Abstract: A garbage disposal support apparatus capable of reducing the load on a person disposing of garbage is achieved. A garbage disposal support apparatus includes: a position obtaining unit configured to obtain position information about a person having an object; an object image obtaining unit configured to obtain image information about the object that the person has; a garbage determination unit configured to check the image information about the object that the person has against garbage image information stored in a database, and determine whether the object is garbage or not; a route generation unit configured to generate route information to a disposal place of the garbage, based on the position information about the person and on disposal place information stored in the database, if the object is garbage; and a transmitter unit configured to transmit the route information to a display apparatus.

Abstract: A first multiplier multiplies a correction value by an adjustment coefficient and generates an adjusted correction value, the correction value being read from the correction value table, and the adjustment coefficient being determined from a zoom magnification and a focus distance. A second multiplier multiplies the adjusted correction value by a cosine of an angle formed between a position of each target pixel and the center of the frame and generates a horizontal correction value that corrects the target pixel in a horizontal direction. A horizontal filter adds all multiplication results obtained by multiplying a plurality of pixels in a left-right direction with each target pixel as a center, by left-right asymmetric coefficients, generates a horizontal high-pass filter component, adds, to each target pixel, a horizontal correction component obtained by multiplying the horizontal high-pass filter component by the horizontal correction value, and corrects each target pixel in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A linear matrix circuit generates a second R signal, a second G signal, and a second B signal by performing a matrix operation of a correction coefficient of 3 rows×3 columns including first to third correction coefficients, fourth to sixth correction coefficients, and seventh to ninth correction coefficients on a first R signal, a first G signal, and a first B signal. An R coefficient corrector performs correction so that the first correction coefficient to be multiplied by the first R signal is caused to be close to 1 and the second and third correction coefficients to be respectively multiplied by the first G signal and the first B signal are caused to be close to 0, as a first difference value obtained by subtracting the first G signal from the first B signal increases when the first difference value exceeds a first threshold.

Abstract: A linear matrix circuit generates a second R signal, a second G signal, and a second B signal by performing a matrix operation of a correction coefficient of 3 rows×3 columns including first to third correction coefficients, fourth to sixth correction coefficients, and seventh to ninth correction coefficients on a first R signal, a first G signal, and a first B signal. An R coefficient corrector performs correction so that the first correction coefficient to be multiplied by the first R signal is caused to be close to 1 and the second and third correction coefficients to be respectively multiplied by the first G signal and the first B signal are caused to be close to 0, as a first difference value obtained by subtracting the first G signal from the first B signal increases when the first difference value exceeds a first threshold.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus, including: a common processing unit including a fixed level signal generating unit configured to generate a fixed level signal that have discrete values in a color space and an address in association with each other and an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the fixed level signal to generate grid data under the condition set by the user or the condition automatically set by the image pickup apparatus; and an individual processing unit including a three-dimensional lookup table storage unit configured to store a three-dimensional lookup table in which the address and the grid data are associated with each other and output the grid data corresponding to the address of an image pickup signal and an interpolation processing unit configured to perform interpolation processing using the grid data and the image pickup signal.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus, including: a common processing unit including a fixed level signal generating unit configured to generate a fixed level signal that have discrete values in a color space and an address in association with each other and an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the fixed level signal to generate grid data under the condition set by the user or the condition automatically set by the image pickup apparatus; and an individual processing unit including a three-dimensional lookup table storage unit configured to store a three-dimensional lookup table in which the address and the grid data are associated with each other and output the grid data corresponding to the address of an image pickup signal and an interpolation processing unit configured to perform interpolation processing using the grid data and the image pickup signal.

Abstract: A protein being the following (A), (B), or (C): (A) a protein represented by the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (B) a protein represented by an amino acid sequence in which one or a plurality of amino acid is substituted, deleted, inserted or added in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, the protein having binding activity specific for a mixture of a sphingolipid and cholesterol; or (C) a protein represented by an amino acid sequence being at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: A video image pickup apparatus (10) includes an image sensor (120), a knee processor (132) for performing a compression in a high-luminance characteristic interval of a picture signal based on an output signal of the image sensor, a block luminance calculator (151) for dividing a frame of image based on the output signal of the solid-state image pickup device into a set of blocks, calculating a set of luminance indices of respective blocks, an extreme extractor (152) for extracting a block having a highest luminance index, together with the luminance index, a display information generator (153) for generating a set of pieces of image information for exposure guide display including an image representing a region of the extracted block and an image representing the luminance index, an image superposer (160) for superposing the set of pieces of image information for exposure guide display on a frame of image based on the compressed picture signal to generate a frame of superposed image, and a view finder (170)

Abstract: Calculation is made about standard deviations of portions of high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH along respective predetermined directions. The portions of the high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH represent a prescribed number of pixels including an interpolation pixel located at a position corresponding to none of photosensor pixels in G, R, and B image sensors. The smallest one is detected among the calculated standard deviations. The predetermined direction relating to the detected smallest standard deviation is labeled as a highest-correlation direction in which the highest correlation occurs. Interpolation is implemented in response to portions of the high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH which correspond to the highest-correlation direction to generate a high-frequency interpolation-result signal RGBHI for the interpolation pixel and other pixels.

Abstract: A video image pickup apparatus (10) includes an image sensor (120), a knee processor (132) for performing a compression in a high-luminance characteristic interval of a picture signal based on an output signal of the image sensor, a block luminance calculator (151) for dividing a frame of image based on the output signal of the solid-state image pickup device into a set of blocks, calculating a set of luminance indices of respective blocks, an extreme extractor (152) for extracting a block having a highest luminance index, together with the luminance index, a display information generator (153) for generating a set of pieces of image information for exposure guide display including an image representing a region of the extracted block and an image representing the luminance index, an image superposer (160) for superposing the set of pieces of image information for exposure guide display on a frame of image based on the compressed picture signal to generate a frame of superposed image, and a view finder (170)

Abstract: Calculation is made about standard deviations of portions of high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH along respective predetermined directions. The portions of the high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH represent a prescribed number of pixels including an interpolation pixel located at a position corresponding to none of photosensor pixels in G, R, and B image sensors. The smallest one is detected among the calculated standard deviations. The predetermined direction relating to the detected smallest standard deviation is labeled as a highest-correlation direction in which the highest correlation occurs. Interpolation is implemented in response to portions of the high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH which correspond to the highest-correlation direction to generate a high-frequency interpolation-result signal RGBHI for the interpolation pixel and other pixels.

Abstract: Proteins useful as sphingomyelin detecting probes, which specifically recognize sphingomyelin and have low cytotoxicity. The proteins of the present invention may be obtained by deletion of between about 110 to 170 amino acid residues from the N terminal or C terminal of earthworm toxin Lysenin 1. Kits for detecting sphingomyelin are also disclosed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel cholesterol detection reagent comprising a substance which can specifically binds to cholesterol to detect it, and a method for detecting cholesterol using the reagent. The present invention provides a cholesterol detection reagent comprising a polyethylene glycol cholesteryl ether which may be labeled.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a protein useful as a sphingomyelin detecting probe, which specifically recognizes sphingomyelin and has low cytotoxicity. The present invention provides a protein which has an amino acid sequence having, as the amino acid sequence from the 1st to the 48th amino acid, the amino acid sequence from the 1st to the 48th amino acid in Lysenin 1, and as the amino acid sequence from the 49th to the 298th amino acid, the amino acid sequence from the 51st to the 300th amino acid in Lysenin 3; and a protein which is obtained by deleting N terminal and/or C terminal from earthworm toxins Lysenin 1 or 3, and which specifically recognizes sphingomyelin.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a protein useful as a sphingomyelin detecting probe, which specifically recognizes sphingomyelin and has low cytotoxicity. The present invention provides a protein which has an amino acid sequence having, as the amino acid sequence from the 1st to the 48th amino acid, the amino acid sequence from the 1st to the 48th amino acid in Lysenin 1, and as the amino acid sequence from the 49th to the 298th amino acid, the amino acid sequence from the 51st to the 300th amino acid in Lysenin 3; and a protein which is obtained by deleting N terminal and/or C terminal from earthworm toxins Lysenin 1 or 3, and which specifically recognizes sphingomyelin.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a protein useful as a sphingomyelin detecting probe, which specifically recognizes sphingomyelin and has low cytotoxicity. The present invention provides a protein which has an amino acid sequence having, as the amino acid sequence from the 1st to the 48th amino acid, the amino acid sequence from the 1st to the 48th amino acid in Lysenin 1, and as the amino acid sequence from the 49th to the 298th amino acid, the amino acid sequence from the 51st to the 300th amino acid in Lysenin 3; and a protein which is obtained by deleting N terminal and/or C terminal from earthworm toxins Lysenin 1 or 3, and which specifically recognizes sphingomyelin.

Abstract: A process is provided for producing a compression molded article of a lignocellulose type material by use of an organic polyisocyanate compound as a binder. The process comprises carrying out adhesion by use of the following components (A) an organic polyisocyanate, (B) an aqueous emulsion of a wax having a melting point ranging from 50.degree. C. to 160.degree. C., and (C) an organic phosphate ester derivative and optionally (D) water. The compression molded article can readily be released from the mold, and has excellent physical properties.