Abstract: A method comprising: applying color correction to colors in a first color gamut; displaying, on color space, the second color gamut and color gamut in which the correction is applied to the first color gamut so as to make it possible to distinguish between colors constituting the first color gamut that are determined to be inside of the second color gamut and colors constituting the first color gamut that are determined to be outside of the second color gamut; selecting colors in colors outside of the displayed second color gamut; displaying an interface; determining a correction amount of the selected color in conjunction with the interface; when the selected color is on surface/inside of the second color gamut, displaying that the selected color is on surface/inside of the second color gamut; and applying the correction and generating color conversion information for converting the first color gamut into the second color gamut.

Abstract: The disclosure is inputting a first image captured an image of an authentication target; inputting a second image captured an image of a right eye or a left eye of the target; determining whether the second image is of a left eye or a right eye of the target based on information including the first image, and outputting a determination result as left/right information in association with the second image; detecting an overlap between a region including the second image and a predetermined region in the first image; calculating a verification score by comparing characteristic information that are related to the left/right information with iris characteristic information calculated from the second image, and calculating a first weighted verification score obtained by weighting the verification score with a detection result; and authenticating a target in the second image based on the first weighted verification score, and outputting an authentication result.

Abstract: An information providing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: receive a face image; determine whether a person in the face image is unsuitable for iris data acquisition based on the face image; and output information based on determining that the person is unsuitable for the iris data acquisition when the person is determined to be unsuitable for the iris data acquisition.

Abstract: An image processing device 100 comprises: an acquisition unit 110 that acquires a color image captured in accordance with incident light including visible light and near-infrared light, said color image including a first area and a second area that is captured with reduced near-infrared light in the incident light compared with the first area; an estimation unit f120 that estimates spectral characteristics of the incident light on the basis of color information of the acquired color image, and information modeling the spectral characteristics of the incident lights; a generation unit 130 that generates a visible light image and a near-infrared image on the basis of the estimated spectral characteristics; and a correction unit 140 that corrects the generated visible image and near-infrared image on the basis of the color information of the second area in the color image.

Abstract: An image processing device 100 comprises: an acquisition unit 110 that acquires a color image captured in accordance with incident light including visible light and near-infrared light, said color image including a first area and a second area that is captured with reduced near-infrared light in the incident light compared with the first area; an estimation unit f120 that estimates spectral characteristics of the incident light on the basis of color information of the acquired color image, and information modeling the spectral characteristics of the incident lights; a generation unit 130 that generates a visible light image and a near-infrared image on the basis of the estimated spectral characteristics; and a correction unit 140 that corrects the generated visible image and near-infrared image on the basis of the color information of the second area in the color image.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a color image which is imaged by an imaging unit according to incident light including visible light and near-infrared light; an estimation unit that estimates spectral characteristics of the incident light on the basis of color information about the acquired color image, spectral sensitivity characteristics of the imaging unit, and information obtained by modeling the spectral characteristics of the incident light; and a generation unit that generates a visible image and a near-infrared image on the basis of the estimated spectral characteristics of the incident light and the spectral sensitivity characteristics of the imaging unit.

Abstract: An image processing device 500 for detecting and correcting areas affected by a cloud in an input image is provided. The image processing device 500 includes: endmember extraction unit 501 that extracts a set of spectra of one or more endmembers from the input image; cloud spectrum acquisition unit 502 that acquires one cloud spectrum in the input image; endmember selection unit 503 that compares the endmember spectra with the cloud spectrum, removes one or more spectra from the set of spectra of the endmember spectra, the one or more spectra being same as or similar to the one cloud spectrum, and outputs a resultant set of spectra as an authentic set of spectra; and an unmixing unit 504 that derives, for each pixel in the input image, one or more fractional abundances of the one or more endmembers and a fractional abundance of cloud in the authentic set of spectra, and detects one or more cloud pixels in the input image.

Abstract: A video decoding device includes a demultiplexer which demultiplexes a video bitstream including video data of an encoded slice, Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having first information indicating a leading picture in gradual refresh, and Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having second information indicating segments where a refresh has completed in a current picture; an extractor which extracts the second information from a message which is part of the demultiplexed Supplemental-Enhancement-Information; and a video decoder which decodes image data from the demultiplexed video bitstream by using at least inter prediction, wherein the video decoder starts decoding based on the leading picture in gradual refresh.

Abstract: A video decoding device includes a demultiplexer which demultiplexes Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having information indicating segments where a refresh has completed in a current picture, the segments including an intra-encoded-segment in the current picture, and a video bitstream including video data of an encoded slice; an extractor which extracts the information from a message which is part of the demultiplexed Supplemental-Enhancement-Information; and a video decoder which decodes image data from the demultiplexed video bitstream.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a storage device, and a processor coupled to the storage device and configured to extract, from an input image, an aerosol spectrum across a plurality of wavelength bands of the input image. The storage device contains therein a database storing a plurality of predetermined aerosol spectra, and a plurality of corresponding values associated with an aerosol optical property at the plurality of wavelength bands. The processor is further configured to retrieve, from the database, values associated with the aerosol optical property at the plurality of wavelength bands, the retrieved values corresponding to the extracted aerosol spectrum. The processor is further configured to correct the input image, by using the retrieved values associated with the aerosol optical property at the plurality of wavelength bands, to generate a corrected image.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a storage device, and a processor coupled to the storage device and configured to extract, from an input image, an aerosol spectrum across a plurality of wavelength bands of the input image. The storage device contains therein a database storing a plurality of predetermined aerosol spectra, and a plurality of corresponding values associated with an aerosol optical property at the plurality of wavelength bands. The processor is further configured to retrieve, from the database, values associated with the aerosol optical property at the plurality of wavelength bands, the retrieved values corresponding to the extracted aerosol spectrum. The processor is further configured to correct the input image, by using the retrieved values associated with the aerosol optical property at the plurality of wavelength bands, to generate a corrected image.

Abstract: A video encoder 101 encodes image data of an input moving image based on prediction and generates a video bitstream of encoded pictures. A refresh controller 102 refreshes such that a partial area in the picture is assumed as a unit area to be refreshed and the unit area to be refreshed is moved on a picture-by-picture basis. A display-enabled area encoder 103 encodes a display-enabled area for each picture and generating a display-enabled area information bitstream in refreshing. A multiplexer 104 multiplexes the video bitstream and the display-enabled area information bitstream.

Abstract: A video decoding device includes a demultiplexer which demultiplexes Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having information indicating segments where a refresh has completed in a current picture, the segments including an intra-encoded-segment in the current picture, and a video bitstream including video data of an encoded slice; an extractor which extracts the information from a message which is part of the demultiplexed Supplemental-Enhancement-Information; and a video decoder which decodes image data from the demultiplexed video bitstream.

Abstract: A color reproduction method comprises: inputting a first color gamut and a second color gamut; applying, to the first color gamut, a first color correction in which color adaptation is taken into consideration on a basis of reference white in the first color gamut and the second color gamut and a second color correction for matching basic colors in the first color gamut and the second color gamut with each other; applying, to a first color gamut to which the first color correction and the second color correction are applied, a third color correction for correcting a color that is present in colors outside of the second color gamut to colors on a surface or inside of the second color gamut; and generating color conversion information for converting the first color gamut into the second color gamut.

Abstract: An image processing device comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a color image which is imaged by an imaging unit according to incident light including visible light and near-infrared light; an estimation unit that estimates spectral characteristics of the incident light on the basis of color information about the acquired color image, spectral sensitivity characteristics of the imaging unit, and information obtained by modeling the spectral characteristics of the incident light; and a generation unit that generates a visible image and a near-infrared image on the basis of the estimated spectral characteristics of the incident light and the spectral sensitivity characteristics of the imaging unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video capturing device which enables easy video processing in a visible light region and a near-infrared region while utilizing the configuration of a general video capturing device. This video capturing device is provided with a video data acquisition means for acquiring video data including a periodic pattern of near-infrared light, and a video processing means for acquiring a color signal of a visible light component and a near-infrared signal from the video data on the basis of the periodic pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image capturing device that can easily perform image processing of visible light region and that of near infrared region, while utilizing a general image capturing device structure.

Abstract: In order to properly detect an outbreak of smoke using a photographic image, this detection device is equipped with an extraction unit, a calculation unit, and a detection unit. By using an image analysis result of an input image, that is, a photographic image captured of a scene under surveillance, the extraction unit generates an image for which a noise component is removed from the input image. By using brightness information contained in the generated image, the calculation unit calculates an attenuation factor of reflected light from a captured object in the input image. The detection unit determines whether an outbreak of smoke is present in the scene under surveillance based on the attenuation factor.

Abstract: In order to properly detect an outbreak of smoke using a photographic image, this detection device is equipped with an extraction unit, a calculation unit, and a detection unit. By using an image analysis result of an input image, that is, a photographic image captured of a scene under surveillance, the extraction unit generates an image for which a noise component is removed from the input image. By using brightness information contained in the generated image, the calculation unit calculates an attenuation factor of reflected light from a captured object in the input image. The detection unit determines whether an outbreak of smoke is present in the scene under surveillance based on the attenuation factor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video capturing device which enables easy video processing in a visible light region and a near-infrared region while utilizing the configuration of a general video capturing device. This video capturing device is provided with a video data acquisition means for acquiring video data including a periodic pattern of near-infrared light, and a video processing means for acquiring a color signal of a visible light component and a near-infrared signal from the video data on the basis of the periodic pattern.