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An index detection unit (2030) detects indices allocated or set on an object from a sensed image. An evaluation amount calculation unit (2060) calculates evaluation amounts of the indices using two-dimensional geometric features of the indices on the image and / or three-dimensional geometric features that represent relationships between an image sensing device (2010) and the indices on a three-dimensional space. A reliability calculation unit (2070) calculates reliabilities of the indices according to the calculated evaluation amounts of the indices. A position and orientation calculation unit (2080) calculates the position and orientation of the object or the image sensing device (2010) using at least the calculated reliabilities of the indices and information associated with the image coordinates of the detected indices.

A jack connector includes pairs of jack signal contacts and jack ground contacts arranged alternately, and a plug connector includes pairs of plug signal contacts and plug ground contacts arranged alternately. Respective contacts of each pair of jack signal contacts come into contact with respective contacts of each pair of plug signal contacts, and each jack ground contact comes into contact with each plug ground contact. In a first contact structure, each jack ground contact comes into contact with each plug ground contact at a first position, and in a second contact structure each jack ground contact comes into contact with each plug ground contact at a second position apart from the first position along an extending direction of the plug ground contact.

A therapeutic composition, a dosage form and a method are disclosed for administering phenytoin indicated for the management of epilepsy.

Arrangements (e.g., methods) for manufacturing a display device, including irradiating an amorphous semiconductor film formed on a substrate with an excimer laser beam to convert the amorphous semiconductor film into a polycrystalline semiconductor film; and irradiating predetermined areas of the polycrystalline semiconductor film intermittently with a continuous wave laser beam while a position of the substrate with respect to the continuous wave laser beam is scanned, crystal grains larger than those of the polycrystalline semiconductor film other than the predetermined areas are formed in each of the predetermined areas locally in the polycrystalline semiconductor film, wherein first thin film transistors are formed in the predetermined areas while second thin film transistors are formed in the polycrystalline semiconductor film other than the predetermined areas thereof.

A device for processing data adapted for being converted between an analog format and a digital format, the device having a scrambling unit adapted for scrambling the data based on at least a part of the data to thereby decorrelate the data in the analog format with respect to the data in the digital format.

There is provided a cooking device having a drawer type automatic door in which delicate control is carried out when the door is opened and closed, whereby an influence (falling, overflowing, or the like) exerted on an object to be cooked such as a food by a shock produced at the time of door opening and closing can be reduced or eliminated. When a before-stop position (full opening detection switch Pso at the time of full opening, intermediate switch Psi at the time of full closing) provided before the stop position of the door is detected by specific position detecting means, speed control means controls driving means to reduce the travel speed of a drawer body. For the door opening and closing at the time of start and finish of cooking, a position at which the drawer body is to be stopped automatically (fully opened position Po, fully closed position Pc) is recognized, and the opening / closing speed leading to the stopping is controlled. Therefore, the sudden stop of the drawer body at the stop position is prevented, and the degree of shock at the time of stopping is restrained, by which the influence on the object to be cooked such as a food can be reduced or eliminated.

When detecting light scattered by an object to be inspected by using a pulse laser as a light source, noise increases unless a sampling repletion period of an A / D converter is determined so as to be related to a pulse oscillation repetition period of the light source. (1) The sampling repletion period of the A / D converter is set equal to the pulse oscillation repetition period of the light source or an integer times thereof, and the sampling is synchronized with oscillation of the light source. Or (2) the sampling repletion period of the A / D converter is set equal to a half-integer times the pulse oscillation repetition period of the light source. Even if a ripple component resulting from emission pulses of the light source remains in the scattered light signal supplied to the A / D converter remains, therefore, its influence can be eliminated or reduced.

An adapter device for controlling a rocket engine nozzle under conditions of external pressure that can lead to the jet separating inside the nozzle, the nozzle being fitted with a diverging portion that is movably mounted relative to a stationary portion of the nozzle, thrust deflection then being achieved by swivelling the diverging portion so as to deflect the jet of combustion gas in contact with the inside wall of the diverging portion. The device includes a structure disposed inside the diverging portion in such a manner as to reduce the diverging nature of the flow section thereof and to increase the bearing area of pressure forces exerted by the jet on the diverging portion during swivelling thereof.

The device for the transcutaneous determination of blood gases including a transcutaneous sensor for the measurement of at least one of the parameters of skin carbon dioxide partial pressure (PsCO2) and skin oxygen partial pressure (PsO2) includes at least one sensor for the measurement of the tissue blood flow (F) local with respect to the transcutaneous sensor, and includes a device for the calculation of at least one of the parameters of transcutaneous carbon dioxide partial pressure (tcpCO2) and transcutaneous oxygen partial pressure (tcpO2) from the measured skin carbon dioxide partial pressure (PsCO2) or the measured skin oxygen partial pressure (PsO2), with a factor dependent on the local tissue blood flow (F) being taken into account in the calculation of at least one of the parameters of transcutaneous carbon dioxide partial pressure (tcpCO2) and transcutaneous oxygen partial pressure (tcpO2).

An intake amount control apparatus of an internal combustion engine in accordance with the invention includes a control portion that controls an opening amount of a throttle valve provided in an intake passageway of the internal combustion engine and operation of a lift amount changing mechanism capable of changing a lift amount of an intake valve. The control portion controls the operation of the lift amount changing mechanism so that, prior to execution of a fuel cut control at the time of an engine deceleration, the lift amount of in intake valve becomes smaller than at the time of a normal engine idle operation where the fuel cut control is not executed.

A method and an apparatus for expressing a motion object are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a stereo image in which the motion object has been captured, the stereo image including a depth image; extracting a key point from the motion object in the stereo image; determining, based on statistical information relating to three-dimensional motion of pixels within a first predetermined region surrounding the key point, a dominant direction of the key point; determining, based on the dominant direction of the key point, motion vectors of pixels within a second predetermined region surrounding the key point to obtain rotation invariant motion vectors; and extracting, based on the determined motion vectors of the pixels within the second predetermined region surrounding the key point, a feature describing the key point. The present invention can extract features of motion object that are irrelevant to a viewing angle of a camera.

An optical disk recording method for recording predetermined data on an optical disk on the basis of a first reference clock signal used for recording, the optical disk including a groove track having a wobble signal recorded thereon and a land track having a land pre-pit carrying track position information, the first reference clock signal being generated on the basis of the wobble signal reproduced from the optical disk, includes the steps of reproducing a pre-pit signal from the optical disk; generating a second reference clock signal from the pre-pit signal; detecting an amount of phase shift of the first reference clock signal using the second reference clock signal; and correcting the first reference clock signal on the basis of an average value of the detected amount of phase shift.

A display device integrated with a touch screen panel including a first substrate, a first guard ring pattern, an insulating layer, and a second guard ring pattern. The first substrate includes a touch region. The first guard ring pattern is positioned at a perimeter of the touch region. The insulating layer is positioned at a perimeter of the first guard ring pattern. The insulating layer is separated from an edge of the first substrate by a first distance. The second guard ring pattern is positioned over each of the first substrate and the insulating layer.

A development apparatus 8 has developer transport members 26 and 27 respectively contained in containers 22 and 23 and transporting developer while stirring the developer and passing the developer to each other at a passing portion 41 and a passing portion 42, thereby causing the developer to circulate in a developer tank 21. The passing portion 41 is formed at a location of a partition 21c adjacent to a developer discharging mechanism 34 and the passing portion 42 is formed at a location of the partition 21c away from the developer discharging mechanism 34. The passing portions 41 and 42 have configurations in which a transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion 41 is greater than the transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion 42.