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A processor for an electronic endoscope includes first and second image storing units and a controller, which in a first mode, image data is converted sequentially into a video signal and is outputted while being stored sequentially in the first and second image storing units. In a second mode, image data stored in the first image storing unit is outputted while generated image data is sequentially stored in the second image storing unit. In a third mode, image data stored in the second image storing unit is outputted while generated image data is sequentially stored in the first image storing unit. In the second and third modes, it is possible to switch between a first playback mode that continuously outputs the multiple stored image data and a second playback mode that repeatedly outputs one of the multiple stored image data.

The present invention provides a method and a device for piercing a body part and determining whether a sufficient volume of blood has been withdrawn. A lancing element is rapidly inserted into a body part in a forward phase and retracted quickly to a lesser puncturing depth. Subsequently, the lancing element is retracted slower than during the first retraction movement and the distance retracted during the second retraction is shorter than the first retraction movement. During the second retraction movement, body fluid is collected in a collection phase by a capillary structure of the lancing element. Contact between the lancing element and the body fluid is detected after the forward phase at the beginning and the end of a waiting period.

Provided is a lens array that can reliably obtain monitor light and is easy to manufacture. In the provided lens array, light incident on a first lens surface (11) from light-emitting elements is split by a reflective / transmissive layer (17) between a first optical surface (14a) and a first prism surface (16a) and sent, respectively, towards a second lens surface (12) and a third lens surface (13). Monitor light included in the light sent towards the third lens surface (13) is sent by the third lens surface (13) towards a light-receiving element (8). The path of light incident on the first optical surface (14a) is collinear with the path of light outgoing from the second optical surface (14b).

Methods, computer program products and apparatus automate clinical NMR in vitro diagnostic analyzers. The clinical analyzer can automatically electronically monitor selected parameters and automatically electronically adjust parameters to maintain the analyzer within desired operational ranges.The clinical NMR analyzers can be configured as a networked system with a plurality of clinical NMR analyzers located at different use sites; and at least one remote control system in communication with one or a plurality of clinical NMR analyzers, the at least one remote system configured to monitor selected local operating parameters associated with a respective clinical NMR analyzer.

A system and method is provided for observing a heart rate of a passenger. The system for observing a heart rate of a passenger includes a plurality of different types of heart rate sensors provided on a seat cushion or a seat back, and a control unit for collecting waveforms of the heart rate sensors for respective sensor types, computing accuracies of the waveforms for respective sensor types at each unit time, selecting a waveform having a highest accuracy at each unit time, and then calculating a heart rate.

It has been found that target optics produce non-specular, augmented optical returns when interrogated by a laser pulse. This non-specular radiation is detected by an active laser search system employing a direct-reading, thresholded focal plane detector that is able to detect non-cooperating targets with optics that employ a detector or optical element at the focal plane of their receiving optics. The pulses returned from such target optics have a width commensurate with the original transmitted pulse width, whereas passive background noise and the spread out active returns from the ground exhibit temporally long returns. By setting the sensor threshold sufficiently high, the system discriminates against noise and clutter while at the same time reducing the number of sweeps required to detect a target within the search area.

The present invention relates to an electronic camera which images an object image and records image data. Particularly, the present invention relates to technology to record image data in a good shooting state, such as with little blurring due to hand shaking. The invention has an image pick-up means 1 which continuously images an object, a temporary memory means 2 which temporarily stores a plurality of frames of image data which are continuously imaged by the image pick-up means 1, a shooting evaluation means 3 which evaluates a good or bad shooting state of the image data imaged by the image pick-up means 1, a still image selection means 4 which selects the image data with the highest evaluation of the shooting evaluation means 3 among the image data which are stored in the temporary memory means 2, and an image saving means 5 which saves the image data which is selected by the still image selection means 4.

A flat-shaped battery according to the present invention includes: an outer can having an opening at its upper end; a gasket disposed at an inner edge of the opening; and a sealing plate that seals the opening together with the gasket. In this flat-shaped battery, the outer can houses a power generation element, the sealing plate is fixed to the inner edge of the opening of the outer can via the gasket by caulking, a nickel or nickel-containing plating layer having a thickness in a range from 1 to 10 μm is formed on an outer surface of a base composing the outer can, and a gold or gold-containing plating layer is formed on an outer surface of the nickel or nickel-containing plating layer.

The invention discloses a charge and passenger flow information acquisition method for bus IC (integrated circuit) cards and belongs to the technical field of transportation. After segmental decreasing rate and the effective time duration of accumulative distance are continuously accumulated by a vehicular terminal according to riding distance, charging by distance is completed by swinging at the moment of boarding and alighting, and data related to boarding and alighting of passengers are uploaded to an information center. Data such as boarding flow, alighting flow, OD (origin and destination) flow and interchange flow on specified time scale are acquired first in real time from the information center terminal according to a specific line, a specific area and an additionally designated traffic zone; the data such as the ratio of passengers ranging from average riding distance to different riding distances and the ratio of passengers ranging from average riding time and different riding times on specified time scale are obtained then in non-real time. Real-time acquisition of bus passenger flow information and continuous acquisition of bus riding feature information are achieved by the method while fairness in public resources consumption is improved effectively, and information base for the fair charge and the related decisions for buses are provided.