Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090252473 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD - A reproducing apparatus to reproduce a captured moving image includes a filter circuit that obtains a capturing condition (shutter speed information āsā) of frames constituting the moving image. The filter circuit smoothes pixel information of the frames by using a parameter (directional smoothing filter kernel) according to the obtained shutter speed. | 10-08-2009 |
20110024308 | IMMUNOASSAY - Provided is an immunoassay for detecting a test substance with high sensitivity. The immunoassay is a method of detecting or measuring a test substance contained in a sample liquid, and includes: reacting, with the test substance, a first specifically binding substance which is immobilized on a support and is capable of binding specifically to the test substance and a second specifically binding substance which is labeled with a labeling substance and is capable of binding specifically to the test substance; separating, from the support, the second specifically binding substance which is unreactive with the test substance; eluting the labeling substance retained on the support; depositing the eluted labeling substance on a test element; and measuring electrochemically a catalyst reaction amount of the labeling substance deposited on the test element. | 02-03-2011 |
20110164049 | IMAGE SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A distribution ratio required to distribute the luminance signal indicating the luminance value of the input image signal to the two display apparatuses is decided. In this decision, from current luminance values of projected images generated by the two display apparatuses based on a previous frame image held in a frame buffer memory, which holds the image signal for respective frames, and the luminance value of the input image signal, the distribution ratio which minimizes response times required to change the current luminance values of the projected images generated by the two display apparatuses to the luminance value of the input image signal is decided. | 07-07-2011 |
20110235707 | ENCODING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR ENCODING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A control method for an encoding apparatus which performs bit rate control includes an acquiring step of acquiring a first quantization parameter as a quantization parameter to be used for quantizing a rate control unit, a first calculating step of calculating an evaluation value from a preset rate and a rate of an actually encoded rate control unit, a first setting step of, if the evaluation value is within a predetermined range, setting the first quantization parameter acquired by the acquiring step as a quantization parameter to be used for quantizing a rate control unit, and a second setting step of, if the evaluation value is not within the predetermined range, setting a second quantization parameter on the basis of the calculated evaluation value as a quantization parameter to be used for quantizing a rate control unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20110274412 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention provides a technique for displaying a suitable image even when displaying, as a movie display image or still image display image, a frame image which forms a movie. When it is represented to display a frame image as a movie display image, a multiple outline removal unit updates the frame image by blurring an outline in the frame image. An image output unit outputs the updated frame image as a movie display image. When it is represented to display a frame image as a still image display image, a motion blur removal unit updates the frame image by removing a motion blur from the frame image. The image output unit outputs the updated frame image as a still image display image. | 11-10-2011 |
20110292289 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A spatial maximum value filter generates a low frequency video signal in an intermittent frame by removing high frequency components from a video signal in the intermittent frame. A division signal extraction unit calculates a ratio of a signal value of a video signal in an acquired frame to a signal value of a low frequency video signal in an intermittent frame closest to the acquired frame, and generates a high frequency video signal having the calculated ratio as a signal value. A signal adjustment unit calculates a ratio of a signal value of the video signal in the intermittent frame to a signal value of a high frequency video signal in the intermittent frame, and generates an adjusted low frequency video signal having the calculated ratio as a signal value. | 12-01-2011 |
20120003666 | METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE - Provided is a method of measuring a being state of a target substance at unknown concentration contained in a sample. The method includes identifying a kind of a target substance when one kind of target substance is contained in a sample and determining a concentration ratio when plural kinds of target substances are contained in the sample: by obtaining, with respect to each of plural kinds of known substances having the same recognition site, a relationship between Parameter A of the known substance and Parameter B of the known substance; and measuring Parameter A of the target substance contained in the sample and Parameter B of the target substance contained in the sample, wherein Parameter A of X is a value derived from a number of molecules of X and Parameter B of X is a value derived from the number and a molecular weight of X. | 01-05-2012 |
20120238037 | IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAY AND IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAY KIT - An antibody enabling a rapid measurement of HMGB1, for example a combination of antibodies to HMGB1, is elucidated and an immunological assay and an immunological assay kit are provided. It is intended to provide an immunological assay kit for determining the presence or absence, or the concentration, or both of HMGB1, including a first antibody and a second antibody, wherein the first antibody is immobilized on a carrier and the second antibody is modified with a labeling substance, and the first antibody and the second antibody are any of the following antibody (A), antibody (B), antibody (C), and antibody (D), and a permutation combination of the first antibody and the second antibody is any one of antibody (A) and antibody (B), antibody (A) and antibody (C), antibody (B) and antibody (A), antibody (B) and antibody (C), antibody (B) and antibody (D), and antibody (C) and antibody (B). | 09-20-2012 |
20130114740 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image coding apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine, from a progressive image and format information indicating characteristics of the progressive image, whether an input progressive image is an image that is deinterlaced from an interlace image, a deinterlace information extraction unit configured to extract information indicating a deinterlace method from the format information when the input progressive image is a deinterlaced image, a first coding unit configured to encode a result of the determination unit, a second coding unit configured to encode a result of the deinterlace information extraction unit, an image coding unit configured to encode an input progressive image, and an output unit configured to integrate and output a result of the first coding unit, a result of the second coding unit, and a result of the image coding unit. | 05-09-2013 |
20130329068 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In the case of a conventional image apparatus that generates refocus image on the occasion of image display, there is a waiting time because the image apparatus generates the refocus image in response to an operation of a user and requires the time to generate the refocus image. To address this situation, an image apparatus determines ranks of targets to be in focus based on history information indicating operation history, and generates sequentially combined image data from multi-viewpoint image data obtained by capturing images from multiple viewpoints, by focusing on the targets in accordance with the determined ranks. | 12-12-2013 |
20130343664 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE, PROGRAM THEREFOR, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DECODING IMAGE, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image coding method for dividing an input image into a plurality of divisional blocks having different sizes, and coding the image for each of the divisional blocks includes acquiring attribute information of a target block, setting a control parameter for controlling an image quality of the target block, determining a prediction control parameter based on the attribute information, calculating a difference value between the control parameter and the prediction control parameter, and coding the calculated difference value. | 12-26-2013 |
20140119455 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image coding method for an image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into divisional blocks of a plurality of sizes and to perform coding on the image while controlling image quality according to a parameter value in units of divisional blocks includes acquiring a block size of a target block to be coded, acquiring a minimum block size used to control the parameter value, acquiring a state of division of the target block, acquiring the parameter value, determining whether the target block is divided according to the state of division of the target block, determining whether the block size of the target block is greater than or equal to the minimum block size;
| 05-01-2014 |
20140347513 | DETECTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DETECTING FEATURE POINT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A feature point detection apparatus sets, in accordance with a shooting mode or a designation from a user, a detection parameter for each region of an image to detect a feature point, and detects the feature point based on the detection parameter. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348704 | ANALYZING APPARATUS FOR LABORATORY TEST - Provided is an analyzing program for a laboratory test, which stores a measurement program for concurrently processing inspection cartridges regarding all the combinations of prepared reaction and measurement patterns, the analyzing program causing an analyzing apparatus to execute the processes of reading the reaction and measurement patterns of the inspection cartridges in each of which one of the reaction and measurement patterns prepared in advance is provided, invoking a measurement program corresponding to a combination of the read reaction and measurement patterns, and performing reaction and measurement in accordance with the invoked measurement program. | 11-27-2014 |
20140349317 | IMMUNOASSAY METHOD AND IMMUNOASSAY KIT - An object of the present invention is to provide an immunoassay method and an immunoassay kit which have the excellent effect of producing enhanced measurement sensitivity and yet reduced non-specific reaction. An immunoassay method including performing immune reaction in the presence of 0.67 to 2.67% (W/V) of chondroitin sulfate and 3.5% (W/V) or more of sodium chloride is provided. | 11-27-2014 |
20140376810 | DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A detection apparatus that detects a feature point of an image, comprising: a conversion unit configured to convert a first image into a second image; a setting unit configured to set a first target number indicating the number of feature points to be detected from the first image and to set a second target number indicating the number of feature points to be detected from the second image based on the first target number and the number of feature points that are detected from the first image; and a processing unit configured to perform processing for detecting a feature point from the first image based on the first target number and processing for detecting a feature point from the second image based on the second target number. | 12-25-2014 |
20150070517 | SELECTION APPARATUS, SELECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A selection apparatus generates comparison information based on comparison between the pixel values of input pixels and a reference pixel value. The selection apparatus selects the output pixels from the input pixels based on the comparison information and feature amounts representing the features of the input pixels. | 03-12-2015 |