Abstract: In order to be able to measure a distance with disparity resolution of a stereo camera or less and precisely measure a relative distance to a target even in the event of degradation of the imaging condition, a distance calculator includes a monocular distance calculation section 203, a stereo distance calculation section 204, a blurriness level calculation section 201, a distance estimation section 202, and an output distance calculation section 206. The monocular distance calculation section 203 calculates the distance to a target based on image information captured by a camera 101 or 102. The stereo distance calculation section 204 calculates the distance to the target based on image information captured by the two cameras 101 and 102. The blurriness level calculation section 201 calculates the blurriness level of the image information captured by the image information captured by the cameras 101 and 102.

Abstract: A distance calculator includes a monocular estimated distance calculation section, a stereo estimated distance calculation section, and an output distance calculation section. The monocular estimated distance calculation section calculates the estimated distance to the target based on an image captured by a camera. The stereo estimated distance calculation section calculates the estimated distance to the target based on images captured by at least two cameras. The output distance calculation section calculates the distance to the target to be output. The output distance calculation section calculates the distance to be output based on weights of the estimated distances. The weights are determined in accordance with a confidence of the stereo estimated distance calculation section. The confidence is calculated based on the images captured by at least the two cameras.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to attain an object detection device that enables tracking travel control that does not cause a driver to experience a feeling of discomfort. An object detection device 104 of the present invention is an object detection device 104 that detects a subject 102 in front of the host vehicle on the basis of an image in which outside of the vehicle is captured from imaging devices 105 and 106 mounted in the host vehicle 103, and detects a relative distance or a relative speed with respect to the subject 102, having a risk factor determination unit 111 that, on the basis of the image, determines whether or not there is a risk factor that is a travel risk for the host vehicle 103.

Abstract: To obtain an image processing device and a method of processing an image that improve distance accuracy and is capable of performing accurate distance even about an object at a greater distance than before, when a distance to an object is measured, one image object region 302 including an image of an object is extracted from one image of a pair of images imaged by a pair of imaging elements at the same time in the same direction. The degree of background that is likelihood of whether either an object image configuration part 304 or a background image configuration part 303 is calculated for each of a plurality of image configuration parts that configures the one image object region 302. Then, the other image object region 503 having an image similar to the one image object region 302 is extracted from the other image 501 using the degree of background, and a parallax between the one image object region 302 and the other image object region 503 is calculated.

Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus, for producing a virtual disc independent upon a host PC, and for managing virtual discs with an easy operation, comprises a CPU 100, a memory 101, a storage I/F 102, an external I/F 103, a device portion (DP) controller portion 201, a virtual device portion (VDP) controller portion 202, a virtual serial ATA 601, a virtual ATAIP 602, and at least two (2) or more numbers of recording/reproducing apparatuses, wherein it is notices to a HOST PC that a device is connected to the device portion when a virtual disc is produced, and the virtual disc is cut off and also information corresponding thereto is deleted when taking out or an order of taking out is made from the HOST PC.

Abstract: One object of example embodiment is to provide arrangements for enabling a user to willfully record a highlight position and highlight importance without having to perform any burdensome procedure during highlight scene shooting. When a highlight button acquisition information and weight information input from a user interface 103 are acquired in a situation where a system control section 101 retains a predetermined time-shift time, the system control section 101 calculates marker information that includes the weight information and the information about a position earlier by the time-shift time, and records the marker information on a recording medium 105 via a drive control section 104.

Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus, for producing a virtual disc independent upon a host PC, and for managing virtual discs with an easy operation, comprises a CPU 100, a memory 101, a storage I/F 102, an external I/F 103, a device portion (DP) controller portion 201, a virtual device portion (VDP) controller portion 202, a virtual serial ATA 601, a virtual ATAIP 602, and at least two (2) or more numbers of recording/reproducing apparatuses, wherein it is notices to a HOST PC that a device is connected to the device portion when a virtual disc is produced, and the virtual disc is cut off and also information corresponding thereto is deleted when taking out or an order of taking out is made from the HOST PC.

Abstract: An apparatus capable of reproducing or recording sounds with high reality sensation, including, for example, an image pickup unit for picking up an image and outputting a video signal representing a video image picked up, a sound acquisition unit supplied with sounds as an input to output an audio signal representing the input sound, a recording unit for recording the video signal output from the image pickup unit and the audio signal output from the sound acquisition unit, an object detector for detecting a location of a specific subject from the video signal, a sound extractor for extracting a sound corresponding to the detected specific subject from the audio signal, and a sound signal processor for adjusting a signal of the sound extracted by the sound extractor, on the basis of the location of the specific subject detected by the object detector.

Abstract: When recording data are saved and then deleted from a local storage medium to secure recordable time in a video camera, scenes of the data cannot be reproduced if network environment or a recording medium does not exist, in addition, if saved recording data are not deleted from the local storage medium, a free space is not increased, consequently a recording opportunity is missed. During backup, a saving list is created in an incorporated magnetic disk drive, and a recordable time calculation section calculates, from the saving list, data capacity of data that have been backed up in data recorded in the magnetic disk drive, and reflects the data capacity to recordable time. During recording, when a non-recorded area is exhausted, a scene in the saving list is overwritten. During reproducing, data in the saving list are reproduced from the magnetic disk drive without being connected to a network.

Abstract: One object of example embodiment is to provide arrangements for enabling a user to willfully record a highlight position and highlight importance without having to perform any burdensome procedure during highlight scene shooting. When a highlight button acquisition information and weight information input from a user interface 103 are acquired in a situation where a system control section 101 retains a predetermined time-shift time, the system control section 101 calculates marker information that includes the weight information and the information about a position earlier by the time-shift time, and records the marker information on a recording medium 105 via a drive control section 104.