Konica Minolta, Inc.

Sony Corporation

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Sony Group Corporation

The University of Tokyo

Daiki Yamanaka

Toru Yamaguchi

Akihiko Kaino

Masashi Eshima

Hiroshige Kidera

Takaaki Kooriya

Takashi Harashima

Katsuya Toyofuku

Kazuhiro Saito

Hideaki Tanaka

Kazuteru Ishizuka

Katsuyuki Hirata

Hiromasa Suzuki

Shunichi Homma

Aiko Kubota

Yutaka Ohtake

Takashi Seno

Yasushi Koshimura

Takashi Akazawa

Manabu Kawashima

Takuma Niizaka

There is provided a device and the like that reduce the influence of an error set in each voxel in a three-dimensional grid map, during a process of transforming the three-dimensional grid map into a two-dimensional grid map. An information processing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transform unit. The transform unit performs a convolution process on a three-dimensional grid map and a template. The three-dimensional grid map and the template include a plurality of three-dimensional unit cells each having a value set therein. The transform unit performs the convolution process, to transform the three-dimensional grid map into a two-dimensional grid map including a plurality of two-dimensional unit cells each having a value set therein.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

A color correction apparatus has: an obtaining unit that obtains first color information of a first image formed by a first color formed on a recording medium and second color information of a second image formed by a second color superimposed on the first color formed on the recording medium; and a correction unit that finds a correction value for the second color by estimating color information of the second color based on the first color information and the second color information, the color information of the second color being varied due to an influence in correcting the first color information to a first target value of the first color.

Color correction apparatus, image forming apparatus, method of controlling color correction apparatus, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program

An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms a correction patch using toner; a measurer that measures a color, a density, or a deposited amount of toner of the correction patch; and a hardware processor that calculates a reference correction amount on the basis of a measurement value of the measurer so that the density of the correction patch reaches a target value, and corrects an image forming condition of the image former by a first correction amount smaller than the reference correction amount.

Image forming apparatus and control program therefor

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming mechanism that forms a first image on a recording medium based on an image forming condition; a detector that detects a first color of the first image and a color of a foundation under the first image from the recording medium on which the first image is formed; a storage that stores reference data for specifying a relative relationship between a position of the first color in a color space and a position of the color of the foundation in the color space; and a processing circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry corrects the image forming condition based on the reference data and the first color and the color of the foundation detected by the detector.

Image forming apparatus, method of controlling, and computer program product correcting an image forming condition based on color of formed image and medium under image, and color space reference data

To enable both an increase in reproducibility for reproduction of a shape of an object and suppression of an increase in data amount. An information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires first information associated with a result of estimation of a shape of an object on a real space and second information associated with a result of estimation of a geometrical feature of the object; and a correction unit that corrects the first information on the basis of the second information.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Unnatural display is reduced by changing the appearance of a real space. A display control apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires reliability information indicating reliability of each of element data constituting three-dimensional data of a real space; a region specification unit that specifies a region corresponding to element data of which the reliability does not meet a criterion; and a display control unit that performs display control for changing the appearance of the region specified by the region specification unit.

Display control apparatus, program, and display control method

An information processing apparatus includes an estimating unit that estimates a normal on at least a part of a face of an object in a real space on the basis of polarization information corresponding to a detection result of each of a plurality of beams of polarized light acquired by a polarization sensor and having different polarization directions and a control unit that controls output of notification information for guiding a change in a position in the real space according to an estimation result of the normal.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

There is provided an information processing apparatus to achieve both the stabilization of estimation of the distance to a target physical body and the suppression of power consumption. The information processing apparatus includes: a first estimation unit configured to estimate a distance between a prescribed visual point and a physical body in a real space on the basis of result of detection of light that is sent from a prescribed light sending unit toward the physical body and is reflected at the physical body; a second estimation unit configured to estimate at least either one of a position or an attitude in the real space of the prescribed visual point on the basis of result of estimation of the distance; and a control unit configured to control the light sent from the light sending unit in accordance with a situation regarding estimation of at least either one of the position or the attitude.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

There is provided an information processing device to enable a three-dimensional shape of an object in a real space to be estimated in a more preferred manner, the information processing device including: a division unit configured to divide, into one or more regions, an image plane corresponding to a viewing point in a real space on which geometric structure information is mapped in accordance with distribution of the geometric structure information; an acquisition unit configured to acquire orientation information indicating at least one of a position and an orientation of the viewing point; an extracting unit configured to extract, as a region of interest, at least part of the regions obtained by dividing the image plane; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a shape of an object in the real space based on the geometric structure information in regions of interest on image planes respectively corresponding to a plurality of different viewing points associated with each other among the viewing points, wherein the geometric structure information is information corresponding to a detection result of each of a plurality of pieces of polarized light having different polarization directions.

Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program

An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image, which is desired by a user and different from a predetermined pattern, on a sheet; an output information detector that detects output information on a first image formed on a first sheet by the image former; and a hardware processor that: acquires an correction amount of a third image, which is formed on a third sheet after the first sheet and a second sheet, according to a detection result of the first image by the output information detector and image information on a second image formed on the second sheet after the first sheet by the image former; and controls the image former so as to correct the third image based on the correction amount acquired by the hardware processor.

Image forming apparatus and correction control program

There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing fluctuation of sensor output. The image forming apparatus includes, an image bearing member, a photosensor and a hardware processor. The image bearing member has a layered structure in which a surface layer is laminated on a base material layer. The photosensor irradiates a surface of the image bearing member on which a toner image is formed with detection light on the basis of a predetermined detection condition, and receives reflected light of the detection light reflected from the surface of the image bearing member. The hardware processor controls at least a dominant wavelength of the photosensor among the predetermined detection conditions such that light interference and dark interference are included in the reflected light, and controls a toner adhesion amount onto the image bearing member on the basis of an output of the photosensor.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming system includes: a density detecting section that detects the density of a toner image formed on an image bearing member by an image forming section, the density being detected as an output image density; a hardware processor which performs; tone correction in accordance with input-output characteristics data indicating the relationship between an input image density and an output image density, the input image density being the image density of a tone component included in the input image data, the output image density being detected by the density detecting section in accordance with the tone component; determining whether there is a missing tone component in the input image data; and complementing the input-output characteristics data corresponding to a missing tone component, when it is determined that there is the missing tone component.

Image forming system, image forming apparatus, tone correction method, non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable tone correction program, and image density correction method

An image forming apparatus that forms an output image corresponding to input image data on an image carrier by superimposing toner images of colors, includes a hardware processor that: detects color information of the output image for every pixel region; converts color information of the input image data for every pixel region and color information of the output image for every pixel region into indexes which define colors in predetermined color space coordinates; extracts a pixel region in which the color information of the output image is different from the color information of the input image data, and corrects the color information of the input image data with respect to the extracted pixel region; and stores the color information of the input image data as data for calibration in combination with the color information of the output image and image forming conditions when forming the output image.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and program

A distance between a reference position and a reference image of a sheet is accurately measured without adding a special device even when an attitude of the sheet is not stable. An aspect of the present invention obtains image data by reading a sheet surface formed with the reference image such as a trim mark by a reading portion. A height calculation portion calculates edge-blur amounts of the reference position and the reference image on the sheet surface from the image data. Furthermore, a height calculation portion detects heights from a focus position to the sheet surface for the reference position and the reference image, from the edge-blur amount and a reflected light amount of a white solid portion. Moreover, a distance detection portion calculates a distance between the reference position and the reference image on the sheet surface, on the basis of a detection result.

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Daiki Yamanaka