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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100034432 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM, CERTIFICATE PHOTOGRAPH TAKING APPARATUS, AND CERTIFICATE PHOTOGRAPH TAKING METHOD A face image in which a user's face turns to a direction different from the front is picked up clearly and individual authentication is executed more precisely. An authentication system for executing authentication of a user is provided, wherein the authentication syste... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20080309777 | Method, apparatus and program for image processing An analyzing means first calculates the blur direction and blur level of a digital photograph image based on edge widths and histograms of the edge widths obtained in each direction, and discriminates whether the image is a blurred image or a normal image. Then, it furt... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080186620 | SERVO WRITER AND SERVO WRITING PROCESS A servo writer according to the present invention is a servo writer which writes a servo signal on a servo band of a magnetic tape. It comprises a magnetic tape driving system in which a magnetic tape supplied from a supply reel is taken up by a take-up reel to drive th... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080055370 | Multi-nozzle ink jet head and manufacturing method thereof A multi-nozzle ink jet head using piezoelectric elements and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A head (1) has a nozzle member (10) in which a plurality of nozzles (12) are formed, a pressure chamber wall member (14) in which a plu... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080044070 | Abnormal mass candidate detecting apparatus, method and computer-readable medium An apparatus, a computer-readable medium and a method of detecting cancer masses using mammography are described. From an input image, an iris contrast map and an iris ring filter response map of the input image are generated. Potential abnormal mass candidates are iden... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080023660 | Apparatus for and method of erasing residual radiation image A stored quantity calculator calculates the quantity of radiation energy stored in each of divided areas of a stimulable phosphor panel. Erasing energy set to a level depending on the calculated quantity of radiation energy stored in each of the areas is applied from an... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080006787 | Radiation image detector A radiation image detector generates electric charge by irradiation with radiation and records a radiation image. The radiation image detector has an electrode layer including a multiplicity of first linear electrodes connected to a charge amplifier for detecting the el... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080007747 | Method and apparatus for model based anisotropic diffusion Methods and apparatuses for image processing are presented. An exemplary method is provided which provides a model which includes information not found in the digital image, accessing digital image data and the model, and performing anisotropic diffusion on the digital ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080002908 | Method and apparatus for diffusion based illumination normalization An exemplary illumination normalization method is provided which includes receiving an input image having at least one spurious edge directly resulting from illumination, performing anisotropic diffusion on the input image to form a diffusion image, and removing at the ... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070292019 | Learning method for detectors, face detection method, face detection apparatus, and face detection program In a method of detecting a face in various directions in a target image with use of detectors, a partial image cut sequentially from the target image is subjected to mirror reversal processing and rotation processing in 90 degree increments for generating reversed/rotat... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070281250 | Electrophotographic image-receiving sheet and process for image formation using the same The electrophotographic image-receiving sheet includes a support and a toner image-receiving layer which contains a thermoplastic resin and is disposed on the support, in which a surface of the toner image-receiving layer has a glossiness by specular reflection of 20 or... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070259193 | Method for forming a film by spin coating It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a solid substrate used for sensors having a film with a small film thickness distribution, and a solid surface used for sensors having a film with a small film thickness distribution. The present... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070257217 | Radiographic-image recording medium containing shock-resistant member An image recording medium includes: a support which is transparent to radiation for use in recording, and resistant to shock; a wavelength conversion layer which contains an organic binder and a fluorescent material which converts the radiation into visible light; a fir... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070243633 | Biosensor An object of the present invention is to provide a biosensor which exhibits good reproducibility of the amount of an immobilized physiologically active substance by suppressing plane deterioration (separation of a metal film from a resin) which occurs at the formation o... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070243313 | Method of manufacturing radiographic image conversion panel There is provided a method of manufacturing a radiation image conversion panel in which a stimulable phosphor layer is formed on a substrate by performing film deposition through vacuum evaporation. The thickness of the stimulable phosphor layer is measured during the f... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070241294 | Process for read-out of radiation image A process for reading a radiation image out of a radiation image storage panel which has a phosphor layer comprising columnar crystals of europium activated cesium halide stimulable phosphor in which a radiation image is recorded, is performed by the steps of: exposing ... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070237364 | Method and apparatus for context-aided human identification A method and an apparatus process digital images. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital data representing a plurality of digital images including a plurality of persons; performs face recognition to generate face recognition scores relating to similari... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070237355 | Method and apparatus for adaptive context-aided human classification A method and an apparatus process digital images. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital data representing a plurality of digital images including a plurality of persons; performs face recognition to determine first scores relating to similarity between... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070239764 | Method and apparatus for performing constrained spectral clustering of digital image data A method and an apparatus process digital images. The method according to one embodiment accesses element data representing a plurality of elements belonging to a plurality of digital images; performs a similarity analysis between the elements from the plurality of elem... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070227624 | Magnetic particles, method for producing the same, and magnetic recording medium Magnetic particles of the present invention comprising monocrystals of rare earth element-transition metal-metalloid having particle diameters of 5 nm to 50 nm. The magnetic particles are produced by a producing method comprising a step of fabricating a quenched thin ba... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070231924 | Method and apparatus for assay in utilizing attenuated total reflection, and sample immobilizing device A sensor unit for assay in utilizing surface plasmon resonance (SPR) includes a dielectric prism. Metal film has a light entrance surface fitted on the prism, and a sensing surface reverse to the light entrance surface. The sensing surface is adapted to causing interact... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070232800 | Organic electroluminescent device, and azepine compound and method for producing the same An organic electroluminescent device having a pair of electrodes, and at least one organic layer interposed between the pair of electrodes, with the organic layer containing at least one compound represented by formula (1): 10/04/2007 | |
| 20070221526 | Packing box for photosensitive recording material A packing box comprising a box body for storing a photosensitive recording material and a lid portion having an insertion flap, wherein two perforated lines including cut portions and non-cut portions arranged alternately are formed from two points at a distance of 50 t... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070204950 | Web joining apparatus and method A web joining apparatus, comprising: a turret arm which supports an old roll and a new roll around which band-state flexible support bodies are wound capable of drawing and is rotatable per predetermined angle; a front pasting drum provided with a holding device which h... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070206844 | Method and apparatus for breast border detection A method and an apparatus process images. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data representing an image including a breast; clusters pixels of the image to obtain initial clusters, based on a parameter relating to a spatial characteristic of t... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070203654 | Measuring apparatus, and measuring method A measuring method, including storing reference data for two or more previously determined types of examination object compounds, so as to provide a correspondence with each of the compounds; supplying a compound to a biologically active substance attached on an attachm... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070189594 | Method and apparatus for forming images and image furnishing service system In a first image forming method, a medical image of an object is inputted, and a normal structure image, which corresponds to the inputted medical image and represents a normal structure of the object, is artificially formed. In a second image forming method, a normal i... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070189609 | Method, apparatus, and program for discriminating faces A face discriminating process judges whether a discrimination target image is an image of a face, based on characteristic amounts of the discrimination target image. Gradation conversion of pixel values is administered as a preliminary process, to suppress fluctuations ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070183686 | Method and apparatus for estimating object part location in digital image data using feature value analysis A method and an apparatus estimate an object part location in a digital image using feature value analysis. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data representing a region including an object part of a digital image; accesses reference data incl... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070183654 | Method and apparatus for localizing an object part in digital image data A method and an apparatus localize an object part location in a digital image. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data containing an object part; obtains an initial position estimate for object part location of the object part; extracts a sub-... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070184483 | Biochemical analysis unit and method of producing thereof The biochemical analysis unit has a base plate and absorptive regions. The absorptive regions are surrounded by the base plate formed of materials which shield a radioactive ray and a light. In the absorptive regions are applied and absorbed specific binding substances ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070178405 | Positive resist composition and method of pattern formation with the same A positive resist composition comprising: (A) a resin which comes to have an enhanced solubility in an alkaline developing solution by an action of an acid; (B) a compound which generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or a radiation; (C) a fluorine-containi... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070177793 | Method and apparatus for automatic eyeglasses detection and removal A method and an apparatus automatically detect and remove eyeglasses from an image. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data representing an image including a face; detects eyeglasses in the image to produce a report about presence or absence o... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070177304 | RECORDING MEDIUM CARTRIDGE The recording medium cartridge accommodates a recording medium such as a magnetic tape, a optical and/or magnetic disk, or the like in a cartridge body having an upper half and a lower half. A non-contact type memory device storing information, for example, given when p... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070177794 | Method and apparatus for automatic eyeglasses detection using a nose ridge mask A method and an apparatus automatically detect eyeglasses in an image. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data representing an image including a face; detects eyeglasses in the image by using nose ridge masking; and outputs a decision about pr... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070172777 | Image forming method using a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, and silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material An image-forming method comprising: employing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising, on a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070171573 | Magnetic recording medium Provided is a magnetic recording medium affording both reduced head abrasion and good durability in high-density magnetic recording and reproduction systems employing MR heads as reproduction heads. The magnetic recording medium comprises a nonmagnetic layer comprising ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070173641 | Azo compound and process of producing the same, and novel compound and process of producing azo compounds using the same A compound represented by the following formula (I) or formual (2-I): ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070164242 | RADIATION IMAGE READ-OUT APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGE CONVERTOR PANEL A radiation image read-out apparatus includes a condenser optical system which converges stimulated emission emitted from a radiation image convertor panel upon exposure to stimulating light. A photodetector receives the stimulated emission converged by the condenser op... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070159637 | Optical tomography system In an optical tomography system, interference light is detected and a controller switches between a measurement initiating position adjusting mode and a tomographic image obtaining mode. The interference light is detected by an interference light detecting system includ... | 07/12/2007 |
