Abstract: A method includes: receiving beacon signals transmitted by each of a plurality of beacon devices around a positioning target terminal; first calculating, based on the received beacon signals, location information indicating locations of a plurality of mobile beacon devices included in the plurality of beacon devices; selecting a plurality of second mobile beacon devices from among the plurality of mobile beacon devices by excluding one or more first mobile beacon devices having similar azimuth directions from the positioning target terminal among the plurality of mobile beacon devices based on the calculated location information; and second calculating by circuitry, based on the selected plurality of second mobile beacon devices, a location of the positioning target terminal.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus, includes: a reconstructed moving image obtainer that obtains a reconstructed moving image; a focus region identifier that identifies a first focus region corresponding to the designated focus; a fluoroscopic moving image obtainer that obtains at least one-period data on a fluoroscopic moving image; a second characteristics identifier that identifies each of two or more second characteristics regions corresponding to the internal body portion; a comparison selector that compares the two or more first characteristic regions; a conversion parameter calculation unit that calculates a conversion parameter for converting the first characteristic region.

Abstract: A radiation therapy apparatus includes a radiation irradiation unit 35, an X-ray imaging unit 36, a CT imaging device 37, a treatment planning device 38, and a controller 10. The controller 10 includes a CT image deformation amount calculation unit 11, a shape calculation unit 12, an irradiation region determining unit 13, an X-ray image deformation amount calculation unit 14, a position calculation unit 15, a template matching unit 16, a comparison unit 17, a correction unit 18, and an image processing unit 19, and by comparing the positions of a treatment target locus in respective breathing phases and the positions of the treatment target locus in corresponding ones of the respective breathing phases identified by the template matching unit 16, identifies the error values between the positions and the positions identified by the template matching unit 16 for each of parameters.

Abstract: A radiotherapy apparatus includes an receiver receiving a first projection image of a calibration object under X-ray imaging; a storing portion storing an ideal projection image of the calibration object, the ideal projection image generated based on design information of an X-ray imaging structure, positional information of the calibration object, and volume data of the calibration object; a calculator calculating a transformation parameter for transforming the first projection image into an ideal projection image; a transformed image generator generating a transformed projection image of the patient by transforming a second projection image of a patient obtained under X-ray imaging with the transformation parameter; a reconstructed image generator generating a reconstructed projection image based on volume data of the patient, positional information of the patient, and the design information; and a matching image generator generating a matching reference image used for matching between the transformed proje

Abstract: A radiation therapy apparatus includes a radiation irradiation unit 35, an X-ray imaging unit 36, a CT imaging device 37, a treatment planning device 38, and a controller 10. The controller 10 includes a CT image deformation amount calculation unit 11, a shape calculation unit 12, an irradiation region determining unit 13, an X-ray image deformation amount calculation unit 14, a position calculation unit 15, a template matching unit 16, a comparison unit 17, a correction unit 18, and an image processing unit 19, and by comparing the positions of a treatment target locus in respective breathing phases and the positions of the treatment target locus in corresponding ones of the respective breathing phases identified by the template matching unit 16, identifies the error values between the positions and the positions identified by the template matching unit 16 for each of parameters.

Abstract: A voltage control method for a secondary battery includes: calculating a voltage difference between a first voltage value as an initial voltage of the secondary battery and a second voltage value as a voltage of the secondary battery after being charged by constant-current charging during a predetermined time period; calculating an internal resistance of the secondary battery based on the voltage difference and a value of constant current applied in the constant-current charging; calculating an additional voltage based on the internal resistance and a value of constant current applied during voltage control, and calculating a target voltage by adding the additional voltage to a predetermined required voltage; controlling the voltage by charging the secondary battery with constant current until the target voltage is reached; and determining that the secondary battery is defective when the target voltage is not reached within a predetermined permissible time period while the voltage is controlled.

Abstract: A medical image generation apparatus includes: a three-dimensional image acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional image in which a space including a patient is captured; an imparting unit that imparts, to each of voxels constituting the three-dimensional image, a living-body likelihood coefficient indicating a likelihood of being a living-body region of the patient; an updating unit that updates a luminance value of the voxel in which the imparted living-body likelihood coefficient shows a given value, through predetermined processing; a virtual viewpoint setting unit that sets a virtual viewpoint for transforming the three-dimensional image into a two-dimensional radiation image; and a radiation image generation unit that calculates a luminance value of a pixel constituting the radiation image based on the luminance value of the voxel existing along a line connecting each of the corresponding pixels and the virtual viewpoint.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus, includes: a first acquisition unit; a second acquisition unit; and a part-removed image generation unit, wherein the first acquisition unit is adapted to acquire a first radiograph that is a virtual radiograph generated to have a specified part or a predetermined part, among parts included in volume data indicative of a three-dimensional structure of an inside of a body of a patient, being emphasized, the second acquisition unit is adapted to acquire a second radiograph of the inside of the body of the patient, and the part-removed image generation unit is adapted to generate a part-removed image by removing the specified or predetermined part or parts other than the specified or predetermined part from the second radiograph with reference to the first radiograph.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a cleaning method including: cleaning a component in which a deposit adhering to the component constituting an apparatus is removed by supplying and discharging a cleaning gas, wherein the act of cleaning includes controlling the apparatus so that a signal, which indicates a concentration of a predetermined gas generated by a reaction of the deposit and the cleaning gas, reaches a predetermined upper limit value or less and then stays within a range between the predetermined upper limit value and a predetermined lower limit value for a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A projector device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image pickup unit that picks up the image on a projection side of a transmissive type screen to which a display image is projected by a projector; a detection unit configured to detect a position where a luminance is changed on the acquired image; and an output unit configured to output the position on the acquired image where the change in luminance is detected.

Abstract: There is provided a control system of a substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a collecting unit for collecting data from each component that constitutes a substrate processing apparatus, the collecting unit further comprising at least: a buffer for temporarily storing collected data; and a sorting part for rearranging the collected data, based on time data attached to the collected data.

Abstract: An absolute-movement-path calculating apparatus includes a direction acquiring part detecting a movement direction of the terminal at a given timing; a movement-distance calculating part calculating a movement distance of the terminal at the given timing; a relative-movement-path calculating part calculating a relative movement path based on the number of steps and a user's step length and storing the relative movement path; an absolute-position acquiring part acquiring an absolute position of the terminal, and storing the absolute position; and an absolute-movement-path calculating part calculating, each time the absolute positions are stored, a correction value from the relationship between at least two absolute positions and the relative positions corresponding to the absolute positions and calculating an absolute movement path of the terminal indicated by the absolute coordinate from the correction value and the relative movement path.

Abstract: In a method for monitoring a wind turbine generator 1 configured to generate power by transmitting energy of wind from a rotor 4 including a blade 5 and a hub 6 to a generator 18 via an energy transmission pathway arranged from the rotor 4 to the generator 18: energy transmission efficiency in a monitoring object part located on the energy transmission pathway, such as a hydraulic transmission 10, is calculated from input energy inputted to the monitoring object part and output energy outputted from the monitoring object part; temporal change of the energy transmission efficiency is obtained from the calculated energy transmission efficiency in the past; energy transmission efficiency in the future is estimated based on the temporal change; and maintenance timing is determined based on the estimated energy transmission efficiency.

Abstract: A portable mobile terminal includes: a detection control unit; and a movement trajectory calculation unit configured to calculate a movement trajectory of a terminal body based on a detection result of an absolute position of the terminal body by the absolute position detecting unit and an acquisition result of a line segment indicating a rectilinear distance of the terminal body by a link information generation unit. The detection control unit determines a timing that comes every given time as a tentative detection timing, and in a case where the link information generation unit has not acquired a new line segment till the tentative detection timing after a previous detection timing, the detection control unit determines a timing at which the link information generation unit acquires a new line segment next as a detection timing, and starts up the absolute position detecting unit.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing system configured to provide proper data. The substrate processing system comprises a substrate processing apparatus comprising a plurality of components, a controller configured to control the substrate processing apparatus by setting a sequence prescribing time and components, and a collection unit configured to collect data from the components. The collection unit is configured to match data collected from the components via the controller with data collected directly from the components.

Abstract: An apparatus for voice synthesis includes: a word database for storing words and voices; a syllable database for storing syllables and voices; a processor for executing a process including: extracting a word from a document, generating a voice signal based on the extracted voice when the extracted word is included in the word database synthesizing a voice signal based on the extracted voice associated with the one or more syllables corresponding to the extracted word when the extracted word is not found in the word database; a speaker for producing a voice based on either of the generated and the synthesized voice signal; and a display for selectively displaying the extracted word when the voice based on the synthesized voice signal is produced by the speaker.

Abstract: An optical receiving apparatus is provided on a mobile object and includes a receiving unit that receives an optical signal transmitted from a transmitting unit of a communication device disposed apart from the mobile object; and a blocking unit that blocks the optical signal when an incident angle of the optical signal relative to a disposition surface of the receiving unit becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined incident angle.

Abstract: A projector device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image pickup unit that picks up the image on a projection side of a transmissive type screen to which a display image is projected by a projector; a detection unit configured to detect a position where a luminance is changed on the acquired image; and an output unit configured to output the position on the acquired image where the change in luminance is detected.

Abstract: There is provided a control system of a substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a collecting unit for collecting data from each component that constitutes a substrate processing apparatus, the collecting unit further comprising at least: a buffer for temporarily storing collected data; and a sorting part for rearranging the collected data, based on time data attached to the collected data.

Abstract: A portable mobile terminal includes: a detection control unit; and a movement trajectory calculation unit configured to calculate a movement trajectory of a terminal body based on a detection result of an absolute position of the terminal body by the absolute position detecting unit and an acquisition result of a line segment indicating a rectilinear distance of the terminal body by a link information generation unit. The detection control unit determines a timing that comes every given time as a tentative detection timing, and in a case where the link information generation unit has not acquired a new line segment till the tentative detection timing after a previous detection timing, the detection control unit determines a timing at which the link information generation unit acquires a new line segment next as a detection timing, and starts up the absolute position detecting unit.