Sony Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hidekazu Seto

Takashi Aoyama

Kiyoshi Omori

Hiroyuki Ito

Kiyoshi Ohmori

Junichi Suzuki

Takeharu Takasawa

Shoji Sato

Kiyoaki Tsuji

Toru Tanaka

Sunao Aoki

Takayasu Muto

Nobuhiko Tsukahara

Yasuaki Kano

Kenji Nagashima

Katsumi Maekawa

Junkichi Sugita

Hitoshi Taniguchi

Mamoru Osato

Takeshi Kunishima

Masami Kashiwagi

Takeshi Mizutani

To reduce the possibility of false determination for a character string alteration in image data, embodiments of the present disclosure include a generation unit configured to generate a learning model by performing machine learning processing based on an altered character image, a character image before an alteration, and an image representing the difference between the altered character image and the character image before the alteration, an input unit configured to input image data, and an estimation unit configured to estimate whether the image data input by the input unit includes an altered character, by using the learning model generated by the generation unit.

Image processing system, image processing method, and storage medium

A camera scanner captures an image of a document stand on which an object is placed using a camera unit. The camera scanner obtains an IP address of an electronic terminal (a smartphone) and an identifier of an image from the image of a display screen of the electronic terminal placed on the document stand by detecting and decoding a QR code. The camera scanner is connected to the electronic terminal based on the IP address, transmits a data transfer request including the identifier of the image to the electronic terminal, and receives image data transferred from the electronic terminal in response to the data transfer request. Then the camera scanner projects and plays an image generated based on the data transferred from the electronic terminal on the document stand using a projector.

Image processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus, which communicates with an external display apparatus, includes a specifying unit configured to specify a first object to be enlarged and displayed by the external display apparatus among a plurality of objects included in a page image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a second object to be next enlarged and displayed by the external display apparatus from the page image, and a display control unit configured to display the page image on a display unit so that the first object and the second object are displayed with a positional relationship in the page image between the first object and the second object maintained.

Information processing apparatus, display control method for information processing apparatus, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus of one aspect of the present invention, upon receipt of a sleep return command from an information terminal via a wireless tag that receives a radio signal output from the information terminal and performs short-range wireless communication with the information terminal, switches the power mode of the information processing apparatus from the power-saving mode to a normal mode and notifies the information terminal that the information processing apparatus has been switched to the normal mode. After performing this notification, the information processing apparatus performs authentication of a user upon receipt of authentication data of the user from the information terminal, and starts an operation in the normal mode if the authentication of the user has succeeded, and shifts the power mode to the power-saving mode if the authentication of the user has not succeed.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and method for controlling the same

A power consumption amount management system which is capable of appropriately managing the amount of power consumption according to the situation. In the power consumption amount management system, an image forming apparatus and a power consumption management server are connected to a network. An electric power measurement section in the image forming apparatus measures the amount of electric power consumed by the apparatus. A measurement error determination section determines whether or not measurement of the power consumption amount is successful. An interface section outputs a notification of information on the power consumption amount measured in the image forming apparatus and a result of the determination. The power consumption management server receives the notification from the image forming apparatus, and corrects the information on the power consumption amount in the image forming apparatus by referring to the result of the determination.

Power consumption amount management system for managing power consumption amount, power consumption management method, and storage medium

There is provided a disk drive including first and second sliding members () made to slide in synchronization with each other, a sliding-member movement driving mechanism () to move the first sliding member () and have the second sliding member () slide in synchronization with the sliding of the first sliding member (), and a shock absorbing mechanism () interposed between the first and second sliding members (). The shock absorbing mechanism () includes a shock absorbing member () to absorb a difference in movement between the first and second sliding members (), caused by an external force to the optical disk brought into or to outside a housing () through a disk slot () in a direction opposite to the direction in which the optical disk () is loaded or ejected when the first sliding member () is moved by the sliding-member movement driving mechanism ().

Disk drive

The present invention relates to a disc drive apparatus capable of preventing skew or wobble from occurring when a spindle motor is attached to a base. The disc drive apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a turntablewhich holds an optical disc; a spindle motor which rotatively drives the turntable; an optical pick-upwhich writes/reads signals on or from the optical disc; guide shaftsandwhich slidably supports the optical pick-upin the radial direction of the optical disc, and a baseto which a spindle motorand both end portions of each of the guide shaftsand, wherein the spindle motoris attached to the basethrough a spacer memberwhich performs positioning of the turntablein the vertical direction thereof relative to the base

Disc drive apparatus

There is provided a disk drive in which a base lifting mechanism () makes a first disk chucking operation to place an optical disk () on a disk mount () by elevating at least a base () to a disk chucking position, lowers the base () to an intermediate position between the disk chucking position and a disk releasing position so that a disk rotation driving mechanism () spins the optical disk () which will thus take another phase, elevates the base () to the disk chucking position again, and makes a second disk chucking operation to place the optical disk () on the disk mount (). Thus, the optical disk can positively be chucked onto the disk mount.

An optical disc drive apparatus having a skew servo mechanism in which end portions of a pair of parallel running guide shaft members for guiding an optical pickup unit are slidably secured to a chassis on which a spindle motor having a turntable is mounted to be rotationally driven in a radial direction by a pair of pivot members, and other end portions of the pair of the guide shaft members are rotatably driven in the radial direction by first and second cam surfaces of a sliding cam which is driven in a direction orthogonally intersecting the pair of the guide shafts based on a result detected by a skew detecting element.

Optical disc drive apparatus

Disc drive apparatus with optical axis inclination adjustment based on a

An optical pickup device which assures interchangeability between plural types of optical discs with different layered structures, such as CD, CD-R or DVD, which is reduced in size and which realizes reproduction of high reliability information signals. The pickup device includes a light source for radiating laser light beams of different wavelengths in association with the plural types of the optical discs with different layered structures, an objective lens for converging the laser light beam radiated from the light source on the signal recording layer of the optical disc, an objective lens switching mechanism for switching and moving the objective lens to the recording/reproducing position, light splitting means for splitting the incident laser light beam from the light source from the reflected laser light beam reflected from the optical disc, plural photodetectors for receiving the reflected laser light split by the light splitting means, and an optical system correction means for correcting the objective lens.

Optical pickup device and optical disc reproducing apparatus including

The present invention provides a disc drive apparatus which identifies a type of a disc mounted on the apparatus by using reflected beam data obtained from a laser beam focused on the disc surface and other reflected beam data obtained from the laser beam being focused on the disc signal plane. For example, while forcibly changing the laser beam focusing point within a variable range at a predetermined velocity, a luminous energy signal or a focus error signal is used to count a time difference between a timing of focusing on the disc surface and a timing of focusing on the disc signal plane. According to the time difference obtained, the disc mounted is identified as a first type of disc or a second type of disc.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hidekazu Seto