Abstract: A photography support device is configured to support photography of N types (where N is an integer greater than 1) of photography target parts defined in advance. The photography support device includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a determining unit configured to determine, with respect to a plurality of images obtained by photography of inside of an oral cavity of a patient, which of the N types of photography target parts a photography target part in each image corresponds to; and a missing-image sensing unit configured to, based on determination results regarding each of the plurality of images, sense whether or not shooting of images of the N types of photography target parts is complete.

Abstract: A robot controller that controls a robot by automatically obtaining a controller capable of suitably controlling a wide range of robots. An image is acquired from an image capturing apparatus that photographs an environment including the robot. The robot is driven based on an output result obtained by inputting the image to a neural network. The neural network is updated according to a reward generated in a case where a plurality of virtual images photographed while changing an environmental condition of a virtual environment generated by virtualizing the environment and a state of a virtual robot are input to the neural network, and a policy of the virtual robot, which is output from the neural network, satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus supports observation of an object using a microscope. The image processing apparatus includes an obtainment unit and specifying unit. The obtainment unit obtains an image captured from an object observed by using a microscope. The specifying unit specifies at least one area in the image that will be captured at an expanded magnification based on evaluation of a detection target included in the image and a magnification of the microscope in capturing the image.

Abstract: A robot controller that controls a robot by automatically obtaining a controller capable of suitably controlling a wide range of robots. An image is acquired from an image capturing apparatus that photographs an environment including the robot. The robot is driven based on an output result obtained by inputting the image to a neural network. The neural network is updated according to a reward generated in a case where a plurality of virtual images photographed while changing an environmental condition of a virtual environment generated by virtualizing the environment and a state of a virtual robot are input to the neural network, and a policy of the virtual robot, which is output from the neural network, satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: An apparatus captures an image of an ID tag displaying printed ID information specific to a patient to acquire an ID-tag image, and acquires a color correction value from the ID-tag image. The color correction value is used to correct an image to be captured. The apparatus corrects a captured image of an affected area by using the color correction value.

Abstract: This invention provides a robot control device for controlling a robot configured to perform a predetermined operation, where the robot control device comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images captured by a plurality of image capturing devices including a first image capturing device and a second image capturing device different from the first image capturing device; and a specification unit configured to use the plurality of captured images acquired by the acquisition unit as inputs to a neural network, and configured to specify a control instruction for the robot based on an output as a result from the neural network.

Abstract: A handheld display apparatus including a display unit that displays an image includes a handheld grip portion including a plurality of bar members to be gripped by a user, and an operation unit that receives a manual operation and generates a control signal for the handheld display apparatus, the operation unit arranged on either at least one of the plurality of bar members or in proximity to at least one of the plurality of bar members.

Abstract: An apparatus captures an image of an ID tag displaying printed ID information specific to a patient to acquire an ID-tag image, and acquires a color correction value from the ID-tag image. The color correction value is used to correct an image to be captured. The apparatus corrects a captured image of an affected area by using the color correction value.

Abstract: A handheld display apparatus including a display unit that displays an image includes a handheld grip portion including a plurality of bar members to be gripped by a user, and an operation unit that receives a manual operation and generates a control signal for the handheld display apparatus, the operation unit arranged on either at least one of the plurality of bar members or in proximity to at least one of the plurality of bar members.

Abstract: A handheld display apparatus including a display unit that displays an image includes a handheld grip portion including a plurality of bar members to be gripped by a user, and an operation unit that receives a manual operation and generates a control signal for the handheld display apparatus, the operation unit arranged on either at least one of the plurality of bar members or in proximity to at least one of the plurality of bar members.

Abstract: A head mounted device mounted on a user's head includes a display unit that displays an image to the user, a holding member that holds the display unit to the user's head, and an auxiliary member, including a rotation unit, that assists the holding member by rotating about the rotation unit to contact a front of the user's head. The rotation unit includes a biasing member that biases the auxiliary member in a direction of pressing the front region of the user's head and a restricting member that restricts the rotation at the rotation unit.

Abstract: A head mounted device configured to be mounted on a head portion of a user when used includes a display unit configured to display an image to the user, a mount unit configured to mount the display unit on the head portion of the user, and a holding member provided to the mount unit and configured to hold the head portion of the user with respect to the mount unit, wherein the holding member includes an elastic member and a packaging member enclosing the elastic member, and an air escape hole is formed in the packaging member, whereby the head mounted device is properly held on the head portion of the user without making the user feel uncomfortable in the head mounted device.

Abstract: A handheld display apparatus including a display unit that displays an image includes a handheld grip portion including a plurality of bar members to be gripped by a user, and an operation unit that receives a manual operation and generates a control signal for the handheld display apparatus, the operation unit arranged on either at least one of the plurality of bar members or in proximity to at least one of the plurality of bar members.

Abstract: A head mounted device mounted on a user's head includes a display unit that displays an image to the user, a holding member that holds the display unit to the user's head, and an auxiliary member, including a rotation unit, that assists the holding member by rotating about the rotation unit to contact a front of the user's head. The rotation unit includes a biasing member that biases the auxiliary member in a direction of pressing the front region of the user's head and a restricting member that restricts the rotation at the rotation unit.

Abstract: In the case of performing duplex printing on a continuous sheet, by setting a length of a non-image area to an optimum length, both of mark detection having high reliability and the suppression of a sheet consumption amount are achieved. For this purpose, when duplex printing of a plurality of images on front and back surfaces of the continuous sheet is performed, on the basis of a length of the image to be printed precedently to a non-image area W3 on the second surface, the length of the non-image area common to the front and back surface is set.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus including a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, wherein the conveyance unit includes a slanting surface having an inclination with respect to a horizontal surface and a conveyance surface that forms, together with the slanting surface, a space that becomes narrower downward in the vertical direction and which moves in a predetermined direction, and conveys the sheet in a predetermined direction by the movement of the conveyance surface.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus including a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, wherein the conveyance unit includes a slanting surface having an inclination with respect to a horizontal surface and a conveyance surface that forms, together with the slanting surface, a space that becomes narrower downward in the vertical direction and which moves in a predetermined direction, and conveys the sheet in a predetermined direction by the movement of the conveyance surface.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus coveys a sheet while nipping the sheet between a conveyance roller and a pinch roller. The pinch roller includes a first roller portion and a second roller portion adjacent to each other in a rotational axial direction thereof. The pinch roller further includes a mechanism configured to change a difference between a pressing force that the first roller portion applies to the conveyance roller and a pressing force that the second roller portion applies to the conveyance roller.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print head for inkjet printing, and a guide disposed opposing the print head and configured to guide a back surface of a sheet being conveyed in a first direction. The back surface is a reverse surface of a surface being printed. The printing apparatus further includes a receiving unit disposed opposing the print head and configured to receive ink outside the sheet being conveyed, and a mechanism configured to change a position of the guide in a second direction relative to the receiving unit being fixed, according to a size of the sheet to be used. The second direction crosses the first direction.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a roller configured to convey a recording medium, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a conveyance amount for conveying the recording medium per a predetermined rotation amount of the roller, a recording timing generation unit configured to generate a plurality of timing signals for performing recording for one raster line according to a rotation of the roller during one rotation thereof, and a drive signal generation unit configured to generate a drive reference signal for performing the recording for the one raster line on the recording medium at a predetermined interval based on the conveyance amount information and the timing signal.