Abstract: An artificial bone information managing system that performs the management of information on an artificial bone which is ordered to a designing and manufacturing institution by a medical institution and which is designed and manufactured on a user-by-user basis by the designing and manufacturing institution is provided.

Abstract: There is provided an objective optical system which includes a chromatic aberration correction element having a negative power first lens and a positive power second lens, materials of the first and lenses being different from each other, the first and second lenses being cemented together via a cementing surface to correct a longitudinal chromatic aberration, at least one phase shift surface configured to give a predetermined optical path length difference to a first light beam, and an objective lens. Each of the chromatic aberration correction element and the at least one phase shift surface is located along an optical path common to the first and second light beams. The chromatic aberration correction element is located on a light source side with respect to the objective lens.

Abstract: An illuminating device is used for oral photography and is connectable to a lens barrel provided on a camera. The illuminating device includes a light-emitting surface that has an arc shape, so that a periphery of a mouth being under a nose of a person being photographed can be exclusively illuminated.

Abstract: There is provided an optical projection system which includes a display device, a first optical system that has a positive power in total and has a first lens group and a second lens group, a second optical system having a reflective surface having a negative power, and a first deflecting system that directs a light beam emerging from the first optical system to the second optical system. The first lens group and the second lens group have a positive power and a negative power, respectively. The first deflecting system is located over the first optical system in a cross sectional plane. The first deflecting system deflects the light beam in a direction moving away from the screen to direct the light beam to the second optical system. The optical projection system satisfies conditions: 6.0>D/f1>2.6 ?1>EXP1/f1>?2.

Abstract: An adjustment method for an image-projection display device, in which an image-projection optical unit, a flat screen, and a mirror are provided, and with the method, a bundle of light rays emitted from the image-projection optical unit is bent by the mirror so that a principal light ray, of a bundle of light rays being incident on the center of the flat screen, is made incident on the flat screen at an oblique angle; and the adjustment method comprising steps of, moving one of the image-projection optical unit in the direction orthogonal to the flat screen and the mirror in at least a direction parallel to the flat screen or a direction orthogonal to the flat screen; and moving the other of the image-projection optical unit in the direction orthogonal to the flat screen and the mirror in at least a direction parallel to the flat screen or a direction orthogonal to the flat screen; whereby the position of an image on the flat screen is adjusted without varying a projection distance between the image-projectio

Abstract: An image-projection display device includes an image-projection optical unit, a flat screen, a first mirror which is closest to the image-projection optical unit, a second mirror which is closet to the flat screen. An angle formed by the second mirror and a normal on the flat screen is defined as an angle ?. An angle formed by the first mirror and a normal on the flat screen is defined as an angle ?. A maximum rotational angle, for adjustment, of the first mirror about an axis which is parallel to the flat screen, and which lies in a plane where the reference principal light ray before and after reflection at the first mirror lies is defined as a maximum adjustable rotational angle C.

Abstract: An adjustment method for an image-projection display device, in which an image-projection optical unit, a flat screen, and a mirror are provided, and with the method a bundle of light rays emitted from the image-projection optical unit is bent by the mirror so that a principal light ray, of a bundle of light rays being incident on the center of the flat screen, is made incident on the flat screen at an oblique angle; and the adjustment method comprising steps of, moving one of the image-projection optical unit in the direction orthogonal to the flat screen and the mirror in at least a direction parallel to the flat screen or a direction orthogonal to the flat screen; and moving the other of the image-projection optical unit in the direction orthogonal to the flat screen and the mirror in at least a direction parallel to the flat screen or a direction orthogonal to the flat screen; whereby a projection distance between the image-projection optical unit and the flat screen is adjusted without varying the

Abstract: An endoscope objective lens system includes a negative front lens group, a diaphragm, and a positive rear lens group, in this order from the object. The negative front lens group includes one lens element, or a plurality of non-cemented lens elements; and the most object-side lens element is constituted by a negative lens element. The positive rear lens group includes a plurality of non-cemented lens elements; and at least one negative lens element is provided in the positive rear lens group.

Abstract: A multi-beam color scanning device is provided with a multi-beam light source unit, a first polygonal mirror that deflects the plurality of light beams emitted by the multi-beam light source unit to scan in a horizontal scanning direction. The scanning beams pass through an f? optical system and are incident on a second polygonal mirror that deflects the light beams in a vertical scanning direction. The second polygonal mirror deflects the light beams by one line in the horizontal scanning direction at every horizontal scanning thereof. The light beams scan within a predetermined scanning area defined by deflection of the first and second polygonal mirrors. There is provided a light receiving unit that receives the plurality of light beams reflected by an object located within the predetermined scanning area. An operation system obtains a three-dimensional shape and color of the object based on the output of the light receiving unit.

Abstract: A stage apparatus includes a stationary support plate; an X-direction moving member supported on the stationary support plate by an X-direction guide device; and a Y-direction moving member supported on the X-direction moving member by a Y-direction guide device. The X-direction guide device has an X-direction elongated hole extending in the X-direction and formed in one of the X-direction moving member and the stationary support plate, and an X-direction engagement projection provided on the other of the X-direction moving member and the stationary support plate and is engaged in the X-direction elongated hole. The Y-direction guide device has a Y-direction elongated hole extending in the Y-direction and formed in one of the X-direction and Y-direction moving members, and a Y-direction engagement projection which is provided on the other of the X-direction and Y-direction moving members and is engaged in the Y-direction elongated hole.

Abstract: A camera has a shake detector, a main power source controller, and a photograph controller. The shake detector is capable of detecting a shake while a main power source is in the OFF state. The main power source controller turns the main power source on when a shake is detected while tho main power source is in the OFF state. Then, the photograph controller carries out a photographing process when the main power source is turned on by the detection of the shake.

Abstract: A scanning optical system is provided with a light source configured to emit a plurality of beams, a deflecting device configured to deflect the plurality of beams simultaneously to scan in a main scanning direction, and an imaging optical system configured to converge the plurality of beams on a plurality of target surfaces to form a plurality of beam spots scanning on the plurality of target surfaces, respectively.

Abstract: Binoculars have a digital camera function. The binoculars comprise observation optical-systems, an imaging-block, an indicating-device, and an imaging-block direction changing device. The objective optical-systems have objective optical-systems having first- and second-light axes, at the front-face, and have ocular optical-systems at the rear-face. The imaging-block has an imaging-lens, and an imaging-device. The imaging-lens forms an image on an imaging-surface of the imaging-device, and has a third-light axis. The imaging-device captures the image formed on the imaging surface. The indicating-device has an indicating-surface on which images are indicated, and is located on one of the top- and bottom-face.

Abstract: A treatment tool for an endoscope includes a flexible sheath, with a transparent portion near a distal end thereof, which is inserted into and ejected from a treatment tool insertion channel of the endoscope, a rod-shaped treatment piece arranged into the flexible sheath, an operation wire arranged inside the flexible sheath with a distal end thereof being connected with the rod-shaped treatment piece such that the rod-shaped treatment piece is projected back and forth from the distal end of the flexible sheath by operating the operation wire, and a mobile indicator formed at the rod-shaped treatment piece or a portion of the operation wire near the distal end thereof to move along with movement of the rod-shaped treatment piece and to be visually recognized through the transparent portion of the flexible sheath from an outside of the flexible sheath.

Abstract: An interchangeable lens which can communicate with an associated camera body when the interchangeable lens is detachably attached to the camera body to exchange data of the interchangeable lens, the interchangeable lens includes a logic IC via which the interchangeable lens communicates with the camera body; and a memory which is provided independent of the logic IC, connected to the logic IC, and stores the data of the interchangeable lens.

Abstract: A clipping instrument for an endoscope is provided. The clipping instrument includes a flexible sheath and at least one clip assembly with a pair of openable and closable clipping arms. The clip assembly is arranged in vicinity to a distal end portion of the flexible sheath with the clipping arms closed. The clipping arms are configured to be protruded forward to open outside the flexible sheath and to be closed to clip onto a treatment object outside the flexible sheath. The clipping instrument further includes an operating wire, which is configured to be forwarded and retracted to operate the pair of arms to be opened and closed. The clip assembly includes a bendable portion, which corresponds to a position of a shaft to support the clipping arms. The clip assembly can be arbitrarily bended at the bendable portion.

Abstract: An interchangeable lens which can communicate with an associated camera body, the interchangeable lens including an interface logic IC; and a memory connected to the interface logic IC, and stores the data of the interchangeable lens. Fixed data of the interchangeable lens is allocated to a predetermined number of bytes of data sent from the interchangeable lens to the camera body so that terminals of the interface logic IC serve as at least one group of fixed data set-pins to which levels corresponding to the fixed data are set. In communication with the camera body for a predetermined number of bytes thereof, the interface logic IC reads the fixed data set by the group of fixed data set pins to send the read fixed data to the camera body, and sends data of the interchangeable lens which is read from the memory to the camera body.

Abstract: There is provided a micromirror which includes a holding unit, a mirror that is held by the holding unit to be pivotable about a rotation axis of the mirror, a first fixed electrode group including a plurality of electrodes fixed to the holding unit, a second fixed electrode group including a plurality of electrodes fixed to the holding unit, a first movable electrode group including a plurality of electrodes fixed to the mirror and located adjacently to the first fixed electrode group, and a second movable electrode group including a plurality of electrodes fixed to the mirror and located adjacently to the second fixed electrode group.

Abstract: A light shielding structure of a zoom lens barrel includes an outer ring, an intermediate ring and an inner ring which are concentrically arranged, the intermediate ring being movable relative to the outer ring and including at least one through-slot, the inner ring being movable relative to the intermediate ring, and the inner ring including at least one projection which is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring to be engaged in the through-slot. The light shielding structure is in the form of a light shielding sheet including a fixing portion which is fixed to the inner ring, and at least one resilient light-shielding tongue which projects radially outwards from the fixing portion to pass through the through-slot so that a radially outer end portion of the resilient light-shielding tongue comes in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging unit, comprising an imaging device, an imaging device driver, and a signal-processing block, is provided. The imaging device has pixels which are arranged in a first direction. The pixels are alternately and repeatedly covered with N1 kinds of different color filters along the first direction. The imaging device driver drives the imaging device. N1*N2 pixels successively arranged in the first direction are defined as a pixel block. The imaging device driver orders the N1 pixels covered with the different color filters in the pixel block to output pixel signals when a first output method with thinning out is carried out.