Abstract: The invention provides a molded foam molding method capable of obtaining a molded foam in which pinholes may not be formed with ease even when a blow ratio is high and which has a high expansion ratio. The invention also provides a molded foam which includes no pinholes, is reduced in weight, and is excellent in heat insulating property. The molding method includes blending a polypropylene-based resin having an equilibrium compliance from 2.0 to 6.0 (10?3×Pa?1) with a foaming agent and kneading the blend in an extruder. The extruded foamed resin is molded so as to be fit along a mold by a pressurized fluid. Moreover, the molded foam is formed by the method described above, and has an expansion ratio from 1.5 to 5.0 times and an impact strength of not less than 30 kg·cm.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a molded foam which is lightweight and excellent in strength. According to the invention, a method for manufacturing a molded foam from a foamed parison includes: an extruding step of extruding a resin blend containing a foaming agent and a thermoplastic resin to form a foamed parison; an attaching step of closely attaching facing portions of an inner wall surface of the foamed parison to each other to form a foamed parison laminated body; a mold clamping step of sealing and mold clamping the foamed parison laminated body by clamping the foamed parison laminated body by split mold blocks; and a sucking step of sucking air between the split mold blocks to reduce a pressure between the split mold blocks, after the attaching step and the mold clamping step.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a light-weight air conditioning duct for vehicle that is light in weight and excellent in mechanical strength. [Solution] The present invention is directed to a light-weight air conditioning duct for vehicle 1 for letting conditioned air supplied from an air conditioning unit pass through to a desired location, the duct being obtained by blow-molding a mixed resin including a polypropylene-based resin for foaming and a hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, and the duct having an Izod impact strength equal to or larger than 10 J/m at ?20 degrees Celsius.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a blow-molded foam which has homogeneous foamed cells in size, is light in weight, and is excellent in surface smoothness, and a process for producing the same. The invention is directed to a blow-molded foam 1 having a wall portion formed in such a manner that a thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent mixed therewith is subjected to blow molding. Herein, the wall portion has a closed cell structure in which a plurality of foamed cells are contained. The wall portion has an expansion ratio of not less than 2.0 times. The wall portion has an outer face having a center-line average surface roughness Ra of less than 9.0 ?m. The foamed cell has a cell diameter having a standard deviation of less than 40 ?m in a thickness direction of the wall portion.

Abstract: A radiological image processing apparatus of this invention includes a separating device, an adjusting device and a removing device. Since a corrected image is generated using the radiological image taken through an object under examination, each image can be acquired by one radiographic operation without acquiring data for grid correction beforehand. The radiological image taken through the object is separated into a grid image and a non-grid image, and a corrected image is generated by adjusting intensity of the grid image on real space based on the non-grid image. Thus a high-precision correcting process is realized by one radiographic operation.

Abstract: An object-tracking apparatus (1; 11) includes, for observing an object area in an image and accurately track a tracking target, an image acquiring unit (2c) that acquires image data; an area detector (2d) that detects the object area from the image; a parameter calculator (2e) that calculates an area parameter which indicates a property of the object image; an area identifying unit (2f) that provides the object area at a processing target time point with an identifier which shows a correspondence between the object area at the processing target time point and the object area at an identification time point; a history generator (4a) that associates the identifier with the area parameter to generate property information, and associates the generated property information of respective time points with time series to generate history information; a consistency determining unit (4b) that determines a consistency in the history information from a determination time point to the processing target time point; and a h

Abstract: An image combination device which obtains a wide dynamic range image through combination of at least two images with different light exposure, including a photographing means for photographing an appropriate light exposure image and a different light exposure light image from the appropriate light exposure image, a dividing means for dividing a lower frequency region from the appropriate light exposure image on a frequency information of the appropriate light exposure image, a statistic means for calculating a statistics value relating to characteristic values of pixel signals in the lower frequency region, a determining means for determining a pixel signal level to divide pixel signals of the appropriate light exposure image into an appropriate region and a bright or dark region on the statistics value, and a combining means for correcting the appropriate light exposure image and the different light exposure image in tone commensurate with a light exposure ratio thereof and combining the appropriate light ex

Abstract: An image combination device which obtains a wide dynamic range image through combination of at least two images with different light exposure, including a photographing means for photographing an appropriate light exposure image and a different light exposure light image from the appropriate light exposure image, a dividing means for dividing a lower frequency region from the appropriate light exposure image on a frequency information of the appropriate light exposure image, a statistic means for calculating a statistics value relating to characteristic values of pixel signals in the lower frequency region, a determining means for determining a pixel signal level to divide pixel signals of the appropriate light exposure image into an appropriate region and a bright or dark region on the statistics value, and a combining means for correcting the appropriate light exposure image and the different light exposure image in tone commensurate with a light exposure ratio thereof and combining the appropriate light ex

Abstract: An image interpolation apparatus which generates a single frame of image data interpolated using pixel data in a plurality of fields input in time-series order while switching a line reading method periodically, comprises a direction decision section configured to detect a direction in which there is a strong correlation in a position in the field corresponding to the pixel position of the single frame of image data, on the basis of an index value for a specific direction calculated from a plurality of groups of pixel data arranged in the specific direction in the vicinity of the position, and an interpolation section configured to determine pixel data in the pixel position, using operation data selected and switched on the basis of which a field to be interpolated comes under and of the direction in which there is a strong correlation.

Abstract: An image combination device which obtains a wide dynamic range image through combination of at least two images with different light exposure, including a photographing means for photographing an appropriate light exposure image and a different light exposure light image from the appropriate light exposure image, a dividing means for dividing a lower frequency region from the appropriate light exposure image on a frequency information of the appropriate light exposure image, a statistic means for calculating a statistics value relating to characteristic values of pixel signals in the lower frequency region, a determining means for determining a pixel signal level to divide pixel signals of the appropriate light exposure image into an appropriate region and a bright or dark region on the static tics value, and a combining means for correcting the appropriate light exposure image and the different light exposure image in tone commensurate with a light exposure ratio thereof and combining the appropriate light e

Abstract: A fault pixel correcting apparatus in which: image signal taken at CCD is digitized at an analog-to-digital converter and then recorded to an image buffer; surrounding pixels in a predetermined size are read into a line buffer by an input/output control section based on location information of the fault pixel recorded at a defect location recording ROM; integrated index values are obtained from a plurality of index values in predetermined directions at an index value computing section; a direction having maximum correlation is obtained at a direction computing section; and a correction value of the fault pixel is computed at a correction value computing section by using the surrounding pixels belonging to the direction having the above correlation. An accurate correction is thereby possible even in the case of a complicated edge structure or of successively occurring fault pixels.

Abstract: A self-diagnosis system for a vehicle, with which it is possible, without requiring skill and practice, to realize running according to a running pattern and easily and certainly cause an ECU to execute a self-diagnosis.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a capability to reliably perform stapling, using a simple operation, at a desired position that takes into consideration the image on the recording sheet.The present invention that attains said object provides an image forming apparatus that records an original document image on a sheet of recording medium, having a designating device that designates a stapling position with reference to the original document image, and a stapling device that binds the recording sheets at a position on them that corresponds to the stapling position designated by means of said designating device.