Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Akio Nishiyama

Tsutomu Mukai

Ryo Hirota

Yasutoshi Yamamoto

Ryoji Ogino

Junya Kuwada

Jun Watanabe

Mitsuyoshi Okamoto

Yoshihiro Morioka

Hirofumi Ishii

Yoshinori Okazaki

Kenji Matsuura

Gantetsu Matsui

Hideaki Hatanaka

Eiji Yamauchi

Shinichi Horii

Taku Kariyazaki

Zarina Rafii

The present disclosure provides a food detection devicethat can accurately detect, with a camera, a food item taken into or out of a refrigerator The food detection deviceis attached to an upper part of the refrigeratorby a user P and configured to detect, with a refrigerator compartment cameraand a drawer camera, a food item taken into or out of the refrigeratorand includes a camera moduleincluding the refrigerator compartment cameraand the drawer cameraconfigured to capture an image of the refrigeratorfrom an upper front of the refrigerator, and an electric power supply unitconfigured to supply electric power at least to the camera module

Food detection device

A video display method for a video display device is provided. The video display method comprises: acquiring a plurality of captured images from each of a plurality of cameras for each frame; generating a plurality of correction images from the plurality of captured images by performing parallax correction in each of the plurality of captured images for each frame, the parallax correction being performed between images captured by adjacent cameras; and compositing the plurality of correction images to generate a 360&#xb0; panoramic composite image for each frame. An amount of the parallax correction of each captured image in each frame is limited so that an amount of change from a previous amount of the parallax correction in a previous frame is within a range defined by a predetermined limitation value.

Imaging processing device, imaging system and imaging apparatus including the same, and image processing method

An image processing device includes a reference camera determiner that determines one among the multiple cameras, as a reference camera; an imaging condition acquisition unit that acquires imaging conditions relating to exposure and white balance which are set in the reference camera; an imaging condition setter that sends a command to set the imaging conditions relating to the exposure and the white balance, based on the imaging conditions in the reference camera, to cameras other than the reference camera; and an image composition unit that performs image composition processing on the multiple captured images that are acquired from the multiple cameras and that outputs the panoramic composite image. Thus, a boundary of an area of each composed image in the panoramic composite image that results from the composition is suppressed from being unnaturally conspicuous, and the captured image that is a reference is suitably displayed.

Image processing device, imaging system and imaging apparatus including the same, and image processing method

An image pickup device includes an optical system, an imaging element, an image processor, an input unit, and a controller. The optical system includes a focus lens. The imaging element generates an image signal from optical information that is input via the optical system. The image processor performs a predetermined process on the image signal generated by the imaging element, and then generates moving picture data including a plurality of frame images. The input unit receives input of a designated region on an image made by a user. The controller causes the image processor to generate the moving picture data while moving a focus position of the optical system, and then extracts a still picture that is in focus on the designated region from among the plurality of frame images included in the moving picture data.

Image pickup device and still picture generating method

An image-capturing device according to the present disclosure includes: an image-capturing unit that captures a moving image and generates first moving image data; and a controller that generates second moving image data based on a cutout area obtained by cutting out a part of an entire area of a moving image indicated by the first moving image data and records the generated second moving image data on a recording medium. The controller changes at least one of a position and a size of the cutout area according to a predetermined instruction of a user and records resultant image data on the recording medium.

Image-capturing device

A generator generates attribute information regarding a video image, which is captured by an imaging unit by capturing a plurality of capture directions, on a predetermined unit of video content. A composition map generator extracts a predetermined object, based on the attribute information of the video images captured in the plurality of capture directions within a predetermined period, and generates a composition map indicating a position of the extracted object. A comparator determines priority orders in the respective pieces of shooting of the respective capture directions based on a comparison result obtained by comparing pieces of the attribute information, for each of the capture directions and based on the attribute information included in the composition map. A camera work controller determines a next capture direction based on the priority orders, and controls operations of the imaging unit and a camera pantilter based on the determined capture direction.

Video capturing apparatus, video capturing system and video capturing method

An imaging apparatus includes a determining unit operable to determine whether a subject indicated by a feature quantity information extracted by an extracting unit is a same face indicated by a feature quantity information stored in a storing unit as the registration candidate, and a display unit operable to display a screen for prompting a user to perform an operation concerning registration in accordance with number of times the determining unit determines that the subject indicated by the feature quantity information extracted by the extracting unit is the same subject indicated by the feature quantity information stored in the storing unit as the registration candidate.

Imaging apparatus

A display device has a first color mode in which an image is output in monochrome except for a designated color and a second color mode in which colors in an image are output in non monochrome. The display device includes a display unit operable to output a display, and a display controller operable to control the display output on the display unit. While a selecting operation by a user on an image is urged, the display controller displays an image on the display unit in the second color mode, and after completion of the selecting operation by the user, the display controller changes a color mode from the second color mode to the first color mode and then displays an image on the display unit in the first color mode.

Display device and display method for providing image display in first color mode and second color mode

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit operable to capture a subject to generate image data, an extracting unit operable to extract feature quantity information indicative of a feature of the subject from the image data generated by the imaging unit, a storing unit operable to store the feature quantity information extracted by the extracting unit as a registration candidate, a determining unit operable to determine whether a subject indicated by the feature quantity information extracted by the extracting unit is a same face indicated by the feature quantity information stored in the storing unit as the registration candidate, and a display unit operable to display a screen for prompting a user to perform an operation concerning registration in accordance with number of times the determining unit determines that the subject indicated by the feature quantity information extracted by the extracting unit is the same subject indicated by the feature quantity information stored in the storing unit as the registration candidate.

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Akio Nishiyama