Abstract: An exhaust pipe device according to an embodiment includes a dielectric pipe; a radio-frequency electrode; a ground electrode; and a plasma generation circuit. The radio-frequency electrode is disposed on an outer periphery side of the dielectric pipe and a radio-frequency voltage is applied to the radio-frequency electrode. The ground electrode is disposed on an end portion side of the dielectric pipe such that a distance from the radio-frequency electrode is smaller on an inner side than on an outer side of the dielectric pipe, and a ground potential is applied to the ground electrode. The plasma generation circuit generates plasma inside the dielectric pipe. The exhaust pipe device functions as a part of an exhaust pipe disposed between a film forming chamber and a vacuum pump that exhausts gas inside the film forming chamber.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe apparatus according to an embodiment includes a dielectric pipe; a radio-frequency electrode; and a plasma generation circuit. The exhaust pipe apparatus functions as a part of an exhaust pipe disposed between a process chamber and a vacuum pump that exhausts gas inside the process chamber. The radio-frequency electrode includes a thin metal plate disposed on an outer periphery side of the dielectric pipe, a buffer member disposed on an outer periphery side of the thin metal plate, and a conductive hollow structure disposed on an outer periphery side of the buffer member and a radio-frequency voltage is applied to the radio-frequency electrode. The plasma generation circuit generates plasma inside the dielectric pipe.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe device according to an embodiment includes a dielectric pipe; a radio-frequency electrode; a ground electrode; and a plasma generation circuit. The radio-frequency electrode is disposed on an outer periphery side of the dielectric pipe and a radio-frequency voltage is applied to the radio-frequency electrode. The ground electrode is disposed on an end portion side of the dielectric pipe such that a distance from the radio-frequency electrode is smaller on an inner side than on an outer side of the dielectric pipe, and a ground potential is applied to the ground electrode. The plasma generation circuit generates plasma inside the dielectric pipe. The exhaust pipe device functions as a part of an exhaust pipe disposed between a film forming chamber and a vacuum pump that exhausts gas inside the film forming chamber.

Abstract: The invention provides an image encoding apparatus operable to encode data obtained by an image capturing sensor in which a filter for detecting a fourth color is periodically arranged in addition to filters of three primary colors, where the apparatus comprises a generating unit configured to generate data that approximates the fourth color using data of at least two colors among three colors, which represent three primary colors, obtained by the image capturing sensor and generate difference data that represents a difference between the generated data and data of the fourth color; and an encoding unit configured to encode data of the three colors which represent three primary colors and the difference data.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe device according to an embodiment includes a pipe body, a coil, an inner pipe, and a plasma generation circuit. The coil is disposed inside the pipe body. The inner pipe is a dielectric and is disposed inside the coil. The plasma generation circuit is configured to generate plasma inside the inner pipe using the coil. The exhaust pipe device functions as a part of an exhaust pipe disposed between a film forming chamber and a vacuum pump for exhausting an inside of the film forming chamber.

Abstract: This invention suppresses color shifts caused by quantization parameters used when encoding RAW image. An apparatus comprises a calculator which finds a color temperature of RAW image of a target frame, and calculates a gain value for each of color components in order to apply white balancing to the RAW image, a generator which generates a plurality of planes, each plane constituted by data of a single color component, from the RAW image, an adjusting unit which adjusts the white balance of each plane on the basis of the calculated gain, an encoder which encodes each plane by frequency-transforming, quantizing, and encoding each plane, and a controller which switches between encoding the plurality of planes generated by the generating unit or encoding the plurality of planes adjusted by the adjusting unit, on the basis of quantization parameters.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe device according to an embodiment includes a pipe body; a dielectric formed in an annular and disposed along an inner wall of the pipe body; an internal electrode formed in an annular, disposed along an inner wall of the dielectric with a part of an inner wall surface of the dielectric left and configured to expose the part of the inner wall surface of the dielectric left without being disposed to a center side of the pipe body; and a plasma generation circuit configured to generate plasma on an exposed surface of the dielectric by using the internal electrode, wherein the exhaust pipe device functions as a part of an exhaust pipe disposed between a film forming chamber and a vacuum pump for exhausting an inside of the film forming chamber.

Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprises a separation unit which separates a plurality of planes respectively configured in a single component for a frame of an inputted video; a transform unit which performs a wavelet transformation of a plane of interest in the plurality of planes; an extraction unit which, from each sub-band, extracts in order blocks representing the same region of an image; a quantizing unit which quantizes wavelet transformation coefficients; and an encoding unit which encodes the quantized wavelet transformation coefficients. Here, the quantizing unit includes a determination unit that, for each of the blocks, determines a correction parameter for correcting the quantization parameter based on a direct current value and an alternating current value of the block, and quantizes wavelet transformation coefficients in accordance with the corrected quantization parameter.

Abstract: This invention suppresses color shifts caused by quantization parameters used when encoding RAW image. An apparatus comprises a calculator which finds a color temperature of RAW image of a target frame, and calculates a gain value for each of color components in order to apply white balancing to the RAW image, a generator which generates a plurality of planes, each plane constituted by data of a single color component, from the RAW image, an adjusting unit which adjusts the white balance of each plane on the basis of the calculated gain, an encoder which encodes each plane by frequency-transforming, quantizing, and encoding each plane, and a controller which switches between encoding the plurality of planes generated by the generating unit or encoding the plurality of planes adjusted by the adjusting unit, on the basis of quantization parameters.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe device according to an embodiment includes a pipe body; an internal electrode disposed in the pipe body; and a plasma generation circuit configured to generate plasma in the pipe body by using the internal electrode, wherein the exhaust pipe device is used as a part of an exhaust pipe disposed between a film forming chamber and a vacuum pump for exhausting an inside of the film forming chamber.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a development processing unit configured to perform development processing for a first RAW image, an output unit configured to output the first RAW image subjected to the development processing, a RAW compression unit configured to compress a second RAW image and generate the second RAW image which remains compressed, and a control unit configured to write the compressed second RAW image into a storage medium, wherein the first RAW image and the second RAW image are respectively images obtained from the same RAW image, and a level of pixels in a dark portion in the second RAW image has been more raised than that in the first RAW image.

Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprises a separation unit which separates a plurality of planes respectively configured in a single component for a frame of an inputted video; a transform unit which performs a wavelet transformation of a plane of interest in the plurality of planes; an extraction unit which, from each sub-band, extracts in order blocks representing the same region of an image; a quantizing unit which quantizes wavelet transformation coefficients; and an encoding unit which encodes the quantized wavelet transformation coefficients. Here, the quantizing unit includes a determination unit that, for each of the blocks, determines a correction parameter for correcting the quantization parameter based on a direct current value and an alternating current value of the block, and quantizes wavelet transformation coefficients in accordance with the corrected quantization parameter.

Abstract: This invention performs encoding with high encoding efficiency while suppressing image quality degradation when RAW image data obtained by imaging is to be encoded. Hence, an imaging apparatus that encodes an image captured by an image sensor includes a plane converting unit configured to convert RAW image data of a Bayer array obtained by the image sensor into a plurality of planes each comprised of a pixel of a single component, a frequency transforming unit configured to generate a plurality of subbands by frequency-transforming each of the obtained planes, a non-linear converting unit configured to non-linearly convert coefficient data forming each of the subbands based on camera information related to imaging in the imaging apparatus, and an encoding unit configured to encode by quantizing the coefficient data obtained by the non-linear conversion by the non-linear converting unit.

Abstract: A polyurethane dispersion is a polyurethane dispersion in which polyurethane resin produced by reaction of an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer with a chain extender is dispersed in water. The isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer is produced by at least allowing a polyisocyanate component containing xylylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated xylylene diisocyanate to react with a polyol component containing diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a low-molecular-weight polyol having a functionality of three or more, and an active hydrogen group-containing compound containing a hydrophilic group. The chain extender contains an alkoxysilyl compound having a primary amino group, or a primary amino group and a secondary amino group, and the molar ratio of the hydroxyl group in the low-molecular-weight polyol having a functionality of three or more is less than 25% relative to a total mol 100% of the hydroxyl group in the polyol component.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus has an encoding unit that encodes by generating a plane of each of color components that configure image data, and independently for each of the planes of the color components, performing frequency conversion processing, quantization processing, and entropy encoding, and a control unit that controls the encoding unit. The control unit decide whether or not to correct a quantization coefficient that is used in quantization processing for a plane of each color component obtained by the image sensor based on an ISO sensitivity or exposure information for a time of capturing; and in a case when it decides that a quantization coefficient will be corrected, determines, based on a distribution of a histogram of a plane of each color component, a quantization coefficient used in quantization processing for the respective color component.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a development processing unit configured to perform development processing for a first RAW image, an output unit configured to output the first RAW image subjected to the development processing, a RAW compression unit configured to compress a second RAW image and generate the second RAW image which remains compressed, and a control unit configured to write the compressed second RAW image into a storage medium, wherein the first RAW image and the second RAW image are respectively images obtained from the same RAW image, and a level of pixels in a dark portion in the second RAW image has been more raised than that in the first RAW image.

Abstract: This invention performs encoding with high encoding efficiency while suppressing image quality degradation when RAW image data obtained by imaging is to be encoded. Hence, an imaging apparatus that encodes an image captured by an image sensor includes a plane converting unit configured to convert RAW image data of a Bayer array obtained by the image sensor into a plurality of planes each comprised of a pixel of a single component, a frequency transforming unit configured to generate a plurality of subbands by frequency-transforming each of the obtained planes, a non-linear converting unit configured to non-linearly convert coefficient data forming each of the subbands based on camera information related to imaging in the imaging apparatus, and an encoding unit configured to encode by quantizing the coefficient data obtained by the non-linear conversion by the non-linear converting unit.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus has an encoding unit that encodes by generating a plane of each of color components that configure image data, and independently for each of the planes of the color components, performing frequency conversion processing, quantization processing, and entropy encoding, and a control unit that controls the encoding unit. The control unit decide whether or not to correct a quantization coefficient that is used in quantization processing for a plane of each color component obtained by the image sensor based on an ISO sensitivity or exposure information for a time of capturing; and in a case when it decides that a quantization coefficient will be corrected, determines, based on a distribution of a histogram of a plane of each color component, a quantization coefficient used in quantization processing for the respective color component.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an image capture unit that generates first RAW image data; a compression unit that compresses the first RAW image data; a decompression unit that decompresses the compressed first RAW image data to generate second RAW image data; a development unit that generates first developed image data from the first RAW image data, and generates second developed image data from the second RAW image data; and a control unit that controls the compression unit based on the first developed image data and the second developed image data.

Abstract: A polyurethane dispersion is a polyurethane dispersion in which polyurethane resin produced by reaction of an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer with a chain extender is dispersed in water. The isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer is produced by at least allowing a polyisocyanate component containing xylylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated xylylene diisocyanate to react with a polyol component containing diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a low-molecular-weight polyol having a functionality of three or more, and an active hydrogen group-containing compound containing a hydrophilic group. The chain extender contains an alkoxysilyl compound having a primary amino group, or a primary amino group and a secondary amino group, and the molar ratio of the hydroxyl group in the low-molecular-weight polyol having a functionality of three or more is less than 25% relative to a total mol 100% of the hydroxyl group in the polyol component.