Fujitsu Corporation

Fujitsu Frontech Limited

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Shuji Kimura

Satoshi Fukui

Masaki Watanabe

Takahiro Aoki

Toshio Endoh

Mitsuaki Fukuda

Atsushi Miki

Kiyoshi Chinzei

Takayuki Sugiura

Naoyuki Fujimoto

Mitsuhiro Gotoh

Mieko Nakano

Shigeru Sasaki

Kozo Yamazaki

Akihiro Nakamura

Hiroichi Nara

Koichi Matsuo

Tomohiko Fukawa

Isao Iwaguchi

Shoji Suzuki

Shigeki Yamada

Makoto Goto

Akira Maruyama

Hiroaki Shirai

Isap Iwaguchi

Yasuhiko Sasaki

Kazunori Hanaeda

Takahiro c/o Fujitsu Limited Aoki

Toshio c/o Fujitsu Limited Endoh

Mitsuaki c/o Fujitsu Limited Fukuda

Masaki c/o Fujitsu Limited Watanabe

Shigeru c/o Fujitsu Limited Sasaki

An image shot by a shooting unit is stored in a shot image storing unit. An expected shooting state storing unit stores expected shooting state information which represents an expected shooting state of an object to be shot. A guide direction determining unit references the image stored in the shot image storing unit and the expected shooting state information, and determines in which direction the object to be shot, which is shot by the shooting unit, is to be guided. A guide direction instruction outputting unit notifies a user of a result of the determination made by the guide direction determining unit.

Shooting device and method with function for guiding an object to be shot

An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. On a circuit substrate mounted an image sensor, a plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted in the peripheral positions of the image sensor. By means of a ring-shaped light guide member, the light from the plurality of light-emitting devices is guided to an image capturing range, so as to illuminate the object. With this, by mounting a light receiving system and a light emitting system on an identical substrate, miniaturization can be achieved, and the image capturing range can be illuminated by substantially uniform light. Also, using the ring-shaped light guide member, an optical unit is housed inside the ring, thus enabling further miniaturization.

Image capturing apparatus for guiding light emitted from a plurality of light emitting devices

An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor for capturing an image of the object by receiving reflected light, distance-measuring light-emitting devices for irradiating the object with spot light, and a control circuit for driving the distance-measuring light-emitting devices, detecting the spot light positions of the distance-measuring light-emitting devices from an image captured by the image sensor, and obtaining the distance to the object. The image sensor provided for capturing an image of the object can be used as a photodetector device for distance measurement. With this, it becomes unnecessary to separately provide a photodetector device for distance measurement, which enables miniaturization of the image capturing apparatus, as well as cost reduction.

Image capturing apparatus having distance measurement function

An image taking device (), which takes an image of an object by focusing reflected light from the object on an image sensor (), is provided with a distance measuring sensor () for measuring a distance between the object and the image taking device (), and means for controlling exposure time of the image sensor () upon taking an image in accordance with a measurement result.

Photographing apparatus photographing method and computer program

An image taking device with a lighting device includes a light irradiating portion for irradiating light to a subject and a light receiving portion for receiving reflected light from the subject that is irradiated by the light. The light irradiating portion is structured to have a plurality of light sources that are arranged so as to surround the light receiving portion. Each of the light sources is adjusted to emit light of an intensity corresponding to an arrangement position.

Image taking device, method for controlling light sources and computer program

An image capture apparatus is placed on a desk and an object to be captured is presented above the apparatus. An illumination device can emit light of a plurality of wavelengths, and a camera captures an image of an object to be captured using different wavelengths. By processing an image using different wavelengths, the material of the object to be captured can be obtained. The captured image is compared with a recorded image stored in the image capture apparatus and used in image determination.

Image capture apparatus

In order to perform personal identification by matching a first body image that is obtained in advance by an image taking process with a second body image that is obtained when the identification is performed, an image taking device () for obtaining the second body image includes a shooting condition storage portion () for storing a shooting condition for each person in connection with an ID given to the person, the shooting condition being used when a body image of the person is taken for obtaining the first body image, an interface () for entering the ID of a person to be an object of the identification, and a shooting control portion () for controlling to take the body image under the shooting condition corresponding to the entered ID for obtaining the second body image of the person to be an object of the identification.

Image taking device and personal identification system

An advertisement system is provided in which a facility can be advertised more efficiently than the conventional method. The advertisement system comprises an advertisement storage portion for storing advertisement data for promoting a use of the facility, a mail entry portion for entering a message and an electronic mail address to which an electronic mail is transmitted, so that a user of the facility can send the electronic mail, a mail preparation portion for preparing an electronic mail with an advertisement by reading the advertisement data out of the advertisement storage portion and by adding the advertisement data to the message, a mail transmission portion for transmitting the prepared electronic mail with an advertisement, an accounting information storage portion for storing the number of mails regarding the transmitted electronic mail for each user and an amount calculation portion for determining contents of a privilege in the facility that is given to the user on the basis of the number of mails with an advertisement that the user sent.

Advertisement system and recording medium

A print system is provided in which security of information is enhanced, and waste of print is reduced. The print system comprises a print data management system and a printer. The print data management system includes a print data receiving portion for receiving print data from a terminal, a print data storage portion for storing the received print data, a URL informing portion for informing the storage location information of the print data to a user of a terminal, an extraction portion for extracting print data requested by the printer from the print data storage portion, and a transmission portion for transmitting the extracted print data to the printer. The printer includes a URL obtaining portion for obtaining storage location information from the user who came to the place where the printer is installed, a print data requesting portion for requesting the print data management system for print data of the obtained storage location information, and a print controlling portion for printing in accordance with the print data received from the print server.

Print system, print data management system and printer

A vending machine includes a request receiving portion for receiving request information of products desired by a user; a receipt number issuing portion for issuing receipt number information for each of the received request information; an information storing portion for storing the request information in connection with the receipt number issuing portion, a receipt number transmitting portion for transmitting receipt number information to the terminal designated by the user who made the request, a receipt number obtaining portion for obtaining the receipt number information from the terminal of the user who came to the front of the vending machine, a job information extracting portion for extracting the request information corresponding to the obtained receipt number information from the information storing portion and a job controlling portion for controlling the product to be ejected to an outlet portion in accordance with the extracted request information.

Service provision support system, server and computer program

A control information backup system includes a control unit which is driven by a first power unit and includes a memory for storing software control information which is used during a software operation of the control unit, and a plurality of independent units which are coupled to the control unit and are controlled by the control unit. The independent units are driven by respective second power units which are different from the first power unit and include a memory. The control unit includes a processor for storing the software control information in the memory of arbitrary ones of the independent units, and for reading out the software control information from the memory when making a recovery process after a failure of the first power unit.

Control information backup system

A digital signal transmission system having monitor equipment including a serial/parallel (S/P) converter and a parallel/serial (P/S) converter both. The S/P converter is checked by the aid of a first monitor signal generating circuit that parallel distributes a pass pattern signal given at the input side of the S/P converter to respective individual channel lines for achieving a pass pattern check. The P/S converter is checked with the aid of a second monitor signal generating circuit that receives respective pass pattern signals given, at the input side of the P/S converter, to a multiplexed channel line sequentially at every frame to achieve a pass pattern check.

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Shuji Kimura