Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Yamabiko Corporation

Hitachi High-tech Corporation

Iida Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Walbro Corporation

Lida Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Kosuke Matsumoto

Naotomo Miyamoto

Kazuhisa Matsunaga

Nobuyoshi Nishizaka

Masaru Onozawa

Hisato Osawa

Akira Yamazaki

Satoshi Takada

Hirohiko Kitsuki

Shiro Yamaguchi

Takuo Yoshizaki

Takamasa Otsuji

Hiroyuki Miyaki

Takashi Nobuhara

Yuuta Kobayashi

Hiroshi Shimizu

Kazuo Aoki

Kenji Obara

Yoshitsugu Manabe

Erina Ichikawa

Takashi Yahata

Motoyuki Kashiwagi

Hiroki Ogasawara

Miyuki Fukuda

Kozo Miyake

Hideki Nakayama

Yuya Isomae

As a technology for an observation device and an inspection device, a technology capable of reducing a work effort related to generation of a recipe including alignment information is provided. An observation deviceincludes an observation unitthat obtains an image for observing a sampleon a stage. A computer systemof the observation deviceacquires the image from the observation unit, specifies a period of a pattern-formed unit region repeatedly formed on a surface of the samplefrom the image, and generates a recipe including observation or inspection alignment positions of the sampleusing the specified period.

Computer system of observation device and processing method

There is provided a charged particle beam apparatus that can reduce the processing time. A charged particle beam apparatus includes: an excitation control unit that controls a focal position by changing a control value of excitation of an electronic lens; an electrostatic field control unit that controls the focal position by changing a control value of an electrostatic field; a focal position height estimation unit that estimates a height of the focal position from the control value of the excitation of the electronic lens; and a control unit that controls the excitation control unit and the electrostatic field control unit. The control unit compares the height of the focal position estimated by the focal position height estimation unit with a height of a sample surface of a sample to be observed, and according to a result of comparison, determines whether it is necessary to change the control value of the excitation of the electronic lens before observing the sample.

Charged particle beam apparatus

The present disclosure provides a technique for reducing man-hour of a user required for setting an automatic focused focal point search function of an electron beam and facilitating observation of a sample when reviewing a defect using an electron microscope. The present disclosure provides a technique in a charged particle beam system, in which an appropriate focal point position search width can be automatically set in consideration of convergence accuracy and an operation time based on a focal point measure distribution width for a focal point position acquired in advance under the same conditions and a difference between focal point positions before and after automatic focused focal point position search.

Charged particle beam system, method for determining range for automatically searching for focal point position in charged particle beam device, and non-transitory storage medium recording program for causing computer system to determine range for automatically searching for focal position in charged particle beam device

An engine-driven working machine includes a controller, which varies a control value of a solenoid valve so as to decrease or increase an opening degree of the solenoid valve when a rotating speed of an engine is within a predetermined high rotating speed range and the rotating speed of the engine is lower or higher than a predetermined rotating speed, respectively. When the control value of the solenoid valve is varied so as to decrease the opening degree of the solenoid valve and corresponds to a predetermined opening degree larger than a fully-closed state, the control value is set to a limitation value.

Handheld engine-driven working machine

To enhance responsivity of temperature sensor detecting an engine temperature. A temperature sensor componentincludes a metal washer. The temperature sensor componenttransfers the engine temperature to a sensor bodyvia the heat transfer washer. A cylinder portionof a cylinder blockhas two bosses. The washerof the temperature sensor componentis fixed to the bosstogether with the electronic control unit

Portable working machine

An engine-driven working machine includes a controller, which varies a control value of a solenoid valve so as to decrease or increase an opening degree of the solenoid valve when a rotating speed of an engine is within a predetermined high rotating speed range and the rotating speed of the engine is lower or higher than a predetermined rotating speed, respectively. In case the controller determines that the engine-driven working machine gets started saw cutting, the controller stops varying the control value of the solenoid valve when the rotating speed of the engine is within the predetermined high rotating speed range and lower than the target rotating speed.

An imaging apparatus includes a display section, a capturing section which captures an image at a first viewing angle, a capturing control section which performs a plurality of capturing operations by the capturing section, a generation section which generates a composite image reproducing an image captured at a second viewing angle that is wider than the first viewing angle by combining a plurality of images acquired by the plurality of capturing operations by the capturing control section, and a display control section which displays the composite image generated by the generation section on the display section.

Imaging apparatus for generating composite image using directional indicator image, and method and recording medium with program recorded therein for the same

A digital cameraincludes an image composition unitand a composite position determining unit. The image composition unitacquires a plurality of images which have been captured continuously. The composite position determining unitsets candidate areas for determining composite positions in adjacent images, from the plurality of images acquired by the composite position determining unit. Furthermore, the composite position determining unitdetermines composite positions of the adjacent images based on a degree of similarity between the set candidate areas. The image composition unitcombines the adjacent images at the determined composite positions.

Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium capable of generating wide angle image

An image generating apparatus including a processor and a memory having instructions stored therein which are executable by the processor to cause the processor to: cause a display to separately and simultaneously display (i) a panoramic image in progress corresponding to images which are captured by an image capturing unit, and (ii) a live-view image corresponding to an image that is newly captured by the image capturing unit while images are being captured by the image capturing unit; receive an instruction to terminate image capture processing for generating panoramic image data while the panoramic image in progress and the live-view image are being displayed; and perform, in response to reception of the instruction, control to record, as a completed panoramic image, panoramic image data generated from the images captured by a time when reception of the instruction is finished, even if images have not yet been captured in a predetermined capture range set in advance for a full panoramic image to be generated.

Image capturing apparatus capable of capturing panoramic image

A digital camera includes an imaging section, an overlapping area identifying section, a feature point judging section, a luminance adjusting section, and an image combining section. The overlapping area identifying section identifies overlapping areas of images consecutively captured by the imaging section. The feature point judging section judges whether amount of texture within areas of a predetermined range in the identified overlapping areas is larger or smaller than a predetermined reference value. The luminance adjusting section adjusts the pixel values of the images so that the pixel values of the overlapping areas come within a predetermined range, based on a judgment result of the texture. The image combining section combines the adjusted images such that their overlapping areas coincide with each other.

Imaging device capable of combining images

A digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an image composition unit, and a display control unit. The image capturing unit captures frames at predetermined time intervals. The image composition unit sequentially combines at least a part of image data from image data of a plurality of frames sequentially captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals. The display control unit performs control to sequentially display image data combined by the image composition unit while the image data of the frames are captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals.

An electronic apparatus for acquiring a location, comprising: a location acquiring unit which acquires a current location of the electronic apparatus; a correction area setting unit which, based on a link attribute indicating an attribute of an adjacent area of a link in map data, sets a correction area within the adjacent area, the correction area being referred to correct the current location to a location on the link; and a location correcting unit which, in a case in which the current location acquired by the location acquiring unit belongs to the correction area set within the adjacent area, corrects the current location to a location on the link which corresponds to the correction area.

Electronic apparatus, location estimating method, and storage medium

An image capture apparatus includes the image capture unit, the focus information acquisition unit, the frequency distribution calculation unit, and the photographing position determination unit. The focus information acquisition unitcalculates a subject focus position for each of a plurality of regions into which a photographed screen of a captured image captured by the image capture unitis divided. The frequency distribution calculation unitcounts the number of regions that corresponds to each of the subject focus positions acquired by way of measuring. The photographing position determination unitdetermines the focus position for photographing according to the number of regions that corresponds to each of the subject focus positions calculated by the focus information acquisition unit

Image capture apparatus that can determine appropriate focus position, image capture method, and storage medium

An imaging apparatus includes a captured image acquisition unit, a combination sequence determination unit, and an image combination unit. The captured image acquisition unit acquires data of multiple captured images that have been imaged at multiple focus positions. The combination sequence determination unit determines a sequence of the images imaged by an imaging unit, the sequence being different from both a progressive sequence of focus distances and a sequence of imaging, to be a sequence for combining the data of the multiple captured images acquired by the captured image acquisition unit. The image combination unit combines the multiple captured images imaged by the imaging unit, in the order determined by the combination sequence determination unit, creating data of an omnifocal image.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium for acquiring an omnifocal image by combining multiple images with a specific order

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Kosuke Matsumoto