Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Nec Corporation

Yasuhiko Iwamoto

Yuki Tanaka

Yasushi Ohwa

Akemi Kikuchi

An imaging apparatus acquires consecutive images in time order and performs image processing on the images. The imaging apparatus detects a first portion (a face or the like) of a subject in the images and detects a second portion (a torso or the like) of a subject in the images. The imaging apparatus uses a detection result obtained from a previously acquired image to perform processes of searching for a detection result obtained from a current image and classifying a detection result satisfying a condition for each of subjects. In the search process, a same portion search using detection results of the same portion from the previously acquired image and the current image is preferentially performed over a different portion search using detection results of different portions from the previously acquired image and the current image.

Image processing device and control method thereof, imaging apparatus, and recording medium

There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of determining an object area with high accuracy. An object area determination unit of the information processing apparatus acquires defocus information of positions in a captured image and information of a position specified as an object in the captured image, and determines, based on a difference between a defocus value at each of the positions and a defocus value at the specified position, an estimated area of the object specified in the captured image. Further, the object area determination unit determines an object area from the captured image based on an evaluation value calculated from each of a plurality of evaluation areas set for the specified position.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

An image pickup apparatus which is capable of shooting a plurality of still images as instructed within a predetermined time period without a plurality of moving image encoders and a large-capacity memory. When a second still image shooting instruction has been received within a predetermined time period since a first still image shooting instruction was received, a moving image picked up before lapse of the predetermined time period after the second still image shooting instruction from a moving image shooting starting timing corresponding to the first still image shooting instruction is recorded as a sequence of moving images.

Image pickup apparatus that shoots moving image for predetermined time period at the time of shooting still image, control method for the image pickup apparatus, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus combines a partial area of a first image with a second image. The partial area to be combined with the second image is determined based on distance information with regard to a plurality of partial areas of the first image.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

In a personal authentication apparatus that compares input feature information with feature information stored in advance as dictionary data, thereby calculating a similarity and recognition a person, when additionally storing feature information in the dictionary data, the feature information is compared with the feature information of the same person already stored in the dictionary data. Pieces of feature information are put into groups for the same person based on the similarities and stored in the dictionary data.

Object recognition apparatus and dictionary data registration method

In a method for manufacturing a BiCMOS semiconductor device including bipolar transistors and MOS transistors, a thin gate oxide film is formed on a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a first polysilicon film is formed on the thin gate oxide film. This first polysilicon film is selectively removed from a bipolar transistor formation area, and impurities are introduced into a principal surface region of a semiconductor substrate through only the thin gate oxide film so that a collector region is formed in the semiconductor substrate in the bipolar transistor formation area, and a base region is formed in the collector region, Therefore, a second polysilicon film is formed on the whole surface, and the second polysilicon film and the underlying thin gate oxide film are removed from an emitter formation area within the base region. A third polysilicon film having a high impurity concentration is formed on the whole surface, and thereafter, the polysilicon layers are patterned to form a gate composed of the first, second and third polysilicon films, and an emitter composed of the second and third polysilicon films. The impurity included in the third polysilicon is thermally diffused in the base region so that an emitter region is formed in the base region. Thus, without increasing the number of masks, and without giving an adverse influence to the MOS transistor, the performance of the bipolar transistor can be elevated, and the stable yield of production can be realized. In addition, the microminiaturization of the bipolar transistor becomes possible

Method for manufacturing a BiCMOS semiconductor device

An oxidizable metal film and a barrier metal film are formed in the named order on an insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate or in a contact hole formed through the insulating film. A gold film is selectively formed on the barrier metal film in alignment with the contact hole. The barrier metal is selectively removed using the gold film as a mask, and an exposed surface of the oxidizable metal film is oxidized. A second metal film is deposited on only a surface of the gold film by an electroplating using the oxidized surface of the oxidizable metal film as an anti-plating mask. Finally, the oxidizable metal film not covered by the gold film is completely oxidized.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiko Iwamoto