Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169504 | Image processing device and image processing method This invention provides an image processing device and an image processing method capable of performing image processing of higher accuracy using the synthetic image data with enlarged dynamic range. An image processing method including the steps of acquiring a plur... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7888825 | Worker safety management system Task—To provide a worker safety management system that can adapt itself to changes in the conditions of the workers and the machines in a flexible manner and can finely manage the safety of the worker. Means to Achieve the Task—Worker safety is managed by... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7849583 | Microphone manufacturing method A microphone manufacturing method that includes forming an etching protective film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, opening an etching window through the etching protective film, and forming a sacrifice layer in the etching window and also on an upper face... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7747072 | Image processing method, image processing program, its storage medium, and image processing device for extracting points from a color image Focusing on pixels that constitute a color image sequentially, color differences Cx and Cy in X and Y directions are found using image data in a mask centering around the focal pixel. For the pixel in which the sum of the color differences is not less than a predete... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742634 | Image processing method, three-dimensional position measuring method and image processing apparatus An object of this invention is to provide an image processing method and image processing apparatus capable of extracting the position of an object in the unit of sub-pixel. An edge pixel, density gradient direction and edge position in the unit of sub-pixel are ext... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738034 | Image processing apparatus with illumination unit and imaging unit in different casings A control unit converts image information into differential signals to transmit to a controller. The control unit receives control signals (differential signals) for controlling a lens unit or an illumination unit, to control the lens unit or the illumination unit. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728875 | Image processing apparatus and operation condition setting method thereof An external I/F gives numerical information on an imaging device, input from PC or PLC, to a memory. The memory outputs the numerical information to CPU as well as retaining the numerical information. CPU transmits the numerical information through a camera to an op... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724941 | Defect analysis place specifying device and defect analysis place specifying method A defect analysis place specifying device for specifying defect analysis places from an inspection result of produced printed wiring boards in an electronic part mounting device for mounting parts on the printed wiring boards through plural steps, including an accep... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7724140 | Antenna, tag communication apparatus, tag communication system, scanning adjusting method for tag communication apparatus and computer readable medium An RFID reader/writer performs a radio communication with an RFID tag. An antenna for tag communication used in the RFID reader/writer is a beam scanning antenna that can perform scanning with the beam of a transmitted radio wave. The beam has a high directivity in ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7706024 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus that can determine an optimal registration color according to an acquired image is provided. An image processing unit 6 receives a sample image from an imaging unit 2 and acquires a hue with respect to each of pixels arran... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7692345 | Vibration-generating device and electronic apparatus using the same The present invention is directed to a vibration generating device used for mobile telephone, etc., which comprises a rotor (110), and a stator (120) for rotatably supporting the rotor, and serving to rotate the rotor to thereby generate vibration. The... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7680242 | X-ray examination method and X-ray examination apparatus An X-ray examination apparatus includes a scanning X-ray source for outputting X-rays, a sensor base which is attached with a plurality of X-ray sensors and which rotates about a rotation axis, and an image acquiring control mechanism for controlling rotation angle ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7663891 | Component mounting board structure and production method thereof In a lead frame board, while a heat radiation wall member formed by a resin having a relatively high thermal conductivity is provided in a low heat-resistance heat generating component mounting region where a low heat-resistance heat generating component is mounted,... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663759 | Displacement sensor An image taken by an imaging device is displayed on a display unit. When a confirmation instruction is inputted through an input unit, image teaching is performed while the image displayed on the display unit is set to a setting object image. A measurement item whic... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660643 | Solder material test apparatus, and method of controlling the same A solder material test apparatus includes a control unit and a storage unit which stores master data in advance in which a printing process time when a printing process is performed by using a test-sample solder material is associated with deterioration degree data ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7630794 | Isolated operation detecting method, control apparatus for detecting isolated operation for distributed power supply An isolated operation detecting method according to the present invention includes: a first step that injects a power fluctuation into the power system; a second step that measures a system cycle; a third step that adjusts the injection of the power fluctuation so t... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630539 | Image processing apparatus Plural items of two-dimensional image processing and at least one item of a three-dimensional measurement process are registered in a processing item table. The items of two-dimensional image processing include at least one item of an on-first-image position specifi... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623236 | Spectroscopic polarimetry To effectively reduce a measurement error in a parameter indicating a state of spectroscopic polarization generated by variations in retardation of a retarder due to a temperature change or other factors, while holding a variety of properties of a channeled spectros... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7595969 | Undervoltage warning method, undervoltage warning circuit and switching power supply A method for identifying a cause for insufficiency of an output voltage reduced to or below an undervoltage set value comprises a first comparison step for comparing the output voltage to a fixed first undervoltage set value and a second comparison step for comparin... | 09/29/2009 |
| D600209 | Connector for flexible printed circuit board | 09/15/2009 |
| 7573418 | Tag communication apparatus, control method for tag communication apparatus, computer readable medium for tag communication control and tag communication control system A direction estimating section estimates the incoming direction of a radio wave from an RFID tag in each of antennas. A position calculating section calculates the position of the RFID tag on the basis of the incoming direction of the radio wave estimated in the dir... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7562164 | Remote terminal apparatus for programmable controller A programmable-controller remote terminal apparatus of the invention shortens a system down time generated in replacing an I/O unit, in the I/O unit having a three-divided configuration of a remote terminal apparatus in which miniaturization and low-profile are deve... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7555353 | Input device of safety unit This invention provides an input device of safety unit which enables an error diagnosis result referred to in a process of input processing for generating a control data from raw input signal to be referred by a side using the control data also in a safety unit such... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7548796 | Method, apparatus, and program for controlling temperature within a heating system A temperature variation of a glass substrate 2 at a plurality of measuring points in a continuous furnace 3 when preset temperatures of respective furnaces 31-33 are changed is estimated in the form of a matrix based... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546518 | Received data compensating device Provided is a compensating device for a received data can be used in a wide application by a single apparatus for various wiring configurations and transmission media. The compensating device provided between a receiver circuit in a physical layer and a processing d... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7536255 | Sensor or networks with server and information processing system, method and program An information processing device (central apparatus (2)) in a sensor network system is arranged so as to include an input-output processing section (101); an information converting section (103) and a resource specification information recognizi... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536230 | Control method, temperature control method, adjustment method, temperature controller, program, recording medium and heat treatment device When a work is set on a hot plate and a heat treatment is started and the like, an addition waveform of a target temperature is formed based on a previously formed data of an adjustment value, and a temperature is controlled by adding the addition waveform to the ta... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7531801 | Solder material test method and apparatus, control program and computer-readable recording medium Provided is a solder material test method that reduces labor and time and is preferred in operation hygiene. Detected are a first intensity at a particular wave number of infrared radiation reflected from a test-sample solder material by illuminating light to the te... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7522709 | X-ray examination apparatus and x-ray examination method using the same An X-ray examination apparatus changes a position of each X-ray sensor by rotating a sensor base, and resets a starting position of X-ray emission that becomes a X-ray focal position so that the X-ray enters each X-ray sensor after the position thereof is changed. A... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520432 | Sensor system To enables realization of an image data collection function, a bank switch function and the like at low cost in a juxtaposedly placed type sensor system for handling an image, such as a visual sensor or a displacement sensor, by introduction of the minimum required ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519446 | Manufacture condition setting system, manufacture condition setting method, control program, and computer-readable record medium recording control program therein A manufacture condition setting system includes a manufacture state acquisition unit to which static/dynamic conditions and a product quality in the case where the static/dynamic conditions do not change for, at least, a predetermined number of manufactured articles... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7504915 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic block and a movable block are attached onto a base in an inclination attitude. Contact mechanisms press-fitted from above the base are laterally arranged in the inclination attitude, and the contact mechanisms are arranged in parallel in upper and... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7486409 | Displacement sensor In a sensor head, parallel rays or approximately parallel rays are generated by a pair of condenser lenses that reciprocate according to vibrations of a collimate lens and a tuning fork, and go out from a light port. To the light port, a lens holder in which an obje... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7472106 | Safety network system and safety slave A safety PLC 1 serving as a master and a safety slave 2 are connected through a safety network 3 to constitute a network system. The safety slave has non-safety information storing unit 26 for storing individual information and a state in... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7471404 | Image processor and recording medium An authentic scanner driver 11 provided with a function of preventing unauthorized use is installed in a personal computer 10. Data is sent and received with a color scanner 20 via the driver. The color scanner 20 is provided with a drive... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7456368 | Safety switch In order to perform maintenance of a working robot, a worker pulls a handle of a slider and moves the slider backward to thereby withdraw a slider fitting portion from a fitting hole portion and withdraw an actuator from an operating portion of a door switch. In thi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451126 | State space navigation system, user system and business methods for machine to machine business The objective of this invention is to provide a system which could make general use of a large set of previously accumulated knowledge data and provide an optimal solution for a problem based on these knowledge data. To achieve the aforesaid objectives, this inventi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450248 | Three-dimensional measuring method and three-dimensional measuring apparatus After calibration for three-dimensional measurement has been completed, specification of a range of height to be measured is accepted, and using a homography matrix corresponding to the specified range on each of the images A0 and A1 from respective ca... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446864 | Defect inspection method and defect inspection system using the method A surface of a work to be inspected is irradiated with an illumination unit for a coaxial incident illumination and an illumination unit for an oblique incident illumination driven to take its image by a camera at the same time. Each of the illumination units and co... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444186 | Programmable controller system A programmable controller system comprises networks including a plurality of programmable controllers and a development support device. One of the programmable controllers is set as a relay programmable controller. The development support device is used by online-co... | 10/28/2008 |
