Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130207007 | OPTICAL ANALYSIS METHOD USING THE DETECTION OF A SINGLE LIGHT-EMITTING PARTICLE - There is provided a method of avoiding deterioration of the accuracy in the number of detected light-emitting particles due to that two or more light-emitting particles are encompassed at a time in the light detection region in the scanning molecule counting method using an optical measurement with a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope. In the inventive optical analysis technique, in the detection of an individual signal indicating light of a light-emitting particle by selectively detecting a signal having an intensity beyond a threshold value as a signal indicating light of a light-emitting particle in light intensity data produced through measuring light intensity during moving the position of a light detection region in a sample solution, the threshold value is set so that a signal indicating light from a light-emitting particle encompassed in a region narrower than the light detection region will be detected selectively. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207550 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND ILLUMINATION METHOD - An illumination system includes an excitation light source that emits excitation light, a phosphor unit that converts the excitation light emitted from the excitation light source into fluorescence to emit the fluorescence toward an illuminated object and a light source device including the excitation light source and the phosphor unit. The illumination system further includes a state confirming device that confirms a state of the light source device based on the state of the phosphor unit when connected to the light source device and the phosphor unit emits the fluorescence. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208160 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An A/D conversion circuit may include: a delay circuit that includes a plurality of delay units having a first pulse input terminal, a pulse output terminal, and an analog signal input terminal, wherein each first pulse input terminal of the plurality of delay units is connected to one of the pulse output terminals corresponding to the plurality of delay units, and a pulse output signal input to the first pulse input terminal is delayed in accordance with an analog signal input to the analog signal input terminal and output from the pulse output terminal, and one of the plurality of delay units has a second pulse input terminal to which a pulse signal is input from outside; a state variation detection circuit; and an encoding signal latch circuit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217966 | ENCAPSULATED ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM IN WHICH ENDOSCOPE MOVES IN LUMEN BY ITSELF AND ROTATION OF IMAGE OF REGION TO BE OBSERVED IS CEASED - An encapsulated endoscope system in accordance with the present invention comprises: an encapsulated endoscope that rotates to develop a thrust; a controller that moves the encapsulated endoscope in an intended direction of advancement; an imaging unit incorporated in the encapsulated endoscope; and an image processing unit that receives image data sent from the imaging unit, and produces an image, which results from rotation of the received image data, according to the rotational phase of the encapsulated endoscope. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222673 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The image pickup optical system comprises:
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20130222920 | MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS - A microscope objective lens includes, in an order starting from an object side, a first lens group having a positive power, a second lens group having a positive power, a third lens group having a negative power, and a fourth lens group having a positive power. The second lens group is configured to move in an optical axis direction between the first lens group and the third lens group so as to correct a variation in an aberration caused by a thickness of a cover glass. The following conditions are satisfied: | 08-29-2013 |
20130225923 | IN VIVO INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - A capsule endoscope includes: an in vivo information acquiring section that acquires information on an inside of a body of a subject; a battery that supplies power; a power source switch that turns on/off power supply from the battery to the in vivo information acquiring section; a detection section that includes at least two electrodes disposed on an outer face of a casing, and, upon detection of introduction to the inside of the body of the subject based on a change in electric resistance between the electrodes, outputs a detection signal; and a control section that controls the power source switch according to the detection signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225927 | IN VIVO INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - A capsule endoscope includes, inside a capsule casing, an information acquiring section that acquires information on an inside of a body of a subject, a battery that supplies power, a detection section that, upon detection of introduction to the inside of the body of the subject, outputs a detection signal, a signal receiving section that receives a control signal from an outside and outputs an internal signal, and a control section that controls power supply from the battery to the information acquiring section according to the internal signal and the detection signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227063 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: an input and output unit; a communication unit; and a controller. The input and output unit is configured to receive a first instruction relating to activation of service. The communication unit is configured to communicate with a plurality of other communication devices. The controller is configured to, when the input and output unit receives the first instruction, control the communication unit to transmit to the other communication devices, first data indicating the activation of service. The controller is configured to, in a first case that the first instruction includes no identifiers of the other communication devices, control the communication unit to transmit to the other communication devices which transmits a connection request to the communication device in response to the first data, a negative response indicating non-acknowledgment of the connection request. | 08-29-2013 |
20130271768 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An optical measurement apparatus includes a connector where a base end portion of a measurement probe introduced into a subject is connected, a light source unit that emits illumination light irradiated from a leading end of the measurement probe, an optical measurement unit that measures reflection light and/or scattering light of the illumination light incident through the measurement probe, a first optical path that transmits the illumination light emitted by the light source unit to the optical measurement unit, a second optical path that transmits, to the measurement probe, the illumination light emitted by the light source unit and transmits, to the optical measurement unit, reflection light and/or scattering light of the illumination light incident through the measurement probe, and an optical path switching unit that switches an optical path for transmitting the illumination light into the first optical path or the second optical path. | 10-17-2013 |
20130314705 | METHOD OF MEASURING A DIFFUSION CHARACTERISTIC VALUE OF A PARTICLE - There is provided a method of measuring a diffusion characteristic value (for example, a diffusion constant) of a light-emitting particle using the scanning molecule counting method using the optical measurement with a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope. The inventive method of measuring a diffusion characteristic value of a light-emitting particle is characterized to measure light intensity from the light detection region with moving the position of the light detection region in the sample solution by changing an optical path of the optical system to generate light intensity data and to compute a diffusion characteristic value of the light-emitting particle based on a deviation time from a moving cycle time of the light detection region in an interval of generation times of two or more signals corresponding to a same light-emitting particle on the light intensity data. | 11-28-2013 |
20130329224 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PROBE APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus that measures an optical property of a scattering medium includes a light source that supplies illumination light having at least one spectral component, an illumination fiber for guiding the light supplied by the light source and emitting the light to the scattering medium, a detection fiber for receiving returned light from the scattering medium at a tip thereof and guiding the returned light toward a base end thereof, a detecting unit that detects light output from the base end of the detection fiber, a measuring unit that measures a property of the scattering medium based on a detection result obtained by the detecting unit, and a switching unit that switches between total areas of emission regions, in which light is emitted, at an end face of the illumination fiber. | 12-12-2013 |
20140055583 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system may include: an insertion section that is inserted into an object under examination, having an image capturing unit that successively outputs a pixel signal of a strength responsive to the amount of light of the pixel, and a time converter that converts the intensity of the pixel signal to time information representing a time interval by a time width and that transmits the converted time information; a transfer section that guides the outside of the object under examination the time information transmitted from the time converter; and an external apparatus positioned outside the object under examination, having a time interval converter that receives the time information guided by the transfer section and converts to a digital signal and outputs the intensity of the pixel signal represented by the received time information and an image processing unit that outputs an image responsive to the pixel signal. | 02-27-2014 |