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| 20100014752 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A problem of the present invention is to generate the vector expression for expressing dark and light or blur of characters or figures of which the direction or the dark and light of the gradation changes unevenly. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100074546 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A reflectance image that represents a reflectance distribution, and an illuminance component image that represents an illuminance distribution are generated from an input image. A plurality of small regions, which are divided based on illuminance components of the generated illuminance component image, are specified. A quantized image is generated from the reflectance image for respective specified small regions. Regions having equal quantized pixel values are acquired in the quantized image. Representative pixel values for the respective acquired regions are acquired based on the illuminance component image. Quantized pixel values of the respective acquired regions are corrected using the acquired representative pixel values. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110150286 | ESTIMATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An estimation apparatus for estimating a position and orientation of an object, includes: a capturing unit adapted to capture an object targeted for position and orientation estimation, and generate a range image representing distance information from the capturing unit to the target object; a general estimation unit adapted to analyze the range image and estimate a general position and orientation of the target object; a plurality of identification units each adapted to estimate a detailed position and orientation of an object within a predetermined position and orientation range; a determination unit adapted to determine a priority order of the plurality of identification units, based on the general position and orientation estimated by the general estimation unit; and a detailed estimation unit adapted to estimate a detailed position and orientation of the target object, using the plurality of identification units in the priority order determined by the determination unit. | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20100217084 | ADAPTER-TYPE ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF CLOSELY CONTACTING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION PORTION MAIN BODY OF ADAPTER-TYPE ENDOSCOPE AND ELECTRODE, AND ADAPTER MAIN BODY AND DISTAL END PORTION MAIN BODY - An adapter-type endoscope includes a distal end adapter and an insertion portion. The distal end adapter includes a light-emitting device substrate and an adapter-side electrical connection portion. The insertion portion includes a distal end portion to which the distal end adapter is detachably mounted, and has an insertion portion-side electrical connection portion connected to an adapter-side electrical connection portion, and a dual-purpose wire for power supply and heat release serving as both a heat releasing wire and a power source wire. The adapter-side electrical connection portion includes an electrical connection portion main body serving as both an electrical connection portion and a heat conducting portion and whose distal end surface closely contacts the light-emitting device substrate. The insertion portion-side electrical connection portion includes an electrode serving as both an electrical connection portion and a heat conducting portion and having a close-contact surface closely contacting the electrical connection portion main body. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110034773 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - The endoscope apparatus of the present invention includes: an insertion portion having a bending portion; an observation device that is provided at the insertion portion; an illumination unit that is provided at the insertion portion, and that illuminates a visual field of the observation device; a main body unit that is formed having a size that enables it to be held and operated by one hand of a user; an operating section that is used to operate the bending portion; a display unit that is connected to the insertion portion, and that displays images acquired by the observation device; a light emitting component that is provided in the main body unit, and that is connected via a light guide to the illumination unit; a heat discharge unit that is provided at the main body unit such that at least a portion thereof is exposed, and that is thermally connected to the light emitting component; and a shielding portion that is provided at the main body unit, and that covers at least a portion of the periphery of the heat discharge unit, and that also inhibits the heat discharge unit contacts with external portions thereof. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110112361 | ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - An endoscope device has a scope unit that is used to observe an interior of a specimen subject, and a main body unit that controls the scope unit by communicating with the scope unit. The scope unit has an insertion portion, a bending portion that is provided on the insertion portion, a bending drive unit that drives the bending portion, an imaging unit that is provided on the insertion portion and acquires images of the specimen subject; and a structure storage section in which structure identification information that is based on the structure of the first scope unit is stored. The main body unit has a display unit that displays images acquired by the imaging unit, an operating section that is used to make operation inputs to operate at least the bending portion, and a control unit that controls the bending drive unit based on the structure identification information stored in the storage section. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110237893 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An illumination device ( | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20080231129 | Spindle apparatus - In a spindle apparatus for a machine tool, a spindle is supported on a housing by support-purpose bearing devices, and is rotated by an electric motor, and a tool is attached to a tool attaching portion formed at a distal end of the spindle. A radial magnetic bearing for vibration suppressing purposes which includes a plurality of electromagnets is provided around the tool attaching portion of the spindle. A plurality of radial displacement sensors for detecting a displacement of the tool attaching portion in radial directions are provided around the tool attaching portion. There is provided an electromagnet control unit for controlling the electromagnets of the radial magnetic bearing on the basis of outputs of the radial displacement sensors so as to support the tool attaching portion in a predetermined position. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080317398 | Magnetic bearing device and machine tool provided with the same - A magnetic bearing device includes a main shaft provided with a flange part extended in a radial direction, axial magnetic bearings which are arranged so as to be opposed to the flange part in an axial direction and support the main shaft in the axial direction by electromagnets, and an axial displacement sensor for detecting a position of the main shaft in the axial direction. The axial displacement sensor is characterized in that it is arranged so as to be opposed to the flange part in the radial direction. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090042479 | Grinding apparatus and method of controlling grinding apparatus - A grinding wheel formed on an outer peripheral surface with a grinding surface is attached to a grinding wheel spindle supported by axial active magnetic bearings and radial active magnetic bearings in a noncontact manner axially and radially and rotated by an electric motor. A casing is axially positioned and then is radially moved and a ground part of a workpiece is ground. Before the casing moves radially and the grinding wheel comes in contact with the workpiece, the stiffness value of the radial magnetic bearings is set to an initialization value lower than a value at the usual grinding time and after the grinding surface of the grinding wheel comes in contact with the workpiece, the stiffness value of the radial magnetic bearings is set to a value higher than the initialization value for grinding the workpiece. | 02-12-2009 |
