Abstract: The pressure vessel of the present invention comprises an inner shell capable of serving as a gas barrier and a pressure resistant outer shell provided to cover the inner shell, said outer shell being made of an FRP comprising reinforcing fibers and a resin and is 35 GPa or more in tensile modulus and 1.5% or more in tensile breaking strain. The present invention can provide a pressure vessel not only light in weight,.but also excellent in retaining its internal pressure against repetitive impacts and also excellent in reliability. The process for producing a pressure vessel of the present invention comprises the step of forming a pressure resistant outer shell made of an FRP comprising reinforcing fibers and a resin and is 35 GPa or more in tensile modulus and 1.5% or more in tensile breaking strain, around an inner shell capable of serving as a gas barrier, by a filament winding method or a tape winding method.

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can perform an image distortion correction and focus adjustment approximately at the same time without changing a projecting position intended by a user, a projector includes: a distortion correcting section which corrects image signals to adjust the distortion in an image; an image projection section which includes a lens unit having a focus adjustment function, the lens unit projecting an image based on the corrected image signals; a control section and a focus lens driving section which control the driving of the lens unit so that the focal length of the lens unit to an image projection area changes; a sensing section which senses the projected image; and a distortion correction amount deriving section which derives the focal length to the center of the image projection area and also an amount of distortion correction for the distortion correcting section, based on sensing information.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions containing adrenomedullin antagonist peptides, DNA, RNA compounds inhibitory on adrenomedullin activity, resulting in the efficient blockade of the induction of macroangiogenesis or vasculogenesis of more than 8 ?m (in case of murine models), suppress the proliferation of cancer cells due to that inhibitory effect and suppress the protective activity of adrenomedullin. Accordingly, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention described herein can be used to treat various cancers, including, but not limited to, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, and pancreatic cancer. Pharmaceutical compositions containing adrenomedullin expression vectors described herein induce macroangiogenesis and, accordingly are effective in treating cardiovascular and renal diseases such as congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, hypertension, chronic renal failure, stroke, diabetes mellitus, and septic shock.

Abstract: An ATM communication apparatus having a buffer memory for storing cells received from each of input lines, a write control unit for writing each of the received cells into the buffer memory so that the cells stored in the buffer memory form cell queues corresponding to connections for each output line, a read control unit for reading out cells from each of the cell queues while guaranteeing a minimum cell rate predetermined for each connection within a range not exceeding a predetermined peak cell rate, and a unit for adding congestion indication to a cell read out from a cell queue of which stored cell amount exceeds a preset threshold.

Abstract: A shaping apparatus comprising a plurality of buffer memories allocated for different flows, bandwidth control units associated with the buffer memories, and a read control unit, wherein each of the bandwidth control units issues a first frame output request based on a maximum allowed bandwidth and a second frame output request based on a minimum guaranteed bandwidth, and the read control unit selects a bandwidth control unit to be permitted for frame output execution out of bandwidth control units that are issuing the first or second frame output request, giving priority to the second frame output request.

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can more exactly correct the distortion in an image by reducing the influence of color in an area onto which the image is projected, a projector is provided with a correction section which corrects image signals to adjust a distortion of an image; an image projection section which projects an image based on the image signals; a sensing section which senses the projected image to generate sensing information; a luminance-distribution analyzing section which generates coordinate information indicating a peak position which is the brightest position in the sensed projected image, based on the total luminance value for each pixel line forming the sensed projected image based on the sensing information; and a correction-amount deriving section which determines the distortion in the projected image and derives the amount of correction for the correcting section, based on the coordinate information.

Abstract: A projector includes an image projection section, a sensor that senses a projected first calibration image at a low resolution and generates first sensing information, senses the first calibration image at a high resolution and generates third sensing information, and senses a second calibration image at a high resolution and generates second sensing information, a projection area detection section that generates projection area information, based on the first and second sensing information, a projection-target area detection section that generates projection-target area information, based on the first, second, and third sensing information, and an image distortion correction section that corrects distortion of an image projected by the image projection section, based on the projection area information and the projection-target area information.

Abstract: A projector including: an image projection section for projecting an image onto a rectangular screen through a liquid crystal panel; a position adjustment information generation section for generating position adjustment information based on position adjustment of the image made by a user; a correction information generation section for generating position correction information for correcting positions of four corners of the image on the screen based on the position adjustment information; and a correction section for correcting image information for projecting the image based on the position correction information.

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can more exactly correct the distortion in an image by reducing the influence of color in an area onto which the image is projected, a projector is provided with a correction section which corrects image signals to adjust a distortion of an image; an image projection section which projects an image based on the image signals; a sensing section which senses the projected image to generate sensing information; a luminance-distribution analyzing section which generates coordinate information indicating a peak position which is the brightest position in the sensed projected image, based on the total luminance value for each pixel line forming the sensed projected image based on the sensing information; and a correction-amount deriving section which determines the distortion in the projected image and derives the amount of correction for the correcting section, based on the coordinate information.

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can correct a distortion in a projected image automatically and adequately, a projector has an area sensor section which senses a sensing region onto which an image is projected and outputs sensing information; a storage section which stores angle correction data in which the ratio of average luminance values for a plurality of different regions in the projection area is associated with derivation coordinates for deriving coordinates of the projection area, and also stores coordinate data indicating the derivation coordinates for the projection area; luminance-distribution analyzing section which refers to the angle correction data based on the sensing information and depending on the luminance distribution in the projection area and corrects the derivation coordinates in the coordinate data, based on the angle correction data; and a distortion correction section which corrects the image signals so that the distortion in the projected image is corrected

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and others which can project an image more accurately and at higher speed while using a screen or the like as effectively as possible, there is provided a projector including a calibration image information generating section, an image projection section having a view angle adjusting section and a lens shift section for adjusting an optical axis of a projection lens to project the calibration image onto the screen or the like, a sensing section which senses a region including the projected calibration image and the screen or the like through a sensing surface to generate sensing information, a projection area information generating section which generates projection area information based on the sensing information, a target area information generating section which generates target area information based on the sensing information, and a projection control section which controls the view angle adjusting section and lens shift section based on the projection area informat

Abstract: An image processing system including: a distortion correction section which corrects an image signal so as to adjust image distortion; an image projection section which projects an image based on the image signal; a sensing section which senses the projected image along an optical axis which does not coincide with an optical axis of the image projection section in order to generate sensing information; an image analysis section which generates edge point information and brightness index value distribution information, based on the sensing information, the edge point information showing a position of a predetermined edge point of the projected image in the sensed image, and brightness index value distribution information showing a distribution of brightness index values of the projected image; and a correction information generation section which generates projection distance information which shows a projection distance, based on the edge point information, and generates correction information for correcting

Abstract: An image processing system enabling luminance regulation depending on displayed images is provided by a projector, the projector including: a signal input section which input an image signal; a signal output section which outputs a corrected image signal; an image projecting section; a correction table storage section which stores a correction table showing the relationship between a correction amount and a position in an image; an instruction input section which inputs instruction information representing a correction instruction from a user; and a luminance regulating section which corrects a luminance value of the input image signal to make a luminance value in a central portion of an image lower than the current luminance value of the center portion when uniformity improvement of luminance values in central and marginal portions of the image is desired, or corrects that to make a luminance value in a marginal portion of an image lower than the current luminance value of the marginal portion when emphasis

Abstract: A projector includes a calibration image information generation section, an image projection section which projects a calibration image, a sensing section which senses a region including the projected calibration image and a projection target through a sensing plane to generate sensing information, a projection target region information generation section which generates projection target region information which indicates coordinates of four corners of the projection target in a sensing region based on the sensing information, a projection area information generation section which generates projection area information which indicates coordinates of four corners of the calibration image in the sensing region based on the sensing information, a correction information generation section which generates image distortion correction information based on the projection target region information and the projection area information, and a distortion correction section which corrects image distortion based on the imag

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can correct a distortion of a projected image through only a single sensor, a projector has a calibration image information generating section which generates image information used to display a rectangular calibration image; an image projection section which projects the calibration image onto a projection target, based on the image information; a sensing section which senses a region including the projected calibration image plane and generates sensing information; a projection area information generating section which generates shortest-distance projection area information based on the sensing information in such a state that a distance between the projection section and the projection target is different from the distance in an actual operating condition, and generates actual projection area information based on the sensing information in the actual operating condition; and a correction information generating section which generates image distortion

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and others which can project an image more accurately and at higher speed while using a screen or the like as effectively as possible, there is provided a projector including a calibration image information generating section, an image projection section having a view angle adjusting section and a lens shift section for adjusting an optical axis of a projection lens to project the calibration image onto the screen or the like, a sensing section which senses a region including the projected calibration image and the screen or the like through a sensing surface to generate sensing information, a projection area information generating section which generates projection area information based on the sensing information, a target area information generating section which generates target area information based on the sensing information, and a projection control section which controls the view angle adjusting section and lens shift section based on the projection area informat

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can more exactly correct the distortion in an image by reducing the influence of color in an area onto which the image is projected, a projector is provided with a correction section which corrects image signals to adjust a distortion of an image; an image projection section which projects an image based on the image signals; a sensing section which senses the projected image to generate sensing information; a luminance-distribution analyzing section which generates coordinate information indicating a peak position which is the brightest position in the sensed projected image, based on the total luminance value for each pixel line forming the sensed projected image based on the sensing information; and a correction-amount deriving section which determines the distortion in the projected image and derives the amount of correction for the correcting section, based on the coordinate information.

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can correct image distortions and provide properly overlapped images when a plurality of projectors are used to project overlapped images, a projector includes: an image projection section projecting an image based on image signals to display the image in a manner to overlap another image projected from another projector at a projection target area; sensing section sensing an image and generating sensing information; overlap-area detecting section detecting projection areas for the projection target area, and detecting an overlap area at which the projection areas overlap, based on the sensing information; correction information generating section generating correction information indicating information for positions of the projection areas and a position of the overlap area; and projection area correction section correcting image signals, based on the correction information, to project an image onto a region corresponding to the overlap area.

Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can perform an image distortion correction and focus adjustment approximately at the same time without changing a projecting position intended by a user, a projector includes: a distortion correcting section which corrects image signals to adjust the distortion in an image; an image projection section which includes a lens unit having a focus adjustment function, the lens unit projecting an image based on the corrected image signals; a control section and a focus lens driving section which control the driving of the lens unit so that the focal length of the lens unit to an image projection area changes; a sensing section which senses the projected image; and a distortion correction amount deriving section which derives the focal length to the center of the image projection area and also an amount of distortion correction for the distortion correcting section, based on sensing information.

Abstract: The pressure vessel of the present invention comprises an inner shell capable of serving as a gas barrier and a pressure resistant outer shell provided to cover the inner shell, said outer shell being made of an FRP comprising reinforcing fibers and a resin and is 35 GPa or more in tensile modulus and 1.5% or more in tensile breaking strain. The present invention can provide a pressure vessel not only light in weight,.but also excellent in retaining its internal pressure against repetitive impacts and also excellent in reliability.