Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kureha Corporation

Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kose Corporation

Takayuki Kimura

Yasushi Nakazato

Hidetoshi Yano

Hiroyuki Hasegawa

Yoshikazu Ishikawa

Takenori Kobuse

Yusuke Yamashita

Tokuro Nishida

Hisashi Shoji

Takefumi Okumura

Osamu Endo

Kazuya Kitamura

Masako Yoshii

Hiroo Nishiyama

Kenji Suzuki

Makoto Takahashi

Mahito Shinohara

Masanori Kobayashi

Tsukuru Kai

Yukiko Iwasaki

Kenji Makino

Hiroshi Yuzurihara

Koji Sakamoto

Shigeru Suzuki

Kei Yasutomi

Michihisa Miyahara

Nobuto Yokokawa

Hideshi Kuwabara

Yasuhiro Sagawa

Satoru Uchida

Tomoyoshi Koizumi

Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki

Minoru Ohkoba

Hajime Matsumoto

Tadanori Saito

Daisuke Higuchi

Yoshiko Ishii

Kento Watanabe

Shunsuke Miyajima

Genjiro Sano

Taro Takita

Toshiya Takahashi

Masatoshi Otsubo

Ershad Ali Chowdhury

Shohji Hayashi

Hiroyasu Itou

Masako Suzuki

Yoshihiro Ichinose

Ryuta Azuma

Ryo Kakimoto

Kazuo Ota

Tadashi Yoshiura

Shunsuke Kawahara

Yuichi Katayose

Satoshi Soma

Junya Yokoyama

Sho Hiyama

A communication system includes a first vehicle and a second vehicle, with the first vehicle configured to capture a video and recognize a foreign object on a road from the video, and can acquire an imaging location where the video is captured, an imaging direction in which the video is captured, and transmit information. The second vehicle receives the information, acquires a traveling schedule direction of the second vehicle, and displays a video. The imaging location and the imaging direction are added to the video. The first vehicle acquires a time at which the video is captured, and the second vehicle acquires a present time, and the video is displayed when an imaging time of a presently displayed video is earlier than the present time by a given time or more despite mismatch between the acquired traveling schedule direction and the received imaging direction.

Communication system, control method, and storage medium

A camera system includes a processor/circuit functioning as an imaging system including a unit imaging an object to generate an image signal. A gradation compression unit performs gradation compression processing on the image signal based on input/output conversion parameters. An imaging system control unit sets the conversion parameter in the gradation compression unit, and an image processing system acquires an image from the imaging system in various imaging modes. The imaging system control unit sets the conversion parameter in the gradation compression unit according to the imaging mode. The conversion parameters include at least a parameter for viewing suitable for visually recognizing an image and one for sensing suitable for image recognition. The imaging modes include an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode. The imaging system control unit sets the sensing parameter in the automatic driving mode and sets the parameter for viewing in the manual driving mode.

Camera system, movable apparatus, camera system control method, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus that performs machine learning of a learning model for improving the accuracy of inference of an image even in a case where the characteristics of an image are changed by correction applied to the image. The image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to perform image processing on a training image and a teacher image according to each of a plurality of correction conditions. Machine learning of the learning model is performed using the training image and the teacher image. A plurality of parameters obtained by performing the machine learning of the learning model are stored in association with the plurality of correction conditions, respectively.

Image processing apparatus that performs machine learning of learning model, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and storage medium

An image capturing apparatus that has an image capturing device including polarization elements and sets a proper frame rate according to a situation when acquiring a video using polarization information. The image capturing device an image capturing device including polarization pixels that detect polarization information of a plurality of different directions. The polarization information of the polarization pixels is determined by performing first polarization calculation or second polarization calculation which is smaller in calculation load than the first polarization calculation, on video signals output from the polarization pixels. A polarization-processed image is generated by using the polarization information. The first polarization calculation and the second polarization calculation are switched according to a predetermined timing, a mode, or a result of detecting a predetermined state.

Image capturing apparatus having image capturing device provided with polarization elements and method of controlling same

An image pickup apparatus that enables to quickly capture an image from which a predetermined reflected light component is removed with desired sensitivity. A polarizing filter two-dimensionally arranges a plurality of sets each of which includes polarizing filter elements having different polarization directions. A first image sensor has pixels that respectively correspond to polarizing filter elements of the polarizing filter. A polarization calculation unit detects a polarized component of light that enters into a region in which one set of polarizing filter elements are arranged based on signals output from pixels in the region of the first image sensor for each region. A correction unit corrects a pixel signal output from a pixel of a second image sensor corresponding to the region based on a calculation result by the polarization calculation unit for each pixel of the second image sensor.

Image pickup apparatus having image sensor equipped with polarizing element and control method therefor

An electronic device acquires polarization information of a subject based on a plurality of pieces of image data based on a first signal output from a first sensor. The first sensor can capture an optical image of the subject acquired via a polarizing filter provided with areas having different polarization angles. The device further acquires an evaluation value for controlling brightness of an image at the time of capturing the optical image of the subject, based on the plurality of pieces of image data. The plurality of pieces of image data have different polarization angles, by respectively being acquired via areas of the polarizing filter having the plurality of different polarization angles. A degree of weighting to be assigned to the plurality of pieces of image data at the time of acquiring the evaluation value based on the polarization information.

Electronic device for executing predetermine processing based on image data acquired via filters having different polarization angles, control method of the same, and storage medium

The present invention is intended to provide an oily makeup cosmetic that is colorless in appearance but develops a color on application onto body surface, such as skin and lips. The present invention provides a colorless oily makeup cosmetic comprising (a) one or two dyes selected from Red No. 218 and Red No. 223, and (b) an oil agent, and a mixture of the component (a) and the component (b) at a mass ratio (a):(b) of 0.1:100 has a difference of 0.2 or less between the maximum absorbance and the minimum absorbance in a wavelength region of 500 to 600 nm. The oily makeup cosmetic may develop a color due to the component (a) on application onto body surface, such as skin and lips.

Oily makeup cosmetic

When displaying a plurality of gain setting values on a setting screen, an apparatus performs control so as to display each of the gain setting values in a display style that makes identifiable a noise level generated as a result of amplification of a signal based on each of the gain setting values.

Apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium computer-readably storing program

To provide a method of manufacturing polyarylene sulfide (PAS) while efficiently recovering an organic amide solvent at a low energy cost, without using an organic solvent, from washing wastewater produced by washing a raw material mixture containing PAS and an organic amide solvent using a solvent containing water; a method of manufacturing PAS by reducing the amount of water supplied when washing the raw material mixture using a solvent containing water; and PAS manufactured by these methods. A method according to the present invention includes: a step of mixing a solvent containing water and a raw material mixture that contains PAS and an organic amide solvent, and then washing the PAS; a step of obtaining a separated liquid by solid-liquid separation; and a step of separating the separated liquid into distilled vapor having a smaller amount of the organic amide solvent and a recovered liquid having a larger amount of the organic amide solvent by heating, where the heating is performed utilizing an increase in temperature based on compressing the distilled vapor and/or compressing a heat medium heat-exchanged with the distilled vapor.

Method of manufacturing polyarylene sulfide, and polyarylene

An information processing device includes a first generator configured to generate screen definition information that defines an input screen for inputting bibliographic information used in flow definition information that defines a workflow; a control unit configured to perform control such that the input screen based on the screen definition information is displayed on a display unit of an image forming apparatus; a first acquisition unit configured to, when first bibliographic information that is input from the input screen is bibliographic information on which second bibliographic information different from the first bibliographic information depends, acquire the second bibliographic information that is associated with the first bibliographic information from association information; and a transmitter configured to transmit the second bibliographic information that is acquired by the first acquisition unit, to the image forming apparatus to display the second bibliographic information on the input screen.

Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable medium

Analog signals having different output levels are converted into a plurality of digital signals using a plurality of reference signals having mutually different slopes, and a ratio of the plurality of different slopes and an offset amount are calculated on the basis of the digital signals. Then, on a frame-by-frame basis, a correction coefficient for correcting digital signals obtained by carrying out analog-digital conversion on analog signals output from a pixel section of an image sensor is calculated on the basis of the ratio of slopes and the offset amount. The correction coefficient includes the ratio of slopes and an offset correction value, and the offset correction value is obtained by carrying out a filtering process that performs weighted adding of the offset amount and the offset correction value calculated in a previous frame using a cyclic coefficient.

Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof

Provided is a compound-eye image pickup apparatus in which a plurality of imaging units, each of which configured to photoelectrically convert an optical image focused by a single focal lens with different focal length so as to output a signal, are arranged in the form of a matrix. An image processing unit performs an electronic zoom process for changing a cut-out area of an image and a filtering process for an image signal. A system controller obtains information relating a change in zoom magnification from a zoom changing unit and data relating to a zoom control method from a zoom control method storage unit so as to instruct a zoom controller to perform zoom control. Upon change of an angle of view by controlling the electronic zoom process and the switching of the single focal lens, the zoom controller controls the filtering process performed by the image processing unit so as to equalize the resolution before and after the switching of the single focal lens.

Image pickup apparatus and control method for same

An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a first selection unit configured to select a workflow for executing at least one process with respect to data; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from a terminal, which includes an access function for accessing a storage service, authentication information used by the terminal upon using the storage service; and an instruction unit configured to instruct an execution of a communication process of exchanging the data with the storage service using the authentication information acquired by the acquisition unit in a case where the workflow selected by the first selection unit includes the communication process.

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

A ranging apparatus includes a body, a substrate on which a sensor unit is mounted and fitted to a surface of the body, a sensor holder attached to the surface of the body and configured to hold the substrate, a lens unit attached to another surface of the body, and a positioning mechanism to position and connect the body, the surface and the sensor holder. The positioning mechanism includes first and second engaging parts which are provided between the body and the substrate and configured to engage the body and the substrate, and third and fourth engaging parts which are provided between the substrate and the sensor holder and configured to engage the substrate and the sensor holder. The first and second engaging parts are different in shape, and the third and fourth engaging parts are different in shape.

Ranging apparatus

A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. In a lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery being 30 Ah or more, the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector, and the positive electrode composite has following configuration. The positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn), a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cmor more and 2.7 g/cmor less, and a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less. Furthermore, a weight ratio (NMC/sp-Mn) of the mixed active materials is set to 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less.

Lithium ion battery

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Takayuki Kimura