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20090083072 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a medical information processing system including a diagnosis information storing section that stores thereon frequency information in association with an initial diagnosis and a conclusive diagnosis, where the frequency information indicates a frequency with which a combination of the initial diagnosis and the conclusive diagnosis that is different from the initial diagnosis is observed, a diagnosis receiving section that receives a diagnosis during a diagnosis process, and a disease information presenting section that presents, to a diagnosis-making person, one of the conclusive diagnosis and the initial diagnosis which is stored on the diagnosis information storing section in association with one of the initial diagnosis and the conclusive diagnosis which is the same as the diagnosis received by the diagnosis receiving section, in a manner according to the frequency information stored on the diagnosis information storing section in association with the initial diagnosis and the conclusive diagnosis. | 03-26-2009 |
20120309492 | GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A gaming machine and a controlling method thereof are provided. The gaming machine includes a mechanical symbol display unit which includes: a rotatable reel having a peripheral face with a plurality of symbols thereon; an illuminating device that is provided within a space on an inner periphery side of the rotatable reel and is controlled to emit light of at least two different colors; and an illumination controller. The symbols include a special symbol having at least two translucent portions each having a unique color that is the same as one of the at least two different colors. The at least two colors are selected in a way that, the special symbol is observable as a symbol in one single color or a symbol with a pattern of at least two colors according to the color of the emitted light. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309493 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING PLURAL GAMING MODES - A gaming machine which can control the tempo of the game to refresh the player while maintaining continuity of the game, enhancing entertainingness and amusement of the game, and encouraging the player's sense of achievements. The input unit receives an instruction related to a game. The memory stores a first symbol determination table causing that a specific symbol appears among rearranged symbols on the symbol display unit with a first probability and a second symbol determination table causing that the specific symbol appears among the rearranged symbols with a second probability higher than the first probability. The controller starts the game in response to the instruction received through the input unit to execute the game in a normal mode and shifting the normal mode to a chance mode according to the game result in the normal mode. | 12-06-2012 |
20130196737 | GAMING MACHINE CONDUCTING INDICATION EFFECT - A gaming machine executes a process of randomly determining symbols to be rearranged on a reel unit. The gaming machine executes a process of determining a combination formed by the symbols. The gaming machine executes a process of selecting from a plurality of choices an indication effect which is executed before the rearrangement of the symbols on the reel unit, based on the determined combination. The gaming machine executes a process of executing the selected indication effect by a notification device. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196738 | GAMING MACHINE CONDUCTING INDICATION EFFECT - A gaming machine stores a plurality of notification patterns of the backlight unit displayable at least in the symbol rearrangement regions of the reel unit including the regions where the symbols are rearranged, a notification pattern being assigned to each of the notification patterns. The gaming machine randomly determines the symbols to be rearranged on the reel unit. The gaming machine determines a combination formed by the determined symbols. The gaming machine selects a notification pattern based on the determined combination. The gaming machine executes a selected notification pattern by the backlight unit, at a notification timing which is before the rearrangement of the symbols on the reel unit. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196739 | GAMING MACHINE CONDUCTING INDICATION EFFECT - Based on the timings to start movement and rearrangement, a gaming machine stores notification sound patterns each associated with the type of notification sound output by a speaker which is capable of outputting notification sound with plural notification patterns and a notification timing. The gaming machine randomly determines the symbols to be rearranged on the reel unit. The gaming machine determines a combination formed by the determined symbols. Based on the determined combination, the gaming machine selects one of the notification sound patterns. The gaming machine outputs notification sound with the selected notification sound pattern. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196741 | GAMING MACHINE CONDUCTING INDICATION EFFECT - A gaming machine randomly determines symbols to be rearranged on a reel unit in a game in a normal mode, based on a predetermined probability. The gaming machine determines whether the determined symbols include a chance symbol. When it is determined that the symbols include a chance symbol, the gaming machine randomly determines an expecting degree and conducts the shifting to a chance mode. In the game in the chance mode, the gaming machine randomly determines the symbols to be rearranged on the reel unit based on the probability corresponding to the determined expecting degree. When the game is run for a predetermined number of times, the gaming machine ends the chance mode. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196742 | GAMING MACHINE CONDUCTING INDICATION EFFECT - A gaming machine stores movement patterns of the scroll of the reel unit that has a plurality of paylines and displays a game result by scrolling arranged symbols in a predetermined direction and then rearranging the symbols in a matrix manner. The gaming machine randomly determines the symbols to be rearranged on the reel unit. The gaming machine determines a combination formed by the determined symbols. The gaming machine | 08-01-2013 |
20130196775 | GAMING MACHINE CONDUCTING INDICATION EFFECT - A gaming machine stores an effect combination table in which each of predetermined combination conditions of symbols has probabilities associated with respective effect combinations each constituted by one or more indication effect. The gaming machine executes a process of randomly determining the symbols to be rearranged on the reel unit. The gaming machine executes a process of determining to which one of the combination conditions the combination of the determined symbols corresponds. The gaming machine executes a process of selecting an effect combination table based on the corresponding combination condition and randomly selecting one effect combination from a plurality of effect combinations based on the probabilities in the selected effect combination table. The gaming machine executes a process of executing an indication effect indicated by the selected effect combination, by means of the notification device. | 08-01-2013 |
20130217472 | GAMING MACHINE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING AMUSINGNESS - The present invention provides a gaming machine capable of improving amusingness of a game by varying the continuity of the main game. According to the present invention, a normal mode game in the normal mode is started based on an input of the bet information from the bet input device; the mode is entered from the normal mode to the chance mode when an enter condition is satisfied as a result of referring to the predetermined symbol determination table in the normal mode; a free game is started as a chance mode game in the chance mode; and the mode is returned from the chance mode to the normal mode when an end condition is satisfied as a result of referring to the specific symbol determination table in the chance mode. | 08-22-2013 |
20130244748 | GAMING MACHINE AND GAMING METHOD - A gaming machine according to an embodiment includes a symbol display and a controller. The symbol display configured to display an arrangement and a rendering movement of a plurality of symbols for a game, and the plurality of symbols including first and second symbols different from each other. The controller is configured to receive an input from a player, to determine whether a time of the input from the player is within a predetermined time duration during the rendering movement when the rendering movement satisfies a first condition, the predetermined time duration starting at a predetermined frame before the first symbol reaches at a predetermined position, and to stop a group of the symbols including the first symbol in response to the input from the player when the time of the input is within the predetermined time duration. | 09-19-2013 |
20130310143 | GAMING MACHINE REPRESENTING VARIOUS SYMBOLS IN RESPONSE TO COLOR OF LIGHT EMITTED FROM BACKLIGHT - The present invention provides a gaming machine provided with a mechanical reel, which expands the variation of the pattern of rearrangement of symbols. The gaming machine includes a reel assembly M | 11-21-2013 |
20140274299 | GAMING MACHINE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING AMUSINGNESS - The present invention provides a gaming machine capable of improving amusingness of a game by varying the continuity of the main game. According to the present invention, a normal mode game in the normal mode is started based on an input of the bet information from the bet input device; the mode is entered from the normal mode to the chance mode when an enter condition is satisfied as a result of referring to the predetermined symbol determination table in the normal mode; a free game is started as a chance mode game in the chance mode; and the mode is returned from the chance mode to the normal mode when an end condition is satisfied as a result of referring to the specific symbol determination table in the chance mode. | 09-18-2014 |
20140370962 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING PLURAL GAMING MODES - A gaming machine which can control the tempo of the game to refresh the player while maintaining continuity of the game, enhancing entertainingness and amusement of the game, and encouraging the player's sense of achievements. The input unit receives an instruction related to a game. The memory stores a first symbol determination table causing that a specific symbol appears among rearranged symbols on the symbol display unit with a first probability and a second symbol determination table causing that the specific symbol appears among the rearranged symbols with a second probability higher than the first probability. The controller starts the game in response to the instruction received through the input unit to execute the game in a normal mode and shifting the normal mode to a chance mode according to the game result in the normal mode. | 12-18-2014 |
20150038214 | GAMING MACHINE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING AMUSINGNESS - The present invention provides a gaming machine capable of improving amusingness of a game by varying the continuity of the main game. According to the present invention, a normal mode game in the normal mode is started based on an input of the bet information from the bet input device; the mode is entered from the normal mode to the chance mode when an enter condition is satisfied as a result of referring to the predetermined symbol determination table in the normal mode; a free game is started as a chance mode game in the chance mode; and the mode is returned from the chance mode to the normal mode when an end condition is satisfied as a result of referring to the specific symbol determination table in the chance mode. | 02-05-2015 |
20160093163 | GAMING MACHINE ALLOWING A PLAYER TO OPERATE A DISPLAYED MOVING BODY OBJECT - In a process (1-1), when a predetermined operation is performed via the input device to each of the plurality of moving body objects displayed on the display, a predetermined payout is added, and when the predetermined operation is not performed, the payout is not added, and in a process (1-2), when the last moving body object among the plurality of moving body objects is displayed on the display, in a case where the payout added in the process (1-1) is smaller than a predetermined credit, a shortage is settled. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093173 | GAMING MACHINE FOR EXECUTING A FIGHTING GAME BASED ON A CHOICE SELECTED BY A PLAYER - In a process (1-1), a plurality of choices, in each of which the content of fighting between the first moving body object and the second moving body object is assigned, are displayed on the display so as not to allow a player to recognize the content of the fighting; in a process (1-2), when one choice among the plurality of choices is selected by a player, the content of the fighting assigned in the one choice is displayed so as to allow a player to recognize the content of the fighting; and in a process (1-3), based on the content of the fighting assigned in the one choice, a view in which the first moving body object and the second moving body object fight is displayed. | 03-31-2016 |
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20130091816 | Intake Device for Engine - The intake device for an engine includes a carburetor section and an air cleaner section. The carburetor section includes a body having an intake passage which has an opening communicating with the air cleaner section and a choke valve being a butterfly valve having a plate-like valve body. The air cleaner section includes an air filter, an air-flow chamber provided between the air filter and the intake passage, and a reverse-flow restriction surface provided within the air-flow chamber. The air cleaner section further includes a plate-like partition extending from a location near an air-cleaner side periphery of the valve body of the choke valve in the full-open position to a location near the reverse-flow restriction surface so as to continue the periphery. | 04-18-2013 |
20130247389 | TOP-HANDLE WORKING MACHINE - A top-handle portable working machine includes a grip configuration that makes it easy for a worker to manipulate the implement as intended in order to adapt to tasks in which accuracy, fineness, or an attractive finish is needed. The direction of an axis in which the top grip extends and the direction of a working axis of the implement are inclined relative to each other in a vertical direction so as to intersect at a point to the rear of the housing at angle between 15 and 25°. A detachable grip-position restricting member is attachable to a concave part of the top grip. | 09-26-2013 |
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20120285131 | FILTER DEVICE - A filter device disposed in a moist fluid passage of the fuel cell system includes a fluid introducing path which introduces a fluid that flows in the moist fluid passage, a filter to permeate the fluid introduced from the fluid introducing path and remove foreign matter in the fluid, a fluid discharge path which discharges a fluid that passed the filter, and a rotating driving mechanism, connected with the filter, that rotates the filter so that substances that adheres to the filter are removed by the centrifugal force. In the filter device, water does not adhere to and does not remain in the filter. When leaving the system under the low temperature after the system stops, blockage by freezing the filter can surely be prevented. The complex control and the heat source such as a heater for defrost is unnecessary. Thus, a cheap and compact filter device can be provided. | 11-15-2012 |
20140069066 | FILTER DEVICE - A filter device disposed in a moist fluid passage of the fuel cell system includes a fluid introducing path which introduces a fluid that flows in the moist fluid passage, a filter to permeate the fluid introduced from the fluid introducing path and remove foreign matter in the fluid, a fluid discharge path which discharges a fluid that passed the filter, and a rotating driving mechanism, connected with the filter, that rotates the filter so that substances that adheres to the filter are removed by the centrifugal force. In the filter device, water does not adhere to and does not remain in the filter. When leaving the system under the low temperature after the system stops, blockage by freezing the filter can surely be prevented. The complex control and the heat source such as a heater for defrost is unnecessary. Thus, a cheap and compact filter device can be provided. | 03-13-2014 |
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20140016948 | OPTICAL RECEIVER - Provided is an optical receiver including a first delay interferometer, a second delay interferometer, and an input light splitting portion for inputting modulated light. The first delay interferometer includes a first light splitting portion for splitting the input light into first light and second light, a first reflecting portion and a second reflecting portion for causing the first light and the second light to return to the first light splitting portion. The second delay interferometer includes a second light splitting portion for splitting the input light into third light and fourth light, a third reflecting portion and a fourth reflecting portion for causing the third light and the fourth light to return to the second light splitting portion. A region between the first light splitting portion and the second reflecting portion intersects with a region between the second light splitting portion and the fourth reflecting portion. | 01-16-2014 |
20140152996 | POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A beam emitted from a light source is split into a probe beam that irradiates a measurement object and a reference beam that does not irradiate the measurement object. A signal beam obtained by the reflection of the probe beam is split into first and second split signal beams, which are mutually orthogonal polarized components. The first split signal beam and the reference beam are inputted to a first coherence optical system to cause the beams to interfere with each other to generate at least three coherence beams differing in phasic relationship. The second split signal beam and the reference beam are inputted to a second coherence optical system to cause the beams to interfere with each other to generate at least three coherence beams differing in phasic relationship. The coherence beams are then detected. | 06-05-2014 |
20140204388 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS - Provided is a compact, low-cost optical measuring apparatus capable of acquiring an image of a target to be measured without moving a mirror or using a wavelength-scanning light source or beam splitter. A laser beam emitted from a light source is split into first and second beams, and the first beam is focused as a signal beam onto the target by a lens for irradiation purposes, while the second beam is reflected as a reference beam by a mirror without irradiating the target. Then, a signal beam reflected by or scattered by the target is multiplexed with the reference beam and then enters interference optics, whereby three or more interference beams with different phases are generated and detected by photodetectors. Then, the detection signals are operated by a signal processing unit. During the measurement, the focus position of the first beam is moved at least in the optical axis direction. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204389 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPH AND OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC METHOD - A luminous flux including laser light of different wavelengths outgoing from a light source unit is split into two luminous fluxes, the first luminous flux is focused on a sample with an objective lens, and the second luminous flux functions as reference light without radiating it onto the sample. Signal light reflected from the sample and the reference light are multiplexed by a polarized beam splitter and are made to interfere on four photodetectors out of phase in a photodetection unit. A signal processing unit acquires the optical axis distribution of an object of examination in the sample by operating using the outputs of the plural photodetectors for input every wavelength, acquiring a detection signal and calculating the ratio of detection signals of different wavelengths every position in the sample. | 07-24-2014 |
20150062589 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - A small and inexpensive optical measurement apparatus is provided in which noise due to optical interference such as inter-layer crosstalk or speckle is suppressed. The optical measurement apparatus includes a light source to emit laser light, a high-frequency superimposing unit to superimpose a high-frequency current on a driving current to drive the light source, a light branching element to branch the laser light into signal light and reference light, an objective lens to condense and irradiate the signal light on a measurement object, a condensing position scanning unit to scan a condensing position of the signal light, a light path length adjusting unit to adjust a light path length difference between the signal light and the reference light, an interference optical system which combines the signal light reflected or scattered by the measurement object and the reference light, and generates a plurality of interference lights different from each other in phase relation, and a photodetector to detect the interference lights. | 03-05-2015 |
20150092196 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A clear image of a target to be measured is obtained by suppressing influence of a reflected beam from the surface of the target or a measurement target holding unit. A laser beam emitted from a light source is split into a signal beam, reference beam, and control beam. The signal beam is focused onto the target with an objective lens, so the target is irradiated with the signal beam. The amount of defocus of the control beam is controlled with a defocus control unit, and the phase of the control beam is controlled with a phase control unit. A signal beam reflected or scattered by the target is combined with the control beam to generate a controlled signal beam, and the controlled signal beam is combined with the reference beam. A plurality of interference beams with different phases are generated with interference optics, and phase diversity detection is performed. | 04-02-2015 |
20150260503 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY OBSERVATION APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus has a light source that emits a laser beam that is branched into signal light and reference light. An objective lens condenses the signal light on a measurement target to cause the measurement target to be irradiated; and a condensing position of the signal light is scanned in an optical axis direction. An interference optical system combines the signal light reflected or scattered from the measurement target with the reference light, and generates a plurality of interfering light beams having phase relationships different from one another that are detected by photodetectors. The detection signals are output as electrical signals; and a signal processing unit performs a predetermined arithmetic operation on the plurality of detection signals. The signal processing unit subtracts reflection light components from a predetermined portion of the measurement target from the plurality of detection signals or signals generated using the detection signals. | 09-17-2015 |
20160054113 | OPTICAL IMAGE MEASURING APPARATUS - A clear image of a measurement target in optical coherence tomography (OCT) is obtained while suppressing influence of reflected light from a specific portion. Included are a laser beam source, a beam splitter that splits a laser beam into a signal beam and reference beam; an objective lens that focuses the signal beam onto a measurement target in a container, a unit that moves the signal beam focus position, an objective lens that focuses the reference beam, a reflecting mirror, a flat plate arranged between the objective lens and reflecting mirror, and interference optics that combine the signal beam reflected by the measurement target with the reference beam reflected by the reflecting mirror and having passed through the objective lens. Three or more interference beams with different phases, and photodetectors that detect the interference beams are generated, and two of the objective lenses are the same lenses. | 02-25-2016 |
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20110277508 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GLASS BLANK FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING GLASS SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING GLASS SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a method of manufacturing a glass blank for a magnetic recording medium glass substrate, including: manufacturing a glass blank by at least press molding a falling molten glass gob with a pair of press molds both so as to face each other in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the molten glass gob falls, in which: the molten glass gob is formed of a glass material having a glass transition temperature of 600° C. or more; and when the press molding is carried out so that the molten glass gob is completely extended by pressure and molded into a flat glass between press-molding surfaces of the pair of press molds, at least a region in contact with the flat glass in each of the press-molding surfaces of the pair of press molds forms a substantially flat surface. Also provided are a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium glass substrate and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium each using the method of manufacturing a glass blank for a magnetic recording medium glass substrate. | 11-17-2011 |
20110283739 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS BLANK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a method of manufacturing a glass blank, the method including press-molding a molten glass gob under a state in which a separation mark formed on an upper surface of the molten glass gob faces at least one of the molding surface sides of a pair of press molds arranged facing each other in a horizontal direction, when the molten glass gob falls into a space between the pair of press molds, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium substrate and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, both using the glass blank. | 11-24-2011 |
20120247155 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GLASS BLANK FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM GLASS SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM GLASS SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS BLANK FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM GLASS SUBSTRATE - A method of manufacturing a glass blank for a magnetic recording medium glass substrate in which, after a pair of press molds placed so as to be opposed to each other in a horizontal direction with press-molding surfaces thereof and the temperatures of the press-molding surfaces being substantially the same are brought into contact with a molten glass gob substantially at the same time, press molding is carried out to produce plate glass and the plate glass continues to be pressed with the pair of molds, and then, when the plate glass is taken out, the duration time of pressing the plate glass is controlled so that the flatness of the glass blank is 10 μm or less, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium glass substrate, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, and an apparatus for manufacturing a glass blank for a magnetic recording medium glass substrate using the same. | 10-04-2012 |
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20100044311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FURTHER PURIFYING ULTRAPURE WATER - Disclosed are a method for further purifying ultrapure water, according to which any impurities in ultrapure water can be stably removed to a high degree within a small space over a prolonged period; and an apparatus therefor. Ultrapure water introduced into an ultrapure-water purifying apparatus | 02-25-2010 |
20100096269 | ELECTRODEIONIZATION APPARATUS - An electrodeionization apparatus has a cathode and an anode, and has alternately formed therebetween concentrating chambers and desalination chambers by alternately arranging a plurality of anion exchange membranes and cation exchange membranes, each of the concentrating chambers being provided with a bipolar membrane to partition the interior of the concentrating chamber into a cathode side and an anode side, and each of the desalination chambers being divided into at least two layers including a first layer and a second layer, from an upstream side in a direction of flow of water to be treated, and being filled with an ion exchanger comprising an anion exchanger and a cation exchanger. The ion exchanger filling the first layer contains no less than 50 vol % of the cation exchanger, while the ion exchanger filling the second layer contains over 50 vol % to 80 vol % of the anion exchanger. As a result, the electrodeionization apparatus can be stably operated for a prolonged period of time while preventing formation of scale in the concentrating chambers and desalination chambers. | 04-22-2010 |
20110094963 | MEMBRANE SEPARATION METHOD AND MEMBRANE SEPARATION DEVICE - To provide a membrane separation method capable of attaining reduced adsorption of a membrane-fouling substance contained in treatment water onto the surface of a separation membrane during membrane separation of the treatment water, to thereby lead retarded deterioration in membrane separation performance, and a membrane separation apparatus for performing the method. In the membrane separation method, to treatment water, a particulate cationic polymer which swells in water but does not substantially dissolve therein is added, and the treatment water is subjected to membrane separation. | 04-28-2011 |
20110168626 | REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE, REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE APPARATUS, AND HYDROPHILIC TREATMENT METHOD FOR REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE - A reverse osmosis membrane that can maintain high permeability for a longer time, a reverse osmosis membrane apparatus, and a hydrophilic treatment method for a reverse osmosis membrane. A reverse osmosis membrane to which poly(vinyl alcohol) is absorbed, wherein the poly(vinyl alcohol) is an ionic poly(vinyl alcohol). Preferably, adsorption of a cationic PVA to the reverse osmosis membrane is followed by adsorption of an anionic PVA. More preferably, an ionic polymer other than PVA is also absorbed to the reverse osmosis membrane. A reverse osmosis membrane apparatus including the reverse osmosis membrane. A hydrophilic treatment method for a reverse osmosis membrane, involving bringing the reverse osmosis membrane into contact with an ionic poly(vinyl alcohol). | 07-14-2011 |
20110203977 | FILTRATION APPARATUS AND WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - The filtration apparatus of the invention includes a filtration member | 08-25-2011 |
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20120330655 | VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE - A voice recognition device includes a voice recognition dictionary in which a word which is recognized as a result of voice recognition on an inputted voice is registered, a reply voice data storage unit for storing recorded voice data about words registered in the voice recognition dictionary, a dialog control unit for, when a word registered in the voice recognition dictionary is recognized, acquiring recorded voice data corresponding to the word from the reply voice data storage unit, a reproduction noise reduction unit for carrying out a process of reducing noise included in the recorded voice data, an amplitude adjusting unit for adjusting an amplitude of the recorded voice data in which the noise has been reduced to a predetermined amplitude level, and a voice reproduction unit for reproducing a voice from the amplitude-adjusted recorded voice data. | 12-27-2012 |
20150019224 | VOICE SYNTHESIS DEVICE - A voice synthesis device according to the present invention regularly recognizes the contents of an utterance made by a passenger or the like, and specifies a word before abbreviation corresponding to an abbreviation included in a facility name or the like which is included in the utterance contents by using the facility name or the like. Therefore, the voice synthesis device can read the abbreviation out loud while preventing the passenger from being forced to perform a burdensome operation of, for example, registering the word before abbreviation corresponding to the abbreviation and using a reading method familiar to and appropriate for the passenger. | 01-15-2015 |
20150331664 | VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - Because a voice recognition device in accordance with the present invention can adjust the output of a voice recognition result according to the priority of a display of the recognition result with respect to display information other than the voice recognition result at all times while recognizing an uttered voice, the voice recognition device prevents the acquisition of other information important for the user from being blocked due to the display of the recognition result, and improves the user's convenience. | 11-19-2015 |
20160035352 | VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RECOGNITION RESULT DISPLAY APPARATUS - A voice recognition system, when deciding that a user is about to select a voice recognition result displayed on a screen while the system continuously recognizes a voice uttered, stops a display update of the recognition result on the display unit, thereby being able to prevent the recognition result from disappearing or from changing to other recognition result at the moment when the user is about to select the recognition result. This makes it possible to prevent a user from carrying out an unwanted operation, and to improve the convenience of the user. | 02-04-2016 |
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20120183763 | NEAR-INFRARED-ABSORBING PARTICLES, PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION, DISPERSION, AND ARTICLE THEREOF - To provide near-infrared-absorbing particles which have a high transmittance in the visible light region and a low transmittance in the near infrared region and which, when incorporated, can give a near-infrared-absorbing coating film wherein the transmittance sharply changes in the wavelength range of from 630 to 700 nm; a process for their production; and their dispersion. Near-infrared-absorbing particles consisting essentially of crystallites of A | 07-19-2012 |
20120243077 | OPTICAL MEMBER, NEAR INFRARED CUT FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, LENS FOR IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING/DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an optical member in the form of a film or a thin plate. The optical member contains near infrared absorbing particles comprising crystallites of an oxide containing at least Cu and P and having a number average aggregated particle size of at least 20 nm and at most 200 nm. Further, a near infrared cut filter, a solid-state imaging element, a lens for an imaging device and an imaging/display device are disclosed. They comprise a near infrared absorbing layer containing near infrared absorbing particles comprising crystallites of an oxide containing at least Cu and P and having a number average aggregated particle size of at least 20 nm and at most 200 nm. | 09-27-2012 |
20140091419 | OPTICAL FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an optical filter, a solid-state imaging element and an imaging device lens which contain a near infrared ray absorbing layer having a specific near infrared ray absorbing dye dispersed in a transparent resin having a refractive index of 1.54 or more, and also relates to an imaging device containing the solid-state imaging element or the imaging device lens. The near infrared ray absorbing layer has a transmittance of visible light of from 450 to 600 nm of 70% or more, a transmittance of light in a wavelength region of from 695 to 720 nm of not more than 10%, and an amount of change of transmittance of not more than −0.8 | 04-03-2014 |
20140139912 | OPTICAL MEMBER - An optical member has: a transparent substrate; and a dielectric multilayer on the transparent substrate formed by stacking a plurality of unit refractive index layers each formed of a high-refractive index layer having a refractive index of 2 or more and a low-refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.6 or less. In the optical member, a total number of the unit refractive index layers is 15 or more, and a number of the unit refractive index layers satisfying a condition of n | 05-22-2014 |
20140376097 | MICROLENS ARRAY AND IMAGING ELEMENT PACKAGE - A microlens array to be used in combination with a pixel array of an imaging element. The microlens includes a glass substrate; and a plurality of microlenses provided on at least one surface of the glass substrate and arranged in an array shape. Each of the plurality of the microlenses is constituted such that light to be entered into the microlens is received by a plurality of pixels of the imaging element. A difference between a coefficient of linear expansion of the glass substrate and a coefficient of linear expansion of an imaging element substrate having the pixel array formed thereon or member of a package to be bonded to the imaging element substrate is within 8×10 | 12-25-2014 |
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20140136934 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive specification of a plurality of material electronic documents and an instruction on generation of an integrated electronic document based on the plurality of material electronic documents, a display unit configured to, when the reception unit receives the instruction, display on a display unit a setting screen for receiving setting on the generation of the integrated electronic document from the plurality of material electronic documents before the integrated electronic document is generated, and a generation unit configured to, based on the setting received via the setting screen, generate the integrated electronic document from the plurality of material electronic documents. | 05-15-2014 |
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20100171858 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display control device capable of suppressing an abrupt change in brightness of a display device viewed by a user when a large change takes place in outside light illuminance, thereby relieving a viewing difficulty. A control unit detects illuminance of outside light irradiated onto the display device, calculates a target brightness value corresponding to the detected illuminance, and sets a brightness setting value for the display device based on the target brightness value. If there is continuity in display content of the display device, the brightness setting value is set while providing an upper limit value for an amount of change in target brightness value. If the display content is changed without continuity, the target brightness value is set as the brightness setting value while unrestricting the amount of change in the target brightness value. | 07-08-2010 |
20110097067 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - When the depth information indicating a difference among a plurality of subjects in the size of subject distance is large, an imaging apparatus lowers a threshold value of the subject luminance to be referred to when determining whether to perform a shooting operation with light emission by an illumination device. | 04-28-2011 |
20110170853 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS - When communication is made between a camera and an interchangeable lens by a conventional synchronization method, an operation for checking Busy is required between communications, and operating performances of the camera and interchangeable lens may not be occasionally improved. Provided is a camera and interchangeable lens system in which a communication method between a camera and an interchangeable lens can be changed to one of synchronous communication and asynchronous communication. The synchronous communication is made first while the camera serves as a master. The camera measures a time interval of a signal pulse output from the lens at a predetermined time interval in response to a command from the camera to the interchangeable lens for change of the communication to the asynchronous communication. The camera determines a baud rate for the asynchronous communication and then changes the communication method between the camera and the interchangeable lens to the asynchronous communication. | 07-14-2011 |
20120069240 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Information relating to object distances in a plurality of areas in an imaging plane is acquired, and a threshold value for an object luminance at which imaging is performed by flashing an illumination device according to a difference between an object distance in a reference area and the object distances in the plurality of areas. | 03-22-2012 |
20120155853 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND LENS UNIT - An imaging apparatus includes a first terminal and a second terminal and a control unit configured to perform switching between a first communication mode for outputting a clock signal via the first terminal and communicating with a mounted lens unit via the second terminal based on the clock signal and a second communication mode for communicating with the mounted lens unit via the first terminal or the second terminal without using the clock signal. The control unit continuously sets the first communication mode if the second communication mode is not usable for the mounted lens unit. On the other hand, the control unit sets the second communication mode if the second communication mode is available for the mounted lens unit and sets a baud rate to communicate with the lens unit in the second communication mode to be a baud rate value received from the lens unit. | 06-21-2012 |
20120189290 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT EMISSION AMOUNT CALCULATION METHOD - When information associated with an object distance cannot be acquired, an image capture apparatus sets a condition required to determine a reference area used to determine weighting coefficients for respective photometry areas from a plurality of photometry areas, based on photometric values of the plurality of photometry areas obtained by making preliminary light emission. | 07-26-2012 |
20120294600 | IMAGING APPARATUS, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus including a light emitting device includes a determination unit configured to determine a weighting coefficient of each of a plurality of light metering regions, a calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of main flash light of the light emitting device after performing weighting of the light metering value of each of the plurality of light metering regions according to the weighting coefficient determined by the determination unit, and a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of light metering regions, a reference region which is used when the weighting coefficient of each of the plurality of light metering regions is determined by the determination unit, and the selection unit selects the reference region in such a manner that a light metering region different from a light metering region whose color information acquired by the color information acquisition unit satisfies a particular condition, is preferentially selected. | 11-22-2012 |
20130208148 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS CLOSE-UP SHOOTING, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus that reduces a camera shake and a motion blur during close-up shooting performed by increasing shooting magnification and depth of field. A control unit determines an aperture value and a shutter speed based on information on shooting magnification and a photometry result. In a situation where luminance information based on photometry result is the same, the aperture value is set larger when the shooting magnification is larger than a first value than when not larger than the same, and in a situation where the shooting magnification is larger than the first value and the luminance information is the same, the aperture value is set larger and the shutter speed is set lower when neither a camera shake nor a motion of an object within an imaging screen has occurred than when either has occurred. | 08-15-2013 |
20130258175 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image sensing apparatus obtains the weighted average luminance of an image sensing target that puts weight on a main subject in an obtained luminance distribution of the image sensing target. The image sensing apparatus decides exposure control values based on the average luminance of a region that is lower than the weighted average luminance, out of regions each of a predetermined size contained in the image sensing target, and the weighted average luminance. | 10-03-2013 |
20130293729 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image capturing apparatus receives shake information detected by, for example, a sensor which detects a shake, and determines whether the hold status of the image capturing apparatus is handheld or fixed, based on the shake information (first shake determination). Also, the image capturing apparatus sequentially acquires images output upon photoelectric conversion by charge-accumulation type photoelectric conversion elements, and determines whether the hold status is handheld or fixed, based on an image displacement between the images (second shake determination). The exposure settings at the time of image capturing are changed between the case wherein it is determined by first shake determination that the hold status is fixed, and that wherein it is determined by second shake determination that the hold status is fixed. | 11-07-2013 |