Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Keiichi Sakai

Masahiro Abe

Tsukasa Sako

Koji Takekoshi

Tetsuo Kosaka

Manoj Mathew

Makoto Sato

Naoki Yamada

Michio Aizawa

Muling Guo

Akira Tago

Kazuhiko Takahashi

Kazue Kaneko

Minoru Fujita

Yoichi Kazama

Yuzo Okada

Koichi Takizawa

Moriyuki Suyama

Kazunori Ooi

A medical image handling system includes a monitor for displaying a medical image, an input device for inputting an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and a processor. The processor judges the presence or absence of an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and restricts a change of the medical image in a case where the image reading report is judged as being absent.

Medical image handling system and method

An image management system, image management method and program are provided that can favorably manage images for displaying images that underwent optimization processing or images for creating and displaying difference images in which the generation of artifacts is suppressed. An image from image generatoris input to serverand stored in storage device. The system then determines whether an image including attendant information that is the same as that of the input image is already registered in the system. When such an image is not already registered, attendant information included in the input image is read out and newly registered in association with the input image. In contrast, when an image including attendant information that is the same as that of the input image is registered in the system and the attendant information is registered, information indicating the fact that the image was input is registered.

Image management system, image management method, and program

An anti-aliasing filter comprised by a first filter kernel is applied to the medical image data so as to obtain filtered image data. The filtered image data is downsampled so as to obtain decimated image data, and pixel resolution of the decimated image data is approximately one half of pixel resolution of the image data for the medical image. The decimated image data is upsampled and an interpolation filter is applied so as to obtain interpolated image data. The interpolation filter is comprised by a second filter kernel, and the size of the first kernel is smaller than the size of the second filter kernel. Pixel resolution of the interpolated image data is approximately equal to pixel resolution of the medical image data. Difference image data between the interpolated image data and the medical image data for the medical image is obtained, and the difference image data is displayed.

Processing of medical image data

A thinned output image is generated from an input image. Values of pixels surrounding a pixel of interest in the input image are determined, and first and second neighboring pixel patterns surrounding the pixel of interest are established based on the values of the pixels surrounding the pixel of interest. The first neighboring pixel pattern may be compared to each of a set of purge patterns to determine whether to eliminate the pixel, and the second neighboring pixel pattern may be compared to each of a set of conservation patterns to determine whether to conserve the pixel. The comparisons to the purge and conservation patterns are performed for each pixel independently, and in parallel for all pixels of the input image.

Parallel processing for generating a thinned image

An image processing device by which a user can operate a window level value without being conscious of a photometric interpretation of an image is provided. In the image processing device, the operation direction for increasing or decreasing the window level value is reversed according to the photometric interpretation of the input image, according to whether the window level operation direction is the right-and-left direction or the up-and-down direction, and according to whether or not to execute the grayscale inversion.

Image processing device for processing image having luminance information, and control method thereof

An image processing system of the present invention includes a partial enlarge unit for enlarging a part of an image so as to create an enlarged partial image, a display unit for displaying the image and the enlarged partial image created by the partial enlarge unit so that the enlarged partial image overlaps the image, a zoom processing unit for zooming the image displayed by the display unit, and a zoom process control unit for changing a position to be a criterion in case of the image zoom processing unit zooms the image according to whether the display unit displays the enlarged partial image so that the enlarged partial image overlaps the image.

Image processing system and image processing method

A radiographic image processing apparatus comprises: an input means for inputting a corresponding point and a corresponding direction with respect to each of plural radiographic images respectively having mutually overlapping areas; a parallel shift means for parallel shifting at least any one of the plural radiographic images so that the corresponding points of these images coincide with others; a rotational shift means for rotationally shifting at least any one of the plural radiographic images so that the corresponding directions of these images coincide with others; and an image synthesis means for synthesizing the plural radiographic images by using the radiographic image shifted by the parallel shift means and the rotational shift means. Thus, it is possible to easily and surely connect plural radiographic images with others by appropriately performing parallel and rotational shifts of these images.

Radiographic image processing apparatus, radiographic image processing method, computer program for achieving radiographic image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium for recording computer program

Information identifying an operator remotely controlling a camera can be obtained. By using voice as means for reporting the information, it is possible to achieve reporting that is ideal for a user interface. Specifically, a client () is connected to a camera server () via a network and is receiving a video service obtained from a camera unit (). When an individual on the side of the camera server () issues a request for the purpose of identifying the client, e.g., an inquiry as to who is controlling the camera, by voice, the voice is recognized. In response, information (the user name) identifying a connected client or the client controlling the camera is obtained by voice from a speaker ().

Image surveillance system processing user's voice request to provide access authority level of each client in the system

The magnification of an image is set. The distance between the positions of two designated points on the image is measured. On the basis of the set magnification set and a measurement value, an actual measurement value on the object corresponding to the measurement value of the distance between the positions of the two designated points on the image is calculated. The set magnification, the measurement value, and the calculated actual measurement value are simultaneously displayed.

Image display apparatus, image display method, and program

Modality information indicating various functions of a multimodal document reception processing apparatus is transmitted to a multimodal document transmission apparatus, and a multimodal document, which is generated by the multimodal document transmission apparatus based on the modality information is received. A speech synthesis unit synthesizes speech of text data to be output as speech in the multimodal document, and a speech output unit outputs the synthesized output speech. A GUT display unit displays text data to be displayed in the multimodal document.

Multimodal document reception apparatus and multimodal document transmission apparatus, multimodal document transmission/reception system, their control method, and program

Input form information associated with an input form is stored in a form name holding unit. Input speech is recognized by a speech recognition unit, and input form information corresponding to that speech recognition result is selected. The display pattern of an input form corresponding to the selected input form information is controlled by a GUI display unit.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program

A control device includes a command table provided with control commands for controlled equipment as a table corresponding to natural language and a control quantity table for determining a control quantity corresponding to a word indicative of a control quantity in the natural language and a kind of control, and generates a control signal for the controlled equipment by applying the inputted natural language to the command table and the control quantity table.

Control device and control method as well as storage medium which stores program which executes operational processing of the control device and the control method

Information for identifying whether a word should be recognized in the next recognition operation is stored in a recognition dictionary. This information is updated each time the recognized result is obtained in order to update the word for the next recognition, making it possible to prevent an incorrect recognition from being repeated. An indication of whether each word can be entered repeatedly is stored as identification information in the recognition dictionary. When the recognized word is a word which cannot be entered repeatedly, the identification information of the word is updated, thereby reducing the probability of incorrect recognition in the next recognition operation by excluding the word from the next recognition operation. Even when the recognized word is a word which can be entered repeatedly, the word is excluded from the next recognition operation when an instruction is issued from an instruction device. Thus, it is possible to reflect the will of the user in the recognition operation, and to decrease the probability of an incorrect recognition. The incorrect operation performed as a result of the incorrect recognition of the input information is recovered by an easy operation, and the burden on the user is lessened by preventing the repetition of an incorrect recognition operation.

Incorrect voice command recognition prevention and recovery processing

By adding lecithin and/or a surfactant having an HLB value of not greater than 6 either before or during the addition of a peptide sweetener to a heated and melted fat or oil, the problems of viscosity increase and gelation may be overcome even when the sweetener is added in large amounts and has a small particle size.

Method for preparing fat-and-oil-coated sweetener compositions and

Sweetners and sweetened foods are disclosed which comprise aspartame (APM) and sugar alcohols in the following ratio:

Growing community of inventors

Kanagawa, Japan

Keiichi Sakai