Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to acquire first information relating to characteristics of an extracellular vesicle (EV) obtained from a subject to whom a drug has been administered, which has correlation with an origin tissue of the EV, acquire second information relating to presence or absence or content of the drug contained in the EV, and evaluate tissue migration of the drug by collating the first information and the second information with a database stored in advance.

Abstract: A medical support device according to an embodiment is configured to support a subject. The medical support device includes a movable part configured to operate in accordance with an operation inside the medical support device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes first specifier, second specifier, determiner and display controller. First specifier collates an ischemic region calculated from a blood vessel visualized into a three-dimensional image in a plurality of phases with a dominating region of the blood vessel, and specifies a culprit vessel in the ischemic region. Second specifier specifies a culprit stenosis in the culprit vessel based on a pressure index calculated from the blood vessel. Determiner determines a connection position to connect a bypass vessel that makes a detour around the culprit stenosis. Display controller displays the determined connection position on a display.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage equipped with a recording head that ejects ink to a sheet, a drive unit configured to move the carriage in a width direction of the sheet, an encoder configured to detect first information regarding a position or a velocity of the carriage that moves by the drive unit, an acceleration sensor arranged on the carriage and configured to detect second information regarding acceleration of the carriage, and a control unit configured to stop the carriage, based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus including: a print head including a printing element array provided with printing elements each configured to generate thermal energy required to eject an ink, a supply flow channel provided along the printing element array and configured to supply the ink to the respective printing elements, an opening provided to the supply flow channel and configured to cause the ink to flow in, and heating units provided along the supply flow channel and configured to heat the ink inside the supply flow channel; and a heating control unit configured to carry out heating control of the heating units based on a heating pattern determined based on heating intensity distribution, the heating intensity distribution representing heating intensities corresponding to the respective heating units and representing the heating intensities corresponding to positions in a direction of the printing element array.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is configured to verify a native program stored in a first storage unit with reference to a correct value stored in advance in the first storage unit; and, when an additional program is stored in a second storage unit that is different from the first storage unit, storing a correct value corresponding to the additional program in the second storage unit. The information processing apparatus is further configured to verify the additional program with reference to the correct value stored in the second storage unit, in addition to verifying the native program stored in the first storage unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus heats a print medium in which color development layers that develop colors in accordance with heating are stacked in correspondence with a plurality of color. The apparatus includes a drive unit configured to drive each of heating elements of a printhead using a first pulse for preheating a predetermined color development layer, and a second pulse applied after the first pulse to cause the predetermined color development layer to develop the color, and a pulse control unit configured to, when developing a specific color, perform a control in which a pulse width of the first pulse is increased and/or a control in which the number of times of application of the second pulse is increased such that another color development layer that is not used to reproduce the specific color does not develop the color.

Abstract: A system for obtaining a file on a network and printing the file, comprises: a determination unit configured to determine a type of an account of a user; a decision unit configured to decide a printing target file from a plurality of files on the network in accordance with a condition corresponding to the type determined by the determination unit; and a printing unit configured to obtain the printing target file decided by the decision unit from the network and print the printing target file.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus includes a plurality of differential transmitters, and a power supply circuit that supplies a power supply voltage to each of the plurality of differential transmitters. The power supply circuit includes a common circuit unit that defines the power supply voltage supplied to the plurality of differential transmitters, and a plurality of individual circuit units provided in association with the plurality of differential transmitters and each connected to the common circuit unit. Each of the plurality of individual circuit units has an output node that outputs the power supply voltage defined by the common circuit unit to a corresponding differential transmitter of the plurality of differential transmitters, and respective output nodes of the plurality of individual circuit units are connected to each other.

Abstract: The imprint apparatus according to the present invention for forming a pattern by curing a resin in a state in which a pattern region in a mold is brought into contact with the resin on a shot region in a substrate, includes an element configured to adjust an irradiation region of light from a light source with which the substrate is irradiated, a measurement unit configured to measure a position of a mark formed in the mold, and a controller configured to control a position of the irradiation region with respect to the position of the mark in a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate, based on a measurement result of the position of the mark by the measurement unit.

Abstract: A sheet discharging apparatus includes a stacking portion, a first conveyance portion, a detection portion, a second conveyance portion, a third conveyance portion, and a control portion. The control portion is configured to execute a discharge operation by causing the sheet discharging apparatus to reverse a conveyance direction of a first sheet conveyed from the first conveyance portion to the second conveyance portion and deliver the first sheet to the third conveyance portion by using the second conveyance portion, convey the first sheet toward the second conveyance portion by the third conveyance portion, and discharge the first sheet and the second sheet to the stacking portion by using the second conveyance portion in a state where the first sheet and the second sheet are superimposed on each other.

Abstract: A process cartridge includes a photosensitive member unit with a photosensitive drum, a developing unit detachably mounted on the photosensitive member, and a toner cartridge detachably mounted on the developing unit. The toner cartridge has a holder including a protruding portion on an end side thereof, and the developing unit is provided with a rotatable lift member on an end side thereof. In a mounted state in which the toner cartridge is mounted on the developing unit, the toner cartridge is maintained in the mounted state by engaging of a first portion of the lift member with the protruding portion, and the toner cartridge is transited from the mounted state to a lifted state in which the toner cartridge is rotated upward by contacting of a second portion of the lift member to the protruding portion with rotation of the lift member.

Abstract: In order to provide a method for shortening acquisition of illumination conditions, an imprint method for forming a pattern on an imprint material R supplied onto a substrate W using a mold includes: performing a first illumination process of illuminating a mold mark Mmark formed on the mold M and a substrate mark Wmark formed in each of a plurality of first shot regions on the substrate W and adjusting each of illumination conditions in a state in which the mold M and the imprint material R supplied to each of the plurality of first shot regions are brought into contact with each other; and performing a deriving process of deriving approximate illumination conditions indicating illumination conditions for a second shot region that is different from the plurality of first shot regions, on the basis of each of the illumination conditions for the plurality of first shot regions adjusted in the first illumination process.

Abstract: A developer supply container is detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus, the developer receiving apparatus including a developer receiving portion provided with a receiving port for receiving a developer and including a portion-to-be-engaged of displacing integrally with the developer receiving portion. The developer supply container includes a discharging portion provided with a shutter opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion, and an engaging portion. The engaging portion engages with the portion-to-be-engaged with a mounting operation of the developer supply container to displace the developer receiving portion so as to bring the receiving opening into fluid communication with the shutter opening. The engaging portion includes a curved portion having an angle relative to a mounting direction of the developer supply container, the angle decreasing with approach toward an upstream side in the mounting direction.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a container, a passage, first and second cover portions, and a valve unit. Liquid is injected into the container through an injection portion and supplied from the container through the passage to the liquid discharge head. The first cover portion pivots on a first axis as a center between an open position to allow access to the injection portion and a close position to not allow access to the injection portion. The second cover portion pivots on a second axis intersecting the first axis and as a center between an open position of the second cover portion to expose the first cover portion and a close position of the second cover portion to cover the first cover portion. The valve unit switches to an open state to open the passage when the second cover portion pivots from the open position to the close position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an optical sensor configured to measure reflected light from a test image on the image carrier. The optical sensor includes a printed circuit board, with a light-emitting element provided on a first surface of the printed circuit board, and with the light-emitting element being configured to irradiate the test image on the image carrier with light. The optical sensor also includes a light-receiving element provided on the first surface of the printed circuit board, with the light-receiving element being configured to receive the reflected light from the test image on the image carrier. A connector is provided on a second surface of the printed circuit board opposite to the first surface of the printed circuit board, with a cable for controlling the optical sensor being connected to the connector.

Abstract: An apparatus generates an image file having a structure including a first region and a second region, the first region storing a plurality of instances of image data and the second region storing metadata pertaining to the plurality of instances of image data. The metadata includes synchronous group information that groups image data shot synchronously with respect to time, the synchronous group information indicating image data, among the plurality of instances of image data, belonging to a group created by the grouping, and indicator information that indicates an indicator of grouping for the group indicated by the synchronous group information. The apparatus configures the synchronous group information and the indicator information based on the shooting information, and generates the image file storing the plurality of instances of image data, and the configured synchronous group information and the configured indicator information.

Abstract: An information processing method of an embodiment is a processing method of information acquired by imaging performed by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, the information processing method includes the steps of: acquiring noise data by imaging a phantom using a medical imaging apparatus; based on first subject projection data acquired by the imaging performed by a medical image diagnostic modality of a same kind as the medical image diagnostic apparatus and the noise data, acquiring synthesized subject data in which noise based on the noise data is added to the first subject projection data; and acquiring a noise reduction processing model by machine learning using the synthesized subject data and second subject projection data acquired by the imaging performed by the medical image diagnostic modality.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a charging unit that charges an image bearing member, a developing unit that forms a toner image on an latent image formed on the image bearing member, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a transfer material, a charge neutralizer that neutralizes a charge of the image bearing member downstream of a transfer portion and upstream of a charging portion in a rotating direction of the image bearing member, a conductive collecting unit that collects a material adhering on the image bearing member downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the charging portion, wherein the developing unit collects residual toner on the image bearing member, an voltage application unit sets a potential difference between the voltage applied to the collecting unit and the surface electric potential of the image bearing member not more than a discharge threshold.

Abstract: There is provided a cartridge mountable on an image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes a recess portion provided on an exterior surface of the cartridge. The recess portion includes a character portion indicating a character trademark and a background portion serving as a background of the character portion. The character portion has a recess shape recessed from the background portion.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one processor or circuit configured to execute a plurality of tasks including an image acquiring task configured to acquire a first image and a second image that have been obtained by imaging at imaging positions different from each other, an image restoration processing task configured to acquire a first restored image and a second restored image by performing image restoration processing for the first image and the second image respectively, and a pixel increasing processing task configured to acquire a pixel increased image using the first restored image and the second restored image.

Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one memory storing a program, and at least one processor that, by executing the program, causes the information processing apparatus to acquire an image group obtained by imaging a subject under a plurality of imaging conditions, to select at least one inference model from a plurality of inference models on the basis of at least one imaging condition among the plurality of imaging conditions, and to perform inferencing on images in the acquired image group by using the selected inference model.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative power, and a rear unit having a positive refractive power as a whole and including one or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit includes a first subunit having a positive refractive power and a second subunit disposed on the image side of the first subunit. The first subunit includes a first positive lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among lenses included in the first subunit. The second subunit includes a second positive lens and a first negative lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among negative lenses included in the second subunit. A predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: When a toner image is continuously formed on a plurality of recording materials, and the toner image is fixed onto the recording materials, a conveyance control portion changes throughput, which is the number of recording materials to be conveyed per unit time, from first throughput to second throughput, which is slower than the first throughput, when a second detection temperature detected by a second temperature detecting portion that detects a temperature at an end of a heating member in a longitudinal direction of the heating member perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording materials exceeds a first threshold, and changes the throughput from the second throughput to third throughput, which is slower than the second throughput, when the second detection temperature exceeds a second threshold, which is higher than the first threshold, after the recording material conveyed at the second throughput reaches the nip.

Abstract: A transmission processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate data to be transmitted, based on an image captured by an imaging apparatus, a transmission and reception processing unit configured to receive data transmitted from a second transmission processing apparatus which is in cascade connection to the transmission processing apparatus and to transmit the received data, and a determination unit configured to determine, depending on a type of the data transmitted from the second transmission processing apparatus, whether to transmit the data generated by the generation unit in an order corresponding to the cascade connection or transmit the data generated by the generation unit in parallel with the data transmitted from the second transmission processing apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain album information forming an album; a display control unit configured to display an editing screen for editing the album on a display based on the album information; and a recommendation unit configured to make a removal recommendation in the editing screen based on the album information, the removal recommendation being a recommendation to remove an image from an image group used in the album.

Abstract: A sputtering apparatus includes a placement portion where a target having a first opening is placed, an anode, and a metal member. The anode and the metal member are disposed at positions corresponding to the first opening of the target in the placement portion. The anode and the metal member are electrically insulated from each other. The metal member is set to a ground potential or a floating potential.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor section and a signal processor for processing an image input from the image sensor section via a signal line. A control arithmetic unit switches the signal processor to a recognition mode or a learning mode. The image sensor section includes an image capturing section for generating the image, and a sensor recognition section for performing recognition processing based on the image. The signal processor includes a recognition section for performing, in the recognition mode, recognition processing by inputting the image input from the image sensor section to a learning model, and a learning section for performing, in the learning mode, machine learning of the learning model based on a recognition result obtained by the sensor recognition section and the image input from the image sensor section.

Abstract: To make it possible to extract character information with a high accuracy even from a document image obtained by reading a document in which a logo mark or the like overlaps a character portion. By performing binarization processing for a document image obtained by reading a document, a binary image including first pixels representing a color darker than a reference and second pixels representing a color paler than the reference is generated. Then, by changing the pixel among the first pixels included in the generated binary image, whose corresponding pixel's color in the document image is different from a color of a character object within the document, to the second pixel, a binary image in which a background object that overlaps the character object in the document image is removed is generated.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire medical image data representing a region including a target site, divide the medical image data into a plurality of pieces of divisional data according to an anatomical structure, extract a target region corresponding to the target site from each of the pieces of divisional data according to a particular condition, and cause an output circuit to output information on the extracted target region.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor, at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform to acquire lens information related to a lens apparatus, acquire array information related to an optical apparatus, acquire aberration correction information based on the lens information and the array information, cut out a plurality of images in a tile form from an image signal output by the sensor picking up a light beam incident from an object through a filter of the optical apparatus, and correct an aberration in the plurality of images, based on the aberration correction information.

Abstract: An information processing method includes posting information for inputting an image forming instruction to execute an image forming process based on data uploaded to a channel of a chat service to the channel, causing an image forming apparatus to execute the image forming process based on the data based on the image forming instruction input using the posted information, and determining, based on a state of the image forming apparatus, whether to post the information to the channel.

Abstract: A base station of a mobile communication system is provided. The base station receives, from a control apparatus, an instruction for switching a core network based on a communication that a terminal connected to the base station is to perform, and changes, based on the received instruction, a core network to which to connect from a currently connected first core network to a second core network that is different from the first core network.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing method generates a high-contrast image by applying conversion processing to a first medical image captured by a first diagnostic apparatus and having a first contrast in a region of interest, the high-contrast image having a contrast higher than a contrast of a second medical image obtained by a second diagnostic apparatus. The method generates a pseudo second medical image by applying image processing to the high-contrast image, the pseudo second medical image simulating the second medical image and having a second contrast lower than the first contrast. The method trains a model using the pseudo second medical image as input data and the high-contrast image as ground truth data, and generates a trained model.

Abstract: This invention provides an information processing apparatus comprising a first acquisition unit which acquires first operation member arrangement information related to an arrangement of an operation member of a first electronic device having an operation member to which a user-set function is assignable, and first setting value information representing a relation between the operation member and the user-set function, a second acquisition unit which acquires second operation member arrangement information related to an arrangement of an operation member of a second electronic device, a conversion unit which converts the first setting value information into second setting value information for the second electronic device, based on the first and second operation member arrangement information, and a transmission unit which transmits the second setting value information to the second electronic device.

Abstract: A control device mountable on a movable apparatus includes a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of the movable apparatus, a position information notification unit configured to notify an information processing device of the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit, a distribution connection area acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the information processing device, distribution connection area information corresponding to the position information notified by the position information notification unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit any one of a subscription registration request and a subscription cancellation request to the information processing device on the basis of an area indicated by the distribution connection area information acquired by the distribution connection area acquisition unit and a position indicated by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit, and a rec

Abstract: When a communication is performed in a particular frequency channel included in a 6 GHz band, if a signal that is not according to the IEEE 802.11 series standard is detected in the 6 GHz band, control is performed such that a signal according to the IEEE 802.11 series standard is not allowed to be transmitted in the particular frequency channel.

Abstract: A power receiving apparatus, which has a first communication function and a second communication function, controls the first communication function to receive a first signal including information representing whether a power transmission apparatus can execute control communication using a second method, controls, based on the information representing that the power transmission apparatus can execute the control communication using the second method, the first communication function to transmit, to the power transmission apparatus, a second signal to request identification information of the power transmission apparatus for the communication of the second method and receive the identification information from the power transmission apparatus, and determines which one of the first communication function and a second communication function should be used for the control communication, based on the first signal and whether the identification information is received.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a brush member that includes a fiber yarn and that can come into contact with a surface of an image bearing member at a downstream of a transfer member and at an upstream of a charging member in a rotation direction of the image bearing member. The image bearing member and the brush member are relatively movable to a first position at which a leading end of the fiber yarn separates from the surface of the image bearing member, and a second position at which the leading end of the fiber yarn comes into contact with the surface of the image bearing member. A relative approaching direction of the brush member to the image bearing member upon relative movement from the first position to the second position is a direction from a downstream side to an upstream side in the rotation direction.

Abstract: A method of encapsulating an encoded bitstream representing one or more images includes providing description of images and/or sub-image picture, providing composed picture description, and outputting the bitstream. The description of images and/or sub-image pictures identifying portions of the bitstream representing the images and/or sub-images of the one or more images is provided. The composed picture description of at least one composed picture formed by one or more images and/or sub-image pictures also is provided. The bitstream, together with the composed picture description, is output as an encapsulated data file.

Abstract: Alight emitting device in which a first substrate including a light emitting area where a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged and a second substrate where a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the first substrate is arranged are stacked, is provided. In an orthogonal projection with respect to a main surface of the first substrate where the light emitting area is arranged, the temperature detector is arranged in an overlapping area of the second substrate overlapping the light emitting area.

Abstract: A sheet processing includes a first conveyance path, a buffering portion, a second conveyance path, a conveyance roller pair, a supporting portion, a moving member, a regulating portion, and a processing unit. The buffering portion is configured to superimpose a first sheet and a second sheet on each other in a state of being offset from each other in a sheet conveyance direction. An offset amount, by which a leading end of the first sheet in the sheet conveyance direction projects downstream in the sheet conveyance direction with respect to a leading end of the second sheet in the sheet conveyance direction in a state before the first sheet and the second sheet are discharged onto the supporting portion, is larger than a distance from a sheet contact position of the moving member to the regulating portion in the sheet conveyance direction.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire convolutional neural network (CNN) layers; and train a first mapping layer which connects to an input layer of the CNN layers, and a second mapping layer which connects to an output layer of the CNN layers, wherein the first mapping layer maps omics input data to N-dimensional data, and wherein the second mapping layer receives further N-dimensional data that is output by the CNN layers and maps the further N-dimensional data to omics output data; wherein the training of the first mapping layer and the second mapping layer comprises fixing parameters of the CNN layers and minimizing a loss function, wherein the loss function is dependent on the input omics data and the output omics data.

Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus comprising: a memory; and processing circuitry configured to: receive omics data, the omics data comprising a plurality of values, wherein each value of the plurality of values is associated with a corresponding biomolecule of a plurality of biomolecules; calculate a respective distance between each pair of biomolecules from the plurality of biomolecules; apply a manifold learning method to the distances to obtain a respective position in a two-dimensional space mapped to each biomolecule of the plurality of biomolecules; adjust the positions to achieve a more even distribution of the positions over the two-dimensional space; and store, in the memory, a two-dimensional image format of display positions for each biomolecule of the plurality of biomolecules based on the adjusted positions.

Abstract: An image segmentation apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured: to calculate a variable field-of-view mathematical function capable of adaptively generating fields of view having corresponding sizes, with respect to a plurality of segmentation targets included in an image; to generate patches having corresponding sizes, with respect to the plurality of segmentation targets, by using the variable field-of-view mathematical function; and to obtain a segmentation result of the plurality of segmentation targets, by carrying out an inference on the image while using a segmentation model trained with the patches.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a medical image relating to a target part in which a device is implanted. The processing circuitry evaluates an implantation state of the device with respect to the target part from multiple angles, using the medical image. The processing circuitry outputs information based on the evaluation result of the implantation state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image with toner, a halftone processor configured to convert image data by performing halftone processing, a first determining unit configured to determine a first toner consumption amount for each page based on the image data, a second determining unit configured to determine a second toner consumption amount for each page based on the converted image data, a print percentage calculator configured to calculate a print percentage for one page based on the first toner consumption amount, a notifying unit configured to notify a remaining amount of the toner of the image forming unit based on the first toner consumption amount of a page of which the print percentage is larger than a threshold and the second toner consumption amount of a page of which the print percentage is equal to or smaller than the threshold.

Abstract: A heating device includes a heat generating element, a switching element, a capacitor, a connecting portion, and a controller. When the connecting means is changed in state from an on state to an off state, the controller causes the capacitor to discharge an electric charge of the capacitor by bringing the switching element into a conduction state for a predetermined time after the connecting means is changed in state to the off state.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes an urging mechanism configured to urge a holding member such that a feeding member is brought into contact with an upper surface of a sheet loaded on a sheet loading member by the holding member. The urging mechanism includes a swinging member, a pressing member, and an urging member. The urging mechanism is configured to urge the holding member such that (i) a force by which the feeding member presses an upper surface of a sheet in a first state in which a distance between a loading surface and the feeding member is a first distance is larger than (ii) a force by which the feeding member presses an upper surface of a sheet in a second state in which the distance between the loading surface and the feeding member is a second distance longer than the first distance.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a supply portion for supplying an airflow, a blowing port that is formed in a slit-like form following a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a discharged medium, for blowing out the airflow supplied from the supply portion, the blowing port being formed with a channel, through which the airflow flows, extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a conveyance region of the discharged medium, from an inlet side at which the airflow is introduced, to an outlet side, and a supporting member provided on the inlet side of the blowing port to support opposing wall faces of the blowing port, while allowing passage of the airflow. The blowing port has a narrow portion that partially narrows a width of the channel, father on the outlet side than the supporting member of the wall faces forming the channel.