Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Sumco Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Fujikura Limited

Ddk Ltd.

Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation

Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd.

Echo Giken Co. Ltd.

Yasuo Fukuda

Osamu Yamada

Kazuhiro Saito

Susumu Sugiura

Yoshikazu Yokomizo

Yoshinobu Mita

Makoto Takaoka

Masanari Toda

Shigetada Kobayashi

Junichi Shishizuka

Yukari Toda

Tsutomu Negishi

Mitsumasa Sugiyama

Yasuhiko Hashimoto

Makoto Takemura

Kunihiro Yamamoto

Kentaro Matsumoto

Kiyoshi Kusama

Miyuki Enokida

Koichi Okuda

Kazuaki Souda

Hidefumi Osawa

Masaaki Kato

Hiroshi Suu

Takeshi Makita

Takahiro Matsuura

Osamu Nakao

Takayuki Shimizu

Masana Minami

Masakatsu Nagata

Haruhiko Ito

Junichiro Iwahashi

Eiji Suhara

Shoji Iwasaki

Takayuki Okamura

Pixel values are read out of an OB pixel region under a predetermined exposure condition, and predetermined processing is performed on the pixel values to derive a dark current component value. The dark current component value of a segmented pixel region is estimated from the OB dark current component value by taking into account the difference between the exposure conditions of the OB pixel region and the segmented pixel region. Specifically, a conversion ratio for calculating the dark current component value from the OB dark current component value is derived based on the ratios between exposure time and gain in the exposure conditions of the two pixel regions. This conversion ratio is applied to the pixel values of the OB pixel region or the OB dark current component value calculated from them to thereby calculate an estimated dark current component value for the exposure condition of the segmented pixel region.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, image sensor, and storage medium

A printed wiring board includes: an insulating base material; a first conductive layer disposed on a main surface of the insulating base material in a first region and a second region defined on a plane along the main surface; a second conductive layer disposed on a main surface of the first conductive layer in the first region; and an insulating layer disposed on the main surface of the first conductive layer in the second region. The ratio of a first evaluation value E1 to a second evaluation value E2 is 0.91 or more and 0.99 or less. The first evaluation value E1 is an evaluation value of strength of a first laminated part in the first region and the second evaluation value E2 is an evaluation value of strength of a second laminated part in the second region.

Printed wiring board

An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to scan an input image and each of images at different resolutions, which are generated from the input image, by a predetermined-sized window to detect an object in the image, a storage unit configured to store a detection result of the detection unit, and a control unit configured to, if there is no free space in the storage unit to store a new detection result of the detection unit, store the new detection result instead of a detection result of an image at higher resolution than resolution of an image from which the new detection result is acquired.

Apparatus, method, and program for detecting object from image

An image processing apparatus includes an instruction unit for designating one of a plurality of partial images and instructing execution of one of a plurality of processes for a classification process to determine whether the designated partial image contains a specific pattern, an execution unit for performing the instructed process for the designated partial image using parameters, and a determination unit for determining whether the classification process for the designated partial image has terminated. When the determination unit determines that the classification process has not terminated for at least one of the partial images, the instruction unit designates one of the partial images for which the classification process has not terminated and outputs a re-instruction for execution of an unexecuted process for the designated partial image. The execution unit executes, using different parameters, the instructed process for the designated partial image.

Image processing apparatus, image data processing method, and storage medium

A captured image and capture conditions of an input device when the captured image was captured are input, and viewing conditions when a reproduced image, which is reproduced by an output device, is viewed are input. A first perceived image is generated from the captured image by a forward conversion of local adaptation processing that conforms to information, which indicates viewing angle, distance to a subject and image resolution of the captured image, included in the capture conditions. A second perceived image is generated by converting a dynamic range of the first perceived image to a dynamic range of the output device. A reproduced image, which is supplied to the output device, is generated from the second perceived image by an inverse conversion of the local adaptation processing that conforms to information, which relates to viewing distance and size of the reproduced image, included in the viewing conditions.

Image processing apparatus and method using forward and inverse local adaptation processing and dynamic range processing

A plurality of images are input, specific regions are set for each of the inputted plurality of images, a typical size of the specific regions of each of the plurality of images is determined, and the ratio of the typical size to the size of the entire image is calculated as a typical size ratio. A typical size ratio used as a reference is selected from the typical size ratios calculated for the respective images as a reference ratio, and a candidate region upon trimming that image is determined based on the specific regions of each of the plurality of images. A trimming region for each of the plurality of images is determined based on the reference ratio, and the typical size ratio and candidate region of each image, and each of the plurality of images is trimmed according to the trimming region.

Image processing apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for arranging images based on size ratio

An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of servers stores image data including an object of recognition, and a plurality of recognition dictionaries. The image processing apparatus establishes communication with one of the servers to receive, from the server with which the communication has been established, designation information designating a recognition dictionary for recognizing the object of recognition included in the image data. The image processing apparatus identifies the recognition dictionary designated in the received designation information from among the stored recognition dictionaries and uses the identified recognition dictionary to recognize the object of recognition included in the image data.

Apparatus, system and method for recognizing objects in images using transmitted dictionary data

An image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of luminance low frequency components different in frequency band from a luminance component of image data, and a color adjustment unit configured to execute color adjustment of the image data using the image data or the luminance component of the image data and the plurality of luminance low frequency components, wherein, when an effect of color adjustment based on the luminance low frequency component having a relatively low frequency is larger than an effect of color adjustment based on the luminance low frequency component having a relatively high frequency among the plurality of luminance low frequency components, the color adjustment unit reduces the effect of color adjustment based on the luminance low frequency component having the relatively low frequency.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program

Image processing for arranging images based on size ratio

Automatic image correction is performed for a moving image while maintaining a fade-in or fade-out effect. Hence, a frame image included in the moving image is corrected by using a correction condition for brightness which is set based on the frame image, whether or not the frame image is included in a period of a fade-in or fade-out effect is determined, and the correction of the frame image is controlled in accordance with the determination result.

Image processing method and apparatus thereof

To generating a mosaic image by combining a plurality of material images, an original image is divided into tiles and a material image having a characteristic similar to that of an image in each tile is applied to the tile. If more than one version of image data having different resolutions is provided as the image data for the material image, a low-resolution version of the image data is used to calculate a characteristic quantity of the image. Thus, the amount of time required to generate the mosaic image can be reduced.

Method, apparatus, and storage media for image processing

In the ozone water treatment process, the silicon wafer is treated with the first ultra-pure water that includes ozone. The first ultra-pure water is refined by the ultraviolet ray sterilization method. The first ultra-pure water includes total organic carbon content of more than 1 &#x3bc;g/liter and not more than 20 &#x3bc;g/liter, so that the silicon wafer of the predetermined degree of cleanliness is obtained. The silicon wafer is treated by using the second ultra-pure water that has a lower TOC value than the first ultra-pure water in the ultra-pure water rinsing process (including the chemical solution cleaning process as required). The second ultra-pure water is refined by the ultraviolet ray oxidization method, and includes total organic carbon content with a concentration of 1 &#x3bc;g/liter or less. Thus the silicon wafer of the predetermined degree of cleanliness is obtained.

Semiconductor wafer treatment method and apparatus therefor

There are provided an image processing method and apparatus which can reduce the storage capacity required to form low-frequency components having a plurality of resolutions and can suppress any degradation in image quality which is caused by a positional error between image data obtained as a result of image processing. The first luminance component of low resolution is extracted from image data, thereby further extracting the first low-frequency component. The image data is input at the second resolution, the second luminance component is extracted from the image data at the second resolution, and the second low-frequency component is extracted, thereby further extracting the second low-frequency component. Image processing is performed for the image data at the second resolution using the first low-frequency component and second low-frequency component.

Image processing method and apparatus for suppressing positional shift image degradation

An image processing method aims to optimally improve a brightness distribution with respect to brightness of a face being a main subject of a person image. Thus, the method consists of: a brightness component extraction step of extracting a brightness component from image data; a low-frequency brightness component extraction step of extracting a low-frequency component signal of the brightness component as a low-frequency brightness component; a color adjustment step of performing color adjustment to the image data by using the brightness component and the low-frequency brightness component; a first parameter determination step of determining a first parameter; and a second parameter determination step of determining a second parameter in accordance with a distribution of brightness component values in a second area in the image data, wherein the color adjustment step causes processing a degree of the color adjustment according to the first and second parameters.

Image processing method and apparatus performing color adjustment

An ultra-pure ozone water comprising an increased amount of an organic carbon capable of suppressing the reduction of the half-life period of ozone; and a method for producing the ultra-pure ozone water which comprises adding an organic solvent containing the above organic carbon to an ultra-pure ozone water containing a trace amount of the organic carbon. The above ultra-pure ozone water exhibits an increased half-life period of ozone, and thus, when used in cleaning a semiconductor substrate, allows the cleaning with an ozone water having an enhanced content of ozone, which results in exhibiting an enhanced cleaning capability and cleaning efficiency for an organic impurities, metallic impurities and the like adhered to the substrate, due to enhanced oxidizing action of ozone.

Technique on ozone water for use in cleaning semiconductor substrate

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