Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090154767 | IMAGE COMPARING METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image comparing method for comparing plural first images and a second image, includes: converting the second image to generate a second numerical data; dividing each of plural first numerical data corresponding to the plural first images into plural parts, and dividing the second numerical data into plural parts; comparing a first part of the divided parts of the plural first numerical data and a first part of the divided parts of the second numerical data; outputting a first result, when the first part of the divided parts of the plural first numerical data satisfies a first condition; and comparing a second part of the divided parts of the plural first numerical data and a second part of the divided parts of the second numerical data, when the first part of the divided parts of the plural first numerical data satisfies a second condition. | 06-18-2009 |
20100053740 | MICROSCOPE - The microscope comprises a first phase-contrast objective including a first phase film shaped like a ring and having a 20-fold magnification or lower, a second phase-contrast objective including a second phase film shaped like a ring and having a 60-fold magnification or higher; and a ring silt shared and used by the first and second phase-contrast objectives. | 03-04-2010 |
20100103255 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF MICROSCOPE IMAGE AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - The automatic adjustment method of a microscopic image for automatically adjusting an image on the basis of the lightness of the microscopic image includes distinguishing an observation pixel being an observation target in the image from a non-observation pixel not being an observation target on the basis of the lightness of each pixel of the image, determining a representative value for representing the lightness of the image on the basis of the lightness of a selection pixel identified as the observation pixel and adjusting the lightness of the image on the basis of the representative value. | 04-29-2010 |
20110081084 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, FIXED STATION DEVICE, CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROGRAM - Words possibly included in a scene image shot by a mobile camera can be efficiently extracted using a word dictionary or a map database. Positional information acquiring means | 04-07-2011 |
20120032069 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE - A scanning microscope is provided with a scan unit that scans a sample, the scanningmicroscope including: a transmissive VPH grating for dispersing light from the sample; and a photodetector for detecting the light diffracted by the VPH grating. | 02-09-2012 |
20120140979 | WORD RECOGNITION APPARATUS, WORD RECOGNITION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING WORD RECOGNITION PROGRAM, AND DELIVERY ITEM SORTING APPARATUS - To improve the recognition accuracy even when a plurality of words including a matched portion are selected as candidates for recognition. A word recognition apparatus according to the present invention includes input means for inputting a word image representing a plurality of characters; word candidate selection means for recognizing the word image input by the input means and selecting a first word candidate and a second word candidate based on a plurality of words registered in a word dictionary; and verification means for comparing the first word candidate and the second word candidate character by character and verifying a likelihood of the first word candidate based on an evaluation value obtained when the word image is recognized by characters determined as unmatched. | 06-07-2012 |
20120145923 | FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE - A fluorescence microscope includes: a light source that emits excitation light for exciting a sample; an optical detector that detects fluorescence emitted from the sample excited by the excitation light; a first wavelength selection filter arranged in an optical path leading from the light source to the sample to reflect at least an S-polarized component of the excitation light and transmit the fluorescence; and a second wavelength selection filter arranged in an optical path between the optical detector and the first wavelength selection filter to reflect at least the S-polarized component of the excitation light and transmit the fluorescence. In the fluorescence microscope, light entering and transmitted through the first wavelength selection filter as P-polarized light enters the second wavelength selection filter as S-polarized light. | 06-14-2012 |
20130193345 | FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION APPARATUS - Fluorescence observation apparatus includes laser scanning fluorescence observation unit and wide field fluorescence observation unit. The former unit includes: lasers; scanning unit that scans sample by laser light; and detector that detects fluorescence from the sample excited by the laser light. The latter unit includes: light source to planar-illuminate the sample; excitation filters that are selectively arranged on light path from the light source, and that correspond to the lasers, respectively; and two-dimensional detector that detects fluorescence from the sample excited by light that has passed through excitation filter arranged on light path from the light source. Each of the excitation filters has optical property in which center wavelength of transmissive band is approximately the same as oscillation wavelength of corresponding laser and bandwidth of transmissive band is approximately the same as tolerance width of oscillation wavelength of corresponding laser. | 08-01-2013 |
20140044377 | SHOT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SHOT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A shot image processing system ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140126048 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS FOR MICROSCOPE AND MICROSCOPE USING THE SAME - A illumination apparatus for microscope comprises a light source, a spatial modulation section, a first illumination optical system, a second illumination optical system, and the spatial modulation section includes a spatial modulation element which is of reflecting type, and a polarizing element, and the first illumination optical system is disposed in an optical path from the light source up to the spatial modulation element, and the second illumination optical system is disposed in an optical path from the spatial modulation element up to a specimen position, and a position of the spatial modulation element is conjugate with the specimen position. Moreover, a microscope comprises a illumination apparatus, a main-body section, an observation unit, and a control unit, and the illumination apparatus for microscope is to be used as the illumination apparatus. | 05-08-2014 |
20140233094 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A microscope system includes: an objective; a correction apparatus which corrects a spherical aberration; a controller which obtains a plurality of combinations of a relative position of the objective to a sample and an optimum value, which is a set value of the correction apparatus in a state in which a spherical aberration caused in accordance with the relative position has been corrected, calculates a function expressing the relationship between the relative position and the optimum value on the basis of the obtained plurality of combinations by interpolation, and calculates the optimum value according to an observation target surface of the sample, on the basis of the function and the relative position which is determined from the observation target surface; and a correction apparatus driving apparatus which drives the correction apparatus in accordance with the optimum value, which is calculated by the controller. | 08-21-2014 |
20150022882 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, OBJECTIVE LENS UNIT, AND MICROSCOPE MAIN BODY - A microscope system includes: a main body portion having an optical system for forming an image from at least observation light from a specimen; an objective lens unit having an objective lens for taking in the observation light and having a base portion with an approximately belt shape for holding the objective lens on one end; and a unit attachment portion that is held by the main body portion and is configured to detachably attach the base portion at a position where at least an optical axis of the objective lens coincides with an optical path of the observation light. | 01-22-2015 |