Abstract: The present invention provides a coating apparatus which can form a stable photochromic coating film. In the invention, a centering device, a lens height measuring device, a primer fluid applicator device, a primer spinning device, a drying device, a photochromic fluid applicator device, a photochromic spinning device, a UV device and a lens transport means comprising a pair of handling devices are provided to a coating apparatus.

Abstract: A feature value corresponding to each of a plurality of pixel values is calculated for an image. A pixel value is selected for which a minimum distance is obtained in a feature space between the calculated feature value and a feature value of a template. The selected pixel value is employed as a threshold value at which a subject area and a background area in the image are separated from each other.

Abstract: A process is provided whereby a photocurable coating agent is applied to a surface of a plastic lens having a central area less than 2 mm in thickness and thinner than the peripheral area, and the coating agent is cured to produce an objective coated plastic lens without any special cooling apparatus, with high productivity and without deforming the lens. The process for producing a lens includes: holding a lens on a lens holder, the lens having an uncured coating of a photocurable composition on its surface, the lens holder having a lens-contact member composed of an elastic material, the lens-contact member having a surface configuration substantially conforming with a back surface of the lens, the lens being held such that the back surface of the lens is in close contact with the lens-contact part; and curing the uncured coating by irradiation.

Abstract: The invention intends to provide a method for preventing deterioration in quality of the primer layer resulting from spinning-off and reattachment of a primer liquid on forming a polyurethane primer layer on a substrate for an eyeglass lens or the like using a coating composition containing a moisture-curing polyurethane resin. The method for producing a laminate according to the present invention comprises performing spin-coating while a spin-coating apparatus is forcefully evacuated through the side wall and/or the bottom thereof, on producing a laminate by spin-coating the surface of a substrate with a coating composition containing a moisture-curing polyurethane resin.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus decomposes an image into frequency components of at least two frequency bands, and generates a basic conversion table used to change values of the frequency components. The image processing apparatus sets an expansion/contraction ratio of the basic conversion table on the basis of a pixel value range which is determined on the basis of the image. The basic conversion table is changed based on the set expansion/contraction ratio.

Abstract: A layered product comprising an optical substrate having, on at least one surface thereof, a photochromic surface layer constituted by a resin in which a photochromic compound is dispersed, and an ultraviolet ray-absorbing film of a thickness of 0.1 to 100 ?m formed on the photochromic surface layer of the optical substrate, the ultraviolet ray-absorbing film having a transmission factor of not smaller than 50% for a ray of light of 360 nm and a transmission factor of not larger than 10% for a ray of light of 320 nm. The layered product features a very high photochromic light resistance without causing a drop in the color density while effectively preventing the oxidation and deterioration of the photochromic compound.

Abstract: Recursive filtering that multiplies image data of a previous frame read out from a memory by a, multiplies image data of the present frame by (1?a), adds the resultants together, and stores the resultant of the addition in the memory is performed. Here, a is a coefficient in the range of 0<a<1. Then, spatial filtering is performed on the recursively filtered image data using a spatial filter changed in accordance with a coefficient of the recursive filtering and the number of times the recursive filtering has been performed.

Abstract: A multifunctional machine includes a first component section that starts up taking a first time period, and a second component section that starts up taking a second time period shorter than the first time period. An operation start prediction information obtaining section is provided to obtain operation start prediction information predicting a time when a user starts the multifunctional machine. A start up control section is provided to start up the first component section in advance of the second component section. A power supply control section is provided to supply power from at least one external power source and drive the start up control section in accordance with the operation start prediction information.

Abstract: Processing for improving the contrast of an image of interest is executed by an image processing circuit in an X-ray photography apparatus. The image is decomposed into coefficient values of a plurality of frequency bands by a frequency-component decomposition circuit to obtain coefficients of each and every frequency band. A coefficient conversion circuit converts coefficient values with regard to at least one frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands in such a manner that a frequency distribution of coefficient values of every frequency band will become a prescribed frequency distribution. A restoration circuit generates an image using the coefficient values obtained by the conversion performed by the coefficient conversion circuit.

Abstract: Processing for improving the contrast of an image of interest is executed by an image processing circuit in an X-ray photography apparatus. The image is decomposed into coefficient values of a plurality of frequency bands by a frequency-component decomposition circuit to obtain coefficients of each and every frequency band. A coefficient conversion circuit converts coefficient values with regard to at least one frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands in such a manner that a frequency distribution of coefficient values of every frequency band will become a prescribed frequency distribution. A restoration circuit generates an image using the coefficient values obtained by the conversion performed by the coefficient conversion circuit.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a communication apparatus functioning as a mobile station, comprises: a message receiver which receives, from an first control station, a message indicating a second control station; a communication range determination unit which determines whether the communication apparatus is in a region within a communication range of said second control station; an existence determination unit which, if the communication apparatus is in a region within the communication range of said second control station, determines whether there is another mobile station which belongs to the first control station and exists in a region outside the communication range of said second control station; and a management signal output unit which, if the other mobile station exists, outputs, as a third control station, a management signal for constructing a communication group including the other mobile station.

Abstract: A layered product comprising an optical substrate having, on at least one surface thereof, a photochromic surface layer constituted by a resin in which a photochromic compound is dispersed, and an ultraviolet ray-absorbing film of a thickness of 0.1 to 100 ?m formed on the photochromic surface layer of the optical substrate, the ultraviolet ray-absorbing film having a transmission factor of not smaller than 50% for a ray of light of 360 nm and a transmission factor of not larger than 10% for a ray of light of 320 nm. The layered product features a very high photochromic light resistance without causing a drop in the color density while effectively preventing the oxidation and deterioration of the photochromic compound.

Abstract: A radiation area extracting method for extracting a radiation area from image data includes generating combinations of at least two candidate lines from an area of the image data, an evaluating step of obtaining evaluated values of the combinations of at least two candidate lines, and an extracting step of extracting one of the combinations of at least two candidate lines as a contour line of the radiation area on the basis of the evaluated values.

Abstract: A recording method for recording information into an information recording medium having a plurality of recording layers includes a step of recording information, for specifying a non-recording layer where user data are not recorded, onto at least one of the recording layers.

Abstract: A histogram is generated on the basis of the pixel value of an image. An LUT used for changing the dynamic range of the image is generated on the basis of the histogram value in each pixel value interval of the generated histogram. The dynamic range of the image is changed on the basis of the generated LUT.

Abstract: Information associated with the shape of an irradiation field candidate area is input from an operation panel. A second irradiation field recognition circuit performs irradiation field recognition on the basis of the information associated with the shape.

Abstract: In an optical disk apparatus that records information by emitting a laser light beam from a light source to an optical disk which includes a recording area having a first zone on which information is recorded with a first optimum recording power of a laser light beam at a first recording speed and a second zone on which information is recorded with a second optimum recording power of a laser light beam at a second recording speed, a determining mechanism determines whether the first optimum recording power is adequate for use in recording information on a this time recording area provided in the first zone based on the first and second recording speeds when a last recording area is provided in the second zone. When the first optimum recording power is determined to be not adequate, a recording power obtaining mechanism obtains the updated first optimum recording power.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus decomposes an image into frequency components of at least two frequency bands, and generates a basic conversion table used to change values of the frequency components. The image processing apparatus sets an expansion/contraction ratio of the basic conversion table on the basis of a pixel value range which is determined on the basis of the image. The basic conversion table is changed based on the set expansion/contraction ratio.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a frequency-component resolution unit, a frequency-component conversion unit, a restoring unit, and an adjustment unit. The frequency-component resolution unit converts an original image into frequency coefficients, where each of the frequency coefficients corresponds to a predetermined one of a plurality of frequency bands. The frequency-component conversion unit converts the calculated frequency coefficients according to frequency-coefficient conversion curves, where each of the frequency-coefficient conversion curves corresponds to a predetermined one of the plurality of frequency bands. The restoring unit performs inverse conversion for the converted frequency coefficients. The adjustment unit adjusts a pixel-value range (having a predetermined value) of a restored image obtained through the inverse conversion.

Abstract: Processing for improving the contrast of an image of interest is executed by an image processing circuit in an X-ray photography apparatus. The image is decomposed into coefficient values of a plurality of frequency bands by a frequency-component decomposition circuit to obtain coefficients of each and every frequency band. A coefficient conversion circuit converts coefficient values with regard to at least one frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands in such a manner that a frequency distribution of coefficient values of every frequency band will become a prescribed frequency distribution. A restoration circuit generates an image using the coefficient values obtained by the conversion performed by the coefficient conversion circuit.