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20080317385 | Storage medium storing an information processing program, information processing apparatus and information processing method - A game apparatus includes a camera cartridge, and detects a plurality of feature points from a facial image of a user photographed by the camera cartridge. The game apparatus calculates areas of black eye regions of a left eye and a right eye by utilizing the plurality of feature points. Then, the game apparatus detects whether or not any one of the left eye and the right eye is closed on the basis of the calculated areas. The game apparatus executes game processing according to the detection result. | 12-25-2008 |
20120309518 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GYRO-CONTROLLED GAMING VIEWPOINT WITH AUTO-CENTERING - An apparatus and method is provided for gyro-controlled gaming viewpoint with auto-centering. A virtual camera is positioned at a first position while the virtual camera views a first object at a first direction. Once the system moves, the virtual camera moves to a second position based on a measurement by an angular velocity sensor. While the virtual camera moves to the second position, the viewing direction of the virtual camera simultaneously so as to keep the first object positioned in a same position of a viewing direction of the virtual camera. The apparatus and method allow the system to move a virtual camera based on a measurement of a gyroscope while keeping an object of importance in the center of the field-of-view of the virtual camera. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309519 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPOSITIONING A VIRTUAL CAMERA BASED ON A CHANGED GAME STATE - An apparatus and method is provided for controlling a virtual camera. The virtual camera is positioned in a first position and a first direction while an object is in a first state and the virtual camera is moved to a second position and second direction when the object transitions from a first state to a second state. The virtual camera is held in the second position and second direction while the object is in the second state and then moves back to the first position and first direction when the object transitions from the second state back to the first state. While the virtual camera is in the second position and second direction, the lowest part of the object is made more easily viewable. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309522 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OBJECTS ON A STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A game environment is presented where the 3-D object is properly transitioned from the player's field of view. For example, the perceived position of the 3-D object in the real 3-D space is measured, and if the distance from the display exceeds a threshold, the system will gradually transition the object out of the player's field of view. As another example, the distance of the object from a virtual camera can be measured in a virtual space and if the distance comes within a threshold value, the system will fade the object from the display. As a further example, the distance of the object from a predefined reference plane in the virtual space can be measured to determine the object's perceived visual distance in the real 3-D space and if the object exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the object will begin fading from the display. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309529 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OBJECTS ON A STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - An apparatus and method is provided for managing objects on a stereoscopic display. The location of the object on the stereoscopic display is determined and the visual distance of the object from the stereoscopic display is determined. The apparatus and method determines if the visual distance of the object exceeds a threshold value and the appearance of the object is transitioned from (e.g., gradually faded out from) the display if the visual distance exceeds the threshold value. In this manner, the object is properly transitioned on the display so that it does not distract the viewer or appear unnatural. | 12-06-2012 |
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20090018227 | Fine Particle-Dispersed Polyol Composition, Method for Producing Polymer Polyol, and Method for Producing Polyurethane Resin - A polyol composition comprising a polyol (a) and resin fine particles (b) dispersed in the polyol (a), and a method for producing the polyol composition are provided, wherein the resin fine particles (b) are particles such that an arithmetic standard deviation by volume of a particle size distribution of the particles, derived from respective values in 85 divisions of a range of 0.020 to 2000 μm determined by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer, is not more than 0.6. A resin fine particle-dispersed polyol composition that, even if the resin particles dispersed in the polyol have a small particle diameter, allows the production of a polyurethane resin having an excellent mechanical strength such as elongation at break, and a method for producing the same, are provided. | 01-15-2009 |
20100036082 | POLYMER POLYOL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE - A polymer polyol (A) that comprises a polyol (PL) and polymer particles (JR) having an ethylenically unsaturated compound (E) as a constituent unit and contained in a polyol (PL) is provided, in which a ratio of acrylonitrile in (E) is 0 mol % to 67 mol %, and relationship between a viscosity of the polymer polyol and a content (PC) of the polymer particles satisfies a formula (1) below, and/or satisfies formulae (2) and (3) below: | 02-11-2010 |
20100210768 | POLYMER POLYOL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE RESIN - A polymer polyol (I) is provided that is formed of a polyol (A), polymer particles (B) obtained by polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b), and an active-hydrogen-containing compound (d) having an aromatic ring and having a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 2,000, wherein a content of (d) is 1 to 20% on the basis of a weight of (B). The polymer polyol of the present invention contains polymer particles having sufficiently small particle diameters, has a low viscosity, and has excellent handleability. A polyurethane resin obtained by using the polymer polyol of the present invention has excellent mechanical strengths such as elongation at break. | 08-19-2010 |
20100222507 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE-PARTICLE-DISPERSED POLYOL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE RESIN - A method for producing a fine-particle-dispersed polyol (I) is provided, the method including the steps (1) and (n−1): the step (1) of polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b) in a polyol (a), in the presence of fine particles (P1) and a radical polymerization initiator (c), so as to obtain a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (B2); and the step (n−1) of polymerizing (b) in a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (B(n−1)), in the presence of (c), so as to obtain a fine-particle-dispersed polyol intermediate (Bn) or the fine-particle-dispersed polyol (I), where n represents an integer of 3 to 7, wherein (P1) have a volume-average particle diameter (R1) of 0.01 μm to 1.0 μm, and a concentration of (b) in the step (1) is 7 wt % to 40 wt %. Thus, a method for producing a fine-particle-dispersed polyol can be provided that contains polymer fine particles dispersed in a polyol having a small particle diameter, and that, when it is used for forming a polyurethane resin, allows the polyurethane resin to exhibit excellent resin properties. | 09-02-2010 |
20110086996 | POLYMER POLYOL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE - Provided is a polymer polyol which has solved problems, such as clogging in a discharge head and insufficient hardness of a resulting polyurethane foam, occurring in the production of a polyurethane foam by mechanical foaming using a conventional polymer polyol as a raw material. The present invention is a polymer polyol (A) in which polymer fine particles (JR) having an ethylenically unsaturated compound (E) as a constituent unit are contained in a polyol (PL), wherein the (PL) comprises a polyol (a) with which the average number x of moles of ethylene oxide added per active hydrogen atom and the primary hydroxidation ratio y of terminal hydroxyl groups satisfy a specific relationship, and the volume average particle diameter (R) of the (JR) is from 0.1 to 1.5 μm. | 04-14-2011 |
20110301256 | FINE PARTICLE-DISPERSED POLYOL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER POLYOL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE RESIN - A polyol composition comprising a polyol (a) and resin fine particles (b) dispersed in the polyol (a), and a method for producing the polyol composition are provided, wherein the resin fine particles (b) are particles such that an arithmetic standard deviation by volume of a particle size distribution of the particles, derived from respective values in 85 divisions of a range of 0.020 to 2000 μm determined by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer, is not more than 0.6. A resin fine particle-dispersed polyol composition that, even if the resin particles dispersed in the polyol have a small particle diameter, allows the production of a polyurethane resin having an excellent mechanical strength such as elongation at break, and a method for producing the same, are provided. | 12-08-2011 |
20110301257 | FINE PARTICLE-DISPERSED POLYOL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER POLYOL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE RESIN - A polyol composition comprising a polyol (a) and resin fine particles (b) dispersed in the polyol (a), and a method for producing the polyol composition are provided, wherein the resin fine particles (b) are particles such that an arithmetic standard deviation by volume of a particle size distribution of the particles, derived from respective values in 85 divisions of a range of 0.020 to 2000 μm determined by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer, is not more than 0.6. A resin fine particle-dispersed polyol composition that, even if the resin particles dispersed in the polyol have a small particle diameter, allows the production of a polyurethane resin having an excellent mechanical strength such as elongation at break, and a method for producing the same, are provided. | 12-08-2011 |
20140288238 | POLYMER POLYOL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE RESIN - A polymer polyol (I) is provided that is formed of a polyol (A), polymer particles (B) obtained by polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b), and an active-hydrogen-containing compound (d) having an aromatic ring and having a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 2,000, wherein a content of (d) is 1 to 20% on the basis of a weight of (B). The polymer polyol of the present invention contains polymer particles having sufficiently small particle diameters, has a low viscosity, and has excellent handleability. A polyurethane resin obtained by using the polymer polyol of the present invention has excellent mechanical strengths such as elongation at break. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090289895 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM INTERFACE SYSTEM, ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM INTERFACE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An electroencephalogram interface system includes: sections for measuring an electroencephalogram and an eye movement; an output section for presenting on a screen an option related to a device operation; a highlight determination section for, if a predetermined time has elapsed since a rotational angular velocity of the eye movement becomes equal to or less than a threshold value, identifying a region of the screen in which the user is fixing one's gaze based on the eye movement, and determining an option to be highlighted; an interface section for highlighting the determined option, and determining an operation of the device based on an event-related potential in the signal based on the timing of highlighting the option; and a timing adjustment section for adjusting a timing of beginning highlighting based on the eye movement after a process of displaying the option on the screen is begun and until the option is displayed on the screen. | 11-26-2009 |
20100130882 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR ADJUSTING DISTINCTION METHOD FOR ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM SIGNAL - The electroencephalogram distinction method adjustment apparatus is used for adjusting a distinction method in an electroencephalogram interface section which™ is provided in an electroencephalogram interface system. The apparatus includes a category determination section and a distinction method adjustment section. The category determination section prestores reference data for classifying a characteristic feature of an electroencephalogram signal, and determines which one of a plurality of classified categories the measured electroencephalogram signal belongs to by using the reference data and a characteristic amount which is common to electroencephalogram signals with respect to two or more options presented by the output section. Based on the result of categorization, the distinction method adjustment section adjusts the distinction method for an electroencephalogram signal with respect to the option selected by the user. | 05-27-2010 |
20100156617 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM OF DRIVING ATTENTION AMOUNT DETERMINATION - Even when a driver is not directing his or her line of sight to objects in the surroundings, the amount of attention of the driver to the peripheral visual field can be determined, and safe driving assistance in accordance with the result of determination can be provided. A driving attention amount determination apparatus includes: an electroencephalogram measurement section for measuring an electroencephalogram signal of a driver; an attention amount determination section for determining an amount of attention of the driver to a peripheral visual field by utilizing an event-related potential in the electroencephalogram signal, the event-related potential being based on a starting point which is a time point of occurrence of a visual stimulation occurring in the peripheral visual field of the driver; and an output section for calling attention of the driver by outputting a signal based on a result of the determination. | 06-24-2010 |
20100211966 | VIEW QUALITY JUDGING DEVICE, VIEW QUALITY JUDGING METHOD, VIEW QUALITY JUDGING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a view quality judging device capable of accurately judging the view quality without posing a load on a viewer. The view quality judging device is used in view quality data generation device ( | 08-19-2010 |
20110295086 | STATE-OF-ATTENTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The apparatus includes: a detection section for detecting a time period during which an operator is making preparations prior to beginning a driving operation; an adjustment section for adjusting a determination criterion for determining a state of attention of the operator during a driving operation, which calculates an eye fixation related potential of the electroencephalogram signal of the operator measured at least in the time period by using the measured oculomotor signal of the operator, and which adjusts the determination criterion based on the calculated eye fixation related potential; a determination section for calculating an eye fixation related potential from the electroencephalogram signal and the oculomotor signal of the operator measured after beginning the driving operation, which determines a state of attention of the operator during the driving operation based on the calculated eye fixation related potential and the adjusted determination criterion; and an output section for acting to call attention of the operator based on a result of determination. | 12-01-2011 |
20140187921 | CATHETER TIP-END ROTATION ANGLE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, CATHETER TIP-END ROTATION ANGLE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND CATHETER TIP-END ROTATION ANGLE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - A catheter tip-end rotation angle measurement apparatus includes a motion restriction unit, of a tube shape penetrated from a first hole to a second hole of a catheter on tip end and opposite sides, that restricts the catheter motion to an insertion direction by causing the catheter to pass through from the first to second holes, first and second rotation angle measurement units that measure first and second rotation angles that are rotation angles of the catheter at the first and second holes, a catheter insertion length measurement unit that measures a catheter insertion length, and a catheter tip-end rotation angle calculation unit that calculates the rotation angle of the catheter tip end by using an angle difference between the first and second rotation angles, the catheter insertion length, and a distance between the first and second holes. | 07-03-2014 |
20140236000 | CATHETER TIP-END ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION APPARATUS, CATHETER TIP-END ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION METHOD, AND CATHETER TIP-END ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION PROGRAM - A catheter tip-end rotation angle detection apparatus includes a catheter rotation angle detecting unit that detects a rotation angle of a catheter in an operator's hand, an image processing unit that extracts a catheter tip-end region from an x-ray fluoroscopic image of a first x-ray fluoroscopic capturing unit, a catheter tip-end rotation angle calculation unit that calculates an offset angle between an operator's hand-side rotation angle and a catheter tip-end rotation angle, from a fluoroscopic image captured at an action time of rotating the catheter by one turn, based on an angle at which a catheter tip-end region becomes a straight line in the image processing unit, and that calculates a catheter tip-end rotation angle based on the offset angle and the operator's hand-side rotation angle, during a catheter manipulation time, and an output unit that outputs the calculated catheter tip-end rotation angle. | 08-21-2014 |
20140285641 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY METHOD - A three-dimensional display device for displaying a three-dimensional image, including: a gaze point obtaining unit which obtains a position of a gaze point of a viewer; a fusional area determination unit which determines a fusional area where binocular fusion is allowed, based on the obtained position of the gaze point; a correction unit which corrects the three-dimensional image so as to suppress display of an object that is included in the three-dimensional image outside the fusional area; and a display unit which displays the corrected three-dimensional image. | 09-25-2014 |