Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Maeda

Noriji Kato

Hitoshi Ikeda

Masayuki Kurahashi

Noriaki Seki

Toru Yamasaki

Toshiyuki Tsuzuki

Takahiro Saito

Toshiaki Yoshinari

Kazuya Yamada

An image recognition apparatus includes an objective image data acquisition unit to acquire objective image data containing a face image portion, a feature area detection unit to detect an eye area corresponding to left and right eyes contained in the objective image data, an inclination estimation unit to estimate inclination of the face image portion in a depth direction thereof based on the relative position of the detected eye area, an area-to-be-extracted determination unit to determine a shape of an area to be extracted in response to the inclination estimated by the inclination estimation unit, and an area-to-be-extracted extraction unit to extract the area to be extracted of the shape determined from the objective image data. Preferably, the area to be extracted is subjected to predetermined processing.

Image recognition apparatus

The recognition apparatus shoots pictures of at least a portion of a subject including a human face and obtains a sequence of image data. The facial portion is recognized from the image data. Each image data in the sequence of image data is processed successively. From the image data, an image region including the facial portion is identified. Either a color of the subject within a region defined based on the identified image region or the result of detection of moving regions is used for processing for identifying the image region including the facial portion.

Operation-discerning apparatus and apparatus for discerning posture of subject

An operation of an authentication apparatus is as follows: Moving image data including a plurality of pieces of still image frame data is accepted, and the move locus of at least one person image is detected based on the moving image data. Individual determination processing of adopting at least one piece of the still image frame data as attention frame data and determining the individual corresponding to the detected move locus of the person image in the attention frame data is executed. The result of the individual determination processing is provided for predetermined authentication processing.

Authentication apparatus, authentication method and authentication computer program product

An action recognition apparatus acquires image data and outputs action information representing an action content of a human captured in the image data. The action recognition apparatus includes a face-portion specifying section, an acquisition section, a specifying section, and an information output section. The face-portion specifying section specifies a first image region including a face portion of the human from the image data. The acquisition section acquires skin-color information peculiar to the human from pixel values of the first image region. The specifying section specifies at least one second image region including a predetermined portion of a body of the human from the image data except for the first image region based on the skin-color information. The information output section outputs the action information representing the action content of the human based on position relation between the specified first image region and the specified second image region.

Action recognition apparatus and apparatus for recognizing attitude of object

A moving object recognition apparatus includes: a feature image extraction unit that extracts feature image portions for enabling the moving object to be determined from the moving image; a position detection unit that detects position information of the moving object in time series from the moving image, the position information based on which the feature image portion is extracted; a determination unit that determines identity of the feature image portions extracted from the moving object; and a track information retention unit that retains the time-series position information linked to the moving object having the feature image portion having the identity based on the determination.

Moving object recognition apparatus for tracking a moving object based on photographed image

Image recognition apparatus, image extraction apparatus, image extraction method, and program

An information output system includes a user terminal that issues a print job containing print data, a management server that receives and stores the print job, and an information output unit that acquires print data from the management server and executes printout. The user terminal transmits a print job specifying a print reception user of a print data recipient. The management server includes a print job processing section that stores and manages the print job in association with a user identifier of the print reception user, and a user authentication section that receives the user image information and executes user authentication based on comparison processing between the received user image information and registered user image information stored in a user information database. Provided that the user is authenticated, the print job processing section acquires print job data with the authenticated user set as the print reception user and transmits the print job data.

Method and apparatus for secure printing using facial recognition of a print job sent by the user over a distributed printing network that employs a server containing registration, facial data, and user identification information

A color values processing description which represents a procedure of color values processing is analyzed by use of a partial reservation table and a total reservation table. The color values processing description is changed based on results of the analysis. For example, two consecutive operations of the same type, such as normalizing operations, gamma correcting operations or look-up table referencing operations, are unified into a single operation.

Color values processing apparatus capable of optimizing a processing

In an image edit processing system, a first image edit processing apparatus analyzes information for editing an image by means of a first information analyzer, and has a first image-editing-information generator for generating information to edit the image in accordance with the analyzed information. An image storing/editing apparatus includes an image memory for storing the image, analyzes information for editing the image by a second information analyzer, and includes a second image-editing-information generator for generating information to edit the image in accordance with the analyzed information. The apparatuses are connected together via an information transmitting path. Memory may be provided for storing for a fixed period of time the image edited by the first image edit processing apparatus.

Image edit processing system

A color space of input image information sent from an image input device is recognized, and, if it is not the standard color space, it is judged whether the input image information is associated with color correction data. If the input image information is not on the standard color space but associated with color correction data, it is converted to image information on the standard color space using the associated color correction data. If the input image information is neither on the standard color space nor associated with color correction data, it is converted to image information on the standard color space using color correction data read from a storage device. A conversion device converts the image data on the standard color space to YMCK image information, which is sent to an image output device.

Image processing system capable of attaining color coincidence between

A network system in which a plurality of information devices connected to each other through a network are provided so that a resource is released to the information devices through the network, the system comprising: a storage device for storing an access list indicating an access right for every information device of release destination; and a management device for releasing a resource within a range in accordance with a right given to every information device on the basis of the access list stored in the storage device.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Masahiro Maeda