Pioneer Corporation

Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Nec Corporation

Pioneer Video Corporation

Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd.

Pioneer Electronics Corporation

Eiji Muramatsu

Masahiro Kato

Shoji Taniguchi

Kazuo Kuroda

Kunihiko Horikawa

Toshio Suzuki

Akira Shirota

Atsushi Yamaguchi

Yoshio Sasaki

Eisaku Kawano

Toshihiko Takishita

Akiyoshi Inoue

Masahiro Miura

Seiro Oshima

Masayoshi Yoshida

Kazutoshi Kitano

Takao Tagiri

Takeshi Koda

Yoshikazu Takeuchi

Kazunobu Hashimoto

Chihiro Kawabata

Keiji Katata

Jun Kobayashi

Hiroyuki Uchino

Tsuyoshi Hasebe

Takanori Maeda

Kota Iwamoto

Hidehiro Ishii

Soma Shiraishi

Tetsuo Inoshita

Akira Imamura

Makoto Sato

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Takao Sawabe

Hiroshi Yamada

Naoharu Yanagawa

Tohru Kanegae

Akira Shimizu

Tatsuhiro Yone

Hideo Yokoi

Masami Oishi

Kunio Matsumoto

Hiroshi Nishiwaki

Satoshi Uchiumi

Shigenori Murakami

Hirohisa Tsudome

Toshihiko Maruyama

Shinji Suzuki

Yoshinori Abe

Michio Nagai

Michikazu Horie

Takanori Inoue

Toshiro Tanikawa

Tadashi Noguchi

Yoshitaka Shimoda

Shinichi Nagahara

Haruyasu Sakata

Kenji Mito

Kenjirou Kiyono

Susumu Nomura

Jiro Endo

Yuji Shimizu

Takashi Irisawa

Makoto Matsukawa

Kazuki Tsuchimochi

Ichiro Higuchi

Takayoshi Noguchi

Kazuhiro Yamato

Fumikazu Tahata

An advanced map DBstored on a server deviceincludes pulse type information that is configuration information for detecting a landmark using a LIDAR. By sending request information Dincluding own vehicle position information, the vehicle mounted devicereceives response information Dincluding pulse type information corresponding to a landmark around the own vehicle position and controls the LIDARon the basis of the received pulse type information.

Feature data structure, control device, storage device, control method, program and storage medium

An information processing device includes: a state determination unit that determines a change in a state of connection between the information processing device and an external device or a power supply; a cause selection unit that selects from a plurality of choices, a cause of the determined change in the state of connection; and a processing unit that performs a process in accordance with the selected choice.

Information-processing device, control method, and program

To provide a POS terminal or the like which enables adjustment of white balance of an object to be sufficiently accurate even in the change of external light illuminating the object. The POS terminal includes: an image capture unit which captures an object including a plurality of respectively different reference colors and generates an image; a comparison unit which compares a portion of the image relating to each of the reference colors with a standard image which is a standard of the reference colors; and an adjustment unit which adjusts white balance based on a result of the comparison.

POS terminal, information processing device, white balance adjustment method, and recording medium

A POS terminal device capable of improving a recognition rate in a process for recognizing a commodity irrespective of the surrounding environment is provided. A POS terminal device () includes a brightness measurement unit (), an irradiation unit (), an image pickup unit (), and a recognition process unit (). The brightness measurement unit () measures the brightness of environmental light around the POS terminal device (). The irradiation unit () irradiates a commodity with light, the light being adjusted according to the brightness of the environmental light measured by the brightness measurement unit (). The image pickup unit () shoots the commodity irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit () and thereby generates an image thereof. The recognition process unit () performs a process for recognizing the commodity based on the image generated by the shooting performed by the image-pickup unit ().

POS terminal device, commodity recognition method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

A POS-terminal device includes: a housing that is provided with a product-reading device including an imaging unit configured to capture a product to generate an image; a product-input unit configured to input the product, the product-input unit including a product-reading frame configured to define an outer edge of an imaging area of the imaging unit; and a reflector configured to reflect a subject image of the product passed over the imaging area, outside the housing.

POS-terminal device

An efficiency map generating apparatus () generates an efficiency map of motors (M) connected to drive wheels of a mobile body and includes an instructed torque detecting unit () that detects an instructed torque input for the multiple motors (M), a torque distributing unit () that distributes torque to each of the multiple motors (M) based on the instructed torque, a power consumption detecting unit () that detects power consumption of the motors (M), a rotation count detecting unit () that detects the rotation counts of the motors (M), and an efficiency map generating unit () that generates a motor efficiency map () based on the torque in multiple combinations, the power consumption, and the rotation counts, where the torque distributing unit () causes any of the multiple motors (M) to generate regenerative torque.

Efficiency map generating apparatus, efficiency map generating method, and program

A torque distribution apparatus acquires instructed torque input and a motor efficiency map; detects vehicular speed and drive wheel rotational speed; calculates based on the speeds, a relational expression of a slip rate at drive wheels and a friction coefficient; creates based on the relational expression, a performance curve expression that indicates torque-drive wheel rotational speed relations, superimposes the performance curve expression on the motor efficiency map, creates an efficiency variation expression that indicates for each vehicular speed, the torque and efficiency values of the motor efficiency map, and calculates torque that optimizes efficiency, from the efficiency variation expression; calculates within a range of the slip rate being 0 to 0.2 and based on the instructed torque and torque optimizing efficiency, a torque distribution value for each of the motors such that total efficiency &#x3b7;total=&#x3a3;((Tn/T)&#xd7;&#x3b7;dn&#xd7;&#x3b7;&#x3bb;n) is maximized; and controls based on the calculated torque distribution values, torque distribution among motors.

Torque distribution apparatus, torque distribution method, torque distribution value generation method, and program

A torque distribution apparatus acquires an instructed torque input and a motor efficiency map for motors; detects vehicular speed and drive wheel rotational speed; calculates based on the detected speeds, a relational expression of drive wheel slip rate and a friction coefficient; creates based on the relational expression, a performance curve expression indicating relations between torque and the drive wheel rotational speed, superimposes the performance curve expression on the motor efficiency map, creates an efficiency variation expression indicating for each vehicular speed, the torque and efficiency values of the motor efficiency map, and calculates a torque that optimizes efficiency from the efficiency variation expression; calculates based on the instructed torque and the torque optimizing efficiency, a torque distribution value for each motor; and controls torque distribution to each motor, within a range of the slip rate being 0 to 0.2 and based on the torque distribution values.

A torque distribution apparatus includes an instructed torque acquiring unit that acquires input instructed torque, a determining unit that determines whether to perform power running control or regenerative braking, an efficiency map acquiring unit that based on a determination result, acquires a motor efficiency map, a vehicular speed detecting unit, a drive wheel rotational speed detecting, a slip rate calculating unit that calculates slip rate at drive wheels, a calculating unit that based on the slip rate, creates an efficiency variation expression that indicates efficiency values on a performance curve that indicates relations between drive wheel rotational speed and torque, a distributing unit that calculates based on the slip rate, the instructed torque, and the torque optimizing efficiency, torque distribution values such that overall efficiency during power running and during regeneration are maximized, and a control unit that controls torque distribution to the motors.

Provided herein are: a data acquiring unit which acquires a plurality of angle video data equal or less than the angle video data and relative display position information from a recording unit which records the plurality of angle video data corresponding to the plurality of angle videos taken at a plurality of taking angles different from one another in which a taken object is taken and records the relative display position information indicating a relative display position of each angle video in consideration of each taking angle; a video signal output unit which outputs a plurality of angle video signals corresponding to the plurality of angle videos to display units based on the plurality of angle video data; and an arrangement determining unit which determines a display position arrangement of the plurality of angle videos based on the relative display position information.

Video reproducing apparatus, video display system and record medium

An image data obtaining unit () obtains image data picked up by an image-pickup device. An identification information obtaining unit () obtains identification information of a device that is wirelessly communicated when the image data is obtained. An image data memory unit () stores, in association with each other, the obtained image data and the identification information obtained when the image data is obtained. The identification information obtaining unit () obtains the identification information of the device wirelessly communicated at a predetermined timing after the image data memory unit () stores the image data and the identification information in association with each other. A searching unit () searches image data associated with the obtained identification information among pieces of the image data stored in the image data memory unit (). A display control unit () displays the searched image data on a display unit.

Portable terminal device, image display system, image display method, and computer-readable storage medium

When there is a circuit that has to wait for one frame cycle to switch LCD resolution, a user feels uncomfortable because the resolution is switched while the screen is temporarily turned off and blackened or while the screen does keep display but causes flickers. When the user switches to an application that will display in QVGA mode on the LCD while the LCD is displaying in VGA mode, a synchronization signal, etc. are stopped from being output from an LCD controller within a vertical blank period (step S). Then, a pseudo vertical synchronization signal whose cycle falls within the vertical blank period is generated by the LCD controller to trigger a circuit in a par/ser converting circuit triggered by a vertical synchronization signal (steps Sto S), and to realize resolution switching (steps Sto S). This prevents blackening/flickering of the screen when the resolution is switched.

Display method, display system, mobile communication terminal, and display controller

An information recording medium () is provided with (i) a first information recording area wherein a first track for reproducing first information based on a first track pitch is formed by a laser beam, and (ii) a second information recording area wherein a second track for reproducing second information based on a second track pitch different from the first track pitch is formed by a laser beam. The groove shape of the first track is different from the groove shape of the second track.

Information recording medium, information reproducing device and method, and apparatus and method for manufacturing information recording medium

An information recording medium comprising a substrate (), a recording layer () formed on the substrate in order to record information, a color filter () formed on the substrate, and a thermal reflectance variation layer () formed on the substrate in order to vary light reflectance by heat incident to irradiation of light and to reflect visible light entering from one side of the substrate through a color filter. High precision color writing or color label writing can be carried out on an information recording medium such as DVD and BD where a label can be written on the surface by irradiating light.

Information recording medium

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Eiji Muramatsu