Omron Corporation

Kazuo Yamamoto

Tomohiro Yabuuchi

Endri Rama

Naoto Iwamoto

Naoki Fujiwara

Yuki Matsui

Koichi Kinoshita

Masaki Suwa

Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi

Hidenori Miyazaki

Hatsumi Aoi

Shigenori Nagae

Yamato Takeuchi

Hitoshi Mukai

Keito Ando

An accessibility determination device may include an imaging device that captures images of a surrounding environment of a user at time intervals to acquire a plurality of captured images; a facial organ detector that analyzes the captured images to detect a facial organ of a person that makes a notification to the user when the accessibility determined by processor satisfies a predetermined criterion and the target detector detects that the person is the predetermined target person. The processor may change the accessibility or the predetermined criterion depending on a distance between the imaging device and the person.

Accessibility determination device, accessibility determination method, and program

A gaze estimation apparatus according to one or more embodiments may estimate the gaze direction of a target person using calibration information including feature information about the gaze of the eyes of the target person looking in a predetermined direction and true value information indicating the true value for the predetermined direction, in addition to a target image including the eye(s) of the target person. The gaze estimation apparatus may thus estimate the gaze direction of the target person reflecting individual differences, and may allow estimation of the gaze direction of the target person with higher accuracy.

Gaze estimation apparatus, gaze estimation method, model generation apparatus, and model generation method

The communication support device comprises an imaging unit, a counterpart detector, a priority level setting unit, a priority determination unit, and a notification unit. The imaging unit that captures an image of a surrounding environment of a user to acquire a captured image. The counterpart detector detects a plurality of predetermined counterparts in the captured image. The a priority level setting unit sets priority levels respectively for the plurality of counterparts based on a predetermined relationship between the user and each of the plurality of counterparts. The priority determination unit determines priorities of the plurality of counterparts based on the priority levels. The notification unit selects information regarding the plurality of counterparts based on the priorities and notifies the user of the selected information.

Communication support device, communication support method, and computer-readable storage medium including program

A light detection device includes a light projector, a light receiver, a detector, and a controller. The light projector projects light to a predetermined range. The light receiver has a light receiving region in which light is received. The detector detects light by comparing a light reception result by the light receiver with a predetermined threshold. The controller controls the threshold. The controller shifts in turn a range where light is projected from the light projector. The controller, causes the detector to detect light per a portion of the light receiving region, the portion corresponding to a range with light being projected from the light projector, and sets the threshold based on a light reception result by the light receiver in a different portion of the light receiving region from the portion corresponding to the range with light being projected.

Light detection device, light detection method, and lidar device

The communication support device includes a position acquisition unit, an imaging unit, a storage, a category ranking setting unit, a counterpart detector, and a notification unit. The position acquisition unit acquires position information indicating a position of a user. The imaging unit captures an image of a surrounding environment of the user to acquire a captured image. The storage stores the counterpart database. In the counterpart database, an image of a counterpart and a category indicating a property of the counterpart are associated with the counterpart. The category ranking setting unit sets a priority to the category according to the position information acquired by the position acquisition unit. The counterpart detector detects a counterpart belonging to the category in the captured image in order of the priority set by the category ranking setting unit. The notification unit notifies the user of information regarding the counterpart detected by the counterpart detector.

Communication support device, communication support method, computer-readable storage medium including program, and server

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gaze detector with which it is possible to detect a gaze (start point and gaze direction) by a simple configuration. The gaze detector detects a person's gaze, wherein the gaze detector is provided with a camera unitfor imaging the face of the person, a projector unitfor projecting a prescribed pattern light to the face of the person, a control unitfor controlling the presence of projection of the pattern light by the camera unitand the projector unit, and a gaze detection processing unitfor detecting a gaze from the image of the face of the person imaged by the camera unit.

Gaze detector, method for controlling gaze detector, method for detecting corneal reflection image position, and storage medium

A communication support device comprises an imaging unit, a counterpart detector, a distance measuring unit, a expression determination unit, a motion determination unit, and a voice output unit. The imaging unit captures an image of a surrounding environment of a user. The counterpart detector detects a predetermined counterpart in the captured image. The distance measuring unit measures a distance between the counterpart and the imaging unit based on the captured image. The expression determination unit determines a facial expression of the counterpart based on the captured image. The motion determination unit determines a motion of the counterpart based on the captured image. The voice output unit notifies the user of identification information for identifying the counterpart by a voice when the distance measured by the distance measuring unit is an interaction distance of a first threshold or less. The voice output unit then notifies the user of the identification information and at least one of facial expression information related to the facial expression determined by the expression determination unit and motion information related to the motion determined by the motion determination unit by a voice when the distance measured by the distance measuring unit is longer than the first threshold.

A target detecting device projects measuring light over a predetermined range in front of a vehicle, receives reflected light from a target, and detects the target or a distance to the target, based on a light reception signal output according to the light reception state. The light projecting unit includes a light emitting element emitting measuring light and light diffusion members. The light diffusion members are provided on an upper end portion and a lower end portion of a light projecting lens constituting part of a light projecting path, and diffuses, in the vertical direction, measuring light emitted from the light emitting element and traveling through the end portions in the vertical direction of the light traveling path while transmitting the measuring light.

Target detecting device

A laser illumination device includes a light source component, a micro-element lens, and a meniscus lens. The light source component emits a laser beam. The micro-element lens spreads out the laser beam. The meniscus lens has an incident face on which the laser beam from the micro-element lens is incident, and a light emission face that is provided on the opposite side from the incident surface and includes a convex shape, and the meniscus lens has a negative power for spreading out the incident laser beam from the micro-element lens.

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Nara, Japan

Kazuo Yamamoto