Abstract: A recognition and positioning device includes a CV video obtaining unit that generates a CV video by adding a CV value to an object video, an object designation unit that designates a recognition target object captured throughout a plurality of frames of the CV video, a consecutive frame machine learning unit that repetitively executes a recognition process through machine learning, a three-dimensional coordinate computation and object coordinate assigning unit that associates recognized objects over the frames of the CV video, identifies the objects having matched coordinates of the captured objects in corresponding frames, and assigns three-dimensional position coordinates to the objects, and a coordinate assigning and recognition output unit that assigns the three-dimensional coordinates to the objects about which a predetermined recognition certainty degree and a three-dimensional coordinate accuracy are obtained, by repeating recognition of the object and assigning of the three-dimensional position coord

Abstract: In the invention, a CV (camera vector) video acquisition unit generates a CV video obtained by adding a CV value to a target video on which a CV calculation is performed to obtain the CV value representing three-dimensional coordinate values of a camera position and posture of the target video. A virtual three-dimensional space disposition unit disposes, in a virtual space, a plurality of CV-value-added CV videos in accordance with the three-dimensional coordinates. A viewpoint movement path image selection unit selects, from among the plurality of CV videos, a plurality of image frames closest to scheduled viewpoint movement coordinates in a suitable interval. A starting point/ending point continuous image display unit converts a viewpoint direction and a viewpoint movement direction of the plurality of image frames to match a scheduled direction, and sequentially combines the plurality of image frames to generate a continuous image.

Abstract: A highlight suppression image pickup apparatus includes a camera part provided with a lens optical system, an active filter part which is disposed in the vicinity of a focal plane of the camera part and which can control the amount of transmitted light, a light sensing device which senses a light transmission amount of the active filter part, and highlight suppression signal producing parts which produce a highlight suppression signal which controls the light transmission amount of the active filter part such that the amount of light sensed by the light sensing device becomes a predetermined reference value. The highlight suppression signal which controls the light transmission amount of the active filter part is output an image signal.

Abstract: Under an internet environment, video images of actual roads, stores or the like are distributed, an arbitrary tag can be attached to the video images or information can be written in them and further a plurality of layers are set to the video images in the same area. An administrator device (200) stores a CV video image obtained by adding, to a video image of an arbitrary object area, a CV value indicating three-dimensional values of camera positions and attitudes during shooting, stores a CV tag which is displayed in a synthesized manner at an arbitrary designated position in the CV video image, generates a plurality of layers to be overlapped with the CV video image and having the same coordinate system as that of the CV video image, and stores the generated layers in association with the corresponding CV video images.

Abstract: There is provided an automatic guide apparatus for traffic facilities capable of automatically recognizing the circumstances around the traffic facilities for motor vehicles or the like which change momentarily to automatically guide the operating route of the road or the like. In the automatic guide apparatus for traffic facilities 1, image data, voice data or the like in connection with the circumstances around the traffic facilities to be operated obtained by the input device 2 are compared with image data, voice data or the like stored in advance in a database by the comparison device 4. Where the results obtained by comparing the image data, voice data or the like are coincided, the contents of the data are recognized by the recognition device 5, and the recognized results are informed to an operator or the like in a letter or character, an image, a voice or the like by the output device 6.

Abstract: A highlight suppression image pickup apparatus includes a camera part provided with a lens optical system, an active filter part which is disposed in the vicinity of a focal plane of the camera part and which can control the amount of transmitted light, a light sensing device which senses a light transmission amount of the active filter part, and highlight suppression signal producing parts which produce a highlight suppression signal which controls the light transmission amount of the active filter part such that the amount of light sensed by the light sensing device becomes a predetermined reference value. The highlight suppression signal which controls the light transmission amount of the active filter part is output an image signal.

Abstract: A highlight suppression image pickup apparatus optically and electronically removes a highlight portion of an image before light reaches an imaging element, thereby obtaining a high-quality image.

Abstract: An information converting system includes: a database (300) in which attribute data including three-dimensional shape data of parts modeled on various objects and identification codes are registered; a comparison part generating unit (400) for generating part information for comparison from the attribute data for each of the parts; an input unit (100) for obtaining an input image including an object image; a comparison information generating unit (200) for performing an imaging process on the input image to thereby generate image information for comparison in which information of the object image is not clipped; and a specifying unit (500) for retrieving a part corresponding to the part information for comparison from the image information for comparison, recognizing the corresponding portion in the image information for comparison as an object image, and specifying a part having the part information for comparison as a part corresponding to the object image.