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20090118264 | Medicament having neovascularization promoting action - Methods of use of medicaments having neovascularization promoting action, which medicaments comprise a retinoid antagonist such as 4-(5H-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-5,7,7,10,10-pentamethylbenzo[e]naphtho[2,3-b][1-,4]diazepin-13-yl)benzoic acid as an active ingredient. | 05-07-2009 |
20090253796 | METHOD FOR TREATING VASCULAR DISEASE - A medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a vascular disease such as vascular restenosis and/or reocclusion after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty using an intravascular stent, which comprises as an active ingredient a substance selected from the group consisting of retinoids and agents for controlling actions of retinoids such as 4-[5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid or a salt thereof, or 4-[[[3,5-bis-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl]carbonyl]amino]benzoic acid or a salt thereof, wherein said substance has substantially no antiproliferative action on vascular endothelial cells, but substantially has antiproliferative action on vascular smooth muscle cells. | 10-08-2009 |
20130045277 | BIOCOMPATIBLE DEVICE - Disclosed is a biocompatible device surface-coated on the base material thereof with a biocompatible polymer layer having antithrombogenicity and endothelialization activity, and embedded in or attached to a living body for use. The polymer layer comprises a polymer matrix formed by the crosslinking of a cell-adhesive peptide-containing polymer. | 02-21-2013 |
20130304184 | NICKEL-FREE STAINLESS STEEL STENT - A nickel-free stainless steel stent using a stainless steel which does not substantially contain Ni in the stainless steel, has a metal allergy onset-preventing effect, and is excellent in terms of precision workability, strength, and ductility, is provided. The nickel-free stainless steel stent is characterized by using a stainless steel containing, as a chemical composition, from 15 to 30% by mass of Cr, from 0.97 to 2% by mass of Mo, and from 0.5 to 1% by mass of N, with the remainder being Fe, and optionally containing inevitable impurities. | 11-14-2013 |
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20080272167 | Self -Propelled Stapler - A self-propelled stapler has a stapler body provided on a base in such so as to be slidable relative to the base. A sliding mechanism is provided between the base and the stapler body. The stapler body slides to a predetermined binding position at the time of a binding operation, and slides to an original position after the binding operation by the sliding mechanism. The sliding mechanism has a link which is rotatably provided on each side of the stapler body, and one end of the link engages with the base. | 11-06-2008 |
20100193563 | STAPLE REFILL, STAPLER, AND CARTRIDGE - A refill for staples, which can not be removed from a cartridge unless all sheet-type connected staples in a stapler body are delivered. A refill for staples is installed in a detachable manner in a stapler body, and includes a refill body which holds the sheet-type connected staples, and a pressing member which presses the sheet-type connected staples. A delivery port delivering the sheet-type connected staples and a locking plate provided with a locking section which locks a locked section in the stapler body are formed in the refill body. When the sheet-type connected staples are pressed, the pressing member is engaged with the locking plate not to allow rotation of the locking plate, and, when the sheet-type connected staples are not pressed, the pressing member is disengaged from the locking plate to allow rotation of the locking plate. Thereby, the locking section of the locking plate can be removed from the locked section in the stapler body. | 08-05-2010 |
20110290849 | STAPLE REFILL, STAPLER, AND CARTRIDGE - A refill for staples, which can not be removed from a cartridge unless all sheet-type connected staples in a stapler body are delivered. A refill for staples is installed in a detachable manner in a stapler body, and includes a refill body which holds the sheet-type connected staples, and a pressing member which presses the sheet-type connected staples. A delivery port delivering the sheet-type connected staples and a locking plate provided with a locking section which locks a locked section in the stapler body are formed in the refill body. When the sheet-type connected staples are pressed, the pressing member is engaged with the locking plate not to allow rotation of the locking plate, and, when the sheet-type connected staples are not pressed, the pressing member is disengaged from the locking plate to allow rotation of the locking plate. Thereby, the locking section of the locking plate can be removed from the locked section in the stapler body. | 12-01-2011 |
20120298538 | STAPLE REFILL, STAPLER, AND CARTRIDGE - A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall, a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall, a front wall provided on front sides of the right and left walls. A locking plate is provided on rear sides of the right and left walls. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples. The front wall includes a first locking section protruding forward from a lower portion of the front wall. The locking plate includes a second locking section. | 11-29-2012 |
20120298714 | STAPLE REFILL, STAPLER, AND CARTRIDGE - A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall and formed with a vertically extending right guide slot, and a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall and formed with a vertically extending left guide slot. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples, the pressing member including a guide shaft guided along the right and left guide slots. The guide shaft includes a right end portion protruding outside the right wall through the right guide slot, and a left end portion protruding outside the left wall through the left guide slot. | 11-29-2012 |
20120298715 | STAPLE REFILL, STAPLER, AND CARTRIDGE - A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall, a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall, and a front wall provided on front sides of the right and left walls. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples, the pressing member including a first guide projection at a front end of the pressing member configured to contact an inner surface of the front wall. | 11-29-2012 |
20130087595 | STAPLE REFILL, STAPLER, AND CARTRIDGE - A staple refill including a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall and formed with a vertically extending right guide slot, and a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall and formed with a vertically extending left guide slot. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples. The pressing member includes a guide shaft guided along the right and left guide slots. The guide shaft includes a right end portion protruding outside the right wall through the right guide slot, and a left end portion protruding outside the left wall through the left guide slot. | 04-11-2013 |
20130292447 | STAPLE REFILL, STAPLER, AND CARTRIDGE - A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall, and a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples. The refill body is formed with an opening such that the sheet-type connected staples inside the refill body are visible through the opening, and the pressing member includes a protruding portion configured to enter the opening. | 11-07-2013 |
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20090014789 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device comprising a recessed transistor coexists with P-N gate planar-type transistors, wherein high-concentration impurity-diffused material | 01-15-2009 |
20090014793 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a pair of first diffusion layer regions provided near a top face of the semiconductor substrate; a channel region provided between the first diffusion layer regions of the semiconductor substrate; a gate insulation film provided on the channel region and on the semiconductor substrate such as to overlap with at least part of the first diffusion layer regions; a gate electrode provided on the insulation film; a pair of silicon selective growth layers provided on the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrode, each of the pair of silicon selective growth layers overlapping with at least part of the first diffusion layer regions, and being provided at a distance from the gate electrode; second diffusion layer regions provided in each of the silicon selective growth layers, peak positions of impurity concentration of the second diffusion layer regions being shallower than bottoms of the silicon selective growth layers; and third diffusion layer regions provided near side faces of the silicon selective growth layers, and electrically connecting the first diffusion layer regions to the second diffusion layer regions. | 01-15-2009 |
20090053880 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention consists of forming a trench in a trench-type cell transistor region; forming a gate insulating film and a gate material layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a photoresist layer on the semiconductor substrate so as to expose extension region formation portions of the trench-type cell transistor region and a high breakdown voltage transistor region; forming extension regions in each region by performing ion implantation in the semiconductor substrate surface of the trench-type cell transistor region and the high breakdown voltage transistor region and then patterning gates, and forming extension regions of an ordinary breakdown voltage transistor by covering the trench-type cell transistor region and the high breakdown voltage transistor region with a photoresist layer and implanting ions in the ordinary breakdown voltage transistor region. | 02-26-2009 |
20120032277 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a MOS transistor. The MOS transistor includes a pair of first, second, and third impurity diffusion regions. The second impurity diffusion regions have a first conductive type and are provided in a semiconductor substrate in opposite sides of the first impurity diffusion region. The impurities concentration of the first conductive type in the second impurity diffusion regions is higher than the impurities concentration of the first conductive type in the first impurity diffusion regions. The third impurity diffusion regions have a second conductive type and are provided in the semiconductor substrate such that it contacts not the second impurity diffusion regions, but the first impurity diffusion regions. | 02-09-2012 |
20120112271 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A semiconductor device includes the following elements. A semiconductor substrate includes an isolation region. The semiconductor substrate has a groove in the isolation region. A pad electrode is disposed in the groove. A pad contact plug is disposed in the groove. The pad contact plug is disposed on the pad electrode. A gate contact plug is disposed on the pad contact plug. The gate contact plug is electrically coupled through the pad contact plug to the pad electrode. An insulating side wall is disposed in the groove. The insulating side wall covers side surfaces of the pad contact plug and a lower portion of the gate contact plug, and the insulating side wall covers a part of an upper surface of the pad electrode. | 05-10-2012 |
20130062679 | DEVICE - A device includes a semiconductor region surrounded with the isolation region and includes a first active region, a channel region and a second active region arranged in that order in a first direction. A first side portion of the first active region and a second side portion of the second active region faces each other across a top surface of the channel region in the first direction. A gate electrode covers the top surface and the first and second side portions and extends in a second direction that intersects the first direction. A first diffusion layer is formed in the first active region. A second diffusion layer is formed in the second active region. An embedded contact plug is formed in the first active region and extends downwardly from the upper surface of the semiconductor region and contacts with the first diffusion layer. | 03-14-2013 |
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20150340367 | Memory Transistors with Buried Gate Electrodes - A device includes a semiconductor region surrounded with the isolation region and includes a first active region, a channel region and a second active region arranged in that order in a first direction. A first side portion of the first active region and a second side portion of the second active region faces each other across a top surface of the channel region in the first direction. A gate electrode covers the top surface and the first and second side portions and extends in a second direction that intersects the first direction. A first diffusion layer is formed in the first active region. A second diffusion layer is formed in the second active region. An embedded contact plug is formed in the first active region and extends downwardly from the upper surface of the semiconductor region and contacts with the first diffusion layer. | 11-26-2015 |
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20100322503 | PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING METHOD - A bill identification apparatus accurately identifying an authenticity with a folding line formed in a watermark. The bill identification apparatus includes: bill reading means | 12-23-2010 |
20100329507 | PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING METHOD - A paper sheet identification apparatus capable of identifying an authenticity of a watermark area formed on a paper sheet is provided without increasing the cost. The paper sheet identification apparatus includes: a light receiving part | 12-30-2010 |
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20110124405 | GAME SYSTEM - A game system is provided which is capable of continuing a game without a player feeling inconvenience even in a case where a basic currency at hand is lost. | 05-26-2011 |
20140335945 | GAME SYSTEM - A game system that is capable of performing a game by employing an information card in place of a conventional paper-based system is provided. | 11-13-2014 |
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20150244007 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A power generation system includes a fuel cell, a gas turbine, a first compressed air supply line that supplies the air from a compressor to a combustor, a second compressed air supply line that supplies compressed air from the compressor to the fuel cell, a compressed air circulating line that supplies exhausted air from the fuel cell to the combustor, a detection unit that detects ease of flow of compressed air in the fuel cell, an adjustment unit that adjusts balance between ease of flow of the compressed air in the first compressed air supply line and ease of flow of the compressed air in the second compressed air supply line. | 08-27-2015 |
20150285141 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, DRIVING METHOD FOR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, AND COMBUSTOR - Inconvenience caused by a difference in temperature of different kinds of fuel gases is solved. In a power generation system, exhausted fuel gas exhausted from a SOFC is used as a fuel of a combustor of a gas turbine, and at the same time, a part of compressed air compressed by a compressor of the gas turbine is used to drive the SOFC. The gas turbine includes a first combustor for burning fuel gas which is different kind from the exhausted fuel gas, a first turbine driven by combustion gas supplied from the first combustor, a second combustor for burning the exhausted fuel gas, and a second turbine shaft-coupled with the first turbine and driven by combustion gas supplied from the second combustor. | 10-08-2015 |
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20100239884 | PLATED STEEL WIRE FOR PARALLEL WIRE STRAND (PWS) WITH PARTICULAR TWIST PROPERTIES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plated steel wire for a parallel wire strand (PWS) with excellent twist properties can include, in terms of mass %, about 0.8 to 1.1% of C, about 0.8 to 1.3% of Si, about 0.3 to 0.8% of Mn, about 0.001 to 0.006% of N, and about 0.0004 to 0.0060% of B, where a quantity of solid-solubilized B is at least 0.0002%. Such exemplary wire can include either one or both of about 0.005 to 0.1% of Al and/or about 0.005 to 0.1% of Ti, and may contain, as the remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities. For example, an area fraction of non-pearlite structures in a region from a surface layer down to a depth of about 50 μm is likely not more than about 10%, an area fraction of non-pearlite structures within an entire cross-section is likely not more than about 5%, and a surface of the steel wire can be galvanized with a plating quantity within a range from about 300 to 500 g/m | 09-23-2010 |
20120014831 | WIRE ROD, STEEL WIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a wire rod with a composition at least including: C: 0.95-1.30 mass %; Si: 0.1-1.5 mass %; Mn: 0.1-1.0 mass %; Al: 0-0.1 mass %; Ti: 0-0.1 mass %; P: 0-0.02 mass %; S: 0-0.02 mass %; N: 10-50 ppm; O: 10-40 ppm; and a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 97% or more of an area in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wire rod is occupied by a pearlite, and 0.5% or less of an area in a central area in the cross-section and 0.5% or less of an area in a first surface layer area in the cross-section are occupied by a pro-eutectoid cementite. | 01-19-2012 |
20130263975 | WIRE ROD, STEEL WIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a wire rod with a composition at least including: C: 0.95-1.30 mass %; Si: 0.1-1.5 mass %; Mn: 0.1-1.0 mass %; Al: 0-0.1 mass %; Ti: 0-0.1 mass %; P: 0-0.02 mass %; S: 0-0.02 mass %; N: 10-50 ppm; O: 10-40 ppm; and a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 97% or more of an area in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wire rod is occupied by a pearlite, and 0.5% or less of an area in a central area in the cross-section and 0.5% or less of an area in a first surface layer area in the cross-section are occupied by a pro-eutectoid cementite. | 10-10-2013 |
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20110114424 | ELEVATOR RESCUE OPERATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, there is provided an elevator rescue operation system to be used in a building in which a plurality of elevators are installed in parallel. The system includes a disaster detection unit configured to detect, when a disaster has occurred in the building, an occurrence site of the disaster, a zone setting unit configured to set a plurality of zones to which all the elevators are caused to respond on the basis of the disaster occurrence site detected by the disaster detection unit, and a rescue operation unit configured to individually cause an elevator to respond to floors in each zone set by the zone setting unit, the elevator being corresponding to the zone, thereby carrying out a through-car operation up to a refuge floor. | 05-19-2011 |
20110120812 | ELEVATOR RESCUE OPERATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, there is provided an elevator rescue operation system to be used in a building in which a plurality of elevators are installed in parallel. The system includes a disaster detection unit configured to detect, when a disaster has occurred in the building, an occurrence site of the disaster, a priority response floor setting unit configured to set a priority response floor on the basis of the disaster occurrence site detected by the disaster detection unit, and a rescue operation unit configured to cause a corresponding elevator for a rescue operation among the plurality of elevators to respond to the priority response floor set by the priority response floor setting unit, thereby carrying out a through-car operation up to a refuge floor. | 05-26-2011 |
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20110274406 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SCENE METADATA EXTRACTION DEVICE, LOSS RECOVERY INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAMS - An information processing method includes the steps of analyzing moving-image content including image data and audio data, extracting scene metadata characterizing each scene for each scene constituting the moving-image content, deciding a reproduction mode of the moving-image content according to at least one of a reproduction environment of the moving-image content and setting information set by a user, generating loss recovery information for recovering loss information lost by changing the reproduction mode of the moving-image content using the scene metadata according to the decided reproduction mode, and outputting the generated loss recovery information in accordance with the moving-image content to be reproduced in the decided reproduction mode. | 11-10-2011 |
20110305432 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SAMENESS DETERMINATION SYSTEM, SAMENESS DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus which includes a subtitle processing unit for extracting a subtitle feature quantity representing a feature of a content from subtitle information included in the content, a subtitle feature quantity accumulation unit for associating and storing identification information capable of identifying the content and the subtitle feature quantity extracted from the content by the subtitle processing unit, a subtitle feature quantity collation unit for collating the subtitle feature quantity stored in the subtitle feature quantity accumulation unit and a subtitle feature quantity to be determined, thereby determining sameness between the content corresponding to the subtitle feature quantity stored in the subtitle feature quantity accumulation unit and a content corresponding to the subtitle feature quantity to be determined, and a collation result output unit for outputting a collation result of the subtitle feature quantity collation unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20130254432 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a device detection part configured to detect a second execution device that is identical or similar to a first execution device which executes a command, and an execution control part configured to perform control in a manner that the command is executed by the second execution device detected by the device detection part. | 09-26-2013 |
20140064736 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus including: a light-receiving section capable of receiving an optical signal emitted from another apparatus; a controller capable of acquiring identification information for identifying the another apparatus on a network based on the received optical signal; and a communication section capable of establishing a connection with the another apparatus based on the acquired identification information. | 03-06-2014 |
20150026302 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit is capable of connecting to, via a fourth network, a first server and a first device existing in a first network, a second server and a second device existing in a second network, and a relay server that exists in a third network and stores connection information with respect to the first server and the second server. The controller is capable of controlling the communication unit to receive the connection information from the relay server and controlling data transmission processing between the first device and the second device via the first server and the second server using the connection information. | 01-22-2015 |
20150106535 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a device detection part configured to detect a second execution device that is identical or similar to a first execution device which executes a command, and an execution control part configured to perform control in a manner that the command is executed by the second execution device detected by the device detection part. | 04-16-2015 |
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20090060328 | TONE CORRECTING APPARATUS PROVIDING IMPROVED TONE CORRECTION ON IMAGE - A tone correcting apparatus includes: a first determination unit that determines which one of first brightness levels that are previously defined a focused region corresponds to, the focused region being selected from among a plurality of block regions that are set to cover an entire area of the image; a second determination unit that determines which one of second brightness levels that are previously defined an adjacent block region corresponds to, the adjacent block region being at least one of the block regions that is adjacent to the focused region; and a correction unit that corrects a brightness of pixels included in the focused region based on a combination of the first brightness level determined by the first determination unit and the second brightness level determined by the second determination unit. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060379 | TONE CORRECTING APPARATUS PROVIDING IMPROVED TONE CORRECTION ON IMAGE - A tone correcting apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires first brightness information indicating brightness of each of a plurality of block regions that are set to cover an entire area of an image; a face detecting unit that detects a face portion where a human face is positioned in the image; a second acquiring unit that acquires second brightness information indicating brightness of the face portion detected by the face detecting unit; and a correction unit that corrects brightness of the image based on the first brightness information and the second brightness information. | 03-05-2009 |
20100053384 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING GRADATION CORRECTION ON SUBJECT IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes: a gradation correction unit configured to perform gradation correction upon a subject image to be processed to generate a corrected image, the gradation correction including processing for lowering contrast in the subject image; a gradation information acquisition unit configured to acquire gradation information indicating relative balance of brightness in each portion of the subject image; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust brightness of the corrected image on a pixel basis based on the gradation information. | 03-04-2010 |
20100295977 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A digital camera | 11-25-2010 |
20110007188 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: a brightness information acquisition unit configured to acquire brightness information indicating brightness of each pixel in a target image, wherein high-frequency components are eliminated from the target image; a correction magnification setting unit configured to set, for each pixel of the target image, a correction magnification based on the brightness information, wherein the correction magnification is substantially inversely proportional to the brightness of the pixel; and a gradation correction unit configured to correct the brightness of each pixel based on the correction magnification. | 01-13-2011 |
20110170775 | TONE CORRECTING APPARATUS PROVIDING IMPROVED TONE CORRECTION ON IMAGE - A tone correcting apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires first brightness information indicating brightness of each of a plurality of block regions that are set to cover an entire area of an image; a face detecting unit that detects a face portion where a human face is positioned in the image; a second acquiring unit that acquires second brightness information indicating brightness of the face portion detected by the face detecting unit; and a correction unit that corrects brightness of the image based on the first brightness information and the second brightness information. | 07-14-2011 |
20120019686 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING DEVICE, IMAGE SYNTHESIZING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image synthesizing device. The device includes: an image capturing unit configured to capture a plurality of images that are temporally continuous; an image generator configured to generate a single synthesized image by adding pixels of the plurality of images; a first difference obtaining unit configured to obtain differences between the plurality of images on pixel-by-pixel basis for each of the plurality images; and a blending unit configured to employ the differences between the plurality of images as transparency information and blend the transparency information into the synthesized image. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020556 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processor for processing input image data having a luminance component and other components, which are defined in a prescribed color space. The image processor includes: a first emphasis processor configured to process first image data so as to emphasize the contrast of the first image data in accordance with a first emphasis amount, wherein the first image data correspond to the luminance component of the input image data; a second emphasis processor configured to process second image data so as to emphasize the chroma of the second image data in accordance with the first emphasis amount, wherein the second image data correspond to said other components of the input image data; and an image data generator configured to generate new image data by combining the contrast-emphasized first image data and the chroma-emphasized second image data. | 01-26-2012 |
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20140064632 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus, including a first obtaining unit which obtains image data; a first generation unit which generates a plurality of levels of pixel values that are respectively smoothed in a plurality of levels of resolutions; a correction unit which corrects the pixel value of the obtained image data for each of the levels; and a control unit which controls so as to form image data in which the pixel value of the obtained image data is enhanced by utilizing a high frequency component in each of the levels of the image data having the pixel value corrected by the correction unit, the high frequency component corresponding to each of the levels of the resolutions. | 03-06-2014 |