Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Hideki Arai

Teruyuki Yoshida

Yusuke Otake

Yuji Suzuki

Kaoru Urata

Takuro Murase

Shinji Wakai

Keiko Kanetsuka

Eiji Ueki

Kazuya Saito

Sensaburo Nakamura

Hideto Suzuki

Atsushi Nakayama

Akira Itou

Takashi Hoshi

Taisuke Suwa

Mamoru Mizukami

Tsutomu Miyauchi

Nobutane Chiba

Yasuhiro Ichinaka

Kenta Abe

Yoshihide Fujimoto

Takeshi Yamazaki

The present technique relates to an imaging element and a distance measurement module capable of reducing parasitic capacity. A distance measurement module includes: a first wiring that connects predetermined transistors in first adjacent pixels to a via formed in one of first adjacent pixels and connected to a wiring formed in another layer; and a second wiring that connects predetermined transistors in second adjacent pixels to a via formed in a pixel that is adjacent to one of second adjacent pixels and connected to a wiring formed in another layer, in which the first wiring is connected to a redundant wiring. The present technique can be applied to a distance measurement sensor that performs distance measurement, for example.

Imaging element and distance measurement module

The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging device, and a ranging device capable of performing imaging so that noise is reduced. A photoelectric conversion unit configured to perform photoelectric conversion; a charge accumulation unit configured to accumulate charges obtained by the photoelectric conversion unit; a transfer unit configured to transfer the charges from the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge accumulation unit; a reset unit configured to reset the charge accumulation unit; a reset voltage control unit configured to control a voltage to be applied to the reset unit; and an additional control unit configured to control addition of capacitance to the charge accumulation unit are included. The charge accumulation unit includes a plurality of regions. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging device that captures an image and a ranging device that performs ranging.

Image sensor, imaging device, and ranging device

To make it possible to easily use video data of raw data of a high frame rate input from a single-chip camera in a server system that is different from an AV server system in which an AV server itself is included. First AV clip data is obtained by performing a compression encoding process to raw data of a high frame rate input from a single-chip camera and is written in a storage. The raw data of the high frame rate is obtained by reading the first AV clip data from the storage and processing a compression decoding process on the first AV clip data, video data of a high frame rate is obtained by performing a demosaic process on the raw data, and second AV clip data is obtained by performing a compression encoding process on the video data and is written in the storage. The second AV clip data is read from the storage and transmitted to a second AV server system that is different from a first AV server system in which an AV server itself is included.

AV server and AV server system

This apparatus includes: a video input unit that inputs a first video signal captured at a first frame resolution by a camera, to which a time data item of each frame has been added; a video storage unit that stores the first video data item of each frame of the first video signal in association with the time data item; a position information input unit that receives a position information item of a particular moving object included in the first video signal as a part of a subject; a position information storage unit that stores the received position information item in association with a time; and a controller that reads, from the position information storage unit, the one or more position information items for each particular time interval, calculates a cut region including one or more positions respectively indicated by these information items, cuts the video data item of the cut region from the first video data item of the time interval, and generates the second video data item having the second frame resolution.

Video processing apparatus, video processing system, and video processing method

An apparatus and method for generating a stereoscopic pointer. Position information designates a position of the stereoscopic pointer, including the depth direction of the stereoscopic pointer. Horizontal pointer position signals are generated based on the position information. The horizontal position of the pointer is set in left and right channels to a horizontal position shifted so as to correspond to a parallax of the position of the stereoscopic pointer in the depth direction. The stereoscopic pointer is displayed based on the horizontal pointer position signal.

3D pointer generation device and 3D pointer generation method

Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that performs a process of splicing encoded streams together at a splicing point, the apparatus including: control means for determining a section to be subjected to re-encoding in the encoded streams; decoding means for decoding the encoded streams to generate baseband signals; and encoding means for encoding an edited baseband signal generated by splicing the baseband signals generated by the decoding means together at the splicing point to generate an edited encoded stream. The control means provisionally determines a first section to be subjected to re-encoding in first and second encoded streams to be spliced together at a first splicing point. When a second splicing point exists in the first section or a predetermined section that follows the first section, the control means determines a second section to be subjected to re-encoding based on the second splicing point.

Apparatus and method for splicing encoded streams

An editing apparatus that executes editing processing with an encoded stream as an edit material is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an input means for receiving an operation input for designating the edit material used for editing, an editing effect, and start and end timing of the editing effect; an editing processing unit setting means for setting an editing processing unit of the edit material such that the editing effect at least a part of which until the editing effect ends after starting of the editing effect overlaps is included in one editing processing unit; a minimum encoding section setting means for setting a minimum encoding section; and an after-editing stream creating means for creating a part of an after-editing encoded stream by decoding the edit material, giving the editing effect included in the editing processing unit, and performing encoding on the basis of setting of the minimum encoding section.

Editing apparatus, editing method, program, and recording medium

A pair of stereoscopic glasses includes a pair of left and right stereoscopic rims connected to each other and respectively holding stereoscopic optical components used when observing a stereoscopic image, and a stereoscopic frame that includes stereoscopic temples extending rearward from the stereoscopic rims. The stereoscopic frame is provided with an engagement section that is brought into engagement with a rim or a bridge of a frame of glasses already worn by a user in a state where the stereoscopic optical components are positioned in front of lenses of the glasses so that the stereoscopic optical components are positionally maintained in front of the lenses of the glasses.

Stereoscopic glasses

A storage media device includes a user-data storage section that is capable of storing encrypted user data; a key-information storage section that is capable of storing key information for decrypting the encrypted user data; a key-information deleting section that performs electrical processing for deleting the key information stored by the key-information storage section; a first switch that is manually operated by a user to issue an instruction for operating the key-information deleting section; a battery that supplies power for operating the key-information deleting section; and a display section that displays that the key-information deletion performed by the key-information deleting section is completed.

Storage media device and recording apparatus

Disclosed herein is an information-processing apparatus for splicing an encoded stream at a splicing point set on the encoded stream, the information-processing apparatus including, a decoding unit configured to decode a part included in a re-encoding section as a part including the splicing point in order to generate a base band signal, an encoding unit configured to encode an edited signal obtained as a result of splicing the base band signal, which are generated by the decoding unit, at the splicing points in order to generate a re-encoded stream, and a control unit configured to add a predetermined section, which is included in the encoded stream as a section immediately lagging behind the re-encoding section, to the re-encoding section as a re-encoding extension of the re-encoding section in case continuity between the occupancy of the end point of the re-encoded stream generated by the encoding unit and the occupancy of a portion included in the encoded stream as a portion corresponding to the end point is not sustained.

Information-processing apparatus, information-processsing method, recording medium and program

A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus amplifies a current representing a recording signal reproduced from an information signal recorded on a magnetic tape, suppresses low frequency components of the current amplified signal, then amplifies a voltage representing the suppressed signal. The voltage amplified signal is supplied from a primary winding of a rotary transformer inside a drum to a secondary winding of the rotary transformer disposed outside the drum, and then its low frequency components are emphasized. This avoids the problems of an inadequate S/N in the low frequency components of the output of a voltage amplifier, and difficulty in providing a high voltage signal from a current amplifier. The emphasized signal is supplied to one of a plurality of equalizing circuits that respectively equalize a signal reproduced at one of a plurality of frequencies. The inputs of the equalizing circuits and a terminating resistance are connected to serially located nodes of a transmission line, with higher frequency equalizing circuits disposed closer to the terminating resistance, thereby avoiding introduction of amplitude distortion in the emphasized signal due to reflection along the transmission line.

Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus having a drum preamplifier

In a data recording apparatus, the data rate of an incoming information signal is used to select the frequency processing, such as band limiting or high frequency emphasizing, performed on the information signal to alter its frequency characteristic so that the information signal can be digitally recorded with magnetized patterns that are substantially similar even when recording at different recording speeds.

Data recording apparatus

A drop-out detecting circuit forms a drop-out detecting signal on the basis of the result of comparing the frequency of a frequency modulated video signal reproduced from a slant track on a magnetic tape with a reference frequency. The level of a reproduction state detecting signal formed on the basis of the envelope of the reproduced frequency modulated video signal is compared with a predetermined level and the above reference frequency is varied on the basis of the compared result.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hideki Arai