Abstract: A production method of controlled release particles 1 includes an oil phase component preparation step in which an oil phase component containing a hydrophobic slurry is prepared by dispersing, in a hydrophobic polymerizable vinyl monomer, an antibiotic compound that is hydrophobic and is substantially insoluble to the hydrophobic polymerizable vinyl monomer without the presence of a solvent; a water dispersion step in which a hydrophobic slurry is dispersed in water to prepare an aqueous dispersion; and a polymerization step in which the polymerizable vinyl monomer is subjected to suspension polymerization to produce a polymer.

Abstract: A printer includes a transport roller which transports a paper sheet, a head which is able to discharge liquid droplets, and a controller which controls the transport roller and the head, in which a plurality of patches are printed using the head in the transport direction of the paper sheet within a range of one circumference length of the transport roller, and information which relates to discharge of the liquid droplets is corrected based on information which is obtained from the plurality of patches.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid droplet discharging method including: based on a first correction quantity table correlating to discharging of the first nozzle row, a second correction quantity table correlating to discharging of the second nozzle row, a relative usage ratio of the first nozzle row to the second nozzle row (=a usage rate of the first nozzle row/a usage rate of the second nozzle row), and a third correction quantity table correlating to discharging of a predetermined value Hk which is the relative usage ratio, correcting a liquid droplet quantity, per a unit area in print media, discharged from the first nozzle row and/or the second nozzle row.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid droplet discharging method including: based on a first correction quantity table correlating to discharging of the first nozzle row, a second correction quantity table correlating to discharging of the second nozzle row, a relative usage ratio of the first nozzle row to the second nozzle row (=a usage rate of the first nozzle row/a usage rate of the second nozzle row), and a third correction quantity table correlating to discharging of a predetermined value Hk which is the relative usage ratio, correcting a liquid droplet quantity, per a unit area in print media, discharged from the first nozzle row and/or the second nozzle row.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an area setting unit, an image deformation unit, and a face deformation unit. The area setting unit sets, in a target image that includes a face image, an area including the face image as a compression area. The image deformation unit compresses the compression area in a specific direction at a predetermined compression rate. The face deformation unit deforms the face image by expansion amount determined on the basis of the compression rate in such a manner that at least a part of the face image is expanded in the specific direction.

Abstract: A printer performs calibration in which a reference primary color ink is mixed with at least one additional primary color ink to approximate a predetermined target primary color. The printer includes an acquisition section, a predicting section, an optimizing section and a printing unit. The acquisition section acquires spectral reflectances of the reference primary color ink printed on a base, the additional primary color ink printed on the base, and the base. The predicting section calculates predicted spectral reflectance of a mixture of the primary color inks by dividing a product of the spectral reflectances of the primary color inks by the spectral reflectance of the base raised to the power obtained by subtracting 1 from a total number of the inks. The optimizing section optimizes an ink-amount set of the mixture so that the predicted spectral reflectance is approximated to spectral reflectance of the target primary color.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a face direction estimating unit that estimates the direction and the degree of turn of a face with the front direction of the face included in a face image used as a reference for a target image that includes the face image, and an area setting unit that changes a first area based on the direction and the degree of turn of the face and sets a correction target area with the changed first area used as a reference when an area that includes the first area is set as the correction target area with the first area that includes predetermined facial organs of the face image used as a reference.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus include a program for performing a process concerning image formation by using a hardware resource, and a slot which a recording medium is inserted into and removed from. A status monitoring part monitors whether or not a recording medium is inserted or removed; a recording medium starting part starts the recording medium inserted into said slot into a state in which said recording medium is assessable; and a program starting part reads a program from said recording medium started into the accessible state, and starting said program.

Abstract: A printer performs calibration in which a reference primary color ink is mixed with at least one additional primary color ink to approximate a predetermined target primary color. The printer includes an acquisition section, a predicting section, an optimizing section and a printing unit. The acquisition section acquires spectral reflectances of the reference primary color ink printed on a base, the additional primary color ink printed on the base, and the base. The predicting section calculates predicted spectral reflectance of a mixture of the primary color inks by dividing a product of the spectral reflectances of the primary color inks by the spectral reflectance of the base raised to the power obtained by subtracting 1 from a total number of the inks. The optimizing section optimizes an ink-amount set of the mixture so that the predicted spectral reflectance is approximated to spectral reflectance of the target primary color.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an area setting unit, an image deformation unit, and a face deformation unit. The area setting unit sets, in a target image that includes a face image, an area including the face image as a compression area. The image deformation unit compresses the compression area in a specific direction at a predetermined compression rate. The face deformation unit deforms the face image by expansion amount determined on the basis of the compression rate in such a manner that at least a part of the face image is expanded in the specific direction.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a face direction estimating unit that estimates the direction and the degree of turn of a face with the front direction of the face included in a face image used as a reference for a target image that includes the face image, and an area setting unit that changes a first area based on the direction and the degree of turn of the face and sets a correction target area with the changed first area used as a reference when an area that includes the first area is set as the correction target area with the first area that includes predetermined facial organs of the face image used as a reference.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus include a program for performing a process concerning image formation by using a hardware resource, and a slot which a recording medium is inserted into and removed from. A status monitoring part monitors whether or not a recording medium is inserted or removed; a recording medium starting part starts the recording medium inserted into said slot into a state in which said recording medium is assessable; and a program starting part reads a program from said recording medium started into the accessible state, and starting said program.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus include a program for performing a process concerning image formation by using a hardware resource, and a slot which a recording medium is inserted into and removed from. A status monitoring part monitors whether or not a recording medium is inserted or removed; a recording medium starting part starts the recording medium inserted into said slot into a state in which said recording medium is assessable; and a program starting part reads a program from said recording medium started into the accessible state, and starting said program.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus include a program for performing a process concerning image formation by using a hardware resource, and a slot which a recording medium is inserted into and removed from. A status monitoring part monitors whether or not a recording medium is inserted or removed; a recording medium starting part starts the recording medium inserted into said slot into a state in which said recording medium is assessable; and a program starting part reads a program from said recording medium started into the accessible state, and starting said program.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a detection unit to detect a recording medium and initiates a program read from the recording medium detected by the detection unit. In the information processing apparatus, an operation check unit performs an operation check of the recording medium detected by the detection unit. An authentication check unit performs an authentication check of the recording medium detected by the detection unit. An error notification unit notifies an operator of an error of the recording medium if at least one of a result of the operation check and a result of the authentication check is an error.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of selecting an antibody against a target substance to be measured, which comprises selecting the antibody against the target substance by antigen-antibody reaction in the presence of a substance interfering with the antigen-antibody reaction. That is, an antigen and a labeled antigen are reacted with the antibody in the presence of an interfering substance, such as an environment pollutant, and on the basis of the degree of reaction thereof, the antibody against the target substance, which is highly resistant to the interfering substance, is selected. Thereby, even if a test sample is contaminated with a substance interfering with antigen-antibody reaction, the antibody, which is highly resistant to the substance interfering with antigen-antibody reaction, is not influenced by the interfering substance and gives a correct value in the quantification.

Abstract: In an image forming device including hardware resources for image-formation processing and a program for executing an image-formation-related process, a mode judgment unit determines whether the image forming device is to be started in a clearing mode or a normal starting mode, the clearing mode being configured to erase, when the image forming device is started, data stored in a storage device of the image forming device. A process starting unit starts execution of the image-formation-related process in response to both a result of the determination of the mode judgment unit and an image-forming-device setup data. A data erasing unit erases the data stored in the storage device when the image forming device is started in the clearing mode.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes an examining unit, a configuration unit, and an activating unit. The configuration unit stores a corresponding relation between the examining unit and a hardware-related program. The examining unit examines a hardware resource and determines whether the examined hardware resource satisfies a predetermined condition, before the activating unit activates the hardware-related program. Since the program does not need to examine the hardware resource to determine whether the examined hardware resource satisfies the predetermined condition, the program does not need to have a redundant portion that can be shared with another program in common.

Abstract: An information processing device in which one or more programs use one or more devices includes a device controlling unit linkable to the one or more programs and configured to read one or more setting files containing model-type-dependent information provided separately for one or more model types and to control the one or more devices in response to a request from the one or more programs in accordance with the model-type-dependent information corresponding to a model type of the information processing device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a detection unit to detect a recording medium and initiates a program read from the recording medium detected by the detection unit. In the information processing apparatus, an operation check unit performs an operation check of the recording medium detected by the detection unit. An authentication check unit performs an authentication check of the recording medium detected by the detection unit. An error notification unit notifies an operator of an error of the recording medium if at least one of a result of the operation check and a result of the authentication check is an error.