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20090238424 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A storage unit stores data of a first image associated with a contrast-enhanced cardiac region. A specification unit specifies a specific region included in the cardiac region on the basis of a distribution of pixel values of the data of the first image. A setting unit contracts the specified specific region, and set an ROI to the contracted specific region. A calculation unit calculates an index concerning the set ROI. The index is associated with a function of the specific region. | 09-24-2009 |
20100053160 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An extraction unit extracts a centerline of a tubular structure from a volume data set. A generation unit generates a plurality of image data sets concerning a plurality of curved planes based on the volume data set. Each of the curved planes contains the centerline. The plurality of image data sets have a plurality of image lengths respectively and contain a plurality of centerlines respectively. A first specification unit specifies a first image data set or a second image data set from the plurality of image data sets. The first image data set is specified based on the plurality of image lengths of the plurality of image data sets. The second image data set is specified based on gradients of the plurality of centerlines of the plurality of image data sets. A display unit displays the first image or the second image. | 03-04-2010 |
20100067767 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An X-ray CT apparatus includes a perfusion data acquisition unit, a perfusion parameter calculating unit and a perfusion parameter display unit. The perfusion data acquisition unit generate perfusion data by exposing an X-ray to the object with injecting contrast medium. The perfusion parameter calculating unit calculates perfusion parameters corresponding to ROIs based on time variations in density of the contrast medium for the ROIs. The perfusion parameter display unit divides a period to be a calculation target of the time variations into plural time ranges and sequentially displays images each including the ROIs. The images correspond to the time ranges and mutually different time phases respectively and are masked so as to make only ROIs at which the perfusion parameters show values displayed. | 03-18-2010 |
20100074490 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores the data of a plurality of images including an examination target organ of an object, a reference point determining unit which determines, from each of the images, a reference point which is located in or near a region of the examination target organ and undergoes a relatively small displacement accompanying respiratory motion or, heartbeat, and a moving amount calculation unit which determines the position of each of a plurality of points of interest included in the region of the examination target organ relative to the reference point for each of the images, and calculates, based on the determined positions, moving amounts that corresponding points of interest between the images move accompanying the respiratory motion or the heartbeat. | 03-25-2010 |
20100272344 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An X-ray perfusion-image creating unit creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from an X-ray projection image of a subject given with a contrast agent. An image correction unit extracts thickness information indicating the thickness of a myocardium from a three-dimensional image taken by an X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) apparatus. Moreover, the image correction unit creates a corrected perfusion image in which the thickness of the myocardium in the X-ray perfusion image is corrected, based on the thickness information. A display unit then displays the corrected perfusion image. | 10-28-2010 |
20110170658 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprises a storage unit configured to store a plurality of volume data acquired by imaging a predetermined part of an object, the plurality of volume data corresponding to a plurality of phases, a calculation unit configured to calculate a spatial motion vector of each voxel included in each volume data by performing registration between the plurality of volume data, an image generation unit configured to generate an image representing a local motion of the diagnosis part using the motion vector of each voxel, and a display unit configured to display the image representing the local motion of the diagnosis part. | 07-14-2011 |
20120020452 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image display apparatus includes an image storage unit configured to store data of a series of medical images constituting a moving image associated with an object, and a reproduction control unit configured to perform read control of the image storage unit to alternately and repeatedly reproduce and display some of the series of medical images corresponding to a partial period in one cycle associated with cyclic motion of the object in a forward direction and a backward direction. | 01-26-2012 |
20120093278 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, it is an subject to reduce the occasion that a region of interest falls outside an image due to the influence of respiratory motion or pulsation. A medical image processing apparatus causes an slice image generation unit to generate a series of slice images from a series of volume data files associated with a three-dimensional region of an subject, and causes a slice position determination unit to determine each of a plurality of slices respectively corresponding to the slice images based on the position of a specific region included in the plurality of volume data files. | 04-19-2012 |
20120327080 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system according to an embodiment is an image processing system having a terminal device including a display unit that displays a medical image. The image processing system includes an acquiring unit and a display controller. The acquiring unit acquires a position of the terminal device relative to a predetermined target. The display controller causes the display unit to display a medical image in accordance with the relative position of the terminal device relative to the target acquired by the acquiring unit. | 12-27-2012 |
20130009957 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a stereoscopic display device, a determining unit, and a rendering processor. The stereoscopic display device displays a stereoscopic image that is capable of being viewed stereoscopically using a parallax image group generated from volume data as three-dimensional medical image data. The determining unit identifies positional variation of a predetermined moving substance in a stereoscopic image space as a space in which the stereoscopic image is displayed by the stereoscopic display device from positional variation of the moving substance in a real space in which a coordinate system of the stereoscopic image space is present and determines an operation content on the stereoscopic image based on the identified positional variation. The rendering processor performs rendering processing on the volume data in accordance with the operation content determined by the determining unit to generate a parallax image group newly. | 01-10-2013 |
20130021335 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - In an image processing system according to an embodiment, an image processing device in the embodiment includes a receiving unit, a flat image generator, and an output unit. The receiving unit receives setting of a region of interest on parallax images of a subject that are displayed stereoscopically. The flat image generator generates a flat image of a cut surface of the subject that is generated by cutting the subject along a plane corresponding to the region of interest received by the receiving unit based on volume data of the subject stored in a predetermined storage device. The output unit outputs the flat image generated by the flat image generator. | 01-24-2013 |
20130182084 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An image display system according to an embodiment includes a controlling apparatus and a display apparatus. The controlling apparatus includes a judging unit and a switching control unit, whereas the display apparatus includes a switching unit. Based on information related to viewing of an image, the judging unit judges whether the image to be displayed by the display apparatus is an image for a stereoscopic view or an image for a planar view. The switching control unit exercises control so as to switch the display apparatus into a stereoscopic view mode or a planar view mode, according to a judgment result of the judging unit. The switching unit switches the display apparatus into the stereoscopic view mode or the planar view mode, according to the control of the switching control unit. | 07-18-2013 |
20130208851 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Provided is a medical image diagnostic apparatus, including: a collection unit for collecting data by performing irradiation of X-rays to a body part of a subject who is moving a joint; a processing unit for processing the collected data to form a plurality of internal images indicating the body part of the subject; an input unit for inputting occurrence information indicating a biological reaction that accompanies movement of the joint; a display control unit for displaying information on a display unit; and a control unit for controlling at least one of the collection unit, the processing unit, and the display control unit based on the input occurrence information. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208855 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Provided is a medical image diagnostic apparatus, including: an internal image acquiring unit for acquiring a plurality of internal images different in time phase by irradiating a body part of a subject with X-rays; an outer appearance image acquiring unit for acquiring an outer appearance image by photographing the body part of the subject; an analysis unit for analyzing the outer appearance image to acquire first shape information indicating a shape of the body part of the subject and analyzing each of the plurality of internal images to acquire second shape information indicating a shape of the body part of the subject; and a display control unit for displaying the outer appearance image and the each of the plurality of internal images by superimposing one on another so that the body part of the subject included in the outer appearance image and the body part of the subject included in the each of the plurality of internal images are located in the same position based on the first shape information and the second shape information. | 08-15-2013 |
20140219416 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a volume data reconstruction unit, a lung field region specifying unit, a discrimination unit, an image generation unit, and a display unit. The volume data reconstruction unit reconstructs first volume data of a chest region of an object based on an output from the X-ray detector. The lung field region specifying unit specifies a lung field region of the object in the first volume data. The discrimination unit generates second volume data in which a low CT value region is discriminated from a region other than the low CT value region in the lung field region. The image generation unit generates an image representing a two-dimensional distribution concerning an existing ratio of the low CT value region to the lung field region based on the second volume data. | 08-07-2014 |
20140253544 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus, which makes it possible to simply ascertain a positional relationship between images referenced for diagnostic purposes, is provided. The medical image processing apparatus in the embodiments comprises an acquisition unit, an image formation unit, a generating unit, a display and a controller. The acquisition unit scans a subject, and acquires three-dimensional data. The image formation unit forms a first image and a second image by reconstructing the acquired data according to first image generation conditions and second image generation conditions. The generating unit generates positional relationship information indicating the positional relationship between the first image and second image, based on the acquired data. The controller causes display information, based on the positional relationship information, to be displayed on the display. | 09-11-2014 |
20140323858 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an estimation unit, an extraction unit, and a specifying unit. The estimation unit estimates a position of a plaque in a blood vessel based on data of CT images constituting a time series, with the blood vessel being enhanced by a contrast medium. The extraction unit extracts regions constituting the blood vessel from the CT images. The specifying unit specifies stress values respectively corresponding to the regions based on a moving displacement due to cardiac pulsation in each of the regions, and specifies an exfoliation risk of the plaque based on an index indicating hardness of the plaque and the stress value in the region corresponding to the position of the plaque. | 10-30-2014 |
20140334708 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a generator, a selector, a first detector, and a second detector. The generator generates a group of frames corresponding to reconstructed images that correspond to a plurality of heartbeat phases of a heart. The selector specifies a corresponding frame that corresponds to a specific heartbeat phase from among the group of frames. The a first detector detects a boundary of the heart in the corresponding frame. The second detector detects a boundary of the heart in the frames other than the corresponding frame, by using the detected boundary in the corresponding frame. | 11-13-2014 |
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20090195965 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrolytic capacitor in which positions of an anode terminal and a cathode terminal in a wound-type capacitor element can be fixed and consequently increase in leakage current can be suppressed and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The electrolytic capacitor including a wound-type capacitor element having an anode terminal and a cathode terminal, a bottomed case accommodating the wound-type capacitor element, and a sealing member sealing the winding structure portion in the bottomed case, through which the anode terminal and the cathode terminal penetrate, includes a fixing member arranged between the winding structure portion and the sealing member and having openings in number not smaller than the sum of the number of anode terminals and the number of cathode terminals, the anode terminal and the cathode terminal passing through the openings, and the anode terminal and the cathode terminal being fixed by the fixing member. | 08-06-2009 |
20100073850 | WINDING-TYPE ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is an electrolytic capacitor, including: an anode foil having a dielectric coating film and a conductive polymer layer formed thereon; a cathode foil having a conductive polymer layer formed thereon; an anode lead tab and a cathode lead tab electrically connected to the anode foil and the cathode foil, respectively; and a protection member. A first region provided with the protection member is present between the anode foil and the cathode foil that are wound. The first region is at least one of a region covering the anode lead tab, a region covering the cathode lead tab, a region covering a rear side of the anode foil at a connection portion between the anode lead tab and the anode foil, and a region covering a rear side of the cathode foil at a connection portion between the cathode lead tab and the cathode foil. | 03-25-2010 |
20100165545 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A first anode foil is opposed to a first portion of a cathode foil and is arranged on one side of the cathode foil, and a second anode foil is opposed to a second portion of the cathode foil and is arranged on the other side. A first separator paper sheet is arranged between the first portion of the cathode foil and the first anode foil. A second separator paper sheet is arranged on the other side with respect to the cathode foil, and is opposed to the first portion of the cathode foil. A third separator paper sheet is arranged between the second portion of the cathode foil and the second anode foil. A fourth separator paper sheet is arranged on the one side with respect to the cathode foil, and is opposed to the second portion of the cathode foil. | 07-01-2010 |
20110051317 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A both-side pressed terminal is connected as a first anode (cathode) lead tab terminal to an anode (a cathode) foil. A first connection surface of a connection portion of a one-side pressed terminal as a second anode (cathode) lead tab terminal is connected to an inner circumferential surface of the anode (cathode) foil. A position in a radial direction of a lead of the second anode (cathode) lead tab terminal is shifted inward to be in registration with a position in a radial direction of a lead of the first anode (cathode) lead tab terminal. Thus, an electrolytic capacitor free from position displacement of an anode (a cathode) lead tab terminal while maintaining characteristics as an electrolytic capacitor can be obtained. | 03-03-2011 |
20110122547 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element configured by winding an anode chemical conversion foil and a facing cathode foil with no separator interposed therebetween, wherein a first solid electrolyte layer is formed on at least one of facing surfaces of the anode chemical conversion foil and the facing cathode foil, among surfaces of the anode chemical conversion foil and surfaces of the facing cathode foil, concaves and convexes are formed in a main surface of the first solid electrolyte layer, and an electrolyte solution or a second solid electrolyte layer containing a conductive polymer is formed in an interspace formed between the anode chemical conversion foil and the facing cathode foil by the concaves and convexes. An electrolyte having desired characteristics can be formed in the interspace obtained by the concaves and convexes. | 05-26-2011 |
20110157778 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A one-side pressed terminal is applied as a first anode (cathode) lead tab terminal and the one-side pressed terminal is connected to an anode (a cathode) foil in such a manner that a position in a radial direction of a lead is shifted inward after winding. A one-side pressed terminal is applied as a second anode (cathode) lead tab terminal and the one-side pressed terminal is connected to the anode (cathode) foil in such a manner that a position in the radial direction of a lead is shifted inward after winding. Thus, while retaining characteristics as an electrolytic capacitor, connection of the anode (cathode) lead tab terminal to the anode (cathode) foil can be achieved in a stable manner. | 06-30-2011 |
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20080204495 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes: a main scan section that scans the liquid ejecting head in a main scan direction; a sub scan section that scans the ejection target medium in a sub scan direction, the sub scan section including a pair of transport rollers and a pair of ejection rollers; and a controlling section that acquires, an expected timing of a switchover between a state in which the ejection target medium is nipped by both of the pair of transport rollers and the pair of ejection rollers and a state in which the ejection target medium is nipped by only one of the pair of transport rollers and the pair of ejection rollers, and that changes an ejecting condition, during a plurality of main scan operations in a transition interval that is set around the expected timing. | 08-28-2008 |
20090271811 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport roller that transports recording materials, a holding tray for setting a first recording material, which is configured to be advanced and retracted between a first position wherein the first recording material can be transported by the transport roller and a second position wherein the holding tray is retracted from the first position, and a path forming member for guiding a second recording material from above or below the second position to a position wherein the recording material can be transported by the transport roller, in which a front end portion of the holding tray being retracted to the second position protrudes to a position located between a guide path formed by the path forming member and the transport roller. | 10-29-2009 |
20100044952 | ROLLER APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A roller apparatus includes: a first roller provided in a curved medium transporting path and driven by a power source; and a second roller driven and rotating with a medium nipped between it and the first roller, wherein the second roller is located on a side in which, when the leading end of the medium enters between the rollers, the leading end of the medium comes into contact with the second roller due to the restoring force of the medium with a curved state as a result of the curved medium transporting path, and has on its outer circumferential surface a guide section for guiding the leading end of the medium between the rollers. | 02-25-2010 |
20100289206 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including a stacker which is configured to be displaced between a first posture for stacking a recording medium in an inclined state that a first end part which is distant from a recording position in a transport direction is located above a second end part which is near thereto, and a second posture for forming a transporting path of a straight line along which the recording medium is able to be transported toward the recording position; a first support unit which supports the first end part of the stacker to be able to rotate; and a second support unit which moves the second end part of the stacker upward and downward while supporting the second end part of the stacker to rotate the stacker centering around the first end part when the stacker is displaced between the first posture and the second posture. | 11-18-2010 |
20120195669 | RECORDING DEVICE - A sheet cassette includes a lower stage side tray that accommodates a sheet, an upper stage side tray that is slidable with respect to the lower stage side tray on an upper portion of the lower stage side tray and accommodates the sheet, and a discharged sheet tray that is slidable with respect to the upper stage side tray, is displaceable to a position to receive the sheet discharged after being recorded on, and covers an upper portion of the upper stage side tray. The upper stage side tray and the discharged sheet tray are configured to be driven by a driving unit, and the discharged sheet tray is displaced by the driving unit to a position to receive the sheet. | 08-02-2012 |
20130182046 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A cartridge comprises an ink supply structure, a terminal bearing structure, and a first restriction portion. The terminal bearing structure has terminals arranged in a terminal plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a plane defined by a mounting direction leading edge of the ink supply structure, so that the contact portions of the terminals receive a force in a direction opposite (RD) from the mounting direction. An engagement portion of the first restriction portion is provided at a position adjacent to the terminal bearing structure. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182047 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A printing material supply system includes a printing device and a cartridge. The printing device has a cartridge mounting structure. The cartridge is removably attached to the cartridge mounting structure. The cartridge mounting structure has a device-side terminal, a lever, a first device-side locking element and a second device-side locking element. The first device-side locking element is configured as part of the lever to lock the cartridge at a position on a positive Z-axis side and on a positive X-axis side of the device-side terminal. The second device-side locking element is configured to lock the cartridge at a position on a positive Z-axis side and on a negative X-axis side of the printing material supply tube. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182048 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A printing material supply system includes a printing device and a cartridge. The printing device has a cartridge mounting structure. The cartridge is removably attached to the cartridge mounting structure. The cartridge mounting structure has a device-side terminal, a lever, a first device-side locking element and a second device-side locking element. The device-side terminal is configured to contact with a cartridge-side terminal. The first device-side locking element is configured as part of the lever. The second device-side locking element is configured to engage with a second locking surface of a second cartridge-side locking element. The cartridge-side terminal has a cartridge-side contact portion configured to be in contact with the device-side terminal. The cartridge-side contact portion is provided on the negative Z-axis side of the second locking surface. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182049 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A cartridge comprises an ink supply structure, a terminal bearing structure, and a first restriction portion. The terminal bearing structure has terminals arranged in a terminal plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a plane defined by a mounting direction leading edge of the ink supply structure, so that the contact portions of the terminals receive a force in a direction opposite from the mounting direction. An engagement portion of the first restriction portion is provided at a position adjacent to the terminal bearing structure. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182052 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A printing apparatus adapted to have a cartridge detachably mounted thereon includes a cartridge mounting structure, a printing material supply tube, a plurality of apparatus-side terminals and a lever used for attachment and detachment of the cartridge to and from the printing apparatus. The lever has an operating member, a first apparatus-side locking portion and an axis of rotation. When an external force is applied to the operating member of the lever from the +X-axis direction to the −X-axis direction, the lever moves the first apparatus-side locking portion about the axis of rotation from a specified locking position toward the +X-axis direction and disengages the first apparatus-side locking portion from a first cartridge-side restriction portion, so as to eliminate the restriction of motion of the cartridge. This ensures stable electrical connection between cartridge-side terminals and apparatus-side terminals. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182053 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A printing material supply system | 07-18-2013 |
20140009518 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording apparatus includes a recording head performing recording on a recording medium, a carriage movable in a scanning direction of the recording head; a first guide member guiding the carriage in the scanning direction; a second guide member provided positioned at a predetermined distance in a direction intersecting the scanning direction with respect to the first guide member; a first gap adjusting unit provided on the carriage, and causing the housing of the carriage to displace in a direction changing the gap between a support face supporting a recording medium and the recording head; a second gap adjusting unit causing the housing of the carriage to displace by being synchronized with the first gap unit in a direction changing the gap; a synchronization unit. | 01-09-2014 |
20140009519 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a carriage that is provided with a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium and is movable in a scan direction of the recording head, a guide member that guides the carriage in the scan direction, and a gap adjusting unit that is interposed between a housing of the carriage and the guide member so as to displace the housing of the carriage in a direction in which a gap varies between the recording medium and the recording head, the gap adjusting unit being mounted on the carriage. | 01-09-2014 |
20140036000 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a carriage having an opening on which the recording head is mounted in a state that the liquid ejection surface of the recording head faces the opening, the carriage being configured to reciprocate, a ground member that is mounted on the carriage so as to ground the recording head, and a sensor unit that is mounted on the carriage so as to perform sensing by using reciprocation of the carriage and has a ground mechanism which is connected to the ground member, wherein the ground member is disposed at a position in contact with the recording head mounted on the opening. | 02-06-2014 |
20140152746 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A cartridge comprises an ink supply structure, a terminal bearing structure, and a first restriction portion. The terminal bearing structure has terminals arranged in a terminal plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a plane defined by a mounting direction leading edge of the ink supply structure, so that the contact portions of the terminals receive a force in a direction opposite (RD) from the mounting direction. An engagement portion of the first restriction portion is provided at a position adjacent to the terminal bearing structure. | 06-05-2014 |
20140210917 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A cartridge comprises an ink supply structure, a terminal bearing structure, and a first restriction portion. The terminal bearing structure has terminals arranged in a terminal plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a plane defined by a mounting direction leading edge of the ink supply structure, so that the contact portions of the terminals receive a force in a direction opposite from the mounting direction. An engagement portion of the first restriction portion is provided at a position adjacent to the terminal bearing structure. | 07-31-2014 |
20140368585 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A printing material supply system includes a printing device and a cartridge. The printing device has a cartridge mounting structure. The cartridge is removably attached to the cartridge mounting structure. The cartridge mounting structure has a device-side terminal, a lever, a first device-side locking element and a second device-side locking element. The device-side terminal is configured to contact with a cartridge-side terminal. The first device-side locking element is configured as part of the lever. The second device-side locking element is configured to engage with a second locking surface of a second cartridge-side locking element. The cartridge-side terminal has a cartridge-side contact portion configured to be in contact with the device-side terminal. The cartridge-side contact portion is provided on the negative Z-axis side of the second locking surface. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090066768 | INK CARTRIDGE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion. | 03-12-2009 |
20090251518 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK CARTRIDGE THEREFOR - To enable a coupling terminal member of an ink cartridge and a coupling terminal of a printing apparatus to be in certain and increase a degree of freedom on installation position of a coupling terminal member of the cartridge, a cartridge installed in a printing apparatus for supplying the printing apparatus with ink includes an ink cartridge body for containing ink, an ink supply section on which an ink supply opening placed on or near a first sidewall of the ink cartridge body is formed, a memory for storing information on ink in the ink cartridge body, a contact terminal member on a second sidewall of the ink cartridge body coupled to the memory and a positioning member, which protrudes from the second sidewall, for positioning the ink cartridge properly with respect to the printing apparatus when the ink cartridge is installed in the printing apparatus. | 10-08-2009 |
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20120175838 | Recording Apparatus - A recording apparatus includes a lower tray that stores recording media therein, an upper tray that stores recording media therein and capable of being mounted on the lower tray, and an edge guide which is disposed on the lower tray and has a guide surface along which the sheet edge is guided, wherein the edge guide is configured such that, when the upper tray is not mounted on the lower tray, the guide surface extends to a space for storing recording media in the upper tray. | 07-12-2012 |
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20090130432 | HEAT-RESISTANT RESIN - The present invention provides a low-modulus low-stress resin which has such heat resistance that cohesive force and reliability can be retained even at high temperatures and which is applicable as various functional materials. | 05-21-2009 |
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20120115976 | UV-CURABLE OPTICAL RESIN ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - A UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition is provided, which is excellent in transparency, adhesive reliability and durability and suitable for rework (repair) without an adverse influence on the brightness, the contrast and the Quality of a display image. The UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition is used for filling a gap between an image display panel and a protective cover plate, and comprises: (A) an acryl polymer having a (meth)acryloyl group at its side chain; and (B) a photopolymerization initiator. | 05-10-2012 |
20120214896 | UV-CURABLE OPTICAL RESIN ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - A UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition is provided having excellent transparency, adhesion reliability, and durability without causing any adverse affect on image qualities such as luminance and contrast, and suitable for a reworking (repairing) process. The UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition fills a gap between an image display panel and a protective cover plate. The UV-curable optical resin adhesive composition contains, a urethane acrylate-based polymer (A) having a (meth) acryloyl group and a hydroxyl group on side chains thereof, and a photopolymerization initiator (B). | 08-23-2012 |
20120260980 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, AND SEAL MEMBER TO BE USED FOR THE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - A dye-sensitized solar cell of a polymer resin type is provided, which is excellent in sealability. A counter electrode substrate provided with an electrically conductive transparent electrode layer and a working electrode substrate provided with an electrically conductive transparent electrode layer are opposed to each other with the electrode layers facing inward. A space defined between the substrates is sealed with a seal member disposed along peripheries of inner surfaces of the substrates. An electrolyte solution is filled in the sealed space. The substrates are each made of a polymer resin material. Inorganic layers are provided between the substrates and the electrode layers. The seal member is composed of a material obtained by curing a photopolymerizable composition essentially comprising a specific hydrogenated elastomer derivative. The inorganic layers each have a portion coated with a (meth)acryloxyalkylsilane silane coupling agent in contact with the seal member. | 10-18-2012 |
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20080308812 | Ga-Containing Nitride Semiconductor Single Crystal, Production Method Thereof, and Substrate and Device Using the Crystal - A Ga-containing nitride semiconductor single crystal characterized in that (a) the maximum reflectance measured by irradiating the Ga-containing nitride semiconductor single crystal with light at a wavelength of 450 nm is 20% or less and the difference between the maximum reflectance and the minimum reflectance is within 10%, (b) the ratio of maximum value to minimum value (maximum value/minimum value) of the dislocation density measured by a cathode luminescence method is 10 or less, and/or (c) the lifetime measured by a time-resolved photoluminescence method is 95 ps or more. | 12-18-2008 |
20090026488 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION PROCESS OF NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL - A nitride semiconductor material comprising a semiconductor or dielectric substrate having thereon a first nitride semiconductor layer group, wherein the surface of the first nitride semiconductor layer group has an RMS of 5 nm or less, a variation of X-ray half-width within ±30%, a light reflectance of the surface of 15% or more, and a variation thereof of ±10% or less, and the thickness of said first nitride semiconductor layer group is 25 μm or more. This nitride semiconductor material is excellent in uniformity and stability, assured of a low production cost, and useful as a substrate for a nitride semiconductor-type device. | 01-29-2009 |
20100148212 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GROUP III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL, GROUP III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT- EMITTING DEVICE - The method for producing a group III nitride semiconductor crystal of the invention comprises a step of preparing a seed crystal having a non-polar plane followed by growing a group III nitride semiconductor from the non-polar plane in a vapor phase, wherein the growing step includes growing the group III nitride semiconductor so as to extend in the +C-axis direction of the seed crystal. A group III-V nitride semiconductor crystal having high quality and a large-area non-polar plane can be obtained by the method. | 06-17-2010 |
20120112320 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - A production process for a nitride semiconductor crystal, comprising growing a semiconductor layer on a seed substrate to obtain a nitride semiconductor crystal, wherein the seed substrate comprises a plurality of seed substrates made of the same material, at least one of the plurality of seed substrates differs in the off-angle from the other seed substrates, and a single semiconductor layer is grown by disposing the plurality of seed substrates in a semiconductor crystal production apparatus, such that when the single semiconductor layer is grown on the plurality of seed substrates, the off-angle distribution in the single semiconductor layer becomes smaller than the off-angle distribution in the plurality of seed substrates. | 05-10-2012 |
20120305983 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GROUP-III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL, GROUP-III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The method for producing a group III nitride semiconductor crystal comprises preparing a seed crystal having a non-polar plane followed by growing a group III nitride semiconductor from the non-polar plane in a vapor phase, wherein the growing includes growing the group III nitride semiconductor so as to extend in the +C-axis direction of the seed crystal. A group III-V nitride semiconductor crystal having high quality and a large-area non-polar plane can be obtained by the method. | 12-06-2012 |
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20100171869 | LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - A light amount adjusting device includes: a cover plate having a light-passing hole; a first separator being sheet-shaped and having a hole; a second separator being elastically deformable and sheet-shaped, positioned on a side opposite to the cover plate with the first separator therebetween, and having a hole; a first light amount adjusting blade movable between the cover plate and the first separator; a second light amount adjusting blade being movable between the first separator and the second separator; a base body to which the cover plate, the first separator, and the second separator are mounted, having a throughhole and mounting grooves, the throughhole being formed to have a diameter larger than a diameter of the hole of the second separator, the mounting grooves allowing the second separator to be mounted therein and being opened toward the throughhole. | 07-08-2010 |
20110222845 | LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - A light amount adjusting device includes: a cover plate having a light-passing hole; a first separator being sheet-shaped and having a hole; a second separator being elastically deformable and sheet-shaped, positioned on a side opposite to the cover plate with the first separator therebetween, and having a hole; a first light amount adjusting blade movable between the cover plate and the first separator; a second light amount adjusting blade being movable between the first separator and the second separator; a base body to which the cover plate, the first separator, and the second separator are mounted, having a throughhole and mounting grooves, the throughhole being formed to have a diameter larger than a diameter of the hole of the second separator, the mounting grooves allowing the second separator to be mounted therein and being opened toward the throughhole. | 09-15-2011 |
20120188644 | LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - A light amount adjusting device includes: a cover plate having a light-passing hole; a first separator being sheet-shaped and having a hole; a second separator being elastically deformable and sheet-shaped, positioned on a side opposite to the cover plate with the first separator therebetween, and having a hole; a first light amount adjusting blade movable between the cover plate and the first separator; a second light amount adjusting blade being movable between the first separator and the second separator; a base body to which the cover plate, the first separator, and the second separator are mounted, having a throughhole and mounting grooves, the throughhole being formed to have a diameter larger than a diameter of the hole of the second separator, the mounting grooves allowing the second separator to be mounted therein and being opened toward the throughhole. | 07-26-2012 |
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20080302558 | PREPREG, METAL-CLAD LAMINATE AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USING SAME - This invention provides a prepreg which can yield printed circuit boards with excellent dimensional stability and heat resistance and the ability to be bent and housed at high density in electronic device packages, by impregnating a thin fiber base material with a resin having excellent adhesion with metal foils or fiber base materials, excellent heat resistance and high pliability, as well as a metal foil-clad laminate and printed circuit board employing it. The prepreg of the invention is obtained by impregnating a resin composition containing a resin with an imide structure and a thermosetting resin into a fiber base material with a thickness of 5-50 μm. | 12-11-2008 |
20100119853 | PRIMER, CONDUCTOR FOIL WITH RESIN, LAMINATED SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED SHEET - The invention aims to provide a resin primer which can stick an insulator layer to a conductor foil whereof the surface is not much roughened with sufficient adhesive force, a conductor foil with resin, a laminated sheet and a method of manufacturing same. The resin primer of the invention comprises a resin having film-forming ability and a breaking energy of 0.15 J or more. The conductor foil with resin of the invention comprises a resin layer comprising a conductor foil and the aforesaid resin primer. Further, the laminated sheet of the invention comprises the conductor foil, an insulating layer disposed facing the conductor foil, and a resin layer comprising the aforesaid resin primer disposed between the conductor foil and insulating layer so that it is in contact therewith. This laminated sheet can be manufactured by heating and pressurizing a laminate comprising the aforesaid conductor foil with resin, and a prepreg laminated on this resin layer. | 05-13-2010 |
20120285732 | MULTI-LAYER WIRING BOARD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a multilayer circuit board that can be housed at high density in the enclosures of electronic devices. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a multilayer circuit board ( | 11-15-2012 |
20120315438 | PRIMER, CONDUCTOR FOIL WITH RESIN, LAMINATED SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED SHEET - A resin primer which can stick an insulator layer to a conductor foil, whose surface is not much roughened, with sufficient adhesive force, a conductor foil with resin, a laminated sheet and a method of manufacturing the same. The resin primer includes a resin having film-forming ability and a breaking energy of 0.15 J or more. The conductor foil with resin includes a conductor foil and the aforesaid resin primer. The laminated sheet includes the conductor foil, an insulating layer disposed facing the conductor foil, and a resin layer including the aforesaid resin primer disposed between the conductor foil and insulating layer so that it is in contact therewith. This laminated sheet can be manufactured by heating and pressurizing a laminate including the aforesaid conductor foil with resin, and a prepreg laminated on this resin. | 12-13-2012 |
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20110249189 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a first layer summary data generation section; a second layer summary data generation section; a first search section; and a second search section. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252035 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a database configured to, out of images extracted with a first frequency from the images making up a moving image content, register first layer summary data of a first size; a distance calculation block configured to calculate the distance between the first layer summary data based on the distance between vectors of which the elements are formed by the first layer summary data registered in the database; and a classification section configured to cluster into the same class the first layer summary data between which the distance calculated by the distance calculation block falls within a predetermined distance, the classification section further clustering moving image contents into a plurality of classes based on the classes into which the first layer summary data have been clustered. | 10-13-2011 |
20130011120 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a content processing apparatus and method, and a program capable of more easily grasping details of content of a moving image. | 01-10-2013 |
20130077876 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A STILL IMAGE CONTAINED IN MOVING IMAGE CONTENTS - Apparatus for identifying one or more still images in one or more moving image contents. An identifying unit is configured to identify one or more still images included in the moving image contents having one or more features that closely resemble particular features. A display controller is configured to cause the display on a timeline associated with the moving image contents of the location of an identified still image in at least one of the moving image contents. | 03-28-2013 |
20130170753 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTENT RETRIEVAL AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of content retrieval and a program which facilitate recognizing content details of a moving image by displaying a retrieval result for each of a plurality of images. | 07-04-2013 |
20130335532 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and a method for generating an image. A plurality of image capturing devices capture images including objects reflected by a curved mirror from predetermined angles. Image units included in a captured image are analyzed; and a distance for an object included in the captured images is determined according to the analyzing result. | 12-19-2013 |
20140086496 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an evaluation unit which acquires a search pattern which is an appearance pattern of a person in a scene of a video content containing the scene, where a similar scene is to be searched, and a search target pattern which is an appearance pattern of a person in a video content which is to be a search target of the similar scene, calculates a degree of similarity between the search pattern and the search target pattern, and determines the similar scene on a basis of the calculated degree of similarity. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086556 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit that causes a content view which displays statistic information of characters appearing in video content and a relationship view which displays character-relation information of the characters appearing in the video content, to be displayed on a predetermined display unit. | 03-27-2014 |
20140122543 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a rearrangement unit configured to, when a plurality of files are recorded on a plurality of recording media, optimally rearrange the plurality of files arranged in the plurality of recording media by repeating selecting each file arranged in each recording medium and swapping each selected file after the plurality of files are arranged in the plurality of recording media, and a recording control unit configured to perform control in a manner that the plurality of files rearranged by the rearrangement unit are recorded on the plurality of recording media. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123040 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a classification unit configured to classify pieces of content in a manner that each piece of content is arranged in a multi-dimensional space and actions of extracting two of the pieces of content and swapping the two pieces of content based on distances indicating similarity between each of the two extracted pieces of content and neighboring pieces of content which are located around the two pieces of content are repeated, and a display control unit configured to control displaying of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) representing pieces of content located at a predetermined interval among the pieces of content classified by the classification unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140149864 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts configured to extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts containing information concerning a camera motion in a frame, and a display control part configured to display a GUI corresponding to an operation concerning the camera motion in the frame on the frame in the content on the basis of the information concerning the camera motion extracted by the feature amount extraction parts. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149865 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts configured to extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts, a display control part configured to control display of an image of the content and information concerning the feature amounts of the content, and a selecting part configured to select display or non-display of the information concerning the feature amounts. The display control part controls display of importance of a scene found on the basis of the display or non-display of the information concerning the feature amounts which is selected by the selecting part. | 05-29-2014 |
20140205158 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a grouping unit that detects a part of an object from contents and performs grouping of each object, a correlation degree calculating unit that calculates a correlation degree between the objects of which the grouping is performed by the grouping unit, and a display control unit that controls a display of a diagram of a correlation between the objects indicating the correlation between the objects, based on the correlation degree between the objects which is calculated by the correlation degree calculating unit. | 07-24-2014 |
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20090294428 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ARC WELDING - A method of controlling arc welding, which method shifting the speed of welding operation continuously and mildly. By so doing, a sharp change in the speed of weld wire supply, which is caused as the result of efforts to try to comply with an abrupt change in operation speed, can be moderated. This helps keeping a welding operation under a stable control. | 12-03-2009 |
20090308855 | TANDEM ARC WELDING DEVICE - A tandem arc welding device in which the welding conditions and a program describing contents of operation are treated as independent to each other. It handles the welding conditions altogether simply as those parameters for the fore-going welding and those parameters for the hind-going welding. By so doing, a program can be produced without taking which of the two welders will become fore-going into consideration. Furthermore, a program and welding conditions thus provided offer superior re-usability and reproducibility to the tandem arc welding. | 12-17-2009 |
20110301733 | WELDING METHOD AND WELDING SYSTEM - The movement of a single electrode by a welding robot system (a) is followed by the movement of a single electrode by another welding robot system (b). By constructing the single electrode of one welding robot system (a) and the single electrode of the another welding robot system (b) to perform welding simultaneously in the same direction on the same welding line, the degrees of freedom of the robots are not restricted, the available welding range becomes wide, and constraints on the posture of the robots are eliminated, compared with a case where a tandem welding-dedicated torch is used. | 12-08-2011 |
20120116585 | ROBOT SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD - In a control method of a robot system of the present invention, one of two industrial robots is used as a master robot, and the other is used as a slave robot. Data indicating the relation of the relative position and relative attitude between the master robot and the slave robot in welding conditioning work is stored as one set of information. During teaching work, in a state where the master robot and the slave robot exist at any positions, the slave robot is moved with respect to the position of the master robot so as to reproduce the relation of the relative position and relative attitude indicated by the one set of stored information, or the master robot is moved with respect to the position of the slave robot. | 05-10-2012 |
20130087542 | WELDING SYSTEM - The movement of a single electrode by a welding robot system (a) is followed by the movement of a single electrode by another welding robot system (b). By constructing the single electrode of one welding robot system (a) and the single electrode of the another welding robot system (b) to perform welding simultaneously in the same direction on the same welding line, the degrees of freedom of the robots are not restricted, the available welding range becomes wide, and constraints on the posture of the robots are eliminated, compared with a case where a tandem welding-dedicated torch is used. | 04-11-2013 |