Abstract: In an imaging apparatus, a continuous shooting speed change controlling section (3) generates an instruction to change a continuous shooting speed (in other words, a recording frame rate) to, for example, 30 fps, 150 fps, or 300 fps. When the continuous shooting speed is changed by the continuous shooting speed change controlling section (3), based on this continuous shooting speed, a frame thinning setting section (4) sets, for example, from which image and by what thinning rate images buffered by a frame buffer (2) are extracted. Then, in accordance with frame thinning information set by the frame thinning setting section (4), a frame thinning processing section (5) extracts, from among the images stored in the frame buffer (2), images traced back a predetermined amount of time at a predetermined acquisition interval.

Abstract: A drive device includes a stator; a rotatably provided drive member; a piezoelectric element, which is nipped between the stator and the drive member in a tangential line direction of a rotation locus circle of the drive member, and expands and contracts in the tangential line direction at an expansion speed at the time of the expansion and a contraction speed at the time of the contraction, respectively, the expansion speed and the contraction speed different from each other; and a rotor provided concentrically with the drive member to touch the drive member with a pressure.

Abstract: CPU 21 decides a current melody tone CM relating to a key depressed at a the leading position of a current beat and a previous melody tone PM relating to a key depressed at the leading position of a beat coming directly before the current beat, based on time information, in particular, beat information, controlling progress of automatic accompanying data in operation in a melody sequence progressing in response to manipulation of a keyboard 11. Further, CPU 21 performs a chord name deciding process to decide a current chord name, based on the decided current melody tone, previous melody tone, and a previous chord name PreCH, or a chord name at the previous beat. When deciding a melody tone, CPU 21 decides the current melody tone CM and the previous melody tone PM based on what number the current beat is in a measure.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic dictionary including a plurality of dictionary databases. In a twin retrieval using two dictionaries, a sub-dictionary according to a main dictionary is set besides the main dictionary. When a user inputs a retrieval character string, the electronic dictionary retrieves corresponding headwords from the main dictionary to produce a headword list and displays it. Furthermore, the electronic dictionary displays explanation information pertaining to one headword in the headword list. In addition to this, the electronic dictionary reads the explanation information corresponding to the headword of the main dictionary specified with a cursor from a sub-dictionary database to display the explanation information besides that of the main dictionary.

Abstract: When driven in an all-pixel read mode, a CCD outputs, with each horizontal sync timing signal, captured image signals including signal charges arranged in a different order from that in which the pixels are actually arranged on a photosensitive surface of the CCD. During this time, the respective pixel signals are digitized sequentially by an A/D converter to corresponding image data, which are then temporarily stored in units of a line in a line buffer via a data distributor. In this case, an address generator generates, for the respective image data, write addresses to store the respective image data in the line buffer in the same order as the pixels of the photosensitive surface are actually arranged. In accordance with these write addresses, the data distributor distributes the respective image data to appropriate addresses in the line buffer, thereby storing the image data there.

Abstract: In a digital camera 4, when a shot image is chosen, fractal data expressing structural features of object images in the photographed image is obtained. The fractal data is sent to a search server 2. In the search server 2 are stored plural pieces of fractal data showing structural features of an image of a specific object and keywords expressing specific objects corresponding respectively to the plural pieces of fractal data. The search server 2 searches for images on the Internet 1 using as the keyword corresponding to the fractal data sent from the digital camera 4. Further, the search server 2 obtains fractal data of objects in the searched image, and calculates a degree of coincidence based on the similarity between the obtained fractal data and the fractal data sent from the digital camera 4, and successively sends the digital camera 4 the images whose degree of coincidence is larger than a certain reference.

Abstract: A resistive film type touch panel includes first and second resistive films respectively provided on the inner surfaces of a pair of substrates on the touch side and the opposite side, protruding contacts which are provided on the first resistive film so as to protrude to a predetermined height, and come into contact with the second resistive film upon bending/deformation of the touch-side substrate by a touch to electrically connect the touch-side substrate to the second resistive film, insulating spacers which are arranged between the substrates except the positions of the protruding contacts, and define the space between the substrates to a height higher than that of protruding contacts, and a liquid or liquid crystal sealed in the space between the substrates. This arrangement reduces the bending/deformation amount of the touch-side substrate and the refraction of transmitted light at a portion bent/deformed by a touch on the touch-side substrate.

Abstract: A deposition apparatus includes: a first electrode for placing a processing object; a second electrode for generating plasma with the first electrode, the second electrode being opposed to the first electrode; and a cooling part for cooling the processing object, wherein between the processing object and the cooling part, as compared with a thermal resistance between a central part of the processing object and the cooling part, a thermal resistance between a peripheral part peripheral to the central part and the cooling part is small.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first scanning line disposed in a first direction, a second scanning line disposed to accompany the first scanning line, and a first signal line crossing the first and second scanning lines. The display apparatus also includes a first pixel electrode connected to the first signal line via a first switching element having a terminal that is connected to the first scanning line so that the first pixel electrode is applied with a gray scale signal under control of the first switching element, and a second pixel electrode connected to the first pixel electrode via a second switching element having a terminal that is connected to the second scanning line so that the second pixel electrode is applied with a gray scale signal through the first pixel electrode under control of the first switching element and the second switching element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a time information obtaining device comprising: a reception section to receive a standard time radio wave; an input waveform data generation section to generate input waveform data, based on data having the unit of time length; an estimated waveform data generation section to generate estimated waveform data, wherein the estimated waveform data comprises the value in which each sample point is described by the plurality of bits, and has the same time length as the input waveform data, and comprises at least one code which configures the time code, and a waveform of the estimated waveform data is sequentially shifted by a predetermined sample; a correlation value calculation section to calculate a correlation value; a correlation value comparison section to compare the correlation value to calculate an optimal value; and a control section to specify a beginning position of a second in the time code.

Abstract: A light source unit includes a light emitting plate which has a plurality of segment areas and in which a luminescent material layer which emits light having a predetermined wavelength band by receiving excitation light and a transmissive portion which transmits light are formed on at least the plurality of segment areas, a primary light source for emitting excitation light on to the luminescent material, a secondary light source for emitting light having a wavelength band which differs from those of luminescent light emitted from the luminescent material layer and excitation light emitted from the primary light source, a light guiding optical system for guiding light emitted from the light emitting plate and light emitted from the secondary light source to the same optical path, and a light source control means for controlling the emission of light from the primary light source and the secondary light source.

Abstract: A digital camera carries out the following steps. The digital camera acquires one image photographed with a high sensitivity for subject-blur suppression, four images of a first group consecutive in a time series photographed with an ordinary exposure time, and four images of a second group consecutive in a time series photographed with an exposure time shorter than the ordinary exposure time for multiplane addition. Then, the digital camera extracts, from among the images photographed with the ordinary exposure time, an image for which blur caused by hand movement is minimum, and if no image blur has occurred and if blur caused by hand movement is less than a predetermined value, selects the image. The digital camera selects the image for subject-blur suppression if image blur has occurred for the extracted image. Also, the digital camera generates a new image by carrying out multiplane addition of images for multiplane addition if blur caused by hand movement has occurred for the extracted image.

Abstract: A positioning device including: a positioning unit that performs positioning of position information at each time when predetermined positioning conditions are met; a storage unit that stores position information of at least one specified position, in association with a category from among a plurality of types of categories; a position setting unit that sets a specified position from among specified positions stored in the storage unit; a region setting unit that sets a region of a size corresponding to a category to which the specified position set by the position setting unit belongs, in association with the specified position; a region determining unit that determines whether or not position information obtained by the positioning unit belongs to the region set by the region setting unit; and a positioning control unit that changes the positioning conditions of the positioning unit based on determination results determined by the region determining unit.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus 100 comprising a built-in memory 8 which stores a plurality of images captured by an image capturing unit 1 and a system file F2 that registers reproduction control information involving a position where reproduction of each of the images by a display 5 is permitted or prohibited, a GPS unit 2 to position the current position of the image capturing apparatus, and a CPU 9 which compares the positioned current position of the image capturing apparatus with the reproduction control information registered in the system file to control reproduction of the image by the display.

Abstract: A rotary switch includes an operating member, a magnet member, and a magnetic sensor. The operating member is operable from outside of a case to move to first and second positions in an axial direction and is rotatable. The magnet member is provided in such a manner that the magnet member does not move in the axial direction of the operating member. The magnetic sensor detects rotation of the magnet member. An engaging section is formed in a predetermined area of the operating member, and an engaging hole to receive the engaging section is formed in the magnet member. When the operating member is moved in the axial direction, the engaging section moves inside the engaging hole with the engaging section being engaged with the engaging hole, and when the operating member is rotated, the magnet member rotates therewith.

Abstract: Disclosed is a symbol reading device including: an imaging section to capture a symbol and generate an image; a detecting section to detect a size of the symbol; a judging section to judge large or small by comparing the size of the symbol to a pre-set value; a focus movement controlling section to move a focus position of the imaging section to a predetermined position of a farther side when the size of the symbol is smaller than the pre-set value as a result of the judgment, and to move a focus position of the imaging section to a predetermined position of a closer side when the size of the symbol is larger than the pre-set value as a result of the judgment; and an analyzing section to analyze symbol data corresponding to the symbol at a focus position moved by the focus movement controlling section.

Abstract: When a hand shake reducing mode has been set for shooting a subject, an exposure is controlled in accordance with a program diagram (solid line) B for the shake reducing mode, which is different from a program diagram (broken line) A for a normal mode. In a state where a shutter speed is set to less than “ 1/80”, two-pixel addition and/or four-pixel addition is executed on an imaging signal to amplify subject luminance, raising ISO sensitivity. A shutter speed set to fall in a high speed range reduces deterioration in image quality due to hand shake and/or subject movement during a shooting operation.

Abstract: A pixel driving device for drive control of pixels, has a image data conversion circuit for generating an original gradation signal by converting an image data, based on a preset conversion property, a signal correction circuit for outputting a corrected gradation signal by adding a correction value acquired based on an electric property parameter of a pixel to the original gradation signal, and a drive signal impressing circuit for impressing a voltage signal corresponding to the corrected gradation signal on one end of a signal line. The original gradation signal has a value that corresponds to a gradation value of the image data and the maximum value of the original gradation signal is set to a value equal to or smaller than a value acquired by subtracting a value corresponding to the correction value from a maximum value in an input range of the drive signal impressing circuit.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus according to this invention includes an image sensing unit which sequentially generates still image data, a holding unit which holds a plurality of still image data, a display unit which displays the still image data, a setting unit which sets a predetermined state as the start timing of shooting by the image sensing unit, a determination unit which determines whether the predetermined state has been obtained, a shooting control unit which causes the image sensing unit to start shooting when the determination unit determines that the predetermined state has been obtained, a display control unit which causes the display unit to sequentially display, at a display speed lower than an actual time, the still image data, a selection unit which selects one of a plurality of image data displayed on the display unit, and a recording unit which records the selected image data.

Abstract: A photographic print vending apparatus is provided which comprises a media accepting unit which accepts a recording medium having photographic image information stored thereon. An image information reader reads the image information from the recording medium, and a plurality of printers print images based on image data from a processor connected to the image information reader and an advertisement information storage unit. When an advertisement printing mode is set, the processor reads the advertisement information from the advertisement information storage unit, synthesizes the read advertisement information and the image information read by the image information reader, and supplies the synthesized information to the printers as image data.