摘要:
Image recognition is performed based on a surrounding image and a recognition template used for the image recognition of a marker object, and a recognition confidence level used for determining if the marker object can be recognized in the surrounding image is calculated. A determination is made if the recognition confidence level has increased as compared with the recognition confidence level calculated based on the surrounding image acquired at the guidance output point. If it is determined that the recognition confidence level has increased, the image of the marker object, generated based on the surrounding image acquired at the guidance output point, is stored as a new template to be used for the image recognition of the marker object. This increases the possibility to recognize the marker object based on the new template, thus increasing the recognition accuracy of the marker object.
摘要:
A signal processing apparatus includes a differential processing unit to differentiate a reflection signal corresponding to a pulse measurement beam that is periodically scanned in a polarized manner; an arithmetic unit to obtain, with a rising time of a first-order-differential reflection signal as a reference, a barycentric position of the first order differential reflection signal as a detection time of a reflected beam, and to calculate a distance to a measured object based on a time difference between an output time of the measurement beam and the detection time of the reflected beam; and a waveform determining unit to determine whether the reflected beam includes a plurality of overlapping reflected beams from a plurality of measured objects, based on rising and falling characteristics of the first-order-differential reflection signal and based on a rising characteristic of a second-order-differential reflection signal obtained by the second order differential of the reflection signal.
摘要:
A microchip includes fluid circuits therein, formed by uniting together at least a first substrate that is a transparent substrate and a second substrate having grooves provided at the substrate surface and/or through holes penetrating in a thickness direction. The fluid circuits include a liquid reagent receptacle unit to store a liquid reagent, a quantification unit to quantify the liquid reagent or specimen, and an overflow liquid storage unit connected to the quantification unit to store the liquid reagent or specimen overflowing from the quantification unit during quantification. There is also provided a method of using the microchip.
摘要:
Provided is a vehicle surroundings awareness support device capable of providing a prompt for a driver to intuitively direct their attention, without the driver feeling hassled. Captured images comprising a plurality of frames taken sequentially by an onboard camera for imaging the surroundings of the vehicle are received; an optical flow is computed on the basis of feature points contained in the plurality of frames imaged at different times; moving objects in the surroundings of the vehicle are detected on the basis of the optical flow; and a display for showing movement trajectories for the moving objects is superimposed on the captured images on the basis of the optical flow.
摘要:
The image processing device is provided with an area process portion for generating objects indicating specific areas included in original image data of an scanned original and for discriminating whether each of the objects is a character object or a non-character object, an integration process portion for performing a process of integrating character objects that satisfy a first condition so as to make one character object and a process of integrating character objects that have remained after integration and satisfy a second condition if the number of the remaining character objects is larger than a preset value, a lossless compression portion for performing a lossless compression process on a character object, and a lossy compression portion for performing a lossy compression process on a non-character object.
摘要:
A method of automatically isolating and purifying nucleic acid from a nucleic acid-containing specimen is provided, the method comprising: injecting a liquid into a cartridge for isolation and purification of a nucleic acid including at least two openings from one opening of the at least two openings, in which the cartridge includes a container having the at least two openings and containing a nucleic acid-adsorbent solid phase; passing the liquid through the nucleic acid-adsorbent solid phase by a pressure difference generated by a pressure generation means for generating a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the container; and discharging the liquid from the other opening of the container to the outside of the container by a pressure difference generated by the pressure generation means, wherein a pressure generated in the inside of the container by the pressure generation means is measured, a pressure change velocity and a pressure change acceleration are calculated on the basis of the value of the measured pressure, and the timing of completion of discharge of the liquid from the container is determined by use of a temporal change pattern of at least one of the measured pressure, the pressure change velocity and the pressure change acceleration.
摘要:
If a rectangular area extracted from image data is smaller than a predetermined size, the rectangular area is judged as a text area. If a rectangular area has ground pixel rate of no less than 66%, labeling pixel rate of less than 67%, and marginal pixel rate of no less than 50%, the rectangular area is judged as a large text area, and otherwise as a ground area. If a rectangular area having no less than 10 straight lines, or both no less than four straight lines and labeling pixel rate of no more than 12%, has an edge pixel rate of no less than 5%, the rectangular area is judged as a table area, and otherwise as a graph area. If a rectangular area has less than four straight lines or labeling pixel rate of greater than 12%, the rectangular area is judged as a photograph area.
摘要:
An optical window contamination detecting device capable of detecting even microscopic contamination on an optical window with a limited number of contamination detecting sensors. The optical window contamination detecting device is used for a scanning type distance measuring apparatus that includes a casing, formed with an optical window, which accommodates a light transmitting unit, a scanning mechanism for deflection scanning measurement light output from the light transmitting unit into a measuring space through the optical window, and a light receiving unit for detecting reflected light from an object through the optical window. The optical window contamination detecting device includes a plurality of reflection photoelectric sensors arranged along the optical window on an outer side of the optical window and a retro-reflective member attached to the scanning mechanism, the retro-reflective member for reflecting detection light from the reflection photoelectric sensor having passed through the optical window towards the reflection photoelectric sensor.
摘要:
An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a nucleic acid amplification method by which a nucleic acid can be amplified substantially isothermally using oligonucleotide primers and DNA polymerase capable of strand displacement. The present invention provides a nucleic acid amplification method which comprises performing substantially isothermal incubation of a reaction solution containing at least one type of deoxynucleotide triphosphate, at least one type of DNA polymerase having strand displacement activity, a divalent cation, at least 0.01% or more surfactant, at least two types of oligonucleotide primer, and the nucleic acid fragment as a template so as to perform a polymerase reaction that initiates from the 3′ end of the primer and thus amplifying the nucleic acid fragment.
摘要:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for rapid, convenient, and highly sensitive detection of trace RNA wherein a risk of contamination is low. The present invention provides a method for amplification of nucleic acid which comprises the steps of: (i) allowing a reverse transcriptase to act on RNA so as to produce a nucleic acid fragment; and (ii) performing substantially isothermal incubation of a reaction solution containing at least one type of deoxynucleotide triphosphate, at least one type of DNA polymerase having strand displacement activity, a divalent cation, a surfactant accounting for at least 0.01% of the solution, at least two types of oligonucleotide primers, and the nucleic acid fragment as a template obtained in the step (i) so as to perform a polymerase reaction that is initiated from the 3′ ends of the primers and thus amplify the nucleic acid fragment.