Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Fumihiro Kajimura

Masafumi Kimura

Koichi Washisu

Go Naito

Yasuo Suda

Akihiko Nagano

Makoto Oikawa

Ryo Yamasaki

Kyosuke Sato

Makoto Takamiya

Ichiro Onuki

Shunsuke Ninomiya

Kousuke Kiyamura

Ryuichiro Yasuda

Nobuyuki Horie

Yoshitaka Hashimoto

Takumi Yamanaka

Taro Matsuno

Masahiro Aimi

Shun Kawada

A first region not including an image region where a specific object shows up, and a second region including an image region where the specific object shows up are set to a captured image. A first foreground region indicating a foreground region included in the first region extracted by a first learned model based on the captured image and the first region, and second foreground information indicating a foreground region included in the second region extracted by a second learned model based on the captured image and the second region are obtained. Here, extraction accuracy of the second foreground region extracted by the second learned model based on the captured image and on the second region is higher than extraction accuracy of the second foreground region extracted by the first learned model based on the captured image and on the second region.

Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, learning device, learning method, and storage medium

A communication apparatus capable of easily switching communication between the communication apparatus and an external reproduction device. A communication section performs wireless communication with an earphone that is capable of automatically switching audio data transmitted from a plurality of communication apparatuses including the communication apparatus and reproducing the audio data. A state detection section detects whether or not the communication apparatus is used by a user. In a state in which the communication apparatus has not been used, when it is detected that the communication apparatus is used, the communication unit transmits a reproduction switching signal for switching the earphone to a state for reproducing audio data transmitted from the communication apparatus to the earphone before transmitting the audio data.

Communication apparatus capable of communicating with external reproduction device, method of controlling same, and storage medium

An image capture apparatus having a speech recognition function, when a detector has detected an eye approach state with respect to a viewfinder, recognizes input speech using the speech recognition function, makes settings of the image capture apparatus based on the recognized speech, makes settings of the image capture apparatus according to an operation accepted via an operation unit, and distinguishably displays the settings of the image capture apparatus made based on speech, and the settings of the image capture apparatus made according to an operation accepted via the operation unit, on the viewfinder.

Image capture apparatus and control method of the same

An apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to as shake detected by a sensor, and a control unit configured to cause one correction device, out of a first correction device that is positioned in a lens and that can correct a blur based on the information related to the shake and a second correction device that is positioned in a capturing apparatus and that can correct image blur based on the information related to the shake, to perform a blur correction operation, and configured to cause the other correction device, out of the first correction device and the second correction device, to perform a periodic operation.

Blur correction control apparatus, method, and storage medium

An image stabilization apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an output of a shake detection device, a motion vector detection unit configured to detect a motion vector, an estimation unit configured to calculate an estimate of an offset value of the shake detection device using an observed offset value and an a priori offset estimate, the observed offset value being obtained using a difference between the output of the shake detection device and the motion vector; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting image blur using the output of the shake detection device and the estimate of the offset value, wherein the estimation unit is configured to calculate the estimate of the offset value according to operation for driving a movable lens.

Image stabilization apparatus, method of controlling the same, image capturing apparatus, and storage medium

A lens barrel that is capable of detecting an absolute position of a movable part with high accuracy. A first guide guides the movable part with an optical lens. A first sensor unit includes a first scale and first detection unit. The first scale in the movable part has a pattern that makes a signal output from the first detection unit monotonically increase. The first detection unit outputs the signal that continuously varies according to the movement. A second sensor unit includes a second scale in the movable part that has a periodic repeated pattern and a second detection unit that outputs a periodic signal by reading the second scale. A controller detects a position of the movable part based on the signals output from the first and second detection units. The first sensor unit is arranged nearer to the first guide in comparison with the second sensor unit.

Lens barrel controlling linear driving of movable lens and optical apparatus equipped with lens barrel

A card-type storage device and a slot device, which are capable of preventing lowering of the reliability due to repeated insertion and removal of the storage device. A card medium includes card thermal contacts each having a contact surface which intersects with a thickness direction of the card medium. A first card upper guide surface restricts the position of the card medium in the thickness direction to a first position. An escape portion restricts the position of the card medium in the thickness direction to a different position from the first position. A second card upper guide surface links the first card upper guide surface and the escape portion.

Card-type storage device having heat dissipation structure and slot device

According to the present invention, an imaging device and a reproducing device that allow for high quality reproduction of images generated by using two image signals having different lengths of accumulation periods output form a single imaging element are provided. A solid state imaging device of the invention includes a pixel array including a pixel having first and second photoelectric conversion units; a scanning unit that drives the pixel such that an accumulation period of an intermediate time of the first photoelectric conversion unit matches an intermediate time of an accumulation period of the second photoelectric conversion unit; a readout unit that reads out a first image signal from the first photoelectric conversion unit and reads out a second image signal from the second photoelectric conversion unit; and a generating unit that generates images by using the first and second image signals whose accumulation periods have the matched intermediate time.

Imaging device and reproducing device

An image blur correction device acquires a blur detection signal, and separates it into a high frequency band signal component and a low frequency band signal component using an HPF and an LPF. A high frequency side prediction processing unit acquires an output of the HPF, and a low frequency side prediction processing unit acquires an output of the LPF via a down-sampler. A prediction processing unit updates a filter coefficient of a prediction filter using an adaptive algorithm, and performs linear prediction on the blur detection signal. An adder adds an output of the high frequency side prediction processing unit to an output of the low frequency side prediction processing unit via an up-sampler, and outputs a superimposed output signal. Image blur correction control is performed on the basis of a superimposed output signal.

Image blur correction device, optical apparatus, and control method

An imaging device includes an imaging element that acquires a first image based on signal charge generated during a first accumulation time, and a second image based on signal charge generated during a second accumulation time relatively longer than the first accumulation time and synchronized with the first image during a synchronization period including the first accumulation time, and a moving image file generating unit that generates a moving image file including a first moving image based on the first image, a second moving image based on the second image, and synchronization information for synchronizing the first moving image and the second moving image frame by frame.

Imaging device and playback device

A control apparatus includes a signal readout unitwhich reads out a frame image obtained from an image pickup device while the frame image is divided into a plurality of different regions, an image information calculating unitwhich calculates image information based on an image signal of each of the plurality of different regions obtained from the signal readout unit, and an adjusting unitwhich determines a target adjustment value of an image pickup unit including an image pickup optical system and the image pickup device based on the image information during capturing the frame image.

Optical apparatus and a control method for performing image readout and reconstruction based on a delayed readout from different partial regions

The image stabilization control apparatus that performs, using a shake detection signal acquired through a shake detector configured to detect a shake and a motion vector detection signal indicating a motion vector detected in a video signal produced through an image sensor, image stabilization control for reducing image blur due to the shake. The apparatus includes a predictor that produces, using the motion vector detection signal, a predicted error signal that indicates a predicted value of an error signal included in the shake detection signal, a signal producer that subtracts the predicted error signal from the shake detection signal to produce a first image stabilization signal, and a controller that performs the image stabilization control using the first image stabilization signal.

Image stabilization control apparatus, optical apparatus and storage media storing image stabilization control program

Provided is an imaging device including an imaging element having a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit, in which a light-receiving efficiency of the second photoelectric conversion unit is lower than a light-receiving efficiency of the first photoelectric conversion unit; an optics that guides a light flux from an object to the imaging element; and a control unit that selects a combination of the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit used for a motion image capturing and a static image capturing in accordance with a brightness of the object.

Imaging device capable of simultaneously capturing of a motion image and a static image and imaging method

An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels, each of which including a first pixel element including a first photoelectric conversion unit, and a second pixel element including a second photoelectric conversion unit lower in sensitivity than the first photoelectric conversion unit, a readout circuit configured to read out a first image signal based on signal charge generated in the first pixel element during a first accumulation period, and a second image signal based on signal charge generated in the second pixel element during a second accumulation period longer than the first accumulation period, the second image signal being synchronized with the first image signal, and a control unit configured to control the readout circuit so that a first readout period for reading out the first image signal is performed during the second accumulation period.

Imaging device and method of driving imaging device

An imaging apparatus that performs positioning of a plurality of images that has been continuously captured by an image sensor includes at least one memory, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory. The at least one processor functions as a detection unit configured to detect a difference in position between the images captured by the image sensor, a drive unit configured to drive a shake correction unit that optically corrects image blur of each image based on the difference in position detected by the detection unit, and a coordinate transformation unit configured to perform positioning of the images in which the image blur has been corrected by the shake correction unit, based on the difference in position detected by the detection unit.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Fumihiro Kajimura