Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Olympus Corporation

Uacj Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Hitachi-kokusai Electric Inc.

Tianma Micro-electronics Co., Ltd.

Nlt Technologies, Ltd.

Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.

Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd.

Tianma Japan, Ltd.

Constellium Neuf-brisach

Yusuke Yamamoto

Takeshi Akiyama

Shuichi Nakamura

Hiroki Kitamura

Kenzo Tojima

Masanao Motoyama

Yoshiyuki Akiba

Takaaki Nagaoka

Mineo Asano

Hisashi Ishikawa

Tsutomu Takata

Tsutomu Takada

Hiroyuki Sekine

Shoei Moribe

Hirokazu Tanaka

Tsukasa Doi

Toshihiko Masuda

Takayuki Ishino

Shigeo Kodama

Yuji Hara

Yoshifumi Shinzato

Yuta Ikeshima

Arihiro Moroboshi

Akitoshi Yamada

Masao Kato

Naoki Sumi

Shinichi Miyazaki

Hiromasa Fujita

Shuichi Kato

Toshihiko Fukuda

Akihiro Fujimoto

Hisamatsu Nakano

Hiroyuki Muto

Ken Sato

Hikaru Uchidate

Masanori Mitsui

Kenta Hosaki

Yasunari Nagamatsu

Fuminori Tamura

Iichi Wako

Shuhei Nara

Yoshikazu Hatazawa

Satoshi Kodaira

Gilles Guiglionda

Yoshihide Shirai

Laurent Boissonnet

Yoshikatsu Inokuma

Akira Kusaba

Tohru Oyama

Takahiro Kuroki

Daiki Abe

Sylvain Carisey

Yoichiro Betsuki

Satoshi Kawabe

Takahiro Moriguchi

Yuichiro Kobayashi

An information processing apparatus includes a main CPU storage area and a sub-CPU storage area. The information processing apparatus further includes an FPGA capable of processing access to the main CPU storage area by a main CPU and access to the sub-CPU storage area by a second CPU in parallel. The FPGA has an FPGA control unit that performs processing. The FPGA control unit is configured to read prescribed data from an SPI device to the main CPU storage area and the sub-CPU storage area, update the prescribed data of the sub-CPU storage area when receiving an updating request from the sub-CPU, and read the prescribed data of the main CPU storage area to the main CPU when receiving a reading request from the main CPU.

Information processing apparatus, data control method, and recording medium for parallel access of processors to storage areas

In an endoscope system, an imaging device is electrically connected to a signal line and is configured to output a video signal to the signal line. A receiver circuit is electrically connected to the signal line and is configured to receive the video signal. A noise detection circuit is configured to detect that noise having a higher frequency than a frequency of the video signal is mixed into the video signal. A filter circuit has a function of reducing the noise included in the video signal. An imaging control circuit is configured to set a signal-output time per one pixel of the imaging device to a second set time longer than a first set time and a filter control circuit is configured to turn on the function of the filter circuit when the noise is detected by the noise detection circuit.

Endoscope system

For example, in order to enable an RCCB sensor or a specific optical system to perform an appropriate image correction process (distortion correction and the like), an imaging device includes an imaging element, an optical system configured to form an image on an imaging surface of the imaging element and has a characteristic in which an image formation magnification differs depending on a position in the imaging surface, a demosaic unit configured to generate color image data of at least two colors from the data output from the imaging element, and a distortion correction unit configured to correct distortion of the color image data of at least two colors generated by the demosaic unit.

Imaging device, image processing device, moving device, control method, and storage medium

In accordance with a program, a processor obtains a plurality of manufacturing parameters and a measured value of an at least one property of an alloy material, calculates a pre-predicted value based on a first manufacturing parameter included in the plurality of manufacturing parameters using a prediction expression describing a relationship between the first manufacturing parameter, and a pre-predicted value of the property representing a roughly calculated value of a target predicted value that is a target value of the property, calculates a difference between the pre-predicted value and a measured value of the property, and trains a model using a training data set including a second manufacturing parameter and the difference, to generate a trained model that is used to predict the at least one property.

Manufacturing support system for predicting property of alloy material, method for generating prediction model, and computer program

A surface treatment agent capable of forming a hexavalent chromium-free chemical conversion coating that can provide an excellent corrosion-resistant coating on various metallic materials; a metallic material having a surface treatment coating obtained therefrom; and a method of producing the same. A free fluorine ion-containing surface treatment agent for surface-treating a metallic material, which is obtained by mixing at least one supply source (A) of trivalent chromium-containing ions A; a supply source (B) of ions B that are at least one selected from titanium-containing ions and zirconium-containing ions; a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound (C) containing an alkoxysilyl group, an aromatic ring, a hydroxy group directly bonded to the aromatic ring, and at least one of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary amino groups, wherein the alkoxysilyl group is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the amino group directly or via an alkylene group; and a fluorine-containing compound (D) providing fluorine-containing ions.

Metallic material surface treatment agent, metallic material having surface treatment coating, and manufacturing method therefor

A signal processing circuit includes a detection unit configured to detect generation of a peak in an analog signal based on an input of a photon, an A/D conversion unit configured to perform A/D conversion of a signal value into digital data of bits by determining a value of each of the bits from an upper bit to a lower bit, and a control unit configured to control the A/D conversion unit so that, in a case in which the generation of a second peak of the analog signal is detected during the A/D conversion of a signal value of a first peak of the analog signal, the A/D conversion of the signal value of the first peak will be interrupted and the A/D conversion of a signal value of the second peak will be started.

Signal processing circuit and signal processing method

The invention concerns a method for producing a 6xxx series aluminium sheet comprising the steps of homogenizing an ingot made from a 6XXX series aluminum alloy; cooling the homogenized ingot with a cooling rate in a range of from 150&#xb0; C./h to 2000&#xb0; C./h directly to the hot rolling starting temperature; hot rolling the ingot to a hot rolling final thickness and coiling at the hot rolling final thickness with such conditions that at least 50% recrystallization is obtained; cold rolling to obtain a cold rolled sheet. The method of the invention is particularly helpful to make sheets for the automotive industry which combine high tensile yield strength and good formability properties suitable for cold stamping operations, as well as high surface quality and high corrosion resistance with a high productivity.

Method of making 6XXX aluminium sheets

Provided is a sound bar including: a rear sound signal generating unit that generates a rear sound from an input audio signal; and an output unit that outputs the rear sound generated by the rear sound signal generating unit to a rear sound speaker.

Sound bar, audio signal processing method, and program

In an endoscope device, a light source unit is configured to sequentially emit first illumination light and second illumination light. The first illumination light includes visible light. The second illumination light includes first excitation light. At least the second illumination light out of the first illumination light and the second illumination light includes second excitation light. An excitation wavelength blocking filter has a characteristic of blocking a wavelength band of the first excitation light and a wavelength band of the second excitation light and a characteristic of transmitting a wavelength band of the visible light, a wavelength band of first fluorescence, and a wavelength band of second fluorescence. An imaging unit is configured to capture an image of the visible light, the first fluorescence, and the second fluorescence and configured to output a first imaging signal and a second imaging signal.

Endoscope device

The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an aluminum alloy rolled material for deformation molding, the method including: a step of performing homogenization treatment of an ingot including an aluminum alloy with predetermined composition; a step of cooling the aluminum alloy after the homogenization treatment so that an average cooling rate in an ingot thickness of &#xbc; part from 500&#xb0; C. to 320&#xb0; C. is 30&#xb0; C./h to 2000&#xb0; C./h; and a step of starting hot rolling at 370&#xb0; C. to 440&#xb0; C. and winding the hot-rolled aluminum alloy at 310 to 380&#xb0; C., in which the method for producing an aluminum alloy rolled material for deformation molding further includes a step of retaining the aluminum alloy after the cooling step for 0.17 hours or more at a heating temperature before rolling set within a range of 370&#xb0; C. to 440&#xb0; C. before the hot rolling.

Method for producing aluminum alloy rolled material for molding having excellent bending workability and ridging resistance

A device includes a first element having rectification characteristics that allow electric current to flow from an upper electrode to a lower electrode, an n-channel thin film transistor, and a control electrode. The n-channel thin film transistor includes a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a first signal electrode, and a second signal electrode. The control electrode faces the gate electrode with the semiconductor film interposed therebetween. The second signal electrode is connected with the lower electrode. The control electrode is connected with the lower electrode. At least a part of a first channel end on the first signal electrode side of the semiconductor film is located within a region of the control electrode, when viewed planarly. A second channel end on the second signal electrode side of the semiconductor film is distant from the control electrode, when viewed planarly.

Device including element having rectification characteristics and thin film transistor

An image processing apparatus performs image processing to print a color materials of a first color and a second color. When a sum of a first gradation data for the first color and a second gradation data for the second color is equal to or smaller than the maximum value of thresholds of a first threshold matrix, a generation unit generates a second quantization data for the second color based on a result of comparing the second gradation data with a second threshold. When the sum is greater than the maximum value, the generation unit generates third gradation data by subtracting the maximum value from the sum and generates the second quantization data based on a result of comparing the third gradation data with the first threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the second gradation data and the third gradation data with the second threshold.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method quantizing first and second gradation data to generate first and second quantization data

When a sum of a first gradation data for a first color and a second gradation data for a second color is greater than the maximum value of thresholds of a first threshold matrix, a generation unit generates a first overlapping gradation data and second overlapping gradation data by dividing a value obtained by subtracting the maximum value from the sum. Further, the generation unit generates a first quantization data based on a result of comparing the first overlapping gradation data with the second threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the first gradation data and the first overlapping gradation data with the first threshold, and generates a second quantization data based on a result of comparing the second overlapping gradation data with the first threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the second gradation data and the second overlapping gradation data with the second threshold.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method quantizing gradation data to have a smaller number of gradations

In manufacturing an image sensor for FPD having an oxide semiconductor TFT as a switching element, a large amount of hydrogen contained in raw gas is diffused in the oxide semiconductor at the time of forming a-Si photo diode (PD) which is a photoelectric conversion element, causing significant variation in the characteristic of TFT which may thereby not operate. In an image sensor in which an oxide semiconductor TFT and a-Si PD are formed on a substrate in this order, a gas barrier film is disposed between the oxide semiconductor TFT and the PD, and the drain terminal (drain metal) of the oxide semiconductor TFT is connected to one terminal (lower electrode) of the PD via connection wiring (bridge wiring) formed on a protective film arranged over the PD.

Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same

A shape estimation device includes an input circuit, a storage circuit and an arithmetic circuit. The input circuit receives light amount information being a relationship between a wavelength and a light amount. The light amount information is acquired by using a sensor configured such that the light amount to be detected with respect to the wavelength corresponding to each of sensing parts varies in accordance with a shape of each of the sensing parts. The storage circuit stores a relationship among the shape, the wavelength and the light amount with respect to each sensing part. The arithmetic circuit calculates the shape of each sensing part, based on the light amount information, and a light amount estimation value being a relationship between the wavelength and the light amount.

Shape estimation device, endoscope system including shape estimation device, shape estimation method, and program for shape estimation

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