Author: claimsbot

1. An ion airflow generating device comprising a plurality generator stages, each generator stage comprising a plurality of generators, each generator comprising a needle-shaped emitter and a ring-shaped receiver, the receivers in the same generator stage being arranged in an array, each receiver defining a groove in an outer circumferential surface thereof along a direction parallel to the central axis thereof, each two adjacent receivers in a former generator stage connecting with each other and the grooves thereof cooperatively defining a hole for holding an emitter in a next generator stage, and the receivers in the next generator stage symmetrically offsetting from the receivers in the former generator stage such that each emitter aligns to the center of a corresponding receiver.
2. The ion airflow generating device of claim 1, wherein the emitter comprises a needle electrode.
3. The ion airflow generating device of claim 1, wherein the emitter is made of brass.
4. The ion airflow generating device of claim 1, wherein the receiver comprises a ring electrode.
5. The ion airflow generating device of claim 4, wherein the receiver is a ring-shape selected from the group consisting of a triangular ring, a rectangular ring, a discontinuous ring, a spiral, a set of concentric rings, a set of concentric discontinuous rings, and a set of concentric spirals.
6. The ion airflow generating device of claim 1, wherein the receiver is made of brass.
7. The ion airflow generating device of claim 1, further comprising a guide tube having an inlet and an outlet, the guide tube sleeving the generator stages and configured for guiding airflow generated by the generator stages from the inlet to the outlet.
8. The ion airflow generating device of claim 7, further comprising a plurality of connecting rings, the configuration of the connecting rings being substantially similar to the receivers, the connecting rings supporting the emitters in a generator stage adjacent to the inlet.
9. The ion airflow generating device of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of connecting semi-rings, the connecting semi-ring is a half of the connecting ring and configured for connecting the receivers in a generator stage of which the number of the receivers is less than that of an adjacent generator stage to the guide tube.
10. The ion airflow generating device of claim 1, further comprising a high voltage power supply configured for charging the generators, the high voltage power supply comprising a high voltage input and a low voltage input, the emitters in the next generator stage and the receivers in the former generator stage connecting to one of the high voltage input and the low voltage input, the receivers in the next generator stage and the emitters in the former generator stage connecting to another one of the high voltage input and the low voltage input, whereby the emitters and the receivers in the same stage are connected to different voltage inputs to form a voltage drop therebetween.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An internal combustion engine control system comprising:
a crank angle detection means that outputs a crank angle signal corresponding to a crank angle of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders;
a crank angle range storage means that stores a crank angle range at a time when the internal combustion engine stops, based on the crank angle signal; and
a piston position determination means that determines the piston positions of the plurality of cylinders, based on the crank angle signal,
wherein the crank angle detection means has a function of outputting respective recognition signals from a plurality of intermediate positions each flanked with the positions corresponding to the respective top dead centers of the pistons of the plurality of cylinders and differentiates the kinds of the respective recognition signals outputted from the adjacent intermediate positions;
wherein the piston position determination means determines the stopping position of the piston at a time when the internal combustion engine stops, based on the crank angle range stored in the crank angle range storage means and the crank angle corresponding to the position of the recognition signal outputted by the crank angle detection means; and
wherein there is determined the cylinder to which a fuel is to be initially supplied when the internal combustion engine restarts, based on the stopping position of the piston determined by the piston position determination means.
2. The internal combustion engine control system according to claim 1, wherein the number of kinds of the recognition signals corresponds to the divisor, which is the maximum prime number, among the divisors of the number of cylinders of the internal combustion engine.
3. The internal combustion engine control system according to claim 1, wherein the crank angle range storage means stores, as the crank angle range at a time when the internal combustion engine stops, the range from the crank angle corresponding to the top dead center of the cylinder immediately before the recognition signal detected immediately before the internal combustion engine stops to the crank angle corresponding to the top dead center of the piston of the cylinder that is advanced from said cylinder by 2 cylinders.
4. The internal combustion engine control system according to claim 1, wherein the piston position determination means calculates a crank angle, by dividing the crank angle range stored in the crank angle range storage means into three ranges, i.e., a first range from the starting point of the stored crank angle range to the starting point of a first recognition signal that emerges firstly, a second range from the starting point of the first recognition signal to the starting point of the second recognition signal that emerges following the first recognition signal, and a third range from the starting point of the second recognition signal to the rear end of the stored crank angle range, and determines the stopping position of the piston at a time when the internal combustion engine stops, based on at least one of the first range, the second range, and the third range and the crank angle corresponding to the position of the recognition signal outputted by the crank angle detection means.

1. An image assessment device assessing an image pair used for 3D measurement from plural captured images comprising:
a first captured image selection device that selects a first captured image from the plural captured images;
a first captured image information acquisition device that acquires an imaging position and imaging orientation of the selected first captured image;
an object distance to-be-measured acquisition device that acquires an object distance to be measured from a first imaging position that is the imaging position for the first captured image to an object to be measured in the first captured image;
an object position to-be-measured calculation device that calculates an object position to be measured which is a position on an optical axis in capturing the first captured image and is at the object distance to be measured in a 3D space from the first imaging position;
a second captured image selection device that selects a second captured image from the plural captured images;
a second captured image information acquisition device that acquires a second imaging position that is an imaging position, imaging orientation, and angle of view for the selected second captured image;
an imaging range calculation device that calculates an imaging range corresponding to the second captured image on the basis of the imaging position, imaging orientation, and angle of view for the acquired second captured image; and
an assessment device that determines whether or not the calculated object position to be measured is within the calculated imaging range, and assesses that the first captured image and the second captured image are of the image pair if determining that the calculated object position to be measured is within the calculated imaging range.
2. The image assessment device according to claim 1, wherein the assessment device assesses that the first captured image and the second captured image are of the image pair, further in a case where a value of a resolving power \u0394Z is equal to or less than a threshold, the resolving power \u0394Z being expressed by Formula 1 below including a base length L between a capturing device at the first imaging position and a capturing device at the second imaging position,
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3. The image assessment device according to claim 1, wherein, the assessment device assesses that the first captured image and the second captured image are of the image pair, further in a case where an angle \u03b1 formed by the meeting of an optical axis of the capturing device at the first imaging position with a straight line C which connects the capturing device at the first imaging position to the capturing device at the second imaging position, and an angle \u03b2 formed by the meeting of an optical axis of the capturing device at the second imaging position with the straight line C are both 45\xb0 or more and 135\xb0 or less.
4. The image assessment device according to claim 1, wherein the assessment device assesses that the first captured image and the second captured image are of the image pair, further in a case a distance S between the object position to be measured and the optical axis of the capturing device at the imaging position for the second captured image is equal to or less than a threshold.
5. The image assessment device according to claim 1, wherein the second captured image selection device selects a captured image having a value of a resolving power \u0394Z equal to or less than a threshold as the second captured image, the resolving power \u0394Z being expressed by Formula 2 below including a base length Lx between a capturing device at the first imaging position and a capturing device at an imaging position for a single captured image of the plural captured images,
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6. The image assessment device according to claim 1, wherein, further in a case where an angle \u03b1 formed by meeting of an optical axis of the capturing device at the first imaging position with a straight line which connects the capturing device at the first imaging position to the capturing device at the imaging position for the single captured image of the plural captured images, and an angle \u03b2 formed by meeting of an optical axis of the capturing device at the imaging position for the single captured image of the plural captured images with the straight line are both 45\xb0 or more and 135\xb0 or less, the second captured image selection device selects the single captured image as the second captured image.
7. The image assessment device according to claim 1, wherein further in a case where a distance S between the object position to be measured and the optical axis of the capturing device at the imaging position for the single captured image of the plural captured images is equal to or less than the threshold, the second captured image selection device selects the single captured image as the second captured image.
8. The image assessment device according to claim 1, wherein the first captured image selection device selects any captured image as the first captured image from the plural captured images, and the second captured image selection device selects any captured image of the captured images other than the first captured image as the second captured image from the plural captured images.
9. The image assessment device according to claim 2, further comprising:
a storage device that stores therein a plurality of the image pairs assessed by the assessment device; and
a resolving power optimal pair assessment device that assesses that a pair having the highest resolving power \u0394Z is a resolving power optimal pair from a pair group, the pair being included in the pair group in which the first captured image or the second captured image of the image pair is identical in the plurality of the image pairs stored in the storage device.
10. The image assessment device according to claim 4, further comprising:
a storage device that stores therein a plurality of the image pairs assessed by the assessment device; and
a distance S optimal pair assessment device that assesses that a pair having the shortest distance S is a distance S optimal pair from a pair group, the pair being included in the pair group in which the first captured image or the second captured image of the image pair is identical in the plural image pairs stored in the storage device.
11. The image assessment device according to claim 9 wherein, the storage device stores as one file the image pair assessed by the assessment device.
12. The image assessment device according to claim 1, wherein the imaging range calculation device calculates the imaging range shaped in a quadrangular pyramid corresponding to the second captured image on the basis of the imaging position, imaging orientation, and angle of view for the acquired second captured image.
13. A capturing device having the image assessment device according to claim 1.
14. A 3D measuring device performing 3D measurement using the image pair assessed by the image assessment device according to claim 1.
15. An image assessment method for assessing an image pair used for 3D measurement from plural captured images comprising:
a first captured image selection step for selecting a first captured image from the plural captured images;
a first captured image information acquisition step for acquiring an imaging position and imaging orientation of the selected first captured image;
an object distance to-be-measured acquisition step for acquiring an object distance to be measured from a first imaging position that is the imaging position for the first captured image to an object to be measured in the first captured image;
an object position to-be-measured calculation step for calculating an object position to be measured which is a position on an optical axis in capturing the first captured image and is at the object distance to be measured in a 3D space from the first imaging position;
a second captured image selection step for selecting a second captured image from the plural captured images;
a second captured image information acquisition step for acquiring a second imaging position that is an imaging position, imaging orientation, and angle of view for the selected second captured image;
an imaging range calculation step for calculating an imaging range shaped in a quadrangular pyramid corresponding to the second captured image on the basis of the imaging position, imaging orientation, and angle of view for the acquired second captured image; and
an assessment step for determining whether or not the calculated object position to be measured is within the calculated imaging range, and assesses that the first captured image and the second captured image are of the image pair if determining that the calculated object position to be measured is within the calculated imaging range.
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium recording a program for assessing an image pair used for 3D measurement from plural captured images, the program causing a computer to execute:
a first captured image selection step for selecting a first captured image from the plural captured images;
a first captured image information acquisition step for acquiring an imaging position and imaging orientation of the selected first captured image;
an object distance to-be-measured acquisition step for acquiring an object distance to be measured from a first imaging position that is the imaging position for the first captured image to an object to be measured in the first captured image;
an object position to-be-measured calculation step for calculating an object position to be measured which is a position on an optical axis in capturing the first captured image and is at the object distance to be measured in a 3D space from the first imaging position;
a second captured image selection step for selecting a second captured image from the plural captured images;
a second captured image information acquisition step for acquiring a second imaging position that is an imaging position, imaging orientation, and angle of view for the selected second captured image;
an imaging range calculation step for calculating an imaging range shaped in a quadrangular pyramid corresponding to the second captured image on the basis of the imaging position, imaging orientation, and angle of view for the acquired second captured image; and
an assessment step for determining whether or not the calculated object position to be measured is within the calculated imaging range, and assesses that the first captured image and the second captured image are of the image pair if determining that the calculated object position to be measured is within the calculated imaging range.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for the treatment of cancer, which comprises administering to a mammalian specie in need thereof a synergistically, therapeutically effective amount of (1)1S-1R*,3R*(E),7R*,10S*,11R*,12R*,16S*-7-11dihydroxy-8,8,10,12,16-pentamethyl-3-1-methyl-2-(2-methyl-4-thiazolyl)ethenyl-4-aza-17oxabicyclo14.1.0heptadecane-5,9-dione and (2) N-(2-chloro-6-methylphenyl)-2-6-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinylamino-5-thiazolecarboxamide or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the cancer is selected from prostate cancer or breast cancer.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein 1S-1R*,3R*(E),7R*,10S*,11R*,12R*,16S*-7-11-dihydroxy-8,8,10,12,16-pentamethyl-3-1-methyl-2-(2-methyl-4-thiazolyl)ethenyl-4-aza-17oxabicyclo-14.1.0heptadecane-5,9-dione is administered following administration of N-(2-chloro-6-methylphenyl)-2-6-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinylamino-5-thiazolecarboxamide or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein 1S-1R*,3R*(E),7R*,10S*,11R*,12R*,16S*7-11-dihydroxy-8,8,10,12,16-pentamethyl-3-1-methyl-2-(2-methyl-4-thiazolyl)ethenyl-4-aza-17oxabicyclo14.1.0heptadecane-5,9-dione is administered prior to the administration of N-(2-chloro-6-methylphenyl)-2-6-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinylamino-5-thiazolecarboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein 1S-1R*,3R*(E),7R*,10S*,11R*,12R*,16S*-7-11-dihydroxy-8,8,10,12,16-pentamethyl-3-1-methyl-2-(2-methyl-4-thiazolyl)ethenyl-4-aza-17oxabicyclo14.1.0heptadecane-5,9-dione is administered simultaneously with N-(2-chloro-6-methylphenyl)-2-6-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinylamino-5-thiazolecarboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the prostate or breast cancer is a refractory tumor.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the cancer is prostate cancer.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the cancer is breast cancer.