Abstract: Whether images are to be displayed in a display order or at a display speed is determined for each type of event for when images that are recorded in a recording unit in association with events detected by a detection unit, which are to be displayed by a display unit. The display order indicates whether the images are to be displayed in chronological order or in reverse chronological order. The display speed indicates a display speed at which the images are to be reproduced by the display unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for cropping and outputting a plurality of partial images from an image, includes: an acquisition unit adapted to acquire object areas for a plurality of objects included in an image to be processed; an analysis unit adapted to analyze a distribution of the acquired object areas; a determination unit adapted to determine a cropping scheme for cropping partial images from the image to be processed, based on the distribution of the object areas; and a cropping unit adapted to crop the partial images from the image to be processed, using the determined cropping scheme.

Abstract: An information processing system stores a plurality of content data having different display qualities for each content in a storage unit, and detects a user operation to instruct switching of a content displayed on a display screen, and determines a switching speed of content display on the display screen based on the detected user operation, and decides a distribution for content data of each display quality to be read out to a temporary memory unit based on the determined switching speed, and reads out the content data from the storage unit to the temporary memory unit in accordance with the decided distribution.

Abstract: Whether images are to be displayed in a display order or at a display speed is determined for each type of event for when images that are recorded in a recording unit in association with events detected by a detection unit, which are to be displayed by a display unit. The display order indicates whether the images are to be displayed in chronological order or in reverse chronological order. The display speed indicates a display speed at which the images are to be reproduced by the display unit.

Abstract: Provided is a nonlinear optical device capable of alleviating, without the need for a complicated compensation mechanism, temporal broadening and the waveform distortion resulting from a group-velocity dispersion slope, to thereby irradiate an object with short optical pulses having high peak power. The nonlinear optical device includes a short optical pulse source (10) for generating short optical pulses and a short optical pulse delivery system (20) for delivering the short optical pulses generated from the short optical pulse source to an object, in which there is generated substantially no nonlinear optical effect and there is substantially no amount of group-velocity dispersion, the short optical pulse source generates short optical pulses, and the short optical pulses have a spectral width (full width at half maximum) ?FWHM satisfying ?1<?FWHM<?2.

Abstract: A plurality of object arrays in which a plurality of objects are sorted under a plurality of order conditions are generated. A display image is generated by sorting the objects in an order for each object array to line up in the first direction for each of the plurality of object arrays, selecting one object of a first object array of the plurality of object arrays as a reference object, and sorting the objects for each of the plurality of object arrays so that the reference object and objects corresponding to the reference object included in the object arrays other than the first object array line up in the second direction.

Abstract: The optical fiber delivery system for delivering optical short pulses includes: a chirped pulse source (10) for emitting an up-chirped optical short pulse having high peak power; optical waveguide unit (20) for delivering the optical short pulse emitted from the chirped pulse source (10); negative group-velocity dispersion generation unit (30) for providing negative group-velocity dispersion to the optical short pulse exited from the optical waveguide unit (20); and an optical fiber (40) for delivering the optical short pulse exited from the negative group-velocity dispersion generation unit (30), along a desired distance, in which the optical short pulse emitted from the chirped pulse source (10) is adapted to be exited, from the optical fiber (40), as a down-chirped optical short pulse that is substantially free of waveform distortion resulting from higher-order dispersion.

Abstract: An objective optical system includes, in sequence from the object side, a first group having positive refractive power and including a plano-convex lens with the convex surface facing the image side; a second group having positive refractive power and including a lens whose extreme-object-side lens surface is convex facing the object side; a third group having negative refractive power and including a lens whose extreme-image-side lens surface is concave facing the image side; a fourth group having positive refractive power and including a lens disposed on the extreme object side, whose image-side lens surface is convex facing the image side and a lens disposed on the extreme image side, whose object-side lens surface is convex facing the object side; and a fifth group having positive refractive power and including a combined lens by joining a convex lens and a concave lens, the joined surface having negative refractive power.

Abstract: A meta-information-read unit, a display-cache unit, a pre-reading-cache unit, a display-state-management unit, an operation-input unit, a meta-information-pre-reading unit, and an input-operation-determination unit are provided. The meta-information-pre-reading unit changes a pre-reading condition and pre-reads meta information on the basis of a result of determination made by the input-operation-determination unit and display-state-management information managed by the display-state-management unit.

Abstract: A meta-information-read unit, a display-cache unit, a pre-reading-cache unit, a display-state-management unit, an operation-input unit, a meta-information-pre-reading unit, and an input-operation-determination unit are provided. The meta-information-pre-reading unit changes a pre-reading condition and pre-reads meta information on the basis of a result of determination made by the input-operation-determination unit and display-state-management information managed by the display-state-management unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for cropping and outputting a plurality of partial images from an image, includes: an acquisition unit adapted to acquire object areas for a plurality of objects included in an image to be processed; an analysis unit adapted to analyze a distribution of the acquired object areas; a determination unit adapted to determine a cropping scheme for cropping partial images from the image to be processed, based on the distribution of the object areas; and a cropping unit adapted to crop the partial images from the image to be processed, using the determined cropping scheme.

Abstract: An apparatus receives meta-information from a plurality of external apparatuses, and caches the received meta-information per external apparatus that is the origin of the meta-information. Then, the meta-information cached per external apparatus is consolidated, and display of the meta-information is managed. Based on this display management, display management information corresponding to the meta-information cached per external apparatus is obtained, and the external apparatus to which a request for the meta-information is to be made is selected based on the display management information and the cache status of the meta-information per external apparatus. Then, the meta-information is requested from the selected external device.

Abstract: First type icon data containing one icon image per content item and second type icon data containing a plurality of icon images per content item are received and temporarily stored in a temporary storage unit. Among the icon data temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit, an icon image is read from each of one or a plurality of icon data items and displayed. In so doing, regarding the second type icon data among the icon data whose icon images are being displayed, a plurality of corresponding icon images are sequentially displayed by being sequentially read out of the temporary storage unit.

Abstract: Without setting an examination site, it is possible to easily position an end face of a narrow-diameter end portion at a suitable position with respect to an examination target, allowing an image of the examination site to be acquired quickly and easily. The invention provides an objective-lens guiding device comprising a support portion secured to an objective lens having a narrow-diameter end portion; and a cylindrical portion for accommodating the narrow-diameter end portion. The support portion supports the cylindrical portion such that a front end of the cylindrical portion is disposed at a location farther toward the front than an end face of the narrow-diameter end portion, and so as to be capable of moving in an optical axis direction.

Abstract: Reducing the outer diameter and effectively correcting various aberrations realizes a small-diameter objective optical system suitable for in vivo observation with a high numerical aperture. The invention provides a small-diameter objective optical system comprising, in order from an object plane a first lens group with positive refractive power, including at least one plano-convex lens whose convex surface faces an image plane; a second lens group with positive refractive power, including at least one concave lens; and a third lens group including a cemented lens of which a cemented surface has negative refractive power. The focal length of the third lens group is larger than the focal length of the first lens group.

Abstract: An information processing system stores a plurality of content data having different display qualities for each content in a storage unit, and detects a user operation to instruct switching of a content displayed on a display screen, and determines a switching speed of content display on the display screen based on the detected user operation, and decides a distribution for content data of each display quality to be read out to a temporary memory unit based on the determined switching speed, and reads out the content data from the storage unit to the temporary memory unit in accordance with the decided distribution.

Abstract: An objective optical system includes a first group having positive refractive power and a piano-convex lens with the convex surface facing the image side; a second group having positive refractive power and a lens whose extreme-object-side lens surface is a convex surface facing the object side; a third group having negative refractive power and a lens whose extreme-image-side lens surface is a concave surface facing the image side; a fourth group having positive refractive power and a lens disposed on the extreme object side, whose image-side lens surface is a convex surface facing the image side and a lens disposed on the extreme image side, whose object-side lens surface is a convex surface facing the object side; and a fifth group having positive refractive power and a combined lens formed by joining a convex lens and a concave lens, the joined surface having negative refractive power.