Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus acquires a radiation image from radiation detected by a radiation detection unit, corrects a first pixel that is a correction target in the radiation image by referring to a second pixel other than the first pixel, calculates an evaluation value that evaluates an increase in a noise level caused by correcting the first pixel, and performs processing of reducing the noise level for the first pixel after the correction based on the calculated evaluation value.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a carriage including an ink head that ejects ink onto a printing medium and a power reception unit that wirelessly receives power, a power transmission unit that wirelessly transmits the power to the power reception unit, and a control unit that controls the amount of power transmitted from the power transmission unit to the power reception unit based on an operational state of the printing apparatus.

Abstract: A radiographic imaging system and imaging method that improves image quality of a combined image including a defective region caused by a structural object of a radiation detection apparatus are provided. The radiographic imaging system, which includes a plurality of radiation detection apparatuses that detect radiation and a combining processing unit that combines a plurality of radiographic images acquired from the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses to generate a combined image, corrects a pixel value of a correction target pixel of a region in which a structural object of a radiation detection apparatus is included in the combined image using a pixel value of a pixel in a range predetermined with reference to the correction target pixel of a region in which the structural object is not included in the combined image.

Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus that transmits electric power to a power receiving apparatus performs wireless communication with the power receiving apparatus, transmits at least one type of electric power having a power value specific to the power transmitting apparatus, and performs a determination as to whether or not to transmit electric power required by the power receiving apparatus to the power receiving apparatus. The power transmitting apparatus receives at least one type of converted value converted from the electric power received by the power receiving apparatus, and performs the determination based on the converted value and the specific power value.

Abstract: A method for reconfiguration of a database, the method includes extracting a plurality of entity candidates based on a plurality of attribute names and first information about a relation degree between the attribute name and the entity, first identifying a plurality of entity candidate groups in which each is comprised of extracted the plurality of entity candidates and has a correspondence relation with all the attribute names and the number of the entity candidates is minimum, second identifying the entity candidate group, in which a total of relation degrees between the entities in the entity candidate group is maximum, based on second information about the relation degree between the entities, and assigning each of the plurality of attribute names to either one of the plurality of entity candidates so as to have the correspondence relation of the attribute name and the entity candidate based on the first information.

Abstract: A matching unit includes a directional coupler for detecting a travelling wave and a reflected wave; a matching circuit including a first variable capacitance capacitor, a second variable capacitance capacitor and an inductance; and a control unit for controlling VC1 and VC2 of the first and the second variable capacitance capacitor by calculating a reflection coefficient based on the travelling wave and the reflected wave. When a distance between the calculated reflection coefficient and a circle described by a trace of the reflection coefficient which passes through a matching point on a Smith chart is greater than a predetermined value, the control unit changes VC2 of the second variable capacitance capacitor and the calculated reflection coefficient to make the distance within the predetermined value. When the distance becomes within the predetermined value, the control unit changes VC1 of the first variable capacitance capacitor and makes the calculated reflection coefficient smaller.

Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus that transmits power to a power receiving apparatus executes intermittent wireless transmission of power. The power transmitting apparatus operates according to one of a first power transmitting method including detecting a signal load-modulated by the power receiving apparatus using an ID in response to the transmitted power during the intermittent transmission and a second power transmitting method including transmitting the power having modulated the power according to an ID determined in advance so that the power receiving apparatus detects the ID determined in advance.

Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus that transmits power to a power receiving apparatus executes intermittent wireless transmission of power. The power transmitting apparatus operates according to one of a first power transmitting method including detecting a signal load-modulated by the power receiving apparatus using an ID in response to the transmitted power during the intermittent transmission and a second power transmitting method including transmitting the power having modulated the power according to an ID determined in advance so that the power receiving apparatus detects the ID determined in advance.

Abstract: In a case where noise reduction processing is performed on an image acquired by radiography, the noise reduction processing is prevented from being influenced by other image processing performed in advance. A structure determination unit determines a structure present in a target pixel of a preprocessed captured image. A first image processing unit performs a predetermined image processing based on a determination result of the structure present in the target pixel of the preprocessed captured image. A second image processing unit performs image processing different from the predetermined image processing on an image acquired through the predetermined image processing performed by the first image processing unit.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus transmitting power to a power reception apparatus and communicating with the power reception apparatus by applying a communication method which allows communication in a wider communication range than a power transmittable range includes a reception unit which receives a notification signal for notifying the existence of a power reception apparatus by applying the communication method, an instruction unit which instructs a power reception apparatus having transmitted the notification signal to change a load impedance consuming received power, a determination unit which determines that the source power reception apparatus has changed the load impedance in accordance with the instruction, and a wireless power transfer unit which wirelessly transfers power to the power reception apparatus if the determination unit determines that the source power reception apparatus has changed the load impedance in accordance with the instruction.

Abstract: A wireless electric power transmission apparatus includes a communication unit configured to carry out communication for wireless electric power transmission, a restriction unit configured to restrict the wireless electric power transmission in a case in which the communication unit is unable to communicate with an object disposed within a range in which the wireless electric power transmission apparatus can transmit the wireless electric power, and a control unit configured to start the wireless electric power transmission in response to a user instruction in a case in which the communication unit is unable to communicate with the object disposed within the range in which the wireless electric power transmission apparatus can transmit wireless electric power.

Abstract: A formed body incorporating a coil by using: a coil formed by winding a conductive wire, and a formed body incorporating the coil, the formed body being formed with a sealing material containing a resin and a magnetic material. The coil is formed by winding the conductive wire so that lead-out ends are positioned at an outer periphery of a wound portion. The formed body is formed so that surfaces of the coil are partially exposed on four side surfaces of the formed body which are parallel to a winding axis of the coil, and the area of a portion of the formed body outside the outer periphery of the wound portion is almost equal to or smaller than the area of a portion of the formed body inside an inner periphery of the wound portion of the coil.

Abstract: A power reception apparatus includes a power reception unit configured to receive power wirelessly supplied from a power transmission apparatus, a voltage conversion unit configured to convert the voltage of the power receive by the power reception unit to a voltage with a particular value, a load unit configured to operate with an output from the voltage conversion unit, a first detection unit configured to detect a voltage or a current input to the voltage conversion unit, and a second detection unit configured to detect consumption power of the load unit, a determination unit configured to make a determination, based on a result of a detection performed by the first detection unit and a result of a detection performed by the second detection unit, as to whether there exists a foreign object, which is not a target object to which power is to be transmitted, in a power transmission service area covered by the power transmission apparatus.

Abstract: A matching unit includes a directional coupler for detecting a travelling wave and a reflected wave; a matching circuit including a first variable capacitance capacitor, a second variable capacitance capacitor and an inductance; and a control unit for controlling VC1 and VC2 of the first and the second variable capacitance capacitor by calculating a reflection coefficient based on the travelling wave and the reflected wave. When a distance between the calculated reflection coefficient and a circle described by a trace of the reflection coefficient which passes through a matching point on a Smith chart is greater than a predetermined value, the control unit changes VC2 of the second variable capacitance capacitor and the calculated reflection coefficient to make the distance within the predetermined value. When the distance becomes within the predetermined value, the control unit changes VC1 of the first variable capacitance capacitor and makes the calculated reflection coefficient smaller.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a method for manufacturing a metallized substrate by which a fine pattern can be formed more easily; a metallized substrate manufactured by the method; and a metal paste composition to be used in the method. The metallized substrate has: a sintered nitride ceramic substrate (10); a titanium nitride layer (20) on the sintered substrate (10); an adhesion layer (30) on the titanium nitride layer (20); and a copper plating layer (40) on or above the adhesion layer (30), wherein the adhesion layer (30) contains copper and titanium, and has a thickness of no less than 0.1 ?m and no more than 5 ?m.

Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus acquires a radiation image from radiation detected by a radiation detection unit, corrects a first pixel that is a correction target in the radiation image by referring to a second pixel other than the first pixel, calculates an evaluation value that evaluates an increase in a noise level caused by correcting the first pixel, and performs processing of reducing the noise level for the first pixel after the correction based on the calculated evaluation value.

Abstract: A production method for a metallized substrate to produce a metallized substrate which comprises: a sintered nitride ceramic substrate; a titanium nitride layer formed on the sintered substrate; and a metal layer containing copper, silver and titanium formed on the titanium nitride layer. The method comprises: a step of layering a first paste layer containing copper powder and titanium hydride powder on the sintered nitride ceramic substrate, to produce a first layered body; a step of layering a second paste layer containing silver-copper alloy powder on the first paste layer of the first layered body, to produce a second layered body; and a step of firing the second layered body, to thereby form the titanium nitride layer and the metal layer on the sintered nitride ceramic substrate.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus that wirelessly transmits power includes a detection unit that detects an object, an authentication unit that performs authentication processing including a determination whether the object detected by the detection unit is a power reception apparatus, a power transmission unit that wirelessly transmits power according to a result of the authentication processing performed by the authentication unit, a reception unit that receives a power transmission stop request, and a control unit that stops power transmission according to reception of the power transmission stop request and controls the authentication unit so that the authentication processing is not performed in a period from when the power transmission is stopped to when another object different from the object determined to be a power reception apparatus is detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: [Technical Problem] This invention provides a surface-mount inductor that is capable of positioning a coil in a predetermined position in a mold, thereby to position the coil in a predetermined position of a core and to prevent led-out ends from being buried in the core. [Solution to the Problem] A surface-mount inductor of the present invention comprises: a coil formed by winding a winding wire; and a core containing a magnetic powder and including the coil therein. The coil has opposite led-out ends, each of which is exposed on respective ones of opposed side surfaces of the core. Each of the led-out ends of the coil is connected to an external electrode formed on the core.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metallized via-holed ceramic substrate having (1) a sintered ceramic substrate, (2) an electroconductive via formed in the sintered ceramic substrate, having an electroconductive metal closely filled in a through-hole of the sintered ceramic substrate, wherein the electroconductive metal contains a metal (A) with melting point of 600° C. to 1100° C., a metal (B) with higher melting point than the metal (A), and an active metal, (3) a wiring pattern on at least one face of the sintered ceramics substrate, having an electroconductive surface layer and a plating layer thereon, wherein the electroconductive surface layer consists of an electroconductive metal containing the metal (A), the metal (B), and an active metal, (4) an active layer formed in the interface between the electroconductive via and the sintered ceramic substrate, and (5) an active layer formed in the interface between the electroconductive surface layer and the sintered ceramic substrate.