Rakuten, Inc.

The University of Electro-communications

Rikio Onai

Hiromi Hirano

Makoto Okabe

Masahiro Sanjo

Tatsuya Kurihara

Masaya Mori

Shohei Sakiyama

Soh Masuko

Naoki Ogawa

Yuta Kawate

Kazufumi Watanabe

Tomohiro Sato

Takahiro Hayashi

Tatsuya Kiyono

Tatsuya Kurihar

An information processing device sets a second scaling factor used to display a character image extracted from an image. The second scaling factor is different from a first scaling factor used to display a background image extracted from the image. The information processing device adjusts at least either the character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor or the background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor, based on the relationship between the display state of the character image changed in display size and the display state of the surrounding area of the character image that has been changed in display size and is overlaid on the background image changed in display size.

Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

A moving-image processing device () synthesizes a first moving image and a second moving image. In the first moving image, a first object is drawn, and accompanied by first-object depth information. In the second moving image, a second object is drawn, and accompanied by second-object depth information. A moving image generator () generates a third moving image in which the first moving image and the second moving image are synthesized. A clash determiner () serving as an interference determiner refers to the first-object depth information and the second-object depth information to determine whether the first object and the second object in the third moving image satisfy interference conditions. In cases when it is determined that the interference conditions are satisfied, a corrector () performs deforming transformation corresponding to correction of the shape of the trajectory of movement of the second object in three-dimensional space, thereby correcting the second moving image.

Moving-image processing device, moving-image processing method, and information recording for determing interference

A moving-image processing device () synthesizes a first moving image and a second moving image. In the first moving image, a first object is drawn, and accompanied by first-object depth information. In the second moving image, a second object is drawn, and accompanied by second-object depth information. A moving image generator () generates a third moving image in which the first moving image and the second moving image are synthesized. A clash determiner () serving as an interference determiner refers to the first-object depth information and the second-object depth information to determine whether the first object and the second object in the third moving image satisfy interference conditions. If it is determined that the interference conditions are satisfied, a corrector () corrects the second moving image by performing a non-deforming transformation in which the shape of the trajectory expressing movement in three-dimensional space over time is maintained.

Moving-image processing device, moving-image processing method, and information recording medium

A moving-image processing device () synthesizes a first moving image and a second moving image. In the first moving image, a first object is drawn, and accompanied by the anterior-surface depth of the first object. In the second moving image, a second object is drawn, and accompanied by the anterior-surface depth of the second object. A rear-surface-depth acquirer () acquires the rear-surface depth of the first object and the rear-surface depth of the second object. A clash determiner () functioning as an interference determiner refers to the anterior-surface depth and rear-surface depth of the first object to obtain an occupancy space which the first object can occupy, and refers to the anterior-surface depth and the rear-surface depth of the second object to determine whether the occupancy space and the second object drawn in certain frames of the second moving image satisfy interference conditions. A corrector () functioning as a range setter sets, on the basis of a determination result from the interference determiner, the possible range in which the second object can be positioned without interfering with the occupancy space.

An image generation device includes an acquisition unit that acquires an image to be processed, a region information acquisition unit that acquires a region to be processed in the image to be processed, an image-to-be-superimposed acquisition unit that acquires a parameter indicating a feature of the region to be processed and affecting a motion of a liquid and acquires an image to be superimposed based on image-to-be-superimposed information stored in association with the parameter indicating the feature of the region to be processed by referring to a storage means storing a feature parameter affecting a motion of a liquid and image-to-be-superimposed information for acquiring an image to be superimposed where a liquid in motion is shown in association with each other, and a superimposition unit that superimposes the image to be superimposed on the region to be processed.

Image creation device, image creation method, and image creation program

An image creation device includes an acquisition unit that acquires an image to be processed, a region information acquisition unit that acquires region information specifying an object region where an object to be processed is shown in the image to be processed, a setting unit that sets a fixed control point, a vibration control point and a vibration direction based on a shape of the object region by referring to a storage unit storing a shape of the object in association with a fixed control point, a vibration control point and a vibration direction when the object vibrates, a creation unit that creates a video to be displayed with the object vibrating in accordance with the fixed control point, the vibration control point and the vibration direction, and an output unit that outputs the image to be processed where the video is superimposed.

Apparatus and methods for generating video based on motion simulation of an object

A volume of an object is constructed from images obtained by imaging the object or the like and depicting the object. The calculatorof the image processing devicecalculates a statistic of each of first material images depicting an object. The initializerconstructs a volume of the object from multiple second material images depicting the object and multiple second imaging directions associated respectively with the multiple second material images. The estimatorestimates the statistic associated with an observation direction from the calculated statistics. The renderrenders an image by observing the constructed volume in the observation direction. The correctorcorrects the rendered image based on the statistic estimated in association with the observation direction. The constructorconstructs a volume of the object from at least the observation direction and corrected image.

Image processing device, image processing method, and non-transitory recording medium

Provided is a moving-image processing device for determining interference between objects. A moving-image processing device () determines whether a first object drawn in a first moving image clashes with a second object drawn in a second moving image. The first moving image is accompanied by a first anterior-surface depth for the first object. The second moving image is accompanied by a second anterior-surface depth for the second object. A rear-surface depth acquirer () acquires a first rear-surface depth for the first object, and a second rear-surface depth for the second object. A clash determiner () functioning as an interference determiner determines whether the first object interferes with the second object in certain frames, on the basis of the overlapping of a first occupancy zone spanning from the first anterior-surface depth to the first rear-surface depth and a second occupancy zone spanning from the second anterior-surface depth to the second rear-surface depth, the first and second occupancy zones being in an overlap area present in cases when a first drawing area where the first object is to be drawn overlaps a second drawing area where the second object is to be drawn.

A video search device for video searches in which a user specifies the position and orientation of an object that should appear in a video. A receiver receives input of a still image, two reference positions in the still image and two target positions in a video frame. An extractor extracts a reference image containing the two reference positions from the still image. A searcher searches for similar frame images in which local images similar to the reference image are depicted, from frame images in the video, traces movement tracks of two noteworthy pixels at start positions corresponding to the two reference positions in a local image when time advances or regresses from a similar frame image in the video, searches for a target frame image where the two movement tracks approach two target positions, and produces videos containing the similar frame image and the target frame image.

Video search device, video search method, recording medium, and program

A search server includes an extracting unit that extracts a search target matching a search condition based on profile data, and a transmitting unit that transmits the search target to a user terminal. The search condition includes a first frequency of appearance for each of one or more specified topics specified by a user in a first specified period and a second frequency of appearance for each of the specified topics in a second specified period being later than the first specified period. The extracting unit extracts the search target where the frequency of appearance for each of the specified topics in a first search target period and a second search target period being later than the first search target period are identical or similar to the first frequency of appearance and the second frequency of appearance, respectively.

Search device, search method, search program, and computer-readable memory medium for recording search program

There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and an image processing program for transforming a target image having no contour of straight line portions. An ellipse Eby which the target image is approximated is calculated (S), a center candidate O.sub.A of the target image is decided (S), a first polygon Passociated with the ellipse and the center candidate is calculated (S), a projective transformation matrix for projectively transforming the first polygon into a second polygon P' associated with an ellipse whose center is a point where the center candidate is projectively transformed is calculated (S), and the target image is projectively transformed based on the projective transformation matrix to obtain a transformation image (S).

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

There are provided a foreground region extraction program, a foreground region extraction apparatus, and a foreground region extraction method capable of clipping an object region (foreground region) at high speed. An arrangement is as follows: Foreground pixels designated by a user and background pixels designated thereby are each set as a reference pixel to identify, from among a plurality of divided color spaces created by a three-dimensional color space being divided, the divided color space to which each of the reference pixels belongs, as a reference divided color space. Color distance calculation processing to calculate a color distance in the color space between each reference pixel and an adjacent pixel adjacent thereto is performed, and belonging judgment processing to judge whether each of the adjacent pixels belongs to each of the reference divided color spaces is performed, and then, cost calculation processing to calculate a cost of each adjacent pixel is performed, based on the color distance calculated for each of the adjacent pixels, and weights based on whether to belong to the reference divided color space judged for each of the adjacent pixels. Further determination processing to determine the adjacent pixel having the lowest calculated cost as a foreground pixel or background pixel is performed, and a foreground region is extracted from the image by using the determined adjacent pixel as a reference pixel to repeatedly perform the color distance calculation processing, the belonging judgment processing, the cost calculation processing, and the determination processing.

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Rikio Onai