Abstract: A bread conveying apparatus for conveying bread, includes a conveyor device that has a container on which the bread is placed, and that conveys the container in a conveying direction; a guide member disposed on a downstream end portion side of the conveyor device in the conveying direction to releasably support the bread in cooperation with the container; and a chute member that discharges the bread conveyed by the conveyor device.

Abstract: A method for producing a plant seedling is provided, which is based on microwave radiation in order to efficiently facilitate the plant growth. In the method, microwave radiation is started at any timing during a period ranging from appearance of a first true leaf to a timing provided before appearance of a second true leaf in a growth process of a plant. The radiation time of the microwave may be within 1 hour, and the output of the microwave may be 2 to 25 W per 1 to 20 seedling or seedlings.

Abstract: A linear-depolarization ratio calculator (12) is configured so as to determine a radar reflectivity factor Zhh in transmission of a horizontally polarized wave and reception of a horizontally polarized wave, the radar reflectivity factor being a reflected wave intensity after integration of a reflected wave intensity Vhh(n) calculated by a reflected-wave intensity calculator (11), and a radar reflectivity factor Zvh in transmission of a horizontally polarized wave and reception of a vertically polarized wave, the radar reflectivity factor being a reflected wave intensity after integration of a reflected wave intensity Vvh(n+2) and calculate a linear depolarization ratio LDRvh which is the ratio between the radar reflectivity factor Zhh and the radar reflectivity factor Zvh. As a result, even when three types of polarized-wave transmission/reception processing elements are repeatedly performed, the linear depolarization ratio LDRvh can be calculated.

Abstract: There is provided an electrode catheter for measuring an electric potential inside a heart of a subject. The electrode catheter includes: a shaft that is inserted into the heart, wherein the shaft includes a distal end portion, and a guide portion that is connected to the distal end portion; a non-contact electrode that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the distal end portion or the guide portion; and at least one contact electrode that is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the distal end portion and that is configured to make contact with an endocardium of the heart. The non-contact electrode is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the distal end portion or the guide portion so as not to make contact with the endocardium in a state where the contact electrode is in contact with the endocardium.

Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.

Abstract: A highly accurate object identification is performed. A first feature quantity related to a relative distance and a relative speed to an object, the direction and the reflection intensity of the object, which are extracted by a first feature quantity extraction block, is made identical in time series in a data storage processing block; a second feature quantity is extracted in a second feature quantity extraction block; and a category of the object is determined by an object determination block on the basis of an attribution degree to the distribution of the second feature quantity related to a predetermined category calculated by an attribution degree calculation block.

Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.

Abstract: A configuration is provided with: a local oscillator 3 which generates M local oscillation signals Lm(t) whose frequencies differ from one another by an integral multiple of an angular frequency ?; receiver devices 4-m each converting the frequency of a received signal Rxm(t) of one antenna element 2-m using one local oscillation signal Lm(t) generated by the local oscillator 3, thereby generating a received video signal Vm(t) having an antenna element number m; an adder 5 which adds the received video signals V1(t) to VM(t) generated by the receiver devices 4-1 to 4-M, and outputs a received video signal Vsum(t) after addition; and an A/D converter 6 which A/D-converts the received video signal Vsum(t) outputted from the adder 5, thereby to generate a received video signal V(n) which is a digital signal.

Abstract: A signal acquiring unit (3) performs signal detection and initial synchronization on an output from a RF frontend (2) by performing circular convolution operation using a first code replica corresponding to a case where a ranging code does not change in polarity and a second code replica corresponding to a case where a ranging code changes in polarity. A signal tracking unit (4) performs synchronization tracking using a result of signal acquisition output from the signal acquiring unit (3) as an initial value.

Abstract: A radar apparatus of the present invention includes a transmitting array antenna that transmits signals orthogonal to one another from a plurality of transmitting antennas, a receiving array antenna that receives the signals reflected from a target by a plurality of receiving antennas, and a signal processing unit that detects the target from reception signals received by the plurality of receiving antennas.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a light guide plate 120; a first deflection means 130 arranged on at least one of a first surface or a second surface of the light guide plate 120, the first deflection means 130 deflecting light incident on the light guide plate 120 to cause the light incident on the light guide plate 120 to be totally reflected inside the light guide plate 120; and a second deflection mean 140 arranged on at least one of the first surface or the second surface of the light guide plate 120, the second deflection means 140 deflecting the light propagated inside the light guide plate 120 by total reflection to cause the light propagated inside the light guide plate 120 by total reflection to be emitted from the light guide plate 120, in which the light guide plate 120 includes: a substrate 500 including a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface; a first planarizing film 511 formed on the first surface of the substrate 500, the first planarizing film 511 containing an organic mate

Abstract: A line-of-sight (LOS) speed calculator obtains a LOS speed of particles traveling with the atmosphere. A LOS direction corrector corrects a LOS direction using attitude angle information. A wind vector calculator calculates a wind vector expressed with a wind direction and wind speed of the atmosphere at a measurement point by using LOS data including a set of the corrected LOS direction corrected by the LOS direction corrector and the LOS speed obtained by the LOS speed calculator. A shift detection range changer changes a shift detection range that is a divided range of the received signal in the time-domain used for obtaining the Doppler frequency shift to correspond to a range of the received signal reflected by particles at altitudes within a predetermined range including an altitude of the measurement point, on the basis of the attitude angle information.

Abstract: To provide a display device in which the brightness of the image viewed by the observer is bright, and the brightness of the image is as uniform as possible. The display device according to the present invention includes a frame 10 and an image display device 100, the image display device 100 includes an image forming apparatus 11 and an optical device 120, the optical device 120 includes a light guide plate 121, a first deflection unit 130 configured with a first hologram diffraction grating 131 and a second hologram diffraction grating 135, and a second deflection unit 140 configured with a third hologram diffraction grating 141, and slant angles and pitches of the first hologram diffraction grating 131, the second hologram diffraction grating 135, and the third hologram diffraction grating 141 satisfy a predetermined relation.

Abstract: A myocardial excitation determining apparatus which can support the determination of excitation dynamics of the myocardium during atrial fibrillation is provided. A myocardial excitation determining apparatus has: an acquiring section 2 which acquires an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; a processing section 3 which computes to produce visualized data indicating a state of excitation in the myocardium, based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; and a determining section 4 which determines the type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualized data.

Abstract: A line-of-sight (LOS) speed calculator obtains a LOS speed of particles traveling with the atmosphere. A LOS direction corrector corrects a LOS direction using attitude angle information. A wind vector calculator calculates a wind vector expressed with a wind direction and wind speed of the atmosphere at a measurement point by using LOS data including a set of the corrected LOS direction corrected by the LOS direction corrector and the LOS speed obtained by the LOS speed calculator. A shift detection range changer changes a shift detection range that is a divided range of the received signal in the time-domain used for obtaining the Doppler frequency shift to correspond to a range of the received signal reflected by particles at altitudes within a predetermined range including an altitude of the measurement point, on the basis of the attitude angle information.

Abstract: A linear-depolarization ratio calculator (12) is configured so as to determine a radar reflectivity factor Zhh in transmission of a horizontally polarized wave and reception of a horizontally polarized wave, the radar reflectivity factor being a reflected wave intensity after integration of a reflected wave intensity Vhh(n) calculated by a reflected-wave intensity calculator (11), and a radar reflectivity factor Zvh in transmission of a horizontally polarized wave and reception of a vertically polarized wave, the radar reflectivity factor being a reflected wave intensity after integration of a reflected wave intensity Vvh(n+2) and calculate a linear depolarization ratio LDRvh which is the ratio between the radar reflectivity factor Zhh and the radar reflectivity factor Zvh. As a result, even when three types of polarized-wave transmission/reception processing elements are repeatedly performed, the linear depolarization ratio LDRvh can be calculated.

Abstract: A bread conveying apparatus for conveying bread, includes a conveyor device that has a container on which the bread is placed, and that conveys the container in a conveying direction; a guide member disposed on a downstream end portion side of the conveyor device in the conveying direction to releasably support the bread in cooperation with the container; and a chute member that discharges the bread conveyed by the conveyor device.

Abstract: A method for producing a plant seedling is provided, which is based on microwave radiation in order to efficiently facilitate the plant growth. In the method, microwave radiation is started at any timing during a period ranging from appearance of a first true leaf to a timing provided before appearance of a second true leaf in a growth process of a plant. The radiation time of the microwave may he within 1 hour, and the output of the microwave may be 2 to 25 W per 1 to 20 seedling or seedlings.

Abstract: A highly accurate object identification is performed. A first feature quantity related to a relative distance and a relative speed to an object, the direction and the reflection intensity of the object, which are extracted by a first feature quantity extraction block, is made identical in time series in a data storage processing block; a second feature quantity is extracted in a second feature quantity extraction block; and a category of the object is determined by an object determination block on the basis of an attribution degree to the distribution of the second feature quantity related to a predetermined category calculated by an attribution degree calculation block.

Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.