Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tsuyoshi Kuroki

Yasuo Katano

Masakazu Matsugu

Akihiro Katayama

Shinji Uchiyama

Masahiro Suzuki

Masakazu Fujiki

Mahoro Anabuki

Eita Ono

Christian Sandor

Takaaki Endo

Tomoaki Kawai

Yukio Sakagawa

Toshikazu Ohshima

Kazuki Takemoto

Yasuhiro Okuno

Hideo Noro

Shunta Tate

Taichi Matsui

Shuichi Yabu

Sonoko Maeda

Mikio Kiura

Takayuki Iwamoto

An image processing system comprises: an image recognizing unit which performs image recognition to an image; a rule setting unit which sets a sorting rule to be used in case of transmitting the image recognized by the image recognizing unit to an external web service; and a transmitting unit which transmits, according to the sorting rule having a condition conforming to the image among the sorting rules set by the rule setting unit, information concerning the image to the corresponding external web service, thereby enabling to cooperate a still image/moving image sharing service and various web services with others.

Image processing system and image processing method

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a position detection unit configured to detect position information of the imaging apparatus, an acquisition unit configured to acquire candidate object information indicating an object which a photographer may desire to capture an image thereof within a search range of position information based on the position information detected by the position detection unit, and a presenting unit configured to present the candidate object information to the photographer.

Imaging apparatus, display method, and storage medium

A relative direction relationship is acquired between first and second input area images of a particular person taken from different directions. The particular person is identified by comparing a feature of the first input area image with a feature of a first one of registered area images of the particular person or another person taken from at least three directions, comparing a feature of the second input area image with a feature of a second registered area image of the same person as the person of the first registered area image, and determining whether the person in the first and second input area images is the same person in the first and second registered area images. The first and second registered area images are selected such that the relation between the first and second registered area images is similar to the relation between the first and second input area images.

Image recognition system, image recognition apparatus, image recognition method, and computer program

An image of each frame output from an image sensing device is sequentially acquired. A situation appearing in the image is recognized through recognition processing performed on the image, and, if the recognized situation is a prescribed situation, an object of a type related to the prescribed situation is detected from the image and from an image of each frame containing the image. A detection position, in the image, of each object is used to determine whether the objects come in contact with each other in a physical space.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image display apparatus configured to recognize one or more objects from an image, determine a display priority of a menu to be displayed relating to a recognized object based on a set display mode, and displaying menus corresponding to one or more recognized objects based on the determined display priority.

Image display apparatus that displays a menu corresponding to an object, image display method that displays a menu corresponding to an object, and storage medium thereof

Imaging apparatus, display method, and storage medium for presenting a candidate object information to a photographer

At the time of using a haptic device to present to a user haptics which a first virtual object superimposed on the haptic device receives from a second virtual object superimposed on a real object, the user is enabled to touch within the second virtual object, regardless of the real object. Accordingly, the haptics received from the second virtual object is obtained using a first haptic event model of the first virtual object and a second haptic event model of the second virtual object, and while the first haptic event model corresponds to computer graphics information of the first virtual object, the shape of the first virtual object differs from that of the haptic device, such that instructions can be made regarding the inside of the real object, using the first virtual object.

Information processing method and device for presenting haptics received from a virtual object

In a message exchange system, when an imaging apparatus transmits a photograph-attached message, the imaging apparatus transmits a captured image, position and orientation information of the imaging apparatus, feature point information of an object included in the captured image, and three-dimensional structure information of the object to a server. When an image display apparatus receives the message from the server, the image display apparatus corrects the captured image in a direction corresponding to a position and orientation of the image display apparatus based on the position and orientation information of the imaging apparatus, the feature point information of the object, and the three-dimensional structure information of the object.

Image display apparatus, imaging apparatus, image display method, control method for imaging apparatus, and program

A measured value of a physical quantity measured using a measuring device within a predetermined region on a real space, and a position where the measuring device performs measurement are acquired (Sto S). An analytic value of the physical quantity at that position in the predetermined region is calculated (S). A first object representing the measured value and a second object representing the analytic value are arranged at a place corresponding to this position on a virtual space having a coordinate system which matches the coordinate system of the real space (SS). An image which is seen upon viewing the virtual space on which the first and second objects are arranged from a viewpoint is generated, and the generated image is output (S, S).

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An image presentation system which enables a user observing an image on a first display to recognize an instruction sent from a person seeing an image on a second display to the user. An HMD as the first display detects the position and orientation of the HMD and presents an image to the user. The second display presents an image to the person who gives an instruction to the user. A three-dimensional CG drawing device draws a virtual space image seen from a point of view corresponding to the position and orientation of the HMD and displays the virtual space image on the HMD and the second display. When receiving the instruction, the three-dimensional CG drawing device draws a virtual space image to be displayed on the HMD such that the virtual space image reflects the input instruction.

Image presentation system, image presentation method, program for causing computer to execute the method, and storage medium storing the program

A shadow body generation unit generates a shadow model defined by a limited number of lines extending from a position of a light source to an outline of a hand. If the virtual object is partially or fully included in the shadow model and a position of the virtual object is further away from the position of the light source, the shadow body generation unit generates a shadow for a partially obscured area included in the shadow model.

Image processing method and image processing apparatus

A virtual space image including a feature point is generated by executing software which generates a virtual space image on the basis of a viewpoint and receives a variation upon changing the position and orientation of the viewpoint. The position and orientation of the viewpoint are obtained by using the generated virtual space image. The position and orientation of the viewpoint are acquired. A variation is obtained on the basis of the position and orientation acquired in step Sand those obtained in step S. The variation is input to the software. The software updates the position and orientation of the viewpoint on the basis of the variation and outputs a virtual space image generated on the basis of a viewpoint having the updated position and orientation.

Information processing method and information processing apparatus

There is provided an integrated information management system which mutually associates the information processing applications for processing the data derived from CAD data with others. In the integrated information management system, the virtual design data generated in a CAD system, the data used in a CAE system, the data used in a DMR system, and the data used in a mockup system are stored in correspondence with the respective conditions used in case of respectively displaying these data. Then, the image acquired by compositing the respective data is generated based on the respective conditions, and the generated image is displayed on an integrated display unit, whereby it is possible for a user to manage these data as the single data by dynamically changing over the data of the respective information processing applications.

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Tsuyoshi Kuroki