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Radiation image capturing apparatus
22 Jun 21
A radiation image capturing apparatus includes: scanning lines and signal lines; radiation detection elements; a scan driver switching a switching element of the radiation detection elements between on and off; and a readout IC incorporating readout circuits reading, as image data, electric charges from each radiation detection element, the readout circuit including: an integrating circuit outputting a voltage value corresponding to the electric charges; a reset switch resetting the integrating circuit; a first sample-and-hold circuit holding, as a reference value, the voltage value before the electric charges flow; a second sample-and-hold circuit holding, as a signal value, the voltage value after the electric charges flow; and a difference circuit outputting difference between the signal value and the reference value, the radiation image capturing apparatus further including a mechanism changing the voltage value from completion of the resetting and turning off of the reset switch until holding of the reference value.
Ikuma Ota, Kazuhiro Sakino
Filed: 13 Mar 18
Utility
Image processing device, pathological diagnosis support system, storage medium for image processing, and image processing method
15 Jun 21
An image processing device (2A) comprises: an input means for inputting a brightfield image representing cell morphology in a tissue section, and a fluorescence image representing, by fluorescent bright spots, the expression of a specific protein in the same range of the tissue section; a first generation means for generating a cell image obtained by extracting a specific site of a cell from the brightfield image; a second generation means for generating an image obtained by extracting bright spot regions from the fluorescence image, creating a brightness profile for each bright spot region, and generating a fluorescent particle image obtained by extracting the fluorescent particles in the bright spot regions on the basis of the fluorescence profile for one fluorescent particle, which serves as a fluorescence bright spot source; and a calculation means for superimposing the cell image and the fluorescent particle image on one another.
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Shuji Ichitani, Kohsuke Gonda, Noriaki Ohuchi, Mika Watanabe
Filed: 18 Jul 19
Utility
Image forming device, developer stirring method and non-transitory recording medium
15 Jun 21
An image forming device to and from which a developing unit in which a developer containing toner is filled is detachable and removable, comprises a hardware processor that: enables the developing unit to perform a stir operation of the developer filled in the developing unit as an initial operation of the developing unit; obtains a reference value of a toner density set in advance in time of a factory shipment of the developing unit at time the stir operation is performed; and compares a toner density received from the developing unit during the stir operation with the reference value to determine a stir condition of the developer.
Teppei Kunihisa, Soh Hirota, Shigeki Naiki, Hironori Akashi
Filed: 21 Aug 20
Utility
Image formation system having a plurality of image formation apparatuses and method for controlling them
15 Jun 21
An image formation system includes a plurality of image formation apparatuses.
Shoko Haba, Taketoshi Yamahata
Filed: 11 Nov 19
Utility
Computer-readable recording medium, contract creation system, contract verification system, and final cipher creation system
15 Jun 21
A computer-readable recording medium records a contract creation program for creating a contract image of a contract executed by parties each having private key.
Kazuya Takahashi, Toshinobu Yamaguchi
Filed: 30 Mar 16
Utility
Molding Support Apparatus and Molding Support Method
10 Jun 21
Provided is a molding support apparatus that supports production of a molded product of a composite material, and the apparatus includes: a hardware processor that calculates a Talbot feature of the molded product, based on a Talbot image acquired from an X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus that images the molded product, and identifies, using the calculated Talbot feature, an item that allows adjustment of the Talbot feature from among a plurality of types of items constituting a production process for producing the molded product.
Ikuma OTA
Filed: 2 Dec 20
Utility
Radiographing control apparatus, radiographic imaging apparatus and radiographic imaging system
8 Jun 21
A radiographing control apparatus includes a hardware processor.
Tatsuya Takagi
Filed: 17 Jan 19
Utility
Radiation Imaging System, Imaging Control Device, and Storage Medium
3 Jun 21
A radiation imaging system including: a radiation generator that includes a radiation source generating a radiation pulse by receiving a tube current of a preset amount; a radiation detector that includes a plurality of charge accumulators which accumulate and release electric charges to be read out as signal values according to received radiation and that generates a dynamic image formed of a plurality of frames; and a hardware processor.
Takeshi NUKANOBU, Keisuke KOEDA, Mao EGUCHI, Atsushi TANEDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
Filed: 1 Dec 20
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Medical Image Analysis System, Storage Medium, and Medical Image Analysis Method
3 Jun 21
Provided is a medical image analysis system including: an acquirer that acquires a medical image obtained by imaging of a patient to be diagnosed; an estimator that estimates an index value indicating a respiratory function from the acquired medical image; and a hardware processor that causes an output unit to output the estimated index value.
Nodoka IIDA, Satoshi KASAI
Filed: 1 Dec 20
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Image forming apparatus, and method for controlling the same
1 Jun 21
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing part that is capable of housing a plurality of recording materials in such a manner that one recording material is put on another; a transport part that transports a recording material from the housing part; and a hardware processor that detects a kind of the recording material transported by the transport part, detects an amount of the recording materials housed in the housing part, detects replacement of recording materials housed in the housing part, or addition of recording materials in the housing part, on the basis of a result of the detection by the hardware processor, and, on the basis of a result of the detection by the hardware processor, switches whether or not to execute, by the hardware processor, the kind detection of the recording materials housed in the housing part.
Shota Igo, Masahiro Kamiya, Katsuyuki Ikuta, Toshio Tsuboi, Tatsuya Eguchi
Filed: 28 Nov 18
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Image forming system and program between a portable terminal and an image forming device with confirmation feature
1 Jun 21
A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causes a computer included in a portable terminal to communicate with an image forming device to execute: a) a step of acquiring communication information from the image forming device via first wireless communication, the communication information being information for executing second wireless communication; b) a step of executing processing of confirming existence of a user who possesses the portable terminal in the vicinity of the image forming device; and c) a step of, on condition that existence of the user in the vicinity of the image forming device is confirmed in the step b), permitting registration processing of registering the communication information in the portable terminal in order to execute the second wireless communication, the communication information being communication information for the second wireless communication with the image forming device and being acquired in the step a).
Kenichi Nagasawa
Filed: 6 Aug 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus, recording medium. and control method for reducing pressure gradient between rollers
1 Jun 21
An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes: a driver that presses and separates two rollers via a belt; a detector that detects a position of the belt in an axial direction of one roller of the two rollers; and a hardware processor that calculates, based on a detection result by the detector, a first movement amount of the position of the belt in the axial direction when the belt is made to travel for a predetermined time in a state where the two rollers are separated and a second movement amount of the position of the belt in the axial direction when the belt is made to travel for the predetermined time in a state where the two rollers are pressed.
Daisuke Murakami
Filed: 3 Apr 20
Utility
Image forming apparatus
1 Jun 21
An image forming apparatus includes: a controller that controls the image forming apparatus; a memory that stores noise levels produced by a plurality of devices constituting the image forming apparatus during operation of the devices; and a microphone that accepts a speech instruction for the image forming apparatus.
Satoshi Uchino
Filed: 29 Jan 20
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus and Method of Supplying Toner to Photoconductor Cleaner
27 May 21
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a transfer portion; a photoconductor cleaner that removes residual toner from a surface of the photoconductor; and a first processor that forms a toner patch on the surface of the photoconductor.
Yusuke MURAKAMI
Filed: 12 Aug 20
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
25 May 21
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and a display.
Yuki Muramatsu, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yosuke Kimura
Filed: 31 Oct 17
Utility
Ink jet head and ink jet recording apparatus
25 May 21
An ink jet head with a head chip including a nozzle layer with nozzles for jetting ink and a pressure chamber layer with pressure chambers communicated respectively with the nozzles; and a manifold which stores the ink to be supplied to the pressure chambers; where the head chip has individual communication flow paths which are communicated respectively with the pressure chambers and which are capable of discharging the ink in the pressure chambers; and a common communication flow path which is disposed in a part facing the nozzle layer of the pressure chamber layer and which is connected to the individual communication flow paths to join the ink discharged from the individual communication flow paths together.
Hikaru Hamano, Souichi Tanaka, Tomohiro Nishiura, Jun Marubayashi, Yusuke Hayashi
Filed: 13 Mar 17
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Image forming apparatus, basis-weight deriving method, and basis-weight deriving program
25 May 21
An image forming apparatus includes a first light source, a second light source, an optical sensor, a storage, and a hardware processor, wherein the storage stores a first threshold for determining a type of the recording material based on the basis weight, and the hardware processor calculates a first transmittance from the mount of the first emission light and the amount of the first transmission light, calculates a second transmittance from the amount of the second emission light and the amount of the second transmission light, derives a first basis weight corresponding to the first transmittance and a second basis weight corresponding to the second transmittance, by using predetermined determination criteria, determines the type of the recording material based on the first basis weight and the second basis weight, and derives the basis weight according to the determination criteria based on the determined type of the recording material.
Shogo Asaoka
Filed: 10 Oct 19
Utility
Image processing control and color adjustment for reproducing originals with spot colors or decorative attributes using a color sample
25 May 21
An image processing control apparatus includes a hardware processor.
Naoyo Suzuki
Filed: 13 May 20
Utility
Image forming system which calculates an image correction value according to shrinkage information, image forming system control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program
25 May 21
An image forming system which, even when overprinting is made on a sheet processed by an external device, prevents misregistration of the image formed on the sheet, and a control method for the image forming system, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program.
Hiroaki Yago
Filed: 16 Jan 20
Utility
Conference system, conference server, and program based on voice data or illumination light
25 May 21
A conference system includes: a computer processing unit (CPU) that: acquires, for each of information processing devices used by participants of a conference, information specific to a first area in which the conference is held; extracts features from the information specific to the first area; compares the features of each of the information processing devices with one another; groups the information processing devices with similar features together; assigns, for each group of the information processing devices, a work space that can be accessed by the information processing devices of each group; and notifies the information processing devices of each group of information related to the work space that allows the information processing devices of each group to access the work space assigned to each group.
Rachit Garg, Kazuaki Kanai, Toshiyuki Maeshima
Filed: 21 Jun 19