Hitachi, Ltd.

Tokyo Keiki Company Limited

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Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.

Hitachi Engineering Services Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Marukomu

Nippon Engelhard Ltd.

Kikuchi; Makoto

Makoto Kikuchi

Shin Tamata

Takashige Terakawa

Shinsaku Mori

Yoshio Nikawa

Koichi Chino

Kiyomi Funabashi

Tsutomu Baba

Fumio Kawamura

Hideo Yusa

Masami Matsuda

Takashi Nishi

Tatsuo Izumida

Susumu Horiuchi

Hiroko Mizuno

Shunsuke Uchida

Toshio Sawa

Kunio Kamiya

Takashi Ikeda

Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Yoshimasa Kiuchi

Masato Ohura

Osamu Kuriyama

Shigehisa Rokuta

Toshio Takagi

Yoshiyuki Aoyama

Kazuhide Mori

Hiroshi Kitaguchi

Shigeru Izumi

Yamato Asakura

Naohito Uetake

Kazunori Uemura

Haruhiko Miyao

Tetsuo Fukasawa

Hideharu Ono

Manabu Harada

Akinori Shiozawa

Akihiko Noie

Kenji Noshita

Takeshi Tahara

Akira Oda

Yoshikazu Sugimoto

Mitsunori Kobayashi

Satoru Ohashi

Itaru Komori

Teiji Suzuki

Yuki Ebina

Akira Sasahiro

Shin Tamada

Yomei Kato

Eiichi Ga

Morimasa Hashimoto

Mitsuyoshi Ichimura

Tatsuhito Sagawa

Kiroyuki Tsuchiya

Naoki Fujiwara

Masaru Sonobe

Tadashi Sakuraoka

An imaging apparatus is provided in which a flicker is prevented. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging part that includes an optical system to form an image of a subject and an imaging element to generate an image signal by photoelectrically converting an optical image of the subject formed by the optical system, an image processing part to perform an image processing on the image signal, a display part/operation part having at least display and setting functions, a luminance change detection part to detect change of luminance of the subject, a signal processing part to calculate flicker amounts at respective frequencies based on signal intensities with respect to luminance change information acquired by the luminance change detection part, and a control unit to cause the display part/operation part to display the flicker amounts at the respective frequencies calculated by the signal processing part.

Imaging apparatus for controlling and displaying flicker amounts

A camera device includes: an iris unit for varying exposure; a shutter control unit for varying a shutter speed of an imaging element; and a control unit for controlling the signal processing unit and the entire device. The camera device further includes: an exposure target calculation unit for calculating a control value used for controlling the iris unit or the shutter control unit so that an exposure amount will be a target value based on information on a signal level from a signal processing unit; and a malfunction judgment unit for determining a malfunction in the device based on information on the control value obtained by the exposure target calculation unit and the signal level from the signal processing unit.

Camera device and monitor system

An imaging apparatus is provided which performs optimum zooming and focusing even after long use. The imaging apparatus includes: a lens which is movable along the optical axis; a driving module to drive the lens; a driving amount calculation module to determine a drive count indicating the number of times the driving module has been operated or a drive time for which the driving module has been operated; a storage module to store compensation amounts which are used to compensate for the mechanical play of the driving module according to the drive count or the drive time; and a control module to control the driving module wherein a compensation amount appropriate for the drive count or time determined by the driving amount calculation module is selected from the compensation amounts stored in the storage module and the selected compensation amount is used to compensate for the mechanical play of the driving module.

Imaging apparatus

A surveillance camera apparatus includes a first storage unit for storing a size of pixels configuring a image-sensor, a computation unit for performing a computation using first information, second information, third information, and fourth information to calculate angle information on a plurality of vertex-points, the information stored in the first storage unit being defined as the first information, a focal length of an optical lens being defined as the second information, angle information on an optical axis that passes through a rotation center of the surveillance camera apparatus as the third information, and pixel information corresponding to a plurality of vertex-points that form a region to be masked whose image has been picked up by the image-sensor being defined as the fourth information, and a second storage unit for storing the computation result by the computation unit.

Pan/tilt/zoom surveillance system and method for dynamically adjusting a user defined image picture mask

An object of the present invention is to improve retainability (distribution coefficient) for C-14 of a radioactive waste solidified body. The waste is solidified with a solidification agent containing a soluble substance which yields an insoluble substance by a reaction with carbonic ions, insoluble carbonates, or a mixture of the above substances. And, as for a pre-treatment, the soluble substance which yields an insoluble substance by a reaction with carbonic ions is previously reacted with liquid waste, and subsequently the solidification is performed. The retainability (distribution coefficient) for C-14 of the solidified body of the waste increases about one order.

Solidification agents for radioactive waste and a method for processing

A processing system for radioactive waste is composed of an adjusting tank having a sampling port, a solidification processing system, and a package inspection apparatus, and a package, of which inventory per a package has been exactly grasped, is prepared by solidification of the waste with the processing system after determining radioactivity of the waste by measurement before the solidifying process. In accordance with the present invention, data on radioactivity before and after preparation of package of waste become clear, and management of each package at transportation and intermediate storage of the packages is facilitated.

Radioactive waste processing system

The present invention relates to a method of solidifying radioactive waste with cement, comprising forming a mixture comprising water, a hydrophilic material and cement substantially non-shrinkable or expansible with respect to volume change upon hardening, mixing said mixture with the radioactive waste, followed by hardening to form a solid body. The present invention enables the formation of a compact solid body having voids, such as capillary voids, of reduced volume, which makes it possible to reduce the leaching rate of hazardous materials. Further, since no shrinkage accompanies hardening, no tensile stress occurs in the cement surrounding minute waste particles within the hardened material, thereby enabling a decrease in the strength of the solid body to be minimized. This in turn enables an increase in the amount of packing of waste. Prior addition of a hydrophilic material enables the cement fluidity before hardening to be maintained even after complete absorption of water by a water absorptive waste. This is extremely advantageous in carrying out hardening.

Method for solidifying radioactive waste

Objective of the present invention is to provide a preferable solidified body ensuring performance of artificial barrier in a solidifying process for incombustible miscellaneous solid waste and other wastes such as calcined ashes by preventing generation of hydrogen gas by a reaction of amphoteric metal included in the waste with solidifying materials. In order to suppress the reaction of the amphoteric metal with the solidifying materials, any one or arbitrary plurality of the following three means are provided in the solidifying materials; (1) A means for forming protection film on surface of the amphoteric metal, (2) A means for enhancing hydration reaction of cement, (3) A means for reducing basicity of the solidifying materials. In accordance with the present invention, a preferable solidified body can be obtained by a simple and easy method which does not necessitate separation and pre-treatment of the waste.

Method for solidification of waste, and apparatus, waste form, and

According to the present invention, a fibrous material having a property to adsorb radioactive nuclides in the form of ion or molecule onto its surface is added to a cement type hydraulic solidifying material used for a solidifying material, a waste container, a structure in disposal site and a back-filling material used for production of a waste form of radioactive wastes, whereby improvement of long-term endurance of the waste form, the structure and the like and diminishment of leaching of radioactivity from the waste form and the like can be simultaneously attained.

Solidifying materials for radioactive waste disposal, structures made of

A heating apparatus for hyperthermia utilizes electromagnetic waves for locally heating cancerous cells within a living body. Electromagnetic waves output from a single electromagnetic wave generating means are branched into a plurality of branched electromagnetic waves, which are respectively employed to conduct hyperthermia treatments for a plurality of patients. The whole of the hyperthermia system is controlled in a concentrated fashion from a single section by means of time-division multiplexing. It is therefore possible for a plurality of patients to be subjected to hyperthermia treatment at the same time and in parallel with each other, even when the conditions of these patients differ from one another. Further, it is advantageously possible to simplify the arrangement of the system as a whole and stabilize the control of the system.

Heating apparatus and method for hyperthermia

The present invention adds carbonates or chlorides of alkaline earth metals to the radioactive wastes containing sodium sulfate and subjects sulfate group in the radioactive wastes to reduction treatment, thereby converts the sulfate group into sulfides of alkaline earth metals which are chemically stable substances while suppressing SOx generation, and solidifies the radioactive wastes stably for an extended period of time by applying to the converted radioactive wastes solidifying treatment.

Disposal method of radioactive wastes

A radioactive waste liquid treatment apparatus according to the invention comprises an upstream-side filter unit having an inlet for radioactive waste liquid, and a downstream-side filter unit communicating with the upstream-side filter unit and having an outlet for filtrated liquid. Further, the upstream-side filter unit includes first filter member installed therein having active silica for removal of interfacial active agents and oil, whereas the downstream-side filter unit includes second filter member installed therein, and this second filter member has a vapor permeable membrane.

Radioactive waste liquid treatment apparatus

A heating apparatus for hyperthermia utilizes electromagnetic waves for locally heating cancerous cells within a living body. When it is necessary for a plurality of patients to be subjected to hyperthermia treatment at the same time and in parallel with each other, the control of a plurality of electromagnetic wave outputs and the control of cooling of the surface of a heated region are effected by a centralized control which employs time-division multiplexing. Thus, it is advantageously possible to efficiently carry out a hyperthermia treatment which is fitting for the condition of each of a plurality of patients.

Heating apparatus for hyperthermia

A method of solidifying a radioactive waste of an atomic power plant, for example, begins with concentrating the liquid waste to powder or pellet form to reduce its volume. Prior to reducing its volume, an estimation is made of what the concentration will be once the liquid waste is converted into powdered or pelletized form. The powdered or pelletized waste is charged into a container, and a solidifying agent is poured over the contents to form a solidified body. The solidifying agent is prepared to have a desired coefficient of distribution that is determined in accordance with the estimated concentration of the reduced volume solidified waste so that the amount of leaching of the solidified body that is produced will be less than or equal to a predetermined value, such as the known value of leaching for a conventional cement-solidified waste that is not processed to reduce its volume before being solidified.

Method and apparatus for solidifying radioactive waste

Method of cementing radioactive waste and cemented body

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