Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080200760 | Positional Relationship Detecting Apparatus and Positional Relationship Detecting System - To realize a technique for calculating a positional relationship between a target coordinate axis fixed with respect to a detection target and a reference coordinate axis defined independently of motion and the like of the detection target, a first and a second linear magnetic fields in known directions on the reference coordinate axis are generated and a direction of the first and the second linear magnetic fields on the target coordinate axis are detected by a magnetic field sensor installed in an capsule endoscope ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080227394 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus is for receiving radio signals including image information transmitted by a mobile transmitting device through a plurality of receiving antennas. The receiving apparatus includes a plurality of frequency converters for outputting modulated signals obtained by converting respective radio signal received through the plurality of receiving antennas by different modulation frequencies; a superposing unit for superposing each of the modulated signals generated by the plurality of frequency converters on a frequency axis; a cable with a single coaxial cable where each of the modulated signals superposed by the superposing unit is transmitted; and a receiving unit for demodulating each modulated signal input through the cable to receive and output the image information. | 09-18-2008 |
20080267466 | Receiving Apparatus - Each of detecting circuits | 10-30-2008 |
20080278575 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus includes a receiver, a signal processor, an identifying unit, and a processing determining unit. The receiver receives serial data transmitted from a body-insertable apparatus, the serial data including a payload portion that indicates actual content of the serial data and an additional portion that is added to the payload portion as a signal indicating a position to start processing and contains attribute information that varies according to each type of body-insertable apparatus. The signal processor performs predetermined signal processing on the payload portion of the serial data. The identifying unit identifies a type of the body-insertable apparatus based on the attribute information contained in the additional portion of the serial data. The processing determining unit selects a mode of signal processing performed on the payload portion by the signal processor based on an identification result obtained by the identifying unit. | 11-13-2008 |
20080318540 | Receiving Apparatus - The present invention is intended to be able to ensure detecting whether an open-circuit occurs to a feeder within short time with simple configuration. A receiving apparatus | 12-25-2008 |
20090002177 | Receiving Apparatus - The invention provides a receiving apparatus that can suppress data loss when an antenna is detached. When a non-connection of an antenna is detected (step S | 01-01-2009 |
20090005642 | Receiving Apparatus - A condition for determining that an examination by a capsule endoscope | 01-01-2009 |
20090012360 | Antenna Unit and Receiving Apparatus Using the Same - To provide a receiving apparatus capable of dealing with various uses with a simple configuration. The receiving apparatus includes an antenna unit and a receiving apparatus main body. The antenna unit includes a receiving antenna that receives a radio signal including image data transmitted by a capsule endoscope inserted in a subject, and the receiving apparatus main body is detachably attached to the antenna unit. The antenna unit functions such that it demodulates the radio signal received via the receiving antenna into a baseband signal. The receiving apparatus main body acquires the image data based on at least the baseband signal. | 01-08-2009 |
20090046821 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A capsule endoscope | 02-19-2009 |
20090054730 | INTRA-SUBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING SYSTEM - A remaining-power-amount recognizing circuit | 02-26-2009 |
20090076352 | Receiving Apparatus - A receiving apparatus that can prevent beforehand that a portable recording medium is erroneously ejected during examination, and can prevent body cavity image data from being lost and the portable recording medium from being damaged is provided. When an ejection operation of the portable recording medium is detected (step S | 03-19-2009 |
20090259096 | BODY-CAVITY IMAGE OBESERVATION APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to enable clearly identifying whether a body-cavity image displayed on a display unit is based on data which is directly received by a viewer itself, or whether the body-cavity image displayed on the display unit is based on data received by another receiving device. An identification notifying unit presents different identification modes such as a capsule mark and a cable mark | 10-15-2009 |
20090312604 | PORTABLE SIMPLIFIED IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A portable simplified image display apparatus and a receiving system are provided, which can sensuously know the state of received strength of radio signals transmitted from a body-insertable apparatus, in either case of before examination or during examination. A viewer ( | 12-17-2009 |
20100016661 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND IN-VIVO INFORMATION ACQUIRING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An object of the invention is to receive, with a high sensitivity, a radio signal transmitted within a short time before a capsule endoscope reaches the stomach of a subject and acquire, in a satisfactory state, information on the interior of the subject such as image data picked up by the capsule endoscope. The receiving apparatus according to the invention includes a plurality of receiving antennas including a specified receiving antenna for receiving a radio signal from a capsule endoscope before the stomach is reached, a switching controller, an arrival determining unit and a mode switching unit. The switching controller performs a control operation for switching to and maintaining the receiving antenna in an initial mode or a control operation for switching to the receiving antennas in a normal mode. The arrival determining unit determines whether the capsule endoscope has reached the stomach or not. The mode switching unit instructs the switching controller to perform the control operation for switching to the initial mode, and upon determination that the stomach has been reached, gives the instruction to perform the control operation for switching to the normal mode. | 01-21-2010 |
20100020186 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE CONTROL METHOD - A data processing apparatus detects attribute information of image data, and sets a wireless communication parameter based on the detected attribute information. The wireless communication parameter used for performing wireless communication can be easily set. | 01-28-2010 |
20100029236 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving apparatus is for selecting and receiving a radio signal in a frame structure having an information body part including at least information body and an additional part including information for receiving field intensity measurement by using a plurality of antennas. The apparatus includes a controller that measures a receiving field intensity of not a first antenna which has received the information body in a transmission period of the additional part in a current frame but a second antenna, and measures a receiving field intensity of the first antenna in a transmission period of the information body part in the current frame, and if the receiving field intensity of the second antenna exceeds the receiving field intensity of the first antenna, selects and changes to the second antenna as the first antenna of a next frame. | 02-04-2010 |
20110187231 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - In an ultrasonic motor, an elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration resulting from an expansion and a contraction of a vibrator in a direction of a central axis and a torsional secondary resonance vibration or a torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting around the central axis. A dimension ratio of a rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration and a resonance frequency of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration match. The vibrator includes a plurality of regions in a surface orthogonal to the central axis, and deformations of the regions adjacent to each other along the direction of the central axis are mutually different. The vibrator expands and contracts in a direction orthogonal to a polarization direction thereof. | 08-04-2011 |
20110204748 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - An elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration of the vibrator resulting from an expansion and a contraction of the vibrator in a direction of the central axis and a torsional resonance vibration resulting from twisting of the vibrator around the central axis as a torsional axis. The dimension ratio of the rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration resulting from the expansion and the contraction of the vibrator in the direction of the central axis and a resonance frequency of the torsional resonance vibrations resulting from twisting of the vibrator around the central axis as the torsional axis match. The ultrasonic motor further includes a vibration detecting electrode layer. | 08-25-2011 |
20110252291 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus that can prevent beforehand that a portable recording medium is erroneously ejected during examination, and can prevent body cavity image data from being lost and the portable recording medium from being damaged is provided. When an ejection operation of the portable recording medium is detected (step S | 10-13-2011 |
20130142415 | System And Method For Generating Robust Depth Maps Utilizing A Multi-Resolution Procedure - A system and method for generating robust depth maps includes a depth estimator that creates a depth map pyramid structure that includes a plurality of depth map levels that each have different resolution characteristics. In one embodiment, the depth map levels include a fine-scale depth map, a medium-scale depth map, and a coarse scale depth map. The depth estimator evaluates depth values from the fine-scale depth map by utilizing fine-scale confidence features, and evaluates depth values from the medium-scale depth map and the coarse-scale depth map by utilizing coarse-scale confidence features. The depth estimator then fuses optimal depth values from the different depth map levels into an optimal depth map. | 06-06-2013 |
20130258096 | System And Method For Performing Depth Estimation By Utilizing An Adaptive Kernel - A system and method for supporting a depth estimation procedure by utilizing an adaptive kernel includes a capture subsystem for capturing images of a photographic target. The capture subsystem includes an aperture that is adjustable for admitting reflected light from the photographic target to a sensor device. An adaptive kernel is designed in a kernel design procedure based upon symmetry characteristics of the aperture. The adaptive kernel may be designed in either a frequency-domain kernel design procedure or in a spatial-domain kernel design procedure. A depth estimator utilizes the adaptive kernel for performing the depth estimation procedure. | 10-03-2013 |