Abstract: To easily grasp relations between posts and responses by other users, when a browsing service for browsing messages exchanged through posts and responses to the posts among multiple users is provided in a message-browsing system, a terminal device 20 includes an assigning unit 254 assigning user images corresponding to multiple specific users who are a subset or all of the multiple users to reference positions as many as the number of the user images on a screen respectively according to a predetermined rule, a position determining unit 255 determining the reference positions assigned to the user images corresponding to the multiple specific users as display positions displaying the user images respectively, and a position changing unit 256 changing a display position of a user image corresponding to a user responding to a message another user posts to a position close to a user image corresponding to the other user posting the message.

Abstract: To make a user interested in a service even if feelings of a sentence cannot be identified, a message-browsing system includes an image storage unit storing user images corresponding to the multiple users, respectively, a motion storage unit storing motion information defining motions of the images associated with types of feelings or forms of posts, a keyword storage unit storing keywords according to the types, a determination unit determining whether or not any of the types can be identified by finding keywords stored in the keyword storage unit in a sentence of a post, and a setting unit, when a type of feelings can be identified, selecting motion information corresponding to the identified feelings, selecting motion information corresponding to a form of the post when the type cannot be identified, and setting a motion of a user image corresponding to the user contributing the post based on the selected motion information.

Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotating electrical machine includes a rotor having a rotor core. Magnet holes circumferentially arranged at regular intervals in the rotor core include pairs of first magnet holes and pairs of second magnet holes. Each pair of first magnet holes are symmetric with respect to an imaginary line extending through a rotor core center. Each pair of second magnet holes are located on a radially inner side of the rotor core and are symmetric with respect to the imaginary line. Each pair of second magnet holes are located on an inner circumferential side of the paired first magnet holes with respect to a radial direction of the rotor core. A first magnet angle made by permanent magnets located in each pair of first magnet holes is larger than a second magnet angle made by permanent magnets located in each pair of second magnet holes.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silicon wafer provides a silicon wafer which can reduce the precipitation of oxygen to prevent a wafer deformation from being generated and can prevent a slip extension due to boat scratches and transfer scratches serving as a reason for a decrease in wafer strength, even when the wafer is provided to a rapid temperature-rising-and-falling thermal treatment process.

Abstract: A technique is proposed for enabling stable detection of an object even when the contrast of an image is lowered overall or partially. A preprocessing section 12 is added to the upstream stage of an object detecting processing section 13, and provides an obtained corrected image (image obtained by subjecting an input image to contrast enhancement) as an input image for the object detecting processing section 13. This facilitates the detection of the object even when the contrast of the entire screen is lowered due to fog or rain. Furthermore, the object detecting processing section 13 detects the object by using not only the corrected image from the preprocessing section 12 but also correction characteristic information 23 containing image characteristics regarding the correction (contrast enhancement). This attempts to reduce an influence of noises enhanced by the contrast enhancement.

Abstract: Processing for judging whether a face is included in a frame is performed, in a predetermined interval, on each of frames included in a moving image of a subject, displayed on a monitor, until the judgment becomes positive. If it is judged that a face is included in a frame, the facial position is detected in the frame, and stored. Then, judgment is made as to whether a face is included in the next frame after predetermined time. If the judgment is positive, the facial position is detected. The previously stored facial position is replaced by the newly detected facial position, and the newly detected facial position is stored. These processes are repeated until photographing operation is performed by operating a release unit.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silicon wafer provides a silicon wafer which can reduce the precipitation of oxygen to prevent a wafer deformation from being generated and can prevent a slip extension due to boat scratches and transfer scratches serving as a reason for a decrease in wafer strength, even when the wafer is provided to a rapid temperature-rising-and-falling thermal treatment process.

Abstract: An image processing device 102 includes a background-object reference image estimation unit 1, a background-object optical flow calculation unit 2, moving-object reference image estimation units 4 and 9, moving-object heat-haze fluctuation calculation units 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11, and a motion correction unit 3. The image processing device 102 is configured such that optical flow of a background object and heat-haze fluctuation of a moving-object are obtained from input images inputted in succession, partial images of the input images are moved so as to cancel the heat-haze fluctuation, and a corrected image, which has the heat-haze fluctuation upon the background object and the moving-object within the input images removed, is generated.

Abstract: To acquire a high-resolution frame from a plurality of frames sampled from a video image, it is necessary to obtain a high-resolution frame with reduced picture quality degradation regardless of motion of a subject included in the frame. Because of this, between a plurality of contiguous frames FrN and FrN+1, there is estimated a correspondent relationship. Based on the correspondent relationship, the frames FrN+1 and FrN are interposed to obtain first and second interpolated frames FrH1 and FrH2. Based on the correspondent relationship, the coordinates of the frame FrN+1 are transformed, and from a correlation value with the frame FrN, there is obtained a weighting coefficient ?(x°, y°) that makes the weight of the first interpolated frame FrH1 greater as a correlation becomes greater. With the weighting coefficient, the first and second interpolated frames are weighted and added to acquire a synthesized frame FrG.

Abstract: A radiographic phase-contrast imaging apparatus obtains a phase-contrast image using two gratings including the first grating and the second grating. The first and second gratings are adapted to form a moire pattern when a periodic pattern image formed by the first grating is superimposed on the second grating. Based on the moire pattern detected by the radiographic image detector, image signals of the fringe images, which correspond to pixel groups located at different positions with respect to a predetermined direction, are obtained by obtaining image signals of pixels of each pixel group, which includes pixels arranged at predetermined intervals in the predetermined direction, as the image signal of each fringe image, where the predetermined direction is a direction parallel to or intersecting a period direction of the moire pattern other than a direction orthogonal to the period direction. Then, a phase-contrast image is generated based on the obtained fringe images.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display device includes: an electrophoretic layer which is sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein a disposition area of the electrophoretic layer is constituted by a display area and a sacrifice display area which is provided to surround the display area, and at the second substrate, a printed area which is set outside the display area in a plan view and overlaps an outer peripheral portion of the sacrifice display area is provided.

Abstract: Provided are an epitaxial silicon carbide single crystal substrate having a high-quality silicon carbide single crystal thin film with less stacking faults on a silicon carbide single crystal substrate and a production method therefor. The epitaxial silicon carbide single crystal substrate is produced by growing a silicon carbide epitaxial layer on a silicon carbide single crystal substrate having an off-angle of 4° or less so that the number of stacking faults emitting light at wavelengths ranging from 400 to 600 nm by photoluminescence on the substrate is less than 10/cm2 in total. Additionally, the method for producing the epitaxial silicon carbide single crystal substrate forms the epitaxial layer by using chlorosilane as a silicon-based material gas and hydrocarbon gas as a carbon-based gas, at a growth temperature of 1600° C. to 1700° C., at a C/Si ratio of 0.5 to 1.0, and at a growth rate of 1 to 3 ?m/hr.

Abstract: First, a face within an image, which is a target of detection, is detected. Detection data of the face is employed to detect eyes which are included in the face. Detection data of the eyes are employed to detect the inner and outer corners of the eyes. Detection data of the inner and outer corners of the eyes is employed to detect characteristic points of the upper and lower eyelids that represent the outline of the eyes.

Abstract: A radiographic phase-contrast imaging apparatus obtains a phase-contrast image using two gratings including the first grating and the second grating. The first and second gratings are adapted to form a moire pattern when a periodic pattern image formed by the first grating is superimposed on the second grating. Based on the moire pattern detected by the radiographic image detector, image signals of the fringe images, which correspond to pixel groups located at different positions with respect to a predetermined direction, are obtained by obtaining image signals of pixels of each pixel group, which includes pixels arranged at predetermined intervals in the predetermined direction, as the image signal of each fringe image, where the predetermined direction is a direction parallel to or intersecting a period direction of the moire pattern other than a direction orthogonal to the period direction. Then, a phase-contrast image is generated based on the obtained fringe images.

Abstract: A stator of a rotating electrical machine includes a stator core which is annular in shape, a plurality of stator coil groups constituting a plurality of phases, each-phase stator coil group being wound on the stator core and including a plurality of unit coils connected to each other, and a plurality of pieces of interphase insulation paper for insulation of coils belonging to different phases, disposed between coil ends of the unit coils belonging to different phases at both axial ends of the stator core, the interphase insulation paper pieces having ends which are inserted between the coil ends of the unit coils belonging to an identical phase, respectively.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring system that captures and inputs video images of a crowd with a surveillance camera for detecting normal and/or various abnormal states.

Abstract: A stator of a rotating machine includes a stator core, a plurality of winding wires wound on the stator core, a first bus ring, a second bus ring, and a holder device. The first bus rings each has a first radial dimension and selectively connects electrically with each of the wires. The second bus ring has a second radial dimension different from the first radial dimension and selectively connects electrically with each of the wires. The holder device holds the first and the second bus rings. The holder device includes a first and a second support portion. The first support portion supports a plurality of the first bus rings aligned along an axial direction of the stator core. The second support portion supports the second bus ring on a radially outward or inward side of the first bus rings.

Abstract: A normal image representing a normal structure of a predetermined structure in an input medical image is generated with higher accuracy. Further, an abnormal component in the input medical image is separated with higher accuracy. A supervised learned filtering unit inputs an input image representing a predetermined structure to a supervised learned filter to generate an image representing a normal structure of the predetermined structure. The supervised learned filter is obtained through a learning process using supervisor images, each representing a normal structure of the predetermined structure in a subject (individual), and corresponding training images, each containing an abnormal component in the corresponding subject (individual). Further, a difference processing unit separates an abnormal component in the input image by calculating a difference between the input image and the image representing the normal structure.

Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electrical machine suppresses demagnetization of permanent magnets without deteriorating motor characteristics, is low-cost, and is highly reliable. The rotor has a plurality of rotor cores that are stacked together, a plurality of permanent magnets axially divided by the rotor cores and circumferentially arranged on each of the rotor cores, to circumferentially form magnetic irregularities, and a rotor blank made of nonmagnetic material arranged between those of the rotor cores that are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: To acquire a high-resolution frame from a plurality of frames sampled from a video image, it is necessary to obtain a high-resolution frame with reduced picture quality degradation regardless of motion of a subject included in the frame. Because of this, between a plurality of contiguous frames FrN and FrN+1, there is estimated a correspondent relationship. Based on the correspondent relationship, the frames FrN+1 and FrN are interposed to obtain first and second interpolated frames FrH1 and FrH2. Based on the correspondent relationship, the coordinates of the frame FrN+1 are transformed, and from a correlation value with the frame FrN, there is obtained a weighting coefficient ?(x°, y°) that makes the weight of the first interpolated frame FrH1 greater as a correlation becomes greater. With the weighting coefficient, the first and second interpolated frames are weighted and added to acquire a synthesized frame FrG.