Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroto Oka

Genki Cho

Makoto Gohda

Tsuneyoshi Takagi

Shunsuke Noami

Yoshihiro Ishida

Shinichi Koyama

Shinichi Hatae

Daisuke Gunji

Tomoya Asanuma

Naoki Tsukabe

Yuuya Miyake

An image processing apparatus capable of analyzing a cause of an abnormality of a system efficiently. The image processing apparatus includes a monitoring unit and an analysis unit. The monitoring unit monitors a monitoring object to detect occurrence of an abnormality in the monitoring object by applying an image process to a first area in each of images of the monitoring object that are photographed at different time points. The analysis unit analyzes a cause of an abnormality detected by the monitoring unit by applying an image process to a second area that is different from the first area in an image of a time point preceding a time point at which the abnormality is detected.

Image processing apparatus monitoring target, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

An image processing apparatus communicates an image capture device having panning, tilting, and zooming function. A code area is detected by performing a matching process on a whole object image area acquired by photographing an area including a whole predetermined object on which codes are attached, by an image capture device. Grouped areas are generated by grouping detected code areas, based on an angle of view to be set when performing photographing with zooming. The image capture device performs panning, tilting, and zooming operations, such that the generated grouped areas are sequentially photographed at a zoom magnification setting value. An image processing area set with respect to a group image obtained by performing the panning, tilting, and zooming operations and photographing each of the generated grouped area. Information on each code area included in the set image processing area is read.

Image processing apparatus of reducing whole operation time of arrival inspection, image processing method, and storage medium

The image processing device according to the invention includes: a first acquisition unit to acquire a captured image; a display control unit to display a setting screen to allow to user to set an image processing area, which is an area where predetermine image processing is performed, in the image acquired by the first acquisition unit on a display device; and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire movable range information indicating a movable range of a working device, operations of which are controlled on the basis of a result of the predetermined image processing. The display control unit controls the display of the setting screen so as to cause the user to identify a range in which the working device is not able to operate in the image, on the basis of the movable range information acquired by the second acquisition unit.

Image processing device, control method thereof, and program storage medium

An image processing apparatus capable of simplifying operations for determining an image pickup posture of an image pickup apparatus attached to a robot. The image processing apparatus processes an image that an image pickup apparatus attached to a robot picks up. The image processing apparatus includes a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to specify a working area of the robot based on teaching point information showing a plurality of designated teaching points, specify an image pickup area of the image pickup apparatus so as to include the specified working area; and determine an image pickup posture of the robot based on the specified image pickup area.

Image processing apparatus that processes image picked up by image pickup apparatus attached to robot, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

An image processing apparatus is configured to scan code from a first image captured by a first camera, to acquire a second image captured by a second camera different from the first camera in a case where not all of the code is successfully scanned from the first image, and to scan code from the second image. The image processing apparatus is further configured to compare the code scanned from the first image with the code scanned from the second image, and to acquire a piece of the code scanned from the second image instead of a piece of code scanned from the first image that has not been successfully scanned from the first image in a case where the code scanned from the first image and the code scanned from the second image are at least partially same as a result of comparison.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium storing program

An image processing device adjusts an imaging direction and an imaging magnification by performing driving control of an imaging device for each image processing process and sets an imaging position of a measurement target. The image processing device calculates an evaluation value of set feature parts in a captured image input at the time of measurement on the basis of captured image data and compares the evaluation value with determination conditions. If the determination condition is satisfied, the image processing device performs predetermined image processing and outputs a result of the image processing to a control device.

Image processing device, control method, and program storage medium

The present invention is directed to a technique capable of preventing resources from being wastefully used due to continuous reproduction of video data which cannot be viewed by a user as the video data does not exist in a display range of a window or preventing the user from missing the video data. A CPU of a video transmission apparatus determines whether a reproduction frame of video data during reproduction is within a display range of a window. As a result of the determination, if the reproduction frame is not within the display range, the reproduction of the video data is stopped and a reproduction position is stored.

Video reproduction apparatus, control method thereof, and computer-readable storage medium storing program

At the first scale size, a predetermined first arrangement position is determined as the arrangement position of an image to be arranged on a map. At the second scale size larger than the first scale size, the second arrangement position closer to the shooting location of the image than at a position corresponding to the first arrangement position on the map at the second scale size is determined as the arrangement position.

Image generation apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium

An image processing apparatus includes: a display control unit for displaying a story board on a display device, the story board displaying a plurality of representative images corresponding to a plurality of image clips in a reproduction order and displaying an audio lane showing a plurality of audio clips in a reproduction order in parallel to the plurality of representative images; and a change unit for changing a reproduction order of the plurality of image clips and audio clips by using the story board displayed on the display device, wherein the display control unit displays a border of the audio clip on the audio lane at one of a first predetermined position and a second predetermined position corresponding respectively to a left end and a right end of each of the plurality of representative images.

Image processing apparatus

An image distribution apparatus capable of preventing a third party from knowing that a photographer is away from a specific place, based on information indicative of shooting date and time or a shooting location, which is stored in a manner associated with an image shot by the photographer. A blog server receives an image from an camera-equipped cellular phone. The image has location information added thereto which is indicative of a location where the cellular phone existed during shooting processing of the image. The blog server stores the image, and determines whether a location indicated by the location information is within a predetermined area. The blog server permits distribution of the image via a network if the location is determined to be within the predetermined area, but inhibits distribution of the image if the location is not determined to be within the predetermined area.

Image distribution apparatus and method of controlling the same, image transmission apparatus and method of controlling the same, which are excellent in user location information security, and storage medium

An apparatus according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an input image, a conversion unit configured to convert the acquired input image to an output image, a detection unit configured to detect in the input image a pixel having a predetermined luminance, a calculation unit configured to calculate a position of an output image corresponding to a position of the detected pixel, and a display unit configured to display the output image on a screen.

Apparatus, method, and recording medium for displaying a pixel having a predetermined luminance in an output image to be identifiable from a position

Image data containing the face image of a person is retrieved from a plurality of images, the retrieved image data is displayed, face image data, which is for image retrieval, is extracted from the displayed image data, and the extracted face image data is registered as reference face image data. Specified reference face image data in the registered reference face image data is designated and image data that contains the reference face image data is retrieved.

Image retrieval apparatus and method, and image display apparatus and method thereof

Image pickup processes of a plurality of image pickup apparatuses are synchronized by using one kind of communication medium (for example, IEEE 1394-1995 standard or its extended standard). A control device selects a master camera from the plurality of image pickup apparatuses. The master camera generates a time stamp for synchronizing frame synchronization signals of all of the image pickup apparatuses (including the master camera). All of the image pickup apparatuses (including the master camera) generate the frame synchronization signals on the basis of the time stamp generated by the master camera and generate image data on the basis of the generated frame synchronization signals.

Synchronizing image pickup process of a plurality of image pickup apparatuses

When a control command for a video camera is entered, a client issues an acquisition request for a video camera control right and a camera server issues a permission command for the video camera control right in response to the acquisition request for the video camera control right from the client, and controls the video camera in accordance with the control command from the client.

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Machida, Japan

Hiroto Oka