Abstract: An illumination optical system can form a pupil intensity distribution with a desired beam profile. The illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination target surface with light from a light source is provided with a spatial light modulator which has a plurality of optical elements arrayed on a predetermined surface and individually controlled and which variably forms a light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system; a divergence angle providing member which is arranged in a conjugate space including a surface optically conjugate with the predetermined surface and which provides a divergence angle to an incident beam and emits the beam; and a polarizing member which is arranged at a position in the vicinity of the predetermined surface or in the conjugate space and which changes a polarization state of a partial beam of a propagating beam propagating in an optical path.

Abstract: When complicated functions are provided to an electronic apparatus, the number of menu items to be set and guide items to be reference by a user increases. A user can become lost when searching through the menu items to be set and guide items to be referenced from among items in a hierarchical configuration grouped in categories and displayed in the display section. The electronic apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a processing section that performs processing; a display section that performs display; and a control section that, when a change in biometric information of a user is obtained, causes the display section to display a display screen that includes at least one of a setting screen and a guide screen relating to the processing of the processing section.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for region segmentation of an obtained image is provided. The image processing apparatus may include a detecting unit detecting, among plural fundamental regions set to an image, a fundamental region satisfying a predetermined condition as an appropriate region. The image processing apparatus may further include a specifying unit specifying adjacent states of fundamental regions excluding the appropriate region among the plural fundamental regions. The image processing apparatus may also include a region segmentation unit performing region segmentation on each component included in the image based on the adjacent states of the fundamental regions excluding the appropriate region specified by the specifying unit.

Abstract: In a solid-state imaging device and an electronic camera, a first substrate of the solid-state imaging device includes first and second photoelectric converting units, a transfer unit that transfers signal charges of the first and second photoelectric converting units to a connector, and a microlens that causes light to be incident on the first and second photoelectric converting unit. A second substrate of the solid-state imaging device includes first and second memory units that hold signal charges transferred from one or the other of the first and second photoelectric converting unit to the connector and an averaging unit that averages the signal charges held in the first memory unit and the signal charge held in the second memory unit.

Abstract: A partition panel improves sound insulation performance and optimizes a reverberation time. The partition panel has sound absorption and insulation functions, and has a front plate having a perforated section with a plurality of through-holes and an entirely-continuous peripheral edge portion located outside the perforated section. An entirely-continuous back plate is disposed on a side opposite to a sound source across the front plate. An inner perforated plate is disposed between the perforated section of the front plate and the back plate. A front-side honeycomb core is interposed between the perforated section and the inner perforated plate, a back-side honeycomb core is interposed between the back plate and the inner perforated plate and a peripheral honeycomb core is interposed between the peripheral edge portion of the front plate and a region of the back plate opposed to the peripheral edge portion.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array, a gain adjusting unit that adjusts a gain of a pixel signal, an A/D conversion unit that performs A/D conversion on an image pickup signal, a plurality of fixed pattern noise detection units that detect a fixed pattern noise from a digital image pickup signal, a selecting unit that selects one output from outputs of the plurality of fixed pattern noise detection units, a fixed pattern noise correction unit that corrects the fixed pattern noise included in the digital image pickup signal, and a control unit that controls the gain adjusting unit setting a plurality of gain values, the control unit controlling the plurality of fixed pattern noise detection units detecting the plurality of fixed pattern noise based on the plurality of gain values and storing a plurality of correction values.

Abstract: Disclosed is a partition panel capable of improving sound insulation performance and optimizing a reverberation time. The partition panel has sound absorption and insulation functions, comprising: a front plate having a perforated section with a plurality of through-holes and an entirely-continuous peripheral edge portion located outside the perforated section; an entirely-continuous back plate disposed on a side opposite to a sound source across the front plate; an inner perforated plate disposed between the perforated section of the front plate and the back plate; a front-side honeycomb core interposed between the perforated section and the inner perforated plate; a back-side honeycomb core interposed between the back plate and the inner perforated plate; and a peripheral honeycomb core interposed between the peripheral edge portion of the front plate and a region of the back plate opposed to the peripheral edge portion.

Abstract: When complicated functions are provided to an electronic apparatus, the number of menu items to be set and guide items to be reference by a user increases. A user can become lost when searching through the menu items to be set and guide items to be referenced from among items in a hierarchical configuration grouped in categories and displayed in the display section. The electronic apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a processing section that performs processing; a display section that performs display; and a control section that, when a change in biometric information of a user is obtained, causes the display section to display a display screen that includes at least one of a setting screen and a guide screen relating to the processing of the processing section.

Abstract: A phase-contrast microscope system includes: an illumination optical system that illuminates a specimen with an illumination light from a light source; an imaging optical system that forms an image of the specimen from a light from the specimen; a first spatial modulation element that is disposed in a position of a pupil of the imaging optical system and changes an amplitude transmittance distribution of the light from the specimen; an image sensor that detects the image of the specimen by the imaging optical system and outputs a picture signal; a calculation section that calculates the amplitude transmittance distribution of the light from the specimen appropriate for observing the specimen on the basis of the output data detected by the image sensor and the amplitude transmittance distribution of the light from the specimen formed by the first spatial modulation element.

Abstract: A microscope includes an illuminating optical system that illuminates the test object under predetermined illumination conditions, an imaging optical system that forms an image of the test object, and an image sensor that outputs an image signal. The computer includes an image analyzing unit that acquires an image feature amount of the test object on the basis of the image signal detected by the image sensor, a comparison unit that compares the image feature amount of the test object with image feature amounts of a plurality of sample test objects and specifies an image feature amount of a sample test object closest to the image feature amount of the test object, and a setting unit that sets illumination conditions of the illuminating optical system on the basis of an illumination state suitable for observation of a sample test object having the image feature amount specified by the comparison unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that images a test object, an analysis unit that outputs a feature amount of an image which is captured by the imaging unit, a storage unit that stores an evaluation function which has the image feature amount as a variable, for evaluation of the image, a selection unit that selects one image from two or more images including an image specified based on a value of the evaluation function, and a changing unit that changes the evaluation function based on the one image in a case where the one image selected by the selection unit is different from the specified image.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into a two-dimensional array, each pixel having a photoelectric conversion means, a memory means for storing a photoelectric conversion signal of the photoelectric conversion means, a transfer means for transferring the photoelectric conversion signal to the memory means, a reset means for resetting the memory means, a discharge means for discharging the photoelectric conversion signal accumulated at the photoelectric conversion means, and a read means for reading the photoelectric conversion signal of the memory means; a vertical circuit for controlling an operation of the pixels in the pixel section, the vertical circuit having an alternate disposition in the vertical direction of a discharge control signal line connected to the discharge means of vertically adjacent ones of the pixels for controlling the discharge means and a transfer control signal line connected to the transfer means of vertically adjacent on

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes a detecting unit detecting, among plural fundamental regions set to an image, a fundamental region satisfying a predetermined condition as an appropriate region, a specifying unit specifying adjacent states of fundamental regions excluding the appropriate region among the plural fundamental regions, and a region segmentation unit performing region segmentation on each component included in the image based on the adjacent states of the fundamental regions excluding the appropriate region specified by the specifying unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a quartz glass crucible for pulling up single-crystal silicon, and a method for producing single-crystal silicon by using it. The quartz glass crucible is characterized by having a crystallization promoter-containing layer as the inner surface thereof and is characterized in that, when single-crystal silicon is pulled up, macular crystallized regions are formed in the inner surface thereof by the action of the crystallization promoter.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a pixel section having two-dimensionally arranged pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion means, a memory means, a transfer means, a first reset means for resetting the memory means, a second reset means for resetting the photoelectric conversion means, and a read means for reading the photoelectric conversion signal of the memory means; and a controller for effecting a control so that, after passage of a predetermined time subsequently to the rendering of a concurrent reset by the second reset means on the photoelectric conversion means of all pixels, a transfer of the photoelectric conversion signal is concurrently effected by the transfer means to the memory means of all pixels, and the reading by the read means is temporarily halted at least at one or the other of timings of a start and a release of the concurrent reset by the second reset means.

Abstract: A partition pattern template generation method for alignment receives a learning image and performs partition template generation using the learning image to generate a plurality of partition template result output. A partition template acceptance test is performed using the plurality of partition template results to generate partition templates or failure result. A partition template search method for alignment receives an alignment image and partition templates and performs a plurality of template search steps to generate a plurality of matching scores output. A partition integration method is performed using the plurality of matching scores to generate a partition template search result. A partition integration error self checking method receives a preliminary template search result position and a plurality of the matching scores. A matching score profile comparison is performed using the plurality of the matching scores and the expected matching score profile to generate the template search result.

Abstract: An optical communication apparatus includes an erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier for amplifying a modulated optical signal, wherein a light which is not modulated is inputted to the erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier together with the optical signal.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array, a gain adjusting unit that adjusts a gain of a pixel signal, an A/D conversion unit that performs A/D conversion on an image pickup signal, a plurality of fixed pattern noise detection units that detect a fixed pattern noise from a digital image pickup signal, a selecting unit that selects one output from outputs of the plurality of fixed pattern noise detection units, a fixed pattern noise correction unit that corrects the fixed pattern noise included in the digital image pickup signal, and a control unit that controls the gain adjusting unit setting a plurality of gain values, the control unit controlling the plurality of fixed pattern noise detection units detecting the plurality of fixed pattern noise based on the plurality of gain values and storing a plurality of correction values.

Abstract: An electronic imaging apparatus having a section for generating imaging data which indicates an imaging condition; an optical finder mechanism for introducing light from a subject to a finder; a data display device for displaying at least one of the subject's image and the imaging condition in the finder; and a switching device for switching between light incident/non-incident states for the optical finder mechanism. When imaging is not performed, the switching device makes the light incident on the optical finder mechanism. When imaging is performed and the image signal is not recorded, the switching device makes the light incident on the optical finder mechanism, and the subject's image and the image formed by the data display device are superimposed and displayed in the finder. When imaging is performed and the image signal is recorded, at least the image formed by the data display device is displayed by the switching device.

Abstract: A technique of adequately determining the position of the bone resection plane of artificial joint replacement and the size of the implant. The three-dimensional relative position relation (the three-dimensional position relation between the relation among frontal three elements and the relation among lateral three elements) among the five elements, i.e., a frontal The source of X-ray (FS), the plane (PS) to which the frontal radiograph belongs, a lateral The source of X-ray (FL), the plane (PL) to which the lateral radiograph belongs, a lateral The source of X-ray (FL), the plane (PL) to which the lateral radiograph belongs, and three-dimensional CAD data is determined (S7), shade images (IU, IL) of three dimensional CAD data on the implant are superimposed in an adequate position shown in the radiograph, and the images are displayed on a display (112) (S9, S10).