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| 20090027490 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPE - This is an endoscope apparatus which has an endoscope which picks up an image of a sample using a solid state image pickup element and outputs an image pickup signal, and a processor which processes the above-mentioned image pickup signal, generates HDTV and SDTV serial digital video signals, switches one side of those selectively, and performs a serial output, in which the serial digital video signal switched selectively by the above-mentioned processor is output through a first connector, the above-mentioned processor is equipped with a discrimination signal generating section which is linked with selection switching of the above-mentioned HDTV or SDTV serial digital video signal to generate an HDTV/SDTV discrimination signal which can discriminate the above-mentioned HDTV or SDTV serial digital video signal, and the discrimination signal is output through a second connector different from the above-mentioned first connector. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100331624 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An endoscope system includes: an endoscope equipped with an insertion portion, and an image pickup unit disposed at a distal end portion of the insertion portion; an illumination unit detachably connected to the endoscope; an imaging mode input unit used to set an imaging mode of the endoscope to one of a normal-light mode and a special-light mode; a processing condition selection unit which selects a processing condition for a color correction process of an endoscopic image based on the imaging mode; and a processor detachably connected to the endoscope and equipped with an image processing unit which performs the color correction process, under the processing condition selected by the processing condition selection unit, with respect to each of hue regions partitioned by at least eight reference color axes including six reference color axes which divide a color space into R (red), M (magenta), B (blue), C (cyan), G (green), and Y (yellow) hue regions and at least two reference color axes established additionally based on the imaging mode. | 12-30-2010 |
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| 20110288415 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a location sensor that detects a location of the ultrasound probe, and a location calculation device configured to calculate a location of echo data in a first three-dimensional coordinate system having a certain point as an origin based on the probe location. A deformation calculation device performs a deformation calculation to deform a shape of the body tissue in either an ultrasound image or a medical image captured by a medical imaging apparatus other than the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to a shape of the body tissue of the other image. A display image control device performs a coordinate conversion between the coordinate system of the ultrasound image and a coordinate system of the medical image and displays a deformed image based on the deformation calculation and the other image about a same cross-section on a display device. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120108970 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACING MOVEMENT OF TISSUE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits an ultrasound wave to a target object in sequence and receives the ultrasound wave as ultrasound data reflected from the target object including a blood vessel. A first memory unit stores the received ultrasound data. An image generation unit generates an ultrasound image as a sectional image of the blood vessel. A display unit displays the ultrasound image. A region of interest (ROI) setting unit sets a plurality of ROIs on an inner wall and an outer wall of the blood vessel at a designated time. The ROIs are generated from the ultrasound data. A tracing unit traces movement of tissue in the target object corresponding to the ROIs set from the designated time to sequentially following thereafter. A second memory unit stores information of the movement of the tissue for a predetermined duration. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108971 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACING MOVEMENT OF TISSUE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits an ultrasound wave to a target object and receives the ultrasound wave as ultrasound data reflected from the target object including a long axis direction blood vessel. An image generation unit generates an ultrasound image as a sectional image of the blood vessel. A region of interest (ROI) setting unit sets a first ROI on a vertical straight line at a right angle to the long axis direction and a second ROI on a wall of the blood vessel displayed at a designated time. A tracing unit traces movement of tissue in the target object corresponding to the first and second ROIs from the designated time to sequentially following thereafter by a gradient method using a spatial brightness gradient. A second memory unit stores information of the movement of the tissue for a predetermined duration. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108972 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACING MOVEMENT OF TISSUE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus including a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits an ultrasound wave to a target object and receives the ultrasound wave as ultrasound data reflected from a certain region of the target object including a blood vessel, an image generation unit that generates an ultrasound image as a sectional image of the certain region, and a region of interest setting unit that sets a region of interest including a plurality of divided regions in the ultrasound image at a designated time. The region of interest is generated from the stored ultrasound data. The apparatus further includes a tracing unit that traces movement of tissue in the target object corresponding to the divided regions from the designated time to sequentially following thereafter, and a movement measuring unit that measures a movement distance of the tissue at a predetermined time based on the traced movement of the tissue. | 05-03-2012 |
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| 20090190414 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a mode register and a plurality of voltage generators in connection with a plurality of banks. Based on an operation mode set to the mode register, the voltage generators are selectively driven in response to an access to each bank and a CAS latency number defining a delay time between the input timing of an external command and the input/output timing of data of each bank. The number of voltage generators being driven is controlled based on the CAS latency number so that an adequate internal voltage is supplied to the peripheral circuitry, thus adjusting the current consumption without increasing the power consumption. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20110277663 | Water-Based Ink, Ink Jet Recording Method, Ink Cartridge, Recording Unit, Ink Jet Recording Apparatus, and Image Forming Method - A water-based ink of the present invention comprises water, a plurality of different water-soluble organic solvents, and a water-insoluble coloring material, wherein the above water-soluble organic solvents consist of a good solvent to the above water-insoluble coloring material and a poor solvent to the above water-insoluble coloring material, and the total amount (% by mass) of the good solvents in the ink is represented by A and the total amount (% by mass) of the poor solvent in the ink is represented by B, the ratio of A to B ranges from 10:5 to 10:30 both inclusive, and when the respective Ka values of the above water-soluble organic solvents are determined by the Bristow method and compared with each other, a water-soluble organic solvent having the largest Ka value is the poor solvent. The pigment ink has a sufficiently large area factor even with a small amount of ink and provides an image of high OD. | 11-17-2011 |
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| 20110176830 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a method of setting, when at least one of image forming units does not perform image formation, an electric field between an image carrier and a transfer device of the image forming unit which does not perform the image formation to have the same direction as that of an electric field between the image carrier and the transfer device which perform the image formation and have a lower strength can be obtained. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110188892 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier whose surface is moved in a specific direction, a charging device to charge the image carrier, an exposure device to form an electrostatic latent image by exposing a surface of the charged image carrier in accordance with an image signal, a developing device to supply a developer to the surface of the image carrier on which the electrostatic latent image is formed, a transfer device to transfer a developer image formed on the surface of the image carrier onto an image forming medium, and a dielectric member that has a dielectric constant of 5 or less and is disposed near the image carrier and between the charging device and the exposure device, in which the charging device, the exposure device, the developing device and the transfer device are sequentially arranged around the image carrier along the movement direction of the surface of the image carrier. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110311252 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RESISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RESISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an image carrier; a transfer device which transfers a toner image formed on the image carrier onto a recording medium; a resistance measuring device which causes a current to flow through the recording medium before transferring the toner image and measures the resistance of the recording medium; and a setting unit which sets a condition of the transfer on the basis of the measurement result of the resistance of the recording medium. The resistance measuring device includes an electric shock prevention member which prevents the current from flowing to a user through the recording medium during the measurement of the resistance of the recording medium. | 12-22-2011 |
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| 20080205754 | Color identifying apparatus and color identifying method - A color identifying apparatus for identifying the color of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas to be specified includes a storage that, for every set of a plurality of referential color coordinates generated pixel by pixel from RGB bitmap images of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas, stores pieces of reference data, which respectively represent both each coordinate on a chromaticity diagram and frequencies that depend on the numbers of the referential color coordinates corresponding to each one of the coordinates on the chromaticity diagram, and identification information for identifying the reaction surface; an image capturing unit that captures an image of the reaction surface and generates RGB bitmap images of the reaction surface; an arithmetic unit that generates a plurality of measured color coordinates pixel by pixel from the RGB bitmap images generated by the image capturing unit, generates measured data, which represents both each coordinate on the chromaticity diagram and frequencies that depend on the numbers of the measured color coordinates corresponding to each one of the coordinates on the chromaticity diagram, specifies one piece of the reference data which corresponds to the measured data by checking the measured data against each piece of the reference data, and specifies the identification information which is related to the identified piece of the reference data; and an output unit that outputs the identification information specified by the arithmetic unit. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080219552 | Color identifying apparatus and color identifying method - A color identifying apparatus for identifying the color of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas to be specified comprises a histogram storage for storing a plurality of associated sets of identifying information and a reference histogram of R, G, B signal intensities, which are generated from RGB bitmap data images of reaction surfaces which have caused color reactions with gases, and the frequencies of the signal intensities, said identifying information being used for identifying the reaction surfaces, an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the reaction surface and generating RGB bitmap images of the reaction surface, an arithmetic unit for generating a histogram of RGB signal intensities and the frequencies thereof from the RGB bitmap images generated by the image capturing unit, checking the generated histogram against the reference histograms stored in the histogram storage to specify one of the reference histograms which corresponds to the generated histogram, and specifying the identifying information which is related to the specified reference histogram, and an output unit for outputting the specified identifying information. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080267493 | Color identifying apparatus and color identifying method - A color identifying apparatus for identifying the color of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas to be specified, includes a reference data storage that stores a plurality of associated sets of reference color information represented by the difference between one and the remaining other two of signal intensities of R, G, B signals of RGB bitmap images of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas, and identifying information for identifying the reaction surface, an image capturing unit for capturing a image of the reaction surface and generating RGB bitmap images of the reaction surface, an arithmetic unit for generating color information represented by the difference between one and the remaining other two signal intensities of R, G, B signals from the RGB bitmap images generated by the image capturing unit, checking the generated color information against the reference color information stored in the reference data storage, specifying the reference color information which corresponds to the generated color information, and specifying the identifying information which is related to the specified reference color information, and an output unit for outputting the identifying information specified by the arithmetic unit. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080267825 | Gas detecting apparatus - A gas detecting apparatus includes a plate including a first reactive surface and a second reactive surface each coated with a chemical reagent which is capable of causing a color reaction with a particular gas, a protective member covering the first reactive surface, a transparent protective member covering the second reactive surface, a protective package enclosing therein the plate with the first reactive surface covered with the protective member and the second reactive surface covered with the transparent protective member, and a connector connecting the protective member and the protective package to each other. | 10-30-2008 |
