Abstract: An image processing apparatus capable of easily generating a two-dimensional panoramic image at a high speed from a plurality of three-dimensional images includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a generation condition of a first en-face image generated from a first three-dimensional image of an target eye, a first generation unit configured to generate a second en-face image from a second three-dimensional image of the target eye by applying the generation condition acquired by the acquisition unit to the second three-dimensional image, and a second generation unit configured to generate a combined image by combining the first en-face image with the second en-face image.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interference optical system configured to acquire a tomographic image of an eye by using interference light between return light from the eye irradiated with measurement light and reference light corresponding to the measurement light, a determination unit configured to determine, by using at least one of information about an acquisition time for acquiring the tomographic image and information about an imaging view angle of the tomographic image, a search range for searching for a position corresponding to a first tomographic image of the eye, the position being in a second tomographic image of the eye, and the second tomographic image having been acquired at a time different from a time when the first tomographic image is acquired, and a registration unit configured to perform registration of the first tomographic image and the second tomographic image by using information about the determined search range.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of three-dimensional data of a subject eye obtained at different times, the three-dimensional data including pieces of two-dimensional data obtained at different positions; a first planar alignment unit configured to perform first planar alignment including alignment between the pieces of three-dimensional data in a plane orthogonal to a depth direction of the subject eye; a first depth alignment unit configured to perform first depth alignment including alignment between pieces of two-dimensional data in at least one piece of three-dimensional data among the pieces of three-dimensional data and further including alignment between the pieces of three-dimensional data in the depth direction; and a generation unit configured to generate interpolation data of at least one piece of three-dimensional data among the pieces of three-dimensional data by using a result of the first planar alignment and a result of the first depth alignment.

Abstract: A voice providing method includes obtaining position information from a voice reproducing device, and performing processing, in a case in which a first position of obtained position information and a second position of a virtual talker are in a predetermined relationship, to cause the voice reproducing device to reproduce voice for the virtual talker to have a dialogue with a user with content according to the user.

Abstract: A first area and a second area are set for a first two-dimensional tomographic image where the first area and the second area overlap each other in a partial area in a horizontal direction of the first two-dimensional tomographic image. A positional deviation amount between the first two-dimensional tomographic image and a second two-dimensional tomographic image is obtained in each of the first area and the second area. A moving amount of the second two-dimensional tomographic image is determined with respect to the first two-dimensional tomographic image in an area where the first area and the second area overlap based on the positional deviation amount in the first area and the positional deviation amount the second area. Alignments are performed on the first two-dimensional tomographic image and the second two-dimensional tomographic image in an area where the first area and the second area overlap based on the moving amount.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes first alignment means configured to perform an alignment in a horizontal direction on a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images based on measurement light controlled to scan an identical position of an eye according to a first method, and second alignment means configured to perform an alignment in a depth direction on the plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images according to a second method that is different from the first method.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of names associated with depth ranges, a selection unit configured to select one name from the plurality of names, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of tomographic images of a subject's eye, a generation unit configured to generate a projection image on which a plural pieces of motion contrast data generated based on the plurality of tomographic images is projected in a depth range associated with the selected name, and a control unit configured to display the generated projection image on a display unit.

Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus comprises an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of examination data items having different examination dates, a setting unit that sets an extraction condition for examination data items, an extracting unit that extracts, from the plurality of acquired examination data items, examination data items corresponding to the set extraction condition, and a displaying unit that arranges and displays the extracted examination data items, wherein the setting unit sets the extraction condition based on an interval between examination dates of examination data items.

Abstract: A power tool includes: a motor; a fan driven by the motor and defining an axis and a radial direction; and a housing for accommodating the motor and the fan therein, the housing including: a peripheral wall formed with a ventilation hole; and a grid partly covering the ventilation hole, the ventilation hole being positioned adjacent to the fan and having a shape defined by a circumferential surface, the grid including at least one elongated portion extending in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the radial direction, and a distance from the axis of the fan to the circumferential surface is different from a distance from the axis of the fan to one elongated portion in the radial direction of the fan.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus configured to acquire more optical coherence tomographic images in a smaller amount of imaging time while suppressing reduction in longitudinal resolution. The information processing apparatus includes: a sampling unit configured to sample interference light between return light from an object to be inspected which has been scanned with measuring light and reference light corresponding to the measuring light; a data extracting unit configured to partially extract, from an output from the sampling unit, data included in the output at a longer sampling interval than an interval for sampling the interference light by the sampling unit so as to generate a plurality of data sets; and a forming unit configured to form tomographic information on the object to be inspected based on the generated plurality of data sets.

Abstract: A voice providing method includes obtaining position information from a voice reproducing device, and performing processing, in a case in which a first position of obtained position information and a second position of a virtual talker are in a predetermined relationship, to cause the voice reproducing device to reproduce voice for the virtual talker to have a dialogue with a user with content according to the user.

Abstract: A cooling device includes an immersion tank to store a coolant where an electronic component is immersed and cause the coolant to evaporate by heat from the electronic component into vapor, a condenser tube including a starting end to which the vapor is supplied and a termination end from which the condensed vapor is discharged, an isolating part arranged in a midway part of the condenser tube, a coolant tank to accommodate the termination end of the condenser tube and the isolating part inside and store the coolant discharged from the condenser tube, an air tube that has a starting end coupled to the coolant tank and a termination end coupled to the starting end of the condenser tube, a liquid tube to supply the coolant from the coolant tank to the immersion tank, and a steam tube to supply the vapor from the immersion tank to the condenser tube.

Abstract: An image processing device is provided and includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire combined images associated with examination dates, each of combined images being obtained by using motion contrast images of a portion of an eye portion, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the combined images in time series and to cause the display unit to display a plurality of pieces of information regarding the examination dates in time series, the plurality of pieces of information being obtained by using the combined images.

Abstract: A speech providing device includes a memory that stores instructions, and a processor that executes the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to perform acquiring a position of a user and a direction that the user is facing, and providing a speech corresponding to an area existing in a direction that the user is facing on the basis of the position of the user, to the user.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus converts an intensity distribution of at least one of a plurality of regions of a tomographic image of an eye by using an amount of conversion which is greater than an amount of conversion used to convert an intensity distribution of another one of the plurality of regions, the tomographic image being obtained by performing tomographic imaging on the eye by using optical interference.

Abstract: A cooling device includes an immersion tank to store a coolant where an electronic component is immersed and cause the coolant to evaporate by heat from the electronic component into vapor, a condenser tube including a starting end to which the vapor is supplied and a termination end from which the condensed vapor is discharged, an isolating part arranged in a midway part of the condenser tube, a coolant tank to accommodate the termination end of the condenser tube and the isolating part inside and store the coolant discharged from the condenser tube, an air tube that has a starting end coupled to the coolant tank and a termination end coupled to the starting end of the condenser tube, a liquid tube to supply the coolant from the coolant tank to the immersion tank, and a steam tube to supply the vapor from the immersion tank to the condenser tube.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine, using the detected information, whether or not an imaging area for imaging an eye is beyond an edge of a predetermined range of movement of the eye to be examined, and a tracking control unit configured to track the imaging area using the detected information, in a case where an imaging mode different from a follow-up imaging mode is selected and the imaging area is determined not to be beyond the edge, to not track the imaging area, in a case where an imaging mode different from the follow-up imaging mode is selected and the imaging area is determined to be beyond the edge, and to track, using the detected information, the imaging area without making the determination by the determination unit, in a case where the follow-up imaging mode is selected.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes first alignment means configured to perform an alignment in a horizontal direction on a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images based on measurement light controlled to scan an identical position of an eye according to a first method, and second alignment means configured to perform an alignment in a depth direction on the plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images according to a second method that is different from the first method.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first two-dimensional tomographic image and a second two-dimensional tomographic image, the first two-dimensional tomographic image and the second two-dimensional tomographic image being obtained based on measurement light controlled to scan an identical position of an eye, a selection unit configured to select a positional deviation amount between a layer boundary of the first two-dimensional tomographic image and a layer boundary of the second two-dimensional tomographic image in partial regions of a plurality of regions dividing the first two-dimensional tomographic image in a horizontal direction, and an alignment means configured to perform an alignment on the first two-dimensional tomographic image and the second two-dimensional tomographic image based on a positional deviation amount selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus capable of easily generating a two-dimensional panoramic image at a high speed from a plurality of three-dimensional images includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a generation condition of a first en-face image generated from a first three-dimensional image of an target eye, a first generation unit configured to generate a second en-face image from a second three-dimensional image of the target eye by applying the generation condition acquired by the acquisition unit to the second three-dimensional image, and a second generation unit configured to generate a combined image by combining the first en-face image with the second en-face image.