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20080252478 | Electronic apparatus, remote controller and remote control system - An electronic apparatus is remotely controlled based on a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller using radio wave. The electronic apparatus contains a communication module that receives the remote control signal transmitted from the remote controller and an electronic apparatus main body that performs predetermined processing based on the remote control signal from the remote controller. The remote control signal is received by the communication module. The communication module has an intermittent operation mode in which the communication module operates intermittently when the electronic apparatus main body shifts to a standby state thereof. The period of off time of the communication module in the intermittent operation mode thereof is shorter than a period of transmission time of the remote controller for transmitting a power-on signal that causes the electronic apparatus main body to shift the standby state thereof to a normal state thereof. | 10-16-2008 |
20080253772 | Remote controller, electronic apparatus, and remote control system - A remote controller sets up a pairing via two-way communications. The remote controller contains a light-emitting unit that emits a pairing-set-up request code for requesting a pairing-set-up start using infrared rays. The remote controller also contains a communication unit that receives unique information transmitted using the radio wave in response to the pairing-set-up request code emitted from the light-emitting unit and transmits unique information of the remote controller using the radio wave. The remote controller further contains a control unit that controls the light-emitting unit and the communication unit to register the unique information received by the communication unit and to set a partner of the pairing. | 10-16-2008 |
20090060515 | Remote controlling system, electronic device, and controlling method - A remote controlling system is disclosed. An infrared remote controller generates a first serial signal containing a command corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the first serial signal by infrared communication. A radio remote controller generates a code signal containing a key number corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the code signal by radio communication. An electronic device includes a light receiving section, a radio receiving section, a selecting section, and a controlling section. | 03-05-2009 |
20090213278 | Remote control method and remote control apparatus - A remote control method for a device under control which selects one of an information signal of the device under control and an information signal from at least one external device is disclosed. The device under control is inquired about an information signal selection state when a key in common with the device under control and the external device is operated on an operation section. A remote control signal corresponding to the key that has been operated is transmitted to the device under control when the information signal selection state replied from the device under control represents a signal selection state of the device under control. A remote control signal corresponding to the key that has been operated is transmitted to the external device when the information signal selection state replied from the device under control represents a signal selection state of the external device. | 08-27-2009 |
20120098637 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus is remotely controlled based on a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller using radio wave. The electronic apparatus contains a communication module that receives the remote control signal transmitted from the remote controller and an electronic apparatus main body that performs predetermined processing based on the remote control signal from the remote controller. The remote control signal is received by the communication module. The communication module has an intermittent operation mode in which the communication module operates intermittently when the electronic apparatus main body shifts to a standby state thereof. The period of off time of the communication module in the intermittent operation mode thereof is shorter than a period of transmission time of the remote controller for transmitting a power-on signal that causes the electronic apparatus main body to shift the standby state thereof to a normal state thereof. | 04-26-2012 |
20130286293 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a remote control device, including: an operation section configured to receive input of an instruction from a user, and to receive input of an analog value with respect to the instruction; a converting section configured to convert the instruction input in the operation section into a bit string for infrared communication, and to convert the analog value input in the operation section into a bit string for infrared communication; and an infrared-communication section configured to send an infrared signal based on the converted bit strings | 10-31-2013 |
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20080264221 | WORK SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a work sheet processing system that can compactly collect a plurality of product work sheets cut by a work sheet processing machine, allowing the product work sheets to be easily transported to a next process. A work sheet processing system includes a work sheet processing machine | 10-30-2008 |
20080264758 | WORK SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a work sheet processing system that enables the effective utilization, without adverse effects on the operation of a work sheet processing machine or other peripheral devices, of a redundant work sheet corresponding to a material work sheet from which product work sheets have been cut, a part of the redundant work sheet being still capable of being processed into other product work sheets. The work sheet processing system includes a work sheet processing machine | 10-30-2008 |
20080265498 | WORK SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE - The present invention provides a work sheet conveying device having a traveling member with a compact work sheet holder, making it possible to improve work sheet conveying speed and to reduce the time required for acceleration and deceleration, the work sheet conveying device further making it possible to improve the efficiency with which small work sheet's are conveyed. The work sheet conveying device includes a plurality of traveling members | 10-30-2008 |
20080265500 | WORK SHEET CONVEYING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a work sheet conveying system which enables a work sheet cabinet to be simplified and which allows palettes to be efficiently moved into and out from the work sheet cabinet. The work sheet conveying system according to the present invention includes a work sheet cabinet | 10-30-2008 |
20090263218 | PLATE MATERIAL CONVEYING DEVICE - The present invention provides a plate material conveying device including a compact traveling member to enable an increase in plate material conveyance speed and a reduction in time required for acceleration and deceleration and to allow small plate materials to be more efficiently conveyed, the plate material conveying device further enabling one of a gripper and a suction type plate material holder to be selected for conveyance of a plate material. Traveling members | 10-22-2009 |
20150290749 | THERMAL CUTTING SYSTEM - A thermal cutting system includes a thermal cutting machine, a work lifting device and a component carry device. The thermal cutting machine includes a work support table including work support sections that support a sheet material workpiece from below and have a pin support shape or a serrated shape. The thermal cutting machine thermally cuts a component part from the sheet material workpiece then placed on the work support table. The work lifting device lifts the sheet material workpiece, which has been thermally cut, from the work support table. The component part carry device picks up the component part from the sheet material workpiece, which has been lifted by the work lifting device, and then carries it to the outside of the cutting machine. | 10-15-2015 |
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20140288745 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle includes six wheels of front left and right wheels, middle left and right wheels, and rear left and right wheels. Each of in-wheel motors is provided/installed in each of the wheels. An electronic control unit calculates a target heave force for controlling a heave behavior, and a target pitching moment for controlling a pitching behavior, using a state of a movement of a vehicle body obtained from a movement state detecting sensor. The unit calculates a driving force and a braking force of the front wheels and the rear wheels in order to achieve the calculated target heave force and the target pitching moment, and calculates a driving force and a braking force of the middle wheels for suppressing a forward-and-backward movement of the vehicle, the movement caused by independently (simultaneously) controlling the behaviors coupling with each other. | 09-25-2014 |
20150100205 | VEHICLE BRAKING/DRIVING FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle braking/driving force control apparatus for securing travel stability of a vehicle by priority when a slip occurs on a wheel for generating a braking/driving force while a plurality of motions are controlled. An electronic control unit identifies a slipping wheel having the maximum slip ratio (S | 04-09-2015 |
20150274033 | WHEEL CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND WHEEL CONTROL METHOD - A control unit controlling torque of four motors capable of independently driving respective wheels, and setting a predetermined reference torque to the four motors based on first information from a driver input, and includes a distributed torque limitation mode wherein at least one of first motors from the four motors are controlled at a torque acquired by distributing a first distributed torque to the predetermined reference torque through addition to the predetermined reference torque based on second information of vehicle motion state; at least one of second motors different from the first motors are controlled at a torque acquired by distributing a second distributed torque to the predetermined reference torque through subtraction from the predetermined reference torque; and the first and second distributed torque are limited to prevent a torque acting direction from changing before and after the distribution through addition and the distribution through subtraction. | 10-01-2015 |
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20110077519 | Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and signal processing method thereof - The presently disclosed subject matter is intended to correctly determine an ambient sound velocity at each level of pixels or line images constituting an ultrasound image, and construct a high-precision ultrasound image. A region-of-interest setting unit sets a region of interest on an ultrasound image. A transmission focus control unit gives a transmission focus instruction, so that a transmitting circuit performs transmission focusing on the region of interest. A set sound velocity specification unit specifies a set sound velocity used to perform reception focusing on RF data. A focus index calculation unit performs reception focusing on the RF data for each of a plurality of set sound velocities to calculate the focus index of the RF data. An ambient sound velocity determination unit determines the ambient sound velocity of the region of interest on the basis of the focus index for each of the plurality of set sound velocities. | 03-31-2011 |
20120310093 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE PRODUCING METHOD AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Provided are an ultrasound image producing method and an ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus that can quickly decide the presence or the absence of influence of refraction, can shorten the time taken for measurement or calculation, can perform measurement or calculation with a small error, and can calculate accurate local sound velocity values. A lattice is set in a region-of-interest, environmental sound velocity values of two or more lattice points located at different positions in a scanning direction of ultrasonic waves are measured as preliminary sound velocity measurement, and main sound velocity measurement that calculates local sound velocity values in lattice points is performed when the difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the measured environmental sound velocity values is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold. | 12-06-2012 |
20130116564 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - A microscopic change in structure of sound velocity or attenuation due to a pathological change can be grasped, the change being difficult to grasp with conventional measurement of an absolute value of sound velocity or attenuation. The above problem is solved by providing an ultrasound diagnostic device including an ultrasound probe including a plurality of ultrasound transducers transmitting ultrasound waves to an object and receiving ultrasound waves reflected from the object to output an ultrasound detection signal, a region-of-interest setting device setting a region of interest within the object, a transmission focus instructing device making the ultrasound probe transmit the ultrasound waves by focusing on the region of interest, a device setting at least one or more points of interest in the region of interest, a device finding a change in sound velocity or attenuation at the point of interest, and a device finding an index indicating a sonic variation or an attenuation variation based on the change in sound velocity or attenuation. | 05-09-2013 |
20130123628 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - The present invention provides an ultrasound diagnostic device including an ultrasound probe including a plurality of ultrasound transducers transmitting ultrasound waves to an object and receiving ultrasound waves reflected from the specimen to output an ultrasound detection signal, a region-of-interest setting unit setting a region of interest within the specimen, and a variation measuring unit measuring a sonic variation or an attenuation variation of ultrasound waves in the region of interest. | 05-16-2013 |
20130131516 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe including a plurality of ultrasound transducers; a device for determining optimum sound speed values at a lattice point set in a shallower region than a region of interest (ROI) and in the ROI on the basis of an ultrasound detection signal outputted by the ultrasound probe; a device for arithmetically operating a received wave received from the ROI on the basis of the optimum sound speed value; a device for setting an assumed sound speed in the region of interest, obtaining a received wave received from each lattice point on the basis of the assumed sound speed and the optimum sound speed value at the lattice point, and synthesizing received waves at lattice points to obtain a resultant received wave; and a device for determining a local sound speed value in the ROI on the basis of the received wave and the resultant received wave. | 05-23-2013 |
20130267849 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - This ultrasound image generating device comprises an ultrasound probe which transmits ultrasound into a subject, receives reflected sound, and outputs an ultrasound detection signal, said ultrasound image generating device generating a topographical image which represents a shape. The ultrasound image generating device further comprises: a sound speed value computation unit which computes a sound speed value in a region of interest in the topographical image; and a degree of reliability information generation unit which generates degree of reliability information of the sound speed value on the basis of the sound speed value corresponding to the region of interest. | 10-10-2013 |
20130296706 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - The presently disclosed subject matter is intended to correctly determine an ambient sound velocity at each level of pixels or line images constituting an ultrasound image, and construct a high-precision ultrasound image. A region-of-interest setting unit sets a region of interest on an ultrasound image. A transmission focus control unit gives a transmission focus instruction, so that a transmitting circuit performs transmission focusing on the region of interest. A set sound velocity specification unit specifies a set sound velocity used to perform reception focusing on RF data. A focus index calculation unit performs reception focusing on the RF data for each of a plurality of set sound velocities to calculate the focus index of the RF data. An ambient sound velocity determination unit determines the ambient sound velocity of the region of interest on the basis of the focus index for each of the plurality of set sound velocities. | 11-07-2013 |
20130303912 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - The presently disclosed subject matter is intended to correctly determine an ambient sound velocity at each level of pixels or line images constituting an ultrasound image, and construct a high-precision ultrasound image. A region-of-interest setting unit sets a region of interest on an ultrasound image. A transmission focus control unit gives a transmission focus instruction, so that a transmitting circuit performs transmission focusing on the region of interest. A set sound velocity specification unit specifies a set sound velocity used to perform reception focusing on RF data. A focus index calculation unit performs reception focusing on the RF data for each of a plurality of set sound velocities to calculate the focus index of the RF data. An ambient sound velocity determination unit determines the ambient sound velocity of the region of interest on the basis of the focus index for each of the plurality of set sound velocities. | 11-14-2013 |
20150057542 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An ultrasound diagnostic device includes an ultrasound probe including plural ultrasound transducers that transmit ultrasound toward an imaging subject, receive ultrasound reflected from the imaging subject, and output ultrasound detection signals; an alteration unit that alters transmission frequencies of the ultrasound transmitted from the ultrasound probe or reception frequencies of the ultrasound received by the ultrasound probe; and a calculation unit that calculates an index for diagnosing a tissue characteristic based on a relationship between reception signals of at least two different ultrasound transducers for at least two different frequencies of the transmission frequencies or reception frequencies altered by the alteration unit. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057543 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An ultrasound diagnostic device includes an ultrasound probe including ultrasound transducers that transmit ultrasound toward an imaging subject, receive ultrasound reflected from the imaging subject, and output ultrasound detection signals; an alteration unit that alters a transmission frequency of the transmitted ultrasound or a reception frequency of the received ultrasound, from a frequency for converting amplitudes, of the ultrasound detection signals outputted from the ultrasound probe, into an intensity distribution of brightnesses and displaying the distribution, to a frequency for carrying out diagnosis of tissue characteristics; and a calculation unit that calculates an index for diagnosing tissue characteristics, based on a relationship between received signals, at a time when the transmission frequency or the reception frequency is altered to a frequency at which diagnosis of tissue characteristics is carried out, at two or more different ultrasound transducers at the ultrasound probe. | 02-26-2015 |
20150065880 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, SOUND VELOCITY DERIVATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - An estimated value of sound velocity of a subject interior is derived more stably and with higher accuracy. A phasing processing section provides, to each of received signals that were generated by piezoelectric elements respectively, respective delay times that were computed on the basis of each of plural set sound velocities, and phases the received signals per set sound velocity. A degree of similarity deriving section derives, for each of the set sound velocities, a degree of mutual similarity among received signals that were phased by the phasing processing section. An optimal set sound velocity deriving section derives, as an optimal set sound velocity, an estimated value of sound velocity of the subject interior on the basis of the degree of mutual similarity among the received signals of each of the set sound velocities. | 03-05-2015 |
20160074014 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe; region-of-interest setting means for setting the depth position of a region of interest in a subject; reflection point setting means for setting a plurality of points in a region, which is deeper than the depth position of the region of interest, as reflection points of ultrasound waves transmitted from the ultrasound probe; and sound speed value deriving means for deriving a sound speed value in a region between each of the plurality of reflection points and the ultrasound probe, for each of the plurality of reflection points, based on a reception signal generated when the ultrasound probe receives an ultrasound wave reflected at each of the plurality of reflection points. | 03-17-2016 |
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20090093721 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS - The object is to determine an optimum sonic speed without requiring memory, circuits and processing time therefor. The object is achieved by providing an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus having an ultrasonic probe in which a plurality of elements for transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a subject and, by receiving an ultrasonic signal reflected from the subject, outputting the received signal are arrayed; a device which changes an assumed sonic speed set in advance relative to the actual sonic speed of the ultrasonic wave to be transmitted to the subject; and an optimum sonic speed judgment device which judges a micro-structure by an RF signal obtained from the received signal by changing the assumed sonic speed and performing focusing with a delay based on the assumed sonic speed, and judges an optimum sonic speed, which is the ultrasonic speed of the subject, from phase information about the RF signal judged to be the micro-structure. | 04-09-2009 |
20090099455 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound probe having a plurality of elements arranged therein, the ultrasound probe transmitting ultrasound toward a subject, receiving an ultrasound signal reflected off the subject, and outputting a received signal; a device that changes a preset assumed sound speed with respect to an actual sound speed of the ultrasound transmitted toward the subject; and a frame position calculation device that determines similarity of each portion between each frame by using speckles in RF data or amplitude images based on two or more of the different assumed sound speeds and calculates frame positions, thereby determining similarity in a stable, uniform, accurate manner without lowering a frame rate. | 04-16-2009 |
20110077521 | Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and signal processing method thereof - A region-of-interest and grid point setting unit is configured to set a region of interest (ROI) within an object and grid points to be measured within the ROI in the depth direction. An intra-region-of-interest sound velocity calculation unit is configured to calculate ambient sound velocities at the grid points at respective depths of the ROI. A local sound velocity determination unit is configured to compare the values of an ambient sound-velocity distribution table for each plurality of assumed local sound velocities with the values of the ambient sound velocities calculated by the intra-region-of-interest sound velocity calculation unit, extract an ambient sound-velocity distribution table for assumed local sound velocities having the smallest error, and determine the assumed local sound velocities of the extracted ambient sound-velocity distribution table as local sound velocities in the ROI. | 03-31-2011 |
20120004550 | Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and ultrasonic diagnosis method - An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe which includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers which transmit ultrasonic waves to an object, receive the ultrasonic waves reflected by the object, and output ultrasonic detection signals; a reception time calculating device which calculates at least one of a reception time and a reception wave at each of elements corresponding to lattice points set in a shallower region than a region of interest in the object; an image generating device which generates an image at a lattice point in the region of interest, based on a hypothetical sound velocity set in the region of interest and the calculated one of the reception time and the reception wave; an image analyzing device which analyzes the generated image; and a local sound velocity calculating device which calculates a local sound velocity in the region of interest, based on a result of the image analysis. | 01-05-2012 |
20120004551 | Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and ultrasonic diagnosis method - An ultrasonic diagnosis method of one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter: transmitting ultrasonic waves to an object through an ultrasonic probe including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, and outputting ultrasonic detection signals after receiving the ultrasonic waves reflected by the object; calculating at least one of a reception time and a reception wave at each of respective elements corresponding to two or more lattice points at different depths in the object with respect to the ultrasonic probe; and calculating a local sound velocity which is a sound velocity in a local region, using calculated one of the reception time and the reception wave. | 01-05-2012 |
20130030297 | AMBIENT SOUND VELOCITY OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS - To obtain ambient sound velocity of a subject with high accuracy in a ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus. In an ambient sound velocity obtaining method that transmits ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic probe, receives reflected waves reflected by a subject to obtain received signals, performs a receive focusing process on the received signals using receive delay times based on a plurality of sound velocity settings to obtain in-phase sum signals with respect to each sound velocity setting, and obtains an ambient sound velocity of the subject based on the in-phase sum signals with respect to each sound velocity setting, the in-phase sum signals with respect to each sound velocity setting is separated into an in-phase sum signal corresponding to a boundary portion in the subject and an in-phase sum signal corresponding to portions other than the boundary portion, an index is obtained based on at least either one of the in-phase sum signals, and the ambient sound velocity is obtained based on the index. | 01-31-2013 |
20130041262 | FOCAL POINT INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND AMBIENT SOUND VELOCITY OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Transmitting an ultrasonic wave focused on a predetermined transmit focus position by driving each of the elements of the ultrasonic probe based on a predetermined transmit delay time, and determining a true focal position of the ultrasonic wave transmitted to the transmit focus position or a focal point valid region that includes the true focal position based on a receive signal received by each element according to a reflection wave reflected by the transmission of the ultrasonic wave to the transmit focus position. | 02-14-2013 |
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20100076312 | Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound diagnostic method - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe including a plurality of ultrasound transducers; a device for determining optimum sound speed values at a lattice point set in a shallower region than a region of interest (ROI) and in the ROI on the basis of an ultrasound detection signal outputted by the ultrasound probe; a device for arithmetically operating a received wave received from the ROI on the basis of the optimum sound speed value; a device for setting an assumed sound speed in the region of interest, obtaining a received wave received from each lattice point on the basis of the assumed sound speed and the optimum sound speed value at the lattice point, and synthesizing received waves at lattice points to obtain a resultant received wave; and a device for determining a local sound speed value in the ROI on the basis of the received wave and the resultant received wave. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076313 | Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound diagnostic method - In an ultrasound diagnosis, the inventor has found a characteristic that coincidence of RF data after matching addition or amplitude image data at the small opening are different between those of an isolated point (minute structure), a continuous surface, and a speckle. On the basis of the characteristic, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method which can distinguish and extract the isolated point, the continuous surface, and the speckle and determine a tissue property are provided. | 03-25-2010 |
20100087736 | Ultrasound signal processing apparatus and method - According to an aspect of the present invention, since an attenuation factor of ultrasound inside a subject is derived from changes in the phase of an ultrasound echo in a depth direction of the subject, the attenuation factor can be determined simply and conveniently. Accordingly, a plurality of band-pass filters that have different center frequencies, and a signal processing circuit that performs individual detection and logarithmic compression for each band and the like are not required. | 04-08-2010 |
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20120078103 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, ultrasound image generation apparatus and method transmit ultrasound waves to a subject into which a puncture tool is inserted, receive reflected waves reflected from the subject and the puncture tool, and generate echo signals of time-sequential frames based on the received reflected waves, and generate an ultrasound image of the subject based on the generated echo signals. These apparatus and method generate a differential echo signal between time-sequential frames from the echo signals, perform a tip detection process based on the differential echo signal to thereby detect at least one tip candidate including a tip end of the puncture tool, highlight a tip candidate of the puncture tool detected to thereby generate a tip image, and display the tip image of the highlighted puncture tool so as to be superimposed on the generated ultrasound image. | 03-29-2012 |
20120203109 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE PRODUCING METHOD - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: a controller for controlling a transmission circuit and a reception circuit to obtain reception data for measuring a sound speed and to obtain first reception data for producing a B mode image; a sound speed map producer for producing a sound speed map for the inside of the region of interest based on the reception data for measuring a sound speed; and an image producer for producing a B mode image based on the first reception data for producing a B mode image and second reception data for producing a B mode image, the second reception data for producing a B mode image being reception data for measuring a sound speed obtained by transmitting and receiving ultrasonic beams with forming transmission focuses at points having a depth closest to the given depth on sound rays passing inside the region of interest. | 08-09-2012 |
20120226164 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ULTRASONIC WAVE, AND PROGRAM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ULTRASONIC WAVE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes plural ultrasound transducers which perform transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves toward a target site of a subject containing a puncture needle. A method of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave uses the ultrasound transducers. The apparatus and the method form an ultrasonic beam to be transmitted from a transmit aperture set on the ultrasound transducers, acquire information relating to a specular-reflective component of the ultrasonic beam in the puncture needle, set a first receive aperture different from the transmit aperture set on the ultrasound transducers on the basis of the information relating to the specular-reflective component of the ultrasonic beam, and process an ultrasonic echo signal received by the ultrasound transducers using the first receive aperture. | 09-06-2012 |
20150080734 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The present invention aims at providing an ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus capable of shortening the time required for measurement and calculation of an optimal sound velocity and obtaining an ultrasound image having excellent image quality at a tissue or lesion the operator desires to observe. There are provided an element data memory storing element data; a region-of-interest setter setting a region of interest; an optimal sound velocity calculator calculating an optimal sound velocity at the region of interest using the element data corresponding to the region of interest; a reconstruction region setter setting a reconstruction region that contains the region of interest and is larger than the region of interest; and an image reconstructor generating a reconstructed image by reconstructing the ultrasound image in the reconstruction region based on the optimal sound velocity. | 03-19-2015 |
20150351717 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ULTRASONIC WAVE, AND PROGRAM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ULTRASONIC WAVE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes plural ultrasound transducers which perform transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves toward a target site of a subject containing a puncture needle. A method of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave uses the ultrasound transducers. The apparatus and the method form an ultrasonic beam to be transmitted from a transmit aperture set on the ultrasound transducers, acquire information relating to a specular-reflective component of the ultrasonic beam in the puncture needle, set a first receive aperture different from the transmit aperture set on the ultrasound transducers on the basis of the information relating to the specular-reflective component of the ultrasonic beam, and process an ultrasonic echo signal received by the ultrasound transducers using the first receive aperture. | 12-10-2015 |
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20090256261 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The reliability of wirings, each of which includes a main conductive film containing copper as a primary component, is improved. On an insulating film including the upper surface of a wiring serving as a lower layer wiring, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbonitride film having excellent barrier properties to copper is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbide film having excellent adhesiveness to a low dielectric constant material film is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a low dielectric constant material as an interlayer insulating film is formed; and thereafter a wiring as an upper layer wiring is formed. | 10-15-2009 |
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20130224947 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The reliability of wirings, each of which includes a main conductive film containing copper as a primary component, is improved. On an insulating film including the upper surface of a wiring serving as a lower layer wiring, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbonitride film having excellent barrier properties to copper is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbide film having excellent adhesiveness to a low dielectric constant material film is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a low dielectric constant material as an interlayer insulating film is formed; and thereafter a wiring as an upper layer wiring is formed. | 08-29-2013 |
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20140091468 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The reliability of wirings, each of which includes a main conductive film containing copper as a primary component, is improved. On an insulating film including the upper surface of a wiring serving as a lower layer wiring, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbonitride film having excellent barrier properties to copper is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbide film having excellent adhesiveness to a low dielectric constant material film is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a low dielectric constant material as an interlayer insulating film is formed; and thereafter a wiring as an upper layer wiring is formed. | 04-03-2014 |
20140312499 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The reliability of wirings, each of which includes a main conductive film containing copper as a primary component, is improved. On an insulating film including the upper surface of a wiring serving as a lower layer wiring, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbonitride film having excellent barrier properties to copper is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbide film having excellent adhesiveness to a low dielectric constant material film is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a low dielectric constant material as an interlayer insulating film is formed; and thereafter a wiring as an upper layer wiring is formed. | 10-23-2014 |
20150235962 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The reliability of wirings, each of which includes a main conductive film containing copper as a primary component, is improved. On an insulating film including the upper surface of a wiring serving as a lower layer wiring, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbonitride film having excellent barrier properties to copper is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbide film having excellent adhesiveness to a low dielectric constant material film is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a low dielectric constant material as an interlayer insulating film is formed; and thereafter a wiring as an upper layer wiring is formed. | 08-20-2015 |
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20090269585 | BLACK COMPLEX OXIDE PARTICLES - The complex oxide particles of the present invention are conductive and exhibit a black color. The particles contain cobalt in an amount of 40 to 65% by mass in terms of the metal element based on the whole particles and at least one kind or two or more kinds of metals selected from copper, nickel and molybdenum. The particles are preferably prepared in the following manner: an aqueous solution of mixed metal salts prepared from water-soluble salts, wherein the aqueous solution contains cobalt and one kind or two or more kinds of metal element selected from copper, nickel and molybdenum, is mixed and neutralized with an alkali hydroxide to obtain a metal hydroxide slurry; the resultant slurry of metal hydroxides is kept at a pH of 10 to 13 and oxidized at a temperature of higher than 40° C. and 60° C. or less to obtain a precursor slurry; the resultant precursor slurry is aged at 80 to 150° C.; and then, after solid-liquid separation, the resultant solid is heated at 400 to 700° C. for longer than 1 hour and 3 hours or less. | 10-29-2009 |
20090270239 | Black Complex Oxide Particles, Process for Producing the Same, Black Pastes, and Black Matrixes - The complex oxide particles of the present invention have a black hue, and contains 35 to 70% by weight of cobalt and 5 to 40% by weight of manganese. The molar ratio of cobalt to manganese Co/Mn is 0.5 to 14. The average particle diameter of primary particles is 0.05 to 0.3 μm. The particles have a shape of octahedral form. The particles are produced preferably through wet oxidation. No firing process is performed. The particles contain substantially no metal elements other than cobalt and manganese. The complex oxide particles of the present invention are suitably used as a black pigment for coating material, ink, toner, and rubbers or plastics. | 10-29-2009 |
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20080229931 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a honeycomb structure capable of suitably be used for a filter for trapping particulate matter, such as a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and capable of detecting an accumulation amount of particulate matter easily with high accuracy when the honeycomb structure is used for a filter for trapping particulate matter. The honeycomb structure 1 has a plurality of cells functioning as gas passages and partitioned and formed by the porous partition walls and has two or more electrodes therein. | 09-25-2008 |
20090284271 | INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF PARTICULATES IN FLUID, MEASURING METHOD, AND MEASURING PROGRAM - There are disclosed an instrument for measuring the concentration of particulates in a fluid, which is capable of determining the concentration of the particulates in the fluid with high accuracy. The instrument for measuring the concentration of the particulates in the fluid includes particulate collecting means, temperature measuring means, flow rate measuring means, impedance measuring means, time measuring means, constant determining means for determining an impedance change per unit time-particulate concentration constant from temperature and flow rate, impedance change per unit time computing means for computing the change of an impedance per unit time, and particulate concentration determining means for determining the concentration of the particulates from the change of the impedance per unit time computed by the impedance change per unit time computing means. | 11-19-2009 |
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20090315569 | IMPEDANCE MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND IMPEDANCE MEASURING METHOD FOR FINE PARTICLE COLLECTOR - An impedance measuring instrument of a fine particle collector comprising a fine particle collection body for collecting fine particles in a fluid, a conductive can body for containing the fine particle collection body, and a buffering body disposed between the fine particle collection body and the conductive can body, wherein two or more electrodes are arranged on the fine particle collection body, at least one of the electrodes is connected with an AC power supply, at least the other electrode is connected with an ammeter, the AC power supply and the ammeter are interconnected and further connected with the conducive can body, and the conducive can body is grounded. | 12-24-2009 |
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20150221436 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A first terminal electrode extends from a second principal surface onto first and second side surfaces and a first end surface such as not to reach a first principal surface. A second terminal electrode extends from the second principal surface onto the first and second side surfaces and a second end surface such as not to reach the first principal surface. A third terminal electrode extends from the second principal surface onto the first and second side surfaces such as not to reach the first principal surface. | 08-06-2015 |
20150221441 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In an electronic component, each of a distance between a first outer electrode and a third outer electrode along a length direction and a distance between a second outer electrode and the third outer electrode along a length direction is about 8% to about 13% of a dimension of the electronic component along the length direction. | 08-06-2015 |
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20160049245 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer unit, thickness-direction first and second outer layer sections, length-direction first and second outer layer sections, and width-direction first and second outer layer sections. A dimension of the thickness-direction second outer layer section is greater than a dimension of the thickness-direction first outer layer section. The thickness-direction second outer layer section includes an inner portion and an outer portion. A composition ratio of Si to Ti in a ceramic dielectric layer included in the outer portion is higher than that in the inner portion. A boundary portion between the outer portion and the inner portion has a larger Si content than the outer portion. The inner portion has a higher composition ratio of Mn to Ti than the outer portion. Each of minimum dimensions in the length direction of the length-direction first and second outer layer sections is greater than both dimensions in the width direction of the width-direction first and second outer layer sections. | 02-18-2016 |
20160049246 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer unit, thickness-direction first and second outer layer sections, and length-direction first and second outer layer sections. A dimension of the thickness-direction second outer layer section is greater than a dimension of the thickness-direction first outer layer section. The thickness-direction second outer layer section includes an inner portion and an outer portion. A composition ratio of Si to Ti in a ceramic dielectric layer included in the outer portion is higher than that in the inner portion. A Si content ratio is higher in a boundary portion between the outer portion and the inner portion. The inner portion has a higher composition ratio of Mn to Ti than the outer portion. Both of minimum dimensions in the length direction of the length-direction first and second outer layer sections are greater than a dimension in the thickness direction of the thickness-direction first outer layer section. | 02-18-2016 |
20160049247 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer unit, thickness-direction first and second outer layer sections, and width-direction first and second outer layer sections. A dimension of the thickness-direction second outer layer section is greater than a dimension of the thickness-direction first outer layer section. The thickness-direction second outer layer section includes an inner portion and an outer portion. A composition ratio of Si to Ti in a ceramic dielectric layer included in the outer portion is higher than that in the inner portion. A Si content ratio is higher in a boundary portion between the outer portion and the inner portion. A relationship expressed by T | 02-18-2016 |
20160049256 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR, MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR SERIES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR MOUNT BODY INCLUDING THE SAME - A body of a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an inner layer portion and first and second outer layer portions sandwiching the inner layer portion therebetween. The inner layer portion includes an area extending from a conductive layer positioned closest to a first main surface to a conductive layer positioned closest to a second main surface in the stacking direction. The height of the body is smaller than the width of the body. The height of the inner layer portion is smaller than the width of the inner layer portion. The first outer layer portion includes a dielectric layer positioned closest to the first main surface. The second outer layer portion includes a dielectric layer positioned closest to the second main surface, and is thicker than the first outer layer portion. The total height of the first and second outer layer portions is smaller than the height of the inner layer portion. | 02-18-2016 |
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20130329948 | SUBJECT TRACKING DEVICE AND SUBJECT TRACKING METHOD - A subject tracking device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, detecting at least one subject candidate area in which it is probable that a tracking target subject appears on an image that is received from an imaging unit; calculating a degree of blur of the subject candidate area for each of the subject candidate areas; determining that the subject appears in a subject candidate area having a degree of blur in accordance with a moving speed of the subject, out of the subject candidate areas; and deciding movement of the subject depending on a movement direction from an area in which the subject appears on a previous image that is captured by the imaging unit before capturing the image, to the subject candidate area in which the subject appears on the image. | 12-12-2013 |
20140282235 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: (a) acquiring concentration level information relating to a degree of concentration of a user on the device; (b) acquiring action information that directly or indirectly represents an action of the user; (c) setting a first threshold that is for determining, in accordance with the concentration level information acquired in (a), whether or not the action information acquired in (b) is an operational instruction; and (d) determining, using the first threshold set in (c), whether or not the action of the user represented by the action information acquired in (b) is intended as an operational instruction by the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140285426 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: detect a repetition of a feature value from a time series of the feature value corresponding to an input signal, change a recognition condition for recognizing a class for the feature value when the repetition of the feature value is detected. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285427 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: detect a second feature value relating to a first feature value recognized to satisfy a recognition condition, from a second time series prior to a first time series of the first feature value in a times series of a feature value corresponding to an input signal, and change the recognition condition so that the second feature value is recognized as a class for recognizing the first feature value. | 09-25-2014 |
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20100104192 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This method includes: extracting a feature vector for an input character from a reading result of the input character; calculating distances between the feature vector for the input character and vectors including average vectors stored in a system dictionary storing, for each character, the average vector and distribution information, and feature vectors stored in a user dictionary; extracting the top N character codes in an ascending order of the calculated distances; obtaining second distribution information for the character codes, which are included the user dictionary and in the top N character codes; calculating, for each of the top N character codes, a second distance with the feature vector for the input character, by using, for the character codes, which are included in the user dictionary and in the top N character codes, the second distribution information; and identifying a character code whose second distance is shortest. | 04-29-2010 |
20100220930 | VIDEO TEXT PROCESSING APPARATUS - Video frames that contain text areas are selected from given video frames by removing redundant frames and non-text frames, the text areas in the selected frames are located by removing false strokes, and text lines in the text areas are extracted and binarized. | 09-02-2010 |
20110205430 | CAPTION MOVEMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus includes: a unit to identify first pixels belonging to a first portion regarded as a character string that is inserted with an overlap on a background in an expanded image generated by expanding a specific frame image included in video image data; a unit to determine whether any one of the first pixels is out of a display area that is a part of the expanded image and to calculate a movement amount for moving the first portion so as to make all of the first pixels accommodated in the display area when it is determined that any one of the first pixels is out of the display area; and a unit to identify a movement destination pixel for each of the first pixels or the like, according to the movement amount, and to replace a color of the movement destination pixel with a predetermined color. | 08-25-2011 |
20120002944 | REPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND REPLAY APPARATUS - A replay control method of controlling reply means for replaying video content executed by a computer, the method includes: accepting one or more keywords; retrieving, from pieces of correspondence information each containing fraction part information specifying a piece of video content and a fraction part in the piece of video content, and a word string expressed in the fraction part, each piece of correspondence information whose word string contains at least one of the accepted one or more keywords; and making the replay means replay the fraction part specified by each retrieved piece of correspondence information. | 01-05-2012 |
20120257803 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a central-portion extracting unit, a classifying unit and a determining unit. The central-portion extracting unit extracts edges from an image area and extracts a plurality of central portions of areas each of which is sandwiched between the edges. The classifying unit groups the central portions by classifying adjacent central portions that have no edge therebetween into a single group. The determining unit determines an area of finger, the area of finger being surrounded by the central portions classified into a group by the classifying unit and peripheral edges of the central portion, the area of finger being an area where a ratio of a luminance gradient in a short side direction to a luminance gradient in a long side direction is within a predetermined threshold. | 10-11-2012 |
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