Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

L'oreal

Nippon Hoso' Kyokai

Hidetoshi Yamada

Tatsuo Nagasaki

Yutaka Yunoki

Daisuke Misu

Jun-ichi Nishizawa

Akira Watanabe

Toshihiro Kitahara

Atsushi Yusa

Chihiro Nakagawa

Takashi Mizusaki

Yasuo Arisawa

Yoshimasa Kusazaki

Satoshi Kitano

Yasuhiro Komiya

Yoshihiro Fujita

Hiroyuki Fukuda

Hiroshi Sasaki

Hiroyoshi Fujimori

Takashige Tamamushi

Boris Lalleman

Akihiro Kubota

Hiroya Fukuyama

Susumu Kikuchi

Hiroshi Hashi

Masaki Higurashi

Susumu Kobayashi

Junji Kumada

Hirokazu Kuba

Takashi Kondoh

Fumihiko Ando

Kazuhiko Nakamura

Keiichi Nakano

Shoji Maruyama

Chikako Mogi

Shiho Miyake

Julia Puech

The present invention relates to a composition for keratin fibers comprising: (a) at least one non-neutralized anionic surfactant; (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant; (c) at least one fatty alcohol; and (d) at least one alkaline agent, wherein the composition does not comprise more than 2% by weight of a phosphoric surfactant. The present invention can provide the composition for keratin fibers which can suppress its ammonium odor and have improved stability.

Cosmetic composition for keratin fibers and manufacturing method thereof

The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising (a) at least one direct dye; and (b) at least one sulfone compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each of Rand Rindependently denotes a monovalent Caliphatic group or a monovalent Caromatic group, which may optionally be substituted with at least one substituent; or Rand R, together with the sulfur atom which they are binding, form a 3-10 membered ring which may optionally be substituted with at least one substituent. The composition according to the present invention is a one-part composition and can prevent or reduce skin staining by the direct dye on the skin such as the scalp, while providing the keratin fibers with good cosmetic effects such as good coloring properties. 

Composition for dyeing keratin fibers

The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for keratin fibers, such as a composition for coloring hair or a composition for reshaping hair, comprising: (a) at least one phosphoric surfactant; (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant, (c) at least one polyol; (d) at least one oil; and (e) at least one alkaline agent. It is preferable that the cosmetic composition further comprises at least one higher alcohol. The present invention is useful because it does not generate odor while maintaining a level of cosmetic performance as comparable to that of conventional cosmetic compositions.

Cosmetic composition for keratin fibers

A digital evidential camera system is for detecting the alteration of image data obtained by photographing an object. The system comprises the camera and an alteration detection unit. The camera includes an image pickup unit for picking up an image of the object and an encryption processing unit for generating the alteration detection data using an encryption key built therein from the image data obtained by the image pickup unit. The alteration detection unit decrypts the alteration detection data using a decryption key corresponding to the encryption key, and detects whether the image data is altered based on the result of decryption.

Digital evidential camera system for generating alteration detection data using built-in encryption key

This invention provides equipment for fabricating partitioning ribs of a plasma display device. The equipment comprises a head, a driver, an X position sensor and a Y position sensor, a laser displacement sensor for detecting the distance of the head from a glass plate or substrate, a motor and a motor driver for moving the head relative to the glass plate, and a CPU for controlling various circuits. The head has nozzle members for ejecting partitioning rib grains by an electrostatic ejection method or ink jet technology to form partitioning ribs. The driver controls the volume of the partitioning rib grains ejected from the head. The X and Y position sensors detect the position of the head relative to the glass plate within a plane.

Equipment for fabricating partitioning ribs of plasma display device

An exposure apparatus is arranged to project one unit of a circuit pattern onto the surface of a resist on a substrate to be manufactured and to expose it over the surface of this resist. The exposure apparatus includes a processing unit that enables forming a high-resolution circuit pattern image on the substrate by the use of an image display which is able to ensure a wide display region without deteriorating the resolution, and that when dividing the one unit of circuit pattern into a plurality of regions in order to ensure an inexpensive, reliable exposure operation, divides it so that adjacent ones of the divided regions may partly overlap each other. An exposure device includes a plurality of optical systems each of that projects one of a plurality of the divided regions onto the surface of the resist on the substrate. A control unit causes a plurality of the divided regions to be simultaneously projected on the surface of the resist in such a way as to cause duplex regions between the adjacent regions to overlap each other on the surface of the resist on the substrate to thereby cause the one unit of circuit pattern image to be formed on the surface of the resist on the substrate.

Exposure apparatus

An image data conversion device includes a variable-length code decoder which decodes compressed image data which has been compressed through processes of orthogonal transform, quantization, and variable-length coding. A data amount calculation unit calculates an amount of data that corresponds to a predetermined number of pixels from the results of decoding by the variable-length code decoder. A delimiter code insertion unit inserts a delimiter code in a position in image data where the amount of data calculated by the data amount calculation unit corresponds to the predetermined number of pixels.

Image data conversion device and method having function of inserting

An image data coding device includes a plurality of orthogonal transform circuits for subjecting a plurality of image data items divided into blocks to the orthogonal transform. A plurality of quantization circuits quantize the orthogonal transform outputs supplied from the plurality of orthogonal transform circuits for each frequency component. A plurality of variable length coding circuits subjects the quantized outputs supplied from the plurality of quantization circuits to the variable length coding process. A plurality of memory circuits store outputs of the plurality of variable length coding circuits in a bit-series configuration. An output circuit reads out bit-series data items stored in the plurality of memory circuits by turns, connecting the readout data items together and outputting the data for each byte.

Image data coding and decoding method and apparatus with a plurality of

An image pickup device electronically senses an object to be photographed and generates an electronic still image signal. An A/D converter converts the electronic still image signal generated by the image pickup device into a digital signal. An error correction coding section performs error correction coding for the digital signal obtained by the A/D converter. A recording modulation section performs recording modulation of an output from the error correction coding section so as to perform predetermined magnetic recording. A recording section records an output from the recording modulation section on a predetermined magnetic recording medium. Different recording media can be used, such as magnetic and semiconductor, provided on respective imaging sub-systems. A semiconductor imaging sub-system is provided with an I/O controller for establishing compatibility with signals of the magnetic imaging sub-system.

Electronic imaging system capable of recording/reproducing images with

An image data coding apparatus includes a preprocessing unit for executing preprocessing including compression for input image data in units of screens to generate a preprocessed output. A quantizing unit quantizes the preprocessed output with a predetermined quantization width to generate a quantized output. A variable-length coding unit executes variable-length coding for the quantized output. A target-amount-of-codes output unit outputs information concerning a target amount of codes corresponding to one screen. A quantization width predicting unit predicts a suitable quantization width on the basis of the information from the variable-length coding unit to supply information concerning the predicted quantization width to the quantizing unit. The quantizing unit quantizes the preprocessed output generated by the preprocessing unit with the predicted quantization width included in the information from the quantization width predicting unit.

Image data coding apparatus and method capable of controlling amount of

An electronic still camera comprising an image-pickup section, and A/D conversion section, a primary recording section, a secondary recording section, a control section, and an image-signal processing section. The image-pickup section generates still-image signals. The A/D conversion section converts the still-image signals into digital signals. The primary recording section records the digital signals. The control section reads the digital signals recorded by the primary recording section, at least during non-operating period of the image-pickup section. The image-signal processing section performs predetermined processing on the digital signals read by the control section, thereby outputting data. The predetermined processing includes at least data compression. The secondary recording section records the data output by the image-signal processing section.

Electronic still camera having two recording stages for recording

An image data coding apparatus performs first and second coding processes. A controller outputs first and second control signals. An orthogonal transform circuit performs orthogonal transform on image data of one screen and generates an transformed output. A quantizing circuit quantizes the transformed output with a predetermined temporary first quantization width upon reception of the first control signal and generates a first quantized output, and quantizes the transformed output with an optimal second quantization width upon reception of the second control signal and generates a second quantized output. An entropy coding circuit codes the first quantized output and generates a first coded output, and codes the second quantized output and generates a second coded output. An amount-of-codes calculator calculates the amount of codes of the first coded output for each block and calculates the amount of codes of one screen based on the amount of codes for each block. An assigned-amount-of-codes determining circuit determines the amount of codes assigned to each block based on the amount of codes for each block and the amount of codes of the one screen, and the target amount of codes. A quantization width predicting circuit predicts the second quantization width based on the amount of codes of the one screen. A coding stop circuit supplies a coding stop signal to the entropy coding circuit when the amount of codes of the second coded output exceeds the assigned amount of codes.

Image data coding apparatus and coding method

An image pick-up section generates an electronic still image signal. An A/D conversion section converts the electronic still image signal generated by the image pick-up section into a digital signal. A conversion section converts the digital signal converted by the A/D conversion section into a plurality of streams of signals. A recording section includes a plurality of memories for respectively storing the plurality of streams of signals converted by the conversion section. A control section includes a section for sequentially controlling at least the plurality of memories of the recording section in a write enable state.

Electronic still camera for converting and recording still image signal

An image sensing and recording device includes a light-receiving element array, an analog memory, and a transfer section which are integrally formed. The array has an image sensing surface on which a plurality of light-receiving elements are two-dimensionally arranged and generates signal charges by photoelectrically converting light images incident on the surface in units of the elements. The memory has a plurality of storage regions having a multilayer structure stacked on the array. The storage regions transfer the signal charges generated by the elements of the array in a stacked direction thereof and sequentially storing the signal charges. The transfer section is stacked to sandwich the memory between the transfer section and the array and is designed to read out the signal charges, which are sequentially stored in the memory, as time-serial image signals. A dark box incorporates the device. An optical lens is arranged in the dark box so as to form an object image on the surface of the device. A controller is arranged in the dark box so as to control generation of signal charges by the array of the device and to control transfer/storage of signal charges by the memory.

Image sensing and recording device having a multilayer analog memory

A color imaging apparatus includes means for electronically non-linearly expanding or compressing the dynamic range of an image signal output therefrom. Separate output signals of respective brightness for different colors are logarithmically compressed, inverse-logarithmically converted, then linear-matrix-converted and multipled by a compression factor of brightness level for the respective color signals to produce a logarithmically compressed color signal without varying the tone.

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Hidetoshi Yamada