Abstract: According to an embodiment, a signal processing device includes a background calculator, a signal generator, an extractor, a similarity calculator, and a mixer. The background calculator is configured to calculate a first background signal in which a speech signal is removed, based on the acoustic signals. The signal generator is configured to generate a reference signal from at least one of the acoustic signals. The extractor is configured to extract a second background signal by removing a speech signal from the reference signal. The similarity calculator is configured to calculate a similarity between feature data of the background signals. The mixer is configured to calculate a weighted sum of the background signals in such a way that a greater weight is given to the first background signal as the similarity is higher and a greater weight is given to the second background signal as the similarity is lower.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an image capturing module, an estimation module, a content obtaining module, and a display module. The image capturing module is configured to capture a subject to be captured. The estimation module is configured to estimate a state of the subject to be captured based on a capturing method for the subject to be captured by the image capturing module. The content obtaining module is configured to obtain the content based on the state of the subject to be captured and relating to the subject to be captured. The display module is configured to display the obtained content.

Abstract: A display device includes an image display, an optical component, a light control component. The image display emits light including an image. The optical component has a focal distance D1. The light control component is provided between the image display and the optical component on an optical path of the light. The light control component includes a central aperture transmitting a first portion of the light emitted, and a peripheral aperture provided around the central aperture and transmitting a second portion of the light. The light control component blocks a portion of the light other than the first and second portions. The focal distance D1, a distance D2 between the optical component and the light control component, and an aperture spacing d0 between the central aperture and the peripheral aperture satisfy a relationship: d0·D1/D2>2.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a server includes a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, an analyzing unit, and an output unit. The first acquiring unit is configured to acquire recognition information includes a product identification information for identifying the product. The second acquiring unit is configured to acquire combination information including the product identification information of the product to be combined with an object image including an object. The analyzing unit is configured to calculate product priorities for respective products by analyzing the recognition information and the combination information. The output unit is configured to output information based on the product priorities.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a signal processing apparatus includes an ambient sound estimating unit, a representative component estimating unit, a voice estimating unit, and a filter generating unit. The ambient sound estimating unit is configured to estimate, from the feature, an ambient sound component that is non-stationary among ambient sound components having a feature. The representative component estimating unit is configured to estimate a representative component representing ambient sound components estimated from one or more features for a time period, based on a largest value among the ambient sound components within the time period. The voice estimating unit is configured to estimate, from the feature, a voice component having the feature. The filter generating unit is configured to generate a filter for extracting a voice component and an ambient sound component from the feature, based on the voice component and the representative component.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a first calculator to calculate, when a photographic subject image is determined to satisfy a first condition, a first position of the clothing image such that the position of a feature area matches with the position of the feature area; a second calculator to calculate a second position of the clothing image in the photographic subject image such that the position of a feature point in the clothing image matches with the position of the feature point in the photographic subject image; a deciding unit to decide, when the photographic subject image is determined to satisfy the first condition, on the first position as a superimposition position, and decide, when the photographic subject image is determined not to satisfy the first condition, on the superimposition position based on the difference between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device, includes an image projection unit and an optical unit. The image projection unit includes a laser beam source configured to emit a laser beam including image information, and a scanning unit configured to scan the laser beam. The optical unit includes a reflecting unit. The reflecting unit includes a plurality of half mirrors stacked with each other. The scanned laser beam is sequentially incident on the plurality of half mirrors. Respective reflected laser beams produced by being reflected by each of the half mirrors pass through a plurality of mutually-different points.

Abstract: When a notification request for an event is received from a client apparatus, information about the type of the event, an event notification apparatus, and the client apparatus included in the notification request are registered. Upon reception of issuance of an event from an event notification apparatus, it is determined whether the event notification apparatus, the type of the event, and a client apparatus that has requested notification of the event have been registered. If it is determined that the event notification apparatus, the type of the event, and the client apparatus have been registered with respect to the event, the event is transmitted to the registered client apparatus.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an object detection system includes an obtaining unit, an estimating unit, a setting unit, a calculating unit, and a detecting unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain an image in which an object is captured. The estimating unit is configured to estimate a condition of the object. The setting unit is configured to set, in the image, a plurality of areas that have at least one of a relative positional relationship altered according to the condition and a shape altered according to the condition. The calculating unit is configured to calculate a feature value of an image covering the areas. The detecting unit is configured to compare the calculated feature value with a feature value of a predetermined registered object, and detect the registered object corresponding to the object.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit configured to accept an input of user information, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an e-mail address of a user identified based on the user information accepted by the acceptance unit, a first setting unit configured to set a destination of a first e-mail transmitted with an attachment of image data, a second setting unit configured to set a destination of a second e-mail for making notification of completion of transmission of the first e-mail, and a control unit configured to perform control such that a destination of the first e-mail is restricted to the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit, but a destination of the second e-mail is not restricted to the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A file transmission apparatus (101) accepts a file transmission instruction for a transmission destination selected by a user from the transmission destination list, and transmits a check-out request for a file specified by information of the selected transmission destination to the server (102) without the intervention of the user, and transmits a check-in request for a file subjected to the check-out request to the server using an image file input from an image input unit without the intervention of the user, and updates the file stored in the database using the image file. The apparatus registers the image file in the server by transmitting a check-in request of the image file input from the image input device as a new file without the intervention of the user when a file is not specified by the information of the transmission destination selected by the user.

Abstract: An information display apparatus creates determination image which indicates the fact that a reference object in a plurality of objects arranged in a row satisfies a predetermined rule or that the reference object does not satisfy the rule, creates an image to be displayed by superimposing the determination image on the acquired image, and displays the image to be displayed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first calculating unit; a selecting unit; an extracting unit; a second calculating unit; a determining unit; and a generating unit. The first calculating unit calculates posture information of a subject from a first image including the subject. The selecting unit selects a second image associated with the posture information from a plurality of second images including clothing. The extracting unit extracts a first feature of the subject from a first contour in the first image and extracts a second feature from a second contour in the second image. The second calculating unit calculates a first difference between the first feature and the second feature. The determining unit determines a transparency that is higher as the first difference is larger. The generating unit generates a composite image combining the first image and the second image with the determined transparency.

Abstract: A first communication apparatus generates export data, which includes an address book indicating data transmission destinations and indication information indicating that it is necessary to communicate with a server in order to transmit data to an address contained in the address book, and transmits the export data to a second communication apparatus. The second communication apparatus receives the export data transmitted from the first communication apparatus and sets an address book and indication information of the second communication apparatus in accordance with the export data.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an interface apparatus for displaying a GUI object according to a position and a direction of a pointing object comprises a display unit, an image capturing unit, a detection unit, and an additional display unit. The display unit displays a movie based on a first image frame group. The image capturing unit obtains a second image frame group by capturing an image of a surface on which the movie is displayed. The detection unit detects a position and a direction of the pointing object based on the first image frame group and the second image frame group. The additional display unit displays a specific shape which is superimposed to the first image frame group, so that the detected position of the pointing object is irradiated with light of no less than a predetermined illuminance and the light attenuates according to a distance from the position.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus capable of preventing erroneous transmission due to a change in destination information in a shared address book. A CPU acquires destination information including at least an identifier and a destination, and a destination of the image data is designated from the acquired destination information. Information on the designated destination of the image data is stored in a destination usage history table. The CPU determines whether or not the acquired destination information has been changed by comparing the designated destination information and the destination information stored in the destination usage history table. If it is determined that the destination information has been changed, a screen for confirming the destination information is displayed. The destination information is designated from the acquired destination information according to a user's confirming operation on the displayed screen.

Abstract: A face recognition apparatus includes an image sequence acquiring unit, a face image acquiring unit, an intra-sequence classifying unit, an inter-sequence classifying unit, an identification unit, and a reference image storing unit. A plurality of cameras are attached in a corridor for monitoring one place with these cameras, so that when a plurality of moving people pass through, identification is performed for each moving people. Face images are classified into fragmental face image sets, and the fragmental face image sets are classified into integrated sets to achieve the identification.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus which make it possible to confirm an error recovery event. A device proxy server as an information processing apparatus is connected to a printer and a client PC via a network. The device proxy server receives an event message indicative of an event having occurred in a printer. The received event message is transferred to a client PC. When the event message transferred to the client PC is related to an error event indicative of an error having occurred in the printer, the device proxy server monitors whether or not the error event has been eliminated in the printer. When the error event is eliminated in the printer, the device proxy server sends an error recovery message indicative of elimination of the error event to the client PC.

Abstract: An object is identified by detecting an object area image of an object to be recognized from a degraded image, converting the object area image to a frequency area, extracting a feature vector which indicates the amount of blur, comparing the feature vector and a classified plurality of blurred images, obtaining a cluster which is the most similar to the feature vector, selecting one point spread function corresponding to the similar cluster, restoring the object area image to the image before being blurred using the point spread function, and comparing the restored image and a target image.

Abstract: When a notification request for an event is received from a client apparatus, information about the type of the event, an event notification apparatus, and the client apparatus included in the notification request are registered. Upon reception of issuance of an event from an event notification apparatus, it is determined whether the event notification apparatus, the type of the event, and a client apparatus that has requested notification of the event have been registered. If it is determined that the event notification apparatus, the type of the event, and the client apparatus have been registered with respect to the event, the event is transmitted to the registered client apparatus.