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20080253660 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A position and an area of a region to be processed, that is, a region from which image feature parameters are to be extracted, are obtained, and the number of pixels required for obtaining the usable image feature parameters is determined in accordance with types of the image feature parameters to be extracted. Then, a required resolution is calculated in accordance with the determined number of pixels and the area of the region to be processed, an image having a minimum resolution which is equal to or higher than the required resolution and which is usable to extract the usable image feature parameters is selected, and the image feature parameters are extracted from a region to be processed in the selected image. | 10-16-2008 |
20080253661 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus divides an image into a plurality of first image blocks, each of which is a partial area of the image, and further divides each first image block to acquire a plurality of compartments that correspond to filters for determining an edge direction of an image of the first image block. The image processing apparatus determines the edge direction of each first image block based on the plurality of compartments and the filters, and decides that a first image block whose edge direction cannot be determined is a failed image block. The image processing apparatus then generates, from the failed image block, a second image block constituted by a plurality of compartments that differ in size from the plurality of acquired compartments, and determines the edge direction of the second storage block based on the plurality of newly generated compartments and the filters. | 10-16-2008 |
20110103697 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a calculation unit adapted to analyze an image and calculate an intermediate value; a setting unit adapted to set a feature extraction region in the image, using the intermediate value; and an extraction unit adapted to extract a local feature of the feature extraction region, reusing the intermediate value used by the setting unit. | 05-05-2011 |
20110267489 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO DETECT OBJECT INCLUDED IN IMAGE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus acquires a plurality of input images which are serially photographed, detects a plurality of object regions from each input image, and associates object regions in a past input image with object regions in a current input image. If any object region that has not been appropriately associated exists in the object regions detected from the past input image, the apparatus calculates object region movement information for each size of the object region based on the object regions mutually associated between the past input image and the current input image, and estimates a position of the object region of the current input image that has not been associated based on the movement information for each size of the object region and a size of the object region that has not been associated. | 11-03-2011 |
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20100025744 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode over a semiconductor substrate, a channel region provided in the semiconductor substrate below the gate electrode, and a strain generation layer configured to apply stress to the channel region, the strain generation layer being configured to apply greater stress in absolute value to the source edge of the channel region than to the drain edge of the channel region. | 02-04-2010 |
20110180847 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device having a Ge- or SiGe-fin structure includes a convex-shaped active area formed along one direction on the surface region of a Si substrate, a buffer layer of Si | 07-28-2011 |
20110210375 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device including a tunnel FET, includes a gate electrode, which is formed on a first semiconductor layer formed of Si | 09-01-2011 |
20120175705 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a MOS semiconductor device. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a gate insulating film provided on a channel region which is a part of an Si layer and which is interposed between a source/drain region, and a film mainly includes of Ge is made to grow on the source/drain region. Then, and the film mainly includes of Ge is made to react with a metal, forming an intermetallic compound film having a depthwise junction position identical to a growth interface of the film mainly includes of Ge. | 07-12-2012 |
20120241722 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A field effect transistor according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor layer; a source region and a drain region formed at a distance from each other in the semiconductor layer; a gate insulating film formed on a portion of the semiconductor layer, the portion being located between the source region and the drain region; a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film; and a gate sidewall formed on at least one of side faces of the gate electrode, the side faces being located on a side of the source region and on a side of the drain region, the gate sidewall being made of a high dielectric material. The source region and the drain region are separately-placed from the corresponding side faces of the gate electrode. | 09-27-2012 |
20120276712 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device having a Ge— or SiGe-fin structure includes a convex-shaped active area formed along one direction on the surface region of a Si substrate, a buffer layer of Si | 11-01-2012 |
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20090103502 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus selects one of multiple wireless communication apparatuses and activates the selected wireless communication apparatus as a second access point of a second group. The activated wireless communication apparatus establishes the second group including multiple wireless communication apparatuses. After the second group is thus established, the transmission power of the wireless communication apparatus activated as the access point and the multiple wireless communication apparatuses included in the second group is controlled. | 04-23-2009 |
20090175446 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - This invention allows connection of an apparatus with a low security level without lowering the security level of a network even when such apparatus issues a connection request. This invention is directed to an access point which makes wireless communications with a station using an encryption method (AES). Upon reception of a connection request message including information indicating an encryption method (WEP) that can be used by a station, the access point checks if the encryption method (WEP) recognized based on the received connection request message is different from the encryption method (AES). When it is determined that the two encryption methods are different, the access point launches a controller which makes wireless communications with the station using that encryption method (WEP). | 07-09-2009 |
20100027459 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A management apparatus instructs a wireless terminal wirelessly connecting to a first base station to switch wireless connection to a second base station. After the wireless terminal switches the wireless connection to the second base station as instructed, the wireless terminal transmits a message for updating information used for determining a forwarding destination of the message received by the relay apparatus. The relay apparatus updates the information used for determining the forwarding destination of the received message based on the message transmitted from the wireless terminal. | 02-04-2010 |
20100049844 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF - In order to identify a wireless device that is not under management in a wireless communication network, a management apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information from the wireless terminal; a storage unit configured to correlate and store the wireless base station detected by the wireless terminal and a wireless terminal wirelessly connected to this wireless base station; a deriving unit configured to derive a wireless base station which does not have a wireless connection with a wireless terminal; a requesting unit configured to request a wireless terminal for transmission of data that has passed through this wireless base station; and a determination unit which, if requested data that has passed through the wireless base station from the wireless terminal has not been received, is configured to determine that this wireless base station is a wireless base station that is not under management. | 02-25-2010 |
20100278075 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - The invention makes it possible to manage the wireless resources of each network even if network separation, disappearance, and recreation are repeated. The invention includes a management apparatus ( | 11-04-2010 |
20110249580 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING THEREBY, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus, acting as an access point, constructs a first network and communicates as a station on a second network constructed by another apparatus. The communication apparatus holds parameter information that defines a transmission interval of data. If communication channels of the second network and of the first network are in an interfering relationship and the communication status in the second network is a predetermined status, then the communication apparatus changes parameter information corresponding to any type of data in the held parameter information. | 10-13-2011 |
20130124729 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus establishes a communication link with another communication apparatus, and establishes a communication session with another communication apparatus using the established communication link. After a predetermined number of communication sessions have been established, the communication apparatus restricts communication sessions other than the predetermined number of established communication sessions. | 05-16-2013 |
20140098952 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - This invention allows connection of an apparatus with a low security level without lowering the security level of a network even when such apparatus issues a connection request. This invention is directed to an access point which makes wireless communications with a station using an encryption method (AES). Upon reception of a connection request message including information indicating an encryption method (WEP) that can be used by a station, the access point checks if the encryption method (WEP) recognized based on the received connection request message is different from the encryption method (AES). When it is determined that the two encryption methods are different, the access point launches a controller which makes wireless communications with the station using that encryption method (WEP). | 04-10-2014 |
20150245298 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus, comprising: first and second communication units; third communication unit for performing a communication of data, wherein the second communication unit performs a predetermined communication for activating the third communication unit and has a communication speed slower than and a power consumption less than the third communication unit, wherein the first communication unit has a communication range shorter than the third and second communication unit; reception unit for, if a communication with a communication partner apparatus is initiated by the first communication unit, receiving information relating to the communication partner apparatus by the first communication unit; and selection unit for, based on the received information, selecting whether to initiate data communication by the third or second communication unit. | 08-27-2015 |
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20100265545 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - The objective of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus that can perform selective processing for a plurality of images stored in a multi-image file. To achieve this objective, the image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a designation unit for designating an image file; a determination unit for determining whether the file designated by the designation unit is a multi-image file; an image information analyzing unit for analyzing image information, stored in the image file designated by the designation unit, when the designated image file is determined to be a multi-image file; a switching unit for switching between user selection and automatic selection of a multi-image file image to be output target; an image information notification unit; an output range designation unit; an output form designation unit; and an output unit. | 10-21-2010 |
20120163853 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE CONTROL METHOD - A printing system includes a determination unit configured to determine whether input image data includes first data to be printed with the first recording agent and second data to be printed with the second recording agent, and whether the input data inhibits misregistration in a printing position between the first data and the second data on the printing paper, a first printing unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the input image data inhibits the misregistration in the printing position, transfer and fix the data using the first recording agent and the second recording agent, and a second printing unit configured to, when the determination unit does not determine that the input image data inhibits the misregistration, after transferring and fixing the first data by using the first recording agent, to transfer and fix again the second data by using the second recording agent. | 06-28-2012 |
20130084087 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus, which controls a fixing temperature and a fixing speed of a fixing device used to fix a formed image, and a color material amount used to form the image, the apparatus comprises: a display unit configured to display an operation panel which accepts settings associated with the fixing temperature, the fixing speed, and the color material amount for image forming processing; and a determination unit configured to determine, in a case where settings of two items out of the fixing temperature, the fixing speed, and the color material amount are accepted via the operation panel, a setting of the remaining one item. | 04-04-2013 |
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20100237438 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has a circuit element region formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a protective pattern formed so as to surround the circuit element region. The protective pattern comprises a first element separation region formed on the semiconductor substrate, a second element separation region formed on the semiconductor substrate and having a width smaller than that of the first element separation region, a first element region formed between the first element separation region and the second element separation region, a first gate layer formed on the first element separation region, a wiring layer formed on the first gate layer, a passivation layer formed above the wiring layer, a second element region, an insulation film formed on the second element region, and a second gate layer formed on the insulation film, the first element separation region, the first element region, the second element separation region and the second element region being located in this order from the nearer side of the circuit element region. | 09-23-2010 |
20110204426 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a stacked structure that is formed by laminating a first insulating film, first conductive layer, second insulating film and second conductive layer on a semiconductor substrate and in which the first and second conductive layers are connected with a via electrically, an interlayer insulating film formed to electrically separate the second conductive layer into a first region including a connecting portion with the first conductive layer and a second region that does not include the connecting portion, a first contact plug formed on the first region and a second contact plug formed on the second region. An isolation insulating film is buried in portions of the substrate, first insulating film and first conductive layer in one peripheral portion on the second region side of the stacked structure and the second contact plug is formed above the isolation insulating film. | 08-25-2011 |
20110235414 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array, a controller. A memory cell array comprises bit lines, and memory cells configured to store different states, i.e., m values or n values. When storing the n values in a memory cell, the controller performs a first method of applying a bit-line voltage to a first bit line connected to the memory cell, and setting a second bit line adjacent to the first bit line at 0 V, in a read operation and in a verify operation. When storing the m values in the memory cell, the controller performs a second method of applying the bit-line voltage to all the bit lines in a read operation, and setting the first bit line and the second bit line at the bit-line voltage or 0 V in a verify operation, in accordance with whether the write is complete. | 09-29-2011 |
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20120237467 | Lip Cosmetics - The present invention provides a lip cosmetic that has excellent secondary adhesion resistance effect immediately after the application and is excellent in gloss durability and stability. The lip cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following components (a) to (d): | 09-20-2012 |
20120269755 | Lip Cosmetics - The present invention provides a lip cosmetic that has excellent secondary adhesion resistance effect immediately after the application and is excellent in gloss and stability. The lip cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following (a) and (b), wherein the blending quantity of (b) is 20 to 70 mass %:
| 10-25-2012 |
20130101539 | Lip Cosmetics - The present invention provides a lip cosmetic that has excellent secondary adhesion resistance effect, good gloss, and excellent stability. The lip cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following components (a) to (c):
| 04-25-2013 |
20140093462 | Lip Cosmetics - The present invention provides a lip cosmetic that has excellent secondary adhesion resistance effect immediately after the application and is excellent in gloss and stability. The lip cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following (a) and (b), wherein the blending quantity of (b) is 20 to 70 mass %: | 04-03-2014 |
20140105840 | Solid Cosmetic For Lips - The present invention provides a solid cosmetic for lips that has excellent secondary adhesion resistance effect, excellent feeling in use, gloss durability, and excellent stability. The solid cosmetic for lips of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following (a) to (d):
| 04-17-2014 |
20150290114 | WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION COMPOSITION - To provide a water-in-oil emulsion composition having a high stability and which provides fresh feeling in use and glossy finish. The water-in-oil emulsion composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising: (a) 1 to 20 mass % of a polyhydric alcohol fatty acid ester and/or a hydrocarbon; (b) 3 to 20 mass % of a transparent non-volatile silicone oil that separates when mixed with component (a) at 25° C.; (c) 0.1 to 5 mass % of zinc decyl trisiloxanecarboxylate; and (d) water. | 10-15-2015 |
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20090066831 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit which causes an image sensor to photoelectrically convert an object image to generate an image signal, a display unit which displays the image signal generated by the image capturing unit, a storage unit which stores foreign substance information that is information about at least the position and size of a foreign substance sticking to the surface of an optical element arranged in front of the image sensor, and a control unit which controls the display unit to display the image signal while superimposing, on it, an image which represents presence of the foreign substance and is generated based on the foreign substance information stored in the storage unit during a live view operation of sequentially displaying, on the display unit, image signals sequentially generated by the image capturing unit. | 03-12-2009 |
20090213249 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit which has an image sensor, a storage unit which stores foreign substance information of a foreign substance adhering to an optical element arranged in front of the image sensor, a buffer unit which temporarily stores the image signal output from the image capturing unit, a correction unit which corrects, based on the foreign substance information, an image signal corresponding to a shadow of the foreign substance among image signals output from the buffer unit and outputs a corrected image signal, and a control unit which controls the buffer unit and the correction unit to change, in accordance with a free area of the buffer unit, an amount of the image signal corresponding to the shadow of the foreign substance that is to be corrected among image signals output from the image capturing unit. | 08-27-2009 |
20100053357 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which corrects, based on information of a foreign substance adhered to an optical element arranged in front of an image sensor in an image capturing apparatus, a shadow of the foreign substance in the moving image data generated by performing predictive encoding by referring to image data of a different input frame, the image processing apparatus comprises: a moving image decompression unit which decompresses an image of each frame by obtaining information representing a difference between frames from the moving image data; and a correction unit which corrects the information representing the difference between frames when the information representing the difference between frames that is obtained by the moving image decompression unit in correspondence with a region containing the shadow of the foreign substance represented by the foreign substance information is determined to be larger than a predetermined threshold. | 03-04-2010 |
20120013756 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An image apparatus includes an image capture unit that captures a moving image and generates moving image data corresponding to the moving image, a generating unit that generates predetermined image data which is embedded in the moving image data based on still image data corresponding to the still image; and an encryption unit that encrypts the predetermined image data and the still image data if the image capture unit is instructed to capture the still image during capturing of the moving image. | 01-19-2012 |
20130176408 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The imaging element of the imaging apparatus is provided with pixels respectively having multiple photoelectric conversion units that generate image signals by photoelectrically converting light fluxes that transit different regions dividing an exit pupil of an imaging optical system to a single micro lens. The imaging apparatus generates left-eye image data and right-eye image data for three-dimensional display based on image signals output by the imaging element, and generates combined image data for two-dimensional display by additively combining the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data. The imaging apparatus compresses the combined image data at a first compression rate, compresses the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data at a second compression rate that is higher than the first compression rate, and records the respectively compressed image data in the same image file. | 07-11-2013 |
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20140363389 | MELANIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR - Disclosed is a melanin production inhibitor which has an excellent inhibitory activity on the production of melanin and is highly safe. The melanin production inhibitor is represented by general formula (1) (excluding clotrimazole) and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an aryl group which may have a substituent, and an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent. At least one of A1, A2 and A3 is selected from the aryl group and the aromatic heterocyclic group, the total number of carbon atoms contained in A1, A2 and A3 is 6 to 50 and, when at least two of A1, A2 and A3 represent the aryl groups or the aromatic heterocyclic groups, the adjacent two aryl or aromatic heterocyclic groups may be bound to each other via an alkyl chain or an alkenyl chain to form a ring; m represents an integer of 0 to 2; X represents a hetero atom, a hydrogen atom, or a carbon atom; R1 and R2 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom and an oxo group. When one of R1 and R2 is an oxo group, the other is not presen. R3 is selected from a hydrogen atom, and a C | 12-11-2014 |
20150328107 | MELANIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR - Disclosed is a melanin production inhibitor which has an excellent inhibitory activity on the production of melanin and is highly safe. The melanin production inhibitor is represented by general formula (1) (excluding clotrimazole) and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an aryl group which may have a substituent, and an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent. At least one of A1, A2 and A3 is selected from the aryl group and the aromatic heterocyclic group, the total number of carbon atoms contained in A1, A2 and A3 is 6 to 50 and, when at least two of A1, A2 and A3 represent the aryl groups or the aromatic heterocyclic groups, the adjacent two aryl or aromatic heterocyclic groups may be bound to each other via an alkyl chain or an alkenyl chain to form a ring; m represents an integer of 0 to 2; X represents a hetero atom, a hydrogen atom, or a carbon atom; R1 and R2 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom and an oxo group. When one of R1 and R2 is an oxo group, the other is not present. R3 is selected from a hydrogen atom, and a C | 11-19-2015 |