Fujimoto, Kyoto
Akira Fujimoto, Kyoto JP
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20130248357 | GLOW DISCHARGE MILLING APPARATUS AND GLOW DISCHARGE MILLING METHOD - A glow discharge milling apparatus milling a sample by using glow discharge includes a glow discharge tube in which in an atmosphere of mixed gas supplied through a pipe, a voltage is applied between an internal electrode and a sample placed opposite to the electrode so that glow discharge is generated; a reception part receiving a mixing ratio by which inert gas and oxygen gas are to be mixed with each other; a control part, in accordance with the mixing ratio received by the reception part, controlling the amounts of supply of the inert gas and the oxygen gas; and a supply unit mixing the inert gas and the oxygen gas with each other in accordance with the amounts of supply controlled by the control part and then supplying the mixed gas to said glow discharge tube through said pipe. | 09-26-2013 |
Hiroki Fujimoto, Kyoto JP
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20130258076 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - A preliminary image is obtained by irradiating illumination light, whose light quantity distribution is set at a standard state, to a specimen obtained by injecting fluid into a well from an illuminator capable of arbitrarily setting the light quantity distribution, for example, by a liquid crystal shutter, and a luminance distribution of the preliminary image is detected. As a result, luminance nonuniformity in the preliminary image is canceled by performing imaging with a light quantity distribution of illumination light to be incident on the well set such that an incident light amount is larger in a part with lower luminance. | 10-03-2013 |
20140153812 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus displays an object adopted and an object not adopted by an adoption/non-adoption process in a distinguishable manner. A user designates an object whose adoption/non-adoption result is desired to be reversed among the objects displayed by the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus changes an allowable range stored in a storage part so that the adoption/non-adoption result of the designated object is reversed. That is, the user views the adoption/non-adoption result of the objects to change the allowable range of a parameter so that the adoption/non-adoption result becomes proper. This makes the allowable range of the parameter for use in the adoption/non-adoption process proper with ease. | 06-05-2014 |
20140198966 | APPARATUS FOR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - Switching between highlighting and unhighlighting of an object determined as adopted and switching between highlighting and unhighlighting of an object determined as not adopted are performed individually and independently by manipulation of an on/off selectable button. This allows switching to be freely performed between the following states in which: objects are highlighted regardless of whether the objects are adopted or not; only an object determined as adopted is highlighted; only an object determined as not adopted is highlighted; and objects are not highlighted regardless of whether the objects are adopted or not. A user visually judges whether the result of the adoption/non-adoption process is proper or not easily while switching between these displays. | 07-17-2014 |
20140220592 | METHOD OF CALIBRATION - The following processes are performed to improve the accuracy of the process of estimating the volume of a cell clump from an image including the cell clump. First, the image including the cell clump is acquired, and the optical density of the cell clump in the image is measured. Cross-section information about the cell clump is acquired by observation using a confocal microscope or by physical cutting. Based on the cross-section information, the vertical height of the cell clump is determined. Thereafter, data representing a relationship between the aforementioned optical density and the height is acquired. This improves the accuracy of the process of converting the optical density into the height to thereby achieve the accurate estimation of the volume of the cell clump. | 08-07-2014 |
20150064737 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus for imaging a two-dimensional image of an imaging object comprises a holder which holds a sample container carrying a biological sample as the imaging object on a carrying surface, a light emitting part which emits light toward the carrying surface, an imager which includes a strip-like light receiving part, receives the light incident on the light receiving part and thereby images an image of a strip-like region of the carrying surface, a strip-like light shield which shields a part of light emitted from the illuminator toward the strip-like region, and a mover which integrally and relatively moves the light emitting part, the light receiving part and the light shield with respect to the sample container. | 03-05-2015 |
20150086102 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING CULTURE QUALITY - A culture quality evaluation method comprises: a first step of culturing a pluripotent stem cell under a predetermined culture condition and creating a sample; a second step of imaging a proliferated cell colony in the sample and accordingly capturing an original image; a third step of dividing the original image into smaller images of a predetermined size and calculating standard deviations of pixel values of pixels of the smaller images; and a fourth step of judging whether the sample is an acceptable sample based upon a ratio of a number of the smaller images whose values of the standard deviations are within a predetermined range to a total number of the smaller images. | 03-26-2015 |
Hirotaka Fujimoto, Kyoto JP
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20110151583 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIC STATE USING BLOOD SAMPLE - The present invention provides a method and an index capable of less-invasively determining myocardial ischemia such as ischemic heart disease or restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention. The present invention also provides an index that allows the cardiovascular disease other than heart failure to be determined even from a blood sample showing a BNP value from which the cardiovascular disease other than heart failure cannot be determined by a conventional method. A method for determining myocardial ischemia comprising subjecting a blood sample which is derived from a test subject and which contains a BNP molecular group containing at least two selected from the group consisting of BNP 1-32 molecule, BNP 3-32 molecule, BNP 4-32 molecule, BNP 5-32 molecule, and a molecule having a mass number larger than that of BNP 5-32 molecule by 16 Da to a detection process capable of distinguishing and quantifying the individual BNP molecules different in mass number to detect the BNP molecular group, wherein myocardial ischemia in the test subject is determined using, as an index, a ratio between a detected intensity of at least one molecule selected from the BNP molecular group and a detected intensity of at least one other molecule selected from the BNP molecular group. | 06-23-2011 |
Keiichi Fujimoto, Kyoto JP
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20110090015 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first ring oscillator to which a stress voltage is applied; a second ring oscillator to which the stress voltage is not applied; and a phase comparator configured to receive an output of the first ring oscillator and an output of the second ring oscillator, and to compare phases of the outputs. The first ring oscillator includes a switch circuit configured to switch between a first connection state in which ring connection of the first ring oscillator is disconnected to connect a predetermined node of the second ring oscillator to a predetermined node of the first ring oscillator, and a second connection state in which connection between the first ring oscillator and the second ring oscillator is disconnected to connect the first ring oscillator in a ring. | 04-21-2011 |
Masafumi Fujimoto, Kyoto JP
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20130004347 | FAN - A fan includes a motor and an impeller. The motor includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The stationary portion includes a stator and a bearing portion. The bearing portion includes a sleeve and a bearing housing. The rotating portion includes a rotor magnet, a shaft, and a thrust plate. A radial gap includes a radial dynamic pressure bearing portion arranged to generate a fluid dynamic pressure acting axially downward on a lubricating oil, while a thrust gap includes a thrust dynamic pressure bearing portion arranged to generate a fluid dynamic pressure acting radially inward on the lubricating oil. A circulation hole extending in an axial direction is defined between the bearing housing and the sleeve. The radial gap is arranged to have a radial width in a range of about 5 μm to about 20 μm. | 01-03-2013 |
20130004348 | DYNAMIC PRESSURE BEARING APPARATUS AND FAN - A dynamic pressure bearing apparatus includes a bearing portion; a shaft; a substantially annular bushing; a radial dynamic pressure bearing portion; and a seal gap. A minute horizontal gap extending radially is defined between an upper surface of the bearing portion and a lower surface of the bushing. The seal gap is arranged to be in communication with an exterior space through the horizontal gap. | 01-03-2013 |
20150030481 | DYNAMIC PRESSURE BEARING APPARATUS AND FAN - A dynamic pressure bearing apparatus includes a bearing portion; a shaft; a substantially annular bushing; a radial dynamic pressure bearing portion; and a seal gap. A minute horizontal gap extending radially is defined between an upper surface of the bearing portion and a lower surface of the bushing. The seal gap is arranged to be in communication with an exterior space through the horizontal gap. | 01-29-2015 |