Abstract: An electronic apparatus configured to communicate with a content processing system, the electronic apparatus includes a communication controller configured to control transmission of a processing instruction for content to the content processing system and control acquisition of a remaining content amount available for the processing from the content processing system via a communication unit, and a display controller configured to control display of a numerical value indicating the acquired remaining content amount in a specific display area, and in a case where a predetermined condition about communication is satisfied, control performing of a specific display related to the specific display area based on satisfaction of the predetermined condition, the specific display being different from the numerical value indicating the remaining content amount.

Abstract: To provide an ultrasonic transmission instrument that can uniformly transmit ultrasonic waves in each direction around the instrument, even when the instrument is made of a material through which the ultrasonic waves cannot be transmitted. In an ultrasonic transmission instrument according to the invention, a light transmission member is disposed at an emission end of an optical waveguide, and an outer peripheral member covers an outer periphery of the light transmission member and is made of a light absorbing material.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid feeding method for removing bubbles from a solution introduced into a fluidic device, wherein: the fluidic device includes a flow path of a volume v, a first chamber having a volume V1 and connected to a first side of the flow path, and a second chamber having a volume V2 and connected to a second side, being different from the first side, of the flow path; V1, V2, and v satisfy Formula (1) and Formula (2), ? is a solubility of gas in the solution at a temperature of the second chamber, ? is a solubility of gas in the solution at a temperature of the flow path, P0 is a pressure of a surrounding environment of the fluidic device, ?P is a bubble internal pressure rise value, where ?P=4?/d, ? is a surface tension of the solution, and d is a diameter of the flow path; and the liquid feeding method includes: disposing the solution at a first position opposite to the flow path with respect to the second chamber; pressurizing and feeding the solution so that the solution is transferred through t

Abstract: To provide an ultrasonic transmission instrument that can uniformly transmit ultrasonic waves in each direction around the instrument, even when the instrument is made of a material through which the ultrasonic waves cannot be transmitted. In an ultrasonic transmission instrument according to the invention, a light transmission member is disposed at an emission end of an optical waveguide, and an outer peripheral member covers an outer periphery of the light transmission member and is made of a light absorbing material.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus configured to communicate with a content processing system, the electronic apparatus includes a communication controller configured to control transmission of a processing instruction for content to the content processing system and control acquisition of a remaining content amount available for the processing from the content processing system via a communication unit, and a display controller configured to control display of a numerical value indicating the acquired remaining content amount in a specific display area, and in a case where a predetermined condition about communication is satisfied, control performing of a specific display related to the specific display area based on satisfaction of the predetermined condition, the specific display being different from the numerical value indicating the remaining content amount.

Abstract: Provided is a guidewire connector that does not interfere with an introduction of another in-body insertion instrument and is capable of maintaining cleanliness of the guidewire when connecting a guidewire mounted with a photo-acoustic ultrasonic wave generator. The guidewire connector according to the present disclosure includes an adapter member detachably attached to an light emitting apparatus, and a wire fixing member attaching the guidewire to the adapter member, in which the wire fixing member has an outer diameter equal to or smaller than an outer diameter of the guidewire.

Abstract: An optical scanning device includes: an optical scanning unit configured to repeatedly scan an irradiation destination of irradiation light to a predetermined trajectory; a light emission control unit configured to control light emission of the irradiation light to irradiate irradiation points to the predetermined trajectory; and a driving signal generation unit configured to generate a driving signal for driving the optical scanning unit, wherein the light emission control unit irradiates the irradiation points to the predetermined trajectory so that the irradiation points are substantially uniformly dispersed in a region in which a density of the irradiation points is relatively low in a region in which the irradiation light is irradiated.

Abstract: A driver device is provided and includes driver used for image display panel and having first display mode of performing display with first number of gradations of video signal; and second display mode of performing display with second number of gradations smaller than first number of gradations and larger than two, wherein driver is configured to: supply signals having first number of gradations to respective pixels in first display mode; supply signals having second number of gradations to respective pixels arranged in column direction in second display mode, amplify, by first amplifiers in first display mode, signals to be supplied to respective pixels, amplify, by second amplifiers in second display mode, gradation signals in one horizontal period, second amplifiers being smaller in number than first amplifiers, and temporally divide image for one frame into at least one first sub-frame and at least one second sub-frame.

Abstract: A system configured to rank and display candidate documents for human annotation task. The system executes instructions to receive a human annotation of a first unannotated document in a list of documents from a document set; update an annotated entities and corresponding entity types set based on the human annotation of the document from the document set; perform auto-mapping of annotated entities to corresponding entity types on a remaining set of documents in the document set based on the updated annotated entities and corresponding entity types set; calculate a score for each document in the remaining set of documents based on the auto-mapping of annotated entities; and update an order of the remaining set of documents being displayed for human annotation based on the calculated score for each document in the remaining set of documents in the document set.

Abstract: In a transcatheter treatment support technique using a combination of a guide wire equipped with a photoacoustic technique and an ultrasonic imaging device, the ultrasonic imaging device estimates a front edge position of the guide wire using a difference between arrival times of photoacoustic waves arriving at an array of elements configuring an ultrasonic probe or a change of an image of the photoacoustic generation source, which depends on a distance of the photoacoustic generation source from an imaging region, and grasps a relationship between an imaging position and the front edge position of the guide wire using the estimation result. This enables visually grasping a relationship between a region (imaging region) from which an image is able to be obtained with reflective waves from a biological body with use of the ultrasonic probe and an insertion object present outside the region, particularly, the front edge of the guide wire.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a surgical operation support system for obtaining position information of a device outside an imaging area and presenting the position information to a user together with an ultrasound image. The surgical operation support system includes the ultrasound imaging apparatus, an ultrasonic source fixed to a therapeutic tool to be inserted into a subject body, a display device for displaying the ultrasound image and the position of the ultrasonic source. The ultrasound imaging apparatus is provided with a position estimator for estimating the position information of the ultrasonic source, and the position estimator analyzes a grating lobe artifact (false image) that is generated by the ultrasonic wave emitted from the ultrasonic source outside the imaging area, to estimate the position information of the ultrasonic source with respect to the imaging area.

Abstract: An ultrasonic wave imaging apparatus is disclosed, including: an ultrasonic probe for irradiating a subject with an ultrasonic wave and receive a reflected wave of the ultrasonic wave and receiving an ultrasonic wave from a beacon inserted into the subject; a probe position-acquiring unit for acquiring a 3D position and an orientation of the ultrasonic probe; a beacon location-acquiring unit for determining a 3D location of the beacon from relative location and speed of the beacon relative to the ultrasonic probe as calculated from an ultrasonic wave image received at the ultrasonic probe and the 3D position and the orientation of the ultrasonic probe as acquired by the probe position-acquiring unit; and a display image formation section for using the ultrasonic wave image of the ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic probe to form a display image. A corresponding method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A system configured to rank and display candidate documents for human annotation task. The system executes instructions to receive a human annotation of a first unannotated document in a list of documents from a document set; update an annotated entities and corresponding entity types set based on the human annotation of the document from the document set; perform auto-mapping of annotated entities to corresponding entity types on a remaining set of documents in the document set based on the updated annotated entities and corresponding entity types set; calculate a score for each document in the remaining set of documents based on the auto-mapping of annotated entities; and update an order of the remaining set of documents being displayed for human annotation based on the calculated score for each document in the remaining set of documents in the document set.

Abstract: Provided is a guidewire connector that does not interfere with an introduction of another in-body insertion instrument and is capable of maintaining cleanliness of the guidewire when connecting a guidewire mounted with a photo-acoustic ultrasonic wave generator. The guidewire connector according to the present disclosure includes an adapter member detachably attached to an light emitting apparatus, and a wire fixing member attaching the guidewire to the adapter member, in which the wire fixing member has an outer diameter equal to or smaller than an outer diameter of the guidewire.

Abstract: A driver device is provided and includes driver used for image display panel and having first display mode of performing display with first number of gradations of video signal; and second display mode of performing display with second number of gradations smaller than first number of gradations and larger than two, wherein driver is configured to: supply signals having first number of gradations to respective pixels in first display mode; supply signals having second number of gradations to respective pixels arranged in column direction in second display mode, amplify, by first amplifiers in first display mode, signals to be supplied to respective pixels, amplify, by second amplifiers in second display mode, gradation signals in one horizontal period, second amplifiers being smaller in number than first amplifiers, and temporally divide image for one frame into at least one first sub-frame and at least one second sub-frame.

Abstract: To provide an ultrasonic transmission instrument that can uniformly transmit ultrasonic waves in each direction around the instrument, even when the instrument is made of a material through which the ultrasonic waves cannot be transmitted. In an ultrasonic transmission instrument according to the invention, a light transmission member is disposed at an emission end of an optical waveguide, and an outer peripheral member covers an outer periphery of the light transmission member and is made of a light absorbing material.

Abstract: A display device includes an image display panel comprising a plurality of pixels that each comprise a plurality of sub-pixels to display different colors and that are arranged in a matrix, a plurality of scan lines coupled to the respective sub-pixels arranged in a row direction, and a plurality of signal lines coupled to the respective sub-pixels arranged in a column direction, and a driver configured to be supplied with a video signal having a predetermined number of gradations and configured to drive the image display panel, and having a first display mode of performing display with the number of gradations of the video signal, and a second display mode of performing the display with a number of gradations smaller than a number of gradations of the video signal and larger than two.

Abstract: An elastomer piezoelectric element includes a plurality of unit layers disposed along a thickness direction of the elastomer piezoelectric element. Each of the unit layers includes a sheet-shaped dielectric elastomer dielectric portion, a conductive elastomer electrode partially disposed on a first surface of the dielectric portion, and an insulating elastomer insulated portion that is provided in at least a portion of an area surrounding the electrode and brings a thickness of the unit layer in a portion in which the electrode is not disposed close to a thickness of the unit layer in a portion in which the electrode is disposed.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a common voltage adjuster configured to adjust a common voltage based on a first capacitance value between one of a source and a drain of a transistor element and a gate of the transistor element, a second capacitance value between a pixel electrode and the gate of the transistor element, and a third capacitance value between the pixel electrode and a common electrode.

Abstract: Performance of an ultrasonic examination device, which includes an ultrasonic sensor of a capacitance detection type including a cavity between electrodes and vibrating a membrane, is enhanced. A cell which is a capacitive type device provided with a lower electrode, a cavity, and an upper electrode in a membrane, which are stacked in a longitudinal direction, and a condenser provided with the lower electrode and an upper electrode which are stacked in the longitudinal direction, are formed in one semiconductor chip. The cell and the condenser are connected to each other in parallel, and, when ultrasonic waves are transmitted and received using the cell, connection between a DC bias power source and the semiconductor chip is blocked, and a direct current voltage is applied to the cell from the condenser.