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| 20080317628 | CHECK SHEET - A check sheet includes: a reagent container that contains a reagent that changes color by being brought into contact with a target element generated from skin; and a plurality of filters provided in different positions from each other at the opposite side to the side of the reagent container to be attached to the skin along the reagent container, and emitting light in wavelength regions different from each other. A check sheet includes: a reagent container that contains a reagent that changes color by being brought into contact with a target element generated from skin; and a filter provided at the opposite side to the side of the reagent container to be attached to the skin, and transmitting light in a part of a wavelength region detectable by a light detector detecting a color of the reagent. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100079588 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing apparatus comprising a recording section that records information identifying diseases in association with polarization characteristics of disease positions having a disease; an image acquiring section that acquires a polarized image captured at an observed position by an endoscope, the polarized image being captured using light having a plurality of different polarization states; a determining section that determines the disease by comparing (i) the polarization characteristic of the observed position acquired from the polarized image to (ii) the polarization characteristics recorded in the recording section; and a notification section that notifies a user with information specifying the disease determined by the determining section. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079757 | UNEVENNESS DETECTING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an unevenness detecting apparatus comprising a determining section that determines a polarization state of returned light obtained from radiated light; an uneven portion judging section that judges whether an uneven portion is present based on the polarization state determined by the determining section; a convex/concave identifying section that identifies whether the uneven portion is convex or concave based on image data, captured by an image capturing element, of the uneven portion; and an output section that outputs information identifying whether the uneven portion is convex or concave. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100102211 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - Provided is an image capturing system comprising an irradiating section that sequentially irradiates an observed position with a plurality of types of irradiation light having different polarizations; a polarization filter section that includes a plurality of polarization filter units, which each include a plurality of returned polarized light filters that each pass light having a different polarization, the polarization filter section passing returned light from the observed position having each of the plurality of polarizations; and a light receiving section that receives the returned light passed by the polarization filter section having each of the plurality of polarizations. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100238318 | MULTI-BAND IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - The multi-band image photographing method and apparatus photograph a subject by dividing a photographing wavelength region into plural bands and obtain spectral images of the subject corresponding to the respective divided plural bands. The method and apparatus detect a sensitivity balance among the respective plural bands from photographing data of each of the spectral images obtained by preliminary photographing performed prior to main photographing, determine photographing conditions for the respective plural bands based upon the detected sensitivity balance, and perform the main photographing in accordance with the determined photographing conditions to photograph a multi-band image. The program is used to cause a computer to execute this method or part thereof. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238319 | MULTI-BAND IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - The multi-band image photographing method and apparatus photograph a subject by dividing a photographing wavelength region into plural bands and obtain spectral images of the subject corresponding to the respective divided plural bands. The method and apparatus detect a sensitivity balance among the respective plural bands from photographing data of each of the spectral images obtained by preliminary photographing performed prior to main photographing, determine photographing conditions for the respective plural bands based upon the detected sensitivity balance, and perform the main photographing in accordance with the determined photographing conditions to photograph a multi-band image. The program is used to cause a computer to execute this method or part thereof. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100320744 | Printed matter, printed matter forming apparatus, and printed matter forming method - Provided is a printed matter, a printed matter forming apparatus, and a printed matter forming method, which improve the expression of the texture. A lower layer having an upper surface provided with concavities and convexities different for each region; an image layer provided above the lower layer, the image layer forming an image and transmitting part of incident light towards the lower layer; and a surface layer provided above the image layer, the surface layer having an upper surface provided with concavities and convexities different for each region, the surface layer transmitting part of incident light towards the image layer are included. This allows various textures to be expressed fully. | 12-23-2010 |
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| 20090073594 | Disk drive device manufacturing method thereof, and method for specifying data track pitch for the disk drive device - Embodiments of the present invention help to increase the capacity and the reliability of a disk drive device to improve the manufacturing yield thereof. An embodiment of the present invention sets a data track pitch for each head slider (recording surface) in accordance with head characteristics. This method for specifying the data track pitch is based on the distance between erase band ends (EBEs) of the both adjacent data tracks. The erase band of a data track is a band defined as the area where the already written data are erased in writing the data track. The distance between the erase band ends of the both adjacent data tracks corresponds to the width SW of the area which is not erased by the adjacent data tracks. Specifying the data track pitch based on this leads to increase in the data capacity of each recording surface and secure prevention of occurrence of a squeeze error. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090128943 | Test method and manufaturing method of disk drive device in consideration of manufacturing efficiency - Embodiments of the present invention help to improve test processes for hard disk drives (HDDs) and increase the manufacturing efficiency of HDDs. According to one embodiment, a test process performs a test on an HDD with respect to a plurality of items and stores one or a plurality of test results. Moreover, it determines the optimum specification category to which the HDD is to belong based on the stored test results. One factor of the specifications—storage capacity—has been determined before the test process or is determined during the test process. The test process classifies HDDs with the same storage capacity into different specification categories, and this classification may be performed in a single test process. This achieves efficient manufacture of HDDs with different specifications corresponding to the diversified usage of HDDs. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100157463 | DISK DRIVE SPIN CONTROL - A disk drive configured to control spindle spin is provided. The disk drive includes a spindle motor for spinning a disk configured for storing data, a nonvolatile memory comprising instructions associated with a first process for spin-up of the spindle motor from a power-on mode and the nonvolatile memory comprising instructions associated with a second process for spin-up of the spindle motor from a power save mode, a controller for determining which of the first or the second process for spin-up of the spindle motor to implement in accordance with the instructions stored in the nonvolatile memory and a motor driver for spinning up the spindle motor according to the first process or according to the second process for spin-up of the spindle motor. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100328813 | DISK-ENCLOSURE COVER FOR LOW-PROFILE, HARD-DISK DRIVE - A disk drive. The disk drive includes a head, a motion mechanism, and a controller. The head is configured to access a disk configured to store data. The motion mechanism is configured to move the head. The controller is configured to determine a seek direction when an error occurred; and, the controller is configured to repeat a seek as a repeat seek to a target radial position from a direction opposite to the seek direction in an error-recovery process for the error which occurred in the seek in which the head moved to the target radial position. | 12-30-2010 |
