Sony Corporation

Nikon Corporation

Tetsuya Konishi

Tomoaki Kasuga

Tadashi Otsuki

Ayako Okita

Masahiro Suzuki

Masahiro Fujita

Tsunetaro Matsuoka

Yaeko Fujita

Toshiya Ogura

Kunio Takemoto

Takashi Kuriyama

Hironobu Murata

Makoto Inoue

Masashi Takeda

Shiro Tsunai

Hideki Noma

Katsuya Muramatsu

Noritoshi Inoue

An imaging element comprising: an imaging unit that has: a plurality of groups each including at least one pixel; and a plurality of signal readout units that are each provided to each of the groups and read out a signal from the pixel; and a control unit that controls the signal readout unit in at least one group among the plurality of groups is provided. Each of the plurality of groups may include a plurality of the pixels. The control unit may select at least one group among the plurality of groups and control the signal readout unit by using a control parameter that is different from a control parameter that is used for another group among the plurality of groups.

Imaging sensor including an output line connected to each of a plurality of pixels arranged side-by-side in each of a row direction and a column direction

An imaging device comprising an image pickup sensor that captures an image of a subject, a storage unit that temporarily stores a plurality of frames of image data captured by the image pickup sensor, a detection unit that detects identity or non-identity between at least two image data consecutively captured by the image pickup sensor adjacent in time based on a predetermined image characteristic quantity, and a control unit that controls the device to write the later captured image data in the storage unit when the detection unit detects the non-identity and to not write the later captured image data in the storage unit when it detects the identity.

Imaging device

An image processing device includes: an encoding unit that performs an encoding operation for encoding moving images; and a control unit that controls the encoding unit so as to perform the encoding operation on a plurality of still images that are captured in a continuous shooting mode.

Image processing device and image reproducing device

A monitoring apparatus includes a filter setting unit configured to store filter setting information for analyzing the video data, a filtering unit configured to determine whether the video data satisfies a filter condition of a filter stored in the filter setting unit and, when the video data satisfies the filter condition, perform filtering in which the number of detected objects is counted and output, and a filter calibrating unit configured to perform filter calibration in which at least one virtual filter is arranged with respect to a predetermined filter or a newly set filter, filtering is performed using the predetermined filter or the newly set filter and the virtual filter, a mode of values obtained as results of the filtering is calculated, and when the mode is determined to be equal to or approximate to a true value, the virtual filter is stored as a primary filter.

Monitoring apparatus, filter calibration method, and filter calibration program

The present invention makes it possible and easier to serve optimum robot components/devices/accessories by means of an information service system including personal terminal devices (A toC) connected to an information communication network via a telecommunication line, and a server () connected to the information communication network via the telecommunication line to cumulatively store information on components/devices/accessories available from a plurality of manufacturers (and) (third party) of components/devices/accessories of a robot, as classified according to the attributes of the components/devices/accessories and send, to the personal terminal devices (A toC) connected thereto, options information prepared based on the attribute of the cumulatively stored components/devices/accessories information and including a plurality of items for selection of a robot component.

Information providing system, information providing device, and system for controlling robot device

The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic apparatus () which acts autonomously recognizes a bar code (BC) or the like appended to a canned juice () and acts in a predetermined manner. This is only enabled under a predetermined contract made between a product manufacturer and robotic apparatus manufacturer. The contract coverage is that the product manufacturer shall append the bar code (BC) to a specific product while the robotic apparatus manufacturer shall provide a robotic apparatus () which can act in a predetermined manner when having recognized the bar code (BC).

Automatic apparatus, information server, robotic apparatus and commercial transaction method for performing an action based on information

Robot-related information held at a robot user and data held at a robot manufacturer are used to enhance the user's sense of attachment to the robot. Each terminal device is operable to send information about the robot to a telecommunication line and to receive answer information sent from a server to the robot user via the telecommunication line. The server generates answer information on the basis of robot-related information sent from the personal terminal device and previously stored reference information corresponding to the robot-related information; and sends the answer information to the personal terminal device&mdash;via the telecommunication line. The answer information is for example a diagnostic report on the robot.

Robotic device management system and method, and information management apparatus

The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic apparatus ( ) which acts autonomously recognizes a bar code (BC) or the like appended to a canned juice ( ) and acts in a predetermined manner. This is only enabled under a predetermined contract made between a product manufacturer and robotic apparatus manufacturer. The contract coverage is that the product manufacturer shall append the bar code (BC) to a specific product while the robotic apparatus manufacturer shall provide a robotic apparatus ( ) which can act in a predetermined manner when having recognized the bar code (BC).

System and method for generating an action of an automatic apparatus

A robot-related information held at a robot user ad data held at a robot manufacturer as well as to enhance the user's sense of attachment to the robot. Each of personal terminal devices ( A to D) has both a function to send information on a robot to a telecommunication line ( ) and a function to receive answer information sent from a server ( ) to the robot user via the telecommunication line, and the server ( ) generates answer information on the basis of robot-related information sent from the personal terminal devices ( A to D) via the telecommunication line and reference information previously stored in an information storage device and corresponding to the robot-related information and sends the answer information to the personal terminal devices ( A to D) via the telecommunication line. The answer information is a diagnostic report on the robot.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Konishi