Abstract: The subject invention provides a powder inhaler enabling the user to complete powder drug inhalation with fewer steps, for improved user convenience. A powder inhaler of the present invention comprises: a housing 1A having an admission port 2f on one end; a supplier having a drug-discharging hole, provided inside the housing 1A with a capacity sufficient to contain plural doses of a fine powder drug; a drug carrier having a measurement concave portion for receiving a single dose of a drug from the drug-discharging hole, the drug carrier being supported inside the housing 1A while being movable between a drug-receiving position for allowing drug supply from the drug-discharging hole to the measurement concave portion, and a drug-inhalation position for allowing drug inhalation from the measurement concave portion through the admission port; a cover cap C2 pivotably mounted to the housing 1A; and a vibrating means 60 brought into operation by pivoting the cover cap C2 so as to vibrate the supplier.

Abstract: An image processor includes an image reading unit that reads source documents and converts read data into image data, an extracting unit that extracts password information and attribute information from the image data of each of the source documents read by the image reading unit, a password inputting unit that inputs the password information, a password determining unit that determines whether or not the password information inputted by the password inputting unit matches the password information extracted by the extracting unit, and a permitting unit that permits a source document to be subjected to image processing, if the attribute information of the source document is identical to the attribute information included in the source document of which the password determining unit has determined that there is a match between the inputted password information and the extracted password information.

Abstract: A powder inhalator including: a housing, a supply member for holding a powdered drug for a large number of doses and having a drug discharge aperture at its bottom surface; a drug carrier, to which the powdered drug is supplied from the drug discharge aperture of the supply member, and having on its upper surface a measuring recess that has a volume equivalent to one dose of the drug; and an operation member disposed so as to move freely back and forth, and operate the drug carrier; the drug carrier moving in contact with the bottom surface of the supply member to carry the powdered drug loaded into the measuring recess from the position of the drug discharge aperture to an air inhalation channel, wherein the drug carrier is disposed slidably so that the measuring recess moves in a circular manner by sliding the drug carrier.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided, the image processing apparatus including: a limited color conversion processing section that extracts plural pieces of color information constructing image information and converts the plural pieces of color information into color information representing specific colors to which each of the plural pieces of color information belongs; a by-color separation processing section that separates the image information containing the converted color information for each of the specific colors; a compression determination section that determines a compression system for each color as to each of pieces of image information which are separated by the by-color separation processing section for each of the specific colors; a compression processing section that compresses said each of pieces of image information according to the determined compression system for each color; and a layered structure forming processing section that collectively outputs said each of pieces of image in

Abstract: Provided are a flexible and restorable container main body (1) for housing a medicinal solution; a stopper member (4d; 14d) fixed in the inside of a medicinal solution passage (P) communicated with the container main body (1) for discharging the medicinal solution when the container main body (1) is pressed and deformed; a pressure valve (5) arranged in the medicinal solution passage (P) at a downstream side in the medicinal solution discharge direction further than the stopper member (4d; 14d) being formed with an opening having a circular cross section which contacts the tip portion (4e; 14e) of the stopper member (4d; 14d); and a biasing member (7; 7a) at a downstream side for biasing the pressure valve (5) in a direction opposite to the medicinal solution discharge direction by abutting against a peripheral portion (5b) of the opening of the pressure valve (5).

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that includes a character recognition component, a determining component and a generating component is provided. The determining component determines, when document data is generated that contains first data representing the document and representing the entity in which the characters are mixed and second data containing character code data of the characters recognized by the character recognition component and representing a character block displaying the characters represented by the character code data, whether to hide the character block represented by the second data behind the entity represented by the first data or to display the character block represented by the second data in front of the entity represented by the first data when the document represented by the document data is displayed, based on lightness or distribution of the lightness of a background region around the characters of the entity or the like.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a separation section, a background color setting section, and a generating section. The separation section separates at least one image component having different attributes contained in electronic document data expressing an original image. The background color setting section selects a coloring method, from among a plurality of coloring methods for coloring a background, according to software to be used and sets a background color. The generating section generates software data corresponding to the software by coloring the background color based on the setting of the background color setting section, and re-arranging the at least one image component.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a generating unit that generates a control image representing control information to be used for controlling an operation that is performed by the image forming apparatus; a superimposing unit that superimposes the control image generated by the generating unit on a print image; and an output unit that outputs a superimposed image generated by the superimposing unit performing the superimposition. The control information is to be used for performing a control operation so that a document formed with pages having the superimposed image printed thereon is collectively processed, with the superimposed image representing the control information. The control information contains the total number of pages of the document and the page number of the corresponding page having the superimposed image printed thereon.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powder inhaler that does not require shaking, and that therefore can be operated in an efficient manner.

Abstract: There is provided a document destruction apparatus including: a destruction section that destroys documents; a conveyance section that conveys documents to the destruction section a page at a time; a reading section that is disposed partway along the conveyance section and that, from a document to which identification information for identifying the document has been applied to each page at at least one of a conveyance direction leading end side and trailing end side, reads the identification information at each page; and an alteration section that, in a case in which the identification information has been read at the conveyance direction leading end side by the reading section, alters a conveyance direction of the page that has been read such that the page will be conveyed from the conveyance direction trailing end side.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a limited color conversion processing section that extracts a plurality of pieces of color information making up image information and executes conversion to specific colors to which the color information belongs; a by-color separation processing section that separates for each specific color, image information converted into the specific colors by the limited color conversion processing section; a compression processing section that compresses for each color, the image information for each specific color separated by the by-color separation processing section; and a layered structure forming processing section that collectively outputs the image information for each color compressed by the compression processing section.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided, the image processing apparatus including: a limited color conversion processing section that extracts plural pieces of color information constructing image information and converts the plural pieces of color information into color information representing specific colors to which each of the plural pieces of color information belongs; a by-color separation processing section that separates the image information containing the converted color information for each of the specific colors; a compression determination section that determines a compression system for each color as to each of pieces of image information which are separated by the by-color separation processing section for each of the specific colors; a compression processing section that compresses said each of pieces of image information according to the determined compression system for each color; and a layered structure forming processing section that collectively outputs said each of pieces of image in

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of compression units and a switching unit. The plurality of compression units compress image information by different compression methods. The switching unit extracts plural pieces of color information from pieces of color information which constitute the image information in a color space expressing the image information, and selects one of the plurality of compression units in accordance with hue angles of the plural pieces of extracted color information.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved metered dose inhaler utilizing the property of the aerosol canister. The metered dose inhaler includes: a housing body (2); an aerosol canister (3) including a canister body (3a), a valve stem (3b), and a spring urging the valve stem, wherein the valve stem (3b) is held at a fixed position inside the housing body (2), and wherein the canister body (3a) is supported inside the housing body (2) to be depressible against a spring force of the spring; a dose counter (10) including display members (12) and (13) rotatably supported inside the housing body (2), and a control lever (14) swingably supported inside the housing body (2) to rotate the display member (13); and a control cap (20) including a junction member rotatably joined to the control lever (14), and a cap portion (20b) which sheaths the canister body (3a) from a bottom side of the canister body (3a), wherein the control cap (20) causes the control lever (14) to swing.

Abstract: A liquid delivery container comprises a bag 2 which is disposed in a container body 1 to contain a liquid and can expand and shrink or deform freely, a delivery port 3 communicating with the bag 2 and having an outlet hole 31 for discharging the liquid contained in the bag 2, a squeeze portion 6 which is disposed between the delivery port 3 and the bag 2 and is capable of deforming to discharge the liquid through the delivery port when pressed and is restorable, and the check valve 5 disposed on the upstream of the squeeze portion 6 in the discharging direction and regulating the flow of the liquid contained in the bag 2 in one way toward the squeeze portion. When the squeeze portion 6 is pressed, the liquid is discharged through the delivery port 3, and when the pressure is removed, the squeeze portion 6 restores the original shape and at the same time sucks up the liquid from the bag 2.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a powder inhaler enabling the user to complete powder drug inhalation with fewer steps, for improved user convenience. A powder inhaler of the present invention comprises: a housing 1A having an admission port 2f on one end; a supplier having a drug-discharging hole, provided inside the housing 1A with a capacity sufficient to contain plural doses of a fine powder drug; a drug carrier having a measurement concave portion for receiving a single dose of a drug from the drug-discharging hole, the drug carrier being supported inside the housing 1A while being movable between a drug-receiving position for allowing drug supply from the drug-discharging hole to the measurement concave portion, and a drug-inhalation position for allowing drug inhalation from the measurement concave portion through the admission port; a cover cap C2 pivotably mounted to the housing 1A; and a vibrating means 60 brought into operation by pivoting the cover cap C2 so as to vibrate the supplier.

Abstract: There is provided a document destruction apparatus including: a destruction section that destroys documents; a conveyance section that conveys documents to the destruction section a page at a time; a reading section that is disposed partway along the conveyance section and that, from a document to which identification information for identifying the document has been applied to each page at at least one of a conveyance direction leading end side and trailing end side, reads the identification information at each page; and an alteration section that, in a case in which the identification information has been read at the conveyance direction leading end side by the reading section, alters a conveyance direction of the page that has been read such that the page will be conveyed from the conveyance direction trailing end side.