Abstract: A scoring method executed by a processor, includes: acquiring sensor data obtained by measuring a competitor in a scoring competition; extracting joint information of the competitor, based on an analysis result of the sensor data; acquiring an evaluation item and an evaluation index that correspond to the joint information of the competitor, based on a rule in which a posture specified by a series of joint motions and joint angles, the evaluation item, and the evaluation index for performance evaluation are associated with each other; and evaluating a success or failure of a skill and a degree of perfection of the skill in a performance of the competitor, based on the analysis result, the evaluation item, and the evaluation index.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus having a processor configured to: select a reference frame from a frame group including a plurality of images; acquire a reference correct answer frame representing a region of interest in the selected reference frame; generate a complementary correct answer frame corresponding to a frame other than the reference frame included in the frame group based on at least one reference correct answer frame; and generate a correct answer image group for machine learning from the reference correct answer frame and the complementary correct answer frame.

Abstract: Provided is a Kelvin contact for inspection in which contacts and an insulating layer are less likely to be shifted relative to each other even after repeatedly performed Kelvin inspection. The Kelvin contact for inspection includes: a first contact having an upper contact point that comes into contact with one electrode terminal of an IC device and a lower contact point that comes into contact with an electrode pad of a substrate for inspection; and a second contact having an upper contact point that comes into contact with the one electrode terminal and the lower contact point that comes into contact with an electrode pad of the substrate for inspection. The first and second contacts are adjacently arranged to contact with the same one electrode terminal and provided with an insulating layer surrounding the entire main body area except upper and lower contact point areas including the upper and lower contact points, respectively.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving ultrasound images that include a blood vessel, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the blood vessel in the ultrasound images. The diameters include a respective diameter of the blood vessel for each ultrasound image of the ultrasound images. The method includes determining a blood vessel diameter based on the diameters of the blood vessel, selecting a color based on the blood vessel diameter, and indicating, in one of the ultrasound images, the blood vessel with an indicator having the color.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 acquires, when an actual performance by an athlete is started, an element that has already been performed and a score of the element that has already been performed in the actual performance, based on data acquired in real time. The information processing apparatus 100 estimates an element with a high probability of being performed hereafter in the actual performance, based on at least one of the planned performance information and the data. The information processing apparatus 100 estimates an estimated score of the actual performance being performed, based on the score of the element that has already been performed and an estimated score in the case in which estimated elements that have not been performed succeed, and generates screen information to display the estimated score of planned performance and the estimated score of the actual performance.

Abstract: A head gimbal assembly (HGA) for a hard disk drive includes a primary dimple having a secondary structure protruding from the primary dimple, where a flexure is movably coupled with a load beam via the primary dimple, and where the secondary structure is configured to restrict the point of contact between the load beam and the flexure. Such an arrangement avoids any shift in the axis of rotation of the flexure, and the attached slider, due to any undesirable protrusion from the primary dimple which may arise in the manufacturing process. Examples of secondary structures include a micro-dimple, a ridge, and an embedded mass of material.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of appropriately displaying a measurement result regarding a target blood vessel in an ultrasound image within a display range of the ultrasound image, and a method of controlling the same.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of appropriately highlighting a blood vessel in an ultrasound image depending on an insertion situation of an insert, and a method of controlling the same. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 includes a transducer array 2, an image acquisition unit 11 that acquires an ultrasound image, a display device 8 that displays the ultrasound image, an image analysis unit 9 that analyzes the ultrasound image to detect a blood vessel and an insert in the ultrasound image, a highlighting unit 10 that highlights the blood vessel detected by the image analysis unit 9 in displaying the ultrasound image, and an apparatus controller 13 that controls the highlighting unit 10. The apparatus controller 13 performs control such that the highlighting unit 10 changes a form in highlighting the blood vessel depending on a relative positional relationship between the blood vessel and the insert.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes an imaging unit (5) that causes a transducer array (2) to transmit an ultrasound beam toward the subject, and receives an ultrasound echo from the subject to acquire an ultrasound image; a standard information acquisition unit (10) that acquires standard information including standards relating to at least one type of vascular insertion object; a type specifying unit (11) that specifies a type of the insertion object that a user is trying to insert into the blood vessel of the subject; a blood vessel extraction unit (8) that extracts the blood vessel by analyzing the ultrasound image; an insertability determination unit (12) that determines insertability of the insertion object with respect to the extracted blood vessel on the basis of the acquired standard information and the specified type of the insertion object; and a notification unit (13) that notifies of a determination result.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus has: an image acquiring unit that transmits/receives an ultrasound beam from an ultrasound probe to acquire an ultrasound image; a part probability calculating unit that calculates, for the ultrasound image acquired in accordance with a first measurement method, a probability that a part included in the ultrasound image is a specific part from at least one of an orientation angle of the ultrasound probe or an analysis result of the ultrasound image; and a measurement method changing unit that changes, when the probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the first measurement method to a second measurement method for identifying the part for which the probability has been calculated, in which an ultrasound image is further acquired by using the second measurement method.

Abstract: A head gimbal assembly (HGA) for a hard disk drive includes a primary dimple having a secondary structure protruding from the primary dimple, where a flexure is movably coupled with a load beam via the primary dimple, and where the secondary structure is configured to restrict the point of contact between the load beam and the flexure. Such an arrangement avoids any shift in the axis of rotation of the flexure, and the attached slider, due to any undesirable protrusion from the primary dimple which may arise in the manufacturing process. Examples of secondary structures include a micro-dimple, a ridge, and an embedded mass of material.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus has: an image acquiring unit that transmits/receives an ultrasound beam from an ultrasound probe to acquire an ultrasound image; a part probability calculating unit that calculates, for the ultrasound image acquired in accordance with a first imaging condition, a probability that a part included in the ultrasound image is a specific part from at least one of an orientation angle of the ultrasound probe or an analysis result of the ultrasound image; and an imaging condition changing unit that changes, when the probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the first imaging condition to a second imaging condition for identifying the part for which the probability has been calculated, in which an ultrasound image is further acquired by using the second imaging condition.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes a transmission and reception circuit (5) that causes a transducer array (2) to transmit an ultrasound beam toward the subject, and processes a reception signal output from the transducer array that has received an ultrasound echo from the subject to generate a sound ray signal; an image generation unit (6) that generates an ultrasound image on the basis of the generated sound ray signal; an image analysis unit (9) that detects the blood vessel and the insertion object by analyzing the generated ultrasound image; and a device control unit (13) that controls the transmission and reception circuit (5) such that a frame rate at which the ultrasound image is generated is adjusted, on the basis of a relative positional relationship between the detected blood vessel and the detected insertion object.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes a transducer array (2); a transmission and reception circuit (5) that causes the transducer array (2) to transmit an ultrasound beam toward a subject, and processes a reception signal output from the transducer array (2) that has received an ultrasound echo from the subject to generate a sound ray signal; an image generation unit (6) that generates an ultrasound image on the basis of the sound ray signal; a display device (8) that displays the ultrasound image; a blood vessel extraction unit (9) that extracts a blood vessel region by analyzing the ultrasound image; a highlight region setting unit (11) that sets at least one highlight region extending in a depth direction of the ultrasound image; and a highlighting unit (12) that highlights the blood vessel region which is extracted by the blood vessel extraction unit (9) and overlaps the at least one highlight region, on the display device (8).

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes a gel layer thickness calculation unit (9) that calculates a thickness of a gel layer by analyzing an ultrasound image; a tissue recognition unit (10) that recognizes a tissue of a subject by analyzing the ultrasound image; and a press state determination unit (11) that determines a press state of an ultrasound probe (21) against a body surface of the subject on the basis of a shape change of the tissue recognized by the tissue recognition unit (10) in a case where the calculated thickness of the gel layer is equal to or less than a thickness threshold value.

Abstract: A video reproduction apparatus determines a position of a joint of a performer based on a sensing result by a sensor. The video reproduction apparatus calculates an angle formed by a joint used for scoring an element of an athletic event by using calculation information regarding a calculation formula for calculating the angle and the determined position of the joint of the performer. The video reproduction apparatus displays a performance image of the performer acquired from a camera and a scoring image having the angle displayed on a 3D model image of the performer which is generated according to the sensing result so as to be compared with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a Kelvin contact for inspection in which contacts and an insulating layer are less likely to be shifted relative to each other even after repeatedly performed Kelvin inspection. The Kelvin contact for inspection includes: a first contact having an upper contact point that comes into contact with one electrode terminal of an IC device and a lower contact point that comes into contact with an electrode pad of a substrate for inspection; and a second contact having an upper contact point that comes into contact with the one electrode terminal and the lower contact point that comes into contact with an electrode pad of the substrate for inspection. The first and second contacts are adjacently arranged to contact with the same one electrode terminal and provided with an insulating layer surrounding the entire main body area except upper and lower contact point areas including the upper and lower contact points, respectively.

Abstract: A blur correction device includes a blur correction element that is movable to correct blurring of a subject image formed via an image-capturing optical system, a motion sensor that detects a motion of a device equipped with the blur correction device, an input unit to which information indicating a position on an image sensor that captures the subject image is input, and a drive unit that moves the blur correction element based on the position and the motion. In a case where the position is different, the direction of the blur correction element moved based on the motion is different.

Abstract: A blur correction device includes: an input unit to which a blur quantity in at least either an image-capturing optical system or an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via the image-capturing optical system, is input; and a calculation unit that calculates, based upon the blur quantity, a correction quantity for correcting blur in the subject image, wherein: the calculation unit calculates a second correction quantity different from a first correction quantity for correcting blur in the subject image occurring on an optical axis.

Abstract: A puncture needle includes a shaft part, a needle tip part disposed at a tip of the shaft part, and a plurality of processed parts that are arranged on an outer peripheral part of the shaft part along a length direction of the shaft part and form a geometric progression with a geometric ratio of 2 in which arrangement intervals gradually decrease toward the needle tip part, in which a distance between a reference point which is located on a needle tip part side from a first processed part closest to the needle tip part among the plurality of processed parts and is located at a predetermined distance from the needle tip part and the first processed part is equal to an arrangement interval between the first processed part and a second processed part which is second closest to the needle tip part.