Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a print settings screen for causing an image forming apparatus to print, on a printing medium, a plurality of patches representing colorimetry targets readable by a colorimetric apparatus; a reception unit configured to receive an instruction for the printing via the print settings screen; a print control unit configured to cause the image forming apparatus to start the printing of the plurality of patches based on the received instruction for the printing; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to calibration corresponding to the printing medium; and a determination unit configured to determine whether calibration has been executed for the printing medium based on the obtained information related to calibration.

Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and a display. On the basis of one of the type of at least one abnormality detection algorithm to which a medical image related to an examined subject is to be input and information relevant to an abnormality detected by inputting the medical image to the abnormality detection algorithm, the processing circuitry judges whether or not urgency is present in a disorder related to the abnormality. When it is determined that the urgency is present, the display displays, in an examination list of examination orders, assessment information related to assessing the abnormality and urgency information indicating the urgency so as to be positioned adjacent to any of the examination orders related to the abnormality.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores an extension application program for extending a function of print data creation software to create print data. The extension application program causing a computer in an information processing apparatus to execute obtaining information of a plurality of functions from a printing apparatus, displaying a print setting screen based on at least a part of the obtained information, and performing control such that among the plurality of functions, a second function that can be used for printing only in combination with a first function which the extension application program does not support is not displayed on the print setting screen.

Abstract: A communication apparatus is provided and receives a communication packet, acquires a timestamp of a reception of the communication packet, analyzes a type of the received communication packet, transfers the received communication packet to a predetermined memory based on information indicating an analyzed type of the communication packet, and associates the analyzed type of the communication packet with the acquired timestamp.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus determines, based on results of extracting a foreground area from a captured image by learning, a threshold value that is used for generation of a foreground image based on a difference between the captured image and a background image corresponding to the captured image. The image processing apparatus generates a foreground image based on a difference between the captured image and the background image by using the determined threshold value.

Abstract: A heater for use in an image heating apparatus includes a substrate, first and second conductors provided on the substrate, and heating elements. The heating elements are arranged between, and electrically connected in parallel to, the first and second conductors. When n denotes a number of heating elements, connected to one second conductor, in one row of the heating elements, a width L denotes a sum (n×Wh) of widths, as seen in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, of shortest current paths of all respective heating elements connected to the one second conductor plus a sum of widths, as seen in the longitudinal direction, of respective gaps between adjacent shortest current paths, and a ratio R denotes a ratio of the sum (n×Wh) of widths to the width L, the heating elements are configured so as to satisfy 0.54?the ratio R<1.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including a mounting part capable of attaching/detaching a device capable of at least storing a captured image, is provided. The image capturing apparatus obtains, if a device mounted in the mounting part has a function of executing image analysis processing for an image captured by the image capturing apparatus, first information representing image analysis processing executable by the device, and output information based on the obtained first information and second information representing image analysis processing executable by the image capturing apparatus.

Abstract: On the basis of determination by image inspection that an image defect is generated and a predetermined condition being satisfied, an instruction unit for issuing an image diagnosis instruction is displayed on a screen of an inspection result, and image diagnosis is executed in response to an operation on the instruction unit.

Abstract: In a case where an inspection level to be used in determining quality of an image of an inspected surface of a printed sheet is set based on a comparison between a captured image resulting from imaging the inspected surface and a reference image, a plurality of inspection regions varying in inspection level is set for the reference image. In a case where an overlap region is present in the plurality of inspection regions, an inspection level of the overlap region is identified based on a predetermined priority. Further, the identified inspection level of the overlap region is displayed.

Abstract: To prevent displacement of first fold positions and collapse of discharged and stacked sheets when sheet fold processing is performed a plurality of times for each sheet. First fold processing is applied to a sheet conveyed to a conveying path by a rotating body pair 22. The sheet that has been subjected to the first fold processing is fed back to the conveying path while a first fold line is being opened. Then, second fold processing is applied to the sheet that has been fed back to the conveying path by the rotating body pair 22. The resultant sheet is discharged with the first fold line opened.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor, and a memory storing a program. The program, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to: acquire a medical image obtained by imaging a subject, acquire an inspection result of the medical image, perform inference on the medical image; and control outputting of an inference result of the medical image inference to an external device based on the inspection result of the medical image.

Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of connecting to a plurality of cloud print services executes a print job received from any one of the plurality of cloud print services, stores identification information for identifying the cloud print service from which the print job is transmitted, and after the print job is executed, transmits execution history information about the print job to the cloud print service from which the print job is transmitted, using the stored identification information.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that is capable of accurately acquiring motion vectors according to a photographing environment and performing blur correction with high accuracy. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor, and a photometry unit that performs photometry of a photographing environment. A motion vector calculation section calculates motion vectors based on images acquired by the image sensor. A camera system controller calculates a reliability of the motion vectors. A photographing condition determination section determines photographing conditions for consecutively photographing a plurality of images by the image sensor, according to a photometry result and the calculated reliability.

Abstract: A control method of a printing apparatus for acquiring a print job from a cloud print service, and performing printing based on the acquired print job includes transmitting, in a case where a notification received from the cloud print service includes information indicating that a fetchable print job exists, a first request related to the print job, to the cloud print service, executing login processing of causing a user to log into the printing apparatus, and transmitting a second request related to the print job, to the cloud print service conditional upon the login processing being performed.

Abstract: A correction control apparatus outputs a blur correction amount associated with an image blur with respect to a group of captured images. The apparatus obtains status information indicating an image capture status of the group of images, obtains a result of detection of a motion blur with respect to the group of images, derives the blur correction amount based on the obtained result, outputs the blur correction amount and controls a method of derivation of the blur correction amount. The apparatus includes a filter that extracts components of a first frequency band from the result, and derives the blur correction amount based on the components of the first frequency band associated with the motion blur extracted by the filter, and causes the first frequency band extracted by the filter to vary in accordance with the obtained status information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that functions as a SUB controller that, for a command group formed of pairs each formed by a command prepared by a host controller and a status, executes processing of each command and returns a status of an execution result of the command processing. In response to a request for processing the command group from the host controller, the SUB controller acquires the command group therefrom as an original command sequence. The original command sequence is divided into a plurality of segments each formed by one or more commands and having a total volume not larger than a threshold. Command groups each formed of pairs each formed by a command and a status are independently set in one or more storage devices connected to the information processing apparatus. Each storage device is notified of a command processing request on a segment-by-segment basis.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an electronic zoom unit, a motion vector detection unit, a first representative vector calculation unit, a second representative vector calculation unit, and a third representative vector calculation unit, wherein the third representative vector calculation unit determines the third representative motion vector by setting a weight of the first representative motion vector greater than a weight of the second representative motion vector when an enlargement magnification in the electronic zoom unit is equal to or greater than a threshold, and determines the third representative motion vector by setting a weight of the second representative motion vector greater than a weight of the first representative motion vector when an enlargement magnification in the electronic zoom unit is less than the threshold.

Abstract: A method for producing a silicon substrate comprising a silicon base material; and a wiring formation layer laminated on a base material surface of the silicon base material, and being provided with a wiring member, an electrode member comprising a noble metal, and a close contact member comprising a base metal between the wiring member and the electrode member, wherein the method comprises a step of forming a deposition film by a fluorocarbon gas, in etching of the silicon substrate; and a removal step of removing, by a removal solution, the deposition film formed by the fluorocarbon gas; the removal solution comprises a primary amine and an organic polar solvent; a content of water in the removal solution is 10 mass % or lower; and a content of tetramethylammonium hydroxide in the removal solution is 1 mass % or lower.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first receiving unit configured to receive a first print job from a print server, a second receiving unit configured to receive a second print job from an information processing apparatus within a local area network, a print unit configured to perform printing that is based on the first print job and printing that is based on the second print job, a storage unit configured to store a private key and a digital certificate, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the digital certificate to the information processing apparatus within the local area network. The digital certificate includes a public key paired with the private key, and an electronic signature created by the print server.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes first and second first conveyance rollers, transparent members, reading units, and opposing rollers, and includes a driving unit. The first reading unit reads an image on a sheet first surface through the first transparent member at a first reading position. The first opposing roller is opposed to the first transparent member at the first reading position. The second reading unit reads an image on a sheet second surface through the second transparent member at a second reading position. The second opposing roller is opposed to the second transparent member at the second reading position. The second conveyance roller is arranged where a sheet trailing edge passes through the first reading position while the second conveyance roller conveys the sheet. The driving unit drives the first opposing roller so that a first opposing roller circumferential speed is faster than a second conveyance roller circumferential speed.

Abstract: A system for performing color validation by comparing a color measurement result of a chart and a color reference, the system including a first information processing apparatus, wherein the first information processing apparatus includes a colorimetric setting for performing color validation by comparing a color measurement result of a chart and a color reference, a transmission unit configured to transmit screen information of a screen for receiving a chart printing instruction, a receiving unit configured to receive the colorimetric setting and the chart printing instruction, and a generation unit configured to generate print data of a chart based on the colorimetric setting and the chart printing instruction.

Abstract: The information processing system obtains a plurality of images based on image capturing by a plurality of imaging devices; obtains viewpoint information for specifying a position of a virtual viewpoint and a view direction from the virtual viewpoint; and generates a plurality of virtual viewpoint contents each of which corresponds to one of a plurality of image formats based on the common plurality of obtained images and the obtained viewpoint information, and the plurality of image formats is image formats whose numbers of virtual viewpoints specified by the viewpoint information used for generation of the virtual viewpoint contents are different from one another.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a feeding roller pair, a detecting portion, a first changing portion, a second changing portion, and a controller for controlling the first changing portion and the second changing portion. The controller starts a first feeding operation for feeding a sheet toward the obliquely feeding roller pair in a nipping state of the feeding roller pair and then starts a second feeding operation for feeding the sheet for abutting a side end of the sheet against the reference member in the nipping state of the obliquely feeding roller pair. The controller changes, after the first feeding operation is started and before the second feeding operation is started, a start timing of the second feeding operation on the basis of a detection result of a position of the side end of the sheet detected by the detecting portion.

Abstract: A substrate joined body including: a first substrate; a second substrate; an organic film that comprises silicon and carbon and joins the first substrate and the second substrate; and a protective film that comprises an inorganic element and is formed over the organic film from at least a part of the surface of the first substrate and at least a part of the surface of the second substrate, wherein the protective film comprises a region in which the ratio of carbon to silicon based on atomic percentage is from 0.0 to 5.0 in a region within 50 nm in a thickness direction from a surface of the organic film on the protective film side, when the surface is measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: An electronic device that is improved in object detection performance exhibited when executing a specific function. A system controller detects one or more objects from image data, evaluates feature values of the one or more detected objects, and identifies an object out of the one or more objects, that satisfies a predetermined criterion related to execution of a specific function, based on a result of the evaluation. The specific function is executed in a case where it is determined that the identified object satisfies an execution condition of the specific function.

Abstract: A shaping system comprises a dispensing station configured to dispense formable material on a substrate, a shaping station configured to contact the dispensed formable material on the substrate with a plate, a positioning system configured to move the substrate having the dispensed formable material from the dispensing system to the shaping station, and a cover having one or more walls. While the substrate having the dispensed formable material is moved by the positioning system from the dispensing station to the shaping station, the cover is positioned to enclose the substrate and the dispensed formable material such that a ratio of a diameter of the substrate to a distance between the cover and the substrate to 80:1 to 30:1.

Abstract: A three dimensional manufactured product is manufactured A speed of filing an uncured light curing resin in a space for a next layer is enhanced, to improve a manufacturing speed. One surface of a container housing a light curing resin is configured by a gas-permeable sheet that faces the light curing resin, and transmits irradiation light of a light irradiating apparatus, and a light transmitting plate disposed at an outer side of the container from the gas permeable member. A pressurizing chamber controllable in pressure by a pressure controlling apparatus is defined between the gas-permeable sheet and the light transmitting plate. At moving a manufacturing stage, an inside of the pressurizing chamber is de-pressurized to cause the gas-permeable sheet to perform concave surface deformation, and at a time of performing light irradiation, gas in the pressurizing chamber is caused to permeate into the light curing resin by pressurizing.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first reflection optical system and a second reflection optical system having mutually different optical axes, each of the first and second reflection optical systems includes a plurality of reflecting surfaces, a first imaging portion configured to receive an imaging light reflected by the first reflection optical system, a second imaging portion configured to receive an imaging light reflected by the second reflection optical system, a first member, a second member, and a frame. A part of the plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first reflection optical system are reflecting surfaces provided on the frame. Among the plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first reflection optical system, a final-stage reflecting surface configured to reflect the imaging light toward the first imaging portion is a first reflecting surface formed on a surface of the first member.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor device that performs signal processing, a driving control unit that controls drive of the semiconductor device, and a lifetime obtaining unit that obtains remaining lifetime information that represents a remaining lifetime of the semiconductor device. In a case where the remaining lifetime information represents a first length, the driving control unit drives the semiconductor device in a first condition. In a case where the remaining lifetime information represents a second length shorter than the first length, the driving control unit drives the semiconductor device in a second condition in which throughput of the signal processing is lower than that in a case where the semiconductor device is driven in the first condition, and the remaining lifetime of the semiconductor device is longer than that in the case where the semiconductor device is driven in the first condition.

Abstract: An image pickup device, provided with a camera unit that is provided with a lens barrel, an autofocus unit disposed on the outside of the lens barrel, a lens barrel holding member that holds the lens barrel, and a camera case that engages the lens barrel holding member and covers the autofocus unit, the camera unit provided with a base member that supports the camera unit rotatably around a rotation axis, and a regulating member that restricts the rotation of the camera unit to a first rotation range. In the image pickup device, the camera case engages with the lens barrel holding member when the camera unit is in the first rotation range, the regulating member being detachable, and the camera case being detachable from the lens barrel holding member when the camera unit is in the second rotation range.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for vascular imaging and determining dynamic vascular parameters of blood flow. According to an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method of determining dynamic vascular parameters of blood flow, comprising acquiring two-dimensional projection images of a vascular region of interest at a predetermined frequency, the vascular region of interest being downstream of a site of vascular administration of a radio-opaque medium, identifying, within the acquired two-dimensional projection images, heterogeneities of the radio-opaque medium, and determining the dynamic vascular parameters of the blood flow based on spatial movements of the identified heterogeneities of the radio-opaque medium. In an embodiment, the predetermined frequency is greater than 100 Hz.

Abstract: A first exposure head forms an image corresponding to a first color based on a first synchronization signal. A second exposure head forms the image corresponding to a second color based on a second synchronization signal. A period of the first synchronization signal in a case where the first exposure head is to form the image for a second surface of a sheet is shorter than a period of first synchronization signal in a case where the first exposure head is to form the image for a first surface of the sheet. A period of the second synchronization signal in a case where the second exposure head is to form the image for the second surface is shorter than a period of the second synchronization signal in a case where the second exposure head is to form the image for the first surface.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, employs a constitution in which, in a case that a relative position between an inner roller and an outer member with respect to a circumferential direction of the inner roller is changed in a period after a preceding recording material passed through a transfer portion and until a recording material subsequent to the preceding recording material reaches the transfer portion during execution of a job for forming and outputting images on a plurality of recording materials, a controller controls a position changing mechanism so that the relative position between the inner roller and the outer member is changed in a state in which the outer member contacts an intermediary transfer belt.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a cassette to store a recording medium, an image forming unit to form an image on an image bearing member based on an image forming condition, a transfer unit to transfer the image onto the recording medium conveyed from the cassette, and a reading unit to read a test image formed on the recording medium by the image forming unit. A controller controls the image forming unit to form the test image while the image forming unit is forming a plurality of images, controls the image forming condition based on a reading result of the test image by the reading unit, and obtains information related to basis weight of the recording medium in the cassette. In a case where the information does not satisfy a forming condition for forming the test image, the test image is not formed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a drive source, an object configured to be driven by the drive source, and a drive transmission mechanism including a driving member, a driven member, an intermediate member, an urging member, and an actuating portion. The intermediate member is configured to move in an axial direction. The intermediate member includes a shaft portion extending in the axial direction, and a positioning portion configured to determine a position of the driven member in a direction orthogonal to the axis. The shaft portion includes a receiving portion configured to receive a force. The receiving portion is positioned inward of the positioning portion in a radial direction of rotation of the intermediate member.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method for data analysis for use in data classification via training of a recurrent neural network to identify features from limited reference sets. Based on a one-shot learning algorithm, the method includes selecting a subset of reference data and training a classifier with the selected data. This small subset of reference data can be iteratively tuned to enhance classification of the data according to the desired output of the method. The apparatus may be configured to allow a user to interactively select a subset of reference data which is used to train the classifier and to evaluate classifier performance.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an aperture stop, a driving device configured to drive the aperture stop, a storage storing a driving instruction value for driving the aperture stop, and a controller configured to perform control of the driving device based on the driving instruction value. The storage stores the driving instruction value, among a plurality of ones of the driving instruction value, by which an absolute value of a difference, between a target aperture value and an actual aperture value obtained by the control, that is largest with respect to a plurality of ones of the drive amount is minimized.

Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting CT detector forward model for material decomposition. Various slabs of predetermined material and path lengths are placed in the photon counting CT detector and scanned using one or more stationary X-rays to obtain calibration data and parametrize the forward model.

Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for optical imaging medical devices, such as, but not limited to, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), single mode OCT, and/or multi-modal OCT apparatuses and systems, and methods and storage mediums for use with same, for triggering auto-pullback, including for devices or systems using blood clearing, are provided herein. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, capsules and needles (e.g., a biopsy needle). Techniques provided herein also improve processing and imaging efficiency while achieving images that are more precise.

Abstract: A curable composition can comprise a polymerizable material including a monomer of Formula (1), with R being H or alkyl or alkylaryl, n being 1-4, m being 0-6, X1 being C1-C6 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, X2 being CH3 or H, After forming a cured layer of the curable composition, the cured layer can have an excellent etch resistance.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first discharge path that discharges a sheet and a second discharge path different from the first discharge path. An angle difference between a direction in which the sheet is discharged in the second discharge path and a conveyance direction of a conveyance roller is less than an angle difference between a direction in which the sheet is discharged in the first discharge path and the conveyance direction of the conveyance roller. The printing apparatus includes a control unit that discharges the sheet on which the image is printed using the second discharge path even in a case where an instruction to print an image indicates discharging the sheet to the first discharge path, if the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller is a sheet having a thickness equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A pair of regulating guides is disposed on both sides of a conveying belt in a sheet width direction Y, each having a support surface that supports an end edge in the width direction of the sheet conveyed while being nipped by the conveying belt and balls and a guide surface that faces the end edge of the sheet in the width direction. Each of the pair of regulating guides is movable to a first guide position at which the end edge of the sheet in the width direction is supported by the support surface and guided by the guide surface and to a second guide position at which the end edge of the sheet in the sheet width direction is supported by the support surface and which is retracting further away from the end edge in the sheet width direction than the guide position.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a cutting apparatus, and a controller. The cutting apparatus includes a conveyance path, a first cutting unit configured to cut, at a cutting position with respect to a conveyance direction of the sheet on the conveyance path, the sheet in a width direction perpendicularly intersecting with the conveyance direction, and a second cutting unit configured to cut, at a cutting position with respect to the width direction, the sheet in the conveyance direction. The controller is configured to control the cutting apparatus such that, in a case where the sheet is cut neither with the first cutting unit nor with the second cutting unit, the sheet is conveyed through the conveyance path with the first cutting unit and the second cutting unit retreated not to contact with the sheet passing through the conveyance path.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a shape information acquiring unit 204 configured to acquire shape information of a surrounding environment of a moving body measured by a sensor mounted in the moving body; a position and posture acquiring unit configured to acquire position and posture information of the sensor; a correction state acquiring unit configured to acquire a performance state relating to a process of correcting the position and posture information; a priority level determining unit configured to determine a priority level of an area for generating a map; and a map generating unit configured to generate the map on the basis of the shape information and the position and posture information acquired at the time of acquisition of the shape information, in which the map generating unit generates the map in order from an area of which the priority level is high in accordance with the performance state.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an MRI system includes at least one magnetic field assembly and at least one image generator. The at least one magnetic field assembly includes an open main magnet configured to generate a main magnetic field for dominantly determining a magnetic resonance frequency, a gradient coil configured to generate a gradient magnetic field, and an RF coil configured to generate a radio frequency magnetic field. The at least one image generator is configured to generate a magnetic resonance image of an object by using the main magnetic field, the gradient magnetic field, and the radio frequency magnetic field generated by the at least one magnetic field assembly. The main magnet is disposed between adjacent examination rooms. The main magnetic field generated by the open main magnet is commonly used in each of the adjacent examination rooms.

Abstract: A method including calculating, using an objective function, which includes a regression model used to estimate an array of a plurality of regions on a substrate and a regularization term used to limit a value of a coefficient of the regression model, a value of each of a plurality of coefficients included in the regression model, with which the objective function becomes not more than a reference value, extracting, based on the calculated values, the coefficient having the value not less than a threshold value from the plurality of coefficients, and obtaining, using a regression model including only the extracted coefficient, an array of a plurality of regions on a substrate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a rotatable endless belt, a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller and an upstream roller, an outer member, a guiding member, a sheet-like pressing member, and a coating member. The coating member is disposed on the pressing member so as not to contact the belt and is electrically grounded or electrically conducted to the guiding member. The coating member is formed of a material lower in surface resistivity than the pressing member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes first and second rotatable members forming a nip therebetween, a heater disposed in inside of the second rotatable member, a first temperature sensor provided on a center of the heater, a second temperature sensor provided on an end side of the heater. A controller controls a feeding interval in which a trailing edge of a preceding sheet passes through the nip until a leading edge of a subsequent sheet reaches the nip. The controller controls the feeding interval to be a first interval in a case which a feeding speed of the sheet is a first speed and a detected temperature by the second sensor is a first temperature, and to be a second interval shorter than the first interval in a case which the feeding speed is a second speed lower than the first speed and the detected temperature is the first temperature.

Abstract: A sheet cassette includes a first trailing edge regulator integrally formed with a cassette frame to regulate a position of a trailing edge of a first sized sheet in a feeding direction, and a second trailing edge regulator integrally formed with the cassette frame to regulate a position of a trailing edge of a sheet of a second size stored in the cassette frame in the feeding direction. A pair of side edge regulation members regulate positions of side edges of the sheet of the first size stored in the cassette frame in the width direction at a first position and regulate positions of side edges of the sheet of the second size stored in the cassette frame in the width direction at a second position.