Abstract:
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which acquires an image of quality desired for an object located in a biological body; sets up exposure values of a plurality of stages for an image pickup means; extracts the contour of an object in image signals output from the image pickup means; for the respective stages, generates first histograms for image signals before extraction and second histograms for image signals after extraction with a criterion representing the broadening of the distribution in the histograms set constant; calculates the amount of the kurtosis change between the first histograms and the second histograms; and selects, of the image signals after the extraction corresponding to the respective stages, an image signal after the extraction corresponding to one of the stages in which the amount of change is larger than a predetermined amount as an optimum image for an object.
Abstract:
A seat back frame for a seat of a vehicle includes: a pair of side frames placed at a left side and a right side in a width direction of a seat; a head rest supporting frame supporting a head rest; a supporting plate, a both ends of the supporting plate being connected to a lower portion of each of the side frames; an upper opening provided above the supporting plate, the upper opening being opened in a front-rear direction; a planar elastic body provided across the upper opening; and a connection member elastically connecting a lower portion of the planar elastic body and an upper portion of the supporting plate.
Abstract:
Provided is a liquid discharge head including a recording element board provided with an energy generating element; an electrical wiring board to supply the energy generating element with an electrical signal; a supporting member to support the recording element board and the electrical wiring board; a plurality of wires to connect a plurality of terminals provided on the recording element board and a plurality of terminals provided on the electrical wiring board; and a sealing member; wherein the plurality of wires include a plurality of transmitting wires contributory to transmission of the electrical signal and a plurality of non-transmitting wires non-contributory to the transmission formed at a higher position than the transmitting wires from that surface of the supporting member which supports the recording element board, and the sealing member is arranged to cover the plurality of transmitting wires as well as to join the plurality of non-transmitting wires.
Abstract:
A compact recycling coin changer device for simultaneously serving a plurality of users includes a housing with a plurality of coin inlet and outlet slots. Individual coin lift units deliver coins for sorting and distributing to common coin denomination hoppers are arranged in parallel rows. A common duct, centrally located in the housing, can receive released coins from the hoppers and deposit them on a common coin-distributing device that operatively interconnects with the respective coin outlets, for example on opposite exterior housing walls. The coin changer device can be operatively associated with the dispensing of products, for example at a gas station or other retail outlets.
Abstract:
A head 2 is hollow. The head 2 has a sole part 8. The sole part 8 has a groove forming part k1 having a recessed outer surface g1 and a protruding inner surface s1. The sole part 8 has a first groove forming part k1 and a second groove forming part k1. The first groove forming part k1 and the second groove forming part k1 have a front-back directional length. A distance between the first groove forming part k1 and the second groove forming part k1 in a toe-heel direction is wider toward a back of the head. Preferably, the first groove forming part k1 and the second groove forming part k1 exist on a back of a face surface 13. Preferably, the sole part 8 has a connecting groove part r1. The connecting groove part r1 is formed by connecting a front end of the first groove forming part k1 to a front end of the second groove forming part k1 with each other.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a circular single-stranded nucleic acid complex comprising a sense strand RNA sequence, an antisense strand RNA sequence complementary to the sense strand RNA sequence, and two identical or different loop moieties connecting the sense and antisense strands, wherein the sense and antisense strands form a stem by pairing, and the loop moieties are selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene glycol, DNA, DNA-RNA chimera, a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof.
Abstract:
There are provided a vein pattern management system, a vein pattern registration apparatus, a vein pattern authentication apparatus, a vein pattern registration method, a vein pattern authentication method, a program, and a vein data configuration that can determine presence of a pseudo-vein pattern intentionally formed on a body surface.An imaging unit capturing images of the body surface of a portion of a living body with near-infrared light and visible light and generating near-infrared light imaging data and visible light imaging data, respectively, a vein pattern extraction unit extracting vein patterns from the near-infrared light imaging data and the visible light imaging data to generate a near-infrared light vein pattern and a visible light vein pattern, respectively, and a pseudo-vein pattern determination unit determining presence of a pseudo-vein pattern intentionally formed on a part of the captured body surface by comparing the near-infrared light vein pattern and the visible light vein pattern are provided.
Abstract:
An image photographing apparatus for capturing a subject image in accordance with smile detection of a subject includes an optical unit; an image capturing unit configured to capture the subject image; an optical mechanism driving control unit configured to control driving of mechanisms of the optical unit; an image signal processing unit configured to perform signal processing on the captured image; an image recording unit configured to record the captured image onto a predetermined recording medium; a face detection unit configured to detect a face of the subject; a smile detection unit configured to detect a smile on the detected face; and a smile-detection photography control unit configured to perform photographing processing for the subject image in response to detection of the smile of the subject from the captured image, while the driving of the mechanisms by the optical mechanism driving control unit is maintained fixed.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide an on-off type fluorescent compound used in gene analyses, which is highly stable and highly sensitive, and which enables amplification of a trace amount of gene signal and observation thereof. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2): wherein R1 represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an amino group, an amide group optionally having a protecting group or a substituent, a halogen atom, or a hydrogen atom; R2 independently represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, or a hydrogen atom; R3 represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, or a hydrogen atom; R4 represents a group containing an oxygen atom, or a hydrogen atom, wherein R3 may bind to R4 to form a ring.
Abstract:
A lens frame configured to hold a lens of an optical system of a projector comprising: a holder being formed along the periphery of the lens, holds the lens which is inserted by an elastic force of the frame main body, the holder includes a first holding portion configured to hold a peripheral end surface of the lens, and a second holding portion configured to hold a luminous flux incidence surface and luminous flux exit surface of the lens.