Olympus Corporation

Sony Corporation

Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.

Sony Group Corporation

Masahiro Oba

Shunsuke Suzuki

Takashi Matsuo

Nobuyuki Nagasawa

Tetsuya Koike

Tadashi Hirata

Tatsuo Nakata

Yoshihiro Kawano

Akinori Asahara

Susumu Kikuchi

Yoshihisa Tanikawa

Yujin Arai

Takashi Mishima

Naoki Shimode

Tomohide Suzuki

There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition control unit configured to acquire information on function extension from an external object, the information on the function extension including attribute information indicating a function of a device and connection information relating to a connection to the device, and a function control unit configured to extend a function of the information processing apparatus based on the acquired attribute information, connect to a device corresponding to the extended function based on the acquired connection information, and enable the extended function.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system

A client device accepts event information for which a people flow prediction is to be performed from a user and the client device inputs the accepted event information to a people flow prediction device. The people flow prediction device outputs a result of people flow prediction responsive to the input event information to the client device and the client device displays the result of people flow prediction to the user. The people flow prediction device performs a people flow prediction by temporally and spatially allocating an event attendance which has been input from the client device to pathways, each connecting a transport facility at which a people flow originates and an event site. Consequently, it is possible to predict a flow of people who attend an event or the like, the people flow differing from that in an ordinary situation, without need to input real-time data.

People flow prediction device

There is provided a service providing apparatus including a determination unit configured to determine a service to be provided for an information processing apparatus based on apparatus-related information acquired from the information processing apparatus, the apparatus-related information including spatial information and function information, the spatial information being related to a space in which a function of the information processing apparatus is extended and being acquired from an external object by the information processing apparatus, the function information indicating the function of the information processing apparatus, and a processing unit configured to execute a process for the service determined to be provided.

Service providing apparatus and service providing method

An information processing apparatus including a data provision unit configured to provide, to a client apparatus, a first template corresponding to a selection request from the client apparatus, and a data processing unit configured to, in the case where a factor included in the first template and a factor included in a second template corresponding to a switching request from the client apparatus are common, associate data associated with the factor included in the first template with the factor included in the second template.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

When a biological specimen, such as living cells, biological tissue, or a small animal, is quantitatively observed, the specimen is observed for a long time or over a long period, while maintaining the quantitative properties. Provided is an observation method of observing luminescence or fluorescence emitted from a biological specimen. The observation method includes a referring step of referring to image data previously acquired; an intensity determining step of determining whether the intensity of the image data previously acquired is saturated; an exposure dividing step of dividing the exposure of the image data previously acquired one time into a plurality of exposures when the intensity is determined as being saturated in the intensity determining step; an image acquiring step of acquiring images the same number of times as the number of divided exposures; and an integrating step of integrating the images separately acquired multiple times into a single image.

Biological specimen observation method

An objective-optical-system positioning apparatus includes a positioning unit interposed between an objective optical system having a small-diameter end section and an examination optical system for examining light collected by the objective optical system; and a substantially cylindrical support unit, one end of which is secured to an organism, and which internally supports the small-diameter end section in a detachable manner. The positioning unit includes a holding part for holding the objective optical system and a moving mechanism supporting the holding part such that the holding part is freely movable in a direction intersecting with a direction of an optical axis of the objective optical system, and the other end of the support unit has a tapered inner surface whose diameter gradually increases toward the tip.

Objective-optical-system positioning apparatus and examination apparatus

A scanning examination apparatusis provided, the apparatus including a detachable objective lensor, a scannerfor two-dimensionally scanning light F from a specimenfocused by the objective lensor, a scanner control devicefor controlling the operation of the scanner, and an optical detectorfor detecting light scanned by the scanner, wherein the scanner control devicechanges the scanning direction of the light F depending on an image formation mode of the light F at the objective lensorwhich is attached.

Scanning examination apparatus

The invention provides an examination apparatus including an objective optical system for positioning a focal point inside a specimen mounted on a stage; an image-acquisition apparatus for detecting light emitted in different optical-axis directions from the vicinity of the focal point inside the specimen and collected by the objective optical system to acquire a plurality of pieces of image information; and a three-dimensional image forming unit for forming a three-dimensional image of a light-emitting site in the vicinity of the focal point based on the plurality of pieces of image information acquired by the image-acquiring apparatus.

Examination apparatus

A CPU executes a process for building an image, which is projected on three planes such as XY, YZ, and XZ planes mutually intersecting in three-dimensional space, of a three-dimensional image obtained by stacking in a direction of an optical axis a plurality of two-dimensional confocal images, which are obtained by changing the focal position of an objective lens against a sample in the direction of the optical axis of the objective lens. Then, a target region implemented by integrating pixels, whose points projected on the three planes are included in regions respectively specified for the three planes, among pixels configuring each of the two-dimensional confocal image.

Microscope system

A laser scanning microscope which focuses light beams from a laser beam source to a sample by means of an objective lens and detects transmission light from the sample, reflection light, or fluorescence generated from the sample, includes an observation laser scanning optical system which irradiates coherent light from one side of the sample and which carries out scanning the sample, a stimulation laser scanning optical system which irradiates coherent light from an opposite side across the sample and which carries out scanning the sample, an observation light detector provided to be branched from the observation laser scanning optical system, and a light invasion preventing section which prevents the coherent light irradiated from the stimulation laser scanning optical system from invading the observation light detector.

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Masahiro Oba