Abstract: A control device includes a computation section that computes information related to an effect of radiation received by a rover based on error information of a processing device provided to the rover, and a control section that performs control so as to reduce the effect of radiation received by the rover based on the information related to an effect of radiation computed by the computation section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires which is excellent in performance on ice, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. Included is a rubber composition for tires, containing: a rubber component; a farnesene polymer; and a carbon black having a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption specific surface area of 140 m2/g or more and a ratio (CTAB/IA) of the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption specific surface area (CTAB) to an iodine adsorption number (IA) of 1.10 or higher.

Abstract: An image processing method for correcting pixel values of each pixel constituting color image data by shifting, in a coordinate system, a mathematical correction function defining correction values for input values.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for correcting red eye phenomenon in a photographic image is disclosed. The apparatus includes a fog degree calculating section for calculating a degree of red fog present in a face area, based on values of pixels included in the face area selected from the photographic image, a red eye correction degree determining section for determining a red eye correction degree based on the determined fog degree, a pupil area extracting section for extracting a pupil area from the face area, and a red eye correcting section for effecting a red eye correction on the pupil area based on the determined red eye correction degree.

Abstract: An image noise reducing method that can properly reduce both block noise and mosquito noise without deterioration of the image quality is provided. The method includes creating a first luminance component image data with the boundaries of the blocks thereof smoothened, creating a second luminance component image data with its entirety smoothened from the first luminance component image data, creating edge image data by subtracting the second luminance component image data from the first luminance component image data, creating corrected edge image data by applying correction to the edge image data under given conditions, and creating third luminance component image data by adding the corrected edge image data to the second luminance component image data. For color-difference component image data, first color-difference component image data with its entirety smoothened is created from the color-difference component image data.

Abstract: An image noise reducing method that can properly reduce CCD noise which emerges in an image imported from a digital camera is provided. The method includes applying a first filtering step to luminance component image data of the image with each pixel of the luminance component image data being designated as a target pixel, thereby creating luminance component image data with its entirety smoothened, and applying a second filtering step to color-difference component image data of the image with each pixel of the color-difference component image data being designated as a target pixel, thereby creating color-difference component image data with its entirety smoothened.

Abstract: A photographic image processing apparatus (4), which generates photograph prints in a predetermined order based upon inputted print order information, and outputs the photograph prints, is provided with a photographic image distinction unit (36) which distinguishes whether or not any non-clothed portrait image is included in frame image data included in the print order information, and an informing unit (37) which, when it is distinguished by the photographic image distinction unit (36) that a non-clothed portrait image is included, directs an operator's attention to the print order information; thus, the photographic image processing apparatus (4) enables the operator to carry out with the eyes the distinction without any difficulty and without causing lowering of production efficiency of the photograph prints, while automatically distinguishing whether or not any non-clothed portrait image is included in the frame images included in the print order information.

Abstract: A photographic image processing apparatus, which detects a skin domain appropriately by using a simple method, and automatically distinguishes whether or not it corresponds to a harmful image, is provided with a face information extraction unit (41) which detects a face domain of a person from inputted color image data so that color difference data of the skin is extracted from the face domain, a skin domain detecting unit (42) which detects an area that is correlated with the color difference data of the skin as a skin domain from the color image data, a domain distinction unit (43) which distinguishes domain continuity between the face domain and the skin domain, and an image distinction unit (45) which calculates the ratio of areas between the face domain and the skin domain that are distinguished as a continuous domain by the domain distinction unit (43), so that based upon the ratio of the areas, it is distinguished whether or not any non-clothed portrait image is included in the color image data.

Abstract: A photographic image processing apparatus, which detects a skin domain appropriately using a simple method, and distinguishes automatically whether it is a harmful image, is provided with a photographic image distinction unit (36) that includes a face information extraction unit (41) which detects a person's face domain from inputted color image data and extracts color difference data of the skin of the face domain, a skin domain detecting unit (42) which detects a domain correlated with the color difference data of the skin from the color image data as a skin domain, a domain distinction unit (43) which distinguishes the domain continuity between the face domain and the skin domain, and an image distinction unit (45) which calculates the area ratio between the face domain and the skin domain distinguished by the domain distinction unit (43) as a continuous domain and distinguishes whether or not the color image data includes any non-clothed portrait image based upon the area ratio.

Abstract: A picture image processing apparatus is provided with a hue calculating portion for calculating a hue pixel by pixel based on RGB data, a first sampling portion for sampling pixels having a hue corresponding to a skin color from the RGB data, a first characteristic quantity calculating portion for calculating a first characteristic quantity representing a characteristic of the RGB data of the pixels, a second sampling portion for sampling the pixels located in a central part of an image area, a second characteristic quantity calculating portion for calculating a second characteristic quantity representing the RGB data of the pixels sampled by the second sampling portion, a correction amount calculating portion for calculating a density correction amount using the first and second characteristic quantities, and a density correcting portion for correcting the density of the RGB data. The density of a main subject in the image can be properly corrected.

Abstract: There is disclosed a photographic image processing apparatus for effecting image processing on inputted photographic image data though a plurality of image correcting modules and generating print data for outputting a photographic print. The apparatus includes a pre-judge screen making section for making a pre-judge screen for displaying the plurality of photographic images one after another, a photographic image selecting section for selecting a particular photographic image from the photographic images displayed on the pre-judge screen, a photographic scene allocating section for allocating a photographic scene to each selected photographic image, and an image correction module setting section for setting at least one of the plurality of image correcting modules to be used for the photographic scene allocated by the photographic scene allocating section.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for correcting red eye phenomenon in a photographic image is disclosed. The apparatus includes a fog degree calculating section for calculating a degree of red fog present in a face area, based on values of pixels included in the face area selected from the photographic image, a red eye correction degree determining section for determining a red eye correction degree based on the determined fog degree, a pupil area extracting section for extracting a pupil area from the face area, and a red eye correcting section for effecting a red eye correction on the pupil area based on the determined red eye correction degree.

Abstract: An image noise reducing method that can properly reduce CCD noise which emerges in an image imported from a digital camera is provided.

Abstract: An image noise reducing method that can properly reduce both block noise and mosquito noise without deterioration of the image quality is provided. The method includes creating a first luminance component image data with the boundaries of the blocks thereof smoothened, creating a second luminance component image data with its entirety smoothened from the first luminance component image data, creating edge image data by subtracting the second luminance component image data from the first luminance component image data, creating corrected edge image data by applying correction to the edge image data under given conditions, and creating third luminance component image data by adding the corrected edge image data to the second luminance component image data. For color-difference component image data, first color-difference component image data with its entirety smoothened is created from the color-difference component image data.

Abstract: An image processing method for correcting pixel values of each pixel constituting color image data by shifting, in a coordinate system, a mathematical correction function defining correction values for input values.

Abstract: A picture image processing apparatus is provided with a hue calculating portion for calculating a hue pixel by pixel based on a RGB data, a first sampling portion for sampling pixels having a hue corresponding to a skin color from the RGB data, a first characteristic quantity calculating portion for calculating a first characteristic quantity representing a characteristic of the RGB data of the pixels sampled by the first sampling portion, a second sampling portion for sampling the pixels located in a central part of an image area, a second characteristic quantity calculating portion for calculating a second characteristic quantity representing a characteristic of the RGB data of the pixels sampled by the second sampling portion, a correction amount calculating portion for calculating a density correction amount using the first and second characteristic quantities, and a density correcting portion for correcting the density of the RGB data using the density correction amount.

Abstract: A method of inspecting cleanliness of top sliber. The method classifies detected defects into pillwise defects and vegetal defects by introducing roundness, slenderness, gradation, dispersion, area, shape, gradation ratio, and length discernment against image signals of inspected top slibers picked up by an image sensor. An apparatus for inspecting cleanliness of top sliders is utilized. The apparatus initially picks up an image of uniformly spread top slibers conveyed to the apparatus and then processes the image signal with an image processing unit provided therefor. The method involves classifying defects on the top sliber into pillwise defects and vegetal defects in the top sliber based on the generated image signal.