Medical X-ray apparatus; X-ray medical diagnostic apparatus;
X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus for medical use;
diagnostic imaging apparatus for medical purposes; medical
apparatus and instruments; systems comprising X-ray computed
tomography (CT) apparatus and accessories for medical use.
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COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
A communication apparatus acquires a certain time, generates a message including first information indicating the certain time and second information, which is information about a time source providing the certain time, and sends the message to one or more other communication apparatuses via a PC5 interface conforming to 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard.
In an implementation, a method can include creating a first edge in a workpiece that includes a die and a dicing lane adjacent to the die, wherein the first edge extends to at least the dicing lane. The method can further include dicing the workpiece to separate the die from a remainder of the workpiece, wherein dicing forms an outer peripheral edge and is performed after creating the first edge, and bonding the die to a bonding site, wherein, during bonding, the outer peripheral edge does not contact an object. In another implementation, the bonding substrate can comprise a trench, and the die may or may not have an edge. In both methods, outer peripheral edges of the die may not contact any object during a bonding transfer cycle. A bonding apparatus can be adapted to carry out the method.
H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
H01L 21/304 - Mechanical treatment, e.g. grinding, polishing, cutting
H01L 21/78 - Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices
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SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONFORMING DIES TO SUBSTRATES
Some devices, systems, and methods control a plurality of actuators to move a chiplet chuck holding a chiplet toward a substrate while maintaining a set tip-tilt of the chiplet chuck; detect contact of the chiplet with the substrate based on a change of a force applied to the chiplet chuck by at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators while maintaining the set tip-tilt of the chiplet chuck; and, after detecting the contact of the chiplet with the substrate, control the plurality of actuators to move the chiplet chuck toward the substrate without maintaining the set tip-tilt of the chiplet chuck and adjusting a respective force that each actuator of the plurality of actuators applies to the chiplet chuck such that a predetermined condition is satisfied.
An apparatus for bonding multiple pluralities of chiplets to a destination substrate includes one or more bonding heads, each bonding head of the one or more bonding heads having a curved surface configured to hold a plurality of chiplets, a destination stage configured to hold the destination substrate, and a controller configured to operate the movement of the one or more bonding heads and the destination stage. The controller includes a plurality of motors configured to drive each bonding head of the one or more bonding heads in at least in the θX, θY, and Z, directions. The curved surface is a convex surface having a curvature bulging towards the destination stage.
Disclosed is a cartridge package that includes a cartridge for mounting on a liquid ejection apparatus and to reserve liquid; a storage container arranged with a bottom and at least four side walls, and including a main body and a film, the main body including a storage portion configured to store the cartridge and an opening facing the bottom, the film being arranged to seal the opening; and a box including a substantially hexahedral housing portion for housing the storage container. In the box, a surface of the housing portion facing the film in a state in which the storage container is housed in the box includes an outer wall and an inner wall that is provided to be separated from the outer wall by a space.
B65D 5/20 - Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
B65D 5/42 - Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
B65D 81/05 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a reading unit. The image forming unit is configured to form an image. The reading unit has a first reading mode, in which a document conveyed by a conveyance unit is read, and a second reading mode, in which a document placed on a platen glass is read. A first correction mode, in which correction data is generated using a result of reading the test document in the first reading mode, or a second correction mode, in which correction data is generated using a result of reading the test document in the second reading mode, is executed based on a result of detection of placement of a test document on the reading unit.
An information processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to, upon executing the instructions, detect, as a candidate region, a region within a predetermined size range including two or more end points of distresses from a captured image of an inspection target, acquire a difficulty in a case where a user determines whether to perform a predetermined task on the distresses having the end points included in the candidate region, and display the candidate region based on the difficulty.
A container for storing a liquid cartridge that is attachable to a liquid discharge apparatus, the container includes a storage unit including a bottom and at least four side walls, and an opening facing the bottom, wherein a plurality of ribs protrudes from an inner surface of at least one of the at least four side walls of the storage unit toward an inside of the storage unit and extends from the bottom toward the opening, and wherein the plurality of ribs includes a plurality of first ribs, the plurality of first ribs is configured to protrudes in a direction parallel to the bottom and inclined relative to the side walls.
A toner container configured to be detachably mountable to an apparatus main body includes a container chamber and is provided with an outlet port for discharging the contained toner to outside, a filter configured to prevent passage of the toner and allow passage of air, an air chamber that is provided with an inlet port for receiving the air and is adjacent to the container chamber with the filter in between, and a passage that is provided in the container chamber to pass the toner and has a first opening for receiving the toner and a second opening configured to communicate with the outlet port, the passage extending from the first opening to the second opening, wherein, the only opening through which the air flowing in from the inlet port and the toner is discharged from the container chamber is the outlet port.
A processing apparatus has feature plane storage that stores feature plane data. The apparatus has a coefficient storage that stores weight coefficient data. The apparatus has a calculation circuit that performs convolution operation processing using the stored weight coefficient on feature plane data of a feature plane that is supplied by the feature plane storage to the calculation circuit. The apparatus has a parameter storage configured to store a common control parameter for each feature plane group. A plurality of feature planes are grouped into the feature plane group based on commonality of operation processing such that a feature plane to be referred to in the operation processing for calculating the feature plane data of each of the plurality of feature planes is common.
G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersectionsConnectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
G06T 5/20 - Image enhancement or restoration using local operators
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
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IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An image inspection apparatus includes a scanning unit that scans a sheet conveyed from an image forming unit. The apparatus compares a scanned overall image of the sheet with a reference image to detect misalignment in image formation. Based on the misalignment, it aligns the scanned image with the reference image to generate a first image. The first image is then compared with the reference image to detect local distortions in different parts of the image. Based on the detected distortions, the apparatus performs local alignment to generate a second image. It then calculates distortion amounts for each part and determines whether the image is normal based on these values. This enables determination of image normality based on both misalignment and distortion.
The aspect of the embodiments, provides an apparatus comprising: a measurement device configured to measure foreign particles on a surface of an object; a conveyer including a holder configured to hold the object while contacting a part of the surface of the object, and configured to convey the object for which the foreign particles have been measured, while holding the object by the holder; and a controller configured to control conveying the object by the conveyer, in accordance with specific foreign particles in a contact region to which the holder contacts among the surface of the object, wherein the specific foreign particles are obtained from a measurement result of the measurement device.
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfacesMaterials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresistsApparatus specially adapted therefor
Provided is a lens module with a lens barrel for holding a lens and having a threaded portion on an outer peripheral surface; a lens holder for holding the lens barrel to be movable along an optical axis direction of the lens, the lens holder having a threaded portion on an inner peripheral surface, the threaded portion of the lens barrel and the threaded portion of the lens holder being screwed together; and a biasing member arranged between the outer peripheral surface of the lens barrel and the inner peripheral surface of the lens holder, with a protruding part formed on a part of the inner peripheral surface of the lens holder, and with the biasing member biasing the lens barrel toward the lens holder by contacting the protruding part.
An image processing device includes a jam occurrence record display unit configured to display a screen of records of jams at at least one location in the image processing device, and a jam details display unit configured to display details of individual records of jams that have occurred at the same location on the basis of a user operation on the screen of records of jams. At least one of the jam occurrence record display unit and the jam details display unit displays at least one of dates and times when the jams have occurred and paper information about the paper on which the jams have occurred.
A method for an information processing apparatus that displays a screen includes receiving a non-standard size setting as a paper size of a printing setting on the screen, automatically changing a setting of a paper feed unit to manual feed based on receipt of a non-standard size setting without receiving a user operation for changing the setting of the paper feed unit on the screen, and controlling transmission of a print job based on the print setting to an image processing apparatus.
A communication apparatus includes a unit configured to transmit, to an access point complying with an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 series standard, a Trigger frame, the Trigger frame including information for identifying a transmission source communication apparatus as a transmission source of a data frame, information for identifying a destination communication apparatus as a destination of the data frame, and information for identifying a relay communication apparatus relaying and transmitting the data frame, and a unit configured to transmit the data frame to the relay communication apparatus in a case where the information for identifying the transmission source communication apparatus in the Trigger frame matches information for identifying the access point.
An image capturing apparatus comprise a plurality of pixels and a correction unit. Each pixel includes: a photoelectric converter that photoelectrically converts incident light into charge; first and second charge holding sections that hold charge obtained by the photoelectric converter with first and second charge accumulation periods, respectively, and first and second floating diffusion portions that read out first and second signals corresponding to the charges held in the first and second charge holding sections. The correction unit corrects signal levels of the first signal and the second signal based on a difference in capacitance between the first and second floating diffusion portions.
An information processing device includes a processor, and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing device to execute acquisition processing to acquire information about a physical characteristic of a virtual object, execute setting processing to set a first region and a second region different from the first region in a space where the virtual object is located, and execute control processing to, in a case where a position of the virtual object held by a user falls within the first region in the space, not control generation of a haptic effect based on the information, and in a case where the position falls within the second region, control the generation of the haptic effect.
Provided is an optical apparatus comprising: a rotating member configured to allow an optical element to be moved in a direction along an optical axis; a protruding member configured to urge the rotating member in a direction different from a rotating direction of the rotating member; and a detection unit, wherein the rotating member includes a first region, a second region, and a third region set between the first region and the second region in the rotating direction, wherein the rotating member is subjected to a force in the rotating direction when being urged by the protruding member in the third region, and wherein a changing rate of an output of the detection unit is different for each of a first state in which the first region is opposed to the protruding member and a second state in which the second region is opposed to the protruding member.
A developer container detachably attached at a predetermined mounting position includes: a developer accommodating chamber, a filter that allows passage of air and suppresses passage of the developer, and an air chamber that is partitioned from the developer accommodating chamber by the filter, and switching between a first state and a second state can be made, the first state being a state in which a driving force of a motor is transmitted to an air supply portion that supplies the air to the air chamber, and is not transmitted to a movement mechanism that moves a restricting member between a restricting position for restricting movement of the developer container and an allowing position for allowing the movement of the developer container, and the second state being a state in which the driving force is transmitted to the movement mechanism and is not transmitted to the air supply portion.
An image processing apparatus comprises at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor, that upon execution of the stored instructions, is configured to operate as an acquisition unit configured to acquire data of an image; and a generation unit configured to generate color separation data based on the data of the image, the color separation data being used to record the image using a first ink for forming a surface layer of the image, a first reaction liquid that reacts with the first ink, a second ink for forming an undercoat layer of the image, and a second reaction liquid that has a different reactivity from the first reaction liquid and reacts with the second ink.
Disclosed is a focusing device that performs focus adjustment of an imaging optical system so that a subject area detected from a captured image is in focus. the focusing device sets a plurality of areas for calculating a defocus amount as areas in an image and selects an area to be used for focus adjustment from the plurality of areas. The focusing device then performs focus adjustment of the imaging optical system based on the defocus amount calculated for the area to be used for focus adjustment. The focusing device sets the plurality of areas in a range encompassing the subject area. In a case where the subject area is smaller than a predetermined size, the focusing device sets the range that is narrower than in a case where the subject area is not smaller than the predetermined size.
A cartridge is configured to be attachable to a main body of an image forming apparatus and configured to receive toner supplied from a supply container. The cartridge includes a supply port configured to receive the toner supplied from the supply container, a shutter member configured to cover the supply port, and a locking member. The locking member is moved from a lock position to an unlock position to allow movement of the shutter member by using electric power supplied from the main body.
A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes a first frame rotatably supporting a photosensitive member. The process cartridge also includes a second frame that is movable relative to the first frame. A connecting member is connected to a part of the second frame that is positioned between first and second bearing members in a longitudinal direction of the second frame. The connected member is elongated in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the second frame, and the connecting member is removable from the main assembly of the image forming apparatus together with the second frame.
A liquid ejection head includes an ejection substrate including an ejection port row in a first surface, the ejection port row having a plurality of ejection ports configured to eject liquid arranged in the ejection port row, and a protective member configured to be bonded to the first surface of the ejection substrate via an adhesive, the protective member including a first opening corresponding to the ejection port row. The protective member further includes a second opening between the first opening and an outer edge of the protective member and outside a region where the ejection ports are formed, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first surface.
An image capturing apparatus has a light emitting device attached thereto and performs shooting with light emission from the light emitting device. A main light emission amount at a time of image capturing is calculated based on luminance information measured of a photometry area when performing preliminary light emission. Whether to continue image capturing is determined according to a shooting mode. If the main light emission amount is equal to or larger than the light emission amount upper limit value, a difference between the main light emission amount and the light emission amount upper limit value is corrected with an image capturing parameter, and shooting is performed by setting the light emission amount upper limit value as the main light emission amount. If determined to continue image capturing, image capturing corrected with the image capturing parameter is continued.
A focus detection apparatus hierarchically detects one or more specific region from an object in a captured image, sets focus detection regions divided into a plurality of regions with respect to the specific region, detects focus detection information for each focus detection region, decides a target region for performing an automatic focus operation, obtains a distribution of defocus amount of the specific region, and changes a range for obtaining a distribution of defocus amount of a lower level region in a case where a distribution of defocus amount of an upper level region is not less than a predetermined range, when deciding the target region included in the upper level region based on the distribution of defocus amount of the lower level region in the specific region.
A printing apparatus includes a discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid to a print medium, a suction unit configured to suck mist on the print medium, an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about a distance between the print medium and the discharging unit, and a suction control unit configured to control driving of the suction unit based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit. The suction control unit is configured to control presence/absence of driving of the suction unit based on the information.
In order to provide a lithography information processing apparatus that can optimize, for example, adjustment of alignment at an outer circumferential part of a substrate, the lithography information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that causes a layout of a shot region of the substrate used in a lithography apparatus to be displayed and causes a position of an effective chip in each of the shot regions to be displayed according to the number of chips included in each of the shot regions.
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfacesMaterials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresistsApparatus specially adapted therefor
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IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An image blur correction apparatus comprises an object detection unit configured to output a position of the part of the object, a selection unit configured to select a part of an object from among parts of one or more objects, and an object blur correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate an object blur correction amount, wherein the object blur correction amount calculation unit, when a part of an object selected by the selection unit is switched from a first part to a second part, calculates the object blur correction amount based on a difference between a position of the selected part of the object and the target position, a position of the second part in an image, and a position of the first part in an image acquired before switching.
The image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a cloud print service, comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: display a barcode indicating identification information by which the image forming apparatus can be identified in the cloud print service, communicate with the outside of the image forming apparatus, and control display and communication.
The image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a cloud print server system including a cloud print service, the image forming apparatus comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: display a two-dimensional code including identification information by which the image forming apparatus can be identified, and receive information relating to the two-dimensional code set in the cloud print service, wherein control of whether or not to display the two-dimensional code is performed based on the information relating to the two-dimensional code, and the two-dimensional code is used by the cloud print server system to identify the image forming apparatus and transmit a saved print job.
A setting unit sets a first partial area and a second partial area in a first image. A conversion unit, in a case where the first image is determined to be an image obtained by scanning the printed image, executes color conversion processing for converting a first color, which is included in the first image and is defined by a first color gamut, into a second color, which is defined by a second color gamut. A first correction unit corrects a conversion parameter in the color conversion processing such that a color obtained by converting the first color is a color different from the second color. The first correction unit corrects, for the first partial area, the conversion parameter and corrects, for the second partial area, the conversion parameter.
A control apparatus determines a template applicable to control of an angle of view of an imaging apparatus from a plurality of templates, each including predetermined information related to an arrangement of an object, and controls the angle of view of the imaging apparatus based on the arrangement of the object specified in the determined template.
An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory storing programs, and at least one processor that executes the stored programs, which cause the at least one processor to perform control to acquire image data, perform control to receive, from a chat server which provides a chat service which a user who has logged in to the image processing apparatus uses, information corresponding to user information about the user, perform posting to a post destination of the chat service based on the information, and perform control to transmit the image data. The posting includes posting information for seeking approval to transmit the image data. The image data is transmitted based on a reaction to the posted information for seeking approval having been received.
An image processing apparatus displays a message based on receipt of a predetermined operation from a user and switches a mode of the image processing apparatus to a setting mode based on receipt of an operation from the user in a state in which the message is displayed, wherein the message is a message indicating that the image processing apparatus is no longer covered by a warranty.
An image processing apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire an image and distance information of a subject; a 3D data generation processing unit configured to generate 3D data of the subject based on the image and the distance information; an error region detection unit configured to detect an error region of the 3D data; and an image adjustment unit configured to adjust image information of the error region.
Focus detecting apparatuses, imaging pickup apparatuses, focus detecting methods, and storage mediums are provided herein. One or more focus detecting apparatuses include one or more processors that operate to perform a first focus detection using a signal from a first focus detecting pixel group in an image sensor having a plurality of focus detecting pixel groups configured to receive light beams passing through different pupil regions in an imaging optical system, and a second focus detection using a signal from a second focus detecting pixel group having a pupil division direction different from that of the first focus detecting pixel group, set a selected area from an area in which a plurality of focus detections are performed, and select a first defocus amount of an object based on a result of using defocus amounts acquired by the first focus detection and the second focus detection in the selected area.
An inspection apparatus obtains an inspection image generated by reading a sheet on which an image is formed, inspects the inspection image based on the reference image, computes a first scaling factor that is a scaling factor of the reference image in a case where an entirety of the reference image is displayed within a display region of a display device, and displays the reference image in the display region at a second scaling factor greater than the first scaling factor in a case where the first scaling factor is less than a first threshold.
An image processing method includes generating, by dividing a first image, a plurality of second images each of which is smaller than the first image, and generating a plurality of third images based on the plurality of second images. The plurality of second images includes an image including an overlapping area having a first number of pixels that overlap an adjacent image and an image including an overlapping area having a second number of pixels that overlap an adjacent image, the second number of pixels being different from the first number of pixels. The plurality of third images is generated by using a machine learning model.
A liquid discharge head includes a discharge element substrate and an opening diameter conversion plate. The discharge element substrate and the opening diameter conversion plate are laminated in a first direction. A second opening width is larger than a first opening width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A supply connection flow path configured to connect a first opening and a second opening is formed in the opening diameter conversion plate. A wall surface of the supply connection flow path includes an inclined portion inclining with respect to the first direction.
The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte concentration measuring method that has a simple configuration, does not require effort and time for measurement, enables stable measurement, and enables measurement with a small amount of sample, and to an electrolyte concentration measuring method including a first step of dispensing a standard solution of known concentration into a channel region and obtaining, after the standard solution has reached a reference electrode and a working electrode, first potential difference information based on a potential difference between the reference electrode and the working electrode, a second step of dispensing a sample onto the working electrode or near the working electrode and obtaining second potential difference information based on a potential difference between the reference electrode and the working electrode, and a step of obtaining data on an electrolyte concentration of the sample using the first potential difference information and the second potential difference information.
A control apparatus obtains first ID of a camera connected via a network, and information obtained by the camera and related to second ID of at least one of a terminal apparatus that exhibits information on a patient and an application activated on the terminal apparatus and for viewing the information on the patient; obtains, from a management apparatus of the patient, the information on the patient corresponding to the second ID; stores first and second IDs in association with each other; and in a case where the information on the patient being exhibited on the terminal apparatus corresponding to the second ID has been changed, performs control to transmit, to the camera associated with the second ID, the information on the patient corresponding to the second ID that has been newly obtained from the management apparatus.
An electronic apparatus includes a first operation unit and a second operation unit each operable by a user. The first operation unit is configured to change a state of at least one switch when operated. The second operation unit is configured to change a state of a first switch according to a first operation, and a state of a second switch according to a second operation following the first operation, with an operating force greater than that of the first operation. A maximum value of the operating force for the second operation with the second operation unit is different from a maximum operating force for operating the first operation unit.
H04N 23/67 - Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
H01H 13/64 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a single operating member wherein the switch has more than two electrically distinguishable positions, e.g. multi-position push-button switches
An image-forming apparatus includes an image-forming unit; a calibration unit configured to execute calibration of the image-forming unit on the basis of a chart image formed by the image-forming unit; a reading unit configured to generate a read image including the chart image by reading, according to at least one reading condition, a sheet on which the chart image is formed while conveying the sheet along a conveyance path; and a control unit configured to determine, on the basis of the read image, whether the sheet has been correctly read by the reading unit. The control unit is configured to output a notification prompting a user to adjust the at least one reading condition in a case where it is determined that the sheet has not been correctly read by the reading unit.
In a mixed reality image using a see-through HMD, a wearer's concentration and immersion are improved. In an image processing apparatus generating a mixed reality image which is obtained by combining a real image with a virtual reality image and is displayed on a see-through captured image display device worn on a person's head, an area of the mixed reality image in which a real object seen in the real image is visible is determined based on an instruction from a wearer and the mixed reality image is generated by combining the real image with the virtual reality image according to the determined area.
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body that includes first and second developing units, an air pump unit, a first toner container accommodating first toner and including a first intake port and a first discharge port, a second container accommodating second toner and including a second intake port and a second discharge port, a first passage communicating with the first discharge port and extending to the first developing container, and a second passage communicating with the second discharge port and extending to the second developing container. The first toner is passed through the first passage to replenish the first developing container by the air discharged from the first discharge port and flowed into the first passage. The second toner is passed through the second passage to replenish the second developing container by the air discharged from the second discharge port and flowed into the second passage.
G03G 15/01 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
B41J 2/45 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using arrays of radiation sources using light-emitting diode arrays
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
G03G 15/08 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
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IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Disclosed is an image reading apparatus including: a reading unit for reading a document placed on a transparent plate while moving in a scanning direction; a holding member for holding the reading unit; a guide shaft for supporting the holding member such that the holding member can move in the scanning direction; a housing for accommodating the reading unit and the guide shaft, the transparent plate being placed on an upper surface of the housing; and a grounding member for grounding the guide shaft by being in contact with the guide shaft. The holding member includes a sliding portion that fits to the guide shaft and is slidable in the scanning direction with respect to the guide shaft, the sliding portion having a groove-like shape whose lower portion is opened. The grounding member is in contact with the guide shaft in an opened portion of the sliding portion.
A method and the like for performing image processing with higher precision on various image data using a machine learning model are provided. The method includes obtaining an input image and range information about pixel values of the input image, selecting at least one machine learning model from among a plurality of machine learning models based on the range information, and generating an estimated image by inputting the input image to the selected machine learning model. Alternatively, the method includes obtaining an input image and range information about the input image, and generating an estimated image by inputting the input image and the range information to a machine learning model.
A control apparatus includes at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions, is configured to acquire a first image by imaging using an imaging unit and first information on a region corresponding to a sample in the first image, the first image including the sample acquired at a position defocused by a first amount from an in-focus position, and acquire shape information on a shape of the sample based on the first information and the first amount.
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire images captured in time series and distance information in a depth direction on a plurality of areas in each of the images, a detection unit configured to detect a candidate area of an object to be a tracking target from each of the images based on an image feature of each of the images, an estimation unit configured to estimate an occlusion state indicating whether the object to be the tracking target is occluded by another object different from the tracking target for the candidate area detected from each of the images based on time-series data of the distance information, and a determination unit configured to determine the candidate area of the object to be the tracking target from the candidate area detected from each of the images based on an estimation result of the occlusion state.
G06V 10/26 - Segmentation of patterns in the image fieldCutting or merging of image elements to establish the pattern region, e.g. clustering-based techniquesDetection of occlusion
G06T 7/246 - Analysis of motion using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments
G06T 7/55 - Depth or shape recovery from multiple images
G06V 10/25 - Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
H04N 23/67 - Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
53.
LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
A light scanning apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a deflecting unit deflecting a light flux from a light source to scan a surface in a main scanning direction, a first optical system guiding the light flux deflected by the deflecting unit to the surface to be scanned at a first timing, and a second optical system guiding the light flux deflected by the deflecting unit to a light receiving element at a second timing different from the first timing, in which the second optical system includes a first optical element which has a diffracting surface and condenses the light flux deflected by the deflecting unit at the second timing in a main scanning cross section, and a value of a diffractive power of the first optical element is equal to or larger than a value of a refractive power thereof in the main scanning cross section.
G02B 26/12 - Scanning systems using multifaceted mirrors
B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
G03G 15/041 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with variable magnification
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a frame body, a first unit secured to the frame body, a cable, and a guide unit configured to guide the cable. The guide unit includes a first guide portion having a first surface which faces to a first side and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface and faces to a second side. A first through hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface is provided in the first guide portion. The first unit is arranged on the first side of the first guide portion. The cable includes a second-side part arranged on the second side of the first guide portion and along the second surface of the first guide portion, and a first-side part drawn out from the second side through the first through hole to the first side of the first guide portion.
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitisingCorona discharge devices
G03G 21/16 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements
G03G 21/18 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements using a processing cartridge
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POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A power transmitting apparatus performs detection processing for detecting an object different from a power receiving apparatus, and performs processing for a parameter used in the detection processing based on a voltage change of a voltage applied to a transmitting unit.
H02J 50/60 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
H02J 50/10 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling
H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
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IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF
An image display apparatus includes image display parts, optical elements, and a movement driving unit for changing relative positions of the image display parts and the optical elements. The movement driving unit includes an estimated value acquisition unit for acquiring an estimated value with respect to a change of relative positions of the image display parts and the optical elements, an allowable value acquisition unit for acquiring an allowable value with respect to a change of a position, and a control mode selection unit for selecting any one of a plurality of control modes for controlling the movement driving unit based on a result of comparison between the estimated value and the allowable value.
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a photosensitive drum, a developing container, and a developing roller, and a toner cartridge. The toner cartridge includes a toner storage chamber provided with a discharge port, a filter, and an air chamber provided with an inlet port. The apparatus body includes a restricting member configured to be movable in an intersecting direction between a restricting position and an allowing position, a connecting portion communicating with a first passage, and a pump. The restricting member includes a second passage through which the air supplied from the pump to the air chamber passes, engages with the inlet port to supply the air to the air chamber in a case where the restricting member is at the restricting position, and is separated from the inlet port to open the inlet port in a case where the restricting member is at the allowing position.
According to an aspect of the present invention, an image processing apparatus includes one or more processors, and at least one memory coupled to the one or more processors and having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the image processing apparatus to function as a detection unit configured to detect a subject and a specific orientation of the subject from an image, an authentication unit configured to, based on information about a pre-registered specific subject, authenticate the specific subject, and a determination unit configured to, in a plurality of subjects detected from the image, determine a main subject based on a result of the specific orientation detection by the detection unit and a result of the authentication by the authentication unit.
An access point device that performs communication with a station device establishes a link for performing communication with a station, generates an encryption key for encrypting the communication with the station device, and shares information about the encryption key with another access point device.
An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a video on a display portion, a gaze acquisition unit configured to acquire gaze information of a user, a recording unit configured to record the gaze information when display of the video is stopped, and a playback control unit configured to stop the video when the display of the video is stopped and resume the video based on the gaze information recorded in the recording unit when display of the video is resumed.
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G09G 5/377 - Details of the operation on graphic patterns for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns
G09G 5/38 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of individual graphic patterns using a bit-mapped memory with means for controlling the display position
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IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
In an image heating apparatus, a plurality of heat-generating members that a heater has include a first heat-generating member group and a second heat-generating member group, symmetrically laid out with a conveyance reference position of a recording material. A control portion supplies electric power via first and second common circuits to the first heat-generating member group and the second heat-generating member group. A temperature-detecting portion includes a first temperature-detecting element for detecting a temperature of one of the heat-generating members included in the first heat-generating member group, and a second temperature-detecting element for detecting the temperature of one of the heat-generating members included in the second heat-generating member group. The first temperature-detecting element is placed on one side as to the conveyance reference position in the width direction, and the second temperature-detecting element is placed on other side as to the conveyance reference position in the width direction.
An accessory for use with an image pickup apparatus includes a first drive unit for moving a first movable member, a second drive unit for moving a second movable member, one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors that, upon execution of the instructions, operate to control power used for driving the first drive unit and the second drive unit. In a case where an orientation of the accessory changes from a first orientation to a second orientation, power used for driving one of the first drive unit or the second drive unit increases while power used for driving the other of the first drive unit and the second drive unit decreases. The one or more processors operate to change an upper limit value of the power used for driving the first drive unit and second drive unit based on the orientation of the accessory.
An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor, and at least one processor or circuit that executes a program and performs operations of the following units: a readout unit that reads out image data from the image sensor, a processing unit that performs a processing for recording on image data read out by the readout unit, a memory that is accessed by the processing unit for processing of the image data, and a control unit that performs a control to restrict access of the processing unit to the memory during a readout period of image data by the readout unit in a shooting mode in which the readout unit reads out image data of a still image for recording from the image sensor and the processing unit performs the processing for the record.
One or more printing apparatuses, methods for controlling a printing apparatus, and storage mediums are provided herein. At least one object of the present disclosure is to both shorten the time required to complete cancellation of a job and prevent a decrease in print quality in a case of not canceling the job but continuing the printing. At least one embodiment of a printing apparatus may include: a display that operates to display a GUI screen including a cancellation menu screen for canceling a job; and one or more processors. In a case where the display displays the cancellation menu screen while printing based on a job is executed, the one or more processors inhibit generation of print data and inhibit print control for conveyance of a recording medium.
An image processing apparatus acquires an image, detects a plurality of types of subjects included in the image, acquires an evaluation value indicating certainty of a type of a subject for a region of a detected subject; and evaluates a type of a subject for a region of a subject detected. In a case where a region of a different type of subject overlaps with a region of a first subject that is detected, the apparatus acquires the evaluation value and evaluates a type of the first subject based on the evaluation value.
G06V 10/26 - Segmentation of patterns in the image fieldCutting or merging of image elements to establish the pattern region, e.g. clustering-based techniquesDetection of occlusion
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 20/70 - Labelling scene content, e.g. deriving syntactic or semantic representations
G06V 40/10 - Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestriansBody parts, e.g. hands
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CONTAINER FOR LIQUID CARTRIDGE, LIQUID CARTRIDGE CONTAINER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIQUID CARTRIDGE CONTAINER
A container that stores a liquid cartridge to be attached to a liquid ejection apparatus includes a container main body provided with a storage portion including a space in which the liquid cartridge is stored and a flange portion configured to form an opening through which the liquid cartridge is stored in the storage portion, and a lid configured to cover the opening, wherein the flange portion has a surface facing the lid and includes, on the surface, a first rib configured to be welded to the lid and arranged surrounding the opening, and a plurality of second ribs configured to be welded to the lid and located closer to the opening than the first rib.
An electronic device according to the present disclosure includes a processor, and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes an electronic device to execute a control process of performing control to display an image stored in a storage on a display, wherein, in a case where a first user operation of switching an image to be displayed on the display is executed with a still image being displayed on the display, an image to be displayed on the display is switched from the still image to a moving image in the control process, and wherein, in a case where the first user operation is executed with a moving image being displayed on the display, the image to be displayed on the display is switched from the moving image to a still image in the control process.
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a photosensitive drum, a developing container, and a developing roller, and a toner cartridge including a toner storage chamber provided with a discharge port, a filter, and an air chamber provided with an inlet port. The apparatus body includes a pump, a first connecting portion including a passage through which the air supplied from the pump and sent toward the air chamber passes, and a second connecting portion including a passage through which the toner discharged from the discharge port together with the air and conveyed toward the developing container passes. In a case where the toner cartridge is detached from the apparatus body, connection between the first connecting portion and the inlet port is released such that the inlet port is opened before connection between the second connecting portion and the discharge port is released.
A correction apparatus includes at least one mnernory storing instructions, and at least one processor that, upon execution of the stored instructions, cause the correction apparatus to function as, a fluctuation informnation acquisition unit configured to acquire fluctuation information related to fluctuation of an input image, a band selection unit configured to select a wavelength band related to a generation of an output irnage according to the fluctuation informnation, and an imnage processing unit configured to perform predetermined image processing on the input image based on the selected wavelength band to generate the output image.
G06V 10/60 - Extraction of image or video features relating to illumination properties, e.g. using a reflectance or lighting model
G06T 5/20 - Image enhancement or restoration using local operators
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet includes a casing, a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and an electric wire configured to connect the first electronic device and the second electronic device to each other. The electric wire is wound around the casing to form a loop and partially passes through the loop to be tied to the casing.
A control apparatus is configured to communicate with an imaging unit including a display unit. The control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to communicate with the imaging unit, generate display data for the display unit based on information about display ability of the display unit acquired through communication with the imaging unit, and transmit the display data for the display unit to the imaging unit.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, DEVICE FOR PRODUCING RECORDED MATTER HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, AND FOAM-PROMOTING LIQUID
A recorded matter having a three-dimensional image is produced by a method comprising the steps of: applying, to a recording medium including a substrate and a foaming layer provided thereon, a foam-promoting liquid containing water and a foam-promoting component; and heating the foaming layer. The foaming layer contains a binder resin and a foaming particle which foams as heated, while the foam-promoting component lowers a foaming start temperature of the foaming particle. The foaming particle includes a shell layer containing a thermoplastic resin and a volatile material encapsulated in the shell layer. The binder resin contains a water-insoluble resin, while the foam-promoting component contains a compound having no hydroxyl group.
B29C 44/02 - Shaping by internal pressure generated in the material, e.g. swelling or foaming for articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
B29C 44/04 - Shaping by internal pressure generated in the material, e.g. swelling or foaming for articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles consisting of at least two parts of chemically or physically different materials, e.g. having different densities
B29C 44/12 - Incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or reinforcements
B29C 44/34 - Component parts, details or accessoriesAuxiliary operations
An optical system includes first to third units. The first unit includes a first substrate and a first lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is disposed on the image side of the first substrate. The second unit includes a second substrate and a second lens having positive refractive power. The second lens is disposed on the object side or image side of the second substrate. The third unit includes a third substrate and a third lens having positive refractive power. The third lens is disposed on the object side or image side of the third substrate. At least one of the first to third lenses constitutes a cemented lens including a fourth lens. The fourth lens and the lens cemented with the fourth lens in the cemented lens have refractive powers different from each other and Abbe numbers different from each other.
G02B 13/00 - Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below
G02B 9/12 - Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or – having three components only
A fixing device includes an endless belt, a rotatable pressing member, a pad member inside of the belt, and a sliding member held by the pad member and sliding on an inner circumferential surface of the belt in a nip. The rotatable pressing member nips and feeds a recording material in the nip in cooperation with the belt and fixes a toner image on the recording material by applying heat and pressure. The sliding member includes a base material layer on which a plurality of projections projecting toward the rotatable pressing member are formed on a side sliding with the belt and a sliding layer provided on an outer surface of the plurality of projections. A shape of a surface of the sliding layer is a curved surface and a radius of curvature R of the curved surface satisfies 300 μm≤R≤850 μm.
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to, in response to an instruction to record an image, apply a recording agent while performing a scan in a scan direction that intersects with a conveyance direction in which a recording medium is conveyed to record an image on the recording medium, a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium, a plurality of paper discharge units to which the recording medium is to be discharged, and a control unit configured to control, based on a width of recording data in the scan direction and recording scan speed of a recording scan, the recording unit to perform the scan so that time since start of the recording scan until start of a next recording scan becomes a predetermined value.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B41J 13/00 - Devices or arrangements specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
B41J 25/00 - Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS PERFORMING DISPLAY ABOUT SECURITY MEASURE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A multifunction peripheral is configured in such a manner that, in a case where an application which is used for user authentication is a standard authentication application preliminarily incorporated in firmware of the multifunction peripheral and an authentication server is not used, the multifunction peripheral performs displaying of a security measures status related to multi-factor authentication based on a setting value related to multi-factor authentication, and, in a case where an application which is used for user authentication is an added extension authentication application, regardless of the setting value related to multi-factor authentication, the multifunction peripheral performs displaying indicating that security measures related to multi-factor authentication have previously been taken.
A non-AP MLD operates in an EML mode that applies in a set of EML links. The non-AP MLD receives, by a first affiliated station, a first beacon frame over a first link of the EML links, the first beacon frame including a TBTT related to a second beacon frame. Moreover, the non-AP MLD configures the first affiliated station to be in a receiving state at the TBTT to receive the second beacon frame.
A medical reporter according to an embodiment includes circuitry. The circuitry extracts a word element, from recorded data in which the content of statements made by a plurality of speakers on a subject is recorded; based on the concept indicated by each of a plurality of the extracted word elements, specifies a word attribute for each of the word elements; based on at least one of the word attribute, a speaker attribute of a speaker according to the word element, a temporal relation between time related to the content of the statement including the word element and reference time, and medical resource information on a medical resource according to the word element, calculates an importance degree of each of the word elements; and based on the importance degree of each of the word elements, presents a candidate for a medical procedure to be performed on the subject.
G16H 15/00 - ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An information processing apparatus comprises a user identification unit configured to identify a user that captured an image by using an image capturing apparatus; an affiliation identification unit configured to identify the affiliation of the user and acquire attribute information of the affiliation of the user based on personal identification information that identifies individual identity of the user identified by the user identification unit; and a recording unit configured to record attribute information of the affiliation of the user in association with the image captured by the user.
An imaging system includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including: a photoelectric conversion unit; two or more charge holding units; a transfer unit for transferring the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge holding units; a charge discharge unit for discharging the electric charge in the photoelectric conversion unit; and a read unit for reading a signal, and further includes a control unit for performing batch drive control of simultaneously driving at least one of the transfer units and the charge discharge units for the plurality of pixels, and performing the photoelectric conversion during two or more different exposure periods in one frame period and controlling one of times for reading signals in accordance with electric charges accumulated in each exposure period not to overlap the timing for the batch drive control.
H04N 25/618 - Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise for random or high-frequency noise
H04N 25/587 - Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired sequentially, e.g. using the combination of odd and even image fields
H04N 25/771 - Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components comprising storage means other than floating diffusion
H04N 25/78 - Readout circuits for addressed sensors, e.g. output amplifiers or A/D converters
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DISPLAY APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
A display apparatus includes an optical system including a transmissive reflective element, and a display element. The transmissive reflective element includes a substrate having a curved surface, convex portions disposed on the curved surface along a first direction, and a conductor provided on each convex portion. Each convex portion extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and protrudes in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first and second directions. Each convex portion has an end surface in the third direction and first and second side surfaces on both sides of the end surface in the first direction. In a section including the first direction and the third direction, the conductor covers at least a part of the end surface and at least a part of the first side surface of each of the plurality of convex portions. A predetermined inequality is satisfied.
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging element having a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a first charge holding portion for holding an output of the photoelectric conversion unit, and a second charge holding portion for holding an output of the photoelectric conversion unit, and a defective pixel correction unit configured to calculate an interpolation pixel value for interpolating a pixel value from the first charge holding portion based on a pixel value output from the second charge holding portion of the pixel in a case in which a defect is present in the first charge holding portion of a predetermined pixel.
H04N 23/84 - Camera processing pipelinesComponents thereof for processing colour signals
H04N 25/13 - Arrangement of colour filter arrays [CFA]Filter mosaics characterised by the spectral characteristics of the filter elements
H04N 25/59 - Control of the dynamic range by controlling the amount of charge storable in the pixel, e.g. modification of the charge conversion ratio of the floating node capacitance
83.
PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, at least one processor, and a memory in communication with the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to display a screen for accepting a first quantity by which a printing count value is counted up when an image is printed in monochrome on one sheet and a second quantity by which the printing count value is counted up when an image is printed in color on one sheet and restrict printing performed by the printing unit based on the printing count value and a printing upper limit value.
An image processing apparatus includes: a second obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a characteristic of color information of a first color gamut obtained in an image represented by image data; a third obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a characteristic of the color information of the first color gamut specified in second image data; and a setting unit that sets, on a basis of the information indicating a characteristic of the color information of the first color gamut obtained by the second obtaining unit and the information indicating a characteristic of the color information of the first color gamut obtained by the third obtaining unit, color information corresponding to a target for suppressing correction by a correction unit from among the color information of the first color gamut.
Provided is a filling method for filling a microwell with a target-capturing substance, the filling method including: a capturing substance information acquisition step of acquiring capturing substance information relating to a target-capturing substance to be used; a speed determination step of determining, based on the capturing substance information acquired in the capturing substance information acquisition step, an introduction speed at which a dispersion medium in which the target-capturing substance is dispersed is introduced to a region on a base material in which a plurality of the microwells are formed, the region including the plurality of the microwells formed therein; and a capturing substance filling step of filling one or more of the plurality of the microwells with the target-capturing substance by introducing the dispersion medium to the base material at the introduction speed.
An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires scene information of a scene being captured by an image capturing unit; a generation unit that generates a virtual subject; a processing unit that processes the virtual subject based on the scene information; and a superimposing unit that superimposes the virtual subject processed by the processing unit onto image data of the scene obtained from the image capturing unit.
A liquid discharge head includes a discharge element substrate including a discharge port array formed along a first direction, a support member configured to support the discharge element substrate, and a reference member configured to position the discharge element substrate with respect to a predetermined portion, wherein the reference member includes at least three reference members, wherein the support member includes, as a pressed portion configured to receive a force for pressing the predetermined portion, at least three pressed portions, and wherein a triangle formed by connecting reference points defined by the three reference members has a center of gravity inside a triangle formed by connecting the three pressed portions.
An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memory stores instructions for causing the at least one processor and the at least one memory to obtain a plurality of time-series images; select a reference image and a search image from among the plurality of time-series images based on at least any of a time at which the plurality of time-series images is captured, a predetermined time interval, and a dissimilarity degree between the plurality of time-series images; and infer, based on the reference image and the search image selected from among the plurality of time-series images, a target subject in the search image that corresponds to a target subject in the reference image to update a parameter of a neural network based on an inference result and ground truth data.
G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersectionsConnectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
An optical system includes a first lens, a second lens disposed on a display surface side relative to the first lens, and a third lens with positive refractive power disposed on the observation side relative to the first lens or on the display surface side relative to the second lens. A surface of the first lens on the display surface side includes a first diffraction surface. A surface of the second lens on the observation side includes a second diffraction surface. The first diffraction surface and the second diffraction surface are adjacent to each other. The optical system further includes a first transmissive reflective surface and a second transmissive reflective surface disposed at positions different from the surface of the first lens disposed on the display surface side of the first lens and the surface of the second lens disposed on the observation side of the second lens.
An electronic apparatus includes one or more memories, and one or more processors in communication with the one or more memories, wherein the one or more processors and the one or more memories are configured to, acquire line-of-sight information including a line-of-sight position of a line of sight of a user who looks at a display unit, correct the acquired line-of-sight position by performing filter processing, determine whether a line-of-sight state is any one of at least two or more line-of-sight states depending on a line-of-sight speed and an amount of a line-of-sight movement included in the acquired line-of-sight information, perform control to execute processing of displaying an image based on the corrected line-of-sight position, and perform control to change a parameter for the filter processing to be used in the correction based on the determined line-of-sight state.
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions, is configured to operate as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging order information and an optical image related to radiographic imaging, an identification unit configured to identify a radiation exposure field using the imaging order information and the optical image, a detection unit configured to detect a human body part in the optical image, and an analysis unit configured to, when a plurality of human body parts is detected in the optical image, analyze a human body part closest to the radiation exposure field using the optical image.
An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive selection of a button from a user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data by reading an original document according to reception of the selection by the receiving unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit an instruction sentence registered in association with the button by the user and to be used for processing that is performed using the image data by an artificial intelligence (AI) service and the image data to the AI service.
A radiation detection apparatus comprises a board, a first electrode located on the board, a semiconductor layer located on the first electrode, the semiconductor layer producing a charge corresponding to radiation incident on the radiation detection apparatus, a second electrode located on the semiconductor layer, the second electrode having a first surface contacting the semiconductor layer and a second surface opposite the first surface; and an insulating layer contacting the second surface of the second electrode.
The heater including a substrate, a first heat generation member, a second heat generation member having a length substantially a same in a longitudinal direction as a length of the first heat generation member, a third heat generation member having a length shorter than lengths of the first heat generation member and the second heat generation member in the longitudinal direction, and a fourth heat generation member having a length shorter than length of the third heat generation member in the longitudinal direction, wherein the first heat generation member, the second heat generation member, the third heat generation member and the fourth heat generation member are arranged on the substrate.
A fixing device includes a fixing film, a heater for heating the fixing film, a heater holder including a heater holding portion holding the heater, and a pressing roller forming a nip between itself and the fixing film to be heated by the heater. In the nip, a toner image carried on a recording material is fixed. The heater holder includes an opposing surface which is provided on a side upstream of the heater holding portion with respect to a recording material feeding direction and which opposes the pressing roller, a lubricant holding portion provided on the opposing surface, for supplying a lubricant to between the fixing film and the heater, and a projected portion provided on the side upstream of the heater holding portion with respect to the recording material feeding direction and projecting toward the pressing roller from the opposing surface.
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus that obtains an image, from an image sensor, the image being formed by first and second optical systems for capturing a VR image, and encodes the image. The image processing apparatus quantizes image data obtained by the image sensor in units of a block of a predetermined size, determines a quantization parameter used in the quantization, sets the quantization parameter, and encodes post-quantization data. The image processing apparatus determines a quantization parameter of a quantization target block based on a position of a quantization target block and on positions and the sizes of the two respective circular images that are included in the VR image and are formed by the first and second optical systems.
G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/63 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding using sub-band based transform, e.g. wavelets
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, a printed circuit board including a voltage generation unit mounted thereon and configured to generate a voltage to be applied to the image forming unit, a conductive member provided on the printed circuit board, to which the voltage generated by the voltage generation unit is applied, an elastic member including an arm portion configured to be biased toward the conductive member, and configured to connect the conductive member and the image forming unit, and a holding unit configured to hold the arm portion of the elastic member at a position where the arm portion is not in contact with the conductive member.
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitisingCorona discharge devices
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 21/16 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements
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RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, RADIOGRAPHY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A radiography system includes a setting unit that sets up an imaging protocol including the orientation of one of a radiation generation device that generates the radiation and a radiation detection device that detects the radiation in the form of an image signal, a detection unit that detects the orientation of the one device, and a determination unit that determines whether the radiography can be performed based on the orientation of the one device included in the imaging protocol set up by the setting unit and the orientation of the one device detected by the detection unit.
An information processing apparatus according to the present invention acquires information indicating a position or an orientation of an object for operating a virtual object; and controls a position or an orientation of a graphic corresponding to the object on a basis of the acquired information, wherein the position or the orientation of the graphic in a first state is controlled on a basis of first information that is information indicating the position or the orientation of the graphic in the first state in which the information is acquired with accuracy higher than predetermined accuracy and second information that is information indicating the position or the orientation of the graphic in a second state in which the information is not acquired with the accuracy higher than the predetermined accuracy.
There is provided with an information processing apparatus. A controlling unit, in a case where a condition related to at least any of a mode of communication with an image processing apparatus, a form of a connection with an image processing apparatus, and an authorization level of communication with an image processing apparatus is satisfied, enables an instruction for a push scan to the image processing apparatus. A sending unit transmits to the image processing apparatus a credential to be used in transmission processing in a push scan. The controlling unit, in a case where a condition related to at least any of the mode of communication, the connection form, and the authorization level is not satisfied, controls to not perform an instruction for a push scan to the image processing apparatus.
