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20130182126 | CAMERA DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An example camera device includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image, and a storage unit configured to store first attribute information of a target object used for identifying the target object from the image. The camera device also includes an identification unit, a requesting unit, and a storage control unit. The identification unit is configured to identify the target object in the image captured by the image capturing unit based on the first attribute information. The requesting unit is configured to request an external device to identify the target object when the identification unit is not able to identify the target object. The storage control unit is configured to receive second attribute information of the target object from the external device that is requested to identify the target object, and control the storage unit to store the second received attribute information. | 07-18-2013 |
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 |
20140139663 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a detector to detect a mobile object by referring to sensing information; a first communicating unit to communicate mobile object information, which is related to a detection result of the mobile object, with another wireless communication device; a first calculator to calculate a moving path of the mobile object between wireless communication devices by referring to the detection result of the mobile object and mobile object information received from the other wireless communication device; a second communicating unit to communicate movement information, which is related to the moving path of the mobile object, with the other wireless communication device; and a second calculator to calculate distances between wireless communication devices that are dependent on the number of times of movement in the moving path by referring to the calculated moving path and movement information received from the other wireless communication device. | 05-22-2014 |
20140141823 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a communication device includes an analyzer, a switching unit and a communication unit. The analyzer is configured to analyze an image taken at a periphery of the communication device. The switching unit is configured to switch a communication counterpart from a first communication device to a second communication device based on an analysis result of the image. The communication unit is configured to communicate with the second communication device after switching. | 05-22-2014 |
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20150363667 | RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a recognition device includes a memory to store therein learning patterns each belonging to one of categories; an obtaining unit to obtain a recognition target pattern; a first calculating unit to calculate, for each category, a distance histogram representing distribution of the number of learning patterns belonging to the categories with respect to distances between the recognition target pattern and the learning patterns belonging to the categories; a second calculating unit to analyze the distance histogram of each category, and calculate a feature value of the recognition target pattern; a third calculating unit to make use of the feature value and one or more classifiers, and calculate degrees of reliability of the recognition target categories; and a determining unit to make use of the degrees of reliability and, from among the one or more recognition target categories, determine a category of the recognition target pattern. | 12-17-2015 |
20160105645 | IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an identification device includes a light emission controller, an image capturing controller, a detector, a position calculator, and an identification unit. The light emission controller individually controls lighting on/off of light-emitting instruments via a network. The image capturing controller controls capturing devices by using identification information of the image capturing devices, and obtains an image sequence captured by each image capturing device. The detector detects, for each image sequence, one or more regions varying in conjunction with lighting on/off of the light-emitting instruments. The position calculator calculates, for each image sequence, a position of the image capturing device that captures the image sequence by using a position of the light-emitting instrument performing lighting on/off causing each region. The identification unit identifies each image capturing device specified by the calculated position and each image capturing device specified by the identification information. | 04-14-2016 |
20160117839 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image output device includes an extractor, a search unit, an associate unit, and a controller. The extractor is configured to extract a first parameter that varies in accordance with a movement of an object from at least one first image of the object, and extract a second parameter that varies in accordance with a movement of the object from each second image of the object. The search unit is configured to search for a second parameter similar to the first parameter. The associate unit is configured to associate the first image from which the first parameter is extracted with the second image from which the second parameter that is retrieved with respect to the first parameter is extracted. The controller is configured to instruct an output unit to output an image based on the first and second images that are associated to each other. | 04-28-2016 |
20160142670 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SURVEILLANCE CAMERA APPARATUS, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a division unit, a redundancy unit, and a communication unit. The division unit is configured to divide a digital data item, into a plurality of division data items. The redundancy unit is configured to generate at least one redundancy data item for data restoration based on the plurality of division data items. The communication unit is configured to transmit to a plurality of external devices two or more of three or more distribution data items, the three or more distribution data items corresponding to the plurality of division data items and the at least one redundancy data item. | 05-19-2016 |