Minolta Company, Ltd.

Satoshi Himeda

Yasuhisa Kintou

Akira Nukuzuma

Kentaro Iida

A portable phone which is a manual operating apparatus of an image capturing system has an image processing sectionan operation control sectionand a communication sectionThe image processing sectionacquires information regarding view position of a camera from image datareceived by the communication sectionand generates view position dataAlso, it receives from the operation control sectioninformation regarding an inputted optical operation command and generates garget position dataFurthermore, it performs a necessary process on the image datato display the same on an image display sectionas well as displays a view position of the camera and a target position of visual field after driving of the camera based on the view position dataand the target position data

Image capturing system, image capturing apparatus, and manual operating apparatus

An image processing apparatus includes a camera unit providing an image of a shot object, a marker detection unit detecting an object from the image output from the camera unit and comparing the configuration of the detected object with a predetermined configuration stored in a storage unit, and an image processing unit converting at least a partial region of the image output from the camera unit into an image differing from the output image when the configuration of the object is analogous to the predetermined configuration as a result of comparison by the marker detection unit. Since at least a partial region of the output image is converted according to the presence of an object in the output image, a particular region associated with the object, for example a region of a person in the image, can be converted.

Image processing apparatus and system executing predetermined image processing on image data shot by camera, and image recording medium recorded with image processing program

To correct delayed transmission of instructions associated with increased communication load on a communications line, so as to safely and reliably control a working robot, a system for controlling an operation unit performing a plurality of operations is configured to include a working robot and a controlling personal computer transmitting in operation a command via a wireless LAN and a wired LAN to control an operation. The controlling personal computer detects the load of a communication between the working robot and the controlling personal computer and limits a predetermined one of the plurality of operations depending on the detection result.

Control system for controlling a mobile robot via communications line

An autonomous vehicle includes a chassis, pair of drive wheels, a motor for driving these drive wheels, a gyrosensor provided at the chassis for detecting a direction of the chassis, and a travel control unit responsive to an output of the gyrosensor at the end of a travel of a predetermined run indicating difference from a target direction for providing control of the rotation amount of the drive wheels so that the direction of the chassis is corrected by a predetermined amount to be aligned with the target direction. A method of controlling this autonomous vehicle is also disclosed.

Autonomous vehicle always facing target direction at end of run and

A controller for a mobile unit providing a setting unit to set an upper limit on the number of corrective rotations of to turn said mobile unit so as to correct the turning angle of said mobile unit, and a turning unit to turn said mobile unit within a range of a set number of corrective rotations to correct the turning angle after said mobile unit has turned.

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Amagasaki, Japan

Satoshi Himeda