Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Daisuke Kawazoe

Masatoshi Takahashi

Michiru Senda

Shinichi Watanabe

Masanori Kasai

Shinichi Yoshimura

Shin Yoshimura

Kenichi Sano

Jun Hashizume

Shigeyuki Inoue

Yuichiro Minami

Hirokazu Kamoda

Satoshi Tokura

Narito Yamaguchi

Jun Akiyama

Masaharu Ebihara

Hiroharu Kurisutani

Masato Mekata

Toshiyuki Imasaka

Hiroki Hasegawa

Masaru Yonezawa

Ikuo Akamine

Yasushi Jinno

Yasuhito Mukai

Takashi Sugio

Masayoshi Ashihara

Noriaki Yamamoto

Satoru Kurata

Hiroyuki Daimon

Tsugio Kubo

Hideaki Nakagawa

Akihiko Shimizu

Akira Iuchi

Tomiyuki Noma

Kouji Oka

Masahiro Bamba

The present disclosure relates to a signal transmission device, a signal transmission method, and a program that are capable of reducing the influence of a quantization error. A quantization error notification unit notifies the stage after a bit precision constraint region of a quantization error generated in a quantization processing unit that performs a quantization process on a signal to be transmitted via the bit precision constraint region that is a region where a bit precision constraint occurs. A quantization error reception unit receives the quantization error, and supplies the quantization error to an inverse quantization processing unit that performs an inverse quantization process on the signal transmitted via the bit precision constraint region. The present technology can be applied to an image signal transmission device that transmits image signals, for example.

Signal transmission device and signal transmission method

To improve image quality of image data. A moving body detection unit detects, as a moving body area, an area of a moving body from an input frame every time the input frame captured by an image capture unit is input. A prediction unit predicts, as a prediction area, an area corresponding to the moving body area in a next input frame following the input frame from the moving body area every time the input frame is input. A statistical information generation unit that generates statistical information by performing predetermined statistical processing on each of pixel values of pixels in either an area excluding the predicted prediction area from a specific processing area in the input frame or an area that overlaps the prediction area in the processing area every time the input frame is input. A control information generation unit that generates predetermined control information for controlling the image capture unit based on the statistical information every time the statistical information is generated. A controller that controls the image capture unit and causes the image capture unit to capture the next input frame based on the control information every time the control information is generated.

Image capture control apparatus, image capture apparatus, and method of controlling image capture apparatus

There is included: a light receiving device configured to receive light and convert the received light into a light detection signal; a pixel transistor connected to the light receiving device and configured to control connection between the light receiving device and a signal line; a low-pass filter configured to be applied with respect to the light detection signal; an A-D converter configured to convert an output signal of the low-pass filter into digital data; and a sequencer configured to, prior to causing the A-D converter to operate to output the digital data, control the pixel transistor to be in an ON state and thereby maintain the light receiving device to be connected to the signal line, in a state in which the low-pass filter is caused to function effectively with respect to the light detection signal.

Imaging unit and imaging method

There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit which performs image processing on each of a plurality of images of a same subject having different resolutions, and an image combining unit which combines an image processing result of each of the plurality of images obtained by the image processing unit.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image synthesis apparatus is provided. The image synthesis apparatus includes a synthesis control block configured to determine a synthesized gain from a plurality of image signals having different exposure times, and a synthesis processing block configured to synthesize a plurality of image signals by use of a synthesized gain determined by the synthesis control block. In determining the synthesized gain, the synthesis control block references a predetermined predicted image signal ratio to exclude a domain of a pixel position having an image signal improper for the determination of a synthesized gain from a subject of the synthesized gain determination.

Image synthesis apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image synthesis method, and program

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Kanagawa, Japan

Daisuke Kawazoe