion of the casing; and a movable portion having the handle portion and configured to be alternately stored in and pulled out from the casing, wherein an upper portion of the movable portion is pulled out in an inclined state from the mobile cart through a drawing-out operation performed on the handle portion by the operator. | 08-21-2014 |
20140253760 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Conventionally, on a subject in which range, refocus can be performed at the time of image capturing or at the time of editing an image is not specified clearly, and therefore, it is difficult for a user to capture an image or to edit an image in a manner the user intends. An image processing apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image including a plurality of subject areas and distance information corresponding to the plurality of subject areas and a generation unit configured to generate a shifted image in which positions of the plurality of subject areas are shifted in the image based on the distance information. | 09-11-2014 |
20150124121 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - There is provided an image capturing apparatus. A first image capturing unit captures an image of a subject to generate image data. A second image capturing unit captures an image of a user who captures the image of the subject, for a predetermined period before and after the image of the subject is captured. An obtainment unit obtains first classification information by analyzing, in the image captured by the second image capturing unit, each of a state of the user before the image of the subject is captured and a state of the user after the image of the subject is captured. A recording unit records the first classification information in association with the image data. | 05-07-2015 |
20150253951 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A GUI member is operated to let a user feel as if operation of a real object is realized. An imaging unit captures fingers of an operator. A system control unit detects the finger portion from the image captured by the imaging unit. The system control unit combines images in such a manner that the GUI member is positioned on a finger portion of a palm side and a finger portion of a back side is positioned on the GUI member from the image of the finger portions detected from the captured image, and displays the combined image on a display unit. | 09-10-2015 |
20150272502 | PROBE SUPPORT APPARATUS - Employed is a probe support apparatus having: a base stand; an arm connected to an upper end of the base stand so that the arm can be tilted and rotated in a horizontal direction; and a probe support section connected to a distal end of the arm at a side opposite that of a portion connected to the base stand. The probe support section is constituted by a deformable section and a non-deformable section, and the non-deformable section is connected to a distal end of the arm so that the non-deformable section can rotate about an axis parallel to a rotation axis about which the arm is tilted. | 10-01-2015 |
20150287244 | EYEPIECE-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An eyepiece-type display apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture a video of reality, a display unit configured to display a virtual image while superimposing the virtual image on the video of reality, a determination unit configured to determine whether a video being captured by the imaging unit is a video during advancing, and a display control unit configured to change a display mode of the virtual image so as not to block a user's viewing field. | 10-08-2015 |
20150293644 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing terminal includes an imaging unit images a video in front of a user, a display unit overlaps and displays an image of a keyboard therein as a virtual object on a scene in the real world, a recognition unit recognizes a touch on an actual object in the real world, a determination unit, when the recognition unit recognizes a touch on the actual object, determines that a touch operation is performed on the keyboard overlapped and displayed on the actual object, and a generation unit generates a character string by key codes of keys corresponding to touch positions on the displayed keyboard that is a virtual object, wherein when the generated character string is a meaningless character string, one or more modified candidate character strings obtained by shifting each character included in the character string by a predetermined amount on the keyboard are generated. | 10-15-2015 |
20150338924 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A distance measuring unit measures a distance from a picked-up image by an image pickup unit to a tip portion of a finger. When the measured distance is less than a reference distance, a CPU displays an identification mark at a position corresponding to the finger on a display image, and takes in a locus of the finger as a handwritten character/figure. When the measured distance is the reference distance or more, the CPU hides the identification mark, and does not take in the locus of the finger as the handwritten character/figure. | 11-26-2015 |
20150342458 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmic apparatus includes an image-capturing unit that captures an image of an eye to be examined, a main body having in a rod-like shape and that accommodates the image-capturing unit, an eyepiece portion that is positioned at a first end of the main body in an axial direction of the main body and that is brought into contact with a portion around the eye to be examined, and a display that is positioned at a second end of the main body in the axial direction of the main body and that displays an image of the eye to be examined. The main body includes a holding portion that is to be held by a hand of an examiner and that extends in the axial direction of the main body. | 12-03-2015 |
20150351623 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ophthalmologic measurement apparatus includes a measurement unit that acquires an image of an eye to be inspected, a main unit in which the measurement unit is placed and which includes a holding part for holding the main unit with a hand, an eyepiece part having a shape asymmetric about a measurement optical axis of the measurement unit and capable of being in contact with an area around an eye to be inspected, a position detection unit that detects a position of the eyepiece part, an acquisition unit that acquires eye distinguishing information indicating whether the eye is a right eye or a left eye, and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display an image of the eye such that the image of the eye is rotated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction based on the eye distinguishing information and a resultant image is displayed. | 12-10-2015 |
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20130249465 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes a position controller that generates a velocity command on the basis of a position difference between a position command and a position feedback signal, a switcher that switches the position feedback signal to be input to the position controller from a first position signal detected by a laser interferometer to a second position signal detected by a position sensor, and a phase compensator that compensates for a phase delay of the second position signal switched by the switcher relative to the first position signal. | 09-26-2013 |
20140191702 | MOTOR CONTROLLING DEVICE, MOTOR CONTROLLING METHOD AND MACHINERY SYSTEM - A motor controlling device is provided. The device includes a position controller for generating a speed reference based on a positional reference and a motor position, a speed controller for generating a torque reference based on the speed reference and a motor speed, a motor drive for driving a motor based on the torque reference, the motor driving machinery to which an acceleration sensor is attached, an acceleration feedback signal generator for generating a feedback signal to the speed reference based on an acceleration detection signal that is a detection signal of the acceleration sensor, and a positional reference filter inputted with the positional reference and suppressible of low frequency vibration of the machinery. | 07-10-2014 |
20140292113 | DIRECT DRIVE MOTOR - A direct drive motor comprises a first ring body and a second ring body. The first ring body is disposed on one side in an axial direction and on one side in a radial direction. The second ring body is disposed on the other side in the axial direction and on the other side in the radial direction. The first ring body includes a first tapered face on the other side in the axial direction and on the other side in the radial direction. The second ring body includes a second tapered face on the one side in the axial direction and on the one side in the radial direction. Either of the first or second ring body includes an air path. One of the first and second ring body includes a secondary side member, and the other ring body includes a primary side member. | 10-02-2014 |
20140306642 | ENGINEERING TOOL - An engineering tool includes a function that allows a user to perform, through a selection operation and a geometrical figure input operation, various motion-control-related setting operations for a motion controller configured to perform motion control on a motor via a motor driving apparatus. In response to input of a motion operation chart including a chronological and geometrical description from a user, a motion-and-sequence time chart to be referred to by the motion controller is created so as to allow a motor driving command for the motor driving apparatus to be chronologically output. The motion-and-sequence time chart is created by adding a command data sequence included in the motor driving command for the motor driving apparatus. | 10-16-2014 |
20140306643 | MOTION CONTROLLER AND MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A motion controller includes a controller configured to output a motor driving command based on a motion-and-sequence time chart used for motion control of a motor, to a motor driving apparatus. The controller is configured to receive the motion-and-sequence time chart, which has been created by a general-purpose PC, from the general-purpose PC via a higher-layer network. The controller is configured to receive the motion-and-sequence time chart including a command data sequence included in the motor driving command for the motor driving apparatus. The controller is configured to receive the motion-and-sequence time chart including a sequence time chart that describes a coordinated relationship between the motion control of the motor and a certain two-level input/output signal relating to the motion control of the motor. | 10-16-2014 |
20150198934 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - This disclosure discloses a motor control apparatus including a current conversion part, a voltage control part, a current detection part, and a current estimation part. The current conversion part generates a voltage command on the basis of a current deviation between a current command and an estimated current. The voltage control part controls an output voltage to a motor. The current detection part detects a motor current. The current estimation part inputs the detected motor current and the voltage command and outputs the motor current in which an influence by a disturbance has been compensated for as the estimated current. | 07-16-2015 |
20150198935 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - This disclosure discloses a motor control apparatus including a current conversion part, a voltage control part, a current detection part, and a phase compensation part. The current conversion part generates a voltage command on the basis of a current deviation between a current command and an estimated current. The voltage control part controls an output voltage to a motor. The current detection part detects a motor current. The phase compensation part inputs the detected motor current and the voltage command and outputs, as the estimated current, the motor current in which a delay in phase of the motor current relative to the current command has been compensated. | 07-16-2015 |
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20090152785 | ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND ORIGINAL POINT RETURNING METHOD OF ALIGNMENT APPARATUS, TURNING TABLE, TRANSLATIONAL TABLE, MACHINE INCLUDING ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided an alignment apparatus of rotating a table by translational driving to be able to operate the table in XYθ, Yθ, or θ accurately. | 06-18-2009 |
20110169441 | SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL APPARATUS - A synchronous control apparatus to synchronously control a plurality of motors with respect to a control subject includes a command device and a plurality of motor control devices. The control subject includes the motors, a plurality of position detectors configured to detect a plurality of position information of the motors respectively, and at least one coupler connecting movable axes of the motors. The command device includes a first position controller which is configured to compute a work position based on the position information detected by the position detectors and which is configured to compute, based on a difference between a position command and the work position, a new position command. Each of the motor control devices includes a second position controller configured to compute commands to drive the plurality of motors based on a difference between the new position command and the position information. | 07-14-2011 |
20130057191 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes a position detector to detect a position of a motor. A speed operator calculates a first speed of the motor. A position controller outputs a first speed command. A speed controller acquires a difference between the first speed command and a second speed of the motor to output a first torque/thrust command. A phase compensator includes a lowpass filter to advance a phase of the second speed, and acquires the first speed and the first torque/thrust command to output the second speed. An inertia variation inhibitor includes a disturbance observer estimating a disturbance torque/thrust. The inertia variation inhibitor acquires the first speed and a second torque/thrust command, and adds the disturbance torque/thrust to the first torque/thrust command to output the second torque/thrust command. A torque/thrust controller acquires the second torque/thrust command to control a motor torque/thrust. | 03-07-2013 |
20140055074 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device according to an embodiment includes a first subtractor, a speed controller, and a phase compensating speed observer. The first subtractor subtracts a speed reference from a speed feedback signal to obtain a speed deviation. The speed controller receives the speed deviation and outputs a first torque reference. The phase compensating speed observer receives the first torque reference and a speed of a controlled object including a motor, and outputs the speed feedback signal. The phase compensating speed observer includes a delay element model having an integral element of an order optimally satisfying a setting condition based on a degree of easiness for implementation and a degree of usefulness for phase delay compensation of the speed feedback signal to the speed reference. | 02-27-2014 |