Minolta Company, Ltd.

Kyoko Nakamura

Yuichi Kawakami

Nobukazu Kawagoe

Yasuhisa Kinto

Hideaki Nakanishi

Shigeru Oyokota

Takao Kobayashi

Tomoyuki Terada

Hiromu Hasegawa

Ken Yoshii

A monitoring apparatus according to the present invention has an image taking section which captures images of a plurality of image capturing areas, a detecting section which detects an object to be monitored based on an image obtained by the image taking section, a command receiving section which receives a command for remote control, and a command executing section which executes a process corresponding to the received command when the object is not detected by the detecting section.

Monitoring apparatus, monitoring method, monitoring program and monitoring program recorded recording medium readable by computer

An image extracting apparatus includes an image database in which a plurality of images are stored, a detecting portion which detects the orientation of a subject in an image, and an extracting portion which extracts an image including a subject in a predetermined orientation from the image database based on the result of the detection by the detecting portion.

Image extracting apparatus and image extracting method

A resolution converting method, device, and computer-readable recording medium that can improve the quality of a resolution-converted image. The invention converts resolution based on a model generated through statistical processing of multiple images by preparing multiple models having different resolutions, receiving an input image, projecting the input image onto a model to obtain characteristic parameters of the input image, and generating an image by applying the obtained characteristic parameters to a model. Using the characteristic parameters thereby obtained, an image is generated using a model different from the model used to obtain the characteristic parameters. Consequently, the invention is capable of improving the quality of the resolution-converted image.

Computer-readable recording medium storing resolution converting program, resolution converting device and resolution converting method

A moving robot first moves straight in a first forward path. When encountering an obstacle such as shelf, the robot makes a U-turn to move straight in a backward path located with a prescribed distance away from the first forward path. When encountering another obstacle, the robot again makes a U-turn to move straight in a second forward path extending in the same direction as that of the first forward path but located with a distance away from the backward path. When the robot exceeding the point of the U-turn in the first forward path is detected during running in the second forward path, presence of a region where the robot has not run yet is recognized, and running in that region is carried out thereafter.

Moving apparatus for efficiently moving on floor with obstacle

When an autonomous vehicle detects an interruption in a wall, a plurality of optical distance measurement sensors provided in a driving unit measures the distance to a plurality of points of an object of interest located ahead. The configuration of the object of interest located ahead is recognized from the obtained distance information and from the attached angle of each optical distance measurement sensor to determine the subsequent operation of the autonomous vehicle.

Autonomous vehicle that runs while recognizing work area configuration,

In order to improve the quality of the work of a robot that applies wax, a user enters the ambient environment data (temperature, wax concentration, and the like) of the robot via a controller prior to initiation of the work by the robot. According to the input data, the maximum time (drying time) T before another coat of wax is to be applied without degradation in quality is identified. A travel path is generated according to the time T. The travel is actually carried out according to the calculated path.

Control apparatus of mobile that applies fluid on floor

A running member is attached rotatably to a body member, and a working member is attached movably to the body member. Therefore, in a large area, a work can be carried out efficiently even in a corner portion, and a desired work can be implemented even in a narrowed portion by shifting the working member to a working area and directly operating the working member in the narrowed portion.

Running robot carrying out prescribed work using working member and

A route making system calculates a route for a mobile robot based on input area information including an attribute of each area. The mobile robot travels along the calculated route and carries out work proper for the attribute of each area while traveling. A mobile robot control system controls traveling and work of a mobile robot based on input area information. The mobile robot carries out work proper for the attribute of each area.

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Toyonaka, Japan

Kyoko Nakamura