Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130243271 | COLLATION APPARATUS, COLLATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a collation apparatus includes a receiving unit, a detecting unit, a setting unit, a face collation unit, an object collation unit, and a calculating unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a captured image including a user's face and an object positioned with respect to the face. The detecting unit is configured to detect a face region from the image. The setting unit is configured to set an object region in the image. The face collation unit is configured to collate a face feature vector extracted from the face region with a stored face feature vector. The object collation unit is configured to collate an object feature vector extracted from the object region with a stored object feature vector. The calculating unit is configured to calculate a user collation using at least one of the collation results for the face and object feature vectors. | 09-19-2013 |
20140002448 | MEASUREMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 01-02-2014 |
20140098222 | AREA IDENTIFYING DEVICE, AREA IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, an area identifying device includes a projecting unit, an image capturing unit, a calculating unit, and an identifying unit. The projecting unit is configured to project a pattern so that the pattern performs a predetermined movement. The image capturing unit is configured to capture, in sequential order, multiple images of an area on which the pattern is projected, the image having a plurality of areas. The calculating unit is configured to calculate an amount of change of pattern appearances for each region in the multiple images. The identifying unit is configured to identify, as a reflective area, at least one area having a different amount of change of the pattern appearances from a reference amount of change of the pattern appearances based on the predetermined movement, among the amounts of change of the pattern appearances that are calculated by the calculating unit. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100814 | MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, a measuring device includes a generating unit, an updating unit, and a calculating unit. The generating unit is configured to generate first position and orientation of an observing unit for observing a space containing a target object, an error model indicating a theoretical precision of observation, and three-dimensional shape data of the target object. The updating unit is configured to update space information that indicates a probability of the presence of the target object at each coordinate within the space, using the first position and the three-dimensional shape data. The calculating unit is configured to calculate a measurement quality increment for second position and orientation of a search area within the space using the error model and the space information, and set third position and orientation for which the calculated measurement quality increment satisfies a predetermined condition as new position and orientation, respectively. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104386 | OBSERVATION SUPPORT DEVICE, OBSERVATION SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an observation support device includes an acquiring unit, a determining unit, and a generating unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire observation information capable of identifying an observing direction vector indicating an observing direction of an observing unit that observes an object for which a three-dimensional model is to be generated. The determining unit is configured to determine whether or not observation of the object in a direction indicated by an observed direction vector in which at least part of the object can be observed is completed based on a degree of coincidence of the observing direction vector and the observed direction vector. The generating unit is configured to generate completion information indicating whether or not observation of the object in the direction indicated by the observed direction vector is completed. | 04-17-2014 |
20140111097 | IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an identification device includes a controller, an acquiring unit, and an identifying unit. The controller controls turning on/off of a plurality of light emitting apparatuses via a network individually by using pieces of identification information of their respective light emitting apparatuses. The acquiring unit acquires images of the light emitting apparatuses in time-series. The identifying unit determines an installation position of each of the light emitting apparatuses by using the on/off control on the light emitting apparatuses and the images, and identifies each of the light emitting apparatuses determined by the installation positions corresponding to each of the light emitting apparatuses identified by the pieces of identification information with each other. | 04-24-2014 |
20140132600 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATING DEVICE - An example three-dimensional model generating device includes an emitting unit that emits a laser light and a first deflector that deflects laser light, whose emission direction rotates in a first rotation range, within a first scan plane. A second deflector deflects laser light, whose emission direction rotates in a second rotation range, within a second scan plane intersecting with the first scan plane. The detector detects a reflected light when laser light deflected from the first deflector is reflected from the target object or detects a reflected light when laser light deflected from the second deflector is reflected from the target object. The measuring unit measures a distance to the target object on the basis of the time taken since emission of the laser light to detection of the reflected light. The generating unit generates a three-dimensional model of the target object by using the measurement result. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132759 | MEASURING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a measuring device includes a measuring unit, a capturing unit, an estimation unit, a calculator, and a detector. The estimation unit estimates, for each irradiated point, an estimated projection position on the image, using a direction and a distance of the irradiated point and calibration information based on calibration of a measuring unit and a capturing unit. The calculator calculates, for each irradiated point, an amount of change in reflection intensity and obtains a reflection intensity change point. The calculator calculates, for each estimated projection position, an amount of change in brightness and obtains a brightness change point. The detector detects a calibration shift between the measuring unit and the capturing unit by comparing the reflection intensity change point and the brightness change point. | 05-15-2014 |
20140219518 | ESTIMATING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - An estimating apparatus configured to estimate a correct attribute value is provided. The estimating apparatus extracts feature quantities from an image including a person, calculates a first likelihood of the feature quantity for respective attribute classes; calculating second likelihoods for the respective attribute classes from the first likelihoods for the respective attribute classes; specifies the attribute class having the highest second likelihood; calculates an estimated attribute value of the specific attribute class and estimated attribute values of selected classes by using the feature quantity; and applies the second likelihood on the estimated attribute value of the specific attribute class as a weight, applies the second likelihoods on the estimated attribute values of the selected classes as a weight and add the same, and calculates a corrected attribute value of the specific attribute class. | 08-07-2014 |
20140285794 | MEASURING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a measuring device includes an imaging unit to capture an object from a plurality of positions to obtain a plurality of images; a distance measuring unit to measure a distance to the object from each position to obtain a plurality of pieces of distance information; a position measuring unit to measure each position to obtain a plurality of pieces of position information; a first calculator to calculate three-dimensional data of the object using the images; a second calculator to calculate a degree of reliability of each piece of distance information and each piece of position information; and a estimating unit to, among the pieces of distance information and the pieces of position information, make use of such pieces of distance information and such pieces of position information which have the degree of reliability greater than a predetermined value to estimate the scale of the three-dimensional data. | 09-25-2014 |
20150085273 | MEASUREMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SUPPORTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a first calculator, a second calculator, a determination unit, and an informing controller. The first calculator is configured to calculate a projection position on which the point is projected on each image obtained by an image-capturing unit, by using a direction, a first distance from a measurement unit to an irradiated point of an object, and calibration information between both units. The second calculator is configured to calculate a set of reprojection positions by reprojecting a three-dimensional position on each image. The determination unit is configured to extract, from the set, a reprojection position on an image containing the projection position calculated from the point measured and captured within a certain time period, and calculate a second distance between the reprojection and projection positions. The informing controller is configured to prompt to irradiate the object in a direction in which the second distance decreases. | 03-26-2015 |