Abstract: There are provided an apparatus capable of complying with arbitrary data acquisition period (frame rate) change instruction without increasing load and cost, and a method and a system for controlling such an apparatus. To realize this, in the present invention, there are included an area sensor for reading out an electric signal accumulated in a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, line by line, and a control unit for controlling the area sensor. The area sensor operates in a first operation for deriving radiation image data by reading during irradiation with radiation, and a second operation for deriving the radiation image data by reading during non-irradiation with radiation, alternately. The control unit switches a period for deriving the radiation image data during a time period from an end of the reading in the first operation until an end of the reading in the second operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, lower acyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or the like; R3 is lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl or the like; R4 is cyano, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy or the like, which exhibit potent COMT inhibitory activities. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound, and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, lower acyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or the like; R3 is halo-lower alkyl, lower acyl, halo-lower alkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, optionally substituted arylcarbonyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or the like; R4 is lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, lower alkoxy-lower alkyl or the like, which exhibit potent COMT inhibitory activities. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound, and uses thereof.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of photoelectric converters each adapted to perform photoelectric conversion in response to receiving light, and output an electrical signal; a holding unit adapted to hold, for each of the plurality of photoelectric converters, a correction value for correcting photoelectric conversion characteristics of the photoelectric converter; and a correction unit adapted to correct each of the electrical signals output by the plurality of photoelectric converters, using the corresponding correction values, wherein the correction unit corrects each of the electrical signals based on the correction values, which have been increased or decreased in accordance with a prescribed pixel arrangement pattern, and the imaging apparatus comprises a determination unit adapted to evaluate correction results that are based on the correction values increased or decreased in accordance with the prescribed pattern, and determine a presence of a correction error in the correction values held

Abstract: To provide a signal processing section of a software radio device or the like which can dynamically change connection itself of an internal function structure at the time of execution. A switching module ISM1(2) or the like selects and uses one of the plurality of the routing tables (60) or the like prepared according to the signal processing and executes routing control to respective processing modules a11 or the like based on the input data packet. The processing module a11 or the like executes each processing by using a parameter table or the like indicating the processing to be performed in accordance with the data packet.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, lower acyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or the like; R3 is halo-lower alkyl, lower acyl, halo-lower alkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, optionally substituted arylcarbonyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or the like; R4 is lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, lower alkoxy-lower alkyl or the like, which exhibit potent COMT inhibitory activities. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound, and uses thereof.

Abstract: The electronic device according to the present invention comprises a display housing 120 having a first display unit 124, an operation housing 150 coupled to said display housing so that said operation housing is movable substantially in parallel to and relative to a surface of said display housing facing said operation housing, said operation housing having a second display unit 160 which displays an operation screen and a touch panel 162 piled on the second display unit so that the operation screen is visible, a position detection unit 156 for detecting a relative position of said display housing and said operation housing, and a control unit for deciding an application displayed on the first display unit in accordance with the relative position detected by said position detection unit, wherein said control unit switches the operation screen displayed on the second display unit in accordance with the application displayed on the first display unit.

Abstract: A reception apparatus of the present invention is provided with a reception unit 301 for receiving a stream including a data signal, a display unit 305 for displaying based on the stream received by the reception unit 301, an authentication process unit 302 for authenticating a sender of the stream received by the reception unit 301, a signal separating unit 303 for separating the data signal from the stream received by the reception unit 301, and a control unit 310 for controlling so as to prohibit the screen unit 305 from displaying a screen based on the data signal separated by the signal separating unit 303 during authentication of the stream by the authentication process unit 302. Thereby, the reception apparatus appropriately plays contents without inflicting a disadvantage or stress on a user.

Abstract: An ion current corresponding to an amount of ion produced by combustion of air fuel mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is detected and an ion current parameter indicative of combustion state is calculated from the ion current. The properties of fuel are determined by a change of combustion state from an engine start time, that is, by a change of the ion current parameter.

Abstract: An inverter circuit having a single conversion stage with substantially zero-current switching.

Abstract: An encoder includes a first rotating body and a second rotating body which have slits formed therein and rotate interlockingly with each other; a light source device which emits to-be-detected light to the slits; and a photodetecting device which includes a first scale and a second scale having a plurality of photodetectors aligned along annular alignment lines, and an output part which outputs output signals based on light intensities of the to-be-detected light made incident on the photodetectors of the first scale and the second scale through the slit. The rotation ratio of the second rotating body is different from that of the first rotating body, and to the photodetectors, attributes are assigned every predetermined phase angle.

Abstract: The disclosure is made for an apparatus for processing a radiation image of an object obtained by radiography using a grid which is used to remove scattered radiation from the object. The apparatus includes generation means for generating image components due to the grid on the basis of data of the radiation image, to remove the image components due to the grid from the radiation image.

Abstract: A producing method of a carbon fiber by spraying a raw material solution containing a carbon source and a transition metallic compound into a reaction zone and subjecting the raw material solution to thermal decomposition, which is characterized in (1) spraying the raw material solution at a spray angle of 3° to 30° and (2) feeding a carrier gas through at least one site other than an inlet through which the raw material solution is sprayed. A composite material comprising a vapor grown carbon fiber, each fiber filament of the carbon fiber having a branching degree of at least 0.15 occurrences/?m and a bulk density of 0.025 g/cm3 or less.

Abstract: Provided are an ancillary material, used for shape processing, which is capable of shortening a processing time, avoiding a reduction in quality of a shape provided to a workpiece material, and allowing a relatively low manufacturing cost; a processing method using the ancillary material; and a method of manufacturing the ancillary material. The tungsten alloy grains (1) comprise: tungsten of greater than or equal to 80% by mass and less than or equal to 98% by mass; nickel; at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of iron, copper, and cobalt; and an inevitable impurity, a maximum diameter thereof is greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 5.00 mm, and a specific surface area thereof is less than or equal to 0.02 m2/g. The tungsten alloy grains (1, 10), the workpiece material (30), an abrasive (20) are blended in a container (100) and the container is rotated, thereby processing the shape of the workpiece material (30).

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing circuit having a first mode that corrects an offset between a first image and a second image that are adjacent to each other to synthesize the first image and the second image into a new third image, and a second mode that corrects an offset between the third image and a fourth image that are adjacent to each other to synthesize the third image and the fourth image into a new fifth image.

Abstract: A vapor grown carbon fiber, each fiber filament of the carbonfiber having a branching degree of at least 0.15 occurrences/?m and a bulk density of 0.025 g/cm3 or less and a producing method of the carbon fiber by spraying a raw material solution containing a carbon source and a transition metallic compound into a reaction zone and subjecting the raw material solution to thermal decomposition, which is characterized in (1) spraying the raw material solution at a spray angle of 3° to 30° and (2) feeding a carrier gas through at least one site other than an inlet through which the raw material solution is sprayed, and a composite material comprising the carbon fiber.

Abstract: A radiographic image capturing apparatus captures consecutive radiographic images on the basis of the radiation intensity distribution transmitted through a subject, and extracts lung field parts from the captured consecutive radiographic images. A fluctuation condition is detected from the extracted lung field parts, and whether or not the respiratory condition of the subject is suited to radiograph a respiratory behavior of interest is determined on the basis of the detected fluctuation condition.

Abstract: Provided is a vibration control mass body, as a mass body used for controlling with a high accuracy a vibration associated with high-speed movement of a movable body such as a stage, which is large-sized and to which a complicated shape can be imparted. The vibration control mass body (100) includes a plurality of platy members (10, 20). The plurality of members (10, 20) are respectively made of a tungsten alloy. The tungsten alloy contains, as a chief ingredient, tungsten of greater than or equal to 80% by mass and less than or equal to 99% by mass. The vibration control mass body (100) is used in a staging unit having a movable body in order to control a vibration associated with movement of the movable body.

Abstract: In the present invention, an inkjet recording ink can be provided, which ink can record stably an image with good fastness and elegant-quality over a long period in any conditions. The ink includes a high-molecular dispersant, a water-insoluble colorant, water-soluble organic solvent and water, in which the high-molecular dispersant is a block copolymer including at least one hydrophobic block and at least one hydrophilic block, which have been obtained by polymerizing vinyl ethers as monomers, respectively; and the water-insoluble colorant is a specific pigment. Further the present invention can provide a inkjet recording method, an inkjet cartridge, and an inkjet recording system.

Abstract: A fundamental frequency and at least one harmonic frequency of gridlines in a radiographic image are measured to form a filter for extracting the measured fundamental frequency component and harmonic frequency component. Filtering is performed on the radiographic image using the formed filter. Based on the obtained image data, a gridline model which takes the measured fundamental frequency and harmonic frequency into consideration is fitted to generate a grid image. The gridlines are removed from the radiographic image by the generated grid image.