Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Other

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Yoshiko Wada

Hirotaka Ishikawa

Akinori Tamura

Yasumi Takase

Takashi Nishibori

Kei Nagaoka

Yumi Yoshida

Kazuya Takahashi

Takuji Oishi

Masakazu Toi

Toyofumi Kitano

Toshiyuki Kitai

A used photoacoustic apparatus includes: a light source capable of individually emitting light having a first wavelength at which absorption coefficients of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin are equal and light having a second wavelength; an acoustic detector that receives acoustic waves generated when the light having the first and second wavelengths is absorbed by an object; an absorption coefficient distribution generator that determines absorption coefficient distributions of an object interior; a blood vessel position determining unit that determines a blood vessel position from an absorption coefficient distribution corresponding to the first wavelength; an organism characteristics distribution calculator that determines an organism characteristics distribution from the absorption coefficient distributions; and a trimming unit that trims the organism characteristics distribution in accordance with the blood vessel position.

Photoacoustic apparatus and control method thereof

In a conventional device, light is irradiated from positions on a rotation axis of a detector, so that there may be unevenness of light irradiation intensity in a subject. The acoustic wave acquisition apparatus of the present invention includes a light source that generates light and a detector including a plurality of elements that receive an acoustic wave generated from inside a subject when the subject is irradiated with the light. The acoustic wave acquisition apparatus further includes a rotation driving unit that rotates the detector and a plurality of light irradiation portions that irradiate the subject with the light from the light source. The plurality of light irradiation portions are provided at least at positions other than a rotation axis of the detector.

Acoustic wave acquisition apparatus

A subject information acquisition device includes a first holding member that holds a subject of a patient, a first probe that detects an acoustic wave having propagated through the first holding member and that performs a scanning operation, a first holding-member support located on a patient side from a scanning range of the first probe and that reduces bending of the first holding member, and a second probe located on the patient side from the scanning range of the first probe.

Subject information acquisition device

A game device capable of ensuring player's action to be displayed in a judgment area set in a player image is provided. A game device () including a player image acquisition unit () for sequentially acquiring a player image representing the player, a game processing unit () for controlling a game based on an amount of action of the player displayed in the judgment area set in the player image further includes an action range image production unit () for producing an action range image representing an action range of the player based on the player image sequentially acquired by the player image acquisition unit (), and a judgment area setting unit () for setting the judgment area in accordance with the content of the action range image produced by the action range image production unit ().

Game device, control method of computer, and information storage medium

To evaluate a game playing performance from a new point of view, a control method for controlling a game machine allowing a player to enjoy stepping while listening to game music, comprises the steps of detecting whether or not the player puts their foot or feet on each of a plurality of step positions; judging, based on a detection result on the step position, according to which, of a plurality of pattern changes, a state of the player's feet relative to the plurality of step positions has changed to; calculating, based on the determined pattern change, an energy consumption amount due to a change of the state of the player's feet; calculating an accumulative energy consumption amount by accumulating an energy consumption amount calculated after a predetermined timing; and reporting the accumulative energy consumption amount calculated to the player.

Game machine, game device control method, information storage medium, game distribution device, and game distribution method

Data link-up between multiple game devices can be more flexibly achieved. A game system ( ) comprises a game device for business ( ) and a game device for use at home ( ), which execute games in accordance with predetermined programs, it being possible to exchange information between these games devices, and the game device for business ( ) comprises an information output device for outputting judgement information for judging whether predetermined conditions have been satisfied in the game device for business ( ). The contents of the game executed on the game device for use at home ( ) are changed based on the judgement information output from the game device for business ( ). For example, when a predetermined game result has been achieved in the game device for business, the content of the judgement information is updated, and a hidden element appears in the game device for use at home ( ) in correspondence therewith.

Game system, game device capable of being used in the game system, and computer-readable memory medium

A music game device is provided in which a player manipulates a manipulation unit in conformity with music. The device includes an input unit for setting play information including a plurality of tunes to be successively played and a play order of the plurality of tunes, a storage unit for collectively storing the play information, an automatic setting changing unit for automatically changing a part of the play information set by the player to a preset standard play information if the play information set by the player includes a setting which cannot be executed by the music game device, and a reproduction unit for successively reproducing the plurality of tunes in the play order based on the play information stored in the storage unit.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiko Wada