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20130142401 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The image processing apparatus detects a region of a subject from an input image, and extracts an image feature amount from the region. Also, the apparatus classifies the subject into any one of plural attributes based on the image feature amount, and estimates, based on the image feature amount and an attribute into which it is classified, an attribute value of the subject belonging to the attribute into which it is classified. | 06-06-2013 |
20150146991 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF IDENTIFYING OBJECT IN IMAGE - The degree of similarity between corresponding local feature amounts out of a plurality of local feature amounts of the object in the input image and a plurality of local feature amounts of an object in an image registered in advance is obtained. At least one degree of similarity is selected out of the obtained degrees of similarity based on a capturing condition for the object in the input image and a capturing condition for the object in the registered image, and one degree of similarity is derived from the at least one selected degree of similarity. It is determined based on the one derived degree of similarity whether the object in the input image belongs to the same category as the object in the registered image. | 05-28-2015 |
20150244967 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A projector that displays a video image based on display data obtains procedure information corresponding to a procedure of a plurality of user operations performed to identify display data and displays a video image indicating the obtained procedure information. | 08-27-2015 |
20150278580 | IMAGE RECOGNIZING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image recognizing apparatus comprises: an extracting unit extracting a partial feature quantity from an object in each of a registration image and an input image; a compressing unit reducing a dimension of the extracted partial feature quantity; a storing unit storing the partial feature quantity of the object in the registration image of which the dimension has been reduced; and a calculating unit calculating similarity between the object in the input image and the object in the registration image, using the partial feature quantity of the object in the input image of which the dimension has been reduced and the partial feature quantity of the object in the stored registration image. The compressing unit switches the reduction of the dimension of the partial feature quantity using a preset dimension compression parameter and the reduction of the dimension of the partial feature quantity by dynamically generating a dimension compression parameter. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278584 | OBJECT DISCRIMINATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An object discriminating apparatus is provided with an obtaining unit configured to obtain an input image including an object; an extracting unit configured to extract a feature from the input image; a calculating unit configured to calculate, by collating the feature extracted from the input image and a feature of a previously registered registration image with each other, similarity between the object included in the input image and an object included in the registration image; a deriving unit configured to derive a difference between a variation in the input image and a variation in an output image; a converting unit configured to convert the calculated similarity on the basis of the derived difference between the variations; and a deciding unit configured to decide, on the basis of the converted similarity, whether or not the object included in the input image is identical with the object included in the registration image. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090234552 | Driving Action Estimating Device, Driving Support Device, Vehicle Evaluating System, Driver Model Creating Device, and Driving Action Determining Device - A driver model with higher precision is created as an evaluation standard for a driving condition in a normal condition. Further, a driving action is estimated using a driver model which can be created easily and can represent driving characteristics of a driver more precisely. | 09-17-2009 |
20100019828 | ANALOG MULTIPLEXER WITH INSULATION POWER SUPPLY - An analog multiplexer with an insulated power supply includes: an analog signal transformer receiving an analog signal input in its primary winding via an FET, and ON/OFF driving the FET to generate a pulse with an amplitude of the analog signal in its secondary winding; a drive transformer receiving a drive pulse input in its primary winding via an FET to generate a pulse turning ON/OFF the FET in its secondary winding; an inhibit generation circuit generating an inhibit pulse having a wider pulse width than that of the drive pulse; an AND gate determining a logical product of a continuous pulse from a continuous pulse generation circuit and the inhibit pulse to obtain a power supply pulse train; and a rectifying/smoothing circuit obtaining a direct current voltage corresponding to the power supply pulse train to apply the direct current voltage to the primary winding of the transformer through high resistance. | 01-28-2010 |
20110254527 | ANALOG CURRENT OUTPUT CIRCUIT - In the analog current output circuit according to the present invention, a rising start position and a tilt of an internal control voltage are set such that it crosses, at the maximum of an analog output current, a load end voltage obtained when the resistance of a load is the one near the center of a specification range. According to a comparison result in a comparator, a switch causes a DC/DC converter to input a high reference voltage and causes an output transistor to output a high power supply voltage when the internal control voltage is smaller than the load end voltage and causes the DC/DC converter to input a low reference voltage and causes the output transistor to output a low power supply voltage when the internal control voltage is larger than the load end voltage. | 10-20-2011 |
20130307523 | ANALOG UNIT OF SEQUENCER SYSTEM - An analog unit having a multiple-channel configuration among analog units included in a sequencer system is such that an AC signal as a measurement target, which is captured by a CT sensor, can be directly input to each of a plurality of channels, and the analog unit includes a setting unit that sets, in an internal memory, an abnormality-determination peak current value and an abnormal peak current duration, which are applied to the AC signal as a measurement target, for each of the channels, and a detecting unit that, when the AC signal as a measurement target includes an AC signal that maintains a state where a peak value exceeds the abnormality-determination peak current value for the abnormal peak current duration, detects generation of an abnormal alternating current in each of the channels. | 11-21-2013 |
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20130154574 | Charge Acceptance Limit Determination Apparatus and Charge Acceptance Limit Determination Method - A charge acceptance limit determination apparatus includes a voltage measuring unit that measures a voltage of a secondary battery, a current measuring unit that measures an electric current flowing through the secondary battery, and a determining unit that determines whether or not the secondary battery has reached a charge acceptance limit in accordance with a position on a current-voltage plane of a voltage value and a current value that are measured by the voltage measuring unit and the current measuring unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154577 | Full Charge Sensing Apparatus And Full Charge Sensing Method - A full charge sensing apparatus for sensing a fully charged state of a secondary battery based on an equivalent circuit model of the secondary battery includes a measuring unit that measures a voltage and a current during charging of the secondary battery, a learning unit that performs a learning process on a plurality of parameters in the equivalent circuit model using a result of measurement of the measuring unit, and a determining unit that determines that the secondary battery is in a fully charged state in a case where, among the parameters on which the learning process has been performed by the learning unit, a parameter corresponding to a reaction resistance of the secondary battery is greater than a predetermined threshold. | 06-20-2013 |
20130314052 | Charging-Control Apparatus and Charging-Control Method - A charging control apparatus controls a state of charge of a secondary battery installed in a vehicle by a regulator possessed by an alternator. The charging control apparatus includes a calculating unit that calculates an SOC indicating a state of charge of the secondary battery, a determining unit that performs determination of whether the SOC calculated in the calculating unit is greater than a predetermined threshold, and a controlling unit that controls the regulator in such a manner that, in a case where it is determined by the determining unit that the SOC is greater than the predetermined threshold, a power generation voltage of the alternator comes to a low state, and in a case where it is determined that the SOC is less than the predetermined threshold, a power generation voltage of the alternator comes to a high state. | 11-28-2013 |
20140152262 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD - A power supply apparatus is provided that has a plurality of secondary batteries connected in series, outputs a composite voltage of all of the secondary batteries, and outputs an output of a part of the secondary batteries as a partial voltage. The power supply apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects states of the secondary batteries, a changing unit that changes an order of series connection of the plurality of secondary batteries based on a detection result of the detecting unit in such a manner that the partial voltage is outputted from a secondary battery that is in a relatively good state. | 06-05-2014 |
20150362557 | STATE DETECTING METHOD AND STATE DETECTING DEVICE OF SECONDARY BATTERY - A state detecting method and device of a secondary battery correct impact resulting from state quantities caused by variation and calculate a state of charge with high accuracy. The state detecting method includes a first step of acquiring a detected voltage value and a detected current value, a second step of acquiring state quantities caused by variation such as a detected temperature value, a third step of determining if the detected voltage value is the voltage threshold value or greater, a fourth step of determining if the detected current value is the current threshold value or less, a fifth step of determining if a duration time of the current threshold value or less has elapsed a determination time, a sixth step of setting a state of charge in a reference state as the state of charge, and a seventh step of correcting the state of charge in the reference state. | 12-17-2015 |
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20100174891 | RECONFIGURABLE SIMD PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ITS INSTRUCTION EXECUTION - In a reconfigurable SIMD processor, a unit of operation for executing an instruction corresponds to one group, and the one group that includes a plurality of PEs implements at least a part of an operation unit that executes at least one of an integer divide instruction: a floating decimal point add/subtract instruction; a floating decimal point multiply instruction; and a floating decimal point divide instruction, using operation units and general purpose registers provided in a plurality of the PEs. The number of the PEs that compose the one group is varied in accordance with the instruction. | 07-08-2010 |
20110010527 | PROCESSOR FOR EXECUTING INSTRUCTION STREAM AT LOW COST, METHOD FOR THE EXECUTION, AND PROGRAM FOR THE EXECUTION - A VLIW processor executes a very long instruction word containing a plurality of instructions, and executes a plurality of instruction streams at low cost. A processor executing a very long instruction word containing a plurality of instructions fetches concurrently the very long instruction words of up to M instruction streams, from N instruction caches including a plurality of memory banks to store the very long instruction words of the M instruction streams. The processor may set instruction priority order for each of the instruction streams, designate a memory bank to be used by each of the instruction streams from the memory banks based on bank number information, which indicates a number of memory banks each instruction stream uses, and an instruction address of each of the instruction streams, determine a memory bank to be used in descending priority order based on the instruction stream priority order when a plurality of instruction streams are to use a same memory bank, and supply an instruction | 01-13-2011 |
20110153947 | INFORMATON PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an information processing device for processing VLIW includes memory banks, a memory banks are used to store an instruction word group constituting a very-long instruction. A program counter outputs an instruction address indicating a head memory bank containing a head part of the very long instruction of the next cycle. A memory bank control device uses information regarding the instruction address for the very long instruction and the number of memory banks associated with the very long instruction to specify the use memory bank to be used in the next cycle and the nonuse memory bank not to be used in the next cycle. The memory bank control device controls the operation of the nonuse memory bank. The instruction decoder decodes the very long instruction fetched from the use memory bank. An arithmetic device executes the decoded very long instruction. | 06-23-2011 |
20110271077 | PROCESSOR AND DATA COLLECTION METHOD - A processor has a plurality of PEs (processing elements) that operate in parallel based on operation commands and an information collection unit that collects the data of the plurality of PEs, wherein each of the plurality of PEs holds data and a condition flag, supplies the data and the condition flag to the information collection unit upon receiving an operation command, and upon receiving an update request for updating the condition flag, updates the condition flag in accordance with the update request that was received; and the information collection unit, upon receiving the data and the condition flags, selects one PE based on a predetermined order of priority from among the PEs for which the received condition flags are active and both supplies the data of the selected PE as collection result data and supplies an update request for updating the condition flag of the PE that was selected. | 11-03-2011 |
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20120180510 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - In a heat pump apparatus, switching between high efficiency operation, being efficient, and high capacity operation, having high capacity, is performed according to the state of the load. There are provided a main refrigerant circuit that uses an ejector, a first sub-refrigerant circuit that connects a portion between a heat exchanger and an ejector to a portion between a gas-liquid separator and a heat exchanger, and a second sub-refrigerant circuit that connects a portion between the heat exchanger and the ejector to an injection pipe of a compressor. When the load is about medium, refrigerant is circulated in the main refrigerant circuit to perform an efficient ejector aided operation utilizing the ejector. When the load is large, a high capacity injection operation is performed by flowing refrigerant to the second sub-refrigerant circuit. When the load is small, a simple bypass operation which prevents degradation of efficiency is performed by flowing refrigerant to the first sub-refrigerant circuit. | 07-19-2012 |
20130000348 | EJECTOR, MOTIVE FLUID FOAMING METHOD, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A flow path of a nozzle included in an ejector includes a convergent taper portion in which the cross-sectional area of the flow path gradually decreases toward the downstream side, a cylindrical flow path extending from a downstream end of the convergent taper portion and being continuous for a predetermined length and in a cylindrical shape, and a divergent taper portion continuous with a downstream end of the cylindrical flow path and in which the cross-sectional area of the flow path gradually increases toward the downstream side. By providing the cylindrical flow path, a length of the divergent taper portion is reduced. | 01-03-2013 |
20130042640 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS AND REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION METHOD - An internal heat exchanger and a first flow control valve are connected in series between a condenser and a refrigerant inlet of an ejector. A gas refrigerant outlet of a gas-liquid separator is connected to a suction port of a compressor. A first bypass circuit connects a refrigerant outlet of the condenser to an intermediate pressure portion of the compressor via a second flow control valve and the internal heat exchanger. A second bypass circuit connects a refrigerant outlet of the internal heat exchanger to the liquid refrigerant outlet of the gas-liquid separator via a third flow control valve. While the second flow control valve is opened such that the refrigerant flows through the first bypass circuit, the fourth flow control valve is switched to be opened or closed, and the third flow control valve is switched to be closed or opened. | 02-21-2013 |
20130213083 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS AND REFRIGERANT CIRCULATING METHOD - In a refrigeration cycle apparatus, a compressor, a condenser, a first flow control valve, a refrigerant storage container, a second flow control valve, and a first evaporator are connected in this order, and a third flow control valve, an ejector, a second evaporator, and the compressor are connected in this order so as to branch from an outlet of the condenser. A driving refrigerant inlet of the ejector is connected to the third flow control valve, a suction refrigerant inlet of the ejector is connected to an outlet of the first evaporator, and a mixed refrigerant outlet of the ejector is connected to a refrigerant inlet of the second evaporator. The refrigeration cycle apparatus has a bypass circuit which branches from a refrigerant pipe connecting the condenser and the second flow control valve and is connected to the mixed refrigerant outlet of the ejector via a fourth flow control valve. | 08-22-2013 |
20140090406 | REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus includes multiple refrigeration cycles each including a compressor, a four-way valve, an indoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducing device, and an outdoor heat exchanger which are connected by a pipe, each refrigeration cycle being configured to be capable of performing a cooling operation and a heating operation, an outdoor fan configured to send air for heat exchange with the outdoor heat exchangers of the refrigeration cycles, multiple indoor fans arranged corresponding to the respective indoor heat exchangers of the refrigeration cycles, and a controller configured to defrost the outdoor heat exchanger of the at least one refrigeration cycle, control a rotation speed of the indoor fan corresponding to the refrigeration cycle performing the defrosting operation such that a temperature of air mixed by air-sending through the indoor fans reaches a predetermined temperature. | 04-03-2014 |
20140338381 | REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus performs, even during a heating operation under air conditions leading to formation of frost, a defrosting operation while simultaneously continuing the heating operation and improves comfort through heating by securing an appropriate amount of ventilation. A plurality of refrigeration cycles independently performs a heating operation and a defrosting operation. By controlling a ventilation damper of an indoor unit that is to perform a defrosting operation to increase the amount of ventilation, a prior ventilation operation for securing the time-averaged required amount of ventilation including the period in which the defrosting operation is being performed is performed before the defrosting operation, and after the prior ventilation is terminated, the defrosting operation is started. | 11-20-2014 |
20140345309 | REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus performs, even during a heating operation under air conditions leading to formation of frost, a defrosting operation while simultaneously continuing a heating operation and that improves comfort through heating by ensuring an appropriate amount of ventilation. A plurality of refrigeration cycles that are capable of independently performing a heating operation and a defrosting operation, are provided. A ventilation damper of an indoor unit in which a refrigeration cycle that performs a defrosting operation is installed is closed during a defrosting operation, and a ventilation damper of an indoor unit in which a refrigeration cycle that performs a heating operation is installed is controlled to achieve a required amount of ventilation corresponding to the indoor ventilation state. | 11-27-2014 |
20150059380 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger configured to function as a condenser or an evaporator, indoor heat exchanges each configured to function as a condenser or an evaporator, a plurality of expansion valves each provided for a corresponding one of the indoor heat exchangers each configured to adjust a flow rate of a refrigerant that flows through the corresponding indoor heat exchanger and a controller configured to control an operation capacity of the compressor and opening degrees of a plurality of expansion devices. When increasing heat exchange performance of the indoor heat exchanger, the controller increases the operation capacity of the compressor and controls the opening degree of the expansion valve corresponding to the indoor heat exchanger to decrease the flow rate of the refrigerant that flows through the indoor heat exchanger. | 03-05-2015 |
20150135752 | REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - A refrigerating apparatus includes a high-temperature side circuit and a low-temperature side circuit connected to each other via a cascade condenser, a low-temperature side second flow control valve that turns a refrigerant, passing through a liquid pipe connecting between a cooling unit and other circuit parts in a low-temperature side circuit b, into a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant, and an expansion tank connected to the suction side of a low-temperature circuit compressor via a tank electromagnetic valve. | 05-21-2015 |
20150153076 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A refrigeration apparatus includes a high-temperature side circulation circuit and a low-temperature side circulation circuit. The high-temperature side circulation circuit A is configured by connecting a high-temperature side compressor, a high-temperature side condenser, a high-temperature side expansion valve, and a high-temperature side evaporator of a cascade heat exchanger to one another. The low-temperature side circulation circuit is configured by connecting a low-temperature side compressor, a low-temperature side condenser of the cascade heat exchanger, a receiver that stores a liquid refrigerant, a solenoid valve, a low-temperature side expansion valve, and a low-temperature side evaporator to one another. A refrigerant in the low-temperature side circulation circuit includes a zeotropic refrigerant mixture containing at least CO | 06-04-2015 |
20150226453 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER - A heat pump water heater includes: a compressor; a first water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a second water-refrigerant heat exchanger; refrigerant paths capable of forming a refrigerant circuit; and water channels including a flow channel, the flow channel leading hot water that has passed through the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger to the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger. The heat pump water heater is able to perform a heating operation. In the heating operation, the hot water heated in the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger is fed to the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger and the hot water further heated in the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger is supplied to a downstream side of the water channels. The first water-refrigerant heat exchanger is able to be replaced without replacing the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger. | 08-13-2015 |