Sony Corporation

Kei Hiraizumi

Tetsujiro Kondo

Nobuyuki Asakura

Takuo Morimura

Yasushi Tatehira

Wataru Niitsuma

Takahide Ayata

Kazutaka Ando

Michimasa Obana

Masato Akao

Yasunobu Node

Masanori Machimura

Naoki Kobayashi

Yasuhiro Fujimori

Toru Miyake

Yoshinori Takagi

Yoshihiro Takahashi

Yoshihito Fujiwara

Toru Nakagawa

Takeyuki Fujii

Yusuke Kajio

Sakon Yamamoto

Takeharu Nishikata

Hirosuke Nagano

An information processing apparatus includes reproduction control means for controlling reproduction of a first parameter in order to reproduce an edit applied to a first image, generation means for generating a second parameter from a plurality of first parameters reproduced by the reproduction control means, and edit means for editing the first image based on the second parameter generated by the generation means, and generating a second image.

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

An image processing apparatus may include a feature quantity extraction unit configured to extract a feature quantity from an image, a setting unit configured to set setting information including a plurality of setting items used to perform processing upon the image so that a designated setting item can be changed among the setting items; and a recording unit configured to associate the setting information with a feature quantity of the image and record them.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain feature quantities of an image; and a detector configured to detect a gazing point at which a user gazes within the image, wherein the gazing point detected by the detector among the feature quantities obtained by the obtaining unit or the feature quantities extracted from the image in a predetermined range containing the gazing point is stored.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program

An image processing apparatus may include a feature value extraction unit adapted to extract a feature value from an image, a setting unit adapted to set setting-information defining a process to be performed on the image, an editing unit adapted to edit the setting-information set by the setting unit, and recording unit adapted to record the setting-information edited by the editing unit, in association with the feature value of the image, on a data recording medium.

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

An image processing system includes an image capturing apparatus, and an image processing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus is configured to capture an image including an object, to obtain status information of the object, and to record the image and the status information of the object. The image processing apparatus is configured to specify details of a modification to be applied to the image according to the recorded image and status information of the object, to set setting information for modifying the image on the basis of the details of the modification, to extract a feature value from the image, and to record the setting information in a setting-information recording medium in association with the extracted feature value of the image.

Image processing system and method therefor, image processing apparatus and method, image capturing apparatus and method, program recording medium, and program

An information signal processor that is well suitable for use in conversion of an SD signal into an HD signal. The pixel data set corresponding to an objective position in the HD signal is extracted selectively from the SD signal. Class CL to which pixel data set of the objective position belongs is then obtained using the pixel data set. A coefficient production circuit produces coefficient data sets Wi for each class based on coefficient seed data sets and values of picture quality adjusting parameters h and v. A tap selection circuit selectively extracts the data sets xi from the SD signal and then, a calculation circuit produces the pixel data sets of the objective position in the HD signal using the data sets xi and the coefficient data sets Wi. It is thus possible to save on the storage capacity of the memory.

Information signal processor, method for processing information signal, image signal processor and image display apparatus using the same, coefficient seed data production device used in the same, method for producing coefficient seed data set and information-providing medium

An apparatus for use in conversion of an SD signal into an HD signal. The pixel data sets of a tap corresponding to an objective position in the HD signal are extracted selectively from the SD signal. Class CL to which pixel data set of the objective position belongs is then obtained using the pixel data sets of the tap. A coefficient production circuit produces coefficient data sets Wi for each class based on coefficient seed data sets for each class and values of picture quality adjusting parameters, h and v obtained by user operation. A tap selection circuit selectively extracts the data sets xi of the tap corresponding to the objective position in the HD signal from the SD signal and then, a calculation circuit produces the pixel data sets of the objective position in the HD signal according to an estimation equation using the data sets xi and the coefficient data sets Wi corresponding to the class CL read out of a memory.

Information signal processor, method for processing information signal, image signal processor and image display apparatus using the same, coefficient seed data production device used in the same, method for producing coefficient seed data set, coefficient data production device, method for producing coefficient data set, and information-providing medium

An image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit for detecting a position of a facial feature in a face image, a principal component analysis performing unit for performing principal component analysis on the position of the facial feature in a registered image that is a pre-registered face image, a first evaluation value calculating unit for calculating a first evaluation value that is used to evaluate the position of the facial feature in a target image relative to the principal component obtained in the principal component analysis operation, and a first determining unit for determining whether or not the face in the target image matches the face in the registered image by comparing the calculated first evaluation value with a first threshold set based on the position of the facial feature in the registered image relative to the principal component.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and recording medium

An image processing apparatus includes a first extraction section extracting first feature quantities from image data of an image of a subject captured in a first period; a first estimation section estimating a first average value of the first feature quantities on the basis of second feature quantities extracted from image data of an image of a registered subject captured in a second period and third feature quantities extracted from image data of an image of the registered subject captured in a third period; a second estimation section estimating a first distribution width indicating the width of dispersion of the first feature quantities with respect to the first average value on the basis of the second and third feature quantities; and a determination section determining whether or not the first feature quantities are within a predetermined range based on the first average value and the first distribution width.

Image processing apparatus and method, and program

The present invention relates to an information signal processor and the like preferable for use in the case of converting a format of an image signal or converting an image size. An input image signal Vin (525i signal) is converted into an output image signal Vout (such as 1080i signal, XGA signal, or 525i signal for obtaining an image to be displayed in a different magnification). A class code CL is obtained from tap data selectively extracted from the Vin and corresponding to each pixel (pixel at a target position) within a unit pixel block, which constitutes Vout. A coefficient production circuitproduces coefficient data for each class, which is used at the time of calculating the pixel data at the target position, based on the coefficient seed data for each class and position information h, v about the target position generated in a position information generation circuit. A calculation circuitprovides pixel data y1 to yp of the target position according to the estimated equation using the tap data xi corresponding to the target position and the coefficient data Wi corresponding to the class code CL.

Device and method for producing coefficient seed data used for format conversion, and information-providing medium therefore

A device for processing an image signal that can improve an image quality of a zoom image, in which based on an input image signal, an image-signal-processing section produces an output image signal to display the zoom image with an expansion rate of an image being changed consecutively around an arbitrary center point specified by the user. Each pixel data of the output image signal is calculated by using coefficient data produced by a coefficient production circuit that produces the coefficient data based on not only phase information of each pixel but also resolution adjustment information and noise suppression degree adjustment information that the image quality adjustment information generation circuit generates based on the expansion rate of the image, a change rate (K) of the expansion rate of the image, and characteristics information of the image.

Device and method for processing image signal, program for performing the method, and computer-readable medium for recording the program

The invention relates to an information signal processor suitable for use in conversion of, for example, an SD signal. Pixel data sets are extracted selectively from the SD signal. Class CL is then obtained using the pixel data sets. A coefficient production circuit produces coefficient data sets Wi for each class based on coefficient seed data sets for each class and values of picture quality adjusting parameters, h and v obtained by user operation. A tap selection circuit selectively extracts the data sets xi of the tap corresponding to the objective position in the HD signal from the SD signal and then, a calculation circuit produces the pixel data sets of the objective position in the HD signal according to an estimation equation using the data sets xi and the coefficient data sets Wi.

Information signal processing device, information signal processing method, image signal processing device and image display device using it, coefficient type data creating device used therein and creating method, coefficient data creating device and creating method, and information providing medium

Information signal processing device, information signal processing method, image signal processing device and image display device using it, coefficient type data creating device used therein and creating method, and information providing medium

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Kei Hiraizumi