Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: an endoscope distal end portion including an optical system configured to form an optical image, an image sensor configured to generate an image signal in accordance with a predetermined frame rate when the optical image is input, and an actuator configured to move the optical system along an optical axis; and a controller electrically connected to the endoscope distal end portion and including an imaging circuit configured to acquire the image signal from the image sensor, a drive circuit configured to feed a drive voltage to the actuator, and a processor configured to control the imaging circuit and the drive circuit, detect a vertical blanking period of the image signal acquired by the imaging circuit based on the image signal, and control the drive circuit to gradually increase a voltage supplied to the actuator within the vertical blanking period.

Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more processors configured to: acquire, from a client expected to use plural reservable services in combination, client information including a purpose of the client; identify the plural services associated with the purpose in the client information; acquire business operator information on business operators that provide the plural identified services, the business operator information including schedules of the business operators; and make a collective reservation for a combination of the plural identified services with use time frames of the plural services not overlapping each other based on the business operator information.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: an endoscope distal end portion including an optical system configured to form an optical image, an image sensor configured to generate an image signal in accordance with a predetermined frame rate when the optical image is input, and an actuator configured to move the optical system along an optical axis; and a controller electrically connected to the endoscope distal end portion and including an imaging circuit configured to acquire the image signal from the image sensor, a drive circuit configured to feed a drive voltage to the actuator, and a processor configured to control the imaging circuit and the drive circuit, detect a vertical blanking period of the image signal acquired by the imaging circuit based on the image signal, and control the drive circuit to gradually increase a voltage supplied to the actuator within the vertical blanking period.

Abstract: An apparatus has a synchronizing signal generator to which a trigger signal is input and that outputs a first synchronizing signal and a second synchronizing signal based on the trigger signal, an image pickup unit that has an image pickup surface, performs a first image picking-up based on the first synchronizing signal, and performs a second image picking-up based on the second synchronizing signal, and an image pickup element tilting unit that changes the angle of the image pickup surface relative to the optical axis during a period after the first image picking-up and before the second image picking-up.

Abstract: A first calculating section calculates an amount of camera-shake correction based on an amount of shaking of the image pickup apparatus which has been detected, when each of a first capturing and a second capturing is carried out. A second calculating section calculates at least an amount of optical tilt-displacement between the image pickup element and an object for the first capturing, which is necessary for the second capturing, and the second calculating section calculates one of an amount of shift by which some of the image pickup lenses and the interchangeable image pickup lenses are to be shifted in a predetermined direction, and an amount of change by which an angle of an image pickup surface of the image pickup element with respect to the optical axial direction is to be changed, while the first capturing and the second capturing are being carried out.

Abstract: A first calculating section calculates an amount of camera-shake correction based on an amount of shaking of the image pickup apparatus which has been detected, when each of a first capturing and a second capturing is carried out. A second calculating section calculates at least an amount of optical tilt-displacement between the image pickup element and an object for the first capturing, which is necessary for the second capturing, and the second calculating section calculates one of an amount of shift by which some of the image pickup lenses and the interchangeable image pickup lenses are to be shifted in a predetermined direction, and an amount of change by which an angle of an image pickup surface of the image pickup element with respect to the optical axial direction is to be changed, while the first capturing and the second capturing are being carried out.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a taking lens unit, a stop provided between a plurality of optical elements in the taking lens unit, a synchronizing signal generator to which a trigger signal input and that outputs at least a first synchronizing signal and a second synchronizing signal based on the trigger signal, an image pickup unit that performs a first image picking-up based on the first synchronizing signal and performs a second image picking-up based on the second synchronizing signal, and a lens shifting unit that shifts a specific optical element, which is at least one of the optical elements located between the stop and the image pickup unit, in such a way that the center axis of the specific optical element is shifted in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the stop during a period after the first image picking-up and before the second image picking-up.

Abstract: An apparatus has a synchronizing signal generator to which a trigger signal is input and that outputs a first synchronizing signal and a second synchronizing signal based on the trigger signal, an image pickup unit that has an image pickup surface, performs a first image picking-up based on the first synchronizing signal, and performs a second image picking-up based on the second synchronizing signal, and an image pickup element tilting unit that changes the angle of the image pickup surface relative to the optical axis during a period after the first image picking-up and before the second image picking-up.