Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Kashima Oil Co., Ltd.

Tachikawa Corporation

Yoshihiro Takayama

Kazunori Ishigami

Kimihiko Ogihara

Hitoshi Tanaka

Masamichi Sato

Yoshiyuki Kato

Kenji Iwamoto

Kazunori Yanagi

Hajime Nakamura

Tomohiko Murakami

Kenji Yoshizawa

Takashi Onoda

Masaya Yamaguchi

Kazuaki Hagiwara

Ken Fujita

Naoya Okamoto

Kazuto Yamagishi

Genki Kumazaki

Takenobu Ebato

Koui Tachikawa

Tadashi Okamura

Tatsuya Egami

Hisashi Yamashita

Kouki Sakashita

Shuichi Kuroiwa

Sigeharu Matsuo

Fumihiko Tanigawa

An object is to easily and appropriately identify the orientation of imaging means at the time of image capturing. A control section of an imaging device or an image processing device acquires an image captured by an imaging section and performs image recognition processing of recognizing a photographic subject corresponding to a first orientation such as a horizontal imaging orientation or a vertical imaging orientation in the image so as to judge whether a predetermined photographic subject is present in the image. Then, based on the judgment result, the control section identifies whether the orientation of the imaging device or the imaging section at the time of image capturing is the first orientation or a second orientation.

Imaging device, imaging method and storage medium

A control unitof a main deviceis configured to recognize a predetermined subject (face of person) included in a wide-angle image taken by an imaging deviceand to correct distortion of an image (face image of the person) of a part of the subject, and to associate a part of the wide-angle image with the corrected image of the part of the subject, e.g., to display a part of the wide-angle image with the corrected image of the part of the subject on a reproduction screen.

Image processing device, image processing method and medium

An image processing apparatus including a CPU which is operable to function as units comprising a processing unit which sets, as a first area, an area that is not a peripheral edge area in a captured image acquired by an imaging unit, sets an area including the peripheral edge area as a second area, and performs predetermined processing on one of the first area and the second area, and a specification unit which specifies whether the first area is subjected to the predetermined processing or the second area is subjected to the predetermined processing, based on orientation information of the imaging unit when the captured image is acquired.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium

Venetian blind

Pleated curtain

There are disclosed cosmetics which comprise N-acylamino acids containing acyl groups having specifically numbered carbon atoms, or derivatives thereof and which are well suited for hair growth, skin care and the like; N-acylamino acid compositions which are favorably usable for detergents, dispersants, emulsifying agents, antimicrobial drugs, antiseptics, ultraviolet absorbers and the like. The invention provides cosmetics which comprise N-acylamino acids containing acyl groups having odd-numbered carbon atoms, salts thereof or esters thereof; N-acylamino acid compositions; and further N-acylamino acids containing acyl groups having carbon atoms in an odd number in the range of 13 to 17 along with salts and esters thereof.

Cosmetics and N-acylamino acid composition

The present invention relates to a process for producing lipids, which comprises culturing bacteria capable of assimilating aliphatic hydrocarbons and accumulating lipids in medium containing aliphatic hydrocarbons until lipids are accumulated in the bacteria and then recovering the lipids therefrom, as well as to process for producing cosmetics which comprises using the lipids produced by said method.

Process for producing microbial lipids from hydrocarbons

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Tokyo, Japan

Yoshihiro Takayama