Abstract: Provided is an image processing device for sorting frames included in one moving image into different channels, the frames included in the moving image being a mixture of frames belonging to the different channels. The image processing device includes an automatic sorting unit and a re-sorting unit. The automatic sorting unit calculates a similarity degree of the plurality of frames included in the moving image by performing image processing on the frames, and sorts the plurality of frames into the plurality of channels based on the similarity degree. The re-sorting unit accepts, from a user, an association operation of individually associating at least one non-sorted frame, which is not automatically sorted by the automatic sorting unit, with any of the plurality of channels, and individually sorts the non-sorted frame to any of the plurality of channels based on content of the association operation.

Abstract: Frequency-divided clock generating section generates a frequency-divided clock having a predetermined driving frequency by dividing a base clock having a base frequency based on a set frequency-division ratio. Division-ratio calculating section calculates a real number ratio of the driving frequency relative to the base frequency and sets a rounded frequency-division ratio by rounding the real number ratio as the frequency-division ratio while calculating a rounding error. Accumulated error calculating section adds the rounding error to an accumulated error when frequency-divided clock generating section generates a frequency-divided pulse which is a one cycle of frequency-divided clock.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus for detecting a moving object in a moving image includes a background generation unit configured to generate a background image of the moving image while updating the background image over time. The background generation unit includes a model derivation unit configured to derive a mixed distribution model having one or more distribution models for each pixel of interest, and a background value derivation unit configured to derive one or more background pixel values respectively corresponding to the one or more distribution models. The model derivation unit is configured to generate a new distribution model from pixel values of a plurality of pixels within a local region containing the pixel of interest in a first frame, and update the existing distribution model using a pixel value of the pixel of interest in a second frame that is different from the first frame.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including an image processing unit and configured to generate an enlarged image of an original image. The image processing unit is configured to generate the enlarged image by sequentially and repeatedly executing an edge-enhancement and enlargement process on the original image. The edge-enhancement and enlargement process is a process for enhancing edges in an image while enlarging the image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a first image processing unit and a second image processing unit. The first image processing unit is configured to calculate a parameter for image processing based on a first image, but not based on a second image, and execute the image processing on the first image using the parameter. The second image processing unit is configured to execute the image processing on the second image using the parameter.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a dispersion calculation portion, an ? deriving portion, and a filtering portion, and eliminates mosquito noise from a digitally compressed image having a plurality of color components. The dispersion calculation portion is configured to calculate, for each of the color components of each pixel contained in the digitally compressed image, a dispersion of pixel values of a plurality of pixels contained in a first region in which that pixel serves as a representative pixel. The ? deriving portion is configured to derive, for each pixel contained in the digitally compressed image, a greatest value of the plurality of dispersions that respectively correspond to the plurality of color components of that pixel, or a corrected value of the greatest value, as an ? value of an ? filter for that pixel. The filtering portion is configured to apply the ? filter to the digitally compressed image.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus for detecting a moving object in a moving image includes a background generation unit configured to generate a background image of the moving image while updating the background image over time. The background generation unit includes a model derivation unit configured to derive a mixed distribution model having one or more distribution models for each pixel of interest, and a background value derivation unit configured to derive one or more background pixel values respectively corresponding to the one or more distribution models. The model derivation unit is configured to generate a new distribution model from pixel values of a plurality of pixels within a local region containing the pixel of interest in a first frame, and update the existing distribution model using a pixel value of the pixel of interest in a second frame that is different from the first frame.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit to acquire captured image of a watching target person and a target object as a reference for a behavior, the captured image containing depth information indicating depths per pixel, a foreground area extracting unit to extract a foreground area on the basis of a difference between a foreground image and the captured image, the foreground image being set to contain a depth of the foreground and a behavior presuming unit to presume the behavior about the target object by determining whether a positional relationship between the foreground area and the target object area satisfies a predetermined condition or not on the basis of referring to the depths of the pixels in the foreground area based on the depth information, the condition being set on the assumption that the extracted foreground area is related to the behavior.

Abstract: Provided is a monitoring apparatus in which the installation position of an imaging unit is not restricted, settings can be easily changed, and it is possible to accurately analyze behavior of a monitoring target. The present invention is a monitoring apparatus for monitoring behavior of a monitoring target, and includes an imaging unit; a display unit that displays the monitoring target imaged by the imaging unit in real time and displays a marker for specifying the position of the monitoring target; a first input unit that receives input of an installation position of the imaging unit relative to the monitoring target; a first storage unit storing monitoring environment data that defines, in advance, an environment around the monitoring target that is to be imaged by the imaging unit, in accordance with the installation position.

Abstract: An operation control system according to one aspect of the invention is disclosed, which includes: a wireless communication apparatus carried by a user; a receiving apparatus receiving information transmitted from the wireless communication apparatus; and an information processing apparatus controlling a control target apparatus, specifying a communication status of the wireless communication apparatus by determining if the receiving apparatus receives the information from the wireless communication apparatus, and controlling an operation status of the control target apparatus based on specified communication status.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is disclosed, which includes: an image acquiring unit acquiring moving images captured by a camera for watching a behavior of a watching target person on a bed or in the vicinity thereof; an image processing unit obtaining an optical flow within the moving images; and a behavior presuming unit, when detecting a moving-object based on the optical flow, assuming that the detected moving-object corresponds to the watching target person and presuming the behavior of the watching target person on the bed or in the vicinity thereof based on a position and a moving direction of the moving-object.

Abstract: The inventive apparatus includes a driving clock generating section generating a driving clock having a driving frequency and driving a pulsed motor based on an inputted base clock having a base frequency; wherein in a predetermined period. The driving clock generating section operates in a through-output mode in which the base clock is outputted as the driving clock and in an idle mode in which during an idle period a stationary signal not including any pulse is outputted as the driving clock. The idle period is configured such that an average frequency of the driving clock during the predetermined period is equal to the driving frequency.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a selection unit, a registration unit, a re-selection unit, and a frame processing unit. The selection unit allows a user to select any segment on a timeline of a video. The registration unit receives a registration instruction from the user and executes registration processing for registering the segment that is currently selected on the timeline. The re-selection unit allows the user to select the registered segment. The frame processing unit executes image processing, export processing, or print processing on a frame group belonging to the segment that is currently selected on the timeline.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is disclosed, which includes an image acquiring unit acquiring moving images captured as images of a watching target person and a target object as a reference for the behavior thereof, a moving object detecting unit detecting a moving-object area with a motion occurring from the moving images, and a behavior presuming unit presuming a behavior of the watching target person about the target object corresponding to a positional relationship between a target object area set within the moving images and the detected moving-object area.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a storage unit having a first storage area and a second storage area, as well as an output processing unit, a record storage unit, and a display control unit. The output processing unit executes output processing for exporting and/or printing on one or more frames selected by a user from a video stored in the first storage area. The record storage unit stores, in the second storage area, a record of the output processing that includes an identifier for each frame that was subjected to the output processing. The display control unit references the second storage area and displays a record screen for displaying the record of the output processing.

Abstract: A frequency-divided clock generating section 4 generates a frequency-divided clock having a predetermined driving frequency by dividing a base clock having a base frequency based on a set frequency-division ratio. A division-ratio calculating section 2 calculates a real number ratio of the driving frequency relative to the base frequency and sets a rounded frequency-division ratio obtained by rounding the real number ratio as the frequency-division ratio and calculates a rounding error in the rounding of the real number ratio. An accumulated error calculating section 3 adds the rounding error to an accumulated error when the frequency-divided clock generating section 4 generates a frequency-divided pulse which is a one cycle of frequency-divided clock.

Abstract: A watching system according to one aspect of the invention is disclosed, which includes a plurality of wireless communication tags attached to a watching target person with a behavior being watched, a receiving apparatus installed in a position as a reference for presuming the behavior of the watching target person and receiving information transmitted from the wireless communication tags, and an information processing apparatus specifying communication statuses of the wireless communication tags by determining whether the receiving apparatus can receive the information transmitted from the wireless communication tags and presuming the behavior of the watching target person attached with the wireless communication tags on the basis of the specified communication statuses of the wireless communication tags.

Abstract: An LED drive circuit that can increase the amount of light with a compact structure. This circuit includes series-connected LEDs, first and second DC power supplies connected in series so as to apply a forward bias to the LEDs, a coil that is series-connected with the LEDs and can accumulate energy from current generated by the DC power supplies, a rectifying element whose cathode is connected between the DC power supplies, a transfer switching element connected to the anode of the rectifying element, and a control apparatus for controlling the transfer switching element. A first closed circuit is formed by the LEDs, the DC power supplies, and the coil when the transfer switching element is switched on by the control apparatus, and a second closed circuit is formed by the LEDs, the second DC power supply, the coil, and the rectifying element when the transfer switching element is switched off.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes a group creation unit and a group adjustment unit. The group creation unit automatically creates a frame group that includes multiple frames that are a portion of the video and have undergone position adjustment with respect to one another such that the target object images overlap one another. The group adjustment unit receives, from a user, a designation of a group adjustment amount that is a position adjustment amount for the frame group, and performs position adjustment on the frames included in the frame group in accordance with the group adjustment amount. Note that automatically creating the frame group here means that rather than receiving a designation of a position adjustment amount from the user, the image processing apparatus automatically creates a frame group in accordance with a predetermined algorithm.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that can be connected to a display device and removes blurring from a first-order image is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a generation unit, a display control unit, and a selection reception unit. The generation unit generates multiple I-th order intermediate images by performing blur correction in multiple blur directions on an I-th order image. The display control unit causes the multiple I-th order intermediate images to be displayed on the display device. The selection reception unit allows the user to select an (I+1)-th order image from among the displayed multiple I-th order intermediate images as a corrected image whose blurring has been reduced more than in the I-th order image. The generation unit, the display control unit, and the selection reception unit execute the above processing in order with respect to I=1, 2, . . . , K (K being a natural number).