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20130134919 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY CONTROLLING MASTER AXIS AND SLAVE AXIS - A motor control apparatus for synchronously controlling a master axis motor for driving a master axis and a slave axis motor for driving a slave axis, includes: a master axis position detector which outputs position data of the master axis and a reference signal with a predetermined fixed period; a master axis receiving circuit which receives the position data and the reference signal output from the master axis position detector; a master axis computation circuit which computes a master axis error representing a difference between the position data received by the master axis receiving circuit and the position data acquired at the time of the reception of the reference signal; and a slave axis motor control unit which controls the operation of the slave axis motor by using the master axis error as a command for synchronizing the operation of the master axis motor. | 05-30-2013 |
20140121818 | SERVO CONTROL DEVICE FOR PERFORMING CORRECTION BASED ON AMOUNT OF STRETCH OR CONTRACTION OF BALL SCREW - A servo control device in the present invention corrects a position command to a feed axis, so as to compensate for an amount of stretch or contraction of a ball screw during operation, by taking into account an influence of tension applied to the ball screw. The amount of stretch or contraction of the ball screw is calculated, based on the tension acting on the ball screw on the side farther from the servo motor, a distance between two fixed units supporting the ball screw at its opposite ends, a distance from the fixed unit situated closer to the servo motor to a moving body, and a torque command to the servo motor. An amount of position correction of the feed axis is calculated, based on the calculated amount of stretch or contraction of the ball screw. | 05-01-2014 |
20140156080 | SERVO CONTROL SYSTEM WITH POSITION COMPENSATION FUNCTION FOR DRIVEN MEMBER - A servo control system including a servo motor, a driven member driven, a coupling mechanism coupled with the servo motor and the driven member, and a motor control part controlling the servo motor. The motor control part includes a position command generating part generating a position command value of the driven member, a force estimating part estimating the drive force acting on the driven member, a compensating part compensating the position command value based on the drive force estimated by the force estimating part, and a control signal output part outputting a control signal to the servo motor based on a position command value compensated by the compensating part. | 06-05-2014 |
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20110294857 | INHIBITOR OF CASEIN KINASE 1DELTA AND CASEIN KINASE 1EPSILON - There is provided an inhibitor that inhibits casein kinase 1δ and casein kinase 1ε, and thus, there is also provided a pharmaceutical agent useful for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease, with the pathological condition of which the mechanism of activation of casein kinase 1δ or casein kinase 1ε is associated. Particularly, the above-described inhibitor is used to provide a pharmaceutical agent useful for the treatment of circadian rhythm disorder (including sleep disorder), central neurodegenerative disease, and cancer. | 12-01-2011 |
20130195869 | ANTI-HUMAN CCR7 ANTIBODY, HYBRIDOMA, NUCLEIC ACID, VECTOR, CELL, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND ANTIBODY-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel anti-human CCR7 antibody useful as a therapeutic agent for tissue fibrosis or cancer, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the anti-human CCR7 antibody, and the like. An anti-human CCR7 antibody specifically binding to an extracellular domain of human CCR7, having a heavy chain CDR3 containing an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID NO: 47, SEQ ID NO: 57, SEQ ID NO: 67, or SEQ ID NO: 77 is provided. Also provided is an anti-human CCR7 antibody having heavy chain CDRs 1-3 and light chain CDRs 1-3 containing amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 5-10, 15-20, 25-30, 35-40, 45-50, 55-60, 65-70, or 75-80. Preferably, the antibody has an activity of interfering with a CCR7-dependent intracellular signal transduction mechanism caused by CCR7 ligand stimulation. The anti-human CCR7 antibody of the present invention may be used as an active ingredient of a therapeutic agent for tissue fibrosis or cancer. | 08-01-2013 |
20150017167 | ANTI-HUMAN CCR7 ANTIBODY, HYBRIDOMA, NUCLEIC ACID, VECTOR, CELL, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND ANTIBODY-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel anti-human CCR7 antibody useful as a therapeutic agent for tissue fibrosis or cancer, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the anti-human CCR7 antibody, and the like. An anti-human CCR7 antibody specifically binding to an extracellular domain of human CCR7, having a heavy chain CDR3 containing an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID NO: 47, SEQ ID NO: 57, SEQ ID NO: 67, or SEQ ID NO: 77 is provided. Also provided is an anti-human CCR7 antibody having heavy chain CDRs 1-3 and light chain CDRs 1-3 containing amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 5-10, 15-20, 25-30, 35-40, 45-50, 55-60, 65-70, or 75-80. Preferably, the antibody has an activity of interfering with a CCR7-dependent intracellular signal transduction mechanism caused by CCR7 ligand stimulation. The anti-human CCR7 antibody of the present invention may be used as an active ingredient of a therapeutic agent for tissue fibrosis or cancer. | 01-15-2015 |
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20130013287 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DIAGRAMS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SAME - A computer analyzes a statement written in a natural language to determine the types and structure of phrases that constitute the statement. A memory stores a plurality of translation rules for different types of phrases, each rule describing how a phrase is to be translated into graphical symbol datasets and relationship link datasets. Each graphical symbol dataset specifies a graphical symbol having a content label representing its content. The content label is or includes a word contained in the pertinent phrase. Each relationship link dataset specifies a relationship link that represents a relationship between graphical symbols and has a particular end shape to indicate what type of relationship it is. The computer translates each phrase of the statement into two or more graphical symbol datasets and one or more relationship link datasets, according to the translation rules pertinent to the determined phrase types. | 01-10-2013 |
20140059061 | CREATION DEVICE, CREATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A device determines an additional component added to a second model, and a modification component modified in a third model, wherein a condition includes a wild card, and a first model are described in a module, the first model serving as a model when the module is applied to a model satisfying the condition and including a variable in which a string in a model satisfying the condition is stored, and the third model is a model when the module is applied to the second model satisfying the condition and where a string in the second model, which corresponds to the wild card, is stored in a variable, based on a word in a fourth model, and a word in the additional component and the modification component, calculates a degree regarding numbers of the word in the third model and the fourth, and creates a tag corresponding to the module. | 02-27-2014 |
20150046549 | TOOL SELECTION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a tool selection method, a computer refers to information of work models each associating an attribute of a work tool with a pair of an object character string related to a work object and an activity character string including verbs related to work activities, the information being stored in a memory, detects a pair of an object character string and an activity character string from an e-mail, specifies a work model corresponding to the detected pair, and specifies a work tool having an attribute corresponding to the specified work model. | 02-12-2015 |
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20130115323 | DIE FOR FORMING MOLDING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE MOLDING-FURNISHED GLASS USING THE DIE - A die for forming a molding includes a molding die including an upper die and a lower die cooperating with the upper die to support a glass plate and forming a resin molding, the lower die having a concave surface including a contact surface that comes into contact with a metal molding, and a plurality of aperture portions formed on the contact surface, a non-magnetic cylindrical intermediate member contacted with an inner surface of each of the aperture portions, a molding-fixing member including a crown portion that retains the metal molding, and a flange portion disposed on a lower side of the crown portion, and a magnetic force generation device. The flange portion of the molding-fixing member has an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of each of the aperture portions. | 05-09-2013 |
20140145463 | Molding for Vehicle and Method for Attaching Side Window with Molding Attached - Disclosed is a molding that is attached to a front side edge portion of a side window of a vehicle and covers only a bottom surface or the bottom surface and a side surface of the side window, the molding being formed with a door lip for covering an inclined portion of a body opening portion between a glass attachment surface of the body of the vehicle, to which the side window is attached, and a flat portion of the body opening portion, to which a door of the vehicle is attached, the molding being characterized by that a tip portion of the door lip of the molding is bent towards the inclined portion of the body opening portion to form a body abutment portion. This molding can be attached without increasing the operation man-hour when assembling the body and can be prevented from coming off the side window. | 05-29-2014 |
20140197663 | Molding for Vehicle and Method for Attaching Side Window with Molding Clamped Thereon - Disclosed is a molding having a window clamping portion clamped on a bottom edge of a vehicle side window. The molding is such that it is equipped with a molding backside member provided with a groove, on a side of a flange surface of a vehicle side window attachment portion of the molding, and that an opening surface of the groove is opposed to the flange surface of the vehicle side window attachment portion. This molding is a molding that can be constituted by a small number of parts and that can be prevented from falling off the side window. | 07-17-2014 |
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20120056962 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image erasing apparatus decolors an image printed on a paper sheet using an ink containing at least a leuco dye, a developer, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant. The image erasing apparatus includes a heating unit, a feedback mechanism, and a control unit. The heating unit heats the paper sheet. The feedback mechanism supplies the paper sheet heated by the heating unit to the heating unit again. The control unit causes the feedback mechanism to supply the paper sheet to the heating unit a plurality of times so as to heat the paper sheet a plurality of times. | 03-08-2012 |
20120227623 | ERASABLE LIQUID INK - According to one embodiment, a liquid ink includes a leuco dye, a developer, and a solvent. The developer is selected from | 09-13-2012 |
20120234372 | ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SUB-MODULE - An organic thin-film solar cell module according to one embodiment includes solar cell panels and reflective surfaces. Each panel includes a substrate, a 1st electrode, a 2nd electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer. When supposing a 1st plane including the reflective surface, a 1st intersection line as a line of intersection of the 1st plane and the 2nd main surface of the substrate, and a 2nd plane including the 1st intersection line and forming an angle of 45° with the 2nd main surface of the substrate and an angle smaller than 45° with the 1st plane, an edge of the photoelectric conversion layer is in contact with the 2nd plane or the 2nd plane intersects the photoelectric conversion layer. | 09-20-2012 |
20120266778 | ERASABLE INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an erasable inkjet ink includes a leuco dye, a non-water-soluble developer, and a solvent containing an alcohol and water. The amount of the water is 7 to 25% by mass of the solvent. | 10-25-2012 |
20120270975 | DECOLORIZABLE COLOR DEVELOPING PARTICLE - According to one embodiment, decolorizable color developing particle includes 41 to 50% by mass of a color material relative to the total amount, while the rest being a binder. The color material contains an amount m | 10-25-2012 |
20140371590 | BIOLOGICAL OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a biological optical measurement apparatus includes a light emission unit, plural detectors, an image acquisition unit, and a calculation unit. The light emission unit is arranged on a surface of a subject and configured to substantially vertically emit light from an emission surface of the light emission unit to the surface of the subject. The plural detectors are arranged on a surface of a subject and configured to substantially vertically emit light from an emission surface of the light emission unit to the surface of the subject. The image acquisition unit acquires an image with respect to the subject. | 12-18-2014 |
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20140083479 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL MODULE - In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a photovoltaic cell module including a substrate; a plurality of photovoltaic cells disposed via an individual gap on the substrate; and a transparent member disposed to cover the photovoltaic cells, and configured so that light incident on the transparent member passes through the transparent member and arrives at the photovoltaic cells, wherein the transparent member has a slit-shaped recess space at a position corresponding to the individual gap between the photovoltaic cells; and the photovoltaic cell module includes a photoelectric conversion rate improvement structure on a surface side of the transparent member, on which light is incident. | 03-27-2014 |
20140083484 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL MODULE - In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a photovoltaic cell module including a plurality of photovoltaic cell structures including a hole transport layer and an electron transport layer which are disposed on a common photoelectric conversion layer so that electromotive force polarities are alternately different, wherein the photovoltaic cell structures are electrically connected in series. | 03-27-2014 |
20140137919 | SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell includes a substrate, a lower electrode, a lower intermediate layer, a photoelectric conversion film, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode is provided on the major surface of the substrate and has a side surface crossing the major surface. The lower intermediate layer is provided on the major surface and on the lower electrode. The lower intermediate layer includes an overlapping portion overlapping with the lower electrode and a non-overlapping portion not overlapping with the lower electrode and covering the side surface of the lower electrode when projected onto a plane parallel to the major surface. A resistance value of the non-overlapping portion is lower than a resistance value of the overlapping portion. The photoelectric conversion film is provided on the lower intermediate layer and includes an organic semiconductor. The upper electrode is provided on the photoelectric conversion film. | 05-22-2014 |
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20130128130 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A video display device includes a video display panel that displays video, a case that encloses an outer periphery of the video display panel, an audio device that is arranged in proximity to the outer periphery of the video display panel, the audio device being configured to linearly arrange a plurality of speakers, and a sound emitting hole that corresponds to an opening of the audio device, the sound emitting hole being provided to the case and emitting sound generated by the audio device. | 05-23-2013 |
20130336518 | LOUDSPEAKER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME, AND MOBILE APPARATUS - A loudspeaker includes a back panel and a plurality of thin loudspeakers mounted onto the back panel. The back panel has an aspect ratio of 6 or higher, and has a wiring unit formed thereon and wire-connecting the thin loudspeakers. The thin loudspeakers are arranged on the back panel in series in a straight line. Accordingly, a thin-type loudspeaker can be realized. | 12-19-2013 |
20140029779 | SPEAKER SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME, AND MOBILE BODY DEVICE - A loudspeaker system includes an enclosure surrounding a plurality of loudspeakers. The plurality of loudspeakers are disposed in series along a straight line in the enclosure. The enclosure includes a front panel, a back panel and side panels. The front panel, the side panels, and the back panel are disposed parallel to the straight line on which the loudspeakers are arranged. The side panels are provided with a front slit and a back slit. The back slit is disposed at an opposite side of the front slit in the enclosure. Sounds emitted to the upper and lower sides of diaphragms of the loudspeakers are separated from each other such that the sounds are prevented from mixing with each other. This provides a loudspeaker system capable of achieving desired sound pressure-frequency characteristics. | 01-30-2014 |
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20130291878 | MEDICAL MASK WITH A FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL - The purpose of the invention is to provide a surgical mask with sufficient antibacterial properties, by uniformly manifesting on the surface of nanofibers a functional material with antibacterial and antiviral properties. The problem is solved by a mask with a functional material which comprises a nanofiber containing at least one base polymer selected from a group consisting of PVA, polylactic acid, fibroin, chitosan, chitin, nylon 6, nylon 6,6, nylon 9T, nylon 610, polyamide, polystyrene, polyacrylonitrile, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, polyester, zein, collagen and methoxymethylated nylon, and at least one functional substance selected from a group consisting of catechin polyphenols, persimmon tannin polyphenols, grape seed polyphenols, soybean polyphenols, lemon peel polyphenols, coffee polyphenols, phenylcarboxylic acid, ellagic acid and coumalin, and having a diameter of 1 nm to 2000 nm. | 11-07-2013 |
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20110236104 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, CHARACTER ARRANGEMENT DECIDING MEHTOD FOR TAPE PRINTING APPARAUS, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A tape printing apparatus includes: a paragraph creating unit which creates a paragraph including plural lines of character strings; a justification setting unit which sets justification to evenly allocate other lines to the same length as a longest line, of the plural lines in the paragraph; a character mode setting unit which sets a non-target range to be a non-target of the justification, on a character basis within the paragraph, and sets a length of character spacing within the non-target range; a character arrangement deciding unit which carries out justification based on the justification setting unit in a target range excluding the non-target range set by the character mode setting unit, and thus decides an arrangement of characters in each line included in the paragraph; and a printing unit which prints the paragraph on a tape with the character arrangement decided by the character arrangement deciding unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20110236114 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, PARAGRAPH ARRANGEMENT DECIDING METHOD FOR TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR SAME - A tape printing apparatus capable of printing plural paragraphs arrayed in a longitudinal direction of a tape, with each paragraph including one or more lines includes: a paragraph creating unit which creates the paragraphs; a feeding quantity setting unit which set a quantity of feeding between the paragraphs in the longitudinal direction of the tape; an arrangement deciding unit which decides an arrangement of each paragraph on the basis of the setting by the feeding quantity setting unit; and a printing unit which prints each paragraph created by the paragraph creating unit on the tape in a manner that realizes the arrangement decided by the arrangement deciding unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20120243049 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A printing apparatus has: a dot discrimination section that discriminates whether a print dot is present in a discrimination target area D including a cut position at which an elongated sheet is cut in a sheet width direction, the discrimination target area being at least either one of a front edge area D | 09-27-2012 |
20120243927 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF, PRINTING SYSTEM, TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus used in connection with a tape printing apparatus has a tape information acquisition section which acquires from the tape printing apparatus tape information about a tape mounted therein, a new standardized tape discrimination section which discriminates whether a new standardized tape having a standard different from an existing standard has been mounted or not based on the tape information, a printing parameter acquisition section which acquires a printing parameter corresponding to the new standardized tape in a case that it is discriminated that the new standardized tape has been mounted, and a data transmission section which transmits the printing parameter acquired by the printing parameter acquisition section to the tape printing apparatus. | 09-27-2012 |
20130120766 | Image Creating Apparatus and Printing Apparatus Provided Therewith - There is provided an image creating apparatus including: an inputting device for inputting creation data composed of input data and creation condition data; an image creating device for creating a two-dimensional code image based on the inputted creation data; and an informing device for informing of a print size of the created two-dimensional code image, wherein the image creating device creates the two-dimensional code image based on the creation data being inputted, in the process of inputting the creation data by the inputting device, and the informing device informs of the print size of the two-dimensional code image created by the image creating device based on the creation data being inputted. | 05-16-2013 |
20140333710 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF, PRINTING SYSTEM, TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus used in connection with a tape printing apparatus has a tape information acquisition section which acquires from the tape printing apparatus tape information about a tape mounted therein, a new standardized tape discrimination section which discriminates whether a new standardized tape having a standard different from an existing standard has been mounted or not based on the tape information, a printing parameter acquisition section which acquires a printing parameter corresponding to the new standardized tape in a case that it is discriminated that the new standardized tape has been mounted, and a data transmission section which transmits the printing parameter acquired by the printing parameter acquisition section to the tape printing apparatus. | 11-13-2014 |
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20110304644 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a face image detector and a display controller. The face image detector is configured to detect face images included in a still image and analyze the detected face images, and to generate face image information includes position information and attribute information. The position information indicates positions where the face images are detected. The attribute information indicates at least data items representing smile degrees of the face images. The display controller is configured to select a face image to be applied with effects based on the attribute information in the face image information, to apply effects to the still image based on the position information in the face image information of the selected face image, and to display the still image applied with the effects. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305395 | Electronic Apparatus and Image Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, a select module, a first image extraction module and a playback module. The indexing module is configured to generate index information indicative of attributes of a plurality of still images. The select module is configured to select a style. The first image extraction module is configured to extract a first still image group from the plurality of still images corresponding to the style, based on the index information. The playback module is configured to play back a moving picture by using the first still image group. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305430 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOVIE PLAYBACK METHOD - According to one embodiment, an indexing module is configured to analyze a plurality of still images and to generate index information indicative of attributes of the plurality of still images. The index information comprises recognition results of a plurality of face images in the plurality of still images. An extracting module is configured to extract first still images and second still images from the plurality of still images based on the index information. The first still images include face images of a selected person, the second still images are relevant to the selected person, and the second still images comprise at least a still image including a face image of another person relevant to the selected person. A player module is configured to play back a movie using the extracted first still images and the extracted second still images. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305437 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INDEXING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexer, a photomovie processor and an indexing controller. The indexer is configured to generate index information about still images. The photomovie processor is configured to generate a photomovie constituted by the still images based on the index information, and to display the generated photomovie. The indexing controller is configured to monitor whether new still images are added, about which the indexer should generate the index information, to cause the photomovie processor to start displaying of a slide show displaying new still images one after another and cause the indexer to start generating of the index information about the new still images, when the new still images are added. | 12-15-2011 |
20120249734 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus, which is capable of setting areas in a screen in either a 3D mode or a 2D mode, includes a 3D video display module, a candidate area calculation module, a 2D area determination module, and a 2D video display module. The 3D video display module displays 3D video on a 3D area in the 3D mode. The candidate area calculation module calculates, upon receiving a request for displaying 2D video, a first candidate area for displaying the 2D video, based on a position of the 3D area. The 2D area determination module determines the first candidate area to be a 2D area for displaying the 2D video if the first candidate area falls within the screen and is in the 3D mode. The 2D video display module displays the 2D video on the 2D area set in the 2D mode. | 10-04-2012 |
20120308193 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus, which play 2D video data or 3D video data, includes a 2Dto3D converter and a display controller. The 2Dto3D converter generates 3D video frames corresponding to 2D video frames in the 2D video data. The display controller controls displaying the 3D video frames on a screen if 3D play of the 2D video data has been requested, and controls displaying 3D video frames in the 3D video data if play of the 3D video data has been requested. The display controller controls displaying the 2D video frames on the screen if a change of a play speed has been requested during the 3D play of the 2D video data. | 12-06-2012 |
20140157173 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus executes a desktop application displayed on a display screen on a desktop and a full-screen application displayed as a full-screen picture on the display screen. Each of the applications open a file comprising an extension in a file name of the file. The apparatus includes a default application setting selector. The default application setting selector selects one of the desktop application and the full-screen application as a default application which opens the file, based on at least one of system configuration of the apparatus and a usage state of applications executed by the apparatus, and associates the selected application with the extension, or recommends the selected application as the default application to be associated with the extension. | 06-05-2014 |
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20140013417 | GESTURE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GESTURE INPUT DEVICE - A gesture input device that controls a control device on the basis of a gesture action of a user has a gesture detecting unit that detects a gesture from an image picked up by a camera, a first gesture determining unit that determines that the gesture detected by the gesture detecting unit includes a first gesture, a second gesture determining unit that determines that the gesture detected by the gesture detecting unit includes a second gesture, and a control signal generating unit that sets a period in which the first gesture determining unit determines that the gesture includes the first gesture as a second gesture valid period in which recognition of the second gesture is valid and generates a control signal on the basis of the second gesture when the second gesture determining unit determines that the gesture includes the second gesture in the second gesture valid period. | 01-09-2014 |
20140152557 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A gesture recognition device that recognizes a gesture, which is of a motion or a shape of a gesture recognition target region of a person, from an image captured by a camera and outputs information to an electronic apparatus in order to control the electronic apparatus based on the recognized gesture, has a recognition target region determination section that determines whether the gesture recognition target region is included in the image, and an output section that outputs target region out-of-view angle notification instruction information issuing an instruction to make a notification that an image of the gesture recognition target region is not captured when the recognition target region determination section determines that the gesture recognition target region is not included in the image. | 06-05-2014 |
20140198953 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device configured to detect a detection target, which is all or a part of a predetermined main body on an image has a detection target detection unit that detects an estimated detection target that the image processing device assumes to be the detection target from the image, a heterogeneous target determination unit that determines whether the estimated detection target detected by the detection target detection unit is an estimated heterogeneous target that the image processing device assumes to be a heterogeneous target, which is all or a part of a main body different in class from the main body, and a detection target determination unit that determines whether the estimated detection target detected by the detection target detection unit is the detection target based on a determination result of the heterogeneous target determination unit. | 07-17-2014 |
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20110297834 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - In a nuclear medicine imaging apparatus as a medical image diagnosis apparatus according to one embodiment, a PET detector is configured to detect a gamma ray emitted from a nuclide introduced into a body of a subject. A PET image reconstruction unit is configured to reconstruct a nuclear medicine image (PET image) as a medical image from the gamma ray projection data created based on the gamma ray detected by the PET detector using successive approximation. A controller is configured to control the PET image reconstruction unit to change the parameter used in the successive approximation depending on information regarding the scanning region in the body of the subject. | 12-08-2011 |
20110297835 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A nuclear medicine imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a detector, a measuring unit, and an end control unit. The detector is configured to detect radiation for generating a nuclear medicine image. The measuring unit is configured to measure the number of times the detector detects the radiation. The end control unit is configured to control the detector to end the detection operation when the number of times measured by the measuring unit is equal to or less than a threshold value. | 12-08-2011 |
20110309256 | TOF-PET APPARATUS, DETECTOR RING AND DETECTOR - According to one embodiment, a TOF-PET apparatus includes a plurality of detector rings arranged along a central axis thereof. Each of the detector rings comprises a plurality of scintillators and a plurality of photomultipliers. The scintillators are arranged on a substantial circumference around the central axis and generate scintillation in response to pair annihilation gamma-rays from a subject. The photomultipliers generate an electric signal in accordance with the generated scintillation. A length of each of the scintillators along a radial direction of the substantial circumference is set to a range in which a value of a total number of counts/time resolution of coincidence events of pair annihilation gamma-rays is more improved than when a reference scintillator whose probability of interaction with pair annihilation gamma-rays is adjusted to 80% is used under conditions of a constant total volume of the scintillators. | 12-22-2011 |
20120215100 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING SYSTEM - A PET apparatus includes a clock unit. The clock unit includes: a time measuring unit that measures a time; and a reference time receiving unit that receives a reference time. The PET apparatus also includes a detection time revising unit. By using the reference time received by the reference time receiving unit, the detection time revising unit revises detection times recorded by using the time measured by the time measuring unit. For example, the detection time revising unit revises the detection times by calculating a time error that occurred during an image taking period of a predetermined image taking process by using the time measured by the time measuring unit and the reference time received by the reference time receiving unit and further distributing the calculated time error to each of the detection times recorded during the image taking period. | 08-23-2012 |
20120312996 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING APPARATUS AND ANALYZING SYSTEM - A PET apparatus includes an optical coupling detachment testing unit. In one example, the optical coupling detachment testing unit inputs an electric signal to a piezoelectric element or the like adhered to a detector module and generates a sound wave within the detector module. Further, the optical coupling detachment testing unit detects the sound wave propagated within the detector module and performs a frequency analysis on the detected sound wave. Subsequently, as a result of the analysis, the optical coupling detachment testing unit detects whether an optical coupling detachment has occurred by looking for a frequency distribution specific to a surface having an optical coupling detachment and/or comparing a frequency distribution with another frequency distribution from a previous test. | 12-13-2012 |
20130003918 | RADIATION DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A radiation diagnostic apparatus includes a CT gantry apparatus, a PET gantry apparatus and a controller. The CT gantry apparatus includes an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector for reconstructing an X-ray CT image. The PET gantry apparatus includes a plurality of photodetectors for reconstructing nuclear medicine images and an FE circuit that is connected to the back of the photodetectors. The controller exerts control such that, when X-rays are radiated from the X-ray tube, the output from the photodetectors to the FE circuit is stopped or reduced. | 01-03-2013 |
20130134311 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING METHOD - In the nuclear medicine imaging apparatus according to the one embodiment, the ADC converts the output data of each of the photodetectors to digital data. The counting information collecting unit collects counting results from the digital data, and the counting information storage unit stores the counting result in association with the digital data. The coincidence counting information generating unit generates coincidence counting information. The image reconstructing unit reconstructs a PET image, based on the coincidence counting information. The time correction data stores a correction time for each of the photodetectors. The system controlling unit controls to correct the detection time of the gamma rays in the digital data associated with each piece of the counting information by use of the correction time, and to generate new coincidence counting information. The system controlling unit controls to reconstruct a new nuclear medicine image, based on the new coincidence counting information generated. | 05-30-2013 |
20130134314 | POSITRON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A positron emission computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment includes a detector, a coincidence counting information generating unit, and a body movement detecting unit. The detector detects annihilation radiation released from a subject. The coincidence counting information generating unit searches for sets of counting information, which counted a pair of annihilation radiations at substantially the same time, from a counting information list that is generated from output signals of the detector; generates a set of coincidence counting information for each retrieved set of counting information; and generates a time series list of coincidence counting information. Based on the time series list of coincidence counting information, the body movement detecting unit detects temporal changes in the body movement of the subject. | 05-30-2013 |
20130234710 | PET-MRI APPARATUS - In a PET (Positron Emission Tomography)-MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus of an embodiment, a transmitting radio frequency coil applies a radio frequency magnetic field on a subject placed in a static magnetic field. A detector is formed in a ring shape, disposed on a side adjacent to an outer circumference of the transmitting radio frequency coil, includes at least two PET detectors disposed with a space therebetween in an axial direction of a bore so as to interpose the magnetic field center of the static magnetic field therebetween, and detects gamma rays emitted from positron emitting radionuclides injected into the subject. Radio frequency shields are each formed in an approximately cylindrical shape, disposed between the transmitting radio frequency coil and the detector, and shield the radio frequency magnetic field generated by the transmitting radio frequency coil. | 09-12-2013 |
20130241555 | PET-MRI APPARATUS - In a PET (Positron Emission Tomography)-MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus of an embodiment, a magnet that is a seamless structure generates a static magnetic field in a bore having a cylindrical shape. First detectors and second detectors are each formed in a ring shape and detect gamma rays emitted from positron emitting radionuclides injected into a subject. The first detectors and the second detectors are disposed with a space therebetween in an axial direction of the bore so as to interpose the magnetic field center of the static magnetic field therebetween. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251102 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to the present embodiment, an image diagnosis apparatus includes a first image taking device that takes an image of a patient placed on a couchtop by using an X-ray emission; a second image taking device that takes images in positions by moving an image taking position of the patient by a predetermined distance at a time, along the body-axis direction; a position estimating unit; and a correction processing unit. The position estimating unit estimates a couchtop position for each of the image taking positions of the second image taking device, based on information about warping of the couchtop of the first image taking device. The correction processing unit uses information about the couchtop positions estimated by the position estimating unit, for performing a position correcting process on the images obtained by the image taking devices. | 09-26-2013 |
20130296689 | PET-MRI APPARATUS - A PET-MRI apparatus according to an embodiment includes a static magnetic field magnet, a gradient coil, a high-frequency coil, an MR image reconstruction unit, a PET detector, and a PET image reconstruction unit. The high-frequency coil applies a high-frequency magnetic field to a subject placed in the static magnetic field and detects a magnetic resonance signal emitted from the subject in response to application of the high-frequency magnetic field and a gradient magnetic field. The PET detector has a ring shape and detects a gamma ray emitted from a positron-emitting radionuclide injected into the subject. The coil conductor of the high-frequency coil is made up of a first high-frequency shield that covers the outer surface of the PET detector. | 11-07-2013 |
20130329856 | RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM AND RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a radiotherapy apparatus generates counting data as a count value of photons included in a preset energy region based on an output signal from an observation detector. The radiotherapy apparatus generates medical image data based on the counting data. | 12-12-2013 |
20140343400 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND PET-MRI APPARATUS - A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a first image taking unit, a second image taking unit, a position specifying unit, and a moving controlling unit. The first image taking unit performs an image taking process by implementing PET while using a first PET detector and a second PET detector. The position specifying unit specifies positions of the first PET detector and the second PET detector, on the basis of a medical image taken by the second image taking unit. The moving controlling unit controls moving of the first PET detector and the second PET detector in accordance with the specified positions. The first image taking unit and the second image taking unit each perform the image taking process after the first PET detector and the second PET detector have been moved. | 11-20-2014 |
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20130064583 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, which is configured to form an image on a sheet, includes an image forming unit configured to form an unfixed toner image on the sheet, and a fixing unit configured to fix the unfixed toner image to the sheet by heating the sheet bearing the unfixed toner image while conveying the sheet by a fixing nip portion. The image forming apparatus can perform a cleaning mode for cleaning the fixing unit by conveying a sheet with an unfixed toner image for cleaning formed thereon by the fixing nip portion. At a time of the cleaning mode, the image forming unit forms the unfixed toner image for cleaning on a sheet surface opposite from a sheet surface where the unfixed toner image is formed at a time of image formation. | 03-14-2013 |
20140010568 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus sets a polarity of a voltage applied to the brush to an opposite polarity to the polarity of the voltage applied to the brush when the residual toner of the secondary transfer on an intermediate transferring belt passes through the position opposed to the brush, and on the other hand, the polarity of the voltage applied to a primary transfer roller is set to the opposite polarity to the polarity of the voltage applied to the primary transfer roller when a toner image is primarily transferred onto the intermediate transferring belt in the primary transfer portion (N | 01-09-2014 |
20140314431 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing members; a belt for receiving toner images from the image bearing members and for transferring the toner image onto a transfer material; a controller for driving the image bearing members; and wherein the image forming apparatus is operable in a monochromatic mode in which the toner image is formed only on a predetermined one of the image bearing members, and no image is formed on the other image bearing member, wherein in a operation in the monochromatic mode, the controller starts to drive the plurality of image bearing members in synchronism with each other in a state that the other image bearing member is spaced from the belt, and the predetermined image bearing member is in contact with the belt. | 10-23-2014 |
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20130220698 | Water Proof Press Contact Terminal and Method for Forming Water Proof Press Contact Terminal - A water proof press contact terminal includes a base portion, a pair of first press contact pieces, a pair of second press contact pieces, and a covering member. The first press contact pieces are provided at both sides of a front part of the base portion. The second press contact pieces are provided at both sides of a rear part of the base portion, press contact a sheath of a wire. The covering member is provided on the base portion. A core wire of the wire is inserted into the covering member so as to be covered in a waterproof manner, and is press contacted by the first press contact pieces together with the covering member. | 08-29-2013 |
20130344752 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC WIRE AND TERMINAL - A connection structure has an electric wire and a terminal. The terminal includes a mating terminal connection portion to be connected to a mating terminal and a crimping portion which crimps to a conductor of an electric wire. The electric wire is connected to the terminal by the crimping portion. The connection structure includes an intermediate portion that is provided between the mating terminal connection portion and the crimping portion and has a housing portion which houses an end portion of the conductor, an intermediate portion sealing member that is fitted in the housing portion, and a hollow covering member that extends in an extending direction of the electric wire and covers a portion from the intermediate portion to an insulating covering region. | 12-26-2013 |
20150017833 | TERMINAL CRIMPED WIRE - A terminal crimped wire includes a wire including a conductor and an insulation sheath covering a circumference of the conductor, a crimping terminal crimped to the wire, an anticorrosion material which covers an exposed part of the wire drawn out of the crimping terminal, and an elastic member provided along a circumference of the wire. The wire is crimped to the crimping terminal via the elastic member interposed therebetween. | 01-15-2015 |