4333 patents
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Use of divalent metals for enhancement of fluorescent signals
16 Jan 24
Compositions comprising fluorescent or colored dyes and methods of using the same in combination with divalent metal salts to analyze samples are disclosed.
Melissa Jackson, Christopher Boyce, Eriko Matsui, Michael Vanbrunt, Sharat Singh, Tracy Matray
Filed: 8 Mar 19
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Information processing apparatus, information processing terminal apparatus, and information processing method
16 Jan 24
An information processing apparatus generates a command for a communication terminal apparatus and a retry command and successively outputs the generated command and retry command to an information processing terminal apparatus.
Koji Sakaba, Tsutomu Nakatsuru, Yuki Suzuki, Masatsugu Ishiko
Filed: 15 Jan 20
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Method, system, and medium having stored thereon instructions that cause a processor to execute a method for obtaining image information of an organism comprising a set of optical data
16 Jan 24
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for obtaining image information of an organism including a set of optical data; calculating a growth index based on the set of optical data; and calculating an anticipated harvest time based on the growth index, where the image information includes at least one of: (a) visible image data obtained from an image sensor and non-visible image data obtained from the image sensor, and (b) a set of image data from at least two image capture devices, where the at least two image capture devices capture the set of image data from at least two positions.
Morio Ogura, Hirofumi Sumi
Filed: 5 Apr 22
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Response generating apparatus, response generating method, and response generating program
16 Jan 24
A response generating apparatus (10) includes an acquiring unit (40) that acquires input information that is a trigger for generating a response with respect to a user and context information that is information indicating a situation of the user and a response generating unit (50) that generates, based on the context information acquired from the user, a response associated with the input information.
Hiro Iwase, Mari Saito
Filed: 9 Oct 19
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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
16 Jan 24
Masahiro Tamori
Filed: 30 Oct 19
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Semiconductor device, solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus
16 Jan 24
A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor section including a first wiring layer at one side thereof, the first semiconductor section further including a photodiode, a second semiconductor section including a second wiring layer at one side thereof, the first and second semiconductor sections being secured together, a third semiconductor section including a third wiring layer at one side thereof, the second and the third semiconductor sections being secured together such the first semiconductor section, second semiconductor section, and the third semiconductor section are stacked together, and a first conductive material electrically connecting at least two of (i) the first wiring layer, (ii) the second wiring layer, and (iii) the third wiring layer such that the electrically connected wiring layers are in electrical communication.
Taku Umebayashi, Keiji Tatani, Hajime Inoue, Ryuichi Kanamura
Filed: 13 Apr 22
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Wireless communication device
16 Jan 24
Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Masanori Sato
Filed: 7 Mar 22
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Speaker system and sound output method
16 Jan 24
This speaker system includes: a speaker device that is disposed outside a region of a projection surface on which a display surface of a display is projected, the speaker device functioning as a real sound source; and a reflector that has a reflection surface reflecting a sound output from the speaker device, the reflector localizing a sound image of a virtual sound source within the region of the projection surface.
Kazunobu Ookuri, Kohei Asada, Masaki Kamata, Hiroyuki Shirakawa
Filed: 12 Oct 20
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Information processing apparatus and information processing method
9 Jan 24
An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a processing section that executes a process including a correction process of specifying noise included in perspiration data acquired by a perspiration sensor on a basis of sensor data acquired by a different type of sensor than the perspiration sensor, and removing the noise from the perspiration data.
Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, Naoya Sazuka, Yoshihiro Wakita
Filed: 9 Nov 21
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Data processing apparatus, sensor and methods
9 Jan 24
A data processing method comprising: receiving, from each of a plurality of sensors each located at a respective location, a signal indicative of a respective value of a parameter measured by that sensor at a respective one of a plurality of successive times; and determining, based on the value of the parameter measured by one or more first sensors of the plurality of sensors at a respective one or more of the plurality of successive times, a value of the parameter at the location of a second sensor of the plurality of sensors at one of the one or more of the plurality of successive times.
Rajni Agarwal
Filed: 14 Feb 20
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Sensor, input device, and electronic apparatus
9 Jan 24
An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.
Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura, Ken Kobayashi, Tetsuro Goto, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Kei Tsukamoto, Hayato Hasegawa, Manami Miyawaki
Filed: 10 Jun 22
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Interchangeable lens, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
9 Jan 24
A multi-eye interchangeable lens is disclosed.
Kengo Hayasaka, Hidenori Kushida, Katsuhisa Ito
Filed: 14 Apr 20
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Wavelength conversion element and light source module and projection display device
9 Jan 24
A wavelength conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a phosphor layer; a refrigerant; a refrigerant transport member; and a housing.
Shota Nishi, Izushi Kobayashi, Yuki Maeda, Masahiro Ishige
Filed: 7 Aug 19
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Information processing apparatus and information processing method
9 Jan 24
An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aga, Koichi Kawasaki, Mitsuru Nishibe, Yuji Kusano
Filed: 23 Aug 22
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Shape changeable apparatus, shape control method, and tactile sense providing apparatus
9 Jan 24
A shape changeable apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a space forming section, a fluid controller, a signal emitter, a detector, and a generator.
Kentaro Yoshida, Masahiro Sato
Filed: 8 Jul 20
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Object recognition with removal of event as noise when the event is detected for a group of pixels exceeding a threshold
9 Jan 24
An object recognition system of the present disclosure includes: a light source section that irradiates a subject with dot light having a predetermined pattern; an event detection sensor that receives the dot light having the predetermined pattern reflected by the subject and detects, as an event, that a change in luminance of a pixel exceeds a predetermined threshold; and a signal processor that performs, in a case where a plurality of successive pixels in a pixel array section of the event detection sensor detects occurrence of an event in a certain period, processing of removing the event as noise, the plurality of successive pixels being equal to or greater than a predetermined number of pixels.
Kenta Endo
Filed: 4 Aug 20
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Equipment controlling apparatus and equipment controlling method
9 Jan 24
Provided is an equipment controlling apparatus that includes a storage section that stores a time frame within which a setting of operation of a device disposed in a predetermined region is to be changed, and a control section that controls the device to change operation between a time frame set in advance in the storage section and a time frame different from the time frame.
Makoto Yokota, Takeshi Otani, Michiko Toba, Kazuha Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Hida, Takeo Kamei, Shuhei Kikuchihara, Shinya Kimura, Ryohei Suzuki
Filed: 31 Jan 19
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Information processing device and information processing method
9 Jan 24
An information processing device includes a plurality of buffers and a file recording processing unit.
Shinsuke Yonenaga, Shimpei Tanemori, Takashi Kuwabara
Filed: 26 Apr 21
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Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus
9 Jan 24
A solid-state imaging device and an imaging apparatus that enable provision of a solid-state imaging device having superior color separation and high sensitivity are provided.
Tetsuji Yamaguchi
Filed: 9 Dec 22
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Integration methods to fabricate internal spacers for nanowire devices
9 Jan 24
A nanowire device having a plurality of internal spacers and a method for forming said internal spacers are disclosed.
Seiyon Kim, Kelin J. Kuhn, Tahir Ghani, Anand S. Murthy, Mark Armstrong, Rafael Rios, Abhijit Jayant Pethe, Willy Rachmady
Filed: 24 Mar 22