Abstract: It is possible to acquire an image of a human figure in which pores or fine wrinkles cannot be displayed in detail even when the image is enlarged by image processing, and acquire an image of a distant view or a distant human figure in which enlarged portions can also be displayed in detail by image processing. The invention provides a camera including an image-acquisition unit for acquiring an image; a magnification detection unit for detecting an imaging magnification; and an image adjusting unit for changing at least one of resolution and contrast of the image acquired by the image-acquisition unit, wherein the image adjusting unit adjusts to a predetermined resolution or contrast that are lower than the resolution or contrast capable of being acquired by the image-acquisition unit when the imaging magnification detected by the magnification detection unit is larger than a predetermined magnification.

Abstract: A desired television image at a desired moment can be stored in a portable terminal while viewing a video image on a television set, without carrying out a complicated operation. A television image capturing system is provided, the system including a television set and a portable terminal, each having a tuner that is capable of receiving a television signal and a monitor, wherein the portable terminal includes a tuner synchronization unit for synchronizing the tuner of the portable terminal with the tuner of the television set, a capture switch for generating a trigger signal, a storage unit for storing image information, and a control unit for storing the image information received by the tuner in the storage unit in response to the trigger signal generated by the capture switch.

Abstract: In the mobile telephone 1 relating to the present invention, a control section 2 performs control for switching between a non-active state which refuses inputs to an application program, and an active state which permits inputs to an application program. Moreover, the control section 2 performs control for switching the execution state of the application program from the non-active state to the active state, in accordance with instructions from an input section 3. The control section 2 further performs control for switching the execution state of the application program from the non-active state to the active state, in accordance with a function contained in an application program.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting element is provided with a transparent substrate for improving the optical extraction efficiency by using a transparent substrate. The semiconductor light emitting element includes a main body constructed of an n-Al0.6Ga0.4As current diffusion layer, an n-Al0.5In0.5P cladding layer, an AlGaInP active layer, a p-Al0.5In0.5P cladding layer, a p-GaInP interlayer and a p-GaP contact layer. An n-GaP transparent substrate is placed under the main body. A p-GaP transparent substrate is placed on top of the main body. The n-GaP transparent substrate and the p-GaP transparent substrate have transparency with respect to light emitted from the AlGaInP light emitting layer.

Abstract: An optical system (101) forms an optical image on an imager (102), and a read control block (104) selects a read rule for the imager depending on the magnification addressed by a magnification address block (103). The imager (102) transforms an optical image at an addressed area into electrical signals in compliance with the read rule. The read image signals are stored n image memories (105-1) to (105-n), where n is the number of images necessary for ultra-resolution processing. Ultra-resolution processing is built up of a motion estimation block (107) and a high-resolution image estimation block (108) adapted to estimate image data having a high-resolution image sequence. A selector (106) selects a basic image for motion estimation and an image that is estimated in terms of motion.

Abstract: A fluidized bed apparatus has a rotary rotor 4 arranged at the bottom center thereof, a disintegrator mechanism 5 arranged above the rotary rotor 4, and a cylindrical draft tube 6 installed above the disintegrator mechanism 5. A fluidizing gas jetted from a gas dispersion plate 3 causes powder particles P in a processing container 1 to form a fluidized bed in which they circulate so as to ascend through the gap between the outer periphery of the rotary rotor 4 and the bottom inner wall of the processing container 1, the space between the disintegrator mechanism 5 and the inner wall of the processing container 1, and the space between the outer periphery of the draft tube 6 and the inner wall of the processing container 1, and descend through the inner portion of the draft tube 6.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device has a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a luminous layer formed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer formed on the luminous layer, and a transmissive semiconductor layer formed on the second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The transmissive semiconductor layer is pervious to light coming from the luminous layer. The second conductivity type semiconductor layer and the transmissive semiconductor layer have different carrier concentrations, and the carrier concentration of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer is higher than the carrier concentration of the transmissive semiconductor layer.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element which photoelectrically converts an image formed by an optical system, the imaging element being equipped with a color filter array (CFA) with different spectral transmittances. The apparatus includes a full color data generator which samples photoelectrically converted signals by the imaging element to obtain image signals having luminance information of each color of the CFA and sampling position information, and, when transforming a pattern of the pixel signals into full color data, generates full color data by obtaining weighting coefficients for generation of each color component of the full color data on the basis of a relative relationship between positions of a lattice pattern of the full color data to be generated and position information of the pixel signals.

Abstract: A light emitting diode is composed of a p-type GaP substrate 12 and layers laminated on the p-type GaP substrate 12, including a p-type GaP contact layer 13, a p-type AlInP second cladding layer 14, a p-type AlGaInP active layer 15, an n-type AlInP first cladding layer 16 and an n-type AlGaAs current diffusion layer 17. The entire lateral surfaces of the p-type GaP substrate 12 are processed into a roughened state by a dicing blade. The light emitting diode has high light intensity and its surface can be roughened under any circumstances regardless of its material and orientation so that characteristic failures can be prevented from occurring.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus for outputting image signals by photoelectrically converting an image formed at an optical system by an image sensor array having a color filter array having several spectral transmittance disposed in front thereof, including: mode setting means capable of setting at least one mode among an all-pixel read mode for effecting readout of all the pixels of at least one horizontal line, an intermittent read mode for effecting readout in a thinned-out manner of pixels to be read out from at least one horizontal line, and an averaging read mode for effecting readout by averaging a plurality of pixels as the mode for reading out image signals from the image sensor array; and readout rule control means for controlling and determining pixel locations for reading out the image signals: when the intermittent read mode and/or the averaging read mode have been set by the mode setting means, the readout pixel locations to be determined by the readout rule control means are caused to vary frame by frame

Abstract: In a scene recognition photographing device of the present invention, a feature quantity of an acquired image acquired from an image pickup element is calculated from the acquired image. Plural types of reference feature information having a feature quantity serving as a reference at the time of determining a composition are stored as a database in an internal memory or a storage device. Moreover, a camera control unit retrieves reference feature information having a feature quantity similar to the feature quantity of the acquired image from among the reference feature information by comparing the calculated feature quantity and the reference feature information. Then, information relating to composition is displayed on a display device on the basis of a result of comparison between the acquired image and the retrieved reference feature information.

Abstract: A cab sliding device of an industrial machine, in which a slide base can be inserted into and withdrawn from rails from above the rails, whereby the number of man-hours for assembly can be decreased, and the ease of maintenance can be increased, is provided. For this purpose, in an industrial machine having a cab (11) slidably installed via a slide base (20) on a pair of rails (10) laid on a frame (4), the rails are nearly channel-shaped in cross section, and are provided to have concave space portions (10a) opposed to each other, the slide base has a plurality of rollers (21) annexed to opposite side surface portions thereof, the rollers being rollable inside the concave space portions of the rails, upper surfaces of the rails are provided with openings (12) which permit incoming and outgoing of the roller portions, and the slide base can be inserted into and withdrawn from the rails via the openings from above the rails.

Abstract: An electronic camera detects a person's face image from an object image obtained by photographing an object, executes an enlarging process on the detected face image so as to obtain a face image whose face size is suitable, and displays the face image which is enlarged into the suitable size on a display device. When a plurality of people are present on the object image, the enlarged face images are switched by an image operating switch. As a result, the switched face image is displayed on the display device.

Abstract: An electronic camera of the present invention has a function for photographing combined images including plural continuously photographed images. A continuous photographing mode according to a moving subject is selected by a photographing mode selection unit. A continuous photographing interval, a maximum continuous photographing number, and a number of precaptured images to be obtained are set by a system controller according to the continuous photographing mode selected by the photographing mode selection unit. When a release button is depressed, continuous photographing is carried out under the photographing conditions of the continuous photographing mode selected by the mode selection unit.

Abstract: The mobile telephone 1 pertaining to the present invention comprises a memory unit 6, a short-range wireless unit 8, and a control unit 2. The memory unit 6 associates and stores an application ID, keyword, and application software. The short-range wireless unit 8 receives an application ID and keyword transmitted from outside. The control unit 2 retrieves from the application storage area 62 and starts application software that corresponds to the received application ID when there is a match between the keyword received by the short-range wireless unit 8 and the keyword stored in the ADF storage area 61.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a polyurethane foam, which comprises allowing an organic polyisocyanate component to react with a polyol component in the presence of a catalyst with water as a foaming agent, wherein the polyol component comprises at least 30% by weight of a copolymerized lactone polyol having a hydroxyl value of 20 to 350 KOHmg/g and being in the form of a liquid at an ordinary temperature, the copolymerized lactone polyol is obtained by ring opening copolymerization of ?-caprolactone and ?-valerolactone in a molar ratio [?-caprolactone/?-valerolactone] of 80/20 to 20/80 with a low molecular weight compound having at least two active hydrogen groups as an initiator; and the hydroxyl value of the polyol component is 40 to 400 KOHmg/g.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device has a first conductivity type semiconductor layer (3, 4), a luminous layer (5) formed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer (8) formed on the luminous layer, and a transmissive substrate (9) which is formed on the second conductivity type semiconductor layer (8) and is pervious to light coming from the luminous layer (5). The transmissive substrate (9) has a carrier concentration lower than that of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer (8).

Abstract: To provide a mechanism that enables preparation of a program for photographing regardless of the type of camera device and obtaining image data in a unified format. Mobile phone 10 comprises: means for selecting a camera device; means for generating, in a case that image data of said object photographed by a selected camera device is to be stored, a camera object including attributes corresponding to said camera device; means for calling a program to photograph an object; means for photographing the object with said camera device in accordance with the program called by the camera function calling means and for storing image data representing image of said object in the camera object; and means for obtaining image data stored by the image storing means in a unified format from the camera object.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device in the present invention is formed by laminating an epitaxial layer 30 including an AlGaInP active layer and a second wafer 23 which transmits light derived from the active layer. The crystal axes of the epitaxial layer 30 and the second wafer 23 are generally aligned with each other and are in the range of ?15° to +15° with respect to a lateral face {100} of the second wafer 23. This semiconductor light emitting device, which is a joining type with high external emission efficiency, allows uniform wafer bonding to be achieved over the entire wafer face with ease and with a high yield without causing bonding failure and wafer cracks.

Abstract: A cab sliding device of an industrial machine, in which a slide base can be inserted into and withdrawn from rails from above the rails, whereby the number of man-hours for assembly can be decreased, and the ease of maintenance can be increased, is provided. For this purpose, in an industrial machine having a cab (11) slidably installed via a slide base (20) on a pair of rails (10) laid on a frame (4), the rails are nearly channel-shaped in cross section, and are provided to have concave space portions (10a) opposed to each other, the slide base has a plurality of rollers (21) annexed to opposite side surface portions thereof, the rollers being rollable inside the concave space portions of the rails, upper surfaces of the rails are provided with openings (12) which permit incoming and outgoing of the roller portions, and the slide base can be inserted into and withdrawn from the rails via the openings from above the rails.