Abstract: A photosensitive member cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus for forming an image, includes a frame; a photosensitive drum on which and which is provided in the frame; a transfer member for transferring an image formed on the drum onto the sheet; a mounting portion for detachably mounting a developing cartridge including a developer carrying member onto the drum and a memory for storing information; a first electrical contact provided on the frame and electrically connectable with a main assembly electrical contact provided in the main assembly when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly; and a second electrical contact provided on the frame for electrically connecting the memory and the first electrical contact portion with each other when the developing cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) include a memory to store a plurality of background images; a sensor to acquire three-dimensional information including a plurality of images; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry selects a recognition target from the three-dimensional information; cuts an image of a recognition target range corresponding to the selected recognition target from each of the plurality of images to generate a plurality of foreground images from the plurality of images; synthesizes each of the plurality of foreground images with each of the plurality of background images to generate a plurality of synthesized images. The processing circuitry generates recognition target range information indicating the recognition target range with three-dimensional positions of a plurality of points. The processing circuitry projects the recognition target range onto each of the plurality of images to specify the recognition target range in each of the plurality of images.

Abstract: A position-posture estimation device includes processing circuitry to read in data of a three-dimensional map from a database; to execute a process of selecting a frame to be used for calculation of a position-posture from a plurality of image frames captured from different viewpoints; to execute a process of acquiring a plurality of relative position-postures regarding a plurality of frames selected by the frame selection unit; to execute a process of acquiring a plurality of absolute position-postures regarding the plurality of selected frames; and to acquire a final absolute position-posture by integrating the acquired relative position-postures and the acquired absolute position-postures.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (100) include a memory to store a plurality of background images; a sensor to acquire three-dimensional information including a plurality of images; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry selects a recognition target from the three-dimensional information; cuts an image of a recognition target range corresponding to the selected recognition target from each of the plurality of images to generate a plurality of foreground images from the plurality of images; synthesizes each of the plurality of foreground images with each of the plurality of background images to generate a plurality of synthesized images. The processing circuitry generates recognition target range information indicating the recognition target range with three-dimensional positions of a plurality of points. The processing circuitry projects the recognition target range onto each of the plurality of images to specify the recognition target range in each of the plurality of images.

Abstract: A feature extracting unit (21) extracts multiple feature parts from an image. A position acquiring unit (23) acquires position information about feature parts specified on the image including the feature parts. A position correcting unit (24) corrects the position information acquired by the position acquiring unit (21) on the basis of pieces of position information about the multiple feature parts extracted by the feature extracting unit (23).

Abstract: An area detection unit detects which area out of a plurality of areas a photographed image belongs to. A sensor information acquiring unit acquires the photographed image and distance information. A locational relationship calculating unit calculates the acquisition location and inclination of each photographed image on the basis of the photographed image and the distance information acquired by the sensor information acquiring unit. An image database generating unit generates an image database by associating the photographing location and the inclination of the photographed image and the photographed image as image information and grouping image information of images belonging to the same area.

Abstract: Each time a link is specified on a transition source page including a plurality of links associated with other web pages, a history registration unit (120) registers specified position information that identifies a specified position on the transition source page in a history file (191). A probability calculation unit (130) calculates, with regard to each page section into which the transition source page is partitioned, a probability that a link included in this page section will be specified, using the specified position information registered in the history file. A page acquisition unit (140) selects a page section based on the probability for each page section, acquires a link included in the selected page section from the transition source page, and acquires a web page associated with the acquired link. A cache unit (150) stores the acquired web page in a cache memory (9011).

Abstract: An image display system 1 in accordance with the present invention is configured with a navigation device 2 and an image display device 4 which are connected to each other via a network 3. The navigation device 2 transmits a drawing setting for specifying a method of drawing a vertex string showing a feature of a component of an image when a network connection with the image display device 4 is established, and transmits image data including the vertex string when the image display device draws an image, and the image display device receives the drawing setting from the image transmission device, corrects the drawing setting on the basis of the display ability of the image transmission device and its own display ability, and, when receiving the image data from the image transmission device, draws and display the image by using the above-mentioned drawing setting corrected thereby.

Abstract: Disclosed is a character string placement device including an evaluation function calculator that calculates a plurality of evaluation function values, each of which shows an evaluation of placement of a character string placed at each of a plurality of candidate points on a node series; and a minimum evaluation function value storer that determines at which of the plurality of candidate points to place the character string on a basis of comparison between the plurality of evaluation function values calculated by the evaluation function calculator. The evaluation function calculator includes: a character gap function calculator that calculates a character gap function value; an angle function calculator that calculates an angle function value; and an evaluation function value calculator that calculates the evaluation function value of the character string placed at each of the plurality of candidate points based on the character gap function value and the angle function value.

Abstract: A string arrangement device includes: a character string arrangement data acquisition unit for acquiring character string arrangement data for arranging a character string along a road; a control point sequence creation unit for creating a control point sequence from a road node sequence included in the character string arrangement data acquired by the character string arrangement data acquisition unit; a curve approximation unit for creating a node sequence obtained by approximating with a straight line a curve from the control point sequence created by the control point sequence creation unit; a curve approximation node sequence storage unit for storing the node sequence created by the curve approximation unit as a curve approximation node sequence; and a character string arrangement processing unit for performing arrangement processing of the character string based on the curve approximation node sequence stored in the curve approximation node sequence storage unit.

Abstract: A dynamic label arrangement device includes a label DB to store a set of labels, a display information DB to store information required for display of labels, a position calculator to specify a label to be displayed on a display screen from among the labels stored in the label DB, and a label display to display the label specified by the position calculator, and the position calculator determines an arrangeable range in which labels can be arranged on the basis of an arrangement change range offset stored in the display information DB, and, when the range of the display screen is changed, performs an arrangement change on a label which has become displaced outside the arrangeable range and which is stored in the above-mentioned label DB.

Abstract: An image display system 1 in accordance with the present invention is configured with a navigation device 2 and an image display device 4 which are connected to each other via a network 3. The navigation device 2 transmits a drawing setting for specifying a method of drawing a vertex string showing a feature of a component of an image when a network connection with the image display device 4 is established, and transmits image data including the vertex string when the image display device draws an image, and the image display device receives the drawing setting from the image transmission device, corrects the drawing setting on the basis of the display ability of the image transmission device and its own display ability, and, when receiving the image data from the image transmission device, draws and display the image by using the above-mentioned drawing setting corrected thereby.

Abstract: An image-rendering device: divides a large region whose minimum configuration unit is an element into small regions each configured with the elements; calculates low resolution distance data showing a distance from a base line serving as a reference for color change in gradation for each of the small regions; associates low resolution distance data showing each distance from the base line for each of the small regions with high resolution distance data showing each distance from the base line to each of the elements, and stores them in high resolution data storage; obtains, from the high resolution data storage, the high resolution distance data associated with the calculated low resolution distance data; and renders gradation on the basis of the high resolution distance data. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of times for calculating a minimum distance between the base line and each pixel.

Abstract: A character string placement and drawing device includes: a character string placer that places a character string from each of placement candidate points of the character string along a road node series; an evaluation function calculator that calculates evaluation function values for evaluating readability of the character string from a gap between the character string and another character string which are placed by the character placer; and a character string drawing unit that draws the character string by using the evaluation function values.

Abstract: A character string placement device including a character gap function calculator that calculates a character gap function value showing an evaluation to a character gap between a plurality of character strings which are respectively placed from a plurality of candidate points by a character string placer, a road angle function calculator that calculates a road angle function value showing an evaluation to an angle of a road node series along which a character string is placed by the character string placer, and an evaluation function value calculator that calculates an evaluation function value on the basis of the character gap function value calculated by the character gap function calculator and the road angle function value calculated by the road angle function calculator.

Abstract: A string arrangement device includes: a character string arrangement data acquisition unit for acquiring character string arrangement data for arranging a character string along a road; a control point sequence creation unit for creating a control point sequence from a road node sequence included in the character string arrangement data acquired by the character string arrangement data acquisition unit; a curve approximation unit for creating a node sequence obtained by approximating with a straight line a curve from the control point sequence created by the control point sequence creation unit; a curve approximation node sequence storage unit for storing the node sequence created by the curve approximation unit as a curve approximation node sequence; and a character string arrangement processing unit for performing arrangement processing of the character string based on the curve approximation node sequence stored in the curve approximation node sequence storage unit.

Abstract: A road image drawing device including: a boundary determining unit for determining whether or not a node is located at a boundary between parcels when it is determined that the node is located at either a start point or an end point of a road; a start point, end point, and boundary road slope data acquiring unit for acquiring slope data which is calculated in advance when it is determined that the node is located at a boundary between parcels; and a drawing data processing unit for generating drawing data from both a calculated slope of the node or the slope data acquired by the start point, end point, and boundary road slope data acquiring unit, and road width data pre-stored therein, and for storing the drawing data therein.

Abstract: Disclosed are a novel platinum complex represented by the following formula I or a steric isomer thereof, an anti-tumor agent comprising this complex as the effective ingredient, and a method of curing a tumor by using this complex: ##STR1## This complex is advantageous in that the toxicity is low and the anti-tumor activity is high.

Abstract: Disclosed are a binuclear platinum complex including di-.mu.-sulfoacetato-bis[1,2-diaminocyclohexane-platinum (II)] and isomers thereof, and an antitumor agent comprising this complex as an effective ingredient.This complex has a high antitumor activity and lower adverse side effects such as nephrotoxicity.

Abstract: An electronic door locking system for an automotive vehicle with which vehicle doors can be locked, by depressing a proper push-button type switch representative of a predetermined door-locking octal digit, only when an ignition key is not left in the ignition keyhole. Therefore, it is possible to lock vehicle doors without leaving the ignition key in the keyhole, with the result that the vehicle can be prevented from being stolen by a thief when parked. The electronic door locking system according to present invention includes a device for detecting the presence of the ignition key left in the ignition keyhole and outputting a signal to inhibit a door-locking command signal from being applied to a door lock actuating solenoid, in addition to the conventional electronic door locking system.