Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display time acquiring unit that acquires a display time for each predetermined unit region of an image and a compression control unit that controls compression of the image for each unit region based on the display time.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image separation unit, a correction illumination calculation unit, and an output controller. The image separation unit is configured to separate, from a captured image, an image captured in illumination of a measurement light mode in which an illumination intensity distribution is set to a predetermined spatial distribution. The correction illumination calculation unit is configured to calculate an illumination intensity distribution in a correction light mode in which illumination corresponding to an object is provided, based on the image separated in the image separation unit. The output controller is configured to perform output control of illumination light based on the illumination intensity distribution calculated in the correction illumination calculation unit.

Abstract: An image processing device which includes an image selection unit which selects a viewpoint image according to a viewpoint rotation angle from a plurality of viewpoint images having different viewpoints, and an addition processing unit which generates a viewpoint image with a new viewpoint by adding a viewpoint image which is selected in the image selection unit.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for processing images. In an exemplary embodiment, the system receives an image signal comprising a left-image signal representing a left image and a right-image signal representing a right image. The system generates a sum signal by combining the left-image signal and the right-image signal. The system also displays a sum image corresponding to the sum signal, where the displayed image includes a convergence point and a focus point.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects behavior information and biological information of a user as a target; a biological information estimating unit that calculates estimated biological information by applying, to a metabolism model, the behavior information and the biological information detected by the detecting unit; and a suggesting unit that suggests, to the user, a recommended behavior calculated based on the estimated biological information calculated by the biological information estimating unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a two-dimensional orthogonal transform coding data acquisition unit for sequentially acquiring two-dimensional orthogonal transform coding data acquired by transforming three-dimensional orthogonal transform coding data generated from a plurality of images, a two-dimensional orthogonal transform coefficient data generation unit for generating a plurality of pieces of two-dimensional orthogonal transform coefficient data using the plurality of pieces of acquired two-dimensional orthogonal transform coding data, and a three-dimensional transformation unit for encoding three-dimensional orthogonal transform coefficient data acquired by transforming the plurality of pieces of generated two-dimensional orthogonal transform coefficient data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display time acquiring unit that acquires a display time for each predetermined unit region of an image and a compression control unit that controls compression of the image for each unit region based on the display time.

Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling a display panel unit including a display unit having scanning lines and signal lines, a scanning line driving unit for selecting a horizontal line into which signals are written at the time of driving the signal lines by driving one of the scanning lines, and a signal line driving unit for causing the display unit to display an image by driving the signal lines on the basis of an input image signal includes a scanning control unit configured to control the scanning line driving unit so that adjacent scanning lines are simultaneously driven in a horizontal line period in which an image signal of one horizontal line is output and the same pixel value is written into adjacent pixels, and so that combinations of simultaneously driven scanning lines are changed in each period corresponding to a frame period of the input image signal.

Abstract: A pipeline processing system capable of high speed operation and capable of realizing a reduction of power consumption and an information processing apparatus to which this is applied, wherein a decoder/encoder circuit accesses a first memory and a second memory in parallel in accordance with status information at decoding processing to perform decoding processing, stores the data after processing in a tracking memory, then transfers the data stored in the tracking memory to a host apparatus according to a request from the host apparatus, while writes the user data transferred in unit of blocks from the host apparatus in a third memory serving as a tracking buffer to start the encoder processing in the case of the encoding processing, accesses a plurality of memories in parallel in accordance with the status information to perform the encoding processing, and outputs the same to a clock generation circuit.

Abstract: A pipeline processing system and an information processing apparatus not malfunctioning even if there is a pipeline stage in which data is not correctly written, including a plurality of processing circuits for applying predetermined processing to a plurality of data blocks; memories accessed by any circuit of a plurality of processing circuits, encryptor for encrypting the data based on key information set for each series of pipeline processings continuously processed when storing processing results of the circuits in the memories; and decoders for decoding data based on set information used for the encrypting when reading the data encrypted and stored in the memories.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of reducing propagation delay differences and error factors, capable of realizing high precision binarization control, and accordingly capable of realizing high precision reproduction, including a comparator for converting an RF signal to a binarized signal; an edge position measurement unit for measuring the edge position of the binarized signal in a time axis by multi-phase clocks; a jitter measurement unit for measuring the amount of jitter based on the edge position information; an edge interval measurement unit for measuring the edge interval length based on the edge position information; a propagation delay difference control amount calculation unit for controlling propagation delay amount between an input and an output of the comparator by injecting a slice level voltage of the comparator through a DAC based on the measured amount of jitter and edge interval length; and a channel data discrimination unit for reproducing the data corresponding to the channel c

Abstract: This apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor substrates has support disks and holding units holding semiconductor substrates on the support disks. The holding unit has a stopper which is formed of a conductive material and holds the brim of the semiconductor substrate, a stopper holder which supports the stopper at the outer circumferential portion thereof, a retaining member which retains the stopper to the support disk, and a heating unit which heats the stopper.

Abstract: A readout controlling apparatus for controlling reading conditions at the time of reading data coded in units of predetermined code blocks from a recording medium capable of performing error correction at a high reliability even when the playback conditions are poor by calculating an error rate using the number of bytes for which outer code error correction has been completed etc. in the error correction in an error corrector and controlling the reading conditions so that the error rate becomes small.

Abstract: This apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor substrates has support disks and holding units holding semiconductor substrates on the support disks. The holding unit has a stopper which is formed of a conductive material and holds the brim of the semiconductor substrate, a stopper holder which supports the stopper at the outer circumferential portion thereof, a retaining member which retains the stopper to the support disk, and a heating unit which heats the stopper.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disc drive apparatus for recording and reproducing data to and from an optical disc-like storage medium. The apparatus includes a wobble signal generating element for generating a wobble signal representative of information about the wobble detected based on reflected light from the optical disc-like storage medium, and a land/groove detecting element for determining, when the light beam fails to trace a specific track correctly on the storage medium, whether the emitted light beam is located on a land field or in a groove field. The land/groove detecting element further outputs a land/groove detection signal having a waveform inverted depending on whether the light beam is located on the land field or in the groove field.

Abstract: A pipeline processing system capable of high speed operation and capable of realizing a reduction of power consumption and an information processing apparatus to which this is applied, wherein a decoder/encoder circuit accesses a first memory and a second memory in parallel in accordance with status information at decoding processing to perform decoding processing, stores the data after processing in a tracking memory, then transfers the data stored in the tracking memory to a host apparatus according to a request from the host apparatus, while writes the user data transferred in unit of blocks from the host apparatus in a third memory serving as a tracking buffer to start the encoder processing in the case of the encoding processing, accesses a plurality of memories in parallel in accordance with the status information to perform the encoding processing, and outputs the same to a clock generation circuit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of reducing propagation delay differences and error factors, capable of realizing high precision binarization control, and accordingly capable of realizing high precision reproduction, including a comparator for converting an RF signal to a binarized signal; an edge position measurement unit for measuring the edge position of the binarized signal in a time axis by multi-phase clocks; a jitter measurement unit for measuring the amount of jitter based on the edge position information; an edge interval measurement unit for measuring the edge interval length based on the edge position information; a propagation delay difference control amount calculation unit for controlling propagation delay amount between an input and an output of the comparator by injecting a slice level voltage of the comparator through a DAC based on the measured amount of jitter and edge interval length; and a channel data discrimination unit for reproducing the data corresponding to the channel c

Abstract: A pipeline processing system and an information processing apparatus not malfunctioning even if there is a pipeline stage in which data is not correctly written, including a plurality of processing circuits for applying predetermined processing to a plurality of data blocks; memories accessed by any circuit of a plurality of processing circuits, encryptor for encrypting the data based on key information set for each series of pipeline processings continuously processed when storing processing results of the circuits in the memories; and decoders for decoding data based on set information used for the encrypting when reading the data encrypted and stored in the memories.

Abstract: A pipeline processing system capable of high speed operation and capable of realizing a reduction of power consumption and an information processing apparatus to which this is applied, wherein a decoder/encoder circuit accesses a first memory and a second memory in parallel in accordance with status information at decoding processing to perform decoding processing, stores the data after processing in a tracking memory, then transfers the data stored in the tracking memory to a host apparatus according to a request from the host apparatus, while writes the user data transferred in unit of blocks from the host apparatus in a third memory serving as a tracking buffer to start the encoder processing in the case of the encoding processing, accesses a plurality of memories in parallel in accordance with the status information to perform the encoding processing, and outputs the same to a clock generation circuit.

Abstract: A disc drive apparatus for recording or playing back data onto and from an optical-disc recording medium having a plurality of signal surface areas outputting detected information as reflected detection signals with different amplitudes, the disc drive apparatus including: reflected-light quantity detection means for detecting a total quantity of a light reflected by a signal surface of the optical-disc recording medium and outputting a reflected-light quantity detection signal representing the total quantity; integration means for integrating the reflected-light quantity detection signal and providing an integration output representing a result of integration of the reflected-light quantity detection signal; and identification-signal generation means for comparing the level of the reflected-light quantity detection signal with the level of the integration output used as a threshold value and for outputting an identification signal identifying a specific signal surface area among the signal surface areas as a