Abstract: An imaging device includes an image sensing device and an image signal processor. The imaging sensing device includes a pixel array of sensing pixels comprising a first pixel for sensing incident light and having a first dynamic range and a second pixel for sensing incident light and having a second dynamic range, the pixel array of sensing pixels structured to have a ratio of a number of the first pixels to all sensing pixels to be higher than a ratio of a number of second pixels to all sensing pixels. The image signal processor is configured to receive and process pixel data from the image sensing device to generate a high dynamic range (HDR) image corresponding to a larger dynamic range than the first dynamic range or the second dynamic range, based on pixel data of the first pixels and pixel data of the second pixels in the pixel array.

Abstract: A magnetic armature is attracted and driven by a magnetic force which is intermittently generated between magnetic poles, and a piston reciprocated by being pushed back by a coil spring is not rotated by the coil spring. When the magnetic armature (28) as attracted between the magnetic pole members (10,12) by the magnetic force comes to a predetermined rotational angle position about the axis, the armature receives a rotational torque that is derived from the magnetic force and acts in a direction opposite to that of the rotational torque applied by a coil spring (30), thereby preventing the armature from being rotated in the predetermined direction. More specifically, the armature (28) has a circular cross-section as a whole and has a chamfered part (28?) parallel to the axis. When the chamfered part enters between the magnetic pole members, the armature receives a rotational torque that is derived from the magnetic force.

Abstract: An electromagnetic reciprocating fluid apparatus includes a magnetic circuit device in which magnetic pole members project inward from an annular magnetic circuit member so as to oppose each other. The magnetic pole members and the annular magnetic circuit member have a uniform thickness. First and second additional annular magnetic circuit members are set on both sides of the annular magnetic circuit member to constitute a part of the magnetic circuit device, thereby minimizing the increase in magnetic reluctance due to magnetic flux concentration at the joints between the magnetic pole members and the annular magnetic circuit member.

Abstract: Printing apparatus including a layout setting screen. The layout setting screen includes a layout selection area for displaying choices of a layout corresponding to a selected print media, a list display area for displaying a list of printing previews of a plurality of pages in accordance with the selected layout, and a preview display area for displaying the printing preview of the page selected in the list display area, on a larger scale than that in the list display area. If the choice of the layout in the layout selection area is changed while the layout setting screen is being displayed, the apparatus changes the display in each of the list display area and the preview display area to a display corresponding to the layout of the changed choice.

Abstract: Modified image data is composed by combining unprocessed original image data and modification information expressing a modification process applied to that original image data, enabling the original image data to be recreated from modified image data without deterioration in picture quality. In addition, recording modification information at each process step enables past modifications to be undone and redone at any time.

Abstract: To generating a mosaic image by combining a plurality of material images, an original image is divided into tiles and a material image having a characteristic similar to that of an image in each tile is applied to the tile. If more than one version of image data having different resolutions is provided as the image data for the material image, a low-resolution version of the image data is used to calculate a characteristic quantity of the image. Thus, the amount of time required to generate the mosaic image can be reduced.

Abstract: According to the present invention, in a borderless printing mode, a printing region is determined from an original image, a region expanded outward is determined for borderless printing based on the determined region. When the thus determined region exceeds the region of the original image, an image in the surplus portion is extrapolated based on an image at end portions of the original image, and printing data is formed based on the extrapolated image and image data of the expanded region.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus or an image processing method, and takes as its technical problem the fact that conventionally it is difficult to perform a process of carving out a rectangle with high precision in a noisy environment. Therefore, as to an image made by binarizing an original image, histograms of the numbers of horizontal and vertical black pixels thereof are created and trapezoidal approximation is performed on the histograms so as to detect vertex coordinates indicating an extent of a rectangular area in the binary image. An inclination direction of the rectangular area in the extent is detected so that the rectangular area can be detected from the binary image with high precision.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, method, program and recording medium can arrange images concentrically with respect to a circular label. image data and a type of an arrangement pattern of image data are selected and the shape and the arrangement of images are changed in accordance with the number of image data selected and a type of arrangement pattern selected so as to generate post-arrangement image data.

Abstract: A pneumatic rotary tool has a housing formed primarily from plastic so that the weight and price of the tool are substantially reduced. The air motor is formed for economic assembly while permitting greater structural stability should the housing deflect under an impact. The tool includes a torque selector which controls the amount of pressurized air allowed to enter the air motor, thereby controlling the torque output of the motor. The user may adjust the torque selector to a number of set positions which correspond to discrete torque values. The tool additionally incorporates early and late stage exhaust ports, so that backpressure within the air motor does not slow motor rotation or decrease tool power.

Abstract: Binary data to which meta-data is to be appended, and meta-data to be appended to the binary data are loaded. The meta-data has an XML format. The loaded meta-data is connected after the loaded binary data. The data synthesized in this manner is output as a single file as a whole. In this file data, since header information remains the same as that before connection of the meta-data, binary data can be reproduced by an existing browser or the like. A binary file with meta-data can be discriminated by checking if data in a correct XML format is present at the end of data.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus or an image processing method, and takes as its technical problem the fact that conventionally it is difficult to perform a process of carving out a rectangle with high precision in a noisy environment. Therefore, as to an image made by binarizing an original image, histograms of the numbers of horizontal and vertical black pixels thereof are created and trapezoidal approximation is performed on the histograms so as to detect vertex coordinates indicating an extent of a rectangular area in the binary image. An inclination direction of the rectangular area in the extent is detected so that the rectangular area can be detected from the binary image with high precision.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus or an image processing method, and takes as its technical problem the fact that conventionally it is difficult to perform a process of carving out a rectangle with high precision in a noisy environment. Therefore, as to an image made by binarizing an original image, histograms of the numbers of horizontal and vertical black pixels thereof are created and trapezoidal approximation is performed on the histograms so as to detect vertex coordinates indicating an extent of a rectangular area in the binary image. An inclination direction of the rectangular area in the extent is detected so that the rectangular area can be detected from the binary image with high precision.

Abstract: In conventional technique, a layout result is displayed on only one page, and a print result cannot be roughly observed by reduced display of all pages. For this reason, a specific image printed on a specific page cannot be overlooked, and a user must print the image while imaging an image result. When a user tries to change a layout method in the middle of a printing operation, the user must inconveniently restart the operation. In order to solve the problem, according to this invention, a printing apparatus for printing an image selected from images stored in a storage medium includes an image display unit for displaying the image in the storage medium as a list, a printing object selection unit for selecting an image to be printed with reference to the image display unit, a print medium selection unit for selecting medium on which the image is printed, and a print layout selection unit for selecting an arbitrary layout from layouts depending on the medium selected by the print medium selection unit.

Abstract: A magnetic armature is attracted and driven by a magnetic force which is intermittently generated between magnetic poles, and a piston reciprocated by being pushed back by a coil spring is not rotated by the coil spring. When the magnetic armature (28) as attracted between the magnetic pole members (10,12) by the magnetic force comes to a predetermined rotational angle position about the axis, the armature receives a rotational torque that is derived from the magnetic force and acts in a direction opposite to that of the rotational torque applied by a coil spring (30), thereby preventing the armature from being rotated in the predetermined direction. More specifically, the armature (28) has a circular cross-section as a whole and has a chamfered part (28?) parallel to the axis. When the chamfered part enters between the magnetic pole members, the armature receives a rotational torque that is derived from the magnetic force.

Abstract: In conventional technique, a layout result is displayed on only one page, and a print result cannot be roughly observed by reduced display of all pages. For this reason, a specific image printed on a specific page cannot be overlooked, and a user must print the image while imaging an image result. When a user tries to change a layout method in the middle of a printing operation, the user must inconveniently restart the operation. In order to solve the problem, a printing apparatus for printing an image selected from images stored in a storage medium includes an image display unit for displaying the image in the storage medium as a list, a printing object selection unit for selecting an image to be printed with reference to the image display unit, a print medium selection unit for selecting medium on which the image is printed, and a print layout selection unit for selecting an arbitrary layout from layouts depending on the medium selected by the print medium selection unit.

Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a plastic grip. The grip includes an outer layer of soft material overmolded onto the plastic grip. The outer layer is of a one-piece construction and covers substantially an entirety of the grip. In a method of assembling a pneumatic rotary tool, a plurality of bolts are inserted through an end cover and a housing of the tool. The bolts are threaded into a clutch casing, wherein the bolts draw the end cover toward the housing and the housing toward the clutch casing so that the end caps and support sleeve of the air motor are compressed within the housing to fully seat the end caps onto the support sleeve so that the motor. The housing and the end cover cooperate to hold the air motor in proper alignment within the tool.

Abstract: A plurality of images and image features of each of the plurality of images are stored in a form correlated with the images in an external storage device of an image retrieval apparatus. In retrieval of a desired image from the plurality of images that have been stored in the external storage device, a plurality of image features regarding one image are acquired by varying, over a predetermined range, each of the image features that have been stored in the external storage device. A fuzzy image search is conducted by calculating the degree of similarity between each of the plurality of images and a retrieval source image based upon the image features that have been acquired and the image features of the retrieval-source image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit for storing, in a storage medium, image data of an image to be displayed on a display unit; a rendering unit for rendering characters in a character rendering region specified on the image; and a controlling unit for performing display control processing. When characters are superimposed on an image and the resulting image is displayed, image data of a region of the image, the region being corresponding to the character rendering region, is stored in the storage medium, the characters are rendered to the image data of the image, the resulting image is displayed on the display unit, and then the image data saved in the storage medium is rendered back to the image data of the displayed image. This arrangement can restrain increases in the amount of memory used and processing load and can prevent the flickering of displayed characters.