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20090299208 | FLOW MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MONITOR - A flow measurement system includes: a respiration monitoring apparatus which measures a flow of a gas flowing through a flow path, to output a measurement value; and a gas monitoring apparatus which samples the gas to measure at least one of a concentration of a component of the gas and a component of the gas and to generate information on the flow of the sampled gas. The measurement value is corrected based on the information. | 12-03-2009 |
20100317987 | BITE BLOCK - A bite block includes: a first wall defining a hole into which a conduit pipe is to be inserted; a second wall surrounding the first wall to define a flow path with the first wall; and a sample port communicating with the flow path. | 12-16-2010 |
20110028858 | GAS FLOW SYSTEM, ADAPTOR, AND METHOD - An airway adaptor that measures the concentration of at least one of a specific component and the flow rate of a supply gas and a return gas. The airway adapter may include a tube having a flow path in which the supply gas and the return gas passes. The tube may include a first end having a first aperture for guiding the supply gas into the flow path, and second end having a second aperture for guiding the return gas. Further, the airway adapter may include a measurement device operable to measure at least one of the supply gas and the return gas in the air flow path and a partial shielding disposed at the first aperture and structured to shield a portion of the air flow path. The supply gas may be a respiratory gas and the return gas may be inhaled or exhaled breath of a person. | 02-03-2011 |
20110094513 | OXYGEN MASK - An oxygen mask comprises an oxygen supply unit and an attachment unit which is to be attached to a periphery of a nose or a nose and a mouth of a patient. The attachment unit includes an opening which communicates with external air and which is formed at a position to which, when the oxygen mask is attached to the patient, at least one of the nose and the mouth of the patient is opposed. | 04-28-2011 |
20140066800 | AIRWAY ADAPTOR, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUIRING SYSTEM, AND OXYGEN MASK - An airway adaptor includes: a gas passage into which a respiratory gas of a subject is to flow; a respiratory gas introducing portion which is configured to guide the respiratory gas expired from at least one of nostrils and a mouth of the subject, to the gas passage; and an airway case on which a temperature sensor that is configured to detect a temperature change of the respiratory gas flowing into the gas passage is mountable. | 03-06-2014 |
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20100231740 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: a conversion unit converting a first color image signal including a predetermined color space into a second color image signal including a color space having a luminance signal and a color difference signal; a color determination section determining a color of each pixel of the first color image signal or the second color image signal; and a noise removal unit performing a noise removal process by changing a noise removal strength with respect to the color difference signal in accordance with the color determined by the color determination section. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231758 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: a first noise removing part which performs color noise removing process for a first color image signal having a predefined color space, a transforming part which transforms the first color image signal subjected to the color noise removing process by the first noise removing part into a second color image signal having a color space including a luminance signal and a color difference signal, and a second noise removing part which performs color noise removing process for the second color image signal. | 09-16-2010 |
20110075935 | METHOD TO MEASURE LOCAL IMAGE SIMILARITY BASED ON THE L1 DISTANCE MEASURE - A method of adaptive local image similarity measurement based on the L | 03-31-2011 |
20120147226 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: a peripheral objective pixel random acquiring section acquiring pixels obtained by sampling peripheral pixels located in a periphery of a marked pixel which is marked at random with respect to the marked pixel of pixels corresponding to an objective image as an object of noise removal as peripheral objective pixels as pixels used for filtering for noise removal; and a noise removing section carrying out filtering for the noise removal by using the peripheral objective pixels. | 06-14-2012 |
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20080225882 | MULTIPLEXED OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A transmission apparatus for multiplexing optical signals has a multi-rate signal processing unit that has a plurality of signal processing circuits in advance according to various signal speeds and frame formats and selects a necessary signal processing circuit as necessary. In addition, the transmission apparatus acquires a type code, used to identify the type of the signal of a removable optical module, from the optical module and, from the acquired information, automatically determines the operation mode of the multi-rate signal processing unit, bandwidth allocations according to the signal speeds, and monitoring item contents for different frame formats to eliminate the need for maintenance engineer's work that is otherwise required when a low-speed signal is added. | 09-18-2008 |
20090028548 | Operation and construction method of network using multi-rate interface panel - The present invention provides a network at a low cost with a reduced number of components and simple management among networks anticipated to become more and more complicated, the network being capable of quick pass change upon service addition/change and failure occurrence. Namely, the present invention realizes a network configuration unnecessary for replacement of interface panels upon pass change, by using a multi-rate compatible interface panel capable of freely changing a signal type to be processed, under control of an upper level operation. | 01-29-2009 |
20100226370 | NETWORK SYSTEM - When label switching is performed on a conventional MPLS packet, a bit error may occur in an MPLS label header of the MPLS packet and user data may misdelivered. To avoid such misdelivery of the user data, an HEC function is attached to the MPLS label header. | 09-09-2010 |
20110020012 | OPTICAL SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS - A simple synchronizing detection circuit is provided in each of logical operation circuits, and a method for making a synchronizing detection in parallel is adopted. A selector control section monitors the states of the simple synchronizing detection circuits in parallel, and supplies an output from a proper logical operation circuit detecting the synchronization establishment to a frame synchronizing/terminating circuit at the latter stage. There is provided a function of relieving a synchronization determination condition if the synchronization establishment is not detected in any of the synchronizing detection circuits, whereby the output from the proper logical operation circuit can be selected depending on a load on a transmission path. | 01-27-2011 |
20110058807 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD - To detect a transmission path cut-off or deterioration depending on the presence or absence of receiving a packet signal at a fixed time interval without transferring an OAM packet. At a transmitting side, a conversion section periodically sends a main signal without including a maintenance operation signal packet. At a receiving side, a transmission path failure detection device judges that a transmission path failure is detected if it is determined that the next main signal is not received for a preset time after receiving the main signal. An OAM processing section detects a state where the main signal is not transmitted to the opposed transmission apparatus or an idle state, based on the detection of the transmission path failure by the transmission path failure detection device, and sends a maintenance operation signal for notifying the transmission path failure to the opposed transmission apparatus when in the idle state. | 03-10-2011 |
20110164622 | OPERATION AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF NETWORK USING MULTI-RATE INTERFACE PANEL - An interface unit for processing a first signal and a second signal, the second signal set to different transmission rate from the first signal and/or a different signal type from the first signal, including a plurality of interface panels, each of the plurality of interface panels including: a storage device which stores a first logic circuit data corresponding to the first signal and a second logic circuit data corresponding to the second signal, a configuration function unit which controls to select the first logic circuit data or the second logic circuit data, and a programmable logic circuit which reconfigures the first logic circuit data or the second logic circuit data based on a selection by the configuration function unit. | 07-07-2011 |
20110176812 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CARD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Multiplexing-technology based large-capacity transmission requires the installation of many types of interface card. In addition, supporting a redundant configuration for preventing data communication from being interrupted requires the devices and cards more than double those required for the production system. An optical communication card includes multiple optical signal transmission/reception units, main signal processing units corresponding to the optical signal transmission/reception units and required for a multiplexed system, and a connection selection unit that can switch among multiple optical transmission lines, and each of the main signal processing units includes multiple function units and a function selection unit. | 07-21-2011 |
20110182188 | FAILURE DISPLAY METHOD, FAILURE SETTING DEVICE AND MONITOR CONTROL DEVICE - To provide an apparatus capable of receiving the signals different in various services and various signal types to facilitate an isolation of a fault location. To provide a layer integrated device in which a maintenance person can arbitrarily select a maintenance method for a maintenance according to needs for maintenance of an individual layers or needs for maintenance with a result of performing an inter-layer processing. A setting screen on which the maintenance person can select a layer type to manage and a management method is mounted on a setting device. The maintenance person selects and sets a layer integrated setting or a layer individual setting on a display section and a setting section. From a set result of the maintenance person, the setting device or an NE performs a corresponding process and displays a failure indication. | 07-28-2011 |
20110216783 | SENDING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A transmission system is provided in a synchronous network, for establishing synchronization with a degree of precision and at a speed being comparable levels as a conventional technique, and further decreasing the probability of out-of-synchronization occurrence. In the present invention, a synchronization signal is detected without performing error correction until synchronization is established, and after the synchronization is established, it is monitored whether or not out-of-synchronization occurs, according to the synchronization signal that has been subjected to the error correction. | 09-08-2011 |
20110293270 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND OPTICAL TRANSFER APPARATUS - It is provided an optical receiver comprising a compensator, a compensation controller and a clock extractor. The optical receiver selects first and second values, and obtains a stabilization time necessary to change the dispersion value and a transition time shorter than the stabilization time, compensates the received optical signal using the selected first value, changes the dispersion value from the first value into the second value, compensates the received optical signal using the dispersion value when the transition time has passed since starting to change the dispersion value, creates second extraction information of the dispersion value after the transition time, compensates for dispersion of the optical signal using an dispersion value calculated based on the second value and the difference between the dispersion value after the transition time and the second value in a case where the created second extraction information indicates that the clock extraction is available. | 12-01-2011 |
20120099871 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CARD AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - There arises a problem that power consumption increases along with an increasing throughout of an FEC function effective in speeding up of a transmission speed. FEC function information necessary for a system is prepared, and multiple FEC functions are properly used according to a selected transmission line, etc. | 04-26-2012 |
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20090306781 | High Wear-Resistant Bearing Material and Artificial Joint Replacement Using the Same - The present invention provides a bearing material that is excellent in durability and is capable of maintaining wear resistance over a long period of time. The bearing material of the present invention is a high wear-resistance bearing material | 12-10-2009 |
20100262237 | Biomaterial, Joint Prosthesis Using the Biomaterial and Method of Producing the Same - The object of the present invention is to provide a joint prosthesis, bearing material and a production method thereof, which suppresses wear in a sliding section and suppresses the production of abrasive powder even during repeated daily operation. To achieve the object, there is provided a biomaterial comprising: a substrate made of metal, alloy or ceramic; and a biocompatible material layer laminated on the substrate, wherein hydroxyl groups are formed on the substrate by surface-treating, while the biocompatible material layer comprises a polymer containing phosphorylcholine groups, the substrate and the biocompatible material layer are bound via a binder layer which is combined with the hydroxyl groups of the substrate and with the biocompatible material layer. | 10-14-2010 |
20110027757 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object is to provide a medical device having excellent antithrombotic and sliding characteristics, which can exert a cell adhesion inhibitory effect. A medical device comprising: a substrate capable of forming hydroxyl groups; and a biocompatible material layer laminated on the substrate at an appropriate position, wherein the hydroxyl groups are formed on a surface of the substrate at least at a required position by a surface treatment, while the biocompatible material layer is formed from a polymer containing phosphorylcholine groups, and wherein the substrate and the biocompatible material layer are joined via a binder layer formed from silica being covalently bonded with the hydroxyl groups and the biocompatible material, respectively. | 02-03-2011 |
20120197413 | BIOCOMPATIBLE AND LOW-ABRASION MEMBER, AND ARTIFICIAL JOINT USING THE SAME AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide a sliding member, a prosthesis and a method of producing the sliding member, which can suppress production of abrasive wear debris by suppressing friction of the sliding section, and also can maintain satisfactory mechanical characteristics in vivo. A sliding member comprising: a substrate | 08-02-2012 |
20140170331 | BIOMATERIAL, JOINT PROSTHESIS USING THE BIOMATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide a joint prosthesis, bearing material and a production method thereof, which suppresses wear in a sliding section and suppresses the production of abrasive powder even during repeated daily operation. To achieve the object, there is provided a biomaterial comprising: a substrate made of metal, alloy or ceramic; and a biocompatible material layer laminated on the substrate, wherein hydroxyl groups are formed on the substrate by surface-treating, while the biocompatible material layer comprises a polymer containing phosphorylcholine groups, the substrate and the biocompatible material layer are bound via a binder layer which is combined with the hydroxyl groups of the substrate and with the biocompatible material layer. | 06-19-2014 |