Sony Corporation

Saki Corporation

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Subaru Corporation

Janome Corporation

Yosuke Yamamoto

Hiroshi Adachi

Takuma Hirayama

Tatsushi Noda

Masashi Nakata

Masami Ogata

Seiji Kimura

Junichi Kanai

Hisafumi Motoe

Yuichiro Baba

Atsushi Kitabatake

Hiroaki Yamajo

Teruo Kishi

In an inspection device having a storage unit and an exposure dose calculation unit, the exposure dose calculation unit executes a first step for calculating the dose when an image is acquired by irradiating radiation from a radiation generator based on the reference dose stored in the storage unit, a second step for calculating the dose when the relative position between the radiation generator and an inspection object is changed, a third step for calculating the total value of the dose irradiated to the inspection object, and a fourth step for outputting the total value.

Inspection device

Color accuracy in an imaging device is improved. An imaging element includes a plurality of pixels that acquires first information that is information of three primary colors and second information that is information of at least two colors different from the three primary colors and that includes at least one of complementary colors of the three primary colors.

Imaging element and electronic apparatus

An inspection position identification method that allows accurate inspection to be performed without in-advance identification of the position of an inspection plane in an inspected target. A three-dimensional image generation method that allows generation of a three-dimensional image for inspection without in-advance identification of the position of an inspection plane in an inspected target and then allows inspection to be performed. An inspection device including the methods. An inspection device includes a storage unit, which stores a radiation transmission image of an inspected object and a three-dimensional image generated from the radiation transmission image, and a control unit. The process carried out by the control unit for identifying an inspection position in a three-dimensional image includes identifying the position of a transmission picture of the inspection position in the radiation transmission image and identifying the inspection position in the three-dimensional image from the position of the transmission picture.

Inspection position identification method, three-dimensional image generation method, and inspection device

A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes an image acquisition unit and a paired light source identification unit. The image acquisition unit acquires first and second luminance images. The paired light source identification unit extracts light sources from the first luminance image, to identify, as paired light sources, a pair of light sources out of the light sources extracted from the first luminance image, on the basis of positional relation of the light sources extracted. The paired light source identification unit extracts light sources from the second luminance image on the condition that the light sources extracted from the first luminance image are devoid of the paired light sources, to identify, as the paired light sources, one of the light sources extracted from the first luminance image and one of the light sources extracted from the second luminance image.

Vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus

A noise reduction method for reducing noise in an input video signal to output an output video signal includes the steps of generating a motion-compensated reference video signal from the output video signal; delaying the output video signal to generate a non-motion-compensated reference video signal; mixing the motion-compensated reference video signal with the non-motion-compensated reference video signal to generate a reference video signal; subtracting the generated reference video signal from the input video signal to generate a differential signal; compensating the differential signal to generate a noise reduction signal; and subtracting the noise reduction signal from the input video signal.

Noise reduction method, noise reduction program, recording medium having noise reduction program recorded thereon, and noise reduction apparatus

A separating device and method and a signal receiving device and method are presented. The separating device and method receive plural data streams and then separate and extract at least a portion of data from the received data streams. The signal receiving device and method receive plural data streams and then select, separate and extract at least a portion of the data from the data streams. Then the signal receiving device and method apply signal processing to the portion of the data that has been selected, separated and extracted.

Separating device and method and signal receiving device and method

An ultra-sonic senor system suitable for monitoring movement of a vehicle, relative to the horizontal employs two or more coordinated ultra-sonic sensors. The sensors may be mounted at opposite ends or on opposite sides of the vehicle, depending on whether pitch or roll respectively is to be monitored. Each sensor broadcasts ultra-sonic waves and receives ultra-sonic waves reflected by the road surface. The transmission time is known; the reception time is measured upon detection of the peak of the reflected waves. The difference between the two above times yields the distance between the vehicle and the road. The difference between the distances measured by two sensor yields the inclination of the vehicle relative to the horizontal plane.

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Yosuke Yamamoto