Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion that is formed in an opening portion forming member arranged in a bottom portion of the apparatus and causes light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus, a light emission portion that emits light for measurement toward the measurement target, and a shutter unit that is configured to switch between a closed state in which the opening portion is covered, and an open state in which the opening portion is open, and that has a reflection reference surface at a position facing the opening portion in the closed state as a reference of reflectance, in which the shutter unit is disposed such that the shutter unit is configured to switch to, in addition to the closed state and the open state, an exposed state in which the reflection reference surface is exposed outside the apparatus.

Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, and a shutter unit configured to be displaced between a closed position at which the opening portion is covered, in which the shutter unit includes a shutter member that closes the opening portion when the shutter unit is at the closed position, a shutter holding member that holds the shutter member such that the shutter member is configured to be displaced in a direction of approaching to and separating from the opening portion, and a pressing member that presses the shutter member toward the opening portion.

Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, a shutter unit that is a unit configured to be displaced between a closed position at which the opening portion is covered, and an open position at which the opening portion is open, and that includes a reflection reference surface used as a reference of reflectance at a position facing the opening portion, and a detection section that detects changes in a detection signal to be output in accordance with displacement of the shutter unit.

Abstract: A recording apparatus including a motor mounting frame in which, in an attached state, a drive shaft of a motor is projected to a front side with respect to a frame surface on the front side, and in the attached state, while a frame surface on a rear side and the motor oppose each other, the motor is attached to the motor mounting frame. The recording apparatus includes a frame attaching portion to which the motor mounting frame is attached. In the attached state, at least a portion of a fastening member that fixes the frame attaching portion is exposed when viewing the frame surface on the front side from the front, and the fastening member is at an attachable/detachable position.

Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head, a support member which is disposed to face the recording head and on which a plurality of ribs for supporting a medium are formed, the plurality of ribs include a plurality of first ribs which are provided in a medium width direction and a plurality of second ribs which are positioned on a downstream side from the first ribs and are provided in the medium width direction, each of the second ribs has a guide surface for scooping up a leading edge of the medium which is fed backward, and the guide surface includes a first guide surface which is formed on each of the second ribs and a second guide surface which is formed on each of the second ribs.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium storage cassette which includes a medium storage region and is capable of being inserted and removed with respect to an apparatus main body, in which the medium storage cassette includes a main cassette unit and a sub-cassette unit which is capable of switching between a first state and a second state which is displaced more in the removal direction than in the first state to expand the medium storage region, and in which the apparatus main body includes a cover which is provided to be capable of being displaced between a position corresponding to the first state of the sub-cassette unit and a position corresponding to the second state and which covers a top portion of the medium storage region on the removal direction side.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium storage cassette which includes a medium storage region and is capable of being inserted and removed with respect to an apparatus main body, in which the medium storage cassette includes a main cassette unit and a sub-cassette unit which is capable of switching between a first state and a second state which is displaced more in the removal direction than in the first state to expand the medium storage region, and in which the apparatus main body includes a cover which is provided to be capable of being displaced between a position corresponding to the first state of the sub-cassette unit and a position corresponding to the second state and which covers a top portion of the medium storage region on the removal direction side.

Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head, a support member which is disposed to face the recording head and on which a plurality of ribs for supporting a medium are formed, the plurality of ribs include a plurality of first ribs which are provided in a medium width direction and a plurality of second ribs which are positioned on a downstream side from the first ribs and are provided in the medium width direction, each of the second ribs has a guide surface for scooping up a leading edge of the medium which is fed backward, and the guide surface includes a first guide surface which is formed on each of the second ribs and a second guide surface which is formed on each of the second ribs.

Abstract: A recording apparatus including a motor mounting frame in which, in an attached state, a drive shaft of a motor is projected to a front side with respect to a frame surface on the front side, and in the attached state, while a frame surface on a rear side and the motor oppose each other, the motor is attached to the motor mounting frame. The recording apparatus includes a frame attaching portion to which the motor mounting frame is attached. In the attached state, at least a portion of a fastening member that fixes the frame attaching portion is exposed when viewing the frame surface on the front side from the front, and the fastening member is at an attachable/detachable position.

Abstract: A sound enhancement technique that uses transfer functions ai,g of sounds that come from each of one or more positions/directions that are assumed to be sound sources arriving at each microphone to obtain a filter for a position that is a target of sound enhancement, where i denotes a direction and g denotes a distance for identifying each of the positions. Each of the transfer functions ai,g is represented by sum of a transmission characteristic of a direct sound that directly arrives from the position determined by the direction i and the distance g and a transmission characteristic of one or more reflected sounds produced by reflection of the direct sound off an reflective object. A filter that corresponds to the position that is the target of sound enhancement is applied to frequency-domain signals transformed from M picked-up sounds picked up with M microphones to obtain a frequency-domain output signal.

Abstract: A sound enhancement technique that uses transfer functions ai,g of sounds that come from each of one or more positions/directions that are assumed to be sound sources arriving at each microphone to obtain a filter for a position that is a target of sound enhancement, where i denotes a direction and g denotes a distance for identifying each of the positions. Each of the transfer functions ai,g is represented by sum of a transmission characteristic of a direct sound that directly arrives from the position determined by the direction i and the distance g and a transmission characteristic of one or more reflected sounds produced by reflection of the direct sound off an reflective object. A filter that corresponds to the position that is the target of sound enhancement is applied to frequency-domain signals transformed from M picked-up sounds picked up with M microphones to obtain a frequency-domain output signal.

Abstract: Upon detecting an utterance period by a state decision part 14, a sound source position detecting part 15 detects the positions of sound sources 91 to 9K are detected by a sound source position detecting part 15, then covariance matrix of acquired signals are calculated by a covariance matrix calculating part 18 in correspondence to the respective sound sources, and stored in a covariance matrix storage part 18 in correspondence to the respective sound sources. The acquired sound level for each sound source is estimated by an acquired sound level estimating part 19 from the stored covariance matrix, and filter coefficients are determined by a filter coefficient calculating part 21 from the estimated acquired sound levels and the covariance matrices, and the filter coefficients are set in filters 121 to 12M.

Abstract: Upon detecting an utterance period by a state decision part 14, a sound source position detecting part 15 detects the positions of sound sources 91 to 9K are detected by a sound source position detecting part 15, then covariance matrix of acquired signals are calculated by a covariance matrix calculating part 18 in correspondence to the respective sound sources, and stored in a covariance matrix storage part 18 in correspondence to the respective sound sources. The acquired sound level for each sound source is estimated by an acquired sound level estimating part 19 from the stored covariance matrix, and filter coefficients are determined by a filter coefficient calculating part 21 from the estimated acquired sound levels and the covariance matrices, and the filter coefficients are set in filters 121 to 12M.

Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for dereverberation provided speech from speaker is received by a first and second channel microphones which are disposed at different locations, and is input to a first and a second channel reverberant speech input terminal. Input signal in each channel is processed by an inverse filter processor, and a dereverberation evaluation part evaluates dereverberation performance on the basis of an output signal from the inverse filter processor and the input signals of respective channels. Subsequently, filter coefficients in the inverse filter processor are determined and updated in accordance with the evaluation so that a result of evaluation is brought closer to an optimum. By repeating this process, an optimum dereverberation is always enabled in a manner following a variation in an in-room impulse response.

Abstract: A disposal or waste apparatus for used or waste injection syringes including a housing with a power transformer, a fan, a deodorant cartridge and a scrap containing box, and a cartridge type electrode plate unit detachably provided to the housing. Cartridge type electrode plate unit has two insertion holes for injection syringes, and two pairs of electrodes separated from each other and cross each other in order to electrically contact with contact terminals of the electrode plates in the housing. The used syringes inserted through the insertion holes respectively come into contact with one pair of electrodes and melt by short circuit current flown between the electrodes and turn on the fan so that any odor gas generated is blown through the deodorant cartridge. The apparatus further includes a switch rod actuated by sliding of said scrap containing box to open a primary winding of said power transformer.