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20110049389 | FLUORESCENT IMAGE OBTAINING DEVICE, FLUORESCENT IMAGE OBTAINING METHOD AND FLUORESCENT IMAGE OBTAINING PROGRAM - A fluorescent image obtaining device includes a light source that irradiates light such that a fluorescent material marked on a target in a biological sample lies in a non-excited state and a fluorescent material marked on a control with the target lies in an excited state, and an imaging unit that takes an image including the entire biological sample. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052038 | TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS, TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY METHOD, AND TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - A tissue-slice image acquirement and display apparatus includes: an entire-image acquirer that acquires a bright-field image of an entirety of a first slice of a tissue and a dark-field image of an entirety of a second slice of the tissue; a modifier that modifies a profile shape of a slice portion in the dark-field image on the basis of a profile shape of a slice portion in the bright-field image; a magnified-image acquirer that determines a range encompassing the second slice on the basis of the profile shape of the modified slice portion and that acquires, in a dark field, a magnified image of the second slice in the determined range; and a display controller that causes the bright-field image to be displayed and that causes a portion of the magnified image, the portion corresponding to a position selected in the bright-field image, to be displayed. | 03-03-2011 |
20110157349 | STAGE CONTROL DEVICE, STAGE CONTROL METHOD, STAGE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MICROSCOPE - A stage control device is provided and includes: an obtaining section obtaining a set of images as different visual points in all or a part of a sample set as a photographing object; a distance calculating section calculating a distance between each pixel of one image to be set as a reference in the set of images and a relative pixel in the other image; a tilt angle calculating section calculating a tilt angle of the sample using the distance calculated by the distance calculating section; and an adjusting section adjusting a tilt angle of a stage surface on which the sample is disposed so as to minimize a tilt within an angle of view of a photographed picture on a basis of the tilt angle of the sample. | 06-30-2011 |
20110249327 | STAGE CONTROL DEVICE, STAGE CONTROL METHOD AND MICROSCOPE - A stage control device including a position detection portion which detects a position deviation of a support plate relative to a reference position regulated by a convex portion provided in a stage, from an image of a scope including the support plate on which a sample is disposed and which is mounted on the stage; and a stage control portion that presses the stage, which is moved and controlled in a surface direction of the support plate so that the sample is in an imaging scope of an imaging element, from a position of a detection point in time in a direction corresponding to a position deviation at a pressing speed, and returns the stage up to a position of the detection point in time at a return speed slower than the pressing speed, when the position deviation of the support plate relative to the reference position is detected. | 10-13-2011 |
20120002276 | STAGE SYSTEM AND MICROSCOPE - Disclosed herein is a stage system, including: a stage on which to mount a slide glass; a projection block projected more than the thickness of the slide glass to the side of that surface of the stage on which to dispose the slide glass; and a pressing block which is provided on that surface of the stage on which to dispose the slide glass, is thicker than the slide glass, and presses toward the projection block the slide glass disposed between itself and the projection block. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002277 | SLIDE GLASS STORAGE DEVICE, CONVEYING DEVICE AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A slide glass storage device including: a supply tray which has a supply holding space determined by a longer edge upper limit allowed for a longer edge of a slide glass and a shorter edge upper limit allowed for a shorter edge of the slide glass and on which a slide glass to be supplied to a treatment unit operable to perform a predetermined treatment is mounted; a discharge tray which has a discharge holding space determined by a longer edge longer than the longer edge upper limit and a shorter edge longer than the shorter edge upper limit and on which a slide glass having been subjected to the treatment in the treatment unit and being to be discharged is mounted; and a support unit supporting the supply tray and the discharge tray. | 01-05-2012 |
20120003065 | CONVEYING DEVICE, CONVEYING METHOD AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A conveying device including: a storage unit storing two or more sheets of slide glasses to be subjected to a predetermined treatment; a stage holding only one sheet of slide glass to be subjected to the treatment; a supply arm by which one sheet of slide glass to be subjected to the treatment is picked up from the storage unit and supplied onto the stage; a discharge arm by which the slide glass mounted on the stage is picked up and discharged in the storage unit; a moving unit operable to move the supply arm and the discharge arm in an integral manner so as to bring the supply arm or the discharge arm into proximity to each of the storage unit and the stage; and a control unit operable to control the supply arm, the discharge arm and the moving unit. | 01-05-2012 |
20130088634 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image acquisition apparatus includes an optical system, an imaging device, a movement controller, and a multiple exposure processing unit. The optical system includes an objective lens for magnifying a portion of an imaging target. The imaging device is capable of performing all-pixel simultaneous exposure and is configured to image the portion magnified by the optical system. The movement controller is configured to move a focal point of the objective lens in a thickness direction of the portion of the imaging target. The multiple exposure processing unit is configured to perform multiple exposure of the imaging device at a plurality of positions such that, for each of ranges sectioned by positions in a direction in which the focal point is movable, an average image that covers each of the ranges is obtained. | 04-11-2013 |
20130135456 | IMAGE OBTAINING APPARATUS, IMAGE OBTAINING METHOD, AND IMAGE OBTAINING PROGRAM - An image obtaining apparatus includes: a light source configured to irradiate a biological sample having a fluorescent label with excitation light, the excitation light exciting the fluorescent label; an optical system including an objective lens, the objective lens being configured to magnify an imaging target of the biological sample; an image sensor configured to form an image of the imaging target magnified by the objective lens; a movement controller configured to move a focus position of the optical system in an imaging range including at least a range corresponding to the thickness of the imaging target; and a data processing unit configured to exposure the image sensor to light while moving the focus position in the imaging range and obtain a fluorescent image of the biological sample, to thereby calculate distribution information of the fluorescent label in a thickness direction of the imaging target based on the fluorescent image. | 05-30-2013 |
20140218499 | IMAGE OBTAINING APPARATUS AND STAGE CONTROL METHOD - An image obtaining apparatus includes an image pickup unit, a stage, a connection unit, a movement mechanism, a position detection unit, and a control unit. The image pickup unit includes an objective lens. The stage is configured to determine a position of a pathology slide in an optical axis direction of the objective lens, and the pathology slide is an image pickup target of the image pickup unit. The connection unit is provided to the stage. The movement mechanism is connected to the stage through the connection unit and configured to move the stage in the optical axis direction. The position detection unit is configured to detect a position of the stage in the optical axis direction for a measurement point preset on the stage. The control unit is configured to control the movement mechanism by using at least a result of the detection by the position detection unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20150226662 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system including: a storage unit storing two or more sheets of slide glasses to be subjected to a predetermined treatment; a stage holding only one sheet of slide glass to be subjected to the treatment; a supply arm by which one sheet of slide glass to be subjected to the treatment is picked up from the storage unit and supplied onto the stage; a discharge arm by which the slide glass mounted on the stage is picked up and discharged in the storage unit; a moving unit operable to move the supply arm and the discharge arm in an integral manner so as to bring the supply arm or the discharge arm into proximity to each of the storage unit and the stage; and a control unit operable to control the supply arm, the discharge arm and the moving unit. | 08-13-2015 |
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20130106556 | REACTOR AND MANUFATURING METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
20130241686 | REACTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A reactor includes a coil and a core unit having partial cores butted against one another to form a closed magnetic path. The partial cores include a first partial core forming and a second partial core. The first partial core is inserted in the hollow of the coil. A pressed face of the first partial core is oriented orthogonal to the winding axis direction of the coil. The second partial core is butted against the first partial core. A pressed face of the second partial core is oriented orthogonal to a direction different from the winding axis direction. The pressed face of the second partial core is a substantially flat plane. | 09-19-2013 |
20140217642 | REACTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Divided cores | 08-07-2014 |
20140292456 | REACTOR - A reactor includes an annular core, coils, a sensor detecting a state of the reactor, and a connector outputting signal from the sensor. Resin-molded bodies are provided around the annular core. The resin-molded body has bobbins for the respective coils and core covering portions formed integrally with each other. An exposed area where no resin covers the bottom of the core is formed in the lower face of the covering portions. A holder to fasten the connector is formed integrally with the upper portion of the covering portion. An assembly including the resin-molded bodies in which the annular core is embedded, and the coils wound around the bobbins are retained in a metal casing. A clearance is formed between the assembly and the casing, and a filler is filled in this clearance. The filler covers the exposed area of the core bottom. | 10-02-2014 |
20150130576 | REACTOR - U-shaped cores and fasteners are embedded in resin members, and brackets provided at respective ends of the fasteners protrude from the resin members. By fixing the brackets and a casing with screws, a reactor main body and the casing are fixed together. Openings formed by a partition wall that suppresses a direct application of a resin flowing from resin-filling portions to the fasteners are provided between the respective fasteners and the respective resin-filling portions. A protrusion extending in an opposite direction to a core and in parallel with the partition wall is provided between the resin-filling portions and the partition wall. The resin flowing from the resin-filling portion flows in between a core upper face and the fastener, and between a fastener surface located behind the partition wall and the internal surface of a die. | 05-14-2015 |
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20090168184 | ANTI-REFLECTION COATING, OPTICAL MEMBER, EXCHANGE LENS UNIT AND IMAGING DEVICE - An anti-reflection coating comprising first to seventh layers formed on a substrate in this order, the first layer being an alumina-based layer, the seventh layer being a porous, silica-based layer, and each of the first to seventh layers having predetermined refractive index and optical thickness in a wavelength range of 400-700 nm. | 07-02-2009 |
20090219620 | ANTI-REFLECTION COATING, OPTICAL MEMBER, EXCHANGE LENS UNIT AND IMAGING DEVICE - An anti-reflection coating comprising first to seventh layers formed on a substrate in this order, the first layer being an alumina-based layer, the seventh layer being a porous, silica-based layer, and each of the first to seventh layers having predetermined refractive index and optical thickness in a wavelength range of 400-700 nm. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220774 | ANTI-REFLECTION COATING AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - An anti-reflection coating comprising a mesoporous silica coating composed of mesoporous silica nano-particles formed on a substrate or a dense coating formed on the substrate, the mesoporous silica coating having a refractive index of more than 1.10 and 1.35 or less. | 09-03-2009 |
20090244709 | METHOD FOR FORMING ANTI-REFLECTION COATING AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - A method for forming an anti-reflection coating of alkali-treated silica aerogel on a substrate, comprising the steps of hydrolyzing and polymerizing alkoxysilane in the presence of a base catalyst to prepare an alkaline sol, adding an acid catalyst to the alkaline sol to carry out further hydrolysis and polymerization to prepare a first acidic sol, hydrolyzing and polymerizing alkoxysilane in the presence of an acid catalyst to prepare a second acidic sol, mixing the first and second acidic sols, applying the resultant mixed sol to the substrate, drying it, and treating the resultant silica aerogel coating with an alkali. | 10-01-2009 |
20100027123 | ANTI-REFLECTION COATING, OPTICAL MEMBER COMPRISING IT, AND EXCHANGE LENS UNIT AND IMAGING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH OPTICAL MEMBER - An anti-reflection coating laminated on a substrate, wherein in a wavelength range of 400-700 nm, the substrate has a refractive index of 1.45-1.72, the first layer is based on alumina, the second to sixth layers are dense layers having refractive indices of 1.95-2.23, 1.33-1.50, 2.04-2.24, 1.33-1.50 and 1.85-2.40, respectively, the seventh layer is composed of nanometer-sized, mesoporous silica particles, and the first to seventh layers have optical thicknesses of 25.0-250.0 nm, 27.5-52.5 nm, 37.5-54.0 nm, 45.0-62.5 nm, 77.5-102.5 nm, 16.0-26.5 nm and 112.5-162.5 nm, respectively. | 02-04-2010 |
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20100155781 | MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT OF A FIELD-EFFECT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A DIODE - A field-effect semiconductor device such as a HEMT or MESFET is monolithically integrated with a Schottky diode for feedback, regeneration, or protection purposes. The field-effect semiconductor device includes a main semiconductor region having formed thereon a source, a drain, and a gate between the source and the drain. Also formed on the main semiconductor region, preferably between gate and drain, is a Schottky electrode electrically coupled to the source. The Schottky electrode provides a Schottky diode in combination with the main semiconductor region. A current flow is assured from Schottky electrode to drain without interruption by a depletion region expanding from the gate. | 06-24-2010 |
20110260777 | MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A field-effect semiconductor device such as a HEMT or MESFET is monolithically integrated with a Schottky diode for feedback, regeneration, or protection purposes. The field-effect semiconductor device includes a main semiconductor region having formed thereon a source, a drain, and a gate between the source and the drain. Also formed on the main semiconductor region, preferably between gate and drain, is a Schottky electrode electrically coupled to the source. The Schottky electrode provides a Schottky diode in combination with the main semiconductor region. A current flow is assured from Schottky electrode to drain without interruption by a depletion region expanding from the gate. | 10-27-2011 |
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20080254977 | Catalyst For Exhaust Gas Purification and Exhaust Gas Purification Apparatus - A catalyst for exhaust gas purification is provided that can not only efficiently and simultaneously purify nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide in exhaust gas emitted from internal combustion engines such as those of automobiles even at lower temperatures, but also exhibits higher durability. The coexistence of a complex oxide that includes a rare earth element and palladium, a rare earth oxide, and a perovskite-type complex oxide that is expressed by the general formula LnAlO | 10-16-2008 |
20090005241 | Purification Catalyst for Exhaust Gas, Production Method Therefor, and Purification Catalyst Equipment for Exhaust Gas - A purification catalyst for exhaust gas which exhibits satisfactory performance even at a low temperature operation of starting or idling of engine (not more than 400° C.), and a production method therefor are provided. | 01-01-2009 |
20090131250 | PURIFICATION CATALYST FOR EXHAUST GAS, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND PURIFICATION CATALYST EQUIPMENT FOR EXHAUST GAS - A purification catalyst for exhaust gas which exhibits satisfactory performance even at a low temperature operation of starting or idling of engine (not more than 400° C.), and a production method therefor are provided. | 05-21-2009 |
20100242458 | EXHAUST GAS CLEANER - An exhaust gas cleaner which can attain an improvement in the efficiency of particulate filter regeneration and has excellent durability. The exhaust gas cleaner, which purifies an exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine, comprises: a gas channel through which the exhaust gas flows; and a DPF ( | 09-30-2010 |
20110107745 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS USING THE EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST - This invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst, which can burn PM (particulate matter) at a temperature below the temperature required in the prior art technique and can realize a high PM combustion rate at elevated temperatures, and an exhaust gas purification apparatus using the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The exhaust gas purification catalyst comprises a composite oxide having oxygen release properties and Ag and a noble metal co-supported on the composite oxide. The exhaust gas purification catalyst and an exhaust gas purification apparatus ( | 05-12-2011 |
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20090195891 | CAM MECHANISM OF A RETRACTABLE ZOOM LENS - A cam mechanism includes a cam ring having front and rear cam grooves which have a common reference cam diagram and are formed so that a front part of the front cam groove and a rear part of the rear cam groove are omitted from the reference cam diagram. A normal-width section and a wide-width section are provided in each of the front and rear cam grooves. In a zoom range, an associated cam follower of a driven member is engaged in the normal-width section of one of the front and rear cam grooves, and another associated cam follower of the driven member is positioned out of the other of the front and rear cam grooves. In a transition state between the zoom range and an accommodated position, both of the associated cam followers are positioned out of the normal-width sections of the respective front and rear cam grooves. | 08-06-2009 |
20090231709 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes an axial-direction moving member which moves between an operating position and a retracted position in an optical axis direction, an in-plane moving optical element movable in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis, a controller which moves the in-plane moving optical element in the orthogonal plane to a reference position when the image device changes from the operating state to the retracted state, and a mechanical guide device, provided between the axial-direction moving member and the in-plane moving optical element. In a state where the in-plane moving optical element is deviated from the reference position, the mechanical guide device guides the in-plane moving optical element to the reference position by using a moving force of the axial-direction moving member when the axial-direction moving member moves from the operating position to the retracted position. | 09-17-2009 |
20120257291 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a rear movable member holding a rear optical element, an off-axis removable member holding a removable optical element, a front movable member supporting the off-axis removable member, and a removal driving member supported by the front movable member. When the front and rear movable members are at the photographing positions, the removable optical element is positioned in front of the rear optical element, and when the front and rear movable members are at the retracted accommodating positions, the removable optical element overlaps the rear optical element. When the front and rear movable members relatively move rearward, the removal driving member contacts the rear movable member to be slidable in a driven direction of the off-axis removable member while the off-axis removable member does not contact the rear movable member. | 10-11-2012 |
20130242390 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ROTATABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A drive system includes a rotational driving member, a rotational driven member, to which a rotational resistance is applied, a holding member of a rotatable optical element supported by the rotational driving member and the rotational driven member, an insertion controller preventing the holding member from rotating when the holding member is in an inserted position, and a removal controller allowing the holding member to move to a fully removed position and prevents the holding member from rotating at a limited removed position. An insertion/removal operation of the holding member is performed by relative rotation between the rotational driving member and the rotational driven member, and when the holding member is prevented from rotating by the insertion controller and the removal controller, the rotational driven member and the holding member rotate with the rotational driving member about the optical axis. | 09-19-2013 |