Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound probe that transmits/receives ultrasound waves to/from a subject, a reference position member arranged on the ultrasound probe, and a sensor located in a position having a predetermined positional relationship relative to a puncture needle. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus further includes a position information acquisition unit, a needle length information acquisition unit, and a display. The position information acquisition unit acquires position information of the reference position member and the sensor. The needle length information acquisition unit acquires needle length information indicating the length of the puncture needle based on the position information of the reference position member and the sensor when the tip of the puncture needle is in contact with the reference position member, and the relative position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a library apparatus capable of indicating an availability state of a slot according to the availability state of the slot that a magazine has. The storage library apparatus 1 rotates the first position P that indicates a usable state of a slot 7 by a first protection lever 4 being pushed by a accessor 3 which can convey, contacts against in a stopper 6, accordingly, is fixed by a lock component 5 and is fixed to the lock component 5 by rotating a second position R that indicates the unusable state of a slot 7.

Abstract: A production method of a 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetone hydrate according to the present invention includes: step 1: step 1: obtaining a reaction mixture that contains at least 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-3-pentyn-2-one or an equivalent thereof by reaction of a 3,3,3-trifluoropropynyl metal with a trifluoroacetate; and step 2: forming the 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetone hydrate by contact of the reaction mixture obtained in the step 1 with water in the presence of an acid. It is possible to produce 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetone by dehydration of the thus-formed hydrate. Thus, the production method according to the present invention is industrially applicable.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an image data generation section generates two-dimensional ultrasonic images of a subject; an image display processing section processes the two-dimensional ultrasonic images to generate a three-dimensional image; a mark setting section sets a mark in a region of interest of the three-dimensional image; and a controller controls to perform predetermined processing uses an information of the mark, when the space region corresponding to the mark is scanned by an ultrasonic probe in rescanning operation for the subject.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus includes a capturing part configured to photograph a target site of a subject to capture a medical image. The medical image diagnosis apparatus further includes a positional information acquisition unit, a guideline generator, and a display processor. The positional information acquisition unit acquires the positional information of a puncture needle inserted into of the subject. The guideline generator generates a guideline that indicates an insertion route for the puncture needle to reach the target site based on the positional information. The guideline includes scales graduated at predetermined intervals. The display processor displays the guideline with the medical image.

Abstract: A PCV valve may include a housing and a valve member movable in an axial direction within the housing. A plurality of guide portions may be formed on the valve member, so that the plurality of guide portions slidably contact the monitoring portion of the housing as the valve member moves in the axial direction. When a first part of a tapered portion of the valve member opposes to the monitoring portion, a first contact part of each of the guide portions may contact the monitoring portion. When a second part of the tapered portion having a smaller diameter than the first part opposes to the monitoring portion, a second contact part of each of the guide portions may contact the monitoring portion. The second contact part may be smaller than the first part with respect to a width in a circumferential direction or may have a circumferential contact length smaller than that of the first part.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a control method are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption. The electronic apparatus having a normal mode in which first electric power is consumed and a power-saving mode in which second electric power lower than the first electric power is consumed includes a first sensor and a second sensor whose power consumption is lower than that of the first sensor. In the power-saving mode, supply of power to the first sensor is restricted, the second sensor is set to the power-saving mode, a trigger for restoring the power-saving mode to the normal mode is detected by using the second sensor set to the power-saving mode, and the power-saving mode is restored to the normal mode based on the detected trigger.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a control method are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption. The electronic apparatus having a normal mode in which first electric power is consumed and a power-saving mode in which second electric power lower than the first electric power is consumed includes a first sensor and a second sensor whose power consumption is lower than that of the first sensor. In the power-saving mode, supply of power to the first sensor is restricted, the second sensor is set to the power-saving mode, a trigger for restoring the power-saving mode to the normal mode is detected by using the second sensor set to the power-saving mode, and the power-saving mode is restored to the normal mode based on the detected trigger.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a control method are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption. The electronic apparatus having a normal mode in which first electric power is consumed and a power-saving mode in which second electric power lower than the first electric power is consumed includes a first sensor and a second sensor whose power consumption is lower than that of the first sensor. In the power-saving mode, supply of power to the first sensor is restricted, the second sensor is set to the power-saving mode, a trigger for restoring the power-saving mode to the normal mode is detected by using the second sensor set to the power-saving mode, and the power-saving mode is restored to the normal mode based on the detected trigger.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a coordinate conversion unit (142) which calculates a corresponding sampling coordinate on a color mosaic image corresponding to a pixel position of a color image when a deformation process is performed, according to the pixel position of the color image; a sampling unit (143); a sampling unit (143) which interpolates-generates a pixel value in a sampling coordinate for each of color planes obtained by decomposing the color mosaic image; and a color generation unit (144) which generates a color image by synthesizing interpolation values of the respective color planes. Each pixel value of a color image subjected to a deformation process is obtained as a pixel value of the sampling coordinate from the color mosaic image by interpolation calculation, thereby realizing the color interpolation process for generating a color image from the color mosaic image and a deformation process of the color image by one interpolation calculation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data receiving circuit including a transmitting section configured to transmit an identifying signal used to identify a state of connection of the data receiving circuit, the identifying signal making potential transitions periodically, in an in-phase signal via a transmission path having AC coupling to a data transmitting circuit for transmitting data in a differential signal via the transmission path.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a control method are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption. The electronic apparatus having a normal mode in which first electric power is consumed and a power-saving mode in which second electric power lower than the first electric power is consumed includes a first sensor and a second sensor whose power consumption is lower than that of the first sensor. In the power-saving mode, supply of power to the first sensor is restricted, the second sensor is set to the power-saving mode, a trigger for restoring the power-saving mode to the normal mode is detected by using the second sensor set to the power-saving mode, and the power-saving mode is restored to the normal mode based on the detected trigger.

Abstract: A clock and data recovery circuit includes: a first current source configured to supply a charge current through a first signal line; a second current source configured to supply a discharge current through a second signal line; a loop filter configured to convert the charge current into a first voltage signal and output the first voltage signal through a third signal line, and to convert the discharge current into a second voltage signal and output the second voltage signal through a fourth signal line; a voltage control oscillator configured to be controlled in frequency; and a phase detector configured to receive a data signal from outside and receive a clock signal from the voltage control oscillator, and to supply a control signal to each of the first current source and the second current source, and generate a recovery clock signal and a recovery data signal.

Abstract: Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus is provided which easily recreates test conditions same as the past, comprising scanner, signal processor, display controller, storage, detector, collator, and controller. Scanner scans a subject with ultrasound waves through ultrasound probe. Storage previously stores first relevant information in which operation of the scanner, the signal processor, or the display controller in past test is related to a first relative position which is the relative position of ultrasound probe for the subject in the same past test. Detector detects a second relative position which is the present relative position of ultrasound probe for the subject. Collator collates the first relative position and the second relative position detected by the detector. Controller controls the scanner, the signal processor or the display controller based on the operation related to the first relative position, when the first relative position and the second relative position are matched in collation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing an optically active fluorinated oxetane, which can be an important pharmaceutical or agricultural intermediate, by reaction of a fluorinated ?-keto ester with an acyl alkenyl ether in the presence of a transition metal complex with an optically active ligand. This method utilizes a catalytic asymmetric synthesis process and does not require a stoichiometric amount of chiral source. It is thus possible to dramatically reduce the amount of use of the asymmetric catalyst especially when the reaction is performed at a high concentration of substrate (with the use of a small amount of reaction solvent) or in the absence of a reaction solvent (under neat conditions). Further, the target optically active fluorinated oxetane can be obtained with high yield and with very high optical purity. The product contains almost no difficult-to-separate impurity and shows high chemical purity.

Abstract: A PCV valve may include a housing and a valve member movable in an axial direction within the housing. A plurality of guide portions may be formed on the valve member, so that the plurality of guide portions slidably contact the monitoring portion of the housing as the valve member moves in the axial direction. When a first part of a tapered portion of the valve member opposes to the monitoring portion, a first contact part of each of the guide portions may contact the monitoring portion. When a second part of the tapered portion having a smaller diameter than the first part opposes to the monitoring portion, a second contact part of each of the guide portions may contact the monitoring portion. The second contact part may be smaller than the first part with respect to a width in a circumferential direction or may have a circumferential contact length smaller than that of the first part.

Abstract: Disclosed is a library apparatus capable of indicating an availability state of a slot according to the availability state of the slot that a magazine has. The storage library apparatus 1 rotates the first position P that indicates a usable state of a slot 7 by a first protection lever 4 being pushed by a accessor 3 which can convey, contacts against in a stopper 6, accordingly, is fixed by a lock component 5 and is fixed to the lock component 5 by rotating a second position R that indicates the unusable state of a slot 7.

Abstract: An imaging control apparatus executes focusing operation for setting an in-focus state of an imaging optical system for an imaging device on an object by using the object image obtained by imaging the object illuminated by an illumination light source by using the imaging device. The imaging control apparatus changes an imaging setting to change the signal-to-noise ratio of the object image between the time of executing the focusing operation and other times. The imaging control apparatus processes the object image so as to maintain the tonality of the image displayed on a display device before and after an imaging setting is changed and displays the processed object image on the display device.

Abstract: A composition containing a high order silane compound and a solvent, wherein the solvent contains a cyclic hydrocarbon which has one or two double bonds and no alkyl group, is composed of only carbon and hydrogen and has a refractive index of 1.40 to 1.51, a specific permittivity of not more than 3.0 and a molecular weight of not more than 180. Method of manufacturing a film-coated substrate using the high order silane composition.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosure are directed towards flow control valves having a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a valve body housed in the casing where it is movable in an axial direction, and a coil spring biasing the valve body toward the inlet wherein the casing has a measuring portion therein. The valve body has at its outer circumference of a front end a measuring surface to be inserted into the measuring portion. The measuring surface of the valve body has a small-diameter surface portion at a front end side, a large-diameter surface portion at a base end side and a tapering surface portion connecting the small-diameter surface portion with the large-diameter surface portion. The valve body moves depending on pressure differences between an inlet side and an outlet side in order to control a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a space between the measuring-portion of the casing and the measuring surface of the valve body.