Sony Corporation

Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Nippon Steel Corporation

Chuo Yuka Co., Ltd.

Koichi Takeuchi

Seiji Sato

Minoru Ishida

Nobutoshi Fujii

Hiroshi Tazawa

Suguru Saito

Hiroyasu Matsugai

Hiroyuki Itou

Toshiaki Shiraiwa

Keiji Ohshima

Toshihiro Kurobe

Masakazu Matsugu

Atsushi Yamamoto

Yoshinori Tanaka

Kazuo Kato

Yuji Enomoto

Hidehiko Sekizawa

Masato Aoba

Kazuo Yamagiwa

Takayuki Saruta

Ko Ishimoto

Katsuharu Miyata

Hitoshi Shimotori

Yoshikata Hojo

Kazuya Sakai

Shinobu Aoki

Kunihiko Hikichi

Norio Ohga

Shunichi Inami

Etsuo Ohkawado

Shunsuke Sato

Seiji Hasegawa

Masami Himuro

Motofumi Kurahashi

Kozo Iwasaki

Seisuke Ohba

Akira Ibi

Toshiyuki Kouno

Shuichi Takahashi

Shirow Shimizu

Tetsuo Ichimaru

Kiyoshi Nishitani

Mithuo Itakura

Masahiro Sakakibara

Masanori Kitagawa

Eiichi Sagawa

An image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting a plurality of predetermined parts of a subject from an image, estimating means for estimating a cause of failed detection if any of the plurality of predetermined parts is not detected in a result of the detection made by the detecting means, and determining means for determining a state of the subject based on a part detected by the detecting means and the cause estimated by the estimating means.

Image processing apparatus and method for recognizing state of subject

An image processing apparatus is operable to determine a focus target area of an image capturing apparatus. The apparatus comprises: an obtainment unit configured to obtain a first area to be a focus target in a first image captured by the image capturing apparatus at a first point in time, a detection unit configured to detect a second area to be a focus target candidate from a second image captured by the image capturing apparatus at a second point in time succeeding a first point in time; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the first area and the second image, a focus target area in the second image from among one or more partial areas in the second area.

Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same

An apparatus for monitoring an object in a video received from at least one camera, comprises a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of rule information each defining a condition of an object and a movement of the object to be observed in the condition, an input unit inputting information for identifying a monitored object and information representing a condition of the object, an acquiring unit acquiring rule information defining a movement to be observed for the object by referring to the storage unit based on the information representing the condition of the object, which is input by the input unit; and a monitoring unit determining whether the object in the video exhibits the movement to be observed, which is represented by the rule information acquired by the acquiring unit, and output a result of the determination.

Information processing apparatus and method, storage medium, and monitoring system

A substrate includes a photoelectric converting unit in a pixel unit and a reflection ratio adjusting layer provided on the substrate in an incident direction of incident light with respect to the substrate for adjusting reflection of the incident light on the substrate. The reflection ratio adjusting layer includes a first layer formed on the substrate and a second layer formed on the first layer, the first layer has an uneven structure provided on the substrate, and a recess portion on the uneven structure is filled with a material having a lower refractive index than that of the substrate forming the second layer, and a thickness of the first layer is optimized for a wavelength of light to be received. The present technology may be applied to an imaging device.

Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method

There is provided with an information processing apparatus. An acquisition unit acquires data. A detection unit detects a determination target from the data. A training unit performs training of a determiner for performing category determination concerning the determination target using information of the determination target detected by the detection unit and intermediate data being generated during detection processing by the detection unit and being different from the information of the determination target.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and medium

A positional shift of a lens of a stacked lens structure is reduced. A plurality of through-holes is formed at a position shifted from a first target position on a substrate according to a first shift. A lens is formed on an inner side of each of the through-holes using a first mold in which a plurality of first transfer surfaces is disposed at a position shifted from a predetermined second target position according to a second shift and a second mold in which a plurality of second transfer surfaces is disposed at a position shifted from a predetermined third target position according to a third shift. The plurality of substrates having the lenses formed therein is formed according to direct bonding, and the plurality of stacked substrates is divided. The present technique can be applied to a stacked lens structure or the like, for example.

Stacked lens structure, method of manufacturing the same, electronic apparatus, mold, method of manufacturing the same, and substrate

Substrates with lenses having lenses disposed therein are aligned with high accuracy. A stacked lens structure has a configuration in which substrates with lenses having a lens disposed on an inner side of a through-hole formed in the substrate are direct-bonded and stacked based on an alignment mark. The alignment mark is formed simultaneously with the through-hole. The present technique can be applied to a camera module or the like in which a stacked lens structure in which at least three substrates with lenses including first to third substrates with lenses which are substrates with lenses in which a through-hole is formed in the substrate and a lens is formed on an inner side of the through-hole is integrated with a light receiving element, for example.

Stacked lens structure, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus

A center of rotation O of a camerais determined on an axispassing through the position between pickup target objects A, B and the camerain the direction from a lensto a CCDBefore rotation (in a first state), an optical axisof the cameraswings to the left with the point O as center and with an angle &#xe8; with respect to the axiswhereas after rotation (in the second state), the optical axisswings to the right with the point O as center and with angle &#xe8; with respect to the axisThe pickup target objects A, B, C form images on a pickup face, respectively. In order that the formed image b, for example, of the image picked up after movement may coincide with the formed image bof the image before movement, the image after rotation is moved in the cross direction. Then, the image before rotation and the image obtained by moving the image after rotation in the cross direction are input to a display which allows a stereovision due to binocular parallax, which are seen as a stereoscopic image.

Three-dimensional image producing method and apparatus therefor

A lens unit and a camera capable of achieving stereoscopic television function and zoom function at the same time. More specifically, a lens unit () and a camera () each including at least a zoom lens (), light quantity adjusting device (or), an electronic optical shutter provided on a stage of the zoom lens (), and an optical shutter driving portion for controlling the electronic optical shutter () to open (A,B) in a predetermined pattern.

Stereoscopic zoom lens with shutter arranged between first and second lens groups

The present invention comprises the steps of forming a connection hole in an interlayer insulating film including an organic insulating film; forming an inorganic film covering on an upper surface of the interlayer insulating film and an inner surface of the connection hole; forming an organic film for filling inside the connection hole on an inorganic film; removing the organic film inside the connection hole so as to leave a part of the organic film at a bottom of the connection hole; forming a wiring trench connecting to the connection hole in the interlayer insulating film; removing the organic film inside the connection hole; removing the inorganic film; and forming a trench wiring by filling a conductive material in the wiring trench and inside the connection hole and forming a plug continuing from the trench wiring.

Fabrication method of semiconductor device

A mask pattern including an auxiliary pattern for improving printing accuracy is easily formed. A process of making the auxiliary pattern includes the steps of: providing an auxiliary pattern forbidden region around an original pattern based on the original pattern formed by an original pattern generating means (step S1); providing an auxiliary pattern formation region around the auxiliary pattern forbidden region based on the auxiliary pattern forbidden region provided in step S1 (step S2); and forming an auxiliary pattern of specific width based on the auxiliary pattern formation region provided in step S2 (step S3). Such formation of the auxiliary pattern prevents neighboring two traces of auxiliary pattern from touching or overlapping each other, for example. An auxiliary pattern is easily formed even if an original pattern is a complicated one without repeatability.

Method of making mask pattern utilizing auxiliary pattern forbidden

An amusement machine including a display for displaying a picture, motion providing elements for providing a user with motion, a recording medium on which a video signal representing the picture to be displayed on the display and a control signal for controlling the motion providing elements are recorded, and a controller for reproducing the recording medium to control the display and the motion providing elements. The display and the motion providing elements are installed into an amusement unit while the controller for controlling these units is installed in a control center which is located separately from the amusement unit.

Amusement machine and recording medium for use in the same

A process for the preparation of an N-substituted unsaturated carboxylic acid amide represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 means a hydrogen atom or methyl group Y denotes a methylene group, oxygen atom or methylimino group, m and n stand individually for an integer of 0 to 5, and m+n is an integer of 3 to 5. The process comprises reacting a specified .beta.-alkoxy-substituted carboxylate with a specified cyclic amine to form a .beta.-alkoxy-substituted carboxylic acid amide compound and then removing an alcohol from the carboxylic acid amide compound in the presence of a basic catalyst to form an unsaturated group.

Preparation process of unsaturated carboxylic acid amide

A video signal recording apparatus of reduced size for portability combines a video camera and helical scan video tape recorder in a single unit, in which the reduced size is obtained in part by having a tape guide drum of reduced diameter, which requires a tape wrap angle greater than the conventional 180.degree. and employs a pair of rotary tape heads that are arranged close together relative to the diametrically opposed conventional head arrangement. The timing of the heads in recording the fields of the video signals as tracks is controlled by a vertical synchronization signal having pulses that are delayed to account for the finite distance between the two rotary heads. The vertical sync signal then has a different time period for a first field than it does for a second field of one frame of the video signal. The camera has an image pickup portion that is caused to be scanned by the same synchronization signals utilized in the recording operation. This permits any horizontal overscan to occur at a time when the heads are off the tape and by adjusting the time base of the vertical sync signal the overscan can be arranged so that the portion of it is above and below the effective portion of the image pickup portion of the camera.

Video signal recording apparatus

Substituted propargyloxyacetonitrile derivative represented by the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower haloalkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a methylenedioxy group, a nitro group or a cyano group, n represents an integer of 1 to 5 and when n is an integer of 2 or more, R's may be identical or different, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower haloalkyl group or a halogen atom, provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms. The compounds have herbicidal and fungicidal activities.

Substituted propargyloxyacetonitrile derivatives, process for production

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