Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazunori Kanai

Nobuharu Nagaoka

Nobuo Higaki

Yoshiaki Sakagami

Shinichi Matsunaga

Naoaki Sumida

Takahiro Oohashi

Sachie Hashimoto

Ken Oiwa

According to a vehicular behavior determination device () of the present invention, an angular velocity vector &#x3c9;(k) which represents an angular velocity around each of 3 axes of a vehicle () can be determined in high accuracy on the basis of a temporal variation mode of a posture vector pst(k) (i=x, y, z) which represents a posture of the vehicle () in a global coordinate system in an attempt to curtail a manufacture cost and size of the vehicle () by avoiding the usage of a 3-axis gyro sensor which is relatively expensive in price and large in size.

Vehicular behavior determination device and vehicular behavior determination method

To automate the work of recognizing a guest, check the appointment, notify a host of the arrival of the guest and conduct the guest to a designated place, a robot having a function to autonomously travel is equipped with camera/microphone for recognizing a guest at least according to image information. The system comprises management database adapted to communicate with the robot and equipped with an information database for identifying the recognized guest, and identifies the guest according to the information obtained from the camera/microphone and management database. The robot recognizes the guest from the image thereof, and the recognized guest is identified and verified by comparing the image of the visitor with the information contained in the database so that the robot can automatically conduct the guest to the designated meeting room according to the information of the appointment stored in the database.

Receptionist robot system

An image information processing system permits stable display of image information regarding an object on an image display device even if an image area of the object recognized through an infrared camera is unstable. In the image information processing system, a first image area recognition unit recognizes a first image area associated with an object on the basis of a second variable based on the position of the object measured through the infrared camera. Further, a second image area recognition unit estimates the first image area on the basis of a first variable and a second variable based on the running mode of an automobile, and recognizes the estimated image area as a second image area. Then, an image information control unit causes a head-up display to display one or both of the first image information associated with the first image area and the second image information associated with the second image area.

Image information processing system, image information processing method, image information processing program, and automobile

A system and the like capable of stably displaying image information according to an object shot by infrared cameras by offsetting disadvantages of two-dimensional image processing and three-dimensional image processing. According to an image information processing systemof the present invention, a weighting factor calculation unitcalculates a first weighting factor C(0&#x2266;C&#x2266;1) and a second weighting factor C(=1&#x2212;C), on the basis of a measured value of a variable according to a distance between infrared camerasand an object. Moreover, a composite image recognition unitrecognizes a composite image area A composed of a first image area Arecognized by a first image area recognition unitthrough the infrared cameraby performing the two-dimensional image processing and the second image area Arecognized by a second image area recognition unitthrough the infrared camerasby performing the three-dimensional image processing, with being weighted by the first weighting factor Cand the second weighting factor C, respectively. Then, the image information control unitcauses the HUDto display a frame enclosing the composite image area A.

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Wako, Japan

Kazunori Kanai