Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Ryuta Satoh

Suguru Aoki

Keitaro Yamamoto

Ryoji Eki

Atsushi Ito

Hideki Oyaizu

Takeshi Uemori

Yuki Yamamoto

Itaru Shimizu

Shun Lee

Seungha Yang

An aspect of the present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing program which can suppress a decrease in a recognition rate of recognition processing even in a case where recognition processing is performed using data of a partial region of image data. An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit that sets a readout pixel as a part of a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional array, and controls reading out of a pixel signal from the pixel included in the pixel region; and a setting unit that sets the readout pixel on the basis of color filter array information of the pixel region.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a program that enable update of an SW to be quickly and safely implemented. When the software program (SW) is updated, the SW is updated at a timing at which the SW does not operate in a plurality of processing units constituting the SW, so that the SW is updated without stopping the entire operation of the SW. The present disclosure can be applied to an automated driving technology.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system to enable update of a software

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a program that enable update of an SW to be quickly and safely implemented. The software program (SW) is updated from the vehicle group in which the safety is confirmed, the operation state of the SW after the update is confirmed, and if there is no abnormality, the SW of the vehicle groups other than the vehicle group in which the safety is confirmed is also updated. The present disclosure can be applied to an automated driving technology.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system

Provided is an image processing method to efficiently acquire data from an artificial satellite. A ground system includes an image processing unit that requests transmission of additional data related to partial data from an artificial satellite to a ground station, on the basis of an analysis result of the partial data of a satellite image captured by the artificial satellite.

Ground system and image processing method

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing method which are capable of preventing a decrease in recognition rate of recognition processing even when nonlinear distortion dependent on a luminous flux distribution of an optical system occurs in a captured image. The information processing device includes a reading unit configured to set, as a reading pixel, a part of a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional array, and control reading of a pixel signal from a pixel included in the pixel region, and a correction unit configured to correct the read unit on the basis of a lens distortion parameter and cause the reading unit to read the pixel signal.

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

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a program that enable an SW to be easily updated with an adjustment content according to a request of a user. Vehicle accumulation information including an image for relearning the SW that functions as an object recognition section that recognizes an object around a vehicle and an object recognition result is acquired from the image around the vehicle, adjustment content requested by the user of the vehicle regarding the relearning of the SW is decided, and the SW is relearned on the basis of the vehicle accumulation information and the adjustment content. The present disclosure can be applied to an automated driving technology.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system to enable software program to be easily updated

Provided is an image analysis unit which analyzes a captured image of a camera mounted on a mobile device, executes object identification of an image, and sets a label as an identification result to an image region; a low-confidence region extraction unit which extracts a region with low confidence of object identification from an image analysis result; and a label updating unit which updates a label of the low-confidence region on the basis of information received via a communication unit. The label updating unit updates a label in a case where a matching rate between an object region analyzed from information received via the communication unit and the low-confidence region is equal to or greater than a specified threshold.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that has a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is arranged and that reads and outputs a pixel signal from the pixels included in the pixel region; a unit-of-readout controller that controls a unit of readout set as a part of the pixel region: a recognition unit that has learned training data for each of units of readout; a first output unit that outputs a recognition result of recognition performed by the recognition unit for each of the units of readout; a second output unit that outputs the pixel signal to a subsequent stage; and a trigger generator that generates a trigger signal for controlling a first timing at which the first output unit outputs the recognition result and a second timing at which the second output unit outputs the pixel signal.

Imaging apparatus, imaging system, imaging method, and imaging program

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that has a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is arranged and reads and outputs a pixel signal from the pixels included in the pixel region; a unit-of-readout controller that controls a unit of readout set as a part of the pixel region; a first unit-of-readout setting unit that sets a first unit of readout that is used for reading out the pixel signal from the pixel region for a recognition process that has learned training data for each of the units of readout; a second unit-of-readout setting unit that sets a second unit of readout that is used for reading out the pixel signal from the pixel region so as to output the pixel signal to a subsequent stage; and a mediation unit that performs mediation between the first unit of readout and the second unit of readout.

An imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an imaging unit having a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is arranged; a readout controller that controls readout of pixel signals from pixels included in the pixel region; a first unit-of-readout setting unit that sets a unit of readout as a part of the pixel region, for which the readout controller performs readout of the pixel signal; an image output unit that outputs a first image based on the pixel signal read out from the unit of readout to a subsequent stage; a second unit-of-readout controller that controls the unit of readout in which the readout controller performs readout of the pixel signal; and a recognition unit that learns training data for each of the units of readout, performs a recognition process on the pixel signal for each of the units of readout, and outputs a recognition result.

An information processing device on a server side includes: a predetermined number of recognition units, for which a model updated by performing image recognition in a predetermined number of vehicles and executing unsupervised learning is each set, configured to perform image recognition on an image, on which image recognition has been performed in a predetermined number of the vehicles; and an evaluation value calculation unit configured to evaluate recognition results obtained in a predetermined number of the recognition units and calculate an evaluation value for each of the recognition units. The information processing device on the vehicle side includes an execution unit that executes unsupervised learning, and a determination unit that determines whether learning has been performed correctly or not for a model updated in the execution unit on the basis of an evaluation value found on the server side.

Information processing device and information processing method

An imaging section images a passenger in a moving body. A boarding state detection section detects a boarding state of the passenger on the basis of a captured image. An allowable acceleration setting section sets, for each passenger, individual allowable acceleration on the basis of the boarding state of the passenger, for example, the lateral spacing between the feet of the passenger, the arrangement angle of the feet with respect to the moving direction of the moving body, and the like. Further, integration is performed on the individual allowable acceleration determined for the respective passengers in the moving body, and the acceleration that is allowable for the moving body is set The according to the boarding state of each passenger. Thus, the moving body is prevented from moving at acceleration at which the passengers may be endangered.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, movement control apparatus, and movement control method

Where a highly accurate image analysis is required, for example, only RAW images selected according to specified conditions are selected and transmitted to a server. There are provided an imaging unit that is mounted on a movable device, an image signal processor that generates a color image by signal processing of the RAW image which is an output of an imaging element of the imaging unit, an image analysis unit that executes analysis processing of the color image, a transmission necessity determination unit that determines transmission necessity of the RAW image to the server, and a transmission unit that transmits the RAW image to the external server according to a determination result. The transmission necessity determination unit decides the transmission necessity of the RAW image on the basis of a transmission timing control at constant intervals, imaging and signal processing parameters, an image analysis result, device information, or the like.

Image processing device, movable device, method, and program

The present invention suppresses an increase in processing time and power consumption that is associated with function implementation. An electronic device according to an embodiment comprises: an imaging unit () that generates image data; a processing unit () that executes neural network calculation model-based processing with respect to image data-based data that is read out from the imaging unit; a function execution unit () that performs a predetermined function on the basis of the results of the processing; and a detection unit () that detects displacement, wherein the processing unit executes the processing when the detection unit detects displacement.

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Ryuta Satoh