Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hitachi, Ltd.

Eiichi Tanaka

Masuo Oku

Hideo Arai

Takashi Nishimura

Yikitoshi Tsuboi

Akira Motosu

Yoshinori Hayashi

Koichi Okada

Koji Okawa

Keiichi Saito

Koichi Gunji

Takayuki Komatsu

Hidehiro Morita

An image pickup apparatus that is capable of reducing degradation of image quality of the whole display screen of a display section while improving display delay with respect to an observed area. In an image pickup apparatus, an image pickup section picks up an image of an object, and a development processor generates image data by developing input data acquired by the image pickup section. A first image generation unit generates a first image by performing image processing on part of the image data. A second image generation unit performs predetermined image processing on the image data to thereby generate a second image which is different in the number of steps of image processing from the above image processing. An image synthesis section generates a third image by synthesizing the first image with the second image, and a display device displays the third image.

Image pickup apparatus equipped with display section and method of controlling the same

If the picture identifier of a first frame and the picture identifier of a second frame match, a rewriting unit rewrites the picture identifier and the slice type of the first frame.

Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium

Disclosed are an image capture apparatus in which an arrangement relationship between an image sensor and a microlens array that is arranged in front of the image sensor can be varied, and a method for controlling the same. In a state in which a photographic lens including the microlens array is attached, information on the photographic lens and information on the image sensor are used to control a distance between the microlens array and the image sensor, and an aperture value. The microlens array or the image sensor is shifted so that they are arranged at this distance, and the aperture value is set.

Image capture apparatus in which an arrangement relationship between an image sensor and a microlens array can be varied, and method for controlling the same

In an image encoding apparatus including an intra-frame prediction unit that executes intra-frame prediction regarding an input image, when locally decoded pixels are not available, pseudo reference pixels are set to calculate an intra-frame-prediction evaluation value, and a method of encoding to be used for a block to be encoded is determined on the basis of the intra-frame-prediction evaluation value.

Image encoding apparatus and image encoding method that determine an encoding method, to be used for a block to be encoded, on the basis of an intra-frame-prediction evaluation value calculated using prediction errors between selected reference pixels and an input image

An image-encoding apparatus includes an encoding unit that performs intra-frame encoding or inter-frame encoding on each picture of moving image data to output encoded data that includes an encoded group that includes at least one encoded picture, an encoding distortion calculating unit that calculates an amount of encoding distortion, an inter-frame correlation calculating unit that calculates a correlation between frames in the moving image data, an index value calculating unit that calculates an index value that is used to determine a structure of the encoded group based on the correlation, condition data, and the amount of encoding distortion, and an encoding control unit that outputs a control parameter for controlling at least the structure of the encoded group in the encoding unit based on the index value.

Image-encoding apparatus and method outputting control parameter for controlling structure of moving image data encoded group in encoding unit based on index value

Proposed are a storage system and a data management setting method capable of preventing the destruction of data while alleviating the management burden of system administrators and the like. This storage system has one or more host systems, and a storage control unit for providing a data logical volume configured from a storage extent for reading and writing data from and in each of the host systems. The storage control unit comprises a determination unit for determining the type of operation system loaded in the host system based on the type information of the operation system sent from the host system according to a command sent from the host system or a request of the storage control unit, and a parameter setting unit for setting a prescribed operation parameter of the host system according to the operation system determined with the determination unit.

Data storage system for setting operation parameter of host system according to operating system of host system

The present invention makes possible recording motion pictures accurately starting at a point where a start recording event is received. The recording includes those pictures prior to the start recording event using a picture compressing method that compresses pictures both before and after the starting event, typically using the MPEG2 compression system. To make the above recording method possible, the present invention provides a signal processor and a photographic device that can search a motion vector for changing the object searching range properly, set an compression amount allocation for each picture type, and allow optimized parameters to be set when a start recording event is generated. The pictures processed before the start recording event is generated are stored in a memory buffer and on a recording medium so as to be used for recording or reproduction data entered after the recording starting time.

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Yokohama, Japan

Eiichi Tanaka