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20090202120 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus uses an estimation operator to estimate a spectroscopic property. The image processing apparatus includes an effect extent analyzing unit which analyzes, based on the estimation operator, a relative extent of an effect on the spectroscopic property against a noise in a wavelength axis. | 08-13-2009 |
20090274351 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus includes a spectral-characteristic estimating unit that estimates, based on a pixel value of a pixel of a stained sample image, a spectral characteristic value of each wavelength at a corresponding point on a stained sample corresponding to the pixel, the stained sample image being obtained by imaging the stained sample that is stained with a plurality of dyes. The image processing apparatus also includes a weight setting unit that sets a weight value of each wavelength based on the spectral characteristic value of each wavelength estimated by the spectral-characteristic estimating unit; and a weighted dye-amount estimating unit that estimates an amount of dye at the corresponding point on the stained sample as a weighted dye amount based on the spectral characteristic value of each wavelength estimated by the spectral-characteristic estimating unit using the weight value of each wavelength. | 11-05-2009 |
20100141752 | Microscope System, Specimen Observing Method, and Computer Program Product - A microscope system includes an image acquiring unit that acquires a specimen image formed by capturing a specimen multi-stained by a plurality of pigments using a microscope; a pigment amount acquiring unit that acquires a pigment amount of each pigment staining a corresponding position on the specimen, for each pixel of the specimen image; and a pigment selecting unit that selects a display target pigment from the plurality of pigments. The system also includes a display image generating unit that generates a display image where a staining state of the specimen by the display target pigment is displayed, on the basis of the pigment amount of the display target pigment in each pixel of the specimen image; and a display processing unit that displays the display image on a display unit. | 06-10-2010 |
20100189321 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING TERMINAL - An image processing system includes an image processing device and an image processing terminal which are connected to each other via a network. The image processing device includes a dye-amount estimating unit that estimates a dye amount of a stained sample stained with a predetermined dye based on a stained sample image obtained by capturing a multiband image of the stained sample, for each pixel of the stained sample image; and a dye-amount transmitting unit that transmits the estimated dye amount of the stained sample to the image processing terminal. The image processing terminal includes a dye-amount receiving unit that receives a dye amount of the stained sample transmitted from the image processing device; a pixel-value calculating unit that calculates a pixel value of a display image of the stained sample by using a predetermined dye-amount correction coefficient based on the received dye amount of the stained sample; and an image display unit that displays a display image of the stained sample based on the calculated pixel value of the display image of the stained sample. | 07-29-2010 |
20100322502 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a medical diagnosis support device, which is capable of acquiring information to support medical diagnosis for easily and precisely determining chromosome abnormality and/or gene amplification related to cancer or genetic disorder. | 12-23-2010 |
20100329522 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICE, VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, AND SPECIMEN SUPPORT MEMBER - The present invention provides a medical diagnosis support device which enables a user to acquire the most appropriate information to support medical diagnosis without causing the user so much trouble. Specifically, the medical diagnosis support device comprises: an image processing method storage portion | 12-30-2010 |
20110109735 | VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A virtual microscope system capable of obtaining a stained sample image and a statistical data of spectra in a short period of time is provided, the virtual microscope system includes an image obtaining unit for obtaining a stained sample image, a spectrum obtaining unit for obtaining a spectrum of the stained sample image, an optical path setting unit for setting an optical path of a light flux passed through the stained sample with respect to the image obtaining unit and the spectrum obtaining unit and a control unit for controlling to repeat obtaining the stained sample image by the image obtaining unit and obtaining the spectrum of the stained sample image by the spectrum obtaining unit in the observation field of the stained sample to create a virtual slide and a spectrum table of the stained sample. | 05-12-2011 |
20120233078 | ELECTRONIC SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, SETTLEMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, STORE DEVICE, CLIENT DEVICE, DATA STORAGE DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic settlement system includes a data storage device such as an IC card in which value information is stored, a client device provided with an information input/output function to the data storage device, a settlement management device for managing settlement between the data storage device and a store device, and a communication system for connecting the client device, and the settlement management device so as to enable bidirectional communication. The settlement management device creates settlement information for making settlement by the data storage device, subjects the settlement information to an encryption processing by using a common key shared by the settlement management device and the data storage device, and transmits the settlement information subjected to the encryption processing to the client device, and the client device outputs the settlement information received from the settlement management device to the data storage device. | 09-13-2012 |
20120250960 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Provided is an image processing apparatus capable of analyzing a target sample image with high accuracy in line with a phenomenon occurring in the target sample. The image processing device includes: a dye spectrum storage portion ( | 10-04-2012 |
20130026416 | ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE, COMPOSITION FOR FORMATION OF ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE, AND INK - An organic-inorganic composite of the present invention includes metal oxide particles and an organic polymer compound including a monomer containing organic ligands and a vinyl-based monomer having organic ligands which are bonded to a polymer chain through covalent bonds and the organic polymer compound is bonded to the metal oxide particles by the organic ligands forming a complex with metal atoms on the surface of the metal oxide particles. According to the organic-inorganic composite, the metal oxide particles and the organic polymer compound containing the organic ligands can be chemically bonded, therefore, light emission characteristics such as light emission intensity or stabilization of light emission wavelength can be improved, and transparency and mechanical characteristics such as thermal stability or hardness can also be improved. | 01-31-2013 |
20130071002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORT OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS - A system and method supporting medical diagnosis made based on evaluation of images of a histopathology sample. The method includes automated generation and evaluation of a digitally-stained image (emulating the effect produced on the sample by a chosen specific dye) based at least on one of data representing an image of the HE-stained sample and empirical testing data representing samples stained with specific dyes. The system is adapted to acquire a multispectral image of the sample, to implement the digital staining of the sample's image, and to evaluate automatically the digitally-stained image contemporaneously with multispectral image acquisition. The system generates an output indicative of need to request a preparation of an actual specimen stained with chosen specific dye for further evaluation, reducing the number of samples prepared in anticipation of such request and reducing time lapsed prior to the evaluation by a histopathologist. | 03-21-2013 |
20130211016 | COMPOSITE COMPOSITION OF INORGANIC OXIDE PARTICLES AND SILICONE RESIN, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a composite composition, having: bonding a dispersant to the surfaces of inorganic oxide particles to provide dispersibility in a hydrophobic solvent to the inorganic oxide particles, and then dispersing the inorganic oxide particles in a hydrophobic solvent; substituting the dispersant bonded to the surfaces of the inorganic oxide particles with a surface modifier, which is a polydimethylsiloxane-skeleton polymer having one functional group at one terminal end, in the hydrophobic solvent in which the organic oxide particles are dispersed to bond the functional group of the polydimethylsiloxane-skeleton polymer to the surfaces of the inorganic oxide particles; and conjugating a silicone resin and the inorganic oxide particles obtained in the previous step, wherein the surface thereof is modified by bonding the polydimethylsiloxane-skeleton polymer having one functional group at one terminal end thereof, to obtain a composite composition. | 08-15-2013 |
20130259334 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a characteristic amount calculator for calculating a first characteristic amount for each pixel constituting a stained sample image; a component ratio calculator for calculating a component ratio of constituent elements in a target pixel, based on the calculation results; a reference value storage portion for storing a reference value of a second characteristic amount of each of the constituent elements; a constituent element correction coefficient calculator for calculating a constituent element correction coefficient, based on the reference value and the second characteristic amount of each of the constituent elements; a target pixel correction coefficient calculator for calculating a target pixel correction coefficient, based on the component ratio and the constituent element correction coefficient thus calculated; and a characteristic amount corrector for correcting the second characteristic amount, based on the calculation results. | 10-03-2013 |
20130331506 | ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE, COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND INK - Provided is an organic-inorganic composite having two or more kinds of light emission sites. When the organic-inorganic composite is caused to emit light, each of emission colors in each of light emission sites is independently maintained as a emission color that is shown when each of the light emission sites is independently caused to emit light. | 12-12-2013 |
20140043461 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - An image processing device for processing a stained sample image including hematoxylin stain is provided with a dye spectrum storage unit that stores a dye spectrum of dye used in staining, a change characteristic calculation unit that calculates a change characteristic in a wavelength direction of the dye spectrum based on the dye spectrum, a dye amount/wavelength shift amount estimation unit that estimates at least a dye amount of the hematoxylin stain and a shift amount in the wavelength direction for each pixel in the stained sample image based on the dye spectrum and the change characteristic; and a cell nucleus extraction unit that extracts a cell nucleus region of the stained sample image based on the shift amount estimated in the wavelength direction. | 02-13-2014 |
20140355169 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK DEVICE - An electrostatic chuck device is provided in which there is no concern that a plate-shaped sample may be deformed when adsorbing the plate-shaped sample or when detaching the plate-shaped sample, the temperature of the plate-shaped sample is uniformized, and particles are not easily produced. | 12-04-2014 |
20150014527 | Scanning Charged Particle Microscope, Image Acquisition Method, and Electron Detection Method - A scanning charged particle microscope is offered which can selectively detect and image electrons. The scanning charged particle microscope ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150021643 | SURFACE-MODIFIED-METAL-OXIDE-PARTICLE MATERIAL, COMPOSITION FOR SEALING OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a surface-modified-metal-oxide-particle material including surface-modified-metal-oxide-particles obtained by performing surface modification on metal oxide particles with a surface-modifying material, in which the surface-modifying material includes a predetermined silicone compound, an average primary particle diameter of the metal oxide particles is 3 nm to nm, viscosity at 25° C. is 1000 Pa·s or less, and transmittance of light at a wavelength of 400 nm to 800 nm and a thickness of 1 mm is 60% or greater, a composition for sealing optical semiconductor element, and an optical semiconductor device using the same. | 01-22-2015 |
20150105522 | COMPOSITE COMPOSITION OF INORGANIC OXIDE PARTICLES AND SILICONE RESIN, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a composite composition, having: bonding a dispersant to the surfaces of inorganic oxide particles to provide dispersibility in a hydrophobic solvent to the inorganic oxide particles, and then dispersing the inorganic oxide particles in a hydrophobic solvent; substituting the dispersant bonded to the surfaces of the inorganic oxide particles with a surface modifier, which is a polydimethylsiloxane-skeleton polymer having one functional group at one terminal end, in the hydrophobic solvent in which the organic oxide particles are dispersed to bond the functional group of the polydimethylsiloxane-skeleton polymer to the surfaces of the inorganic oxide particles; and conjugating a silicone resin and the inorganic oxide particles obtained in the previous step, wherein the surface thereof is modified by bonding the polydimethylsiloxane-skeleton polymer having one functional group at one terminal end thereof, to obtain a composite composition. | 04-16-2015 |
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20100268897 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY DEVICE CONTROLLER - A memory device controller interposed between a memory device and a host device includes a data communication unit configured to transfer data to and from the memory device in synchronization with a clock signal. The data communication unit supports a single edge synchronization mode in which data is transferred in synchronization with either one of a rising edge and a falling edge of the clock signal, and a double edge synchronization mode in which data is transferred in synchronization with both the rising edge and the falling edge. The data communication unit transfers data in the double edge synchronization mode when data is transferred by the memory device operating as a bus master. | 10-21-2010 |
20100325349 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A semiconductor storage device, includes a plurality of flash memories and a controller for the flash memories. The flash memory includes a data cache operable to hold data for at least one record page in writing, the flash memory includes a plurality of erasure blocks each having a plurality of record pages, the record page is classified into a first record page and a second record page of which write time is longer than a write time of the first record page, and the controller for the flash memories is configured to: divide the plurality of flash memories into at least two groups; perform write control by interleaving data in the groups for each record page; determine whether a page to be written data is of the first record page or the second record page; and when it is determined that the page to be written data is the first record page, after a lapse of a first predetermined time from start of writing data of one of the groups, the controller starts writing data of another one of the groups, and when it is determined that the page to be written data is the second record page, after a lapse of a second predetermined time being longer than the first predetermined time from start of writing data of one of the groups, the controller starts writing data of another one of the groups. | 12-23-2010 |
20110161779 | SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING SYSTEM - Included are a flash memory onto which user data and parity data are recorded, an external interface unit which receives a first write command for instructing recording of the user data onto the flash memory, and a block managing unit which manages management information indicating whether parity data is valid or invalid. When the user data related to the first write command received through the external interface unit is recorded onto the flash memory 18, the block managing unit updates the management information so as to indicate that the parity data corresponding to the user data is invalid. | 06-30-2011 |
20110214034 | SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A semiconductor recording device includes: flash memories including a plurality of physical blocks each including a plurality of pages; an external interface unit which receives data to be recorded on the flash memories; a first ECC generation unit which generates a first ECC code by adding parity data to the data; a data writing unit which records the data based on the first ECC code into the pages in the flash memories; and a page shuffling unit which controls assignment of a symbol of the first ECC code to the pages, and the page shuffling unit controls the assignment of the symbol of the first ECC code such that the symbol of the first ECC code is assigned to pages having at least two page numbers in the physical blocks included in a group. | 09-01-2011 |
20120007952 | RECORDING CONTROL APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING SYSTEM, AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM - A recording control apparatus includes an input unit operable to input plural kinds of image data composing a stereoscopic image or a high-definition image, and a recording controller operable to control recording of the plural kinds of image data input by the input unit, to a nonvolatile storage medium. The recording controller controls the recording so that the plural kinds of image data input by the input unit are recorded to different erase blocks of the nonvolatile storage medium in such a manner that different kinds of image data are not mixed in one erase block of the nonvolatile storage medium. | 01-12-2012 |
20120017139 | INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An information recording and reproducing apparatus writes user data received from an external device into a recording medium and reads the user data from the recording medium so as to transmit the user data to the external terminal. The information recording and reproducing apparatus includes an external interface unit operable to transmit and receive the user data to and from the external device, a first ECC generator operable to generate parity data corresponding to the user data, an access unit operable to control recording and reading of the user data or the parity data to and from the recording medium, a recording controller operable to record the user data and the first parity data to the recording medium via the access unit, an ECC correcting unit operable to correct an error of the user data read from the recording medium using the parity data read from a nonvolatile memory via the access unit, and a reproducing controller having a first reproducing mode for reading and reproducing the user data without reading the parity data from the recording medium at the time of reproducing data and a second reproducing mode for reading and reproducing at least the parity data from the recording medium, the reproducing controller operable to detect presence or non-presence of an error of the user data read from the recording medium during execution of the first reproducing mode and executing the second reproducing mode when the presence of an error is detected. | 01-19-2012 |
20120331337 | MEMORY CARD CONTROLLER, MEMORY CARD ADAPTOR AND MEMORY CARD DRIVE - A memory card controller includes a receiver, a flow controller, a continuity determination unit, and a command controller. When size of data transferred from the memory card reaches transfer size specified by first read command, the command controller controls the flow controller to transmit a response representing a transfer busy state, and pauses a transfer operation of the memory card. When the receiver receives a second read command in a state that the transfer operation of the memory card is paused, the command controller controls the flow controller to transmit a response representing transfer ready state to the transfer authorization request from the memory card so as to restart a transfer operation of the memory card. | 12-27-2012 |
20130239203 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM - An information recording system includes a recording medium capable of limiting a function by password and an information recording device for controlling the recording medium. The recording medium stores an input password, counts updating event (s) of a password, stores the update count of the password, outputs information stored in the password related information storage according to a READ request issued from the information recording device, compares a input password with a password stored in the password register, limits a predetermined function of the recording medium according to the comparison result from the password comparator. The information recording device stores a password and a password identification ID which is associated with the update count of the password, selects a password with reference to the update count of the password and the password identification ID and outputs the selected password into the recording medium to compare the passwords. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239207 | INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information recording system includes a recording medium and an information recording device. The information recording device has a group password manager for saving a group password used for a predetermined group and an identification ID of the group password; a password setter for registering the group password in a password register of the recording medium and registering the identification ID in a password related information storage; a password selector for reading the identification ID from the password related information storage of the recording medium and selecting a group password corresponding to the identification ID from at least one group password stored in the group password manager according to the identification ID; and a limitation cancel requester for inputting the password selected by the password selector in the password comparator of the recording medium. | 09-12-2013 |
20140258563 | MEMORY CARD CONTROLLER AND HOST DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An interface selection unit physically determines whether or not a memory card is compatible with a first transfer mode, based on the result of signal exchange with the memory card via a first interface unit, to select a first interface unit or a second interface unit. If the second interface unit is selected, a memory card control unit performs an initialization process to cause the memory card to be accessible via the second interface unit, and thereafter, logically determines whether or not the memory card is compatible with the first transfer mode, based on information read from the memory card. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258735 | PORTABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE PORTABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA RECOVERY METHOD OF THE PORTABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A technique of the present invention includes a storage section for storing contents data and an encryption flag indicating that any one of an encryption recording mode and a non-encryption recording mode is set, an encrypting engine for encrypting contents data using an encryption key when the encryption recording mode is set, and a control section for controlling a storage section so that the encryption key and the encrypted contents data are stored when the encryption recording mode is set. Further, when the setting is changed from the encryption recording mode into the non-encryption recording mode, the control section controls the storage section so that the encryption flag is changed to indicate the setting of the non-encryption recording mode with the continuous storage of the encryption key. | 09-11-2014 |