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20090290474 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS AND OBJECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A light flux from the first light source forms a converged spot on first optical information recording medium by only a refraction action of the aspheric surface, or by a combination of the refraction action and an optical action given by at least one of the first phase structure and the second phase structure, a light flux from the second light source forms a converged spot on second optical recording medium by a combination of a refraction action of the aspheric surface and an optical action given by at least one of the first phase structure and the second phase structure, and a light flux from the third light source forms a converged spot on third optical recording medium by a combination of a refraction action of the aspheric surface and an optical action given by at least one of the first phase structure and the second phase structure. | 11-26-2009 |
20090316563 | OBJECTIVE LENS, OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An objective lens according to the present invention is an objective lens used for an optical pickup apparatus, and the objective lens includes a superimposed structure on a surface of a lens with a power in which a first optical path difference providing structure changing spherical aberration in under-corrected direction when a wavelength of an incident light flux becomes longer, and a second optical path difference providing structure changing spherical aberration in over-corrected direction when a wavelength of an incident light flux becomes longer are superimposed. | 12-24-2009 |
20100284262 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS, OBJECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting-a third light flux; and an objective optical element. The objective optical element has an optical surface including at least two areas provided with optical path difference providing structures. The objective optical element converges the first to third light fluxes each passing through the predetermined areas on the objective optical element onto respective information recording surfaces of the first to third optical disks. The optical pickup apparatus provides a wavelength dependency of a spherical aberration so as to correct a change in a spherical aberration due to a refractive index change with a temperature change of the objective optical element. | 11-11-2010 |
20110090781 | Objective Lens for Optical Pickup Apparatus, Objective Lens Unit for Optical Pickup Apparatus and Optical Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - The present invention relates to an objective lens, an objective lens unit and an optical pickup apparatus. The objective lens is provided for an optical pickup apparatus recording or reproducing information by converging a light flux with a wavelength λ | 04-21-2011 |
20110194396 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS, OBJECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting a third light flux; and an objective optical element. The objective optical element has an optical surface including at least two areas provided with optical path difference providing structures. The objective optical element converges the first to third light fluxes each passing through the predetermined areas on the objective optical element onto respective information recording surfaces of the first to third optical disks. The optical pickup apparatus provides a wavelength dependency of a spherical aberration so as to correct a change in a spherical aberration due to a refractive index change with a temperature change of the objective optical element. | 08-11-2011 |
20120155241 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS AND OBJECTIVE OPTICAL UNIT - An optical pickup apparatus includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting a third light flux; and an objective optical unit having a first optical path difference providing structure and a second optical path difference providing structure. Magnifications of the objective optical unit for the first-third light fluxes have almost same value. The first optical path difference providing structure provides a predefined optical path difference and changes a spherical aberration to be one of under-correction and over-correction for all of the first light flux, the second light flux, and the third light flux. The second optical path difference providing structure provides a predefined optical path difference and changes a spherical aberration to be the other of under-correction and over-correction of the spherical aberration only for the second light flux. | 06-21-2012 |
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20110231783 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit for detecting operation performed with a manipulating object on a display screen to connect to one or more apparatuses, and a determining unit for determining a relative orientation of another apparatus to which the information processing apparatus connects, based on the operation of the manipulating object detected by the detection unit. | 09-22-2011 |
20120092261 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a display controller that controls a display to display a keyboard, an interface that receives position information corresponding to a user input detected at a user interface, and a processor that determines that the received position information corresponds to a first determination region of a first key of the displayed keyboard and expands a second determination region of a second key based on the determining. | 04-19-2012 |
20140118247 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, INPUT SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, OPERATION INPUT APPARATUS, AND INPUT SYSTEM - There is provided a control apparatus including an input signal receiving unit that receives a first input signal generated in accordance with an operation on a first operation receiving unit provided on a first surface of an operation input apparatus and a second input signal generated in accordance with an operation on a second operation receiving unit provided on a second surface, which is different from the first surface, of the operation input apparatus, an opposing information acquisition unit that acquires opposing information indicating which surface of the first surface and the second surface is opposed to an operator of the operation input apparatus, and a processing controller that changes one of first processing corresponding to the first input signal and second processing corresponding to the second input signal based on the acquired opposing information. | 05-01-2014 |
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20080247434 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light-emitting device capable of increasing the carrier concentration of a p-type cladding layer and improving light-emitting efficiency is provided. A semiconductor light-emitting device is made of a Group II-VI compound semiconductor, and the semiconductor light-emitting device includes an active layer between an n-type cladding layer and a p-type cladding layer, in which the active layer has a Type II superlattice structure, and the junctions between the active layer and the n-type cladding layer and between the active layer and the p-type cladding layer each have a Type I structure, and the p-type cladding layer includes tellurium (Te) as a Group VI element. | 10-09-2008 |
20080298415 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device having high reliability, a long lifetime and superior light emitting characteristics by applying a novel material to a p-type cladding layer is provided. A semiconductor device includes a p-type semiconductor layer on an InP substrate, in which the p-type semiconductor layer has a laminate structure formed by alternately laminating a first semiconductor layer mainly including Be | 12-04-2008 |
20090059985 | EL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An n-type cladding layer structure which has good luminescence properties without the use of substances corresponding to RoHS Directive and a high Cl-doping efficiency, i.e. which facilitates the manufacture of a semiconductor optical element and device with low crystal defects and high reliability, and an active layer and a p-type cladding layer therefor are provided. The n-type layer being lattice matched to an InP substrate and containing Group II-VI compound as a main ingredient is a Group II-VI compound semiconductor, in which the Group II elements consist of Mg, Zn, and Be and the Group VI elements consist of Se and Te. The n-type layer of the present invention is characterized by a large energy gap, high energy of the bottom of a conduction band that is effective for suppress the Type II luminescence, high carrier concentration, and low crystal defects attributed to a good quality crystallinity. | 03-05-2009 |
20090141763 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - There is disclosed a Be-containing II-VI group semiconductor laser that has a laminated structure formed on an InP substrate to continuously emit at room temperature without crystal degradation. A basic structure of the semiconductor laser is formed over the InP substrate by use of a lattice-matched II-VI group semiconductor including Be. An active layer and cladding layers are formed to be a double heterostructure with a type I band lineup, in order to increase the efficiency for injecting carriers into the active layer. The active layer and the cladding layers are also formed to enhance the light confinement to the active layer, in which the Mg composition of the p-type cladding layer is set to Mg<0.2. | 06-04-2009 |
20100040103 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor layer including an n-type first cladding layer, an n-type second cladding layer, an active layer, a p-type first cladding layer, and a p-type second cladding layer in this order on an InP substrate. The n-type first cladding layer and the n-type second cladding layer satisfy formulas (1) to (4) below, or the p-type first cladding layer and the p-type second cladding layer satisfy formulas (5) to (8) below. | 02-18-2010 |
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20100251483 | SUPPORT MECHANISM FOR THE LEG BOTTOM SECTION OF A BED - In the conventional support mechanism capable of supporting the distal end of the leg bottom section at either a high position or a low position in the state where the knee bottom section is pivotally raised, the distal end of the leg bottom section that is set at the high position can be shifted to the low position only in the state where the knee bottom section is kept pivotally raised. If the knee bottom section is pivotally lowered in the state where the distal end of the leg bottom section is set at the low position, the distal end of the leg bottom section is forcedly released from the mechanical engagement for the low position and shifted to the mechanical engagement for the high position. | 10-07-2010 |
20100257671 | X-LINKED LIFT MECHANISM - In the conventional X-linked lift mechanism, in the state where the lift frame is lowered, lift drive components occupy a wide area. Therefore, it is difficult to additionally dispose other functional mechanism components. Further, in the configuration wherein the lift frame is raised when the linear actuator acts in the direction to shorten itself, if the linear actuator is broken, the lift frame may drop dangerously. | 10-14-2010 |
20120311790 | AIR MATTRESS WITH INTERNAL PUMP - Provided is an air mattress with an internal pump wherein an air supply/release pump can be contained within the space occupied by a conventional air mattress. The ease of handling, ease of performing caretaking work, and ease of maintenance of the pump are improved without reducing comfort. | 12-13-2012 |
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20080243978 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR - A random number generator includes an amplifier to amplify a difference between a noise signal and a reference signal to generate an amplified signal, a plurality of binarization circuits configured to binarize the amplified signal by using different inherent threshold values to obtain a plurality of binarized signals, and an exclusive OR circuit to perform an exclusive OR operation on the a plurality of binarized signals to generate random number sequence. | 10-02-2008 |
20090217222 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a plurality of processor elements each including a test circuit which tests whether there is a failure in the processor element and outputs a result of the test; a plurality of switch boxes provided so as to be respectively associated with processor elements, each of the switch boxes configured to have a table to store information of another processor element and transmit information of a corresponding processor element to the other processor element based on information stored in the table; a plurality of identification circuits provided so as to be respectively associated with processor elements, each of the identification circuits configured to identify a defective processor element on the basis of the result of the test and output location information of the defective processor element; and a transmission circuit configured to transmit the location information of the defective processor element output from the identification circuit to the switch boxes. | 08-27-2009 |
20120230105 | Semiconductor Integrated Circuit - In one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit has memory cells. Each of the memory cells has non-volatile memories and switching elements. The non-volatile memories and switching elements are connected in series between a first power source and a second power source. Output wirings of at least two of the memory cells are connected to each other. Input wirings are connected with control gates of the switching elements included in each of the at least two memory cells. A plurality of the switching elements included in one of the at least two of the memory cells is turned off, when an input signal or an inverted signal is inputted. Further, another plurality of the switching elements included in another one of the at least two of memory cells other than the one of the memory cells is turned on, when the input signal or the inverted signal is inputted. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233377 | Cache System and Processing Apparatus - According to an embodiment, a cache system includes a volatile cache memory, a nonvolatile cache memory, an address decoder, and an evacuation unit. The nonvolatile cache memory has a capacity equal to the volatile cache memory. The address decoder designates a same line to the volatile cache memory and the nonvolatile cache memory. The evacuation unit stores data which is inputted from the volatile cache memory and outputs the stored data to the volatile cache memory. | 09-13-2012 |
20120235705 | NONVOLATILE CONFIGURATION MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a memory includes a first P-channel FET having a gate connected to a second output node, a source applied to a first potential, and a drain connected to the first output node, a second P-channel FET having a gate connected to a first output node, a source applied to the first potential, and a drain connected to the second output node, a first N-channel FET having a control gate connected to a first word line, a source applied to a second potential lower than the first potential, a drain connected to the first output node, and a threshold changed by data in a storage layer, and a second N-channel FET having a control gate connected to a second word line, a source applied to the second potential, a drain connected to the second output node, and a threshold changed by data in a storage layer. | 09-20-2012 |
20120246412 | CACHE SYSTEM AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, in a cache system, the sequence storage stores sequence data in association with each piece of data to be stored in the volatile cache memory in accordance with the number of pieces of data stored in the nonvolatile cache memory that have been unused for a longer period of time than the data stored in the volatile cache memory or the number of pieces of data stored in the nonvolatile cache memory that have been unused for a shorter period of time than the data stored in the volatile cache memory. The controller causes the first piece of data to be stored in the nonvolatile cache memory in a case where it can be determined that the first piece of data has been unused for a shorter period of time than any piece of the data stored in the nonvolatile cache memory. | 09-27-2012 |
20130055189 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CIRCUIT DESIGN FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a method for implementing a circuit design for an integrated circuit includes: (a) obtaining a first wiring to satisfy a given operating frequency; (b) calculating a maximum bypass wiring length based on the given operating frequency and a critical path of the first wiring; (c) obtaining a second wiring by bypassing the first wiring using wires other than wires of the first wiring in a first wiring group, wherein wiring of the integrated circuit is categorized into a plurality of wiring groups, and the first wiring is included in the first wiring group of the categorized wiring groups; and (d) replacing the first wiring with the second wiring, if a difference between the second wiring and the first wiring is not larger than the maximum bypass wiring length, and not replacing the first wiring if said difference is larger than the maximum bypass wiring length. | 02-28-2013 |
20140104920 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a processor chip, and a memory chip stacked on the processor chip with bumps and including a memory cell unit and a memory logic unit. The bumps are arranged on the memory logic unit. An address and data are transferred between the processor chip and the memory chip by use of shared bumps of the bumps. | 04-17-2014 |
20140379975 | PROCESSOR - According to one embodiment, a processor includes a core controlling processing data, a cache data area storing the processing data as cache data in a nonvolatile manner, a first tag area storing a tag data of the cache data in a volatile manner, a second tag area storing the tag data in a nonvolatile manner, a tag controller controlling the tag data. The tag controller determines whether the processing data is stored in the cache data area by acquiring the tag data from one of the first and second tag areas. | 12-25-2014 |
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20110073604 | VACUUM THERMAL INSULATOR AND THERMALLY INSULATING BOX INCLUDING THE VACUUM THERMAL INSULATOR - A vacuum thermal insulator includes a container having a gas barrier property and a core member placed in the container, the container being sealed such that the interior of the container is in a reduced pressure state. The core member is constituted by a sheet assembly in which organic fiber aggregates, each obtained by forming fibers composed of an organic material into a sheet-like shape, and fiber aggregates, each obtained by forming fibers composed of a material having a higher tensile modulus than the material for the organic fiber aggregates into a sheet-like shape, are randomly stacked. The fibers of the organic fiber aggregates are preferably continuous fibers. The fiber material for the organic fiber aggregates or the fiber aggregates is preferably any one of polyester, polypropylene, polystyrene, polylactic acid, aramid, LCP, and glass. | 03-31-2011 |
20110241513 | VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, HEAT INSULATING BOX USING VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, REFRIGERATOR, REFRIGERATING/AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS, WATER HEATER, EQUIPMENTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL - A highly reliable vacuum heat insulating material having excellent processability, usability and heat insulating performance and a heat insulating box using the vacuum heat insulating material are provided. A vacuum heat insulating material related to the present invention includes: a core material structured by a laminated structure of an organic fiber assembly formed by forming an organic fiber into a sheet shape and cutting an end face with a predetermined length, and having a core material opening portion formed by a through hole or a notch with cutting; a gas-barrier outer cover material containing the core material inside, having a sealing portion for sealing surrounding of the sheet-shaped organic fiber assembly and surrounding of the core material opening portion, and hermetically sealing an inside with almost vacuum status by sealing the sealing portion; and an outer cover material opening portion provided at the outer cover material under a status in which the sealing portion provided at the surrounding of the sheet-shaped organic fiber assembly and the surrounding of the core material opening portion is sealed, being a through hole or a notch which is smaller than the core material opening portion with a sealed amount, and a long fiber being equal to or longer than a length of the sheet is used for the organic fiber. | 10-06-2011 |
20110241514 | VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, HEAT INSULATING BOX USING VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, REFRIGERATOR, REFRIGERATING/AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS, WATER HEATER, EQUIPMENTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL - A highly reliable vacuum heat insulating material having excellent processability, usability and heat insulating performance and a heat insulating box using the vacuum heat insulating material are provided. A vacuum heat insulating material related to the present invention includes: a core material structured by a laminated structure of an organic fiber assembly formed by forming an organic fiber into a sheet shape and cutting an end face with a predetermined length, and having a core material opening portion formed by a through hole or a notch with cutting; a gas-barrier outer cover material containing the core material inside, having a sealing portion for sealing surrounding of the sheet-shaped organic fiber assembly and surrounding of the core material opening portion, and hermetically sealing an inside with almost vacuum status by sealing the sealing portion; and an outer cover material opening portion provided at the outer cover material under a status in which the sealing portion provided at the surrounding of the sheet-shaped organic fiber assembly and the surrounding of the core material opening portion is sealed, being a through hole or a notch which is smaller than the core material opening portion with a sealed amount, and a long fiber being equal to or longer than a length of the sheet is used for the organic fiber. | 10-06-2011 |
20110274868 | VACUUM THERMAL INSULATING MATERIAL AND THERMAL INSULATING BOX INCLUDING THE SAME - There are provided a vacuum thermal insulating material that is excellent in terms of a handling property, a thermal insulating property, creep resistance, and productivity; and a thermal insulating box including the vacuum thermal insulating material. A core material was enclosed and sealed in a wrapping material with a gas barrier property. The core material of the vacuum thermal insulating material in which the interior of the wrapping material is in a decompression state, is constituted by one organic fibrous assembly having continuous organic fibers formed sheet-shaped or a stack of the organic fibrous assemblies. | 11-10-2011 |
20120196059 | VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, HEAT INSULATING BOX, REFRIGERATOR, REFRIGERATING/AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS, WATER HEATER, APPLIANCE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL - A highly reliable vacuum heat insulating material having excellent processability, handleability and heat insulating performance, and a heat insulating box using the vacuum heat insulating material are provided. In the vacuum heat insulating material with the inside in an approximately vacuum state by sealing a core material | 08-02-2012 |
20120201997 | VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL AND REFRIGERATOR - A highly reliable vacuum heat insulating material having excellent workability, usability, and heat insulating performance, and a heat insulation box using the vacuum heat insulating material are provided. A vacuum heat insulating material includes: a first fiber assembly made by aligning a plurality of sheet-shaped fiber assemblies, which are continuous in a length direction, so as to be next to each other in a width direction; a second fiber assembly provided so as to overlap the first fiber assembly and made by aligning a plurality of sheet-shaped fiber assemblies, which are continuous in the length direction, so as to be next to each other in the width direction; and a core material formed in a flat plate shape by winding up the first fiber assembly and the second fiber assembly continuously from inside toward outside while being displaced by a predetermined amount Xb in the width direction. | 08-09-2012 |
20120207962 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF CORE MATERIAL OF VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, AND REFRIGERATOR - A manufacturing apparatus of a core material of a highly reliable vacuum heat insulating material having excellent workability, usability, and heat insulating performance is provided. The manufacturing apparatus of a core material of a vacuum heat insulating material related to the present invention includes: a reel for winding up a fiber assembly which has a predetermined width and is wound on a substantially cylindrical original fabric roll which has been cut to have a predetermined width, at a predetermined number of times; cutting means for cutting the fiber assembly which has been wound on the reel; and a forming member for forming the fiber assembly into a flat-plate-shaped core material after removing from the reel the fiber assembly which has been wound up on the reel at the predetermined number of times and been cut. | 08-16-2012 |
20120273111 | VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, HEAT INSULATING BOX USING VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL, REFRIGERATOR, REFRIGERATING/AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS, WATER HEATER, EQUIPMENTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VACUUM HEAT INSULATING MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing a vacuum heat insulating material includes: a collecting step for extruding heat-deposited resin in a continuous state from a plurality of aligned nozzles and collecting on a conveyer as a plurality of organic fibers; a reeling step for feeding the conveyer at a predetermined speed, and producing an organic fiber assembly in a reeled sheet state by applying pressure with a roller and applying heat-deposition; a core material processing step for making a core material having a predetermined size by cutting an end face of the organic fiber assembly produced by the reeling step; a decompressing step for inserting the core material into an outer cover material from an insertion opening and decompressing an inside to an almost vacuum; and an outer cover material sealing step for sealing the insertion opening of the outer cover material the inside of which is decompressed to the almost vacuum. | 11-01-2012 |
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20090019392 | Content transmission device, content transmission method, and content transmission program - When the user selects one or more thumbnail images G and one uploading destination from an image list screen GW, an image selection tray PT showing the thumbnail images G and an uploading screen AW corresponding to a web browser are displayed. When the user selects the thumbnail images G from the image selection tray PT, the image paths GP corresponding to the selected thumbnail images G are acquired. In this manner, the image files can be uploaded only by requiring the user to paste the acquired image paths in image path input sections GR on the uploading screen AW. Accordingly, the user can upload image files to an optional uploading destination by simple operation. | 01-15-2009 |
20090106666 | File transfer method, file transfer apparatus, and file transfer program - A method for transferring a content data file stored in a storage unit from a file transfer apparatus to an external device is provided. The method includes displaying a file display window and a file transfer window on a display unit so that the file transfer window is viewable at any time, where the file display window includes at least one file identification image for identifying one of at least one data file and the file transfer window is used for receiving a request for transferring a data file to the external device, and, upon detecting a drag and drop operation of a file identification image displayed in the file display window into the file transfer window, reading the data file corresponding to the file identification image from the storage unit and writing the data file to the external device using a transfer processing unit of the file transfer apparatus. | 04-23-2009 |
20130132890 | FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A file management apparatus includes the following elements: a representative image storage device storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; a rendering unit rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; a display state maintaining unit maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and a position thereof; an operation receiving unit receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation commonly being a scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range; and a controller controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on the basis of the display state. | 05-23-2013 |
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20080234875 | Temperature control apparatus, processing apparatus, and temperature control method - Disclosed is a temperature control apparatus including: a resistance heater to have a characteristic such that a resistance value of the resistance heater changes dependently on a temperature thereof; a signal generator to output a control signal having two voltage levels of an on-voltage and an second-voltage; a switching section to flow a first current through the resistance heater when the voltage level of the control signal is the first-voltage, and to flow a second current having a current value smaller than that of the first current through the resistance heater when the voltage level of the control signal is the second-voltage; and a voltage measuring instrument to measure a voltage value across the resistance heater at the time when the second current flows through the resistance heater, wherein the signal generator controls the temperature of the resistance heater based on the voltage value measured by the voltage measuring instrument. | 09-25-2008 |
20090084771 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is an temperature control apparatus including: a resistance heater a resistance value of which changes dependently on a temperature thereof; a fixed resistance connected to the resistance heater in series; a signal generator to output a control signal which has two voltage levels of a first voltage and a second voltage; a switching section to flow a current through the resistance heater and the fixed resistance when the voltage level is the first voltage, and not to flow a current through the resistance heater and the fixed resistance when the voltage level is the second voltage; and a first voltage measuring instrument to measure a voltage value across the fixed resistance at the time when the current flows through the fixed resistance, wherein the signal generator controls the temperature of the resistance heater based on the measured voltage by the first voltage measuring instrument. | 04-02-2009 |
20100329952 | REACTION DEVICE, HEAT-INSULATING CONTAINER, FUEL CELL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is a reaction device that includes a reaction device main body that includes a first reaction unit and a second reaction unit, a container to house the reaction device main body and a first region that corresponds to at least the first reaction unit and a second region that corresponds to the second reaction unit, the first and second regions being provided to the container or internal side of the container. The first reaction unit is set to a temperature higher than that of the second reaction unit, and the first region has a higher reflectivity than that of the second region, with respect to a heat ray that is radiated from the reaction device main body. | 12-30-2010 |
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20090157707 | PATTERN IDENTIFICATION UNIT GENERATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A pattern identification unit generation method of generating a pattern identification unit in which a weak discriminator array obtained by cascade-connecting a plurality of weak discriminators branches, and weak discriminator arrays are connected to respective arms after branching, evaluates based on a processing result obtained by inputting a set of evaluation data to the weak discriminator array whether or not a weak discriminator array after branching reaches the number of stages to be connected. The number of stages of weak discriminators to be connected without branching as the weak discriminator array is determined based on this evaluation result. | 06-18-2009 |
20100272351 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT IN IMAGE DATA - Learning is sequentially executed with respect to weak discriminators based on learning data held in a storage device. Upon learning, an evaluation value for the weak discriminator is calculated. It is discriminated, based on a shift of the evaluation value, whether or not the learning is overlearning. If it is discriminated that the learning is overlearning, new learning data is added. Thus, the overlearning is easily detected and the learning is efficiently executed. | 10-28-2010 |
20110010317 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS ENABLING DISCRIMINATOR TO LEARN AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus includes a preliminary learning unit configured to learn a preliminary discriminator for a respective one of a plurality of combinations of variations in variation categories in a discrimination target pattern, a branch structure determination unit configured to perform discrimination processing using the preliminary discriminator and to determine a branch structure of a main discriminator based on a result of the discrimination processing, and a main learning unit configured to learn the main discriminator based on the branch structure. | 01-13-2011 |
20110163902 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus, includes: a plurality of processor means respectively including storage means for storing analog information and comparison means for comparing analog information stored in the storage means with an inputted reference analog value; input means for inputting the reference analog value to the plurality of processor means while changing the reference analog value in synchronization with a clock signal; and counter means for updating a count value in synchronization with the clock signal and outputting the count value when the analog information and the reference analog value become consistent at a corresponding comparison means. | 07-07-2011 |
20120059517 | OBJECT GRIPPING SYSTEM, OBJECT GRIPPING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A system comprises: a measurement unit adapted to measure a position/orientation of at least one target object based on an image obtained by capturing the at least one target object; a selection unit adapted to select at least one grippable target object based on the position/orientation; a determination unit adapted to determine, as an object to be gripped, a grippable target object in a state with a highest priority from the at least one grippable target object based on priorities set in advance for states including gripping positions/directions; a gripping unit adapted to grip the object to be gripped in the state with the highest priority; and a changing unit adapted to change the state of the gripped object, to a state in which the gripped object is assembled to the other object. | 03-08-2012 |
20120105868 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement device includes a pattern light characteristic setting unit configured to set illumination light having a pattern light characteristic to be projected onto a measurement object, a reflected light measurement unit configured to measure reflected light when the measurement object is irradiated with the illumination light on, an image feature extraction unit configured to extract from the measured reflected light an image feature based on a physical characteristic of the measurement object, a feature distribution calculation unit configured to calculate a distribution characteristic for each local region of the image feature, and a pattern light control unit configured to control the pattern light characteristic of the illumination light, which includes a pattern light characteristic for distance measurement and a pattern light characteristic for image feature extraction, based on the calculated distribution characteristic for each local region. | 05-03-2012 |
20120236317 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A three-dimensional distance measurement apparatus comprising: a distance information calculation unit configured to calculate distance information of a measurement object based on a captured image of the measurement object on which pattern light is projected; and a local pattern setting unit configured to adaptively set a spatial resolution of measurement points of the pattern light for each local region, wherein the local pattern setting unit sets the spatial resolution of the measurement points of the pattern light based on information about an arithmetic amount of the distance information calculation unit. | 09-20-2012 |
20120327224 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit and is capable of setting arrangement of a structural member of a robot system which works based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The information processing apparatus includes an arrangement unit configured to arrange a virtual object corresponding to the structural member in a virtual space corresponding to a working space of the robot system, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a virtual space image in the virtual space which corresponds to the captured image and in which the virtual object is arranged, and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an evaluation value indicating adaptation of arrangement of the virtual object to the work of the robot system based on the virtual space image. | 12-27-2012 |
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20090184233 | OPTICAL MODULE, HOST BOARD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE HOST BOARD - The present invention provides an optical module, a host board, and a method of manufacturing the host board, where the number of man-hours required for manufacture has been reduced. Accordingly, the present invention need not have such type of optical transceiver module as the conventional host board since the host board on which the optical module has been mounted may automatically perform a control corresponding to property data of a light emitting element and a light receiving element by mounting a memory circuit on the optical module. As a result, it may be achieved to provide an optical module, a host board, and a method of manufacturing the host board, where the number of man-hours required for manufacture has been reduced. | 07-23-2009 |
20090200450 | BURST LIGHT RECEIVING POWER MONITOR CIRCUIT, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention allows immediate reading of a monitor voltage of a required arbitrary burst cell and provides a burst light receiving power monitor circuit that monitors the monitor voltage of a burst cell, the burst light receiving power monitor circuit comprising: a memory that includes a plurality of areas and that prepares an address for each area; a monitor voltage forming section that converts input signal light of the burst cell to a digital monitor voltage amplitude; and a controller that continuously stores the monitor voltage amplitude from the monitor voltage forming section in each area of the memory specified with an address by a control signal externally inputted according to the timing of the burst cell and that controls reading out a monitor voltage from an arbitrary area of the memory specified with an address by an external memory access signal. | 08-13-2009 |
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20140361151 | OPTICAL POWER MONITORING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An optical power monitoring device is provided with: an APD as a photodiode that converts the power of light to a current (Iapd); a resistor that is connected in parallel to the APD; a current mirror circuit that detects, as a first current value (I | 12-11-2014 |
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20090110921 | Chromate-Free Surface Treated Metal Material with Excellent Corrosion Resistance, Heat Resistance, Fingermark Resistance, Conductivity, Coatability, and Blackening Resistance at the Time of Working - The present invention provides a metal material given a chrome-free surface treatment satisfying all of the requirements of corrosion resistance, heat resistance, fingermark resistance, conductivity, coatability, and blackening resistance at the time of working, which was difficult to achieve with conventional chromate-free technology. The chromate-free surface treated metal material of the present invention is comprised of a metal material on the surface of which is coated and dried an aqueous metal surface treatment agent comprising an organic silicon compound (W), obtained by blending a silane coupling agent (A) containing one amino group in its molecule and a silane coupling agent (B) containing one glycidyl group in its molecule in a solid weight ratio [(A)/(B)] of 0.5 to 1.7, at least one type of fluorocompound (X) selected from fluorotitanic acid or fluorozirconic acid, phosphoric acid (Y), and a vanadium compound (Z) so as to form a composite coating containing the different ingredients. | 04-30-2009 |
20100003529 | SURFACE-TREATED METAL MATERIAL AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - This surface-treated metal material includes a composite film obtained by applying a metal surface treatment agent on a surface of a metal material and drying the metal surface treatment agent, the metal surface treatment agent containing: an organic silicon compound (W) obtained by combining a silane coupling agent (A) containing one amino group in a molecule and one glycidyl group in a molecule, at a solid content mass ratio [(A)/(B)] of 0.7 to 1.7; at least one kind of fluorine compound (X) selected from titanium hydrofluoric acid and zirconium hydrofluoric acid; a phosphoric acid (Y); a vanadium compound (Z); and at least one kind of lubricant (J). | 01-07-2010 |
20140050939 | SURFACE-TREATED METAL MATERIAL AND AQUEOUS METAL SURFACE-TREATMENT AGENT - A surface-treated metal material of the present invention has a composite film on the surface of a metal material. The composite film includes an organic silicon compound (W) having cyclic siloxane bonds, at least one metal compound (X) selected from a group consisting of a titanium compound and a zirconium compound, a phosphate compound (Y) and a fluorine compound (Z). In each of the components of the composite film, the ratio of X | 02-20-2014 |
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20080289059 | Methods for developing animal models - The invention concerns methods for the development of mutant animals, including genetically engineered animals and those carrying spontaneous mutations, as human disease models. In particular, the invention provides an integrated technology, including rigorous specifications and quality control, for the development of animal models that can serve as a living assay system, useful in biomedical research and in the development of human therapeutics. | 11-20-2008 |
20110010781 | Method of Producing a Mouse Suitable for Engraftment, Differentiation and Proliferation of Heterologous Cells, Mouse Produced by This Method and Use of the Mouse - The present invention provides an immunodeficient mouse (NOG mouse) suitable for engraftment, differentiation and proliferation of heterologous cells, and a method of producing such a mouse. This mouse is obtained by backcrossing a C.B-17-scid mouse with an NOD/Shi mouse, and further backcrossing an interleukin 2-receptor γ-chain gene-knockout mouse with the thus backcrossed mouse. It is usable for producing a human antibody and establishing a stem cell assay system, a tumor model and a virus-infection model. | 01-13-2011 |
20140178408 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ANTIBODY - The present invention provides an immunodeficient mouse (NOG mouse) suitable for engraftment, differentiation and proliferation of heterologous cells, and a method of producing such a mouse. This mouse is obtained by backcrossing a C.B-17-scid mouse with an NOD/Shi mouse, and further backcrossing an interleukin 2-receptor γ-chain gene-knockout mouse with the thus backcrossed mouse. It is usable for producing a human antibody and establishing a stem cell assay system, a tumor model and a virus-infection model. | 06-26-2014 |
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20080254849 | VIDEO GAME DEVICE, VIDEO GAME IMPLEMENTATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - To reflect a player's degree of skill in a battle between a player character and an enemy character, and increase a strategic element. In the event that a player selects magic as an action of a player character in a battle between a player character and an enemy character, a puzzle battle is started. In the puzzle battle, a magic army (a block frame) is displayed on a display device in accordance with a kind of magic selected, the player moves or rotates a block falling from above the display device by operating an input device, stops it in a desired position, and fills the magic army. In the event that all squares of the magic army are filled with the blocks before a time elapsing from a start of the puzzle battle, displayed on an elapsed time gauge, reaches a prescribed time, the magic selected by the player is unleashed, and inflicts damage on the enemy character. An effectiveness of the magic depends on an overlapping, and a protrusion from the magic army, of the blocks. | 10-16-2008 |
20090156051 | HDMI source detection - A circuit for detection of an HDMI source device to an HDMI sink device through an HDMI sink connector without regard for the activity state of the HDMI source device has a pull-up resistor having first and second terminals with the first terminal coupled to a DC power source. A switching device is coupled between the pull-up resistor's second terminal and ground at a circuit node. The switching device is switched on to couple the circuit node to ground when power is applied to a control terminal thereof from the HDMI sink connector power pin, and being switched off otherwise. The circuit node is coupled to a DDC/CEC GROUND pin of the HDMI sink connector. The circuit node is readable as a binary signal to indicate the presence of a source device to the HDMI sink connector, wherein the node exhibits a logic low signal when either the node is grounded by the DDC/CEC GROUND pin connection to a source device or when the switching device is switched on. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 06-18-2009 |
20090305758 | GAME APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a video game in which a player can feel an amusement by switching a player character to be an operation object in a battle with an enemy character even in a game performed after the battle is completed. | 12-10-2009 |
20140092305 | HDMI SOURCE DETECTION - A circuit for detection of an HDMI source device to an HDMI sink device through an HDMI sink connector without regard for the activity state of the HDMI source device has a pull-up resistor connecting a DC power source to the DDC/CEC ground node. The node is readable as a binary signal to indicate the presence of a source device to the HDMI sink connector, where the node exhibits a logic low signal when either the node is grounded by the DDC/CEC GROUND pin connection to a source device or when a switching device is switched on. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 04-03-2014 |
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20090259478 | Audio Decoding Apparatus and Decoding Method and Program - An energy corrector ( | 10-15-2009 |
20100030554 | SIGNAL SEPARATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND SIGNAL SEPARATION REPRODUCTION METHOD - A first matrix (W(k)) indicating frequency characteristics of a separation filter is calculated from input signals of a plurality of channels. A second matrix (Ws(k)) is calculated by using the restriction coefficients (C | 02-04-2010 |
20100283536 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR SIGNAL ANALYSIS CONTROL, SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND SIGNAL CONTROL - A signal analysis control system is provided with a signal analyzing section for analyzing signals inputted to a transmission section and generating analysis information, and a signal control section for controlling signals inputted to a receiving section by using the analysis information. | 11-11-2010 |
20110002225 | SIGNAL ANALYSIS/CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, SIGNAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A signal analysis/control system includes: a signal analysis unit which analyzes an input signal of a transmission unit and generates analysis information; and a signal control unit which controls the input signal of a reception unit by using the analysis information. Thus, the signal analysis is performed in the transmission unit. This reduces the calculation amount concerning the signal analysis in the reception unit. Furthermore, the reception unit can control each of the constituent elements of the input signal according to the signal analysis information obtained in the transmission unit. | 01-06-2011 |
20110019761 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SIGNAL ANALYSIS CONTROL AND SIGNAL CONTROL - Disclosed is a signal control method that is characterized by receiving a first signal, a second signal comprising multiple components, component information indicating the relationship between the components, and analysis control information comprising information indicating the relationship between the components and the second signal. The signal control method is further characterized by controlling the first signal or the second signal on the basis of the components and the analysis control information. | 01-27-2011 |
20110112843 | SIGNAL ANALYZING DEVICE, SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided is a signal analyzing device comprising a separate information calculating unit for generating separate information to separate an input signal mixed with a sound source signal, into the sound source signal. The signal-analyzing device is characterized by sending out the input signal and the separate information. | 05-12-2011 |
20120269203 | SIGNAL DEMULTIPLEXING DEVICE, SIGNAL DEMULTIPLEXING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A SIGNAL DEMULTIPLEXING PROGRAM - Provided is a signal demultiplexing system that can minimize losses in demultiplexing performance even if signals unsuited to demultiplexing are inputted. The provided signal demultiplexing device contains: an input signal analysis means for determining whether or not a plurality of input signals are suited to demultiplexing; a data memory means for storing data from frequency-domain input signals which result from transformation of the aforementioned input signals into frequency-domain signals; a selection control means for storing the frequency-domain input signals in the data memory means if the input signal analysis means has determined that the input signals are suited to the generation of a demultiplexing matrix for demultiplexing; and a demultiplexing matrix generation means for generating a demultiplexing matrix using frequency-domain input signals including the most recent and older frequency-domain input signals stored in the data memory means. | 10-25-2012 |
20130016286 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAMAANM Nomura; ToshiyukiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Nomura; Toshiyuki Tokyo JPAANM Senda; YuzoAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Senda; Yuzo Tokyo JPAANM Higa; KyotaAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Higa; Kyota Tokyo JP - Disclosed is an information display system provided with: a signal analyzing unit which analyzes the audio signals obtained from a predetermined location and which generates ambient sound information regarding the sound generated at the predetermined location; an ambient expression selection unit which selects an ambient expression which expresses the content of what a person is feeling from the sound generated at the predetermined location on the basis of the ambient sound information; and an ambient expression and video superimposing unit which superimposes the ambient expression on the video of a video signal obtained from the predetermined location. | 01-17-2013 |
20130024192 | ATMOSPHERE EXPRESSION WORD SELECTION SYSTEM, ATMOSPHERE EXPRESSION WORD SELECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an information display system provided with: a signal analyzing unit which analyzes the audio signals obtained from a predetermined location and which generates ambient sound information regarding the sound generated at the predetermined location; and an ambient expression selection unit which selects an ambient expression which expresses the content of what a person is feeling from the sound generated at the predetermined location on the basis of the ambient sound information. | 01-24-2013 |
20130182907 | FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING DEVICE, FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING METHOD, AND FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present approach enables an impression of the atmosphere of a scene or an object present in the scene at the time of photography to be pictured in a person's mind as though the person were actually at the photographed scene. A feeling-expressing-word processing device has: a feeling information calculating unit | 07-18-2013 |
20130314601 | INTER-VIDEO CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP DISPLAY SYSTEM AND INTER-VIDEO CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP DISPLAY METHOD - To enable a presence/absence of a modification of a source video to be readily assessed in a derived video created by utilizing the source video. Relationship information including information indicating a segment corresponding relationship between at least one source video and a derived video created by utilizing at least a part of segments of the at least one source video and information indicating a presence/absence of a modification of the source video in a segment of the derived video in which the corresponding relationship exists is stored in a relationship information storing unit, and based on the relationship information stored in the relationship information storing unit, the segment corresponding relationship between the derived video and the at least one source video is displayed in a display mode in accordance with the presence/absence of a modification of the source video in the segment of the derived video in which the corresponding relationship exists. | 11-28-2013 |
20130322696 | DIFFERING REGION DETECTION SYSTEM AND DIFFERING REGION DETECTION METHOD - The present invention enables detection of a local differing region between images. Inter-image difference information indicating a difference in feature amounts for each subregion between first and second images is generated based on a first feature amount vector that is a set of feature amounts respectively corresponding to a plurality of subregions in the first image and a second feature amount vector that is a set of feature amounts respectively corresponding to a plurality of subregions in the second image, a differing region that is an image region that differs between the first and second images is detected based on differences in the respective subregions indicated by the inter-image difference information, and detection information that indicates a result of the detection is outputted. | 12-05-2013 |
20140019594 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO CONTENT MONITORING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE APPARATUS - A system of this invention is a video processing system for determining details of a browsable video content. This video processing system includes a video fragment download unit that downloads data of a video fragments in a determination target video content via a network, and a first video content determination unit that determines the details of the video content based on the downloaded data of the video fragments. With this arrangement, it is possible to determine the details of a browsable video content while reducing the amount of data to be downloaded. | 01-16-2014 |
20140139739 | SOUND PROCESSING METHOD, SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SAME - To provide a device which accomplishes real-time sound identification and matching, by solving both of the problem of reducing time length of a frame and improving temporal accuracy and the problem of being robust against mixing with other sounds. | 05-22-2014 |
20140310097 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATIONS TERMINALS AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - Advertisement information relating to an object is provided in real time, while capturing images of the object. m first local features which are respectively feature vectors from one dimension to i dimensions are stored in association with an object, n feature points are extracted from a video picture, n second local features which are respectively feature vectors from one dimension to j dimensions are generated, the smaller number of dimensions is selected, of the number of dimensions i and the number of dimensions j, and an object is recognized to be present in the video picture and advertisement information relating to that object is provided when determination is made that at least a prescribed ratio of the m first local features of the selected number of dimensions corresponds to the n second local features of the selected number of dimensions. | 10-16-2014 |
20140376815 | Video Processing System, Video Processing Method, Video Processing Device for Mobile Terminal or Server and Control Method and Control Program Thereof - The present invention is to notify a recognition result with respect to a recognition object in a video in real time while maintaining recognition accuracy. A recognition object and m-number of first local characteristic quantities which are respectively 1-dimensional to i-dimensional characteristic vectors are stored in association with each other, and n-number of second local characteristic quantities which are respectively 1-dimensional to j-dimensional characteristic vectors are generated for n-number of local areas respectively including n-number of characteristic points from an image in a video. In addition, a smaller dimension is selected from the dimension i and the dimension j, a recognition that the recognition object exists in an image in the video is made when it is determined that a prescribed proportion or more of the m-number of first local characteristic quantities which are characteristic vectors up to the selected number of dimensions correspond to the n-number of second local characteristic quantities which are characteristic vectors up to the selected number of dimensions, and information representing the recognition object is displayed in superposition on an image in which the recognition object exists in the video. | 12-25-2014 |
20150058170 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE SYSTEM, DIGITAL SIGNAGE, ARTICLE INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention is digital signage comprising: an article information database in which a feature of an article and article information for the article associated with each other are stored; feature extracting means for extracting a feature from a wearing image that is an image of a customer wearing an article; comparison means for comparing the extracted feature with features stored in the article information database and identifying the article the customer is wearing; article information retrieving means for retrieving article information for the identified article from the article information database; and output control means for outputting the retrieved article information and the wearing image. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100054611 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method and Program - An image processing apparatus includes: a first distribution calculation unit calculating a distribution of luminance gradient vectors in a first local area that includes a feature point on an image; a second distribution calculation unit calculating distributions of the luminance gradient vectors in second local areas close to the feature point on the image; a selection unit comparing the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the first local area with the distributions of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local areas to select the most different distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local area; and a feature descriptor calculation unit calculating a feature descriptor at the feature point on the basis of the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the first local area and the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local area selected by the selection unit. | 03-04-2010 |
20100091147 | Color filter array, imaging device, and image processing unit - A color filter array includes a plurality of filters, each having one of a plurality of types of spectral sensitivity and being disposed at the location of a corresponding one of a plurality of pixels. The filters of a predetermined type selected from among the plurality of types are arranged at the locations of the pixels in a checkered pattern, and the filters of some or all of the other types are randomly arranged at the pixel locations at which the filters of the predetermined type are not present. | 04-15-2010 |
20100227428 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing color image pickup device including a random array pattern and a regular array pattern - A method for manufacturing a color image pickup device including a pixel group in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion element and a color filter are arranged includes the steps of generating a random array pattern in which color filters of at least one color component are randomly arranged for an arbitrary pixel position, so that the occurrence frequency of color filters of a color component in a region having a predetermined size including the arbitrary pixel position is within a desired error range, generating a regular array pattern in which color filters of at least one color component are regularly arranged, and generating a color filter pattern by compositing in a regular manner the random array pattern generated in the random array generating step and the regular array pattern generated in the regular array generating step. | 09-09-2010 |
20110115942 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image correction unit which receives a synthesized image and pseudo color pixel information indicating a pseudo color pixel position included in the synthesized image and executes pixel value correction. The image correction unit selects non-pseudo color pixels as reference pixels from a reference region set in a surrounding region of the pixel to be corrected, sets a similarity weight coefficient in which a large weight is set as a pixel value of the reference pixel that is close to a pixel value of the pixel to be corrected and a pixel position weight coefficient in which a large weight is set as the pixel value of the reference pixel that is near a pixel position of the pixel to be corrected, with respect to the reference pixels, and determines a correction pixel value of the pixel to be corrected by a weighted summation process. | 05-19-2011 |
20110150356 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a characteristic value calculation unit calculating a block luminance average value, which is an average value of luminance values in each of spatial blocks obtained by dividing an input image in a space direction, and a block luminance dispersion, which is a dispersion of the luminance values in each of the spatial blocks; and an edge-preserving smoothing unit calculating a general luminance value of pixels of the input image by setting a value obtained by approximately calculating a weighted average value of the luminance values of a noticed block containing noticed pixels of the input image, on the assumption that a distribution of the luminance values of each of the spatial blocks conforms to a Gaussian distribution based on the block luminance average value and the block luminance dispersion of each of the spatial blocks, as the general luminance value of the noticed pixels. | 06-23-2011 |
20120098991 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a detecting section which receives a color mosaic image generated by an imaging process of a single chip color imaging device as an input and detects the strength of a high frequency signal in the proximity of a target pixel which is an interpolation process target; a plurality of statistic calculating sections each of which sets a reference region having a different area around the target pixel and calculates an individual statistic based on a pixel value included in the reference region; and an interpolating section which changes a blended state of the plurality of statistics calculated by the plurality of statistic calculating sections according to the strength of the high frequency signal detected by the detecting section and calculates an interpolated pixel value in the position of the target pixel by a blending process of the plurality of statistics. | 04-26-2012 |
20120287286 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mosaic image is input that is made up of a visible light component image in which mainly a visible light component has been captured and a non-visible light component image in which mainly a non-visible light component has been captured, and spectrally corrected images are generated in which spectral characteristics of each pixel have been corrected. Contrast enhancement processing is then performed on one of the spectrally corrected images that has been generated and that includes the non-visible light component, and a non-visible light component image is generated in which contrast has been enhanced. A spectral correction portion generates the spectrally corrected images by performing a matrix computation that uses a spectral characteristics correction matrix M that is generated using information on ideal spectral characteristics. | 11-15-2012 |
20120314946 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an infinite impulse response (IIR) mean value calculation section for calculating a mean value of signal values of reference pixels around a correction target pixel according to an IIR filter application process, an IIR variance value calculation section for calculating a variance value of the signal values of the reference pixels around the correction target pixel according to the IIR filter application process, an edge-preserving smoothing processing section for receiving the mean and variance values of the reference pixels and executing an edge-preserving smoothing process to which the mean and variance values are applied, and an IIR filter coefficient calculation section for updating an IIR filter coefficient to be applied to the IIR mean value calculation section and the IIR variance value calculation section according to a signal value of a pixel constituting an image. | 12-13-2012 |
20130076939 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided are an apparatus and method for executing sensitivity difference correction processing of an image signal, which is generated by a single plate-type image sensor through a color filter. The sensitivity difference correction is executed for Gr and Gb signals included the image signal, for example, an RGB signal, which is generated by the single plate-type image sensor through the color filter. A pixel value of a color filter unit which has the same color as a correction target pixel and is present in surroundings of the correction target pixel is acquired. An additional value is calculated by adding a difference between weighted mean pixel values “a” and “b” of two kinds of pixel groups “A” and “B” classified according to positions of pixels to the pixel value of the correction target pixel in which the weighted mean values correspond to distances of the pixel groups from the correction target pixel. A mean value of the pixel value of the correction target pixel and the additional value is calculated as a corrected pixel value of the correction target pixel. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077862 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an apparatus and a method to perform an interpolation process of a color mosaic image generated through an imaging process by a single-plate color imaging element. The color mosaic image generated through the imaging process by the single-plate color imaging element is input, estimation is performed for a pixel value low frequency component and a noise high frequency component corresponding to a pixel interpolation position, and calculation for a pixel value at the pixel interpolation position is performed by applying an addition result thereof. An edge-adaptive interpolation processing unit calculates a pixel value at the pixel interpolation position by using a pixel value of a reference pixel located in an edge direction. A blend processing unit calculates a final interpolation pixel value by blending the edge-adaptive interpolation pixel value and the addition result of the pixel value low frequency component and the noise high frequency component corresponding to the pixel interpolation position in accordance with flatness at the pixel interpolation position. | 03-28-2013 |
20130135496 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: an image probability model generation unit calculating a feature amount in units of local regions as division regions of a captured image of an imaging apparatus and generating an image probability model configured by the calculated feature amount, the image probability model indicating the generation probability of each noiseless pixel value; a memory storing a noise probability model generated from imaging element-dependent noise characteristic information, the noise probability model indicating the conditional probability of a given noised pixel value being generated in a case where a given noiseless pixel value is generated; and a Bayesian estimation unit generating a noise reduced image in which the noise of the captured image is reduced through a Bayesian estimation process in which the image probability model and the noise probability model are applied. | 05-30-2013 |
20130140436 | Color Filter Array, Imaging Device, and Image Processing Unit - A color filter array includes a plurality of filters, each having one of a plurality of types of spectral sensitivity and being disposed at the location of a corresponding one of a plurality of pixels. The filters of a predetermined type selected from among the plurality of types are arranged at the locations of the pixels in a checkered pattern, and the filters of some or all of the other types are randomly arranged at the pixel locations at which the filters of the predetermined type are not present. | 06-06-2013 |
20140320705 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided are an apparatus and method for executing sensitivity difference correction processing of an image signal, which is generated by a single plate-type image sensor through a color filter. The sensitivity difference correction is executed for Gr and Gb signals included the image signal, for example, an RGB signal, which is generated by the single plate-type image sensor through the color filter. A pixel value of a color filter unit which has the same color as a correction target pixel and is present in surroundings of the correction target pixel is acquired. An additional value is calculated by adding a difference between weighted mean pixel values “a” and “b” of two kinds of pixel groups “A” and “B” classified according to positions of pixels to the pixel value of the correction target pixel in which the weighted mean values correspond to distances of the pixel groups from the correction target pixel. A mean value of the pixel value of the correction target pixel and the additional value is calculated as a corrected pixel value of the correction target pixel. | 10-30-2014 |
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20090198098 | Endoscope treatment instrument - An endoscope treatment instrument provided with an inserted portion that is flexible, a treatment portion that is attached to the distal end of the inserted portion, an operator portion that is attached to the proximal end of the inserted portion for manipulating the treatment portion, and a transmitting member that is connected to the treatment portion and the operator portion and is inserted into the inserted portion, for transmitting the operation of the operator portion to the treatment portion; wherein:
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20100010509 | TISSUE FASTENING APPARATUS - A tissue fastening apparatus includes a tissue fastening tool, with fastens a first biological tissue and a second biological tissue so as to bring the tissues into close contact and an applicator for indwelling the tissue fastening tool. The tissue fastening tool is made of an elastic wire rod and is wound in a coil shape. The applicator includes a needle tube accommodated in an inner cavity with the tissue fastening tool stretched, a stylet inserted into the inner cavity of the needle tube nearer to the proximal side than the tissue fastening tool, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the stylet around an axis when the stylet is moved toward a distal end of the needle tube. The tissue fastening tool and the stylet are disengageably engaged with each other and integrally and rotatably connected with each other. The rotating mechanism rotates the stylet in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the tissue fastening tool as seen from the proximal side. | 01-14-2010 |
20100010514 | TISSUE FASTENING TOOL - A tissue fastening instrument that fastens a first biological tissue and a second biological tissue that is adjacent to the first biological tissue so as to come into close contact, provided with a first tissue fixing portion that consists of an elastic wire that is wound into a coil shape and engaged on the first biological tissue; a second tissue fixing portion that consists of an elastic wire that is wound into a coil shape, is connected to a first end portion of the first tissue fixing portion and engaged on the second biological tissue; and a peripheral spring portion that is connected to a second end portion of the first tissue fixing portion and extends toward the second tissue fixing portion while forming a loop on the outside of the first tissue fixing portion and the second tissue fixing portion, in which the peripheral spring portion has a spring portion that is connected to the second end portion of the first tissue fixing portion and extends toward the second tissue fixing portion, and an end turn portion that is connected to the spring portion and forms, on the outside of the spring portion, a loop that is approximately parallel with a base loop that the first tissue fixing portion and the second tissue fixing portion form; and the base loop, the loop that the spring portion forms, and the loop that the end turn portion forms are disposed so as not to mutually overlap in the diameter direction of the base loop. | 01-14-2010 |