Abstract: In a vehicle air conditioner, a case member of an inside/outside air switching portion is disposed at an approximate center in an interior unit in a vehicle width direction, to define an air passage extending in the vehicle width direction. An outside air suction port is provided in the case member, and first and second openings are opened in the case member at both side ends of the air passage in the vehicle width direction. One of the first and second openings is used as an inside air suction port, and the other one thereof is used as an outlet passage port. In addition, the outlet passage port of the case member is coupled to a suction port of a blower through a connection duct.

Abstract: In an image display apparatus capable of storing therein a small amount of images and also capable of displaying two sorts, or more of images within a short time period, an axial image 1, a sagittal image 2, and a coronal image 3, which are loaded from a magnetic disk, are displayed on a CRT monitor 117. Image position indication FIGS. 4, 5, 6 are indicated above the respective tomographic images, and positions of the respective tomographic images are indicated on the respective image position indication FIGS. 4, 5, 6 by employing heavy lines 4a, 5a, 6a, and triangular symbols 4b, 5b, 6b. The positions of the tomographic images can be adjusted by dragging the respective triangular symbols 4b, 5b, 6b by using a mouse 118. Image position input FIGS. 7, 8, 9 are indicated under the respective tomographic images, and the positions of the respective displayed tomographic images are indicated on the image position input FIGS. 7, 8, 9 by way of drag bars 7a, 8a, 9a.

Abstract: When the E-mail key is pressed, and the E-mail attaching of picked-up image is then indicated, after pick-up, the size of image to be attached is selected.

Abstract: A plurality of viewpoints are set in a blood vessel included in an original image obtained in such a way that a plurality of CT images are stacked. The viewpoints are manually or automatically set along the blood vessel in the central projection method. Next, a curved surface including the viewpoints (composed of straight lines intersecting the viewpoints) is set. Then, the original image is cut along the curved surface to construct a sectional image of the original image including a sectional image of the blood vessel, and the constructed sectional image is displayed. The displayed sectional image is a longitudinal sectional image of the blood vessel. Therefore, a longitudinal sectional image of an object such as a blood vessel and an intestine cut along a curved surface along the object can be easily constructed.

Abstract: The virtual three-dimensional image of an observed object is formed by arranging a plurality of sectional images and projected from a viewpoint fixed to a predetermined position onto a projection plane which is fixed to a predetermined position to form and display a perspective image. The pixel value on the sectional image which is transversed by a projection line extending from the viewpoint to the projection plane are read and, if the read value coincides with one of a plurality of predetermined values, pixel data are recorded in a pixel recording region corresponding to that value in pixel value memories. While the projection line scans the pixels one by one on the projection plane, for each coming scanned pixel the pixel data are recorded. After all the data are recorded, the pixel data recorded in the pixel value memories are read out and the data are displayed on a display as a perspective image.

Abstract: An image diagnosis supporting device displaying medical images in order while shifting the same vertically and laterally on a display screen so that an area in which an abnormal candidate shadow exists and a position at which a marker indicating the area are almost fixed in the display screen.

Abstract: In an air conditioning unit of a vehicle air conditioner, an air-outlet mode switching portion is provided at an upper side of a heat exchanging portion including at least a heating heat exchanger for heating air. The air-outlet mode switching portion includes a rotary door rotatable around a rotation shaft, and the rotary door includes a circumference wall surface for opening and closing plural air outlet openings through which air is blown toward different zones of a passenger compartment. Further, the heating heat exchanger is arranged to be crossed with a horizontal surface, and a rotation space of the rotary door is provided to extend from an upper side of the heating heat exchanger to a side portion of the heating heat exchanger. Accordingly, the size of the air conditioning unit can be made smaller.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus emphasizes display of a particular portion using the volume rendering method, where a volume image constructed by aligning a plurality of tomograms is shaded and projected on a predetermined projection plane to produce a 3D image. A volume rendering method is used where, in an algorithm for shading, virtual light beams are radiated from a virtual light source set outside the volume image, and pixel values on the projection plane are calculated based on reflectivity and density gradient of light beams at the respective pixels on the projection plane. At a luminescence ratio allocating area, a luminescence ratio is allocated for amplifying light beams entering pixels representing a particular object to be emphasized. The thus-allocated luminescence ratio is added as a parameter of the shading calculation in the volume rendering method and is used for calculation of pixel values on the projection plane.

Abstract: An image diagnosis supporting device by which shadows of different sizes and shapes can be processed integrally with less computer calculation when focus candidates are automatically detected from a medical image. A medical image is converted to a multi-valued image by a digitizing means. The coordinates of the center of a shadow are determined according to the multi-valued image. With reference to the center coordinates, the medical image and the multi-valued image are subjected to various image-processings so as to detect portions considered as focus candidates.

Abstract: In an air conditioning unit of a vehicle air conditioner, an air-outlet mode switching portion is provided at an upper side of a heat exchanging portion including at least a heating heat exchanger for heating air. The air-outlet mode switching portion includes a rotary door rotatable around a rotation shaft, and the rotary door includes a circumference wall surface for opening and closing plural air outlet openings through which air is blown toward different zones of a passenger compartment. Further, the heating heat exchanger is arranged to be crossed with a horizontal surface, and a rotation space of the rotary door is provided to extend from an upper side of the heating heat exchanger to a side portion of the heating heat exchanger. Accordingly, the size of the air conditioning unit can be made smaller.

Abstract: The present invention is a checker head for inspecting an object having even a small test pad pitch, without using a wired socket. The checker head includes a pin to be brought into contact with a test pad of the object, a conductor connected to a circuit tester, and a spring in contact with the pin and conductor and disposed linearly between the pin and conductor. Another mode of checker head has a structure in which a pin to be brought into contact with a test pad of an object and a conductor in contact with the pin and connected to a circuit tester are arranged in line and inserted through laminated body including an elastic layer, and the position of the pin and conductor are restricted by the elastic layer.

Abstract: A method of constructing a three-dimensional image by using a central projection method, in which a predetermined region containing a point of view is set in advance, and in the case of performing coordinate transformation by the central projection method and shading, the coordinate transformation and shading are applied not to coordinates of pixels within said region but to coordinates of pixels out of said region.

Abstract: In a vehicle air conditioner, a case member of an inside/outside air switching portion is disposed at an approximate center in an interior unit in a vehicle width direction, to define an air passage extending in the vehicle width direction. An outside air suction port is provided in the case member, and first and second openings are opened in the case member at both side ends of the air passage in the vehicle width direction. One of the first and second openings is used as an inside air suction port, and the other one thereof is used as an outlet passage port. In addition, the outlet passage port of the case member is coupled to a suction port of a blower through a connection duct.

Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus including a collimator that restricts an irradiation range of an X-ray fan beam, in which first projection data is obtained with no restriction placed onto the X-ray irradiation range through the collimator, then, second projection data is obtained with the X-ray irradiation range restricted in accordance with a concerned region set on a tomographic image, and when reconstructing an image with the use of the second projection data, the image is reconstructed using, as data outside of the concerned region, data of a corresponding portion of the first projection data.

Abstract: The present invention is a checker head for inspecting an object having even a small test pad pitch, without using a wired socket. The checker head includes a pin to be brought into contact with a test pad of the object, a conductor connected to a circuit tester, and a spring in contact with the pin and conductor and disposed linearly between the pin and conductor. Another mode of checker head has a structure in which a pin to be brought into contact with a test pad of an object and a conductor in contact with the pin and connected to a circuit tester are arranged in line and inserted through laminated body including an elastic layer, and the position of the pin and conductor are restricted by the elastic layer.

Abstract: A viewpoint is set on an intersection of two arbitrary multi-planer reconstruction (MPR) images, a line of sight is displayed on a plane including either one of the two MPR images, and the geometric positional relationship of the two MPR images, the intersection thereof, the viewpoint and the line of sight is designated with a position input device such as a mouse to thereby enable the geometric positional relationship to be rearranged.

Abstract: An insulating package is provided with an insulating base having a bottom plate and frame body, electrodes led from the inside to the outside of the insulating base, and a metal cap to seal the frame body. The metal cap is adhered to the frame body by low melting point glass. This low melting point glass contains at least one selected from a group consisting of Al, Ni, Ag, BaTiO3, NiCr, TiB, and TiO2, and inside the glass, spherical particles with diameters of 10 &mgr;m or more are dispersed.

Abstract: A power steering apparatus integrally comprises an electric motor, a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor, and a controlling device which is disposed between the electric motor and hydraulic pump and which controls the electric motor, in which steering is assisted by oil pressure generated by the hydraulic pump, wherein a radiating body for radiating a heat generated by the controlling device is disposed between the controlling device and hydraulic pump, so that the heat generated by the controlling device is radiated to the hydraulic pump. With this configuration, it is possible to efficiently radiate a heat generated inside the controlling device, the heat radiation can be designed without being influenced by ambient condition, and it is possible to be replaced by, member having a low heat-resistance.

Abstract: In an interpolation method which determines interpolation points on a projection line not crossing vertically a plurality of tomograms by interpolation, an interpolation method of tomograms which determines the pixel values of at least two points D1 and D2 on the projection line by interpolation from the pixel values of neighboring points on the tomograms, and determines the pixel value of an interpolation point between the points D1 and D2 by utilizing at least the pixel values of the points D1 and D2 and distances between the points D1 and D2 and the interpolation point.

Abstract: With respect to a stacked three-dimensional image, a point of view and a first projection plane are set, a central projection image is obtained according to a central projection method, and this image is shaded to obtain a first pseudo-three-dimensional image as if the image was observed under an endoscope. Then, a second projection plane is set with a positional relation so as to be perpendicular to the first projection plane and a second pseudo-three-dimensional image is obtained by projecting the same stacked three-dimensional image according to a parallel projection method and performing shading. An updated position of a new view point is obtained by using the second pseudo-three-dimensional image.