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| 20090022447 | Method for generating a high-frequency signal and apparatus for generating a high-frequency signal - A method for generating a high-frequency signal includes the steps of entering an optical pulse to a wavelength filtering device and generating modulating light having periodic wavelength intervals, and inputting the optical pulse outputted from the wavelength filtering device to a wavelength dispersive device to subject the optical pulse to treatment of different speeds according to the wavelength, and separating the optical pulse into time pulses independent with respect to the wavelength. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090028396 | Biometrics authentication system - A biometrics authentication system includes: a detection section; a light source section including a plurality of unit light sources capable of illuminating independently of one another; an image pickup device being arranged on the same side as a side where the light source section is arranged with respect to the detection section; a driving section driving the light source section so that the unit light sources periodically illuminate by time division, and driving the image pickup device so that while an image pickup operation by a first image pickup cell group positioned near each of illuminating unit light sources is suspended, an image pickup operation by a second image pickup cell group positioned farther from each of illuminating unit light sources than the first image pickup cell group is performed; an image processing section; and an authentication section. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090036783 | Biometric image pickup apparatus - A biometric image pickup apparatus includes: a light source section selectively switching between light of a first wavelength region with a high transmittance through a living organism and light of a second wavelength region with a lower transmittance through the living organism than light of the first wavelength region to apply the light of the first wavelength region and the light of the second wavelength region to the living organism; an image pickup lens section condensing light from the living organism; an image pickup device obtaining first image pickup data of the living organism on the basis of the light of the first wavelength region in light condensed by the image pickup lens, and obtaining second image pickup data on the basis of the light of the second wavelength region in the light condensed by the image pickup lens. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090185808 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical communication device contains a semiconductor chip that performs wireless communication and a wireless-signal-and-optical-signal conversion chip substrate that mounts the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes a first wireless communication circuit element and a first antenna element. The first wireless communication circuit element is connected to the first antenna element. The wireless-signal-and-optical-signal conversion chip substrate includes a second wireless communication circuit element, a second antenna element and an optical communication element. The second wireless communication circuit element is connected to the second antenna element. The optical communication element is connected to the second wireless communication circuit element. The wireless-signal-and-optical-signal conversion chip substrate mounts the semiconductor chip with the first antenna element of the semiconductor chip and the second antenna element of the wireless-signal-and-optical-signal conversion chip substrate being faced with each other. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090273061 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A double-structure silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate with a silicon layer, an insulation film (silicon oxide film), a silicon layer, and an insulation film in this order from the side of the surface. The upper-layer insulation film is formed so as to have a uniform distribution of depth while the lower-layer insulation film is formed so as to have a non-uniform distribution of depth so that a thick portion may be formed in the silicon layer along a predetermined path. The refractive index of Si is 3.5 and the refractive index of SiO | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100177188 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS, BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A biological sample image acquiring apparatus includes: a sample stage on which a biological sample is placed and which can move in a direction; an objective lens magnifying a region of the biological sample; an imaging device imaging the region magnified by the objective lens; a stage on which the imaging device or the objective lens is placed and which can move in a corresponding direction of the direction; a first moving mechanism moving the sample stage so that a target region of the biological sample is located at an imaging range; a second moving mechanism moving the stage in the corresponding direction at a movement speed obtained by multiplying a movement speed of the sample stage by a magnification of the objective lens; and an imaging controller starting the exposure of the imaging device before the sample stage moved by the first moving means is stopped. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100265381 | IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an imaging device, including: an imaging lens having an aperture stop; an imaging element adapted to obtain image data based on received light; and a microlens array provided in the focal plane of the imaging lens between the imaging lens and imaging element, the microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged in such a manner that each microlens is associated with a plurality of imaging pixels of the imaging element, wherein the arrangement of the microlenses of the microlens array is corrected from an equidistant arrangement to a non-linear arrangement according to the height of the image from the imaging lens on the imaging element. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100321484 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS, BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE IMAGE ACQUIRING PROGRAM - A biological sample image acquiring apparatus includes: an objective lens magnifying a region of a biological sample; an imaging device imaging the region magnified by the objective lens; a movement controller moving the focus of the objective lens in the thickness direction of the target region of the biological sample and moving the image of the region, which magnified by the objective lens to be imaged onto an imaging device, in an in-plane direction; and a biological sample image acquiring unit acquiring a biological sample image of the region by exposing the imaging device to light while the movement controller is moving the image of the region. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110006220 | FLUORESCENT-IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, FLUORESCENT-IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD AND FLUORESCENT-IMAGE ACQUISITION PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a fluorescent-image acquisition apparatus including an excitement-light source; an objective lens; an image pickup device; focal-point movement control means; and image-pickup control means. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110037875 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD - An image acquisition apparatus includes: an imaging device on which an image of a small area allocated to an area to be imaged is formed; a detection section detecting intensity of light irradiated on the small area from a light source; an integration section integrating the intensity of light detected by the detection section; if an integration value of the intensity of light integrated by the integration section from a point in time when light is emitted from the light source is greater than a predetermined threshold value, a light-source control section terminates light emission; an exposure control section starting exposure of the imaging device before light is emitted from the light source and terminating exposure of the imaging device after emission of light from the light source is terminated; and an image acquisition section acquiring the image of the small area as a divided image from the imaging device. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110049386 | FLUORESCENCE IMAGE PRODUCING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS, AND FLUORESCENCE IMAGE PRODUCING PROGRAM - Method and apparatus for producing an image associated with a biological sample is provided. The biological sample is focused on the biological sample based on fluorescence of a first fluorescent material and the image is captured based on fluorescence of the second fluorescent material. A computer readable memory device storing instructions to cause a data processing unit is also provided. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049389 | FLUORESCENT IMAGE OBTAINING DEVICE, FLUORESCENT IMAGE OBTAINING METHOD AND FLUORESCENT IMAGE OBTAINING PROGRAM - A fluorescent image obtaining device includes a light source that irradiates light such that a fluorescent material marked on a target in a biological sample lies in a non-excited state and a fluorescent material marked on a control with the target lies in an excited state, and an imaging unit that takes an image including the entire biological sample. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110052038 | TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS, TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY METHOD, AND TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - A tissue-slice image acquirement and display apparatus includes: an entire-image acquirer that acquires a bright-field image of an entirety of a first slice of a tissue and a dark-field image of an entirety of a second slice of the tissue; a modifier that modifies a profile shape of a slice portion in the dark-field image on the basis of a profile shape of a slice portion in the bright-field image; a magnified-image acquirer that determines a range encompassing the second slice on the basis of the profile shape of the modified slice portion and that acquires, in a dark field, a magnified image of the second slice in the determined range; and a display controller that causes the bright-field image to be displayed and that causes a portion of the magnified image, the portion corresponding to a position selected in the bright-field image, to be displayed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110102572 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system includes an accommodation unit, a stage, an optical system, an image pickup unit, a movement mechanism, a control unit, an image processing unit, and a display unit. The accommodation unit is capable of accommodating a plurality of specimens. On the stage, each of the specimens loaded from the accommodation unit is placed. The optical system includes a lens for spherical aberration correction. The image pickup unit is capable of capturing a partial image of each of the specimens placed on the stage, via the optical system. The movement mechanism moves the lens for spherical aberration correction along an optical axis. The control unit controls movement of the lens for spherical aberration correction by the movement mechanism and correct spherical aberration. The image processing unit combines the partial images captured by the image pickup unit and generate a composite image. The display unit displays the generated composite image. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110157349 | STAGE CONTROL DEVICE, STAGE CONTROL METHOD, STAGE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MICROSCOPE - A stage control device is provided and includes: an obtaining section obtaining a set of images as different visual points in all or a part of a sample set as a photographing object; a distance calculating section calculating a distance between each pixel of one image to be set as a reference in the set of images and a relative pixel in the other image; a tilt angle calculating section calculating a tilt angle of the sample using the distance calculated by the distance calculating section; and an adjusting section adjusting a tilt angle of a stage surface on which the sample is disposed so as to minimize a tilt within an angle of view of a photographed picture on a basis of the tilt angle of the sample. | 06-30-2011 |
