Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a control unit that performs position detection of an object, on which a light emitting unit or a reflective material is provided, on the basis of a captured image acquired by imaging of emitted light or reflected light of the object in a direction facing a side, on which the light emitting unit or the reflective material is provided, of the object, wherein the control unit adjusts algorithm for the position detection of the object according to an illuminance detection result of external light including at least a wavelength of the emitted light or the reflected light.

Abstract: A mechanism that enables developer replenishment by a simpler structure and a mechanism that enables more user-friendly developer replenishment are provided. An attachment port to which a developer supply bottle containing a developer stored therein is detachably attachable is disposed in an interior of an image forming apparatus. The developer supply bottle can be attached when the cover is in an open state. According to this image forming apparatus, when the developer supply bottle is attached to the attachment port, the developer inside the developer supply bottle moves into a developer housing chamber by its own weight.

Abstract: An information medium substrate is formed as a flat plate and includes a first convex part formed on one surface of the information medium substrate in a region between a rim part of a center hole and an inner circumferential edge of an information region and a second convex part formed on another surface of the information medium substrate at a position that overlaps a protruding end part of the first convex part in a thickness direction of the information medium substrate.

Abstract: An information medium substrate is formed as a flat plate and includes a first convex part formed on one surface of the information medium substrate in a region between a rim part of a center hole and an inner circumferential edge of an information region and a second convex part formed on another surface of the information medium substrate at a position that overlaps a protruding end part of the first convex part in a thickness direction of the information medium substrate.

Abstract: When an image capturing apparatus and an operation apparatus become connected to each other, function information is transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the operation apparatus. The operation apparatus can recognize the functions effective in the image capturing apparatus by receiving the function information from the image capturing apparatus. The operation apparatus compares the received function information with the functions that can be processed by the operation apparatus, and sets the protocol. The protocol includes ones that is associated with a moving image attribute associated with moving image data and that is associated with the shooting function of the image capturing apparatus. Then, the operation apparatus transmits protocol information to the image capturing apparatus. Thereafter, the image capturing apparatus and the operation apparatus perform data communication based on the protocol.

Abstract: An image shooting apparatus capable of accurately connecting split images while avoiding increase in the size of the apparatus is described. The stop positions of an image forming portion 10 is detected on the order equal to the pixel pitch, the shift amounts of the shot split images are obtained from the shift amounts of the stop positions of the image forming portion 10, and for each split image, the address is converted to a normal address based on the shift amount.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical recording disk, with which the worsening of jitter can be prevented effectively even when fingerprints become adhered onto a laser light incidence surface. An optical recording disk 10 comprises a substrate 2, a recording layer 5, formed on the substrate, a light transmitting layer 7, formed on the recording layer, and a hard coat layer 8, formed on the light transmitting layer, and is characterized in that, when an operation of adhering an artificial fingerprint solution onto the optical recording disk's light incidence surface, onto which laser light is made incident, is performed and then an operation of wiping off the artificial fingerprint solution that has been adhered onto the light incidence surface is repeated five times, jitter becomes no more than 1.15 times that prior to the adhesion of the artificial fingerprint solution.

Abstract: A portable phone which is a manual operating apparatus of an image capturing system has an image processing section 340, an operation control section 341 and a communication section 342. The image processing section 340 acquires information regarding view position of a camera from image data 110 received by the communication section 342 and generates view position data 102. Also, it receives from the operation control section 341 information regarding an inputted optical operation command and generates garget position data 111. Furthermore, it performs a necessary process on the image data 110 to display the same on an image display section 32, as well as displays a view position of the camera and a target position of visual field after driving of the camera based on the view position data 102 and the target position data 111.

Abstract: An optical recording medium according to the present invention includes a support substrate and a light transmission layer formed on one side of the support substrate and constituted so that data are recorded therein or reproduced therefrom by projecting a laser beam having a wavelength of 380 nm to 450 nm thereonto, wherein the light transmission layer is formed so as to have a thickness of 5 ?m to 60 ?m.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical recording disk, with which the worsening of jitter can be prevented effectively even when fingerprints become adhered onto a laser light incidence surface. An optical recording disk 10 comprises a substrate 2, a recording layer 5, formed on the substrate, a light transmitting layer 7, formed on the recording layer, and a hard coat layer 8, formed on the light transmitting layer, and is characterized in that, when an operation of adhering an artificial fingerprint solution onto the optical recording disk's light incidence surface, onto which laser light is made incident, is performed and then an operation of wiping off the artificial fingerprint solution that has been adhered onto the light incidence surface is repeated five times, jitter becomes no more than 1.15 times that prior to the adhesion of the artificial fingerprint solution.

Abstract: A pixel value is adjusted to satisfy an exposure condition using a ratio (EV ratio) of exposure amounts of images taken without illumination light and with illumination light. When the pixel value of one of two images is modified, a subtraction process is performed on the pixel values of these two images. By finding a difference between two images that satisfy the exposure condition for pickup, the effect of a shadow or the like due to an interior lamp can be eliminated. Finally, the subtraction result is adjusted. As a result, an image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and image processing method can be provided capable of eliminating the effect of a shadow or the like due to an outside light caused to the taken image.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a first discriminator for discriminating halftone regions of an input image; and a device for smoothing only the discriminated halftone regions. An image processing device also includes a discriminator for discriminating the characteristics of a region for image compression of an image included in a corrected image; and a first device for modifying a degree of discrimination of a local area included in the region for image compression in accordance with the discriminated characteristics; and a second device for modifying a method of compression of the region for image compression in accordance with the discriminated characteristics.

Abstract: An image synthesis apparatus for use in, e.g., a digital camera or other image processing device which includes a control system. The control system includes image memory for storing said converted image data; and a CPU performing an image synthesize process by using the data of the images stored in the image memory, producing a blurred image from the original image, and performing an iterative search for the coincidence position by using the blurred image to detect the amount of deviation.

Abstract: In order to correct a thin line to be thin and dense and to prevent the thin line from becoming patchy after binarization of image data without specifying the thin line from image data, an image processing apparatus has the following features. Density peak degrees in four directions are detected by density peak detection filters for four directions, on each pixel. Among the detected density peak degrees of four directions, the maximum density peak degree is used as a degree of thinness of the pixel. For each pixel, the degree of thinness is multiplied by a weight coefficient, and a value obtained by adding the resulting value to the pixel density is used as the new pixel density.

Abstract: When an image capturing apparatus and an operation apparatus become connected to each other, function information is transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the operation apparatus. The operation apparatus can recognize the functions effective in the image capturing apparatus by receiving the function information from the image capturing apparatus. The operation apparatus compares the received function information with the functions that can be processed by the operation apparatus, and sets the protocol. The protocol includes ones that is associated with a moving image attribute associated with moving image data and that is associated with the shooting function of the image capturing apparatus. Then, the operation apparatus transmits protocol information to the image capturing apparatus. Thereafter, the image capturing apparatus and the operation apparatus perform data communication based on the protocol.

Abstract: A portable phone which is a manual operating apparatus of an image capturing system has an image processing section 340, an operation control section 341 and a communication section 342. The image processing section 340 acquires information regarding view position of a camera from image data 110 received by the communication section 342 and generates view position data 102. Also, it receives from the operation control section 341 information regarding an inputted optical operation command and generates garget position data 111. Furthermore, it performs a necessary process on the image data 110 to display the same on an image display section 32, as well as displays a view position of the camera and a target position of visual field after driving of the camera based on the view position data 102 and the target position data 111.

Abstract: Incorporation of an aminosugar (e.g., glucosamine) to a preparation make a vitamin B1 stable. The content of the aminosugar is an effective amount to stabilize the vitamin B1, and is, for example, not less than 0.1 part by weight relative to 1 part by weight of the vitamin B1. Incorporation of the aminosugar can improve the disintegrativity of a solid preparation comprising a glycosaminoglycan (a hyaluronic acid, a chondroitin or a salt thereof). The content of aminosugars is not less than 0.1 part by weight relative to 1 part by weight of glycosaminoglycans. The solid preparation can inhibit forming gel masses of glycosaminoglycan and can improve the disintegrativity. Moreover, a joint disorder such as arthralgia can be improved by combination of the vitamin B1 and the glucosamine (e.g., glucosamine or a salt thereof).

Abstract: The present invention provides an image shooting apparatus capable of accurately connecting split images while avoiding increase in the size of the apparatus. The stop positions of an image forming portion 10 is detected on the order equal to the pixel pitch, the shift amounts of the shot split images are obtained from the shift amounts of the stop positions of the image forming portion 10, and for each split image, the address is converted to a normal address based on the shift amount.

Abstract: A pixel value is adjusted to satisfy an exposure condition using a ratio (EV ratio) of exposure amounts of images taken without illumination light and with illumination light. When the pixel value of one of two images is modified, a subtraction process is performed on the pixel values of these two images. By finding a difference between two images that satisfy the exposure condition for pickup, the effect of a shadow or the like due to an interior lamp can be eliminated. Finally, the subtraction result is adjusted. As a result, an image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and image processing method can be provided capable of eliminating the effect of a shadow or the like due to an outside light caused to the taken image.

Abstract: An image processing device and method recognizing and deleting extraneous objects in image for data based on analysis of the image data. An object detection means detects an object region such as a finger or the like in a document image, and an image processing means erases part of an image corresponding to the object region of a finger or the like in the image data. The object detection means detects the object region by a dynamic contouring method in which a specific initial contour is set relative to the image data, and the initial contour is adjusted along a border of variable density in the image data so as to accurately erase an object image of a finger of a user holding a document.