Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Masaru Onozawa

Naotomo Miyamoto

Kosuke Matsumoto

Tsuyoshi Matsunaga

Yoshiyuki Kato

Kazuhisa Matsunaga

Tetsuji Makino

Masami Yuyama

Kouichi Nakagomi

Shohei Sakamoto

Takeshi Tsukagoshi

Akira Miyata

Yoshitsugu Manabe

Tetsuya Hayashi

Takashi Yahata

An image processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes a program stored in the memory to perform operations including: obtaining a plurality of image groups each containing a plurality of images classified based on contents of images; selecting an image from each of the plurality of image groups based on an evaluation result obtained by evaluating the plurality of images; and generating one image from the plurality of selected images.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium

A position estimation apparatus includes a processor configured to perform control of acquiring a first relative elevation distribution which corresponds to a distribution of relative elevation in an area in a map, generating, based on pressure information acquired by the pressure information acquisition unit in a section where a user is in motion, a second relative elevation distribution which corresponds to a distribution of relative elevation in the section where the user is in motion, and estimating a current position in the area, based on similarity between the acquired first relative elevation distribution and the acquired second relative elevation distribution.

Position estimation apparatus

An image capture apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a feature-amount-calculation unit, a score compensation unit, and an image selection unit. The image acquisition unit acquires a plurality of images. The image acquisition unit acquires information relating to image capture timing of the plurality of images. The feature-amount-calculation unit and the score compensation unit evaluate the plurality of images based on the information relating to the image capture timing. The image selection unit selects a predetermined number of images from the plurality of images based on an evaluation result by the feature-amount-calculation unit and the score compensation unit.

Image processing apparatus that selects images, image processing method, and storage medium

To make it possible to select images for generating a moving image even when individual playback times of images which are targeted for selection differ from each other. The image acquisition unit acquires a plurality of images. The feature amount calculation unit evaluates the plurality of images acquired. The moving image playback time setting unit sets a total playback time of data composed of the plurality of images. The image playback time setting unit sets individual playback times for each of the plurality of images. The image selection unit selects a predetermined number of images according to the total playback time from the plurality of images, based on (i) evaluation results of the plurality of images which have been evaluated, and (ii) the individual playback times which have been set, and (iii) the total playback time which has been set.

Image processing apparatus that selects images according to total playback time of image data, image selection method, and computer-readable medium

An imaging apparatus of the present invention includes an acceleration detecting unit for detecting a vector of a first direction based on an output signal from a three-axis acceleration sensor, an angle obtaining unit for obtaining a relative rotation angle around a roll axis among a plurality of frame images sequentially captured, and a direction estimating unit for estimating a direction of gravity different from the first direction based on the obtained relative rotation angle around the roll axis and the detected vector of the first direction. Thus, it is possible to estimate a posture of the apparatus more properly.

Posture estimating apparatus for estimating posture, posture estimating method and recording medium

An electronic apparatus for acquiring a location, comprising: a location acquiring unit which acquires a current location of the electronic apparatus; a correction area setting unit which, based on a link attribute indicating an attribute of an adjacent area of a link in map data, sets a correction area within the adjacent area, the correction area being referred to correct the current location to a location on the link; and a location correcting unit which, in a case in which the current location acquired by the location acquiring unit belongs to the correction area set within the adjacent area, corrects the current location to a location on the link which corresponds to the correction area.

Electronic apparatus, location estimating method, and storage medium

A digital camera according to the present invention includes a CCD, a CPU and an image processing section. The CPU sets an arbitrary aspect ratio, and acquires a composite image having a predetermined aspect ratio which has been generated by a plurality of images consecutively captured by the CCD being combined. The image processing section trims the composite image acquired by the CPU to be an image having the set arbitrary aspect ratio.

Image processing device for generating composite image having predetermined aspect ratio

The CPU of a digital camera according to the present invention acquires a plurality of panoramic images, and generates a wide-range image by combining the acquired panoramic images.

Image processing device capable of generating wide-range image

An image capture apparatus includes: an image capturing unit; a first image capture controller configured to control the image capturing unit to capture a set of a plurality of images while changing exposure time for each of the images; a second image capture controller configured to obtain a plurality of sets of the images; an addition combination section configured to perform image alignment on the images contained in each of the sets and to perform addition combination on the aligned images to generate a combined image; a combination controller configured to control the addition combination section to perform the image alignment and the addition combination for each of the sets to obtain a plurality of combined images; a selector configured to evaluate the combined images and to select one of the combined images most highly evaluated as a selected image; and a storage configured to store the selected image.

Image capture apparatus and image capturing method

A digital camera includes a focus position table. The focus position table, in which focus positions for person-priority pan focus have been set, is used when a face has been detected, and the focus position table, in which focus positions for non-person priority pan focus have been set corresponding to the types of non-person priority pan focus, is used when a face has not been detected. When a face has been detected, the digital camera determines the pan focus as the person-priority pan focus, and after acquiring a focus position from the focus position table, executes the pan focus processing. On the other hand, when a face has not been detected, the digital camera acquires, from the focus position table, a focus position corresponding to a type of non-person priority pan focus determined based on the photography scene and executes the pan focus processing.

Imaging apparatus having focus control function

A reference pixel PB is specified for a specified pixel Pwhose (luminance) value is below a threshold, for example, in the RGB data obtained in image pickup. The reference pixel PB should be on a straight line passing through the specified pixel Pand the center O of the image and spaced from the specified pixel Pby a distance, dr, depending on a reduction or expansion rate of a blue component (or B) image of the optical image corresponding to an optical zoom magnification in the image pickup. Only when the B value of the specified pixel Pis greater than that of the reference pixel PB, the B value of the specified pixel Pis replaced with that of the reference pixel PB. By expanding or reducing the blue component image alone for the original RGB data, image data is obtained in which the magnification chromatism is corrected. Thus, a chromatism correction apparatus that corrects a chromatism in the picked-up image without using a special lens in the optical system, and a program for use in implementing such apparatus are provided.

Image's chromatism correction apparatus

An image taking apparatus includes an image taking system, and a display system, and has a CPU implementing a process to detect subject faces from image frames produced by the image taking system, a process to acquire coordinates of detected subject faces, a process to determine a face detected state or a face undetected state, whichever is concluded in accordance with results of face detection, a process to have, for a determination for the face detected state, a detected-face indicator displayed on the display system in accordance with the coordinates of the acquired subject faces, a process to have, for a determination for the face undetected state, a detected-face indicator having been displayed in a last face detected state till the last displayed on, and a process to execute a shooting control in accordance with a detected-face indicator displayed on the display system.

Image taking apparatus execute shooting control depending on face location

When a hand shake reducing mode has been set for shooting a subject, an exposure is controlled in accordance with a program diagram (solid line) B for the shake reducing mode, which is different from a program diagram (broken line) A for a normal mode. In a state where a shutter speed is set to less than ' 1/80', two-pixel addition and/or four-pixel addition is executed on an imaging signal to amplify subject luminance, raising ISO sensitivity. A shutter speed set to fall in a high speed range reduces deterioration in image quality due to hand shake and/or subject movement during a shooting operation.

Image pick-up apparatus with a shake reducing function

Photographing at a fixed focus is executed by quickly canceling the autofocus without any labor for mode switching or the like. An image sensing apparatus includes a photographing unit which has an autofocus function and photographs an object image, a key input unit including a shutter key which has two operation strokes and designates autofocus and autoexposure by operation of the first stroke and photographing by operation of the second stroke, and a focus control unit which automatically sets a correct exposure value in the photographing unit, detects predetermined operation states of the first and second strokes designated by the shutter key, and switches and selects, on the basis of the detection result, whether to operate the autofocus function or set a fixed-focus position at which a predetermined depth of field is obtained.

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Masaru Onozawa