Seiko Epson Corporation

Mimaki Engineering Company, Ltd.

Graphic Creation Co., Ltd.

Akira Ikeda

Ayae Sawado

Masaru Ohnishi

Sakiko Shimizu

Kohei Yamada

Makoto Otani

Megumi Enari

Akiko Yamada

Akira Kitahara

Masayasu Fukuoka

Kazuhiro Nishida

Yuta Machida

Hitoshi Tsuchiya

Tsukasa Eguchi

Masakatsu Okawa

Tomotaka Furuhata

Hirofumi Hara

Hisayuki Kobayashi

Takumi Oike

Norikazu Nakamura

Hiroyuki Masuda

Satoshi Takezawa

Shinya Nakano

Kazuyuki Takeuchi

Ayumi Sakaguchi

Masakatsu Ohkawa

Kaoru Kodaira

Yutaka Miyasaka

Masayoshi Morisawa

Moe Ito

Megumu Ito

Akira Kawabata

Yoshimitsu Komiyama

Daisuke Kondo

Shinji Nutazawa

A method for forming a three-dimensional object by a fused deposition modeling method. The method uses a plurality of material resin supply units, each configured to supply a coloring material resin of a different color, and the coloring material resins are resins to be used as a modeling material. A mixed resin ejection unit is configured to eject a mixed resin obtained by mixing the coloring material resins supplied from the plurality of material resin supply units. The plurality of material resin supply units being configured to supply the coloring material resins of different colors to the mixed resin ejection unit. The method includes controlling the amounts of the coloring material resins to be supplied from each of the plurality of material resin supply units to the mixed resin ejection unit, thereby adjusting a color of the mixed resin that is to be ejected by the mixed resin ejection unit.

Apparatus for modeling three-dimensional object and method for modeling three-dimensional object

A biological information acquisition device includes a light source configured to emit a laser beam; a light branching element configured to branch the laser beam into a first luminous flux and a second luminous flux; a first light receiving element configured to receive the first luminous flux; a second light receiving element configured to receive scattered light generated by scattering of the second luminous flux incident on an inspection site of a living body; a differential circuit to which the first light receiving element and the second light receiving element are coupled; a signal processing unit configured to obtain biological fluid information by processing a light detection signal output via the differential circuit; and a first light shielding part configured to reduce the scattered light incident on the first light receiving element.

Biological information acquisition device

There is provided an identification method acquiring a first image, a pixel value of each of pixels of which represents a distance from a first position to an imaging target object including an identification target object, acquiring a second image captured from the first position or a second position different the first position, a pixel value of each of pixels of the second image representing at least luminance of reflected light from the imaging target object, identifying a type of the identification target object based on the second image, and calculating, based on the first image, an indicator value indicating a reliability degree of an identification result of the type of the identification target object based on the second image.

Identification method, identification system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program

A biological analysis device includes an average blood pressure calculation unit that calculates an average blood pressure index related to an average blood pressure of a biological body in accordance with a blood vessel diameter index related to a blood vessel diameter of the biological body and a blood flow index related to a blood flow of the biological body and calculated from an intensity spectrum related to a frequency of light reflected and received from an inside of the biological body through radiation of a laser beam.

Biological analysis device, biological analysis method, and program

A biological analysis device includes: a pulse pressure calculation unit that calculates a pulse pressure index related to a pulse pressure of a biological body; an average blood pressure calculation unit that calculates an average blood pressure index related to an average blood pressure of the biological body; and a blood pressure calculation unit that calculates a systolic blood pressure and a diastolic blood pressure in accordance with the pulse pressure index and the average blood pressure index. At least one of the pulse pressure index and the average blood pressure index is calculated in accordance with a blood flow index which is calculated from an intensity spectrum related to a frequency of light reflected and received from an inside of the biological body through radiation of a laser beam and is related to a blood flow of the biological body.

Pulse pressure and blood pressure analysis device, pulse pressure and blood pressure analysis method, and program

The position detection method includes the steps of (a) obtaining a first taken image by imaging a pointing element with an operation surface as a background using a first camera while performing illumination with a first illumination section disposed so that a shadow of the pointing element on the operation surface is not substantially imaged by the first camera, (b) obtaining a second taken image by imaging the pointing element with the operation surface as a background using a second camera disposed at a different position from a position of the first camera while performing illumination with a second illumination section disposed so that the shadow of the pointing element on the operation surface is not substantially imaged by the second camera, and (c) detecting a position of the pointing element with respect to the operation surface using the first taken image and the second taken image.

Position detection method, position detection device, and interactive projector

A biological analysis device includes a blood vessel calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel index related to a blood vessel of a biological body in accordance with a blood mass integration value obtained by integrating blood mass indexes relate to a blood mass of the biological body during an integration period and a blood flow integration value obtained by integrating blood flow indexes related to a blood flow of the biological body during the integration period.

A position detection method of detecting a position of a pointing element with respect to an operation surface includes: obtaining a first taken image by imaging the pointing element with the operation surface as a background using a monocular camera while performing illumination with a first illumination section without performing the illumination with a second illumination section at a position different from a position of the first illumination section; obtaining a second taken image by imaging the pointing element with the operation surface as the background using the camera while performing the illumination with the second illumination section without performing the illumination with the first illumination section; extracting pointing element and shadow areas from the first taken image and the second taken image; detecting a position of the pointing element with respect to the operation surface using a relationship between the pointing element area and the shadow area.

A display method includes (a) capturing an image including a hand, (b) determining a first distance as a distance between the hand and an operation surface, (c) recognizing a shape of the hand based on the image, and (d) displaying an operation icon selected in accordance with the shape of the hand out of a plurality of operation icons on the operation surface in a case of a separate state in which the first distance exceeds a first distance threshold value determined in advance.

Display method, display device, and interactive projector configured to receive an operation to an operation surface by a hand of a user

A data processing apparatus includes an arithmetic processing unit that executes a data aggregation step of aggregating N types (N&#x2265;3) of sampling time series data to acquire M types (M&#x2265;2 and N&#x3e;M) of classification time series data, a classification step of classifying the M types of classification time series data into a plurality of clusters, and an appearance data generation step of generating time series appearance data for each cluster.

Data processing apparatus and data processing method

A biological clock time calculating apparatus includes: a measuring portion which measures bio-information that changes on a daily basis; and an arithmetic processing portion which calculates biological clock time based on a measurement result of the measuring portion. A biological clock time calculating method may be configured to include: measuring bio-information which changes on a daily basis; and calculating biological clock time based on the measurement result.

Biological clock time calculating apparatus and biological clock time calculating method

A heat flow sensor includes a heat transfer layer that has first and second surfaces confronting each other and has flexibility and a temperature difference measurement unit that measures a temperature difference between the first and second surfaces of the heat transfer layer. The heat transfer layer includes a first member having flexibility and a second member with higher thermal conductivity than the first member. The thickness of the heat transfer layer is equal to or greater than 0.5 mm, thermal conductivity of the heat transfer layer is equal to or greater than 10 W/(m&#xd7;K), and Shore hardness of the heat transfer layer is equal to or less than A50.

Heat flow meter and electronic device

An internal temperature measuring device is configured to include an acquisition unit that acquires a one side temperature and a one side heat flux of a measurement target on a one side surface side and an opposite side temperature and an opposite side heat flux of the measurement target on an opposite side surface side; and a computation unit that computes an internal temperature of the measurement target by applying the one side temperature, the one side heat flux, the opposite side temperature, and the opposite side heat flux.

Internal temperature measuring device, wrist mounting-type device, and method of measuring internal temperature

To provide an inkjet printer and a printing method that can print a new pattern to be printed at an appropriate position relative to an existing pattern. An inkjet printer newly prints a new pattern to be printed, that is different from an existing pattern, on an outer surface of a spherical print object on which the existing pattern is printed. The inkjet printer includes a retainer that retains the print object, a carriage, and a projector. The carriage prints the new pattern to be printed on the outer surface of the print object. The projector projects at least a part of the existing pattern and the new pattern to be printed together on the outer surface of the print object retained by the retainer.

Inkjet printer and printing method

When an image is printed by inkjet printing on a print surface of a target medium, an overcoat layer is formed in a more appropriate manner. A printing method uses color ink headsas exemplified colored ink heads, a clear ink head, and ultraviolet irradiators. The printing method includes a color printing step of printing a print image using a colored ink in at least a partial region on a print surface of a medium, a non-colored region clear printing step of applying a UV clear ink for printing in a region at least including a non-colored region in which ink droplets are not discharged in the color printing step, and an overcoat layer forming step of forming an overcoat layer that covers the print image using the UV clear ink in a region covering at least the print image printed in the color printing step.

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Akira Ikeda