Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Sony Corporation

Fujitsu Corporation

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

The Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd.

Nec Electronics Corporation

Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.

Meiji Seika Kaisha Co., Ltd.

Akira Sato

Masanao Hinata

Haruo Takei

Akira Ogawa

Tadashi Ikeda

Atsuo Iwamoto

Jun Hayashi

Keisuke Shiba

Yoshiaki Sudo

Yuji Mihara

Daisuke Haruyama

Takeo Sakai

Masanaga Ohki

Akihiro Matsufuji

Takashi Isobe

Akira Umehara

Seishi Okamoto

Hiroshi Tamemasa

Reiichi Ohi

Kiyomi Oonishi

Tohru Sueyoshi

Hirofumi Haruna

Yoshiyuki Hatano

Yasuharu Nakamura

Junichi Matsuyama

Kenichiro Kumamoto

Yoshiyuki Nakazawa

Yuka Kikuchi

Peng Gong

Takahisa Ando

Hiroki Kannari

Masayuki Sato

Naoto Torii

Satoshi Saito

Takeshi Takahashi

Seiji Ichijima

Keiichi Adachi

Kenichi Saito

Hiroshi Imamura

Futoshi Hirose

Tadao Shishido

Koji Nozato

Shinpei Ikenoue

Takao Masuda

Hiroya Inakoshi

Kiyoshi Nakazyo

Tatsuya Asai

Syunichi Kondo

Toshinao Ukai

Ryusuke Masuoka

Kazuto Yamakawa

Hironobu Kitajima

Kaishi Ohashi

Koichi Matsuda

Akio Okumura

Nobuaki Miyasaka

Yosuke Nakajima

Shinobu Tsurumaru

Minoru Ohkoba

Fumio Ishikawa

Hideyuki Oishi

Masao Takano

Kazuya Hashimoto

Syunichi Kondoh

Koichi Ohya

Takeo Shimada

Tadashi Kajiwara

Hiroshi Numata

Shinichi Kitazono

Tamami Sugasaka

Hirotetu Kato

Toshio Sato

Yasuo Sekizuka

Satoko Shiga

Hartuo Takei

Shuji Oyama

Kiyoshi Yamanoi

Tamotsu Kogo

Tomoji Saito

A control apparatus provided in a lens apparatus controls a plurality of optical systems each including an aperture diaphragm which is variable in aperture diameter. A lens control unit sets driving amount information regarding the respective driving amounts of the aperture diaphragms, and sets driving speed of each of the aperture diaphragms based on the driving amount information. The lens control unit determines the driving speeds of the respective aperture diaphragms such that driving times of the aperture diaphragms of the plurality of optical systems match each other.

Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium that determine the driving speed of each of the aperture diaphragms of a plurality of optical systems

A method for producing a metal cylinder includes preparing a metal slug having a surface adjusted so that the crystal grain diameter at a depth of 10 &#x3bc;m from the surface is smaller than that at a depth of 100 &#x3bc;m from the surface, and the crystal grain diameter at a depth of 10 &#x3bc;m from the surface is 30 &#x3bc;m or more and 120 &#x3bc;m or less; and forming a cylinder by impact pressing of the metal slug having the surface as a bottom.

Method for producing metal cylinder, method for producing substrate for electrophotographic photoreceptor, method for manufacturing electrophotographic photoreceptor, and metal slug for impact pressing

A conductive element includes wiring having a flat portion at a top portion and including metal particles. An average value of a ratio of a width of the flat portion to a width of the wiring is 20% or more. An average value of arithmetic average roughness of the top portion is 1 &#x3bc;m or less.

Conductive element, manufacturing method for same, input device, and electronic apparatus

To use an object information acquiring apparatus that has: a plurality of detection elements that detect acoustic waves generated from an object irradiated with light from a light source and output electric signals; a supporting member that supports the plurality of detection elements so that the axes of directivity of at least part of the detection elements gather; an inputting unit that receives an input of a measurement condition from a user; a selecting unit that selects at least part of the plurality of detection elements in response to the measurement condition input by the user; and a processing unit that acquires property information on the inside of the object, using electric signals output from the selected detection elements.

Photoacoustic apparatus and method with user selectable directivity angles for detection

A method of preparing a cylindrical metal member includes preparing a metallic ingot having at least one surface having a mean width with respect to roughness Sm in a range of from 100 &#x3bc;m to 220 &#x3bc;m; imparting a lubricant to the at least one surface of the metallic ingot; and subjecting the metallic ingot to impact pressing while the surface coated with the lubricant with respect to the metallic ingot is set as a bottom surface, to thereby mold a cylindrical metal member.

Method of preparing cylindrical metal member, metallic ingot for impact pressing, and method of preparing electrophotographic photoreceptor

An object information acquiring apparatus applying light to an object, receiving an acoustic wave generated inside the object, and acquiring information on an inside of the object on the basis of the acoustic wave comprises a light source configured to selectively emit irradiation light with at least two kinds of wavelengths; a wavelength switching unit for instructing the light source to implement switching between the wavelengths of the irradiation light; an illumination optical system guiding the irradiation light to the object; and a light irradiation limiting unit for limiting irradiation of the light to the object during a period from when the wavelength switching unit provides an instruction on wavelength switching of the light to when the light source completes the wavelength switching of the light.

Object information acquiring apparatus and method of controlling object information acquiring apparatus

Provided is a photoacoustic apparatus capable of recognizing variation in reception characteristic among a plurality of receiving elements that detect an acoustic wave in the photoacoustic apparatus, with a simple configuration unique to the photoacoustic apparatus. A photoacoustic apparatus includes a detecting unit including a plurality of receiving elements configured to detect an acoustic wave that is generated when an analyte is irradiated with light; a signal processing unit configured to acquire information about the inside of the analyte from a detected signal acquired from the detecting unit; an optical absorber configured to absorb the irradiation light; and a reception characteristic calculation unit configured to calculate reception characteristic information of the plurality of receiving elements on the basis of detected signals when the plurality of receiving elements receive an acoustic wave that is generated from the optical absorber.

Subject holding unit and photoacoustic apparatus

Provided is an acoustic wave measuring apparatus including: an acoustic probe; region-of-interest setting unit for setting two or more regions of interest for an object; priority setting unit for setting priorities on the regions of interest; region calculating unit for determining, for each of the set priorities, an inclusion region including the regions of interest set with the priority; scanning method determining unit for assigning a scanning stripe to each of the inclusion regions so as to include all regions of interest included in the inclusion region; scanning path identifying unit for determining a scanning order of a plurality of scanning stripes having a same priority so as to shorten a movement distance of the acoustic probe; and scanning unit for scanning the scanning stripes according to the determined scanning order, based on the priority order, by moving the acoustic probe.

Acoustic wave measuring apparatus and control method of acoustic wave measuring apparatus

An ophthalmic apparatus includes an AOSLO apparatus, a WFSLO apparatus, and a tracking processor that controls a tracking mirror based on position information calculated from AOSLO and WFSLO images. In another embodiment, the tracking processor controls the tracking mirror based on position information calculated from WFSLO images only. Depending on the amount of movement a target image with respect to a reference image, and the accuracy of detection thereof, the tracking mirror of either the AOSLO apparatus or the WFSLO apparatus can be selectively controlled according to a difference in position of the target image with respect to the reference image.

Method for robust eye tracking and ophthalmologic apparatus therefor

Photoacoustic apparatus and method for controlling the same

A photoacoustic apparatus capable of recognizing variation in reception characteristic among a plurality of receiving elements that detect an acoustic wave in the photoacoustic apparatus with a simple configuration unique to the photoacoustic apparatus. A detecting unit including a plurality of receiving elements is configured to detect an acoustic wave that is generated when an analyte is irradiated with light. A signal processing unit is configured to acquire information about the inside of the analyte from a detected signal acquired from the detecting unit. An optical absorber is configured to absorb the irradiation light; and a reception characteristic calculation unit is configured to calculate reception characteristic information of the plurality of receiving elements on the basis of detected signals when the plurality of receiving elements receive an acoustic wave that is generated from the optical absorber.

Provided is a photoacoustic apparatus capable of recognizing light quantity unevenness, which occurs on a surface of an analyte, and decreasing image unevenness resulted from the light quantity unevenness. A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source configured to irradiate an analyte with light; an optical system configured to guide the light from the light source to the analyte; a detecting unit including a receiving element configured to receive an acoustic wave generated in the analyte by the light; a signal processing unit configured to acquire information about the inside of the analyte from a detected signal acquired from the detecting unit; an optical absorber configured to absorb the light from the light source; and a calculation unit configured to calculate an irradiation intensity distribution of the light on the basis of a detected signal acquired when the receiving element receives the acoustic wave generated from the optical absorber.

A rubber laminate comprises a reinforcing layer and a second rubber layer laminated sequentially on a first rubber layer, at least one outer surface of the first rubber layer and the second rubber layer being covered with an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene layer, wherein the rubber layers covered with the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene layer are formed from a rubber composition comprising from 20 to 40 parts by mass of a softener per 100 parts by mass of a mixed rubber consisting of from 60 to 80% by mass ratio of a diene rubber and 20 to 40% by mass ratio of a ethylene-propylene-diene rubber and/or a butyl rubber.

Rubber laminate

Fat-and-oil composition comprising fat-and-oil A (foA), foB, foD and optional foE as defined below and meeting the following conditions: FoA; fat-and-oil including lauric fat-and-oil, etc., FoB; transesterified oil of foC wherein the contents of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids having 16 or more carbon atoms are in specific ranges, respectively, FoD; fat-and-oil containing XOX-type triacyl glycerols in a content of 30% by mass or more, FoE; fat-and-oil ingredient which is derived from vegetable fats and oils and does not belong to any of foA, foB and foD; in all the fat-and-oil ingredients derived from vegetable fats and oils, the contents % by mass of foA, foB and XOX-type triacyl glycerols are 1 to 4, 10 to 20, and 40 or more but less than 60, respectively; and oil-in-water emulsified product containing the composition.

Fat-in-oil composition, and oil-in-water emulsified product containing the fat-and-oil composition

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Akira Sato