Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

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Sony Corporation

Japan Registry Services, Co., Ltd.

Shin Yoshimura

Tomoo Mitsunaga

Hiroshi Takada

Takaharu Ui

Toshihide Uotani

Shun Kaizu

Akihisa Yamazaki

Masahiro Ito

Hiroaki Takahashi

Yasushi Sato

Masanori Kasai

Ryo Watanabe

Masaki Handa

Shinichi Yoshimura

Masatsugu Fukunaga

Yasushi Shibata

Haruka Asai

Daisuke Kawazoe

Koji Kurata

Toshihisa Sanbommatsu

Tamaki Eyama

Ryuhei Hata

Yuta Okano

A self-location estimation device includes a first self-location estimation unit, a second self-location estimation unit, and a first integration unit. The first self-location estimation unit estimates a current first self-location of an autonomous mobile body based on current image information acquired by an image sensor and environmental map information stored in an environmental map information storage unit. The second self-location estimation unit estimates a current second self-location of the autonomous mobile body based on the current image information and a learned parameter learned using the environmental map information. The first integration unit estimates a current self-location of the autonomous mobile body by integrating the first self-location and the second self-location.

Self-location estimation device, autonomous mobile body, and self-location estimation method

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a controller that, when an autonomous mobile object estimates a self-position, determines which of a first estimation method using a result of sensing by a first sensor unit configured to sense internal world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object and a second estimation method using a result of sensing by a second sensor unit configured to sense external world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object is used by the autonomous mobile object based on whether a state of the autonomous mobile object is a stopped state.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and an imaging device that enable high-precision image processing. The image processing device generates a high-resolution image obtained from a spectral component of a wavelength band of invisible light, the high-resolution image resolution of which is higher than resolution of an image of a subject obtained from a spectral component of a wavelength band of visible light on the basis of a projection image obtained by projecting light of the wavelength band of the invisible light to the subject. The present technology may be applied to, for example, an image processing device that processes images for viewing purposes and sensing purposes.

Image processing device, image processing method, and imaging device

The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an imaging method, an electronic apparatus, and an onboard electronic apparatus for suppressing the flicker caused by light sources over a wide range of frequencies. With the present technology, multiple images are captured consecutively at uneven intervals in a single-frame period of a video before being blended. This removes the flicker efficiently. The uneven capture timing in the single-frame period is made the same for multiple frames. This makes it possible to prevent low-frequency flicker from getting higher in frequency. The present disclosure may be applied to onboard cameras, for example.

Imaging device, imaging method, electronic apparatus, and onboard electronic apparatus

An image processing apparatus includes a separation unit, a Bayer image signal supply unit, and a signal processing unit. The separation unit separates and removes, in input image signals in which pixel signals each including an invisible light component are arranged in an array different from a Bayer array, the invisible light components from the pixel signals. The Bayer image signal supply unit arranges the pixel signals from which the invisible light components have been removed in the Bayer array and supplies the pixel signals as Bayer image signals. The signal processing unit subjects the Bayer image signals to predetermined signal processing.

Image processing apparatus, image pickup device, image pickup apparatus, and image processing method

An imaging apparatus includes: a first imaging device configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light input through a first filter to output a first image signal, the first filter preventing light in a predetermined wavelength band of wavelengths longer than that of visible light from being transmitted; a second imaging device arranged at a different position from the first imaging device and configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light containing a wavelength component of the light in the predetermined wavelength band to output a second image signal; a correlation detection unit configured to detect a correlation between the first and second image signals; a luminance signal generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal; a color signal generation unit configured to generate a color signal; and a three-dimensional image generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional image by the correlation, the luminance signal, and the color signal.

Imaging apparatus and imaging method including first and second imaging devices

An imaging apparatus includes: a first imaging device including a first filter, and configured to output a first image signal, and the first filter preventing light in a predetermined wavelength band of wavelengths longer than visible light; a second imaging device arranged at a different position and configured to perform photoelectric conversion on subject light containing a wavelength component of the light in the predetermined wavelength band to output a second image signal; a correlation detection unit configured to detect a correlation between the first and second image signals; a luminance signal generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal; a color signal generation unit configured to generate a color signal; and a three-dimensional image generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional image by the correlation, the luminance signal, and the color signal.

Imaging apparatus and imaging method

An image on which a noise reduction and a dynamic range expansion process have been performed is generated by a sequential synthesis process using continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions. The continuous-photographed images of different exposure conditions are input, configuration pixels of an input image and an intermediate synthetic image are classified into a noise pixel, an effective pixel, or a saturation pixel, a synthesis processing method of a pixel unit is decided according to a combination of pixel classification results of the corresponding pixels, and the intermediate synthetic image is updated according to the decided method. A 3DNR process is performed when at least one of the corresponding pixels of the input image and the intermediate synthetic image is the effective pixel, the pixel value of the intermediate synthetic image is output without change when both of the corresponding pixels of the input image and the intermediate synthetic image are the saturation pixel or the noise pixel, and the 3DNR process is performed or the pixel value of the intermediate synthetic image is output when one is the saturation pixel, and the other is the noise pixel.

Image processing device, image processing method, and program

There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit which performs image processing on each of a plurality of images of a same subject having different resolutions, and an image combining unit which combines an image processing result of each of the plurality of images obtained by the image processing unit.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

There is provided an identifier authenticating system in which information requesting users can share all predetermined information held in a plurality of information providing servers. In the identifier authenticating system, when an identifier holding userpresents an identifier to an information requesting server, the information requesting serverasks a location managing serverabout a location of an information providing server; the location managing serverreturns a confirmed IP address of the information providing serverto the information requesting serverbased on the location information; and the information requesting serveruses the confirmed IP address to access the information providing servercorresponding to the confirmed IP address and receives predetermined information specified by multiplying n pieces of identification information from the accessed information providing server.

Identifier authenticating system

There is provided an identifier authentication system in which information requesting users can share all predetermined information held in a plurality of information providing servers. In the identifier authentication system, when an identifier holding userpresents an identifier to an information requesting server, the information requesting serverasks a location management serverabout a location of an information providing servercorresponding to the presented identifier, the location management serverreturns the confirmed IP address of the information providing servercorresponding to the presented identifier to the information requesting serverbased on the location information, the information requesting serveraccesses the information providing servercorresponding to the confirmed IP address by using the confirmed IP address, and receives predetermined information corresponding to the presented identifier from the accessed information providing server

Identifier authentication system

An electronic mail transmission/reception system is provided, capable of maintaining the confidentiality of restricted attachments desired to be limited in destination, thereby ensuring the security of the restricted attachments. A system management serverof an electronic mail transmission/reception systemincludes: first conversion means for hashing a restricted attachment intended for a predetermined destination by a one-way hash function, and converting the restricted attachment into a first hash output value; first storage means for storing the first hash output value for the restricted attachment converted via the first conversion means; second conversion means for hashing a received attachment by the one-way hash function, and converting the attachment into a second hash output value; and destination restriction means for comparing the first hash output value with the second hash output value, and when these hash output values are equal, transmitting the attachment corresponding to the second hash output value only to the predetermined destination.

Electronic mail transmission and reception system

There is provided an identifier authenticating system in which information requesting users can share all the predetermined information held in a plurality of information providing servers. In the identifier authentication system, when an identifier holding userpresents an identifier to an information requesting server, the information requesting serverasks a location management serverabout a location of the information providing server, the location management serverreturns confirmed IP address of the information providing serverto the information requesting serverbased on the location information, and the information requesting serverutilizes the confirmed IP address to access the information providing servercorresponding to the confirmed IP address, and receives predetermined information corresponding to the presented identifier and a disclosure level from the accessed information providing server

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Shin Yoshimura