Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080199072 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - With the present invention, data continuity is used at the time of converting an input image into high-quality image data with higher quality than the input image data, to obtain processing results which are more accurate and have higher precision. A class tap extracting unit ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080209463 | Information management system and method, center processing apparatus and method, program and recording medium used therewith, and information processing apparatus and method, and program and recording medium used therewith - The present invention provides users with functions matching their preferences. In an information processing apparatus, a user-information analyzing unit analyzes user information and calculates a variation in parameter. A procedure selecting unit classifies, based on the calculated amount, the user into a predetermined group, and acquires, from a procedure database, a procedure corresponding to the group of the user. A basic part producing unit records, in a product's ROM, various set values. Based on the result of analysis by the user-information analyzing unit, a unique part producing unit records an initial parameter value in the product's ROM. A system controller controls a storage unit to store a characteristic amount extracted by an image-characteristic-amount extracting unit and setting conditions on the image processing which are supplied from a remote control signal receiving circuit so that both are associated to each other. The present invention may apply to television receivers. | 08-28-2008 |
20080211911 | OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM USED THEREWITH, MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM USED THEREWITH - An object detecting apparatus and method accurately detect an event while reducing power consumption. A photosensor is used to detect an object entering a monitoring region, and a microwave sensor is used to detect the object, which enters another monitoring region. State data representing the state of the object is generated based on detection information obtained by both sensors. | 09-04-2008 |
20080212723 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a signal processing apparatus adapted to process a signal transmitted via a transmission path, distortion of a waveform of a signal value of a specific symbol is predicted on the basis of a characteristic of distortion depending on values of symbols transmitted before the specific symbol, and the distortion is removed from the waveform of the received signal thereby producing a distortion-removed waveform. A comparison value is calculated for each allowable value of the specific symbol by subtracting a predicted signal value of the specific value from the distortion-removed waveform. A symbol value corresponding to the smallest comparison value is determined as the value of the specific symbol. An error suspicion level value indicating the degree of suspicion of being incorrect is calculated for each of the predetermined number of symbols, and already determined values of symbols are corrected in accordance with the error suspicion level values. | 09-04-2008 |
20080215662 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Value-added information is generated by collecting information relating to apparatuses from a plurality of users, and service is automatically and adaptively provided in a manner that satisfies each user's own preference. | 09-04-2008 |
20080227431 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND CHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a communication system for serving data corresponding to a request from the user and charging the user for the data served to the user, when the user designates a result of a desired one of a plurality of different operations, a usage management unit selects a one, corresponding to the user's designation, of a plurality of processors which effect operations corresponding to a plurality of different algorithms, respectively. When the processor corresponding to the designation is selected, an algorithm processor makes an operation corresponding to the designation. A management center charges the user for the use of the algorithm. | 09-18-2008 |
20080231756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE AS WELL AS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING REPRODUCTION INFORMATION - An apparatus of processing an image based on an image signal relative to a video contains display-size-changing-and-deciding device that detects a motion vector of on object based on the image signal and decides a display size of the image based on the detected motion vector, and display-size-setting device that sets the display size of an image to be displayed to the display size decided by the display-size-changing-and-deciding device. | 09-25-2008 |
20080240599 | Data processing device and method, recording medium, and program - An improvement information generating unit ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080247286 | Apparatus and method for producing optical recording medium, optical recording medium, apparatus and method for reproduction and apparatus and method for recording - An optical recording medium having a plural number of recording layers includes a n-th recording layer ( | 10-09-2008 |
20080248769 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An IC chip allows first communication for performing communication with all of the other IC chips, and second communication for performing communication while restricting communication parties. That is to say, the IC chip performs sending/receiving signals with a new communication arrangement with both the first communication which is a broadcasting arrangement and the second communication which is a communicatory arrangement. This enables the function upgrading electronic equipment to be performed easily, and enables flexible signal processing with a new communication arrangement. | 10-09-2008 |
20080259169 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program - A motion-vector-setting section ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080259218 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE AS WELL AS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING REPRODUCTION INFORMATION - An apparatus of processing an image contains a scene-change-detecting unit that detects a scene change of input image based on an image signal relative to the input image, a display-position-controlling unit that determines a display position of an image after the scene change to a display position associated with an image before the scene change based on a detection result in the scene-change-detecting unit, and a display-position-setting unit that sets the display position determined in the display-position-controlling unit as a display position in which the image after the scene change is displayed. The display-position-controlling unit detects a feature value of the images before and after the scene change and determines the display position of the image after the scene change based on the feature value of the images. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260248 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes display means for displaying a zoom image resulting from enlargement of a certain area in an original image to a zoom area; important object determining means for determining whether the absolute value of the difference in pixel value between a pixel on a boundary line, which is the outermost circumference of the zoom area, and the pixel that adjoins the pixel on the boundary line in the direction perpendicular to the boundary line and outward from the zoom area is lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold value to determine whether any important object is across the boundary line; and resetting means for resetting a zoom parameter used for determining the zoom area if the important object determining means determines that any important object is across the boundary line. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260292 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image generation apparatus for generating, from an input image, a plurality of phase images having lower resolutions than the input image and overlapping each other with a predetermined amount of shift when being projected onto a projection plane. The apparatus includes when the plurality of phase images are projected onto the projection plane, means for relating an area formed by a predetermined pixel of the plurality of phase images overlapping individually to a predetermined pixel of the input image, and calculating a pixel value of a pixel of the phase images having a smallest difference between a pixel value of the corresponding area and a pixel value of a pixel of the input image. | 10-23-2008 |
20080263580 | AUDIENCE STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AUDIENCE STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND AUDIENCE STATE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - Video signal relative to an imaged audience and audio signal according to voices from the audience are generated in an input unit. A characteristic amount detection unit detects information on a movement amount, movement periodicity, a volume, voice periodicity of the audience, and a frequency component of voices from the audience based on the video signal or the audio signal. An estimation unit estimates an audience state based on the detected result. An output unit outputs the estimated result of the audience state. The audience state can be easily estimated without observing the audience state by a person. | 10-23-2008 |
20080263667 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM USED THEREWITH - Encoded data that is obtained by embedding subdata in advertisement information and embedding the subdata-embedded advertisement information in main data is provided to a user. At the user side, the encoded data is decoded to reproduce the main data and the subdata-embedded advertisement information, and the subdata-embedded advertisement information is decoded to reproduce the advertisement information and the subdata embedded therein. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267452 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING SIMILAR IMAGE - An apparatus of determining a similar image contains a subject-region-detecting unit that detects a subject region from a received image, a pixel-value-distribution-generating unit that generates pixel value distribution of pixels included in the subject region detected by the subject-region-detecting unit, and a determination unit that determines whether or not an image relative to the subject region is similar to a previously registered subject image based on the pixel value distribution generated by the pixel-value-distribution-generating unit and a registered pixel value distribution of the previously registered subject image. | 10-30-2008 |
20080273443 | Apparatus and method for producing optical recording medium, optical recording medium, apparatus and method for reproduction and apparatus and method for recording - An optical recording medium having a plural number of recording layers includes a n-th recording layer ( | 11-06-2008 |
20080278409 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing system for simultaneously displaying one or more images includes an obtaining unit, a playback unit, and a display control unit. The obtaining unit obtains an information presentation level specified by a viewer. The playback unit plays, at a predetermined playback speed, the one or more images recorded on a predetermined recording medium. The display control unit changes, in according with the information presentation level, an amount of information of the one or more images to be displayed on a predetermined display unit. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279267 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A signal processing apparatus configured to process a signal transmitted via a transmission path where a waveform represented by a signal value of a particular symbol is stationarily distorted in accordance with values of symbols transmitted prior to the particular symbol, including the following elements: a receiving unit configured to receive a test signal which is the signal including symbols set to predetermined values via the transmission path; an obtaining unit configured to obtain the signal value of the particular symbol from the test signal received by the receiving unit; and a characteristic computing unit configured to compute a characteristic of distortion of the waveform represented by the signal value of the particular symbol in accordance with the values of the symbols transmitted prior to the particular symbol on the basis of waveforms represented by signal values obtained by the obtaining unit from a plurality of test signals. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279276 | Data processing system and method, communication system and method, and charging apparatus and method - In a communication system for serving data corresponding to a request from the user and charging the user for the data served to the user, when the user designates a result of a desired one of a plurality of different operations, a usage management unit selects a one, corresponding to the user's designation, of a plurality of processors which effect operations corresponding to a plurality of different algorithms, respectively. When the processor corresponding to the designation is selected, an algorithm processor makes an operation corresponding to the designation. A management center charges the user for the use of the algorithm. | 11-13-2008 |
20080285800 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain feature quantities of an image; and a detector configured to detect a gazing point at which a user gazes within the image, wherein the gazing point detected by the detector among the feature quantities obtained by the obtaining unit or the feature quantities extracted from the image in a predetermined range containing the gazing point is stored. | 11-20-2008 |
20080291123 | Space-Dividing Apparatus - The present invention relates to a space-diving apparatus that could well be preferably applied to a single-leaf section, a divider etc. A division plate section | 11-27-2008 |
20080310764 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes reproduction control means for controlling reproduction of a first parameter in order to reproduce an edit applied to a first image, generation means for generating a second parameter from a plurality of first parameters reproduced by the reproduction control means, and edit means for editing the first image based on the second parameter generated by the generation means, and generating a second image. | 12-18-2008 |
20080316360 | INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CREATING DATABASE, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION SIGNAL, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION SIGNAL - Disclosed is an information signal processing apparatus. The information signal processing apparatus includes an adjustment unit by which users each adjust an inputted information signal so that an output of the information signal has a predetermined quality, and a storage unit that stores operation information having a final adjustment value of a series of adjustments carried out by the adjustment unit, and history information relating to a sequence of changes to an adjustment value up to the final adjustment value in a storage medium in association with preference information of the user during the series of adjustments. | 12-25-2008 |
20080317291 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image signal processing apparatus controls display of a moving image and a still image. The image signal processing apparatus includes obtaining means for obtaining a moving image content constituted of a moving image and a still image content constituted of one or more still images, generating means for generating link information indicating a correlation between imaging timings of the moving image content and the still image content, and reproducing means for displaying the moving image content and the still image content correlated each other on a same screen, based on the link information. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319930 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: strength estimation means for calculating an operation frequency for each predetermined time period from an operation history, and estimating a time period of the operation frequency which exceeds a predetermined value as a time period over which the user has a strong desire to adjust; detecting means for calculating, from the operation history, an operation frequency for each function of the electronic apparatus of the operation history in a time period corresponding to the time period of the strong desire to adjust estimated by the strength estimation means, and detecting a feature of the adjustment operation made by the user for the function of the electronic apparatus, the feature corresponding to the operation frequency for each function of the electronic apparatus; and determination means for determining a function, desired by the user to adjust, of the electronic apparatus, the function corresponding to the feature detected by the detecting means. | 12-25-2008 |
20080320072 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A system includes first and second information processing apparatuses. The first apparatus: performs processing on each of a plurality of local area data using a processing scheme, the data being obtained by dividing an input signal, the processing scheme being selected from processing schemes, respectively; and outputs an output signal containing local area processing result data as each the processed result and not containing information on the processing schemes used on each local area processing result. The second apparatus: extracts the local area processing result data from the output signal of the first apparatus, estimates each processing scheme used for the processing on each extracted local area processing result data, and reconstructs each local area data corresponding thereto on the basis of the estimated processing scheme, and reconstructs the input signal of the first apparatus by combining each the reconstructed local area data. | 12-25-2008 |
20090009663 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes storage means for storing an adjusted value previously set by a user for an output state of information and prediction means for predicting a prediction value for adjustment of the output state in accordance with the stored adjusted value. | 01-08-2009 |
20090022420 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention enables processing results which are more accurate and which have higher precision as to events of the real world to be obtained. (An inverse gamma correction unit | 01-22-2009 |
20090028368 | DIAPHRAGM AND SOUND OUTPUT APPARATUS - A diaphragm for outputting sound by vibrating has a hole of a predetermined shape that allows another member to extend therethrough. A sound output apparatus includes a first member, the diaphragm, and a second member. The first member extends through the hole of the diaphragm, and the first member is screwed into the second member. | 01-29-2009 |
20090033795 | IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, AND IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image signal generating apparatus that includes a video information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of video information, a characteristic information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of predetermined characteristic information from each of the plurality of video information obtained by the video information obtaining unit, and a sorting unit that changes an order of displaying the plurality of the video information based on each of the plurality of characteristic information obtained from the characteristic information obtaining unit. The image signal generating apparatus further includes a display image signal generating unit that generates a video signal to display the plurality of video information based on information obtained, as a result of changing the order of displaying the plurality of the video information, from the sorting unit. | 02-05-2009 |
20090039744 | STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE PANEL, AND STORAGE WALL - A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a storage unit that stores items; and a panel-shaped display that displays an image of a storage state of the items stored in the storage unit. The storage unit is provided on the backside of the display. | 02-12-2009 |
20090060320 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH SUCH PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Disclosed is an information presentation system that includes a plurality of information presentation apparatuses movable and displaying images of a plurality of objects, and a control apparatus outputting control signals for controlling the information presentation apparatuses. Each information presentation apparatus includes a display unit, a moving unit, a driving unit, a position sensor, a first communication unit, and a control unit. The control apparatus includes an object position information obtaining unit, a second communication unit, and a control unit. The control unit of the information presentation apparatus control to display an image of the object, for which position information has been obtained by the object position information obtaining unit of the control apparatus, on the display unit and control to drive the driving unit based on the control signal received by the first communication unit. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067737 | CODING APPARATUS, CODING METHOD, DECODING APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A coding apparatus includes a blocking unit configured to divide an image into blocks, a reference value acquiring unit configured to acquire two reference values not smaller and not greater than a pixel value of a focused pixel, a reference value difference calculation unit configured to calculate a reference value difference, a pixel value difference calculation unit configured to calculate a pixel value difference between the value of the focused pixel and the reference value, a quantization unit configured to quantize the pixel value difference based on the reference value difference, an operation parameter calculation unit configured to determine an operation parameter that is used in a predetermined operation and minimizes a difference between the pixel value of the focused pixel and the reference value, and an output unit configured to output a quantization result and the operation parameter as a coded result of an image. | 03-12-2009 |
20090100301 | RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A reception device configured to receive a signal of a transmitted bit string transmitted from a transmission device which transmits a bit string includes: a receiving unit arranged to receive a signal from the transmission device and output a received bit string corresponding to the transmitted bit string; a storing unit arranged to store an error rate table wherein said received bit string is correlated with an error rate of post-data which is data of one bit or greater received following the received bit string being in error; and an error correcting unit arranged to perform error correcting of the post-data of the received bit string. | 04-16-2009 |
20090100767 | AUDIO-VISUAL SYSTEM - There is a need for being able to excellently audiovisually receive contents without disordering a room atmosphere. An audiovisual room | 04-23-2009 |
20090106811 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH SUCH PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus that includes an obtaining unit obtaining first contents and second contents, a storage storing the first contents and second contents obtained by the obtaining unit, and an information processor reading the first contents and second contents from the storage and outputting the second contents, while causing the second contents to precede the first contents a predetermined time, to be superimposed on the first contents. | 04-23-2009 |
20090110079 | INFORMATION ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION SEARCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION SEARCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information searching system includes an encoding apparatus and a searching apparatus. The encoding apparatus inputs information to be stored, encodes the input information in layers, and then stores the resulting per-layer encoding information in a database. The searching apparatus acquires information that has been thus encoded in layers in order from the upper layers thereof, compares the encoded information for an acquired search query to the encoded information for potential matches on a per-layer basis, decodes the information for the potential matches that resemble the search query on the basis of the comparison results, and then outputs the decoded information for the potential matches that resemble the search query. In so doing, searches are conducted rapidly and with reduced computational load. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110318 | INFORMATION ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information retrieval apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of a target object to be retrieved and dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of each of comparison objects to be compared with the target object, the dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of the target object and the dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of the comparison objects being obtained as a result of adaptive dynamic range coding; a distance computation unit configured to compute distances between the target object and the comparison objects using the obtained dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of the target object and the obtained dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of the comparison objects; and a comparison unit configured to compare the distances between the target object and the comparison objects to select one of the comparison objects having a minimum distance. | 04-30-2009 |
20090123083 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing method includes determining whether an image is corrupted, extracting class taps used for classification of a pixel to be generated, performing classification of the pixel to be generated by using the class taps, extracting prediction taps used for prediction of the pixel to be generated, and generating an image by predictively calculating a pixel value of the pixel to be generated by using the prediction taps and prediction coefficients for the class of the pixel among a first prediction coefficient set if the subject pixel is determined as a pixel representing a corrupted image, and by predictively calculating a pixel value of the pixel to be generated by using the prediction taps and prediction coefficients for the class of the pixel to be generated among a second prediction coefficient set if the subject pixel is determined as a pixel representing an uncorrupted image. | 05-14-2009 |
20090128643 | Image Pickup Apparatus, Method for Capturing Image, and Method for Designing Image Pickup Apparatus - The present invention relates to an image pickup apparatus, a method for capturing an image, and a method for designing the image pickup apparatus capable of realising a fixed focal length image pickup apparatus of high resolution and fine resolution at a low cost by disposing a plurality of image pickup elements therein. An image pickup device | 05-21-2009 |
20090141802 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTING APPARATUS, MOTION VECTOR DETECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A motion vector detecting apparatus includes an evaluation value information forming unit, a motion vector extracting unit, and a motion vector deciding unit. The evaluation value information forming unit is configured to form evaluation value information on motion vectors evaluating that a reference pixel is a potential movement destination candidate for a focus pixel. The evaluation value information on the motion vectors is generated from pixel value correlation information that has been one of generated and limited using a movement direction of the pixels. The motion vector extracting unit is configured to extract motion vectors as candidates from a plurality of motion vectors based on the evaluation value information formed by the evaluation value information forming unit. The motion vector deciding unit is configured to decide motion vectors to be assigned to pixels in a frame from the motion vectors extracted as the candidates by the motion vector extracting unit. | 06-04-2009 |
20090146886 | ANTENNA DEVICE - A planar antenna device is mounted on a board including a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The upper conductor layer includes a first radiating element having an end portion connected through a via hole to a ground formed by the lower conductor layer, a second radiating element having an open end portion, first and second ground conductors connected to respective base portions of the first and second radiating elements via resistors, and a feeder line configured to feed power to the first and second radiating elements. | 06-11-2009 |
20090153405 | ANTENNA DEVICE - A planar antenna device includes a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The lower conductor layer is used as a ground, and the upper conductor layer forms a radiating element having a structure in which four or more radiating element pieces of different sizes are connected to a feeder line. | 06-18-2009 |
20090153735 | SIGNAL PROCESSOR, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a signal processor includes a contents receiver receiving or storing contents of stream data, a characteristic extracting unit extracting a prescribed amount of characteristic of the contents received by the contents receiver, a detector detecting viewing time or hearing time for the contents received by the contents receiver, and a processor calculating information on a viewing status or hearing status of the contents determined based on an extraction status of the amount of characteristic extracted by the characteristic extracting unit and the viewing time or hearing time for the contents, and outputting the calculated information on the viewing status or hearing status of the contents. | 06-18-2009 |
20090154566 | MEMORY CELL CIRCUIT, MEMORY DEVICE, MOTION VECTOR DETECTOR, AND MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTIVE ENCODER - The invention relates to a memory device and the like. The memory device comprises one or more memory block. The memory block has a memory cell array consists of multiple memory cells ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090161028 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROJECTING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus receives first and second input image signals and generates first and second projection image signals for projecting images from first and second projectors so as to be superimposed on a screen. A storage unit stores, for each projection position on the screen, intensity ratios between projected light from the first and second projectors when viewing from first and second viewing position. An intensity correcting unit adds the first and second input image signals in proportions set for generating the first projection image signal and in proportions set for generating the second projection image signal, according to the stored intensity ratios. The first projection image signal is supplied to the first projector and the second projection image signal is supplied to the second projector. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161947 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes: a smoothing section configured to extract a smoothing tap and smooth a target image on the basis of pixel values within the tap, the smoothing tap being of variable size and including plural pixels centered on each target pixel of the image; a class tap extracting section configured to extract a class tap including plural pixels centered on each target pixel in the smoothed image; a class code determining section configured to generate a code corresponding to a characteristic of variation of pixel values within the class tap, and determine a class code including a size of the smoothing tap and the code; and a pixel value computing section configured to read tap coefficients corresponding to the determined class code, and multiply pixel values forming a prediction tap extracted from the smoothed image, by the tap coefficients to calculate pixel values of a processed image. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161948 | COEFFICIENT LEARNING APPARATUS, COEFFICIENT LEARNING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAMS - A coefficient learning apparatus includes: a student-image generation section configured to generate a student image from the teacher image; a class classification section configured to sequentially set each of pixels in the teacher image as a pixel of interest and generate a class for the pixel of interest from the values of a plurality of specific pixels; a weight computation section configured to add up feature quantities; and a processing-coefficient generation section configured to generate a prediction coefficient on the basis of a determinant including said deterioration equation and a weighted constraint condition equation. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161976 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND LEARNING DEVICE - An image processing device for converting an input image into an output image whose blur is reduced more, the image processing device including: first image extracting section configured to extract a plurality of pixels composed of a pixel of the input image which pixel corresponds to a pixel of interest as a pixel to which to direct attention within the output image and predetermined pixels surrounding the pixel of the input image; first feature quantity calculating configured to calculate a first feature quantity from the plurality of pixels extracted by the first image extracting section; processing coefficient generating section; second pixel extracting section configured to extract a plurality of pixels composed of the pixel corresponding to the pixel of interest and predetermined pixels surrounding the pixel corresponding to the pixel of interest from the input image; and predicting section. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161977 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND LEARNING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a blur removing processing section configured to carry out a blur removing process for an input image using a plurality of blur removal coefficients for removing blur of a plurality of different blur amounts to produce a plurality of different blur removal result images; a feature detection section configured to detect a feature from each of the different blur removal result images; a blur amount class determination section configured to determine blur amount classes representative of classes of the blur amounts from the features; and a prediction processing section configured to carry out mathematic operation of pixel values of predetermined pixels of the input image and prediction coefficients learned in advance and corresponding to the blur amount classes to produce an output image from which the blur is removed. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161984 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, AND PROGRAM FOR USE THEREIN, AND LEARNING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus for converting a first image into a second image having higher image quality than that of the first image, includes: a first pixel value extracting section; an estimate noise amount arithmetically operating section; a processing coefficient generating section; a second pixel value extracting section; and a predicting section. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164398 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM AND LEARNING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus for carrying out signal processing to convert input data into output data with a quality higher than the quality of the input data, the data processing apparatus including: a first data extraction section; a nonlinear feature quantity computation section; a processing-coefficient generation section; a second data extraction section; and a data prediction section. | 06-25-2009 |
20090169112 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a detecting unit configured to detect an external light reflection region from an input image, and a determining unit configured to determine the glossiness of said external light reflection region, and determines whether or not the reflection of the external reflection region is specular reflection, and extracts a gloss region based on the determination result. | 07-02-2009 |
20090174584 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A transmission device configured to transmit a transmission bit string which is an arrangement of a unit bit string of multiple N bits includes: a conversion unit configured to convert the unit bit string into a converted bit string in accordance with a conversion table obtained by obtaining an error rate wherein a k'th bit out of the N bits is in error; obtaining an error expectancy which is an expectancy that a significant bit of the N bits in the unit bit string will err; and creating a conversion table that correlates the unit bit string and a converted bit string obtained by converting the insignificant bit of the unit bit string to a smallest error expectancy bit pattern which is a bit pattern that minimizes the error expectancy of the multiple bit patterns; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the converted bit string. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175469 | Audio signal output apparatus, audio signal output method, program, and recording medium - An audio signal output apparatus includes a driving unit and an output unit. The driving unit is configured to receive incident waves and generate a driving signal with the same phase as the incident waves. The output unit is configured to be driven by the driving signal and output waves with the same phase as the incident waves. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175496 | Image processing device and method, recording medium, and program - The present invention relates to image processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program for providing reliable tracking of a tracking point. When a right eye | 07-09-2009 |
20090177302 | SENSOR INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, SENSOR DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTING APPARATUS, MOBILE INFORMATION APPARATUS, SENSOR CONTROL METHOD, SENSOR PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD - Disclosed is a sensor information obtaining apparatus that includes a plurality of sensors each configured to obtain positional information thereof, and a sensor position control unit configured to control positions of the sensors to be moved based on distribution of data obtained by the sensors and distribution of positions of the sensors. | 07-09-2009 |
20090195351 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A information processing device includes: a busy-level acquiring section for acquiring information on user's busy-level; a controller for determining a presentation form of information currently presented according to the user's busy-level acquired by the busy-level acquiring section; an information processor for performing a predetermined processing to the information under the control of the controller; and an output processor for outputting the information having been subjected to the processing by the information processor to an output section. | 08-06-2009 |
20090201314 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORD MEDIUM - An image display apparatus is disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a detection section, an image forming section, and a display process section. The detection section detects a user's watching state. The image forming section that forms a display image which is displayed on a screen based on a plurality of images and changes the display image based on a detected result of the detection section. The display process section which performs a process of displaying the display image formed by the image forming section. | 08-13-2009 |
20090201378 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus, an apparatus and a method for processing information, a program, and a program recording medium that can provide a user with an image optimum for the user are provided. A recording medium | 08-13-2009 |
20090201588 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING METHOD, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROJECTING APPARATUS - An illuminating device is provided. The illuminating device includes a light source, a dividing unit, an optical unit and a light-distribution control unit. The dividing unit is configured to divide light emitted from the light source into light beams. The optical unit is configured to allow at least one of a travelling direction and a focal length of the light beams divided by the dividing unit to be variable. The light-distribution control unit is configured to control at least one of the travelling direction and focal length of light beams by acting on the optical unit. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204780 | DATA STORAGE UNIT, DATA STORAGE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND DATA STORAGE CONTROLLING PROGRAM - A data storage unit is provided in which all data are stored into a memory including a plurality of memory banks and a plurality of desired data is read simultaneously, without any load to the hardware. It includes a memory controlling means including a data storage controller ( | 08-13-2009 |
20090207315 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image signal processing apparatus detects a motion vector between two temporally successive frames, and includes a detection device, a calculation device, and an arithmetic device. The detection device is configured to detect the motion vector in pixel blocks between the two frames, and output an evaluation value, which represents the degree of correspondence between the two frames in the pixel blocks provided in the two frames, and which is calculated in the process of detecting the motion vector. The calculation device is configured to calculate an activity value, which represents the degree of variation in pixel value in the frame, on the basis of the direction of the detected motion vector. The arithmetic device is configured to perform an arithmetic operation to obtain an accuracy value, which represents the degree of reliability of the detected motion vector, on the basis of the evaluation value and the activity value. | 08-20-2009 |
20090209211 | TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, PRESENTATION DEVICE, PRESENTATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A transmission/reception system includes: a transmission device configured to transmit data; and a reception device configured to receive the data; wherein the transmission device includes a transmission unit configured to transmit sensory information to realize sensations of content observed with a sense other than seeing and hearing, or content observed with three or more senses; and the reception device has a generating unit configured to generate presentation data to perform presentation with a presentation device, which performs presentation to provide a sensation corresponding to the sensory information, based on the sensory information. | 08-20-2009 |
20090210920 | TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, PRESENTATION DEVICE, PRESENTATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A transmission/reception system includes: a transmission device configured to transmit data; and a reception device configured to receive the data; wherein the transmission device includes a transmitting unit to transmit a parameter for the purpose of identifying a physical model of an object used for content; and wherein the reception device includes a generating unit to generate content by performing physical simulation based on the parameter. | 08-20-2009 |
20090213335 | Image projecting system, image projecting method, computer program, and recording medium - An image projecting system is provided. The image projecting system includes a plurality of projector apparatuses, an observation apparatus, and a control apparatus. The projector apparatuses project images based on inputted image signals onto a screen so that the images are displaced relative to one another by a predetermined amount and superimposed. The observation apparatus observes luminance of an image region composed of a plurality of images projected onto the screen by the plurality of projector apparatuses. The control apparatus supplies the plurality of projector apparatuses with the image signals having an adjusted luminance value of each pixel for an image projected by each projector apparatus based on an observation result of the observation apparatus. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213337 | Image projecting system, method, computer program and recording medium - A plurality of projector apparatuses project images based on inputted image signals onto a screen so that the images are displaced relative to one another by a predetermined amount and superimposed. The luminances of an image region composed of a plurality of projected images that have been projected onto the screen are observed. Luminance values of pixels that construct an image to be projected by each projector apparatus are adjusted based on an observation result and are supplied to the plurality of projector apparatuses. The image region composed of the plurality of projected images is presented by superimposing a first projected image and a second projected image that has a higher resolution than the first projected image. Predetermined pixels in the image region are presented by superimposing corresponding pixels in the projected images from n adjacent projector apparatuses. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213958 | Transmitting apparatus and transmitting method, receiving apparatus and receiving method, transceiver apparatus, communication apparatus and method, recording medium, and program - The present invention relates to a transmitting apparatus, a transmitting method, a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, a transceiver, a communication apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program in which high quality voice can be decoded. A cellular telephone | 08-27-2009 |
20090213959 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECIVING METHOD, TRANSCEIVER APPARATUS,COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a transmitting apparatus, a transmitting method, a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, a transceiver, a communication apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program in which high quality voice can be decoded. A cellular telephone | 08-27-2009 |
20090231548 | REAR SURFACE PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A rear projection type image display apparatus having a larger half-power angle and being capable of properly blocking a direct light from a projector for an observer is provided. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232333 | AUDIO OUTPUT APPARATUS AND VIBRATOR - An audio output apparatus is provided. The audio output apparatus includes: a vibration member, a vibrator, a vibrator positioning unit, and a vibrator-depth positioning unit. The vibration member vibrates to output a sound. The vibrator is in contact with the vibration member and detachably attached thereto to allow the vibration member to vibrate in response to an input audio signal. The vibrator positioning unit controls a contact position between the vibrator and the vibration member. The vibrator-depth positioning unit adjusts a position of the vibrator in the direction of being pressed against the vibration member and brought into contact with the vibration member. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232390 | Image processing device, image processing method, learning device, learning method, and program - An image processing device, to convert a first image data into a second image data having a higher image quality, includes: a predicted tap extracting unit to extract multiple pixels as a predicted tap for prediction computing; a level limit class tap extracting unit to extract multiple pixels as a level limit class tap for level limit classifying processing; a waveform class tap extracting unit to extract multiple pixels as a waveform class tap; a level limit classifying unit to classify the pixel of interest, based on a ratio between a level width and a dynamic range of the pixels making up the level limit class tap; a waveform pattern classifying unit to classify the pixel of interest; a prediction coefficient output unit to output a prediction coefficient corresponding to a combination of a level limit class and a waveform pattern class; and a prediction computing unit. | 09-17-2009 |
20090238408 | IMAGE-SIGNAL PROCESSOR, IMAGE-SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image-signal processing apparatus configured to track an object moving in an image includes a setting unit configured to set an eliminating area in an image constituting a moving image; a motion-vector detecting unit configured to detect an object in the image constituting a moving image and detect a motion vector corresponding to the object using an area excluding the eliminating area in the image; and an estimating unit configured to estimate a position to which the object moves on the basis of the detected motion vector. | 09-24-2009 |
20090251458 | IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image signal generating apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a sight-line detecting unit, a peripheral image determination unit, and an image processing unit. The sight-line detecting unit detects a sight line of a user looking at images of a plurality of contents displayed on a display unit. The peripheral image determination unit determines an image located in a user's peripheral viewing field as a peripheral image in the images of the plurality of contents based on the sight line detected by the sight-line detecting unit. The image processing unit adds an object representing an attribute of a content of the peripheral image determined by the peripheral image determination unit to an image signal for displaying the images of the plurality of contents. | 10-08-2009 |
20090251482 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an amount-of-feature detection section configured to determine an amount of features of a first image and an amount of features of a second image, the first image and the second image containing the same subject; an elimination-area detection section configured to eliminate, from the second image, an area in which the amount of features extracted by the amount-of-feature detection section is larger than a predetermined threshold and to provide the second image in which the eliminated area is transparent; and an image combination section configured to superimpose the second image in which the eliminated area is transparent on the first image. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OBTAINING DIRECTIVITY - A method of obtaining directivity in an optical waveguide includes the steps of falling incident light on surface of diffuse reflection members arranged at a center portion of the optical waveguide, generating a first table relative to an amount of emitted light that is acquired at a circumference of the optical waveguide by controlling at least one of an image control factor for changing an image of the incident light and a coordinate control factor for changing coordinates of the incident light with them being changed, and generating a second table relative to a pattern of the light which is incident to the diffuse reflection member by seeking for a combination of the image and the coordinates of the light based on the generated first table. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252374 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image signal processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect a motion vector of a tracking point provided in an object in a moving image, a computing unit configured to compute a reliability parameter representing the reliability of the detected motion vector, a determining unit configured to determine whether the detected motion vector is adopted by comparing the computed reliability parameter with a boundary, an accumulating unit configured to accumulate the reliability parameter, and a changing unit configured to change the boundary on the basis of the accumulated reliability parameters. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252379 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a feature value detecting section, an image processing section, and an audio processing section. The feature value detecting section determines, when a first image and a second image that are captured at different positions include a specific subject, a feature value of the subject included in the supplied first and second images. The image processing section detects motion of the subject on the basis of the feature value determined by the feature value detecting section. The audio processing section localizes a sound image of the subject in accordance with the motion of the subject detected by the image processing section. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252453 | OPTICAL SELECTOR SWITCH AND SIGNAL-PROCESSING APPARATUS - An optical selector switch contains an optical waveguide that includes a first optical waveguide portion having a first light-transmissivity, a second optical waveguide portion having a second light-transmissivity, reflecting members that reflect light, and a light-dividing device that reflects and transmits light; at least one light-emitting unit that emits the light toward the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide; and at least one light-receiving unit that receives the light which is incident to the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide from the light-emitting unit, based on a directivity due to an angle of the incident light to the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide, wherein the incident light to the first optical waveguide portion is emitted radially toward the circumference of the second optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide. | 10-08-2009 |
20090256689 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus is disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display section, vibrators, and a driving section. The display section displays an image. The vibrators each have a smaller size than that of each of pixels that compose the image and disposed on a display surface of the display section corresponding to the pixels. The driving section drives the vibrators. | 10-15-2009 |
20090256959 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - An information presentation apparatus including a video signal inputting unit, a first image generating unit, a second image generating unit, and an image combining unit is provided. A video signal is inputted to the video signal inputting unit. The first image generating unit is configured to generate an image using the video signal inputted from the video signal inputting unit. The second image generating unit is configured to generate a small image with a display size smaller than a display size of the image generated by the first image generating unit. The image combining unit is configured to combine the small image generated by the second image generating unit with the image generated by the first image generating unit by placing the small image at a predetermined display position in a subtitle display area where a subtitle image is displayed within the image generated by the first image generating unit. | 10-15-2009 |
20090257661 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program - An information processing apparatus includes a first classification unit configured to set each of pixels forming a first image as a pixel of interest and classify the pixels of interest into one of a plurality of provided classes of a first type in accordance with a predetermined rule; a feature amount generation unit configured to generate a shifted waveform whose phase is shifted with respect to a waveform of the first image containing the pixels of interest and configured to generate a feature amount; a second classification unit configured to be provided with a plurality of classes of a second type in accordance with the feature amount for each of the plurality of classes of the first type and configured to classify the pixels of interest; and a prediction calculation unit configured to predictively calculate pixels forming a second image. | 10-15-2009 |
20090259653 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus searches search target frame images in video data to find a frame image matching a search query frame image. An extractor extracts characteristic quantities expressing the characteristics of respective images. A reliability judge judges the reliability of the values of each characteristic quantity in a characteristic quantity group extracted from the search query frame. If certain characteristic quantity values in the search query frame are judged to be of low reliability, the converter converts those values into predetermined values. Values are similarly converted for all search target frames. A comparer compares the converted characteristic quantities in the search query frame to the converted characteristic quantities in all search target frames. On the basis of the comparisons, a decision unit then chooses a search solution frame that matches the search query frame. In so doing, search processing robustness with respect to data variance is improved. | 10-15-2009 |
20090262001 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A remote control system is provided. The remote control system includes at least one first remote control apparatus and at least one second remote control apparatus. The at least one first remote control apparatus includes a command input unit, a first control unit, and a first output unit. The at least one second remote control apparatus includes a first user interface unit, a first input unit, a second control unit, and a second output unit. | 10-22-2009 |
20090262185 | Display apparatus and display method - The present invention relates to a display apparatus and a display method that enable multiple users to view high resolution moving images from various viewing points of the users. A light-control screen | 10-22-2009 |
20090262234 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a characteristic parameter indicating the characteristics of a filter process; a detection unit configured to detect, on the basis of the characteristic parameter input by the input unit, a phase shift amount between the image-captured signal and an obtained signal; a first forming unit configured to form a first prediction tap composed of a plurality of obtained pixels used to predict a target image-captured pixel value; a coefficient obtaining unit configured to obtain a first prediction coefficient generated in accordance with the characteristic parameter and the phase shift amount in order to predict the target image-captured pixel value by product-sum computation with the value of the first prediction tap; and a first computation unit configured to generate a first output signal corresponding to the image-captured signal by performing product-sum computation between the first prediction coefficient. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265481 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A signal processing device is a predetermined signal processing device among signal processing devices which perform signal processing on an input signal that is input to any one of the signal processing devices in such a manner that the signal processing devices share signal processing. The signal processing device includes a signal processing section that performs signal processing on a first-bandwidth signal, which is included in the input signal, in accordance with a processing capability of the signal processing device to generate a first output signal; and a signal integration section that integrates a second output signal with the first output signal, and that outputs the integrated signal to a second different signal processing device, the second output signal being generated in a first different signal processing device by performing signal processing on a second-bandwidth signal, which is included in the input signal. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265502 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A signal processing device controls a plurality of signal processing units that process an input signal inputted via a signal line with wide bandwidth, via a control line with narrow bandwidth or the signal line, and includes: a storing unit configured to store correspondence information that associates instruction information indicating an instruction of control with respect to each of the signal processing units, with control information related to all of the plurality of signal processing units, among pieces of control information necessary for each of the signal processing units to execute content of control; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the control information associated with the instruction information by the correspondence information, to the plurality of signal processing units via the signal line, when control is instructed with respect to the plurality of signal processing units. | 10-22-2009 |
20090268929 | VOICE OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ROOM - The present invention relates to a sound output device, method and program, and room capable of producing sounds from individual parts in a wide range of a vibrating member by appropriately vibrating the parts. A vibrating member | 10-29-2009 |
20090271732 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit to which an image of an object picked up by an image pickup device is input, a display device on which the image is presented, an image presenting unit configured to present the image on the display device; a viewpoint detecting unit configured to detect a viewpoint position of a user, and a control unit configured to supply, to the image presenting unit, the image in an area extracted corresponding to an image frame of a display surface of the display device when the image is viewed through the display surface from the viewpoint position of the user detected by the viewpoint detecting unit. | 10-29-2009 |
20090279640 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A transmission apparatus includes a modulating section configured to modulate a baseband signal by using a carrier wave; a determining section configured to determine a pattern of the carrier wave, in accordance with a characteristic of a transmission channel on which a waveform represented by a signal value of a specific symbol is stationarily distorted according to a value of a symbol transmitted before or after the specific symbol; and a transmitting section configured to transmit a modulation signal through the transmission channel, the modulation signal being obtained by modulation using the determined carrier-wave pattern. | 11-12-2009 |
20090284619 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit for generating a plurality of different values for one parameter of a processing applied on an image, a presentation unit for presenting a plurality of processing images obtained by performing a processing on the image with the plurality of different values for the parameter, and a selection unit for selecting an optimal one of the plurality of presented processing images, in which a final value for the parameter is decided by repeatedly performing such a procedure that the generation unit further generates different values for the parameter on the basis of a value for the parameter corresponding to the selected processing image, the presentation unit presents processing images obtained by performing a processing on the image with the generated different values for the parameter, and the selection unit selects an optimal one of the presented processing images. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285472 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus processes input data and outputs the processed data. The data processing apparatus includes a data processing section and a real-time learning section. The data processing section processes the input data by a predetermined processing method and outputs the processed data. The real-time learning section controls such that the processing method is learned in real time and the data processing section processes the input data by the learned processing method, so that the output data is improved as time elapses. | 11-19-2009 |
20090290804 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PREDICTION COEFFICIENT GENERATING APPARATUS, PREDICTION COEFFICIENT GENERATING METHOD, AND PROGRAMS FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHODS - An image signal processing apparatus includes: a block division unit inputting an image signal encoded by orthogonal transformation and dividing the image signal into second blocks different from first blocks encoded using the orthogonal transformation; an activity calculation unit calculating an activity of each second block; a re-encoding unit encoding the second blocks using the orthogonal transformation; a re-encoded difference calculation unit calculating difference values between the second blocks and the first blocks; a class determination unit determining a class of each second block on the basis of a distribution of the difference value and the activity; a prediction coefficient generating unit generating a prediction coefficient corresponding to each class; a prediction tap construction unit constructing a prediction tap for calculating a target pixel in each second block; and a predictive operation unit operating the prediction tap and the prediction coefficient to calculate a pixel value of each target pixel. | 11-26-2009 |
20090303384 | VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND VIDEO-SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A video-signal processing apparatus includes a video-signal input unit to which a video signal including multiple images arranged in a time sequential manner is input; a time-division output unit configured to output, in a time-division manner, the video signal constituting n images corresponding to the multiple images; signal processing units configured to individually perform image quality adjustments on the n images output from the time-division output unit; operation input units through which adjustment values of the image quality adjustments performed by the signal processing units are input; and image output units configured to output images that have been subjected to the image quality adjustments using the signal processing units. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304234 | TRACKING POINT DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A tracking point detecting device includes: a frame decimation unit for decimation the frame interval of a moving image configured of multiple frame images continuing temporally; a first detecting unit for detecting, of two consecutive frames of the decimated moving image, a temporally-subsequent frame pixel corresponding to a predetermined pixel of a temporally-previous frame; a forward-direction detecting unit for detecting the pixel corresponding to a predetermined pixel of a temporally-previous frame of the decimated moving image, at each of the decimated frames in the same direction as time; an opposite-direction detecting unit for detecting the pixel corresponding to the detected pixel of a temporally-subsequent frame of the decimated moving image, at each of the decimated frames in the opposite direction of time; and a second detecting unit for detecting a predetermined pixel of each of the decimated frames by employing the pixel positions detected in the forward and opposite directions. | 12-10-2009 |
20090309679 | CONNECTION METHOD AND SUBSTRATE - A connection method includes the step of connecting, using a line on a dielectric element, two points through which a signal flows, the two points having different heights and the widths of the line at the positions of the two points having been adjusted on the basis of the thickness of the dielectric element. | 12-17-2009 |
20090310021 | INFORMATION PRESENTING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD - An information presenting device includes: a first image generating unit configured to extract, from video data input by way of an input unit, a portion of the video data, and generate multiple main images; a second image generating unit configured to generate multiple sub-images from information correlated to the video data; and an image output unit configured to generate a display image, wherein the plurality of main images are placed in time sequence, and each of the plurality of sub-images are displayed in time sequence corresponding to the main images. | 12-17-2009 |
20090310022 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a control amount calculating unit configured to calculate an equivalent electric power value using a pixel value of an input video signal, the equivalent electric power value corresponding to an amount of energy involved when an image based on the video signal is displayed on a display unit, and to calculate a control amount for controlling display luminance of the display unit so that the equivalent electric power value becomes equal to a predetermined value, and a correction processing unit configured to control the display luminance using the control amount calculated by the control amount calculating unit. | 12-17-2009 |
20090313327 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus which allows high-quality contents to be easily obtained. A WWW browser section | 12-17-2009 |
20090315876 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an input section configured to input a plurality of types of video signals; and a timing controller configured to perform, separately for each of split regions that are obtained by splitting a display region of a display device, control of timing at which a corresponding one of videos corresponding to the plurality of types of video signals is displayed in the split region. | 12-24-2009 |
20090319491 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a pattern extraction unit configured to extract operation patterns from operation history information at least including an operation history of a user and information on a device state obtained from a plurality of operation target devices, a defined pattern database configured to previously register a defined pattern which is a pattern of a combination of defined operations in accordance with the operation target devices, a rule extraction unit configured to extract an unexpected operation pattern from the operation patterns extracted by the pattern extraction unit with reference to the defined pattern database, and a reflection information generation unit configured to generate reflection information to be reflected on a function of the operation target devices from the unexpected operation pattern. | 12-24-2009 |
20090322552 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - A remote control device includes a polyhedral housing, an operation section provided on each of a plurality of surfaces of the housing, a main operation surface determination signal generation section for generating a determination signal for setting one of the surfaces in a predetermined direction as a main operation surface irrespective of an orientation of the housing, a transmission section for transmitting a remote control signal, and a control section for setting the main operation surface on the basis of the determination signal, generating a remote control signal for a control function assigned to the operation section provided on the main operation surface in response to an operation of the operation section, and causing the transmission section to transmit the remote control signal. | 12-31-2009 |
20090322891 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus includes: an input unit receiving a first image generated by a first camera and higher-resolution second images generated by a plurality of second cameras; a similar portion detecting unit detecting a similar portion between part of a subject included in the first image and a subject included in each of the second images; an image synthesizing unit pasting the second images at positions corresponding to the detected similar portions within the first image to generate a synthesized image; an imaging area detecting unit detecting an area, for which image information is insufficient in the first image and is difficult to complement by the second cameras, as a non-imageable area from the synthesized image; and a camera parameter calculation unit changing a camera parameter for controlling the second camera that captures the second image by which the image information insufficient in the first image is complemented. | 12-31-2009 |
20090323814 | TRACKING POINT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A tracking-point detection apparatus includes a background motion vector detection unit, a background image generation unit, a gate setting unit, a tracking-point motion detection unit, and a tracking-point determination unit. The background motion vector detection unit is configured to detect motion vectors for pixels in a frame included in a moving image and to detect, in accordance with the detected motion vectors, a background motion vector representing the motion of a background image of the moving image. The background image generation unit is configured to calculate and update a pixel value of a pixel in a background frame, which is a frame of a background image, stored in a memory by performing motion compensation on a pixel in the frame in accordance with the detected background motion vector. The gate setting unit is configured to set a gate in accordance with data of the background frame stored in the memory. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324135 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an imaging information calculation unit acquiring a first image and higher-resolution second images, and calculating coordinate positions of the second images to the first image and differences in imaging direction between second cameras and a first camera; an eyepoint conversion unit generating eyepoint conversion images obtained by converting the second images based on the differences in imaging direction so that eyepoints of the second cameras coincide with an eyepoint of the first camera and matching the first image with the eyepoint conversion images to calculate phase deviations of the eyepoint conversion images from the first image; and an image synthesizing unit extracting high-frequency images, having frequency components higher than or equal to a predetermined frequency band, from the second images, and pasting the high-frequency images at the coordinate positions in correspondence with the first image to eliminate the phase deviations to generate a synthesized image. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324200 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A playback-position feature value extracting unit extracts, as a playback-position feature value, a feature value at a playback position from an image being played back. A synchronizing unit synchronizes the playback-position feature value with a feature value on a data recording medium on which setting information for processing the image is recorded in association with a feature value of the image. A control unit controls a time width used for synchronization between the feature value on the data recording medium with the playback-position feature value. A reading unit reads, when the playback-position feature value is synchronized with the feature value on the data recording medium, the setting information recorded on the data recording medium in association with the playback-position feature value. A reflecting unit reflects, based on the read setting information, the process in the image being played back. | 12-31-2009 |
20100001989 | COEFFICIENT GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A coefficient generating device generating a conversion coefficient for converting an input image signal of an input image into a display image signal of a display image includes a past-image generating unit that generates a past image signal of a past image correlated with a teacher image being one frame before a teacher image correlated with the display image; a transient-image generating unit that generates a transient image signal of a transient image; a visual-image generating that generates a visual image signal of a visual image; and a calculating unit that obtains the conversion coefficient using a pixel value of a pixel of interest in the teacher image and pixel values of pixels determined by a motion vector detected in a student image correlated with the input image and spatially/temporally near a pixel in the student image at the same position as the pixel of interest. | 01-07-2010 |
20100002774 | MEMORY DEVICE AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOTION VECTOR - This invention relates to a memory device and the like that are preferably applied to a case where motion vector is detected using a block matching. Pixel data of a first frame (a reference frame) is stored in a unit A of memory cell array portion | 01-07-2010 |
20100007790 | REMOTE CONTROLLER, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A remote controller includes a base unit having a transmission section configured to transmit a remote control signal, a plurality of function operation units connected to the base unit and configured to operate different functions, and a priority setting section configured to set priorities of the plurality of function operation units. When each of the plurality of function operation units is operated, the transmission section of the base unit sends transmission data, the transmission data including operation data and priority data that indicates the priorities of the plurality of function operation units set by the priority setting section. | 01-14-2010 |
20100013873 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing device that can reproduce a state in which, using a first display device, an image is displayed on a second display device having a characteristic different from that of the first display device, an image processing method, and a program. A motion detecting unit | 01-21-2010 |
20100020827 | SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a signal processing system, a signal processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program in which high frequency components of a narrow-range signal having suppressed high frequency components can be restored with high accuracy. A narrow-range audio signal having low frequency components is divided into frames by a frame-unit dividing unit | 01-28-2010 |
20100026511 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a pattern extraction unit, a rule extraction unit, and a reflection information generation unit. The pattern extraction unit is configured to extract an operation pattern of each of users from operation history information obtained from a plurality of devices to be operated, the operation history information at least including information regarding operation histories of the users and device states. The rule extraction unit is configured to extract incorrect operation patterns from the operation patterns extracted by the pattern extraction unit, the incorrect operation patterns being operation patterns caused by incorrect operations performed by the users. The reflection information generation unit is configured to identify a cause of the incorrect operations from types of the incorrect operation patterns and generate, based on the cause of the incorrect operations, reflection information configured to be reflected in functions of the devices to be operated. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026722 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a display control apparatus, a display control method, and a program that allow checking of an image. A signal processing unit | 02-04-2010 |
20100026903 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTION DEVICE, MOTION VECTOR DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A motion vector detection device includes: an evaluation value information creation unit creating, from correlation information of a target pixel in one frame and a reference pixel in another frame in moving image data including frames, evaluation value information evaluating the possibility that the reference pixel is a candidate for the destination of motion from the target pixel; a motion vector extraction unit extracting motion vector candidates of each of the pixels in a frame by using the evaluation value information, comparing, for the extracted candidates, the pixels in an area around the target pixel and the pixels in the area around the reference pixel, evaluating the candidate vectors of the evaluation value information by using the result of comparison in the entire area, and extracting motion vectors having a high evaluation value as candidates; and a motion vector determination unit determining a motion vector among the extracted motion vectors. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027666 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTING APPARATUS, MOTION VECTOR DETECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A motion vector detecting apparatus includes an evaluation value information forming unit to form evaluation value information of motion vectors evaluating a possibility that a reference pixel is a candidate motion of a target pixel on the basis of pixel value correlation information between the target pixel in one of frames on a time axis in moving image data and the reference pixel in a search area in another of the frames, perform counting on at least one of the target pixel and reference pixel when a strong correlation is determined on the basis of the pixel value correlation information, and determine an evaluation value to be added to the evaluation value information on the basis of a count value obtained through the counting; a motion vector extracting unit to extract candidate motion vectors; and a motion vector determining unit to determine a motion vector among the candidate motion vectors. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027900 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTING APPARATUS, MOTION VECTOR DETECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Generation of evaluation value information about a motion vector, extraction of candidates for the motion vector on the basis of the evaluation value information, and determination of the motion vector to be allocated from the candidates for the motion vector are performed. The possibility that a reference pixel a in a second frame is a candidate for a motion from a target point in a first frame is evaluated on the basis of pixel-value correlation information to generate an evaluation value table. A constant area is adaptively set around each of the target pixel and the reference pixel corresponding to each extracted candidate for the motion vector in accordance with the state of the continuity of a constant pixel value. The motion vector from the first frame to the second frame is allocated on the basis of the result of comparison between values calculated for the constant areas. | 02-04-2010 |
20100032904 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes an input section that inputs movement information of an object on which a user performed an operation in an operation environment, and an output section that holds another object in a remote site remote from the operation environment and reproduces a movement of the object on which the user performed the operation on the basis of the movement information received from the input section. | 02-11-2010 |
20100033515 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image signal processing device, an image signal processing method, and a program which allow for a natural display equivalent to that of a CRT display apparatus such that an image obtained when an image signal is displayed on a display apparatus of a display type other than that of a CRT display apparatus, for example, on an FPD display apparatus can look like an image displayed on a CRT display apparatus. An ABL processing unit | 02-11-2010 |
20100045818 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Relationship information is previously generated and stored by learning based on camera motion estimation information expressing motion of a video camera, which is detected by a desired image signal picked up by the video camera, and camera motion information expressing physical motion of the video camera, which was obtained by a sensor for detecting physical motion at the same time when the desired image signal was picked up by the video camera. Camera motion estimation information with respect to an inputted image signal is detected from the inputted image signal. Camera motion prediction information with respect to the inputted image signal is generated, based on the camera motion estimation information detected and the relationship information. Based on the camera motion prediction information, a vibration signal for vibrating an object is generated. As a result, vibration data can be easily generated at low costs, based on existing video assets. | 02-25-2010 |
20100053309 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention provides full-parallax images having high spatial resolution in real time. An image-capturing optical unit ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100054336 | FRAME INTERPOLATION DEVICE AND FRAME INTERPOLATION METHOD - A frame interpolation device includes: a unit dividing two temporally different reference frames of moving image signal into block units; a unit detecting motion vectors in block units in accordance with correlation between blocks of the reference frames; a unit obtaining at least first and second motion vectors from the statistical amount of the motion vectors; a unit estimating the first or second motion vector for each block in accordance with the obtained first and second motion vectors; a unit translating the first and second motion vectors through a generated pixel in an interpolated frame between the reference frames, setting local areas at four points of the start and end points of the first and second motion vectors as search areas, and identifying the first or second motion vector from the search areas; and a unit performing motion compensation on the pixel by using the first or second motion vector. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061642 | PREDICTION COEFFICIENT OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE DATA OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a prediction coefficient computing device and method, an image data computing device and method, a program, and a recording medium which make it possible to accurately correct blurring of an image. A blur adding unit | 03-11-2010 |
20100066757 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image signal processing apparatus capable of reproducing the appearance of an image that is displayed on a PDP. In an image processing unit | 03-18-2010 |
20100073505 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention makes it possible to process at high speed the foreground component image and the background component image of picked up images on a network platform. A client computer | 03-25-2010 |
20100080299 | FRAME FREQUENCY CONVERSION APPARATUS, FRAME FREQUENCY CONVERSION METHOD, PROGRAM FOR ACHIEVING THE METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE PROGRAM, MOTION VECTOR DETECTION APPARATUS, AND PREDICTION COEFFICIENT GENERATION APPARATUS - A frame-frequency conversion apparatus includes: a motion estimation section inputting a first and a second frames of a low-frequency image signal and estimating a plurality of candidate vectors indicating motions between the frames; a first pixel generation section generating a predicted pixel of a predicted frame corresponding to the second frame for each vector; a motion allocation section obtaining a correlation between the predicted pixel of the predicted frame and a second-frame pixel, selecting a candidate vector of a high-correlation predicted pixel, and allocating the selected candidate vector to a pixel of an interpolated frame interpolating the first and the second frames to determine the vector to be an allocated vector; a motion compensation section allocating a neighboring allocated vector to a vector-not-allocated pixel of the interpolated frame; and a second pixel generation section generating a pixel of the interpolated frame and outputting a high-frequency image signal. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080451 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COEFFICIENT LEARNING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit in which regression coefficient data is stored for each class on the basis of a tap in which a linear feature amount corresponding to a pixel of interest of first image data and a non-linear feature amount determined from the image data are used as elements; a classification unit configured to classify each of linear feature amounts of a plurality of items of input data of the input first image into a predetermined class; a reading unit configured to read the regression coefficient data; and a data generation unit configured to generate data of a second image obtained by making the first image have higher quality by performing a product-sum computation process by using the regression coefficient data read from the reading unit and elements of the tap of each of the plurality of items of input data of the input first image. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080452 | COEFFICIENT LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A coefficient learning apparatus includes a regression coefficient calculation unit configured to obtain a tap from an image of a first signal; a regression prediction value calculation unit configured to perform a regression prediction computation; a discrimination information assigning unit configured to assign discrimination information to the pixel of interest; a discrimination coefficient calculation unit configured to obtain a tap from the image of the first signal; a discrimination prediction value calculation unit configured to perform a discrimination prediction computation; and a classification unit configured to classify each of the pixels of the image of the first signal into one of the first discrimination class and the second discrimination class. The regression coefficient calculation unit further calculates the regression coefficient using only the pixels classified as the first discrimination class and further calculates the regression coefficient using only the pixel classified as the second discrimination class. | 04-01-2010 |
20100097466 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 04-22-2010 |
20100098344 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A group of input image data is determined based on the distance between images of a number of representative faces, prepared from plural templates, and the input image data (correlative values C | 04-22-2010 |
20100138369 | LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, INFORMATION MODIFICATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION MODIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A content modification unit modifies an input image in accordance with a user operation, and generates modification information necessary for outputting a resulting output image. A modification information recording unit accumulates a plurality of pieces of modification information corresponding to the number of times an operation is performed by a user. A learning unit uses the plurality of pieces of modification information accumulated in the modification information recording unit as student data, and performs learning using teacher data acquired by a teacher data acquisition unit to calculate a prediction coefficient representing the feature of the user operation, and stores the prediction coefficient in a user algorithm recording unit. The present invention can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus. | 06-03-2010 |
20100149959 | RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD, PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS, FOR SAME - In a recording medium ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100153599 | SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - According to one aspect of the invention, when an algorithm bay is connected to a signal processing apparatus according to a first connection mode, a selector of the algorithm bay selects and sets a first function provided by a first function provider as the signal processing function of the signal processing apparatus. When the algorithm bay is connected to the signal processing apparatus according to a second connection mode, the selector of the algorithm bay selects and sets a second function provided by a second function provider as the signal processing function of the signal processing apparatus. According to another aspect of the invention, a first information provider of an algorithm bay supplies a signal indicating first information to be used in the signal processing of a signal processor of a signal processing apparatus to the signal processor via a wired interface of the algorithm bay, wired connection, and a wired interface of the signal processing apparatus. A second information provider of the algorithm bay supplies a signal indicating second information of changing the signal processing function of the signal processor to the signal processor via a wireless interface of the algorithm bay, wireless connection, and a wireless interface of the signal processing apparatus. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157080 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a data processing device, a data processing method, and a recording medium that enable a user to have a bodily sensation of collection of a material such as image data or the like, and editing. | 06-24-2010 |
20100165129 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An apparatus for processing an image includes a motion vector detector, a motion-blurring-mitigated image generator, and a spatial resolution creation unit. The motion vector detector is configured to detect a motion vector by using an image that is made up of multiple pixels and acquired by an image sensor having time integration effects. The motion-blurring-mitigated image generator is configured to generate a motion-blurring-mitigated image in which motion blurring of a moving object is mitigated by using the motion vector detected by the motion vector detector on the assumption that a pixel value of pixel of the moving object in the image is a value obtained by integrating, in a time direction, a pixel value of each pixel in which no motion blurring that corresponds to the moving object occur as it is moved. The spatial resolution creation unit is configured to generate an image that has a higher spatial resolution than that of the image made up of the multiple pixels by using the motion vector detected by the motion vector detector and the motion-blurring-mitigated image from the motion-blurring-mitigated image generator. | 07-01-2010 |
20100172613 | OPTICAL SELECTOR SWITCH AND SIGNAL-PROCESSING APPARATUS - An optical selector is provided which enables reliable transmission of a signal from a single or plurality of light output sections to a single or plurality of light input sections. | 07-08-2010 |
20100195200 | SCREEN, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a screen, a control method, a program, and a recording medium that can provide audio and video at an optimal position for a user. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198426 | PARTITION, CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A partition, a control device and method, a program, and a recording medium that can enhance the acoustic effect. Partitions are set in a room beforehand. The partitions are movable along a guide provided in a ceiling. In the room, furniture and a speaker are set. When sound from the speaker is reflected by the furniture and the reflected sound is given to a user, the acoustic effect is lessened. Accordingly, the partitions are moved in front of the furniture. Further, the partitions are moved so as to be symmetrically arranged with respect to the speaker. The movement of the partitions can produce an acoustic space in which the reflected sound is uniform. The present invention is applicable to a partition that enhances the acoustic effect. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202711 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program with which processed images at the time of applying a plurality of different image processings on one moving image can be easily compared. | 08-12-2010 |
20100209074 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - The amount of information provided to a user is adjusted adaptively by means of a simple method. | 08-19-2010 |
20100217762 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Information is supplied to a user, the information regarding operations performed by other users. | 08-26-2010 |
20100220954 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - In the sending and receiving of a signal through an optical waveguide, an unknown substrate connected to the optical waveguide can be recognized. A signal processing apparatus | 09-02-2010 |
20100220975 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - The amount of information provided to the user is adjusted adaptively by means of a simple technique. | 09-02-2010 |
20100253843 | STORAGE DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A video processor card stores tap generation information for determining a predetermined tap coefficient when the tap generation information is used together with tap generation information stored in another video processor card, and supplies a video processing interface with the tap generation information. The video processing interface generates the tap coefficient from the tap generation information of the one video processor card and the other video processor card loaded therein. The video processing interface extracts video data having a predictive tap used to predict a target pixel and video data having a class tap used to classify the target data, and class classifies the target data based on the class tap. The video processing interface determine the target pixel based on the tap coefficient and the predictive tap of the class of the target pixel. | 10-07-2010 |
20100289894 | BROADCASTING SYSTEM, SENDING APPARATUS AND SENDING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a broadcasting system, a sending apparatus and a sending method, a receiving apparatus and a receiving method, and a program that make it possible to cause a user to feel a sense of realism, to display an image suitable for the preferences of a user, or the like by performing an appropriate process on a receiving side of the broadcasting system. | 11-18-2010 |
20100325678 | BROADCAST SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, PRESENTATION DEVICE, PRESENTATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A broadcast system, transmission device, transmitting method, reception device, receiving method, presentation device, presentation method, program, and storage medium, whereby presentation of content can be flexibly performed. A transmission/reception system is configured of a transmission device to transmit data, and a reception device to receive data. The transmission device transmits object information for each object used for content. On the other hand, the reception device receives the object information from the transmission device, and generates content based on the object information. The present invention can be applied to a broadcast system for performing broadcast and so forth, for example. | 12-23-2010 |
20100328092 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a communication device, communication method, and program that realizes a collaboration wherein multiple facilities nearby having similar objectives work together, enabling prosperity of an entire community. | 12-30-2010 |
20100328618 | REAR SURFACE PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A rear projection type image display apparatus having a larger half-power angle and being capable of properly blocking a direct light from a projector for an observer is provided. | 12-30-2010 |
20110059771 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM, AND TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving processing unit receives identical SD pictures transmitted a plurality of number of times, and performs addition for weighting an SD picture stored in a storage and the received SD pictures. The receiving processing unit stores the obtained values as a new SD picture in the storage. A picture-quality determining unit determines the picture quality of the new SD picture stored in the storage, and based on the determined picture quality, a request-signal transmitting unit requests class codes representing classes obtained by classifying the pixels of an HD picture in which the quality of an SD picture is increased. A receiving-control unit receives class codes which are transmitted in response to the request, and based on the SD picture and the class codes, an adaptive processing unit calculates predicted values of an HD picture corresponding to the SD picture. | 03-10-2011 |
20110205436 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - An information processing section that outputs video images with settings based on variables respectively provided to individual display sections of a plurality of display sections is included, and a video image is output to any display section from this information processing section. A setting of the video image output to the any display section is changed, and a response of a viewer at that time is obtained by a response obtaining device. Then, in accordance with the response information of the viewer obtained by this response obtaining device, a display section in which a setting of the video image is to be changed and the setting of the video image are determined by a stimulus response estimation section, and information of the display section in which the setting of the video image is to be changed and a variable based on the setting of the video image are output to the information processing section. | 08-25-2011 |
20120057793 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus may include a feature quantity extraction unit configured to extract a feature quantity from an image, a setting unit configured to set setting information including a plurality of setting items used to perform processing upon the image so that a designated setting item can be changed among the setting items; and a recording unit configured to associate the setting information with a feature quantity of the image and record them. | 03-08-2012 |
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20140146086 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image output apparatus includes an input image acquiring unit, a target attribute value acquiring unit that acquires at least one target attribute value, which is an original attribute value of a subject contained in an input image, an attribute value acquiring unit that acquires at least one attribute value of the subject contained in an output image formed using the input image, a difference information acquiring unit that acquires at least one piece of difference information indicating a difference between the at least one target attribute value acquired by the target attribute value acquiring unit and the at least one attribute value acquired by the attribute value acquiring unit, and an image output unit that, in a case where the at least one piece of difference information does not satisfy a predetermined condition, changes an output mode of the output image formed using the input image, and performs output. | 05-29-2014 |
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20140309848 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 10-16-2014 |
20140313318 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 10-23-2014 |
20140313338 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 10-23-2014 |