Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100097483 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus acquires images captured by cameras. A data processing apparatus | 04-22-2010 |
20100128058 | IMAGE VIEWING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Image browsing device and method for displaying a list so that the viewers can efficiently grasp the contents of a lot of images. The image browsing device includes an image classifying unit, a representative color extracting unit, and a representative color layout unit, and further includes a shooting date/time obtaining unit, an ordinary/extraordinary setting unit, a display mode managing unit, a representative color switching unit and the like. The image browsing device, with this structure, extracts a representative color for each image group which has been obtained by classifying images in accordance with a predetermined criterion, so that the representative color represents the image group. This enables viewers to grasp efficiently and panoramically the contents of a large number of images which are displayed in a display area of a limited size. | 05-27-2010 |
20100134626 | DISPLAY, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - The present invention aims to provide a display device that can display relationships between a plurality of users in an easy-to-visually-acknowledge manner. | 06-03-2010 |
20100195874 | VIDEO ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION VALUE USING VIDEO ANALYSIS - An image analysis apparatus comprising: an identification unit operable to, in each of a plurality of scenes, identify one or more persons who appear in the scene; a scene evaluation value calculation unit operable to calculate a scene evaluation value for, among the plurality of scenes, each scene in which at least one person has been identified, the one person being included as one of persons identified by the identification unit; a scene selection unit operable to select, from among the plurality of scenes, one or more scenes that include the one person; and a person evaluation value calculation unit operable to calculate a person evaluation value for the one person by summating scene evaluation values of the scenes selected by the scene selection unit. | 08-05-2010 |
20100271395 | REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE SELECTION METHOD - A person cluster selection part selects one or more person clusters as representative person clusters in order of largest number of facial images included therein. A unit selection part selects, from each representative person cluster, (i) a unit having the highest likelihood as a first representative unit, and (ii) units in order of lowest likelihood as a second representative unit onward. A representative facial image selection part selects, from each representative unit, (i) a facial image having the highest likelihood as a first representative facial image, and (ii) facial images in order of lowest likelihood as a second representative facial image onward. | 10-28-2010 |
20110106772 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A data processing apparatus ( | 05-05-2011 |
20120300114 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit; a focal range control unit configured to cause the imaging unit to capture a first image and a second image which have mutually different focal ranges, changing a focal position of the imaging unit; a reference image generation unit configured to generate, using the first image and the second image, a reference image to be used as a blur standard; and a distance measurement unit configured to measure a distance to the subject based on a difference in blur degrees between the reference image and each of the first image and the second image. The focal ranges of the first image and the second image are independent of each other, and an out-of-focus space is provided between the focal ranges. | 11-29-2012 |
20130127846 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A parallax image generation device includes: a depth value correction unit which performs correction processing on a depth value, from among a plurality of depth values which define a depth image, to shift a position corresponding to the depth value to be closer to a display screen as the depth value is located closer to an end of the depth image, the display screen being for displaying a parallax image; and a parallax image generation unit which generates a first parallax image and a second parallax image having mutual parallax, using a two-dimensional image and the depth image corrected through the correction processing. | 05-23-2013 |
20130135298 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING NEW VIEWPOINT IMAGE - An apparatus for generating a new viewpoint image includes: a new viewpoint image generation unit that shifts the foreground image region in the input image, based on a depth map to generate a new viewpoint image including a missing pixel region; a representative background pixel selection unit that selects background pixels located a predetermined number of pixels away from edge pixels, as representative background pixels; a texture direction map calculation unit that calculates a texture direction of each of the selected representative background pixels, to calculate a texture direction map indicating texture directions, each corresponding to one of missing pixels, based on locations of the representative background pixels and locations of the missing pixels included in the missing pixel region; and a hole-filling processing unit that fills the missing pixel region with the obtained background pixels in accordance with the texture direction map. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136342 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There are provided an data input unit configured to receive an input image, depth data, and a shooting parameter, a parameter input unit that receives a transformation parameter as a parameter on projective transformation of a three-dimensional model, a transformed image generating unit that generate a transformed image by performing projective transformation based on the transformation parameter in the three-dimensional model obtained from the input image, the depth data, and the shooting parameter, a blank area detecting unit that detects a blank area in the transformed image, the blank area being a group of blank pixels having no corresponding pixel in the input image, and an output unit configured to output the transformed image in the case where a blank value indicating size of the blank area is smaller than or equal to a threshold value. | 05-30-2013 |
20130170817 | VIDEO EDITING APPARATUS, VIDEO EDITING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A video editing apparatus includes: a selection unit which receives a first editing point and a second editing point; a representative value generation unit which generates a representative value of first disparity information on disparities of the first editing point and a representative value of second disparity information on disparities of the second editing point; a comparison value calculation unit which calculates a first depth difference by a comparison between the representative value of the first disparity information and the representative value of the second disparity information; a determination unit which determines whether or not the first depth difference is less than or equal to a predetermined value; and a presenting unit which presents a message prompting a user to change at least one of the first editing point and the second editing point when it is determined that the first depth difference is greater than the predetermined value. | 07-04-2013 |