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20080218598 | Imaging method, imaging apparatus, and driving device - A driving device includes a driving control unit that reads out the signal charge generated by at least the charge generating section for a low-sensitivity pixel signal to the charge transfer section, after the predetermined timing, continues incidence of the electromagnetic wave and, after continuing the incidence of the electromagnetic wave, reads out the signal charge generated by at least the charge generating section for a high-sensitivity pixel signal to the charge transfer section, transfers the signal charge read out to the charge transfer section through the charge transfer section, and, concerning at least one of the signal charges for the high-sensitivity pixel signal and the low-sensitivity pixel signal, every time the signal charge is read out to the charge transfer section, transfers the signal charge read out to the charge transfer section through the charge transfer section without retaining the signal charge in the charge transfer section. | 09-11-2008 |
20080246950 | Device, Method, and Program for Estimating Light Source - A light source estimating device includes a light receiving section for receiving visible light and invisible light radiated from a light source, and a light source estimating section for estimating a type of the light source on the basis of an intensity of the received visible light and an intensity of the received invisible light. | 10-09-2008 |
20080273099 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus includes an image pickup unit including an image pickup element that captures a plurality of colors in ranges of visible and invisible light incoming through an image capturing lens, a pixel value calculating unit that calculates a pixel value of each pixel regarding at least one of the captured colors, a contrast value calculating unit that calculates a contrast value for each color based on the calculated pixel values, a correction value calculating unit that calculates a focus correction value for a distance from a current position of the image capturing lens to a focus position based on a temporal change in the calculated contrast values of the at least one color, and an image capturing lens driving unit that drives the image capturing lens based on the calculated focus correction value. | 11-06-2008 |
20090110295 | PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A product identification apparatus for determining whether an inspection target product to be identified is the same as a predetermined verification product includes: an extraction unit configured to extract an input pattern formed of asperities on the surface of a predetermined part of the inspection target product from a captured image obtained by capturing the image of the predetermined part of the inspection target product; and a comparison unit configured to compare the input pattern with an identification pattern extracted from a captured image obtained by capturing in advance the image of a part of the verification product so as to determine whether the input pattern is the same as the identification pattern or the input pattern includes the identification pattern. | 04-30-2009 |
20090141974 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a feature extracting unit configured to extract a feature in each local area from an image including a plurality of colors in bands of visible radiation and non-visible radiation, the feature having elements representing ratios between a reference color and individual colors; and a discriminating unit configured to discriminate an object in each local area by using the feature extracted for the local area by the feature extracting unit. | 06-04-2009 |
20090190801 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a pixel selecting unit that selects pixel values which are provided at each of pixel positions in input images that are arranged in chronological sequence, each of the pixel values being included in a corresponding one of the input images, on the basis of an input image to be processed which is set in the middle of the sequence; a moving-object detecting unit that detects a moving object using the selected pixel values, and that produces information items concerning the moving object as moving-object information items; and an output-image generating unit that generates pixel values of an output image, each of the pixel values being generated for a corresponding one of the pixel positions by using, in accordance with a corresponding one of the moving-object information items, a corresponding one of pixel values of the input image to be processed. | 07-30-2009 |
20110096143 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PANORAMIC IMAGE, METHOD FOR GENERATING A PANORAMIC IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for generating panoramic images are provided. The apparatus includes an image pickup unit that receives a first image and a second image, the first image including first image data representing a moving object, and the second image including second image data representing the moving object; an image processing unit that determines a relative movement of the moving object between the first and second images; a connection line calculation unit that determines a first connection line representing a first modified edge of the first image and a first modified edge of the second image based on the relative movement; and a panorama synthesis unit that merges the first and second images based on the first connection line to generate a panoramic image. | 04-28-2011 |
20130016180 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMAANM ONO; HiroakiAACI KANAGAWAAACO JPAAGP ONO; Hiroaki KANAGAWA JP - There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a predicting unit calculating, based on a global motion vector found for a past picked-up image, predicted values of a global motion vector of a picked-up image to be processed; an effective region calculating unit deciding an effective region on the picked-up image based on the predicted values; a feature value calculating unit extracting feature values from the effective region on the picked-up image; a projecting unit calculating projected feature vectors by projecting the feature values onto an axis in a specified direction; and a global motion vector calculating unit calculating a global motion vector of the picked-up image to be processed by matching the projected feature vectors of the picked-up image to be processed and projected feature vectors of another picked-up image. | 01-17-2013 |
20140019062 | Nucleic Acid Information Processing Device and Processing Method Thereof - A nucleic acid information processing device includes a storage unit that stores first base sequence information including information on a plurality of base sequences, and second base sequence information including information on a plurality of base sequences; a threshold value receiving unit adapted to receive information that identifies a similarity threshold; a hybridization unit adapted to identify a degree of similarity and a starting position and a finishing position of a similar portion for one to one combinations with the base sequences included in the first base sequence information as a target, and the base sequences included in the second base sequence information as a probe; and a similar base sequence counting unit adapted to count for each probe a number of the targets for which the identified degree of similarity is greater than or equal to the similarity threshold, and storing the count in the storage unit. | 01-16-2014 |
20140058682 | Nucleic Acid Information Processing Device and Processing Method Thereof - It is an object of the present invention to enable simple design and change of a probe set that can be easily reused corresponding to a DNA microarray. A nucleic acid information processing device comprises: a storage unit that stores information on a plurality of base sequences; a threshold value receiving unit adapted to receive information that identifies a similarity threshold; a cluster configuration unit adapted to configure clusters by classifying the plurality of base sequences based on the similarity threshold; and a representative base sequence setting unit adapted to set one of the base sequences included in the cluster as a representative base sequence. | 02-27-2014 |
20140118580 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing device including an image processing unit that sets a RAW image in which a pixel value of a specific color is set in each pixel as an input image and reduces a noise component contained in the input image. The image processing unit includes a local region selection unit, a similar local region selection unit, a band separation unit, a band-classified noise reduction unit, a band combining unit, and a local region combining unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140168429 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method and Program - An image processing apparatus includes: an object state detector detecting a state of an object in input images inputted in time series; an image-capturing controller controlling image-capturing of the input images in accordance with the detected state of an object; and an image combiner combining pixel values at corresponding pixel positions of the input images, and outputting the pixel values as an output image, the input images being subjected to image-capturing control by the image-capturing controller. | 06-19-2014 |
20150178741 | DATA PROCESS SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESS METHOD - A data process system includes an operation history data gathering unit that obtains an operation history data of an image process apparatus, a data analysis unit that analyzes the operation history data according to a predetermined condition and generates notification data in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied, a screen data generation unit that generates screen data according to the notification data for displaying a notification screen to indicate that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and a document data generation unit that generates document data pertaining to a document to be presented to a user of the image process apparatus based on the analyzed operation history data in response to an operation performed on the notification screen. | 06-25-2015 |
20150206280 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and a method are provided which have a simple configuration to perform highly accurate demosaic processing. A local region of interest being a region to be processed is selected from a raw image format, and a standard color image is generated based on an input image. Further, a similar local region is selected which has a phase different from that of the local region of interest, and is determined to have high similarity to the local region of interest based on the standard color image. Further, the local region of interest and the similar local region are combined to generate a local region image set with RGB, having each RGB pixel value set to each pixel position of component pixels of the local region of interest. Further, the local region images set with RGB corresponding to different local regions of interest are combined to generate an RGB image having each RGB pixel value set to each pixel position of component pixels of the input raw image format. | 07-23-2015 |
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20110005652 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire has a tread pattern designed to provide improved heat dissipation properties, wear resistance, and uneven wear resistance. The tire has arranged in a tread ( | 01-13-2011 |
20130120824 | REFLECTION TYPE VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR - An input/output port, a birefringent element, variable polarization rotator, and a reflector are arranged along an optical axis in the order named. The variable polarization rotator includes permanent magnets for applying a fixed magnetic field to a Faraday rotator in an in-plane direction to magnetically saturate the Faraday rotator and a solenoid coil for applying a variable magnetic field to the Faraday rotator in a direction of the optical axis. A fixed magnetic field is applied in the <211> direction, in which the Faraday rotator is likely to be magnetically saturated. The Faraday rotator can be saturated with a low magnetic field of about 100 Oe. The permanent magnets may employ ferrite permanent magnets, which have weak magnetic forces. A variable magnetic field may also be reduced. Therefore, an air-core coil can be used. | 05-16-2013 |
20130308188 | VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR - A variable optical attenuator in which a polarization beam splitter splits a beam incoming from the front into two linearly-polarized beams perpendicular to each other and separately outputs them to the back along first and second light paths. A Faraday rotator rotates a polarization plane of the two incoming linearly-polarized beams to an arbitrary angle by controlling a magnetic field to be applied to a Faraday element by a magnetism applying means and outputs them to the back. First and second analyzers arranged in the first and the second light paths and parallelly arranged perpendicular to these light paths are arranged in that order. The two analyzers have optical axes perpendicular to each other so that the optical axes are in the same direction as that of the polarization plane of the two linearly-polarized beams output from the polarization beam splitter. | 11-21-2013 |
20150131990 | OPTICAL SWITCH - An optical switch includes: a first birefringent element; a first Faraday rotator; a first half-wave plate; a second birefringent element; a second half-wave plate; a second Faraday rotator; and a third birefringent element, which are arranged in a forward direction from the front, wherein the first birefringent element splits light in the forward direction from a first optical port into ordinary and extraordinary lights emitted onto first and second optical paths, respectively, the first and second half-wave plates are arranged on the first and second optical paths, respectively, and in the first and second Faraday rotators, a permanent magnetic field in a left-right direction and an external magnetic field in a front-back direction in an on state are applied to a Faraday element, a bidirectional optical path is formed between the first and second optical ports in an off state, and the optical path is interrupted in the on state. | 05-14-2015 |
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20080317293 | Finger vein authentication apparatus and information processing apparatus - Provided is a finger vein authentication apparatus including a light source for emitting light toward a finger, an image sensor for taking an image of the transmitted light from the finger, a lens apparatus for imaging the transmitted light to the image sensor, and an image processor for processing the taken image. The lens apparatus includes a lens unit, and the image processor extracts a vein pattern of the finger upon correcting the strain of the taken image. | 12-25-2008 |
20100119217 | INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAY-BACKING APPARATUS - Portable information recording/play-back arrangements, wherein a controller judges whether a mode, controlling a first recording/play-back module and second recording/play-back module, is an imaging mode or a dubbing mode, and wherein when the controller judges that the mode is the imaging mode, the controller controls so that the imaging module and the first or second recording/play-back module operate on battery or a power supply from an external power source; and when the controller judges that the mode is the dubbing mode and the first and second recording/play-back module operate on the power supply from the external power source, the controller controls so that the dubbing operation is permitted. | 05-13-2010 |
20100150533 | RECORDING/PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING/PLAYBACK METHOD - A recording/playback device includes an information conversion unit converting video or audio information, received from an external source, to video or audio data for recording on a rewritable optical disk, a recording unit recording the video or audio data on said optical disk, and a playback unit playing back the video or audio data recorded on said optical disk, in which the optical disk has at least two recording layers and, when the video or audio data is recorded in two or more layers of the optical disk and then a part of the video data or audio data recorded in each layer is erased, a part of the video or audio data left unerased is moved so that a number of layers, in which the video or audio data left unerased is recorded, is reduced. | 06-17-2010 |
20130279873 | INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAY-BACKING APPARATUS - Portable information recording/play-back arrangements, wherein a controller judges whether a mode, controlling a first recording/play-back module and second recording/play-back module, is an imaging mode or a dubbing mode, and wherein when the controller judges that the mode is the imaging mode, the controller controls so that the imaging module and the first or second recording/play-back module operate on battery or a power supply from an external power source; and when the controller judges that the mode is the dubbing mode and the first and second recording/play-back module operate on the power supply from the external power source, the controller controls so that the dubbing operation is permitted. | 10-24-2013 |
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20080215266 | METHOD OF CALCULATING INTERNAL RESISTANCE OF SECONDARY BATTERY FOR VEHICLE - A current Ibe and a voltage Vbe before a large current discharge in a secondary battery are stored in a memory. Plural voltage-current pairs are detected and stored in the memory during the large current discharge. Next, a regression curve (or a regression line) is obtained based on the plural voltage-current pairs stored in the memory using a well-known method. A discharge current Ip which exceeds a current-sensor detectable range is input in the regression curve to obtain a voltage Vp. A maximum discharge coordinate is set using the discharge current Ip and the voltage Vp. An internal resistance Rin of the secondary battery is calculated based on an inclination of a line that connects the coordinates (Ibe, Vbe) and (Ip, Vp). | 09-04-2008 |
20080221755 | Vehicle-use power supply apparatus - The vehicle-use power supply apparatus includes an alternator driven by an engine mounted on a vehicle to generate electric power in accordance with a command value, a battery electrically connected to the alternator to be charged by the alternator, and connected to electrical loads mounted on the vehicle to apply a power supply voltage to the electrical loads. The vehicle-use power supply apparatus further includes a first function of determining, as a power generation cost, an increase amount of fuel which the engine consumes for the alternator to generate electric power, and a second function of transmitting the command value to the alternator, the second function being configured to determine the command value on the basis of the power generation cost determined by the first function such that a change rate of the power supply voltage does not exceed a predetermined limit value. | 09-11-2008 |
20090033285 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF CHARGE OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CHARGED BY VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER GENERATION APPARATUS - The apparatus is for estimating a state of charge of a rechargeable battery charged by a vehicle-mounted power generation apparatus capable of generating a variable output voltage. The estimating apparatus includes a detecting function of detecting a charging/discharging current of the rechargeable battery, and an estimating function of making an estimation of the state of charge on the basis of relationship data defining the relationship among the output voltage, the state of charge, and a convergence value to which the charging/discharging current converges through transient behavior thereof in a state where variation of the output voltage is below a predetermined value after the output voltage is changed. | 02-05-2009 |
20090033290 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF CHARGE OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CHARGED BY VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER GENERATION APPARATUS - The apparatus, which is for estimating a state of charge of a rechargeable battery charged by a vehicle-mounted power generation apparatus capable of generating a variable output voltage, includes a first function of quantifying charging/discharging history of the rechargeable battery, and a second function of performing estimation of a state of charge of the rechargeable battery on the basis of a parameter which indicates a charging/discharging current of the rechargeable battery when variation of the output voltage of the vehicle-mounted power generation apparatus is below a predetermined value, and the quantified charging/discharging history, while eliminating an effect which polarization of the rechargeable battery due to the charging/discharging history has on the charging/discharging current before the variation of the output voltage becomes below the predetermined value. | 02-05-2009 |
20090115358 | Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling hybrid vehicle - A hybrid vehicle includes a power generator that generates electric power using power from an internal combustion engine; a motor that outputs power for travel of the hybrid vehicle; a first inverter connected to an electric power storage device and the motor to drive the motor; a second inverter connected to the electric power storage device; and a large drive power determination portion that determines whether the hybrid vehicle is in a large-drive-power required state in which drive power equal to or larger than a predetermined value is required for the travel of the hybrid vehicle. When it is determined that the hybrid vehicle is not in the large-drive-force required state, the second inverter is connected to the power generator. When it is determined that the hybrid vehicle is in the large-drive-force required state, the second inverter is connected to the motor. | 05-07-2009 |
20090134843 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INTERNAL ELECTRIC STATE OF IN-VEHICLE SECONDARY BATTERY - In a proposed apparatus and method, constant-voltage charge is performed with an in-vehicle secondary battery immediately after start of a vehicle or during running of the vehicle. A quantity relevant to polarization caused in the battery immediately after start of the constant-voltage charge is calculated using data of the charge current. It is determined whether or not a change rate of the calculated polarization-relevant quantity is less than a given threshold. When the change rate is less than the given threshold, a plurality of data of the charge current sampled and held during a predetermined period of time are acquired. A value of the charge current to be accumulated until the charge current reaches a given final value is calculated using the plurality of data of the charge current. The internal electric state of the battery is estimated based on the accumulated value of the charge current. | 05-28-2009 |
20090183557 | DETERMINATION OF ENGINE ROTATIONAL SPEED BASED ON CHANGE IN CURRENT SUPPLIED TO ENGINE STARTER - An engine rotational speed determining device is disclosed which includes a signal inputting means and a rotational speed determining means. The signal inputting means inputs a signal that indicates current supplied to an electric motor, which starts an internal combustion engine, during a starting operation of the engine by the motor. The rotational speed determining means determines a rotational speed of the engine in the starting operation based on a change in the current indicated by the signal input by the signal inputting means. | 07-23-2009 |
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20140100731 | CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A cooling system circulates a coolant between an engine, an inverter and a radiator to cool the engine and the inverter. A driving mode of the vehicle can be changed between an EV-mode in which the vehicle is driven only by the motor and an HV-mode in which the vehicle is driven by at least one of the motor and the engine. When a driving mode is EV-mode, a coolant temperature is increased to cool the inverter. In the EV-mode, a vehicle is driven by motor only. When the inverter temperature is increased, the allowable current of the inverter can be increased and an allowable output of a motor can be increased. | 04-10-2014 |
20140158441 | DRIVING-POWER CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - Since a power of an engine is transmitted to a first axle and a power of a MG is transmitted to a second axle, a space for providing the MG can be readily ensured. Further, since an accessory is driven by the power of the engine, a private power source for the accessory is not necessary. In this case, the accessory may be a water pump, an oil pump, or an air-conditioner compressor. Furthermore, since a vehicle driving mode is switched between an engine driving mode and a MG driving mode, only a control system relative to the MG driving mode is necessary to be developed when the hybrid vehicle is developed by using the engine vehicle as the base part. | 06-12-2014 |
20150051776 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus computes a fuel consumption decrease or a fuel consumption increase for each of a plurality of travel modes. The vehicle control apparatus includes a control section that calculates an engine efficiency of an engine and an MG-INV efficiency which is a combined efficiency of a motor generator and an inverter. The engine efficiency is calculated based on an engine power and an ideal fuel consumption line. The MG-INV efficiency is calculated based on an MG power. As such, based on the engine efficiency and the MG-INV efficiency, the control section computes the per-unit-electric-power fuel consumption decrease or the per-unit-electric-power fuel consumption increase. | 02-19-2015 |
20150246591 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - When there is a demand for a heating operation of a vehicle and when there is a remaining charging capacity in a main battery, an upper limit value of a charging state of the battery is changed to a level-up upper-limit value, which higher than an ordinary upper-limit value. And an operating mode of an engine is changed to an efficiency prioritizing mode. When there is no remaining charging capacity in the main battery, the upper limit value of the charging state is changed to the ordinary upper-limit value. And the operating mode of the engine is changed to a waste-heat prioritizing mode, an engine efficiency of which is lower than that of the efficiency prioritizing mode. According to such a control, it becomes possible to warm up the engine and the battery, even in the case that there is no remaining charging capacity because of high charging state in the battery. | 09-03-2015 |