Abstract: A robot system includes a robot body, a camera mounted on the robot body and capable of photographing a work piece; and a control device for driving and controlling the robot body based on a trajectory to an instruction point, which is set in advance, and, when the camera arrives at an area in which the camera is capable of photographing the work piece during this driving and controlling, driving and controlling the robot body so that the camera moves linearly toward the work piece, taking an image of the work piece with the camera while the camera is moving linearly, and measuring a position of the work piece from the taken image.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first memory section that has memory areas equivalent to data of k1 rows of an image and stores data of at least two adjoining pixels in each of the memory areas; a second memory section that has memory areas equivalent to data of k2 rows of the image and stores data of at least two adjoining pixels in a row different from pixels of which data is stored in the first memory section in each of the memory areas; and a correction section that corrects data of an object pixel, out of pixels of r rows×c columns, using data of a plurality of pixels stored in a memory area corresponding to a position designated by an offset vector corresponding to the object pixel in the first and second memory sections.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a memory section that has memory areas equivalent to data of k rows of an image; a correction section that corrects data of a given pixel belonging to a row designated by a first counter, out of data stored in the memory section, using data of a pixel in a position designated by an offset vector corresponding to the given pixel; an output section that outputs data corrected by the correction section; and a write section that writes data, out of the image, of a row designated by the second counter into a corresponding memory area of the memory section.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first memory section that has memory areas equivalent to data of k1 rows of an image and stores data of at least two adjoining pixels in each of the memory areas; a second memory section that has memory areas equivalent to data of k2 rows of the image and stores data of at least two adjoining pixels in a row different from pixels of which data is stored in the first memory section in each of the memory areas; and a correction section that corrects data of an object pixel, out of pixels of r rows×c columns, using data of a plurality of pixels stored in a memory area corresponding to a position designated by an offset vector corresponding to the object pixel in the first and second memory sections.

Abstract: An image of a work is formed such that the image moves in a fixed direction across an image sensing area of an image sensor. The image of the work is captured by the image sensor when it is at an image capture position, and image data thereof is output in a predetermined output format. The image sensor has an extraction area having a small image size or a small pixel density and is located on a side of an image sensing area of the image sensor from which the moving object enters the image sensing area. When it is detected in this extraction area that the object has arrived at a preliminary detection position located before the image capture position, the mode of the image sensor is switched such that image data is output in the output format, and the image data is output in this output format.

Abstract: A method for calibrating an image processing device performs first processing to first image data, using a three-dimensional lookup table, and performing second processing to image data that has been processed by the first processing, using a one-dimensional lookup table on the output side of the three-dimensional lookup table. The method includes first setting step for setting first calibration information for each color component to have a target color temperature at the one-dimensional lookup table, second setting step for setting second calibration information for mapping the first image data to a target color space at the three-dimensional lookup table, and correction step for correcting the first calibration information based on an error from a target characteristic using image data that has been processed by the second processing.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot body, a camera mounted on the robot body and capable of photographing a work piece; and a control device for driving and controlling the robot body based on a trajectory to an instruction point, which is set in advance, and, when the camera arrives at an area in which the camera is capable of photographing the work piece during this driving and controlling, driving and controlling the robot body so that the camera moves linearly toward the work piece, taking an image of the work piece with the camera while the camera is moving linearly, and measuring a position of the work piece from the taken image.

Abstract: A method for calibrating an image processing device performs first processing to first image data, using a three-dimensional lookup table, and performing second processing to image data that has been processed by the first processing, using a one-dimensional lookup table on the output side of the three-dimensional lookup table. The method includes first setting step for setting first calibration information for each color component to have a target color temperature at the one-dimensional lookup table, second setting step for setting second calibration information for mapping the first image data to a target color space at the three-dimensional lookup table, and correction step for correcting the first calibration information based on an error from a target characteristic using image data that has been processed by the second processing.

Abstract: There are provided a three-dimensional measurement apparatus capable of speeding up image processing, and a robot system including the same.

Abstract: A marker is provided on a support member. A marker position detector detects a specific position of the marker from an image obtained by capturing an object to be measured and the marker by an image sensor. A shift amount calculator obtains a difference between a reference position of the specific position stored in a memory and the detected position, and calculates a shift amount of the image. A correction amount calculator obtains a correction amount, which cancels the calculated shift amount. An image corrector corrects the image with the obtained correction amount, thus obtaining the image with the distortion corrected. A measure measures a picture of the object to be measured by using the image with the distortion corrected. Accordingly, the distortion of the image is corrected with ease with respect to a relative movement between the object to be measured and the image sensor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for ocular topical administration for treating ocular hypertension and glaucoma, comprising latanoprost as an active ingredient, and (a) a polyol and/or sugar alcohol, (b) a nonionic surface active agent, and (c) an edetic acid compound. The composition of the present invention comprises lower amount of preservatives such as benzalkonium chloride comparative to the conventional product and therefore, can reduce incidence of the adverse side effects caused by the preservatives. In addition, the composition of the present invention can be stored stably at room temperatures for a long term.

Abstract: A field of view available for stereo measurement is expanded using a field of view other than a common field of view. To this end, a plane (plane e) including a corresponding point (xa) on a sensor plane of a first camera, which corresponds to a feature point (X), a focal position (F1) of the first camera, and a focal position (F2) of the second camera is calculated; a first line (straight line E) that is a line of intersection of the plane (plane e) and a plane including a sensor plane of the second camera is calculated; a second line (straight line G) including a corresponding point group on the sensor plane of the second camera, which corresponds to a feature point group, is calculated; an intersection of the first and second lines is calculated as a corresponding point (xb) on the plane including the sensor plane of the second camera, which corresponds to the feature point (X); and three-dimensional coordinates of the feature point (X) are calculated based on the corresponding points (xa, xb).

Abstract: An automatic-tracking camera apparatus which is capable of realizing continuous and smooth driving and obtaining an image with little position variation of a tracking target from a target position within the image and with little blur. The position of a camera body is changed by a gimbal device. The speed of a tracking target object at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body is predicted. The gimbal device is controlled so that the camera body reaches the position indicated by a position instruction value generated for the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body, at the next-after-next start timing, and the speed of the camera body at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body corresponds to the speed predicted for the next-after-next timing of image acquisition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a crystal of glutathione having an average width of 7 to 40 ?m and an average particle diameter of 10 to 60 ?m, preferably having an angle of repose of 53 degree or less, more preferably having a crude specific volume of 5.0 cm3/g or less, still more preferably in the form of an alpha-form crystal. Also disclosed is a tablet containing such a crystal of glutathione. Further disclosed is a process for producing such a crystal of glutathione.

Abstract: In an image capturing apparatus, a video input unit (2) captures the image of an object and sequentially acquires image data associated with the image capturing, a model data memory (6) stores model data associated with the first feature quantity calculated from a feature point of the object in a model image, a principal object detection unit (3) calculates the second feature quantity from a feature point of the object in the acquired image data, a state change estimation unit (4) estimates, on the basis of the second feature quantity and the model data, the timing when the object satisfies a predetermined condition, and an image input processing control unit (7) stores the image data corresponding to the estimated timing in an image recording unit (5). This configuration makes the image capturing apparatus acquire an image in a more proper state without large-capacity memory.

Abstract: An automatic-tracking camera apparatus which is capable of realizing continuous and smooth driving and obtaining an image with little position variation of a tracking target from a target position within the image and with little blur. The position of a camera body is changed by a gimbal device. The speed of a tracking target object at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body is predicted. The gimbal device is controlled so that the camera body reaches the position indicated by a position instruction value generated for the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body, at the next-after-next start timing, and the speed of the camera body at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body corresponds to the speed predicted for the next-after-next timing of image acquisition.

Abstract: An image pickup system capable of obtaining images to be observed without giving a sense of discomfort to an observer, while moving as fast as possible. The image pickup system comprises an image pickup device, and a drive section arranged to rotate the image pickup device in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, respectively. A directive is issued on a rotation target angle of the image pickup device associated with the first direction and a rotation target angle of the image pickup device associated with the second direction. A component higher than a specified cut-off frequency in a command signal associated with the first direction entered from the command section is cut. A component higher than a specified cut-off frequency in a command signal associated with the second direction entered from the command section is cut.

Abstract: In an image capturing apparatus, a video input unit (2) captures the image of an object and sequentially acquires image data associated with the image capturing, a model data memory (6) stores model data associated with the first feature quantity calculated from a feature point of the object in a model image, a principal object detection unit (3) calculates the second feature quantity from a feature point of the object in the acquired image data, a state change estimation unit (4) estimates, on the basis of the second feature quantity and the model data, the timing when the object satisfies a predetermined condition, and an image input processing control unit (7) stores the image data corresponding to the estimated timing in an image recording unit (5). This configuration makes the image capturing apparatus acquire an image in a more proper state without large-capacity memory.

Abstract: In an image capturing apparatus, a video input unit (2) captures the image of an object and sequentially acquires image data associated with the image capturing, a model data memory (6) stores model data associated with the first feature quantity calculated from a feature point of the object in a model image, a principal object detection unit (3) calculates the second feature quantity from a feature point of the object in the acquired image data, a state change estimation unit (4) estimates, on the basis of the second feature quantity and the model data, the timing when the object satisfies a predetermined condition, and an image input processing control unit (7) stores the image data corresponding to the estimated timing in an image recording unit (5). This configuration makes the image capturing apparatus acquire an image in a more proper state without large-capacity memory.

Abstract: Disclosed is a crystal of glutathione having an average width of 7 to 40 ?m and an average particle diameter of 10 to 60 ?m, preferably having an angle of repose of 53 degree or less, more preferably having a crude specific volume of 5.0 cm3/g or less, still more preferably in the form of an alpha-form crystal. Also disclosed is a tablet containing such a crystal of glutathione. Further disclosed is a process for producing such a crystal of glutathione.