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20100034268 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - There is a problem of increasing image quality deterioration when selection of an intra prediction mode for a face outline portion is not correct at a low bit-rate. This invention includes: a face detection unit detecting a face image from an input picture; and an intra prediction mode control unit controlling intra prediction mode selection based on a result of the detection of the face detection unit. In the control of intra prediction mode selection, an intra prediction mode is selected based on where a current block is positioned in a region of the face image. Thereby, an appropriate intra prediction mode can be selected for the face outline portion. As a result, image quality deterioration on the face image at a low bit-rate can be prevented. | 02-11-2010 |
20100046851 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL FILTER ARITHMETIC DEVICE AND METHOD - A two-dimensional filter arithmetic device comprises a picture memory ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100290669 | IMAGE JUDGMENT DEVICE - The present invention provides an image judgment device that can prevent increase in a storage capacity to store element characteristic information. The image judgment device stores the element characteristic information for each element that a characteristic part of a sample object has and first and second positional information defining a position of each element, selects either the first or the second positional information, acquires image characteristic information for a partial image that is in an image frame and considered as an element specified by the first positional information in a characteristic extraction method based on a first axis when the first positional information is selected, extracts image characteristic information for a partial image that is in an image frame and considered as an element specified by the second positional information in a characteristic extraction method based on a second axis, which is acquired by rotating the first axis, when the second positional information is selected, specifies element characteristic information for an element corresponding to a position of the partial image, and judges whether or not the characteristic part appears in the image frame with use of the specified element characteristic information and the extracted image characteristic information. | 11-18-2010 |
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20130019391 | FLUSH TOILET - The flush toilet comprises: a bowl portion including a waste receiving surface and a rim portion; spout portions for spouting flush water supplied from a reservoir tank into the bowl portion; and a water discharge trap pipe for discharging waste, the inlet of which is connected to the bottom of the bowl portion; whereby the bowl portion waste receiving surface includes an upper waste receiving surface connected to the rim portion, and a concave portion connected between the upper waste receiving surface and the discharge trap pipe, the concave portion includes a bottom surface connected to the discharge trap pipe and positioned below the upper waste receiving surface and a wall surface connecting this bottom surface and the bottom edge portion of the upper waste receiving surface, and the front region of this wall surface forms a sloped surface sloping on the inside from bottom to top. | 01-24-2013 |
20130047328 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet for discharging waste using flush water supplied from a flush water supply source is disclosed. The flush toilet comprises a bowl portion including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion and a shelf portion; a water discharge path for discharging waste; a water spouting portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow; and a water conduit for supplying the flush water to the water spouting portion; wherein the bowl portion includes a front region and a rear region, and the rim portion of the bowl portion is such that the curvature radius in the front region is equal to or smaller than the curvature radius of the rear region, and wherein the water spouting portion is formed on either the left or right side in the front region of the rim portion and spouts the flush water toward the front of the rim portion. | 02-28-2013 |
20130047329 | FLUSH TOILET - A toilet including a bowl portion having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion formed on the top edge portion thereof so that inner circumferential surface thereof rises essentially vertically, and a shelf portion formed between the rim portion and the waste receiving surface; a water spouting portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow; and a water conduit for supplying the flush water to the spouting portion. The water spouting portion is formed in the front region of the bowl portion, and a part of the inner circumferential surface of the rim portion is formed in an inward-facing overhanging shape; and the water spouting portion is covered by the overhanging part of the rim portion such that a user cannot observe the water spouting portion when viewing from diagonally forward and above the bowl portion. | 02-28-2013 |
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20080267039 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING APPARATUS, HOLOGRAPHIC REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A holographic recording apparatus causes reference light and information light to interfere with each other, and records the interference pattern in a recording medium. The holographic recording apparatus has an objective lens and a focus position controller. The objective lens focuses both the reference light and the information light at a focus position of the recording medium. The focus position controller changes the focus position into a predetermined position on the light path of the reference light. | 10-30-2008 |
20100054107 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - The recording and reproducing apparatus has rotary drive unit (a motor) that rotationally drives a multilayer recordable recording medium | 03-04-2010 |
20100097916 | Optical Disk, Recording/Reproducing Method Thereof, and Optical Disk Apparatus with Employment of Optical Disk - Then, in order to achieve the above-described object, in the optical disk of the present invention, while micro-hologram layers | 04-22-2010 |
20100142353 | Record Medium, Optical Disk Unit Using It, and Recording Method - To accomplish the object, the invention provides a record medium including a plate body | 06-10-2010 |
20100149945 | Record Medium, Optical Disk Unit Using It, and Recording Method - A plate body | 06-17-2010 |
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20090245143 | CONFERENCE SYSTEM, CONFERENCE PROGRAM, AND CONFERENCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD - Conference system includes a conference status recording unit recording an identifier of a conference using allocated resources and a usefulness value indicating the degree of usefulness of the conference. A request accepting unit accepts a conference start request from a user. A conference opening unit instructs a multipoint connection apparatus to secure resources for use in the requested conference and records an identifier of the conference to be started and an initial usefulness value of the conference in the conference status recording unit. A resource releasing unit, when there are no available resources necessary for the new conference accepted, selects another open conference, of which resources may be released, based on the usefulness value of the other open conference recorded in the conference status recording unit, and instructs the multipoint connection apparatus to release the resources allocated to the selected open conference. | 10-01-2009 |
20120307725 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING DATA IN AN INTERMITTENT COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT - Mobile nodes are allowed to move around within an intermittent communication environment. A mobile node wirelessly communicates with an access node when approaching the access node, and stores data. The access node stores an action history for each mobile node, and generates a forwarder list in association with a destination node, based on action histories of the mobile nodes. The forwarder list stores one or more identifies each identifying a first mobile node in the order of an arrival probability indicating a probability that the first mobile node succeeds in delivering the data to the destination node. The access node selects second mobile nodes that are to carry the data to the destination node, based on the forwarder list, and transfers the data to one of the second mobile nodes when a communication link is established between the access node and the one of the second mobile nodes. | 12-06-2012 |
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20090009125 | ROBOT SYSTEM - The present invention provides a safe robot system adapted to always and clearly indicate a worker whether an emergency stop operation can be performed by an emergency stop operation section in an unwired portable teaching operation section, thereby to prevent occurrence of a misconception. | 01-08-2009 |
20110087374 | ROBOT SYSTEM - First calculation means calculates a TCP velocity error vector Verr when wrist axes performs rotational following movement, second calculation means selects a component, including the sign, of the TCP velocity error vector Verr, third calculation means decomposes the selected velocity error vector into a joint velocity vector ωerr, fourth calculation means integrates the joint velocity ωerr and calculates a position correction amount vector θadd, and the position correction amount vector θadd is fed back to position control means with torque limits. | 04-14-2011 |
20110093120 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PARAMETER OF IMPEDANCE CONTROL - An apparatus has a parameter initial value calculator, a force reference impression part, an evaluation data measurement part, an allowable value setting part, a viscosity parameter calculator, an end determining part, and an inertia parameter adjusting part. The force reference impression part intermittently supplies a force reference to an impedance controller. The evaluation data measurement part measures setting time of time response, an overshoot amount, and the number of vibration times. The allowable value setting part sets allowable values of the overshoot amount and the setting time. The viscosity parameter calculator calculates a viscosity parameter with which the setting time becomes shortest. The end determining part determines the end or continuation of the process by comparing the adjustment values with the allowable values. The inertia parameter calculator adjusts the inertia parameter according to the adjustment values of the overshoot amount and the setting time. | 04-21-2011 |
20110270443 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTACT POSITION OF ROBOT - An apparatus for detecting a contact position where a robot makes contact with an object includes a probe, a probe-position calculating unit, a contact detecting unit, and a contact-position calculating unit. The probe is attached to the robot and is configured to make a displacement in a direction of making contact with the object in an elastic manner. The probe-position calculating unit calculates a position of the probe of the robot in operation. The contact detecting unit detects a contact state of the probe with the object. When the contact state of the probe is detected, the contact-position calculating unit derives the contact position based on a calculated position of the probe. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JUDGING SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF WORK OF ROBOT - A system for judging success or failure of a work of a robot includes a position command generating unit, a contact position detecting unit, and a work success/failure judging unit. The position command generating unit generates a position command enabling movement of a fingertip of the robot so that a position and posture detecting unit, which is attached to the fingertip of the robot and has an elastic transformation area, is brought into contact with a predetermined position relating to a work target after the predetermined work is performed for the work target by the robot. The contact position detecting unit calculates a contact position that is a position of a tip end of the position and posture detecting unit at the time of being in contact with the predetermined position based on a value of an external force applied to the fingertip and the position of the tip end of the position and posture detecting unit. The work success/failure judging unit judges the predetermined work to be successful when the calculated contact position is within a predetermined range and judges the predetermined work to be failed when the calculated contact position is not within the predetermined range. | 11-03-2011 |
20140081460 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PARAMETERS OF IMPEDANCE CONTROL - In a method for adjusting parameters of impedance control, an overshoot amount allowable value is set as an allowable maximum value of an overshoot amount of a time response of a force feedback from a force sensor provided for an end effector of a robot manipulator, and a setting time allowable value is set as an allowable maximum value of a setting time of the time response of the force feedback. A viscosity parameter with which the setting time is shortest is calculated while fixing the inertia parameter. An overshoot amount adjustment value and a setting time adjustment value which are obtained from a result of the calculating of the viscosity parameter are compared with the overshoot amount allowable value and the setting time allowable value, respectively, to determine whether a repeating process is finished or continued. | 03-20-2014 |
20140163737 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system includes: a robot including a camera unit shooting an object in a container, a hand gripping the object, and a contact detector detecting that the hand contacts the container; and a robot control device, which includes a control unit causing the hand to contact the container; a contact detection unit detecting by the contact detector that the hand contacts the container, and finding a contact position thereof; a first processing unit calculating a position of the container from a stereo image of the container acquired by the camera unit; a second processing unit calculating a difference between the position of the container calculated by the first processing unit and the contact position found by the contact detection unit as a correction amount; and a third processing unit correcting information on a position in a height direction of the object in the container based on the correction amount. | 06-12-2014 |
20140174239 | FORCE SENSOR AND ROBOT - A force sensor and a robot that can suppress a load applied to load sensor elements are provided. | 06-26-2014 |