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20090245597 | RIDGE REGION EXTRACTION - This invention includes a ridge region extractor which identifies a ridge region in a digital image based on a correlation value indicating the degree of similarity between each of a plurality of regions of the digital image and each of a plurality of ridge template images associated with a ridge pattern. | 10-01-2009 |
20120057764 | STRIPE PATTERN IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE, STRIPE PATTERN IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - Provided is a stripe pattern image analysis device by which a burden of an appraiser regarding a new charting point searching designation operation can be reduced. The device includes a charting point modification element obtaining or modifying a first point located on a first stripe pattern image displayed in a first window, and a second point which is corresponding to the first point and located on a second stripe pattern image displayed in a second window; a nonlinear coordinate transformation element transforming the first stripe pattern image using a nonlinear coordinate transformation so that a first coordinate of the first point in the first window matches a second coordinate of the second point in the second window; and a charting figure edit and display element displaying the first stripe pattern image, transformed by the nonlinear coordinate transformation element by use of the nonlinear coordinate transformation, in the first window. | 03-08-2012 |
20150220769 | STRIPED PATTERN IMAGE EXAMINATION SUPPORT DEVICE, STRIPED PATTERN IMAGE EXAMINATION SUPPORT METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided are a striped pattern image examination support device, method, and program. The device includes: image transformation element for transforming at least one of two striped pattern images so as to cause coordinates of charting points, which are points that correspond across the two striped pattern images, to match in a plurality of pairs of the charting points which are included in the two striped pattern images; intersecting point extraction element for calculating coordinates of intersecting points of stripes in the striped pattern images and line segments each of which connects two of the charting points in the striped pattern images; charting diagram display element for displaying the two striped pattern images after transformation by the image transformation element, and displaying figures representing charting points at positions corresponding to coordinates after the transformations of each of the charting points on the two striped pattern images. | 08-06-2015 |
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20110255710 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A signal processing apparatus includes an absolute value unit configured to convert an audio signal into absolute values, a representative value calculation unit configured to calculate representative values of consecutive sample values included in blocks of the audio signal which has been converted into the absolute values using at least maximum sample values among values of the samples included in the blocks for individual blocks, an average value calculation unit configured to determine a section which includes a predetermined number of consecutive blocks as a frame and calculate a maximum value of the representative values of the blocks included in the frame and an average value of the representative values of the blocks included in the frame, and a detector configured to detect click noise in the frame on the basis of a ratio of the maximum value to the average value. | 10-20-2011 |
20120103166 | Signal Processing Device, Signal Processing Method, and Program - A signal processing device that identifies a piece of music of an input signal by comparing the input signal with a plurality of reference signals including only a piece of music includes a weight distribution generating section that generates a weight distribution corresponding to a likeness to music in regions of the input signal transformed into a time-frequency domain, and a similarity calculating section that calculates degrees of similarity between a feature quantity in the regions of the input signal transformed into the time-frequency domain and feature quantities in the regions of the reference signals transformed into the time-frequency domain on the basis of the weighting based on the weight distribution. | 05-03-2012 |
20140177853 | SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE, SOUND PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a sound processing device including a background noise estimation unit configured to estimate a background noise of an input signal, a noise suppression unit configured to suppress the background noise of the input signal based on a result obtained by estimating the background noise, a feature quantity calculation unit configured to calculate a feature quantity based on the input signal in which the background noise is suppressed, and a consonant detection unit configured to detect a consonant from the input signal based on the feature quantity. | 06-26-2014 |
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20110125910 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, CALL CONTROL SERVER DEVICE, AND CALL CONTROL PROGRAM - Upon receipt of an access request from a Web terminal, a service providing server transmits a shop ID stored in an external information database to the Web terminal. When the shop ID is selected by the Web terminal, the service providing server acquires external connection destination information, and notifies a SIP proxy server of the information via the Web terminal. When notified of the information, the SIP proxy server identifies internal connection destination information in an internal information database, based on an IP address added at the time of the notification of the external connection destination information. After making a call to a telephone device with the use of the identified internal connection destination information, the SIP proxy server makes a call to the shop with the use of the external connection destination information. After that, the SIP proxy server establishes a connection between the telephone device and the shop. | 05-26-2011 |
20110196978 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD - A service providing server collects call session information that identifies communication established between terminals and service usage IDs that identify the terminals for each terminal. Then, the service providing server identifies call session information pieces indicating the same communication and associates Web services with each other. When the service providing server provides the associated Web services to the terminals, the service providing server identifies service usage IDs that identify the terminals and control provision of the Web services so that each Web service is provided according to history information stored in a history information database in association with service usage IDs. | 08-11-2011 |
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20120328276 | LENS BARREL AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A lens barrel includes an operation member adapted to be movable to a first position and a second position and turnable at each of the positions, a turning member adapted to turnably engage with the operation member at the second position, and disengage from the operation member at the first position, a first detection unit adapted to detect a turning position of the turning member configured to turn in engagement with the operation member, a second detection unit adapted to detect a turning amount and a rotational direction of the operation member when the operation member is disengaged from the turning member, and a moving unit adapted to move the focusing lens along the optical axis based on an output from the first detection unit or the second detection unit. | 12-27-2012 |
20130329310 | LENS BARREL - The present invention provides a lens barrel that holds a lens system including a plurality of lens groups in which an object-side fixed lens group and image-side fixed lens group that are fixed to both ends of a cylindrical fixed barrel are arranged, and a first focusing lens group and a second focusing lens group that are moving lens groups are arranged inside the fixed barrel. | 12-12-2013 |
20140009847 | LENS BARREL AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A lens barrel includes a fixed portion with an optical system including a focusing lens. An operation member is placed so as to be movable to first and second positions along an optical axis of the fixed portion, and turnable around the optical axis at the first and second positions. A turning member turns along with the operation member when moved to the second position, and does not operate with the operation member when moved from the second position to the first position. Positioning means position the operation member at the first or second position through a plurality of balls. When the operation member is at the first position it is urged to the first position by the plurality of balls. When the operation member is at the second position, it is urged to the second position by the plurality of balls. | 01-09-2014 |
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20120281101 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device. | 11-08-2012 |
20140368679 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device. | 12-18-2014 |
20150189153 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device. | 07-02-2015 |
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20080294008 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope according to the present invention includes an insertion portion that is inserted into a duct, an observation window provided at a distal end in the insertion direction of the insertion portion for observing the inside of the duct, a balloon provided so as to extend in a radial shape in a diametrical direction of the insertion portion with respect to the insertion portion and which contacts an inner wall of the duct to fix the insertion portion to the inner wall, and a plurality of suction holes that are provided at a position that is further on the distal end side in the insertion direction than the balloon while being closer to a proximal end side in the insertion direction than the observation window in the insertion portion and that suck in dirt removed from the inner wall by contact between the balloon and the inner wall. | 11-27-2008 |
20090030277 | Endoscope Insertion Portion and Endoscope System - To realize an endoscope insertion portion and endoscope system capable of providing a significant propulsive function by reducing a friction between a propulsive force generation section and an insertion portion, an endoscope insertion portion comprising: an introductory tube as an insertion portion; a spiral tube as a propulsive force generation section mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the introductory tube and rotating around the longitudinal axis of the introductory tube; and a plurality of ring members provided on an outer peripheral surface of an elastic cover tube at predetermined intervals between an inner peripheral surface of a spiral tube and the elastic cover tube | 01-29-2009 |
20090062611 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - The present invention is an endoscope apparatus comprising an over tube having a balloon, a fluid suction pipeline provided at the over tube so that a suction opening portion is opened on a proximal end side from the balloon, a suctioning device for suctioning a fluid in the fluid suction pipeline, a pressure/flow-rate sensor for detecting a pressure of the fluid at least at a single position from a lumen to which the over tube is inserted to the suctioning device through the fluid suction pipeline, and a control circuit for controlling a suction pump so that the pressure of the fluid in the lumen in the vicinity of the suction opening portion falls within an appropriate pressure range based on the pressure detected by the pressure/flow-rate sensor. | 03-05-2009 |
20090118582 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT, ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - A medical instrument of the present invention comprises a spiral shaped portion provided at an insertion portion main body, for generating a force at the insertion portion main body to advance/retreat in a subject by a contact with a body wall of the subject, a balloon provided so as to expand radially in a radial direction of the insertion portion main body and capable of contact with the body wall, a suction opening portion provided between the spiral shaped portion and the balloon in the insertion portion main body, and a suction pipeline communicating with the suction opening portion, inserted into the insertion portion main body and connected to a suction pressure controller on a rear end side of the insertion portion main body in the insertion direction. | 05-07-2009 |
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20100108875 | METHOD OF ANALYZING MINUTE QUANTITY OF CONTENT - A sample preparation for analyzing a minute quantity of a content included in a material is performed by short-time extraction treatment without long-time extraction treatment, and the minute quantity of the content in the material is rapidly analyzed. The method of analyzing a minute quantity of a content includes mounting on a sample table a sample piece of a material to be analyzed; dropping onto the sample table the solvent for extracting the content from the sample piece, and injecting the solvent into a gap between the sample table and the sample piece; maintaining at room temperature the solvent injected into the gap between the sample table and the sample piece, and, with the solvent maintained in the gap between the sample table and the sample piece, extracting the content from the sample piece; and analyzing the content extracted from the sample piece. | 05-06-2010 |
20100192673 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A method allowing an accurate diagnosis of a failure of an oil-filled electrical apparatus resulting from production of copper sulfide even with a small amount of an insulating oil is implemented. A diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical apparatus for diagnosing a failure of the oil-filled electrical apparatus having a copper part disposed in an insulating oil is implemented by detecting at least one compound of bibenzyl and dibenzyl sulfide in the oil of the oil-filled electrical apparatus, to diagnose a failure of the oil-filled electrical apparatus in accordance with the detected amount of the compound. It is configured such that a failure of the oil-filled electrical apparatus resulting from production of copper sulfide can be diagnosed by detecting a specified substance, which allows an accurate diagnosis of a failure even with a small amount of the insulating oil. | 08-05-2010 |
20110084716 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL DEVICE, DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide a diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical device that considers a temperature distribution in the oil-filled electrical device and enables accurate diagnosis to be conducted even when the method is applied to diagnosis of an actually operating device, and further provide a method with which such diagnosis of an oil-filled electrical device can be conducted from a component analysis value of an insulating oil in the oil-filled electrical device. The invention is a diagnostic method for an oil-filled electrical device including in an insulating oil a metal part wrapped with insulating paper, and determines that a time when a surface resistivity of a maximum precipitation site where metal sulfide is most precipitated on the insulating paper reaches a preset surface resistivity management value is a time of occurrence of an abnormality. | 04-14-2011 |
20110090034 | OIL IMMERSED ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - An oil immersed electrical apparatus such as an oil immersed transformer that can detect copper sulfide precipitated on coil insulating paper is provided. In the oil immersed transformer in which a coil with its surface covered by insulating paper is arranged in a container filled with insulating oil, a detection member is prepared by providing two electrodes on a surface of a plate-like pressboard formed of cellulose, which is a same material as that of the insulating paper, this detection member is arranged in contact with the insulating oil, and generation of copper sulfide is detected from reduction in a surface resistance between the electrodes. The temperature of the detection member is set higher than the temperature of the coil so that copper sulfide is generated thereon prior to generation of copper sulfide on a coil unit. | 04-21-2011 |
20110246149 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING POSSIBILITY OF OCCURRENCE OF ANOMALY IN OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A method for predicting the possibility of occurrence of an anomaly includes compositionally analyzing an insulating oil collected from a transformer in operation, calculating an estimated value of a concentration of dibenzyl disulfide in the insulating oil in its virgin state from the compositional analysis, and predicting the possibility of occurrence of anomaly in the oil-filled electrical apparatus from the level of the estimated value. | 10-06-2011 |
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20150073699 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING MAP IMAGE - A server according to one embodiment displays on a map image a position corresponding to a user with consideration for user privacy. The server executes a program for outputting a map image including: a user specifying module configured to specify, based at least on a present position of one or more users, the one or more users for whom user elements are arranged on the map image; a determination module configured to determine a modification direction and a modification distance used to modify the present location corresponding to the one or more users thus specified; an arrangement module configured to arrange the user elements on the map image at a position corresponding to the present location modified according to the determined modification direction and the determined modification distance; and an output module configured to output to a terminal device the map image having the user elements arranged thereon. | 03-12-2015 |
20150081409 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER WITH REWARD - A server according to an embodiment allows a user to more comfortably enjoy communication with other users. This server executes a reward granting program including a user identification module that identifies, in response to a request from a terminal device of one user, one or a plurality of users from among the plurality of users based on present locations of the plurality of users, a user information transmission module that transmits information on the identified users to the terminal device of the one user, a first execution module that receives, from the terminal device of the one user, a request for execution of greeting transmission by the one user on another user selected by the one user from among the identified users and executes the greeting transmission, a second execution module that receives, from a terminal device of the other user, a request for execution of greeting reply to the one user by the other user for whom the greeting transmission is executed and executes the greeting reply, and a reward granting module that grants points to the one user and the other user in accordance with execution of the greeting reply to the one user by the other user. | 03-19-2015 |
20150244654 | SERVER DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - The server device stores image information uploaded by any registered user in conjunction with the identification information of the uploading user who uploaded said image information and manages the association between tagged image information that is subjected to tagging and tagged users by performing a tagging operation that associates image information uploaded to the image information storage unit by the uploading user with any registered user in response to a request from the uploading user or other registered users. | 08-27-2015 |