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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184181 | Image capturing system and computer readable recording medium for recording image processing program An image capturing system includes: a first noise reduction unit which roughly removes the effects of an edge component by performing edge-preserving adaptive noise reduction processing on a target pixel within a local region including the target pixel and the neigh... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184148 | Receiving apparatus A capsule endoscope 3 is inserted into a subject and transmits a capsule ID, which is received by an RF receiving unit 11 of a receiving apparatus 2. A capsule ID detecting circuit 19 detects the capsule ID. A control unit C recognizes a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180215 | Vibrating device and image equipment having the same A vibrating device includes a drive unit configured to drive a vibrating member to produce vibration Z (x, y) at a dust-screening member, the vibration being expressed as follows: Z(x,y)=Wmn(x,y)·cos(γ)+W | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179591 | Spatial light modulator and mirror array device The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising: a pixel array comprises a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units comprises a memory cell. A plurality of word lines and a plurality of plate lines to electrically communicate with the p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175559 | Receiving apparatus The present invention is intended to be able to ensure detecting whether an open-circuit occurs to a feeder within short time with simple configuration. A receiving apparatus 2 according to the present invention receives image information transmitted from a c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169472 | Image display apparatus with interactive database An image display apparatus 104 according to the present invention includes a DB 130 which stores patient information of a subject, a display unit 140 that displays a group of intra-subject images of the subject and patient information, an input ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164634 | Vibrating device and image equipment having the same A vibrating device includes a drive unit configured to drive a vibrating member to produce vibration Z(x,y) at a dust-screening member, the vibration being expressed as follows: Z(x,y)=Wmn(x,y)·cos(γ)+Wn... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164334 | Position detection system A position detection system that does not require calibration measurement to be performed in advance and reduces the work required for detecting a position and so on is provided. The provided position detection system includes a device having a magnetic inductance c... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162825 | Endoscope An endoscope which includes a flexible tube and a protective tube placed in the flexible tube, the protective tube containing a plurality of elongated built-in components including an optical fiber bundle, characterized in that a solid lubricant containing rice-bran... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157389 | Synchronous control system for light source and spatial light modulator employed in projection apparatus The present invention provides a display apparatus, comprising: an a light source for emitting illumination light for transmitting along illumination light path; a display device includes a plurality of pixels for modulating the illumination light for reflecting the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154630 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer readable storage medium which stores image processing program An image processing apparatus includes a noise reduction unit which performs noise reduction processing to image signals, a first noise presumption unit which presumes a first noise amount from a present image signal among the image signals, and a second noise presu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154474 | Driving method of memory access The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising: a plurality of pixel elements wherein each of the pixel elements comprises at least a switching element; a plurality of control lines connected to at least one of the switching elements; and a con... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140145 | Position detection apparatus and medical-device-position detection system A position detection apparatus and a medical-device-position detection system that have improved position detection accuracy are provided by setting high amplification for the position detection apparatus. The position detection apparatus includes a circuit that has... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137264 | Endoscope system having two endoscopes with different viewing angles An endoscope system includes a first endoscope that includes a first observation optical system with a first viewing angle; and a second endoscope that includes a second observation optical system with a second viewing angle wider than the first viewing angle. A sec... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134772 | Mirror device with an anti-stiction layer A micromirror device includes an elastic hinge for supporting a mirror on a substrate, and an address electrode for deflecting the mirror. The device further includes a protective layer and an oriented monolayer laid to cover a stopper also functioning as an address... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134767 | Mirror device A mirror device comprises: an electrode which is covered with a protective film made of a material containing a semiconductor material and is placed on a substrate; a mirror placed above the electrode; and an electrically conductive hinge placed between the mirror a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131123 | Beam steering element and associated methods for manifold fiberoptic switches and monitoring An optical system comprising two or more optical switches co-packaged together comprising discrete sets of input fiber ports (N per set) and an output fiber port (1 per set), and wherein λn from said set of multiple input fiber ports (N) is focused on λn mirror vi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125407 | Deformable micromirror device A micromirror device, which makes an image display with digital image data, comprises pixel elements which are arranged in the form of a matrix and each of which modulates incident light by using an ON state for deflecting incident light to projection optics, an OFF... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121666 | Image observation apparatus An image observation apparatus comprising an image display unit for displaying an observation image and a supporting mechanism for supporting the image display unit movably and adjustably in the directions of three, substantially perpendicular axes. Since the suppor... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118819 | Medical treatment tool A medical treatment tool comprises: a flexible wire; a first wire holding member which holds the wire; a second wire holding member capable of holding the wire between itself and the first wire holding member; a first sheath which is provided in contact with a proxi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115986 | Mirror device comprising drive electrode equipped with stopper function The present invention provides a mirror device, comprising: a plurality of deflectable mirrors; an elastic member for supporting the mirror and to deflect the mirror to a range of deflecting angles; a drive electrode for driving the mirror; a control circuit for giv... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114098 | Insertion apparatus for endoscope An insertion apparatus for an endoscope comprises a tubular body which is inserted into a surgical tool insertion channel of the endoscope, and a wire member which is inserted into an inside cavity of the tubular body. The tubular body includes a distal end coil whi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100825 | Endoscope and supportive member for bending operation of the same An endoscope includes an insertion portion having a bendable portion; an operation portion from which the insertion portion extends; a first bending operation knob arranged on a surface of the operation portion and including depressions and first protrusions, to ben... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097010 | Treatment sheath for endoscopic blood vessel harvesting According to one aspect of the present invention, there is disclosed a treatment sheath for endoscopic blood vessel harvesting, comprising a sheath main unit which can be inserted into a body through a cut skin portion in order to harvest a blood vessel in the body,... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8081371 | Spatial light modulator and display apparatus The present invention provides an image projection system comprising a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprises a plurality of pixel elements, wherein each of the pixel elements further comprises a deflectable mirror, and at least a first electrode and a second elect... | 12/20/2011 |
| RE42978 | Image capturing device An image capturing device for capturing an image by an imaging device comprises first compression means for compressing and coding a captured image as a moving image, extracting means for extracting object information relating to a desired object from moving image i... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064125 | Color sequential illumination for spatial light modulator The present invention provides a display apparatus, comprising: a light source or light sources for emitting a luminous flux or luminous fluxes having a plurality of colors; a spatial light modulator for modulating the luminous flux(es) having a plurality of colors ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064123 | Mirror device and MEMS device comprising layered electrode The present invention provides an image display system implemented with a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device formed and supported on a substrate functioning as a spatial light modulator wherein the MEMS device further comprises a drive circuit disposed on ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064118 | Control system for micromirror device This invention provides a display system that receives an image signal containing a binary data of N bits, wherein N is a positive integer, for displaying an image with a grayscale corresponding to the binary data. The display system further includes a data converte... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061856 | Projection apparatus and image projection changeover method The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; a spatial light modulator for modulating the incident light emitted from the light source; a spatial light modulator control unit for generating, from an inputted image signal, a cont... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061854 | Projection display system with varying light source The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating illumination light from the light source by a plurality of pixel elements by using different modulation states; a light source cont... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061846 | Light source control method for video image display apparatus and video image display apparatus A method for controlling a light source of a video image display apparatus, comprising: projecting illumination lights to a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second SLM, and changing over a wavelength of one of the illumination lights projected to the second... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8045254 | Structure body electrically connected via semiconductor material layer The present invention discloses an image display system implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) having a plurality of pixel elements wherein each of the pixel elements further comprises an electrode having a structural body comprising: a first electrically ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043211 | Endoscope device with a heat removal portion This endoscope device includes: an LED adaptor that has a plurality of LED chips and that can be removably fitted onto a distal end of an insertion portion that is inserted into a body cavity of an endoscopy subject; an LED supporting block that is provided on the L... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038608 | Body-cavity image observation apparatus An object of the present invention is to enable clearly identifying whether a body-cavity image displayed on a display unit is based on data which is directly received by a viewer itself, or whether the body-cavity image displayed on the display unit is based on dat... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038603 | Endoscope hood An endoscope hood has a protrusion portion which protrudes in an observation visual field direction of an endoscope at an end of a cylindrical press fitting fixing portion attached by press fitting in a state that an attachment position in a circumferential directio... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038599 | Wireless in-vivo information acquiring apparatus, wireless in-vivo information acquiring system, and communication apparatus A communication apparatus (3) arranged outside a subject (1) has an external device (32) which sequentially transmits control signals. A capsule endoscope (2) is introduced inside the subject (1). Thereafter, a system control circu... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036620 | Receiving apparatus In order to restore synchronization quickly in the case where synchronization with a transmission signal is not established, when a synchronization signal is not received by an antenna selected in advance in a receiving apparatus (2), a selection controller (... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036615 | Portable simplified image display apparatus and receiving system A portable simplified image display apparatus and a receiving system are provided, which can sensuously know the state of received strength of radio signals transmitted from a body-insertable apparatus, in either case of before examination or during examination. A v... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036480 | Image processing system An image processing system for restoring a resolution of a pixel-mixed image represented by a mixed-pixel signal which is acquired when a plurality of pixel signals in an image pickup device are mixed and are read out includes a shooting situation acquiring section,... | 10/11/2011 |
