Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090035684 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method is disclosed, which includes steps of cleaning toner remaining on a photoreceptor surface by a cleaning blade which is arranged on counter direction to rotation direction of the photoreceptor, supplying a fatty acid metal salt onto the photoreceptor surface after the cleaning, spreading the supplied fatty acid metal salt on the photoreceptor surface by using a spreading blade which is arranged on trail direction to rotation direction of the photoreceptor, charging the photoreceptor by a charging member, exposing the photoreceptor to form a latent image, developing the latent image by a developer to form a toner image on the photoreceptor, and transferring the toner image onto an image receiving member by a transfer roller facing to the photoreceptor through the image receiving material, in which the toner comprises a binder resin and a colorant, in which the toner has a glass transition point of from 20 to 45° C. and the binder resin contains 50% or more of vinyl polymer resin by weight based on the whole weight of the binder resin. | 02-05-2009 |
20090087771 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC CARRIER - An objective is to provide an electrophotographic carrier as a resin coating type carrier containing a conductive particle in a resin coating layer, which inhibits an edge effect via appropriately sufficient action as a developing electrode for a long duration, and acquires high fine line reproduction. Disclosed is an electrophotographic carrier possessing a surface of a magnetic material particle and provided thereon a resin coating layer containing a conductive particle, wherein a cross section of the resin coating layer, photographed with a transmission electron microscope has an average porosity ratio of 1-20%, and further disclosed is the electrophotographic carrier, wherein the resin coating layer comprises an acrylic resin. | 04-02-2009 |
20100325387 | ARITHMETIC PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING UNIT, ARITHMETIC PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND ARITHMETIC PROCESSING METHOD - An arithmetic processing apparatus includes: a plurality of processing units connected in series to each other, wherein each of the processing units includes a limitation information setting section in which limitation information, which indicates the amount of arithmetic processing that each of the processing units is to process for data of each arithmetic processing unit, is set; an arithmetic section which executes arithmetic processing on the data of each arithmetic processing unit, according to the limitation information set in the limitation information setting section, by the same program between the plurality of processing units; and a memory in which processing data subjected to the arithmetic processing by the arithmetic section is stored. | 12-23-2010 |
20110098530 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE - An electronic endoscope is provided that has a new structure for realizing easy and accurate acquisition of detailed image information over a large region. | 04-28-2011 |
20110208003 | SUCTION CONDUIT DEVICE OF ENDOSCOPE THAT PREVENTS CLOGGING - In a suction valve in which a suction conduit is connected from a treatment instrument insertion channel through a branch portion so as to open/close this suction conduit, there is no passage between a side face of a valve-portion passage in the valve and a side face of a piston shaft, but only the valve-portion passage and an inner-shaft passage of the piston shaft are used, and their diameters d | 08-25-2011 |
20110317891 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVISION METHOD, IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image management server is provided including a microscopic image acquisition portion acquiring a microscopic image of a sample made of a plurality of tile images picked up by a microscope before placing the acquired microscopic image into a predetermined storage area. The image management server also includes a meta information creation portion creating meta information determining the microscopic image according to a result of data analysis acquired by the microscopic image acquisition portion; an image provision processing portion providing the meta information and the microscopic image to an image display apparatus in response to a request from the image display apparatus capable of viewing microscopic images. The image management server also includes a provided image prediction portion predicting the tile image highly likely to be requested by the image display apparatus based on hint information which is transmitted from the image display apparatus and which represents content of a microscopic image display process performed by the image display apparatus. | 12-29-2011 |
20120002033 | MICROSCOPE CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A microscope control device includes a driving control unit that controls driving of a microscope which captures a digital enlarged image of a predetermined sample and outputs the corresponding digital enlarged image to an external server, a digital work processing unit that performs a digital work process for the captured digital enlarged image, a load calculation unit that calculates a load which is necessary for the capturing process of the digital enlarged image, and a digital work determination unit that determines whether or not the predetermined digital work process is to be performed by the digital work processing unit based on a load value calculated by the load calculation unit and a load value for the corresponding server obtained from the server. | 01-05-2012 |
20120071843 | SUCTION BUTTON ASSEMBLY FOR ENDOSCOPE - A suction button assembly of a valve structure for an endoscope includes a cylinder housing, cylinder passage, plunger or piston unit, cylinder opening, plunger stem, flow opening, valve sleeve and flow channel. A valve opening is formed in a side surface of the valve sleeve at an end of the flow channel, closed by a wall of the cylinder passage when the plunger is in the closed position, for shut-off between the suction channel and the discharge conduit, and registered with the flow opening when the plunger is in the open position, for communication between the suction channel and the discharge conduit. A valve engaging surface is formed partially with the cylinder passage, has the flow opening, and has an inner diameter decreasing in an upward direction. The valve sleeve is tapered and tightly contacted on the valve engaging surface when the plunger is in the closed position. | 03-22-2012 |
20120071844 | SUCTION BUTTON ASSEMBLY FOR ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an operation unit, an elongated tube, a distal opening, a suction channel, and a discharge conduit. A suction button assembly has a valve structure for changing over between the discharge conduit and the suction channel for communication and shut-off. The suction button assembly includes a plunger, a first stem end, and a valve opening of the plunger. A cap device is coupled to the first stem end and to the first cylinder end of a cylinder housing in the operation unit, and around the first stem end. A first regulating device prevents the plunger from rotating in the cap device. A second regulating device prevents the cap device from rotating about an axis of the cylinder housing, to keep the valve opening aligned with a flow opening of a cylinder passage of the cylinder housing. | 03-22-2012 |
20120096091 | SERVER,CONFERENCE ROOM MANAGEMENT METHOD OF SERVER, AND NETWORK CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A server connected to a client terminal via a network, includes a conference room management unit that manages a conference room for holding a conference, and a medical image holding unit that holds the predetermined number of medical image data including medical image data linked to the conference, wherein the conference room management unit manages one state which is a conference live state and other states which are different from the one state as a conference room state. | 04-19-2012 |
20120162228 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, IMAGE DATA OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processor including: an image storage section storing a piece of first image data having a first resolution and at least one piece of second image data as layer-by-layer image data for a specimen, the piece of second image data being obtained by spatially compressing the piece of first image data at different magnification ratios; an image data acquisition section acquiring image data from the layer-by-layer image data in units of a predetermined second resolution by which the first resolution is equally divisible to display the image data on a display device; an annotation setting section setting annotations at arbitrary spatial positions of the display image data in response to an instruction from the user; and an image optimization section determining whether each piece of the image data stored in the image storage section is necessary to delete the image data determined to be unnecessary. | 06-28-2012 |
20120253126 | STOPPER AND ENDOSCOPE - A flange is formed in a ferrule. A forceps stopper has a fixing member engaging with the flange and a stopper body that holds the fixing member. The fixing member has detachable first and second pieces. The stopper body has a fixing member accommodation hole that accommodates the fixing member in a combined state. The stopper body has a fixing member holding portion that holds the fixing member that is accommodated in the fixing member accommodation hole. The fixing member holding portion has an annular contact portion that comes into contact with the fixing member and a connection portion that connects the outer periphery of the annular contact portion to the opening peripheral edge portion of the fixing member accommodation hole. When the stopper body is pulled, the connection portion is broken, so that the holding of the fixing member using the fixing member holding portion is released. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253127 | PLUG DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE - A portion of an outer periphery of a plug body of a forceps plug is cut out to form an arm having a shape along the circumferential direction of an outer peripheral surface of an opening. A tip portion of the arm is formed with a boss that protrudes toward the opening. An outer peripheral surface of the opening tip portion is formed with a cam groove for a forceps plug that guides the boss. The cam groove for a forceps plug is constituted by a cam groove for attachment that guides the boss | 10-04-2012 |
20120253128 | PLUG BODY AND ENDOSCOPE - A forceps plug includes a tubular plug main body, and a tubular fixing member rotatably held on the outer periphery of the plug main body. The inner peripheral surface of the fixing member is provided with a pair engaging claws. A ratchet mechanism that allows the fixing member to move to an incorporated location, an attachment position, a fixed position, and a removal position in order, but stops further movement to a position where the fixing member has moved once is provided between the inner peripheral surface of the plug main body and the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member. Since the fixing member of the used forceps plug removed from a opening is stopped from being to the fixed position by the ratchet mechanism, the fixing member cannot be fixed to the opening. Reuse of the used forceps plug can be made impossible without being accompanied by destruction. | 10-04-2012 |
20130053637 | FORCEPS PLUG FOR ENDOSCOPE - The forceps plug for an endoscope is mounted on a metal opening communicating with an insertion channel formed in an endoscope. The forceps plug for an endoscope includes a main body portion and a plurality of cap portions. The main body portion includes a mounting portion mounted on the metal opening and formed at one end thereof, and a cap mounting portion that protrudes in a cylindrical shape and is formed at the other end thereof. A closing film having a slit normally closed is formed between the mounting portion and the cap mounting portion. The respective cap portions are connected to the main body portion by flexible strip-like portions, and are formed of insertion holes for inserting the treatment tool with different inner diameters one by one at the centers of the cap portions, and are attachable and detachable on the cap mounting portion in an alternative manner. | 02-28-2013 |
20130070970 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a control unit. The memory stores a first image. The control unit divides the first image into a plurality of regions. Further, the control unit calculates a likelihood of an existence of a sample in the plurality of regions thus divided for each of the plurality of regions. Further, the control unit generates an existence map based on the calculated likelihood, the existence map having the plurality of regions classified into first regions, second regions, and third regions. Further, the control unit generates imaging sequence information based on the generated existence map, the imaging sequence information indicating imaging sequences such that the first regions are imaged prior to the second regions and a total movement distance of a stage for imaging the first and second regions becomes minimum. | 03-21-2013 |
20130079593 | CLOSURE DEVICE FOR END OPENING AND ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an elongated tube, an instrument channel, an end opening, and an end sleeve having the end opening inside. In combination with the endoscope, a closure device includes a plug housing in a sleeve form for mounting on the end sleeve. A plug cap is coupled to the plug housing removably, for closing the end opening. An access hole is formed in the plug cap, for entry of the medical instrument. A sealing lip is disposed to project from an inner surface of the plug housing, pressed by the end sleeve, for preventing fluid in the instrument channel from leaking out of the plug housing. A slit opening is formed in the sealing lip, has a slit width reduced by pressure of the end sleeve to the sealing lip, for passing the medical instrument from the access hole in a leakage-free manner. | 03-28-2013 |
20130085335 | CLOSURE DEVICE FOR END OPENING - A closure device closes an end opening of an instrument channel of an endoscope. A coupling sleeve is for connection with the end opening, and has a guide lumen for passage of an instrument. Two sealing walls are disposed to project from the coupling sleeve in a shiftable manner in a proximal direction in relation to the entry of the instrument, for contacting one another to seal the guide lumen in an openable manner, to prevent fluid from passing around the instrument. A housing sleeve contains the sealing walls. A coupling flange is disposed to project from the sealing walls in the proximal direction, for coupling the sealing walls to the housing sleeve. A regulating projection is disposed to project from an inner surface of the housing sleeve, for regulating the coupling sleeve in the proximal direction. | 04-04-2013 |
20130194312 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method more excellent in convenience for the user. | 08-01-2013 |
20140063072 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a display processing unit, a setting unit, and an automatic shifting unit. The display processing unit is configured to display, on a display unit, at least a part of a pathological image as a display area. The setting unit is configured to receive, as information necessary to move the display area so as to scan the pathological image, at least information on a position of the display area in the pathological image and information on a method of moving the display area, which are set by a user. The automatic shifting unit is configured to sequentially move the display area based on the set information. | 03-06-2014 |
20140064639 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing method, including: receiving a request for a partial image from a terminal, the partial image being at least a part of a first-format pathological image, the first-format pathological image including a plurality of layers of first images having different resolutions, the terminal being capable of displaying the first-format pathological image; obtaining a layer of second-format pathological image having a resolution corresponding to the received request, the second format being different from the first format; converting the obtained layer of second-format pathological image into a first-format pathological image having a corresponding resolution; storing the converted first-format pathological image; and extracting the partial image corresponding to the received request from the stored first-format pathological image in response to the received request, and replying the partial image to the terminal. | 03-06-2014 |
20140085453 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - There is provided an image display device including a display control unit having a display combining unit that displays one or a plurality of pathological index cursors based on information relating to a pathological slide image. | 03-27-2014 |
20140278540 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The storage unit stores pathological image data items associated with patient information, and correspondence relationship information that indicates a correspondence relationship between a first different information processing apparatus accessible to the patient information, and a second different information processing apparatus accessible to the pathological image data items and inaccessible to the patient information. The control unit is capable of controlling the communication unit to receive, from the first different information processing apparatus, a first display request of a first pathological image data item searched for based on predetermined patient information, and generating, based on the correspondence relationship information, a first virtual folder including the first pathological image data item that is accessible by the second different information processing apparatus that corresponds to the first different information processing apparatus that sends the first display request. | 09-18-2014 |