Abstract: An information processing apparatus presenting information to an operator operating an image pickup device includes an image-pickup range setting portion setting an image pickup range over which an image can be taken by the image pickup device, a position and orientation calculation portion calculating a position and orientation of the image pickup device by using the image taken by the image pickup device, an evaluation portion evaluating an image pickup situation in the image pickup range, set by the image-pickup range setting portion, on the basis of the position and orientation calculated by the position and orientation calculation portion, and a guide information presentation portion presenting, in accordance with evaluation by the evaluation portion, guide information for guiding an operation of the image pickup device on a display device.

Abstract: Whether a reference map can be changed is determined based on an index for evaluating a user's unlikeliness to notice a change in an appearance of a virtual object in an image captured by a camera, the change occurring when the reference map is changed to another map.

Abstract: A controller learns the degree of variation in the injection amount of fuel injection valves provided for respective cylinders when the fuel injection valves are operated to control the air-fuel ratios of the respective cylinders to be equal to each other. A first advancement requesting process causes the request for the ignition timing to be more advanced when the degree of variation is great than when the degree of variation is small. A second advancement requesting process causes the request for the ignition timing to be more advanced when the torque fluctuation amount of the internal combustion engine is than when the torque fluctuation amount is small. The ignition control process controls the ignition timing in accordance with the request of the more advanced one of the first advancement requesting process and the second advancement requesting process.

Abstract: A misfire detection device includes an electronic control unit that calculates, based on a crank signal, a first component that is a first integer multiple frequency component of a combustion cycle related to a rotation change value and a second component that is a second integer multiple frequency component of the combustion cycle related to the rotation change value. The electronic control unit determines whether the second component has a maximum value or a minimum value in at least one of two phases of a phase where the first component has a maximum value and a phase where the first component has a minimum value. The electronic control unit determines that an interval between compression top dead centers of cylinders has continuous misfire based on a determination result of whether the second component has a maximum value or a minimum value.

Abstract: Whether a reference map can be changed is determined based on an index for evaluating a user's unlikeliness to notice a change in an appearance of a virtual object in an image captured by a camera, the change occurring when the reference map is changed to another map.

Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. From an image capturing apparatus which can move, a captured image of an object is obtained. The position of the image capturing apparatus is derived using the captured image and a three-dimensional map. The three-dimensional map is corrected using information indicating a reliability of: information indicating the three-dimensional position of the feature included in a predefined area in the three-dimensional map held by the holding unit; and information indicating a three-dimensional position of another feature of the object, the information obtained based on the captured image from an expanded area of the predefined area in the three-dimensional map held by the holding unit.

Abstract: A report concerning the contents obtained by interpretation based on a medical image can be efficiently created without any constraints of expression. An information processing apparatus according to this invention includes an image analysis unit which acquires information concerning a region name or disease name based on an analysis result on the input medical image, an input unit which inputs the result obtained by interpreting the medical image as character information, a conversion candidate prediction unit which outputs conversion candidates concerning the input character information, and a display control unit which displays the input character information upon converting the character information into character information selected from the conversion candidates. The apparatus further includes a priority level setting unit which sets priority levels in advance for character information output as the conversion candidates.

Abstract: An electronic control unit of a misfire detection device is configured to calculate first time series data based on a detected angle signal of a rotating shaft and a crank signal of a crankshaft in a connected state, a state where the rotating shaft and the crankshaft are connected. The electronic control unit is configured to generate, in the connected state, second time series data acquired by removing a predetermined frequency component from time series data indicating a rotational behavior of the crankshaft. The electronic control unit is configured to generate third time series data indicating the rotational behavior of the crankshaft by combining the second time series data with the predetermined frequency component based on the first time series data and the second time series data. The electronic control unit is configured to determine presence of misfire in an internal combustion engine based on the third time series data.

Abstract: In order to shorten the time required for a setting operation of features, an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire features used for deriving a positional attitude of an imaging device from an image captured by the imaging device, a setting unit configured to set a plurality of partial regions included in the image as a plurality of candidate regions to which a feature is to be added, an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the plurality of set candidate regions, a determination unit configured to determine a position and/or an orientation of a feature to be newly added based on the plurality of evaluated candidate regions, and an output unit configured to output the determined position and/or the orientation.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has an acquisition unit which acquires a second tomogram related to a first tomogram of an eye to be examined based on position information of an eye fundus of the eye to be examined according to a predetermined rule; and a display control unit which displays the first tomogram and the second tomogram on a display unit.

Abstract: A first limit requesting process limits a dither control process of fuel injection valves in such a manner that the absolute value of the difference between the air-fuel ratios of the cylinders becomes smaller when the degree of variation of the injection amounts of the fuel injection valves provided for respective cylinders is great than when the degree of variation is small. A second limit requesting process limits the dither control process in such a manner that the absolute value is smaller when the torque fluctuation amount of the internal combustion engine is great than when the torque fluctuation amount is small. The limiting process limits the dither control process in accordance with one of requests generated by the first limit requesting process and the second limit requesting process that causes the absolute value to be smaller than the other.

Abstract: A controller learns the degree of variation in the injection amount of fuel injection valves provided for respective cylinders when the fuel injection valves are operated to control the air-fuel ratios of the respective cylinders to be equal to each other. A first advancement requesting process causes the request for the ignition timing to be more advanced when the degree of variation is great than when the degree of variation is small. A second advancement requesting process causes the request for the ignition timing to be more advanced when the torque fluctuation amount of the internal combustion engine is than when the torque fluctuation amount is small. The ignition control process controls the ignition timing in accordance with the request of the more advanced one of the first advancement requesting process and the second advancement requesting process.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus: obtains a feature distribution by calculating a distribution of features, existing in an environment, that can be used to measure a position and orientation of a measurement viewpoint; decides on a feature pattern to be laid out and a layout position of the feature pattern in the environment that enable the obtainment of a feature distribution that enhances an accuracy at which the position and orientation of the measurement viewpoint is calculated; and presents the feature pattern and the layout position of the feature pattern that have been decided on.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire first data and second data, a deriving unit configured to derive gradient data describing a gradient of correspondence data on the basis of the correspondence data describing a correspondence between partial data of the first data and partial data of the second data, and a propagating unit configured to propagate the correspondence data on the basis of the gradient data.

Abstract: A diagnosis support system which performs computer processing of data obtained from an object to be examined and presents the obtained diagnostic information is disclosed. The diagnosis support apparatus includes a diagnosis support processing unit which processes data obtained from the object to extract diagnosis support information, a storage unit which stores the examination history of the object, and a changing unit which changes a processing method in the diagnosis support processing unit in accordance with the examination history of the object stored in the storage unit. In at least one embodiment, diagnosis processing is executed to obtain medical diagnostic information by performing computer processing of data obtained from the object, and the processing method for diagnosis support processing is changed in accordance with the examination history of the object.

Abstract: It is an object to enable a grasping operation to be executed according to a state of an object. The invention provides an information processing apparatus which determines the grasping operation in a grasping unit for grasping the object. The information processing apparatus has: an obtaining unit for obtaining an image acquired by capturing the object; a recognizing unit for recognizing a state of the object from the image obtained by the obtaining unit; and a generating unit for generating information for allowing the grasping unit to execute the grasping operation on the basis of the object state recognized by the recognizing unit and conditions to execute the grasping operation.

Abstract: A supercharging system includes a waste gate valve and an ECU. The ECU is configured to: calculate a first parameter and a second parameter, each of which has a positive correlation with an intake air amount; obtain a first difference by subtracting a first boost pressure from a second boost pressure; obtain a second difference by subtracting the first parameter from the second parameter; obtain a quotient by dividing the first difference by the second difference; and determine that a malfunction occurs in the waste gate valve when the quotient is larger than a threshold value.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises an unit configured to obtain captured images captured at a plurality of positions/orientations; an unit configured to generate a guidance instruction for causing a captured image corresponding to a position/orientation substantially the same as a captured image of a stipulated state to be obtained; an unit configured to output the guidance instruction; an unit configured to determine whether or not one captured image obtained after output of the guidance instruction was captured at a position/orientation substantially the same as the captured image of the stipulated state; and an unit configured to, if the one captured image is determined to be captured at the position/orientation, generate or update a three-dimensional map from three-dimensional coordinates of a feature included in a captured image based on the plurality of captured images including the one captured image.

Abstract: Whether to correct unevenness of brightness of a first image of an object onto which pattern light for three-dimensional shape measurement is projected is determined based on the first image or a second image of the object onto which the pattern light is not projected. If correction is performed, the three-dimensional shape of the object is measured using a corrected image obtained by correcting the unevenness of the brightness of the first image based on the second image; otherwise, the three-dimensional shape of the object is measured using the first image.

Abstract: An abnormality diagnostic device for an engine is provided. The abnormality diagnostic device includes an ECU that is configured to execute a temperature rise process so as to raise a temperature of a catalyst. The ECU is configured to determine whether the engine is in an abnormal state. The ECU is configured to store the following values (i) to (iv) in the abnormal state: (i) a speed of the engine, (ii) a load of the engine, (iii) a coolant temperature, (iv) an execution state indicative of whether the temperature rise process is executed. The ECU is configured to determine whether the engine has recovered from the abnormal state to a normal state based on a current speed of the engine, a current load of the engine, a current coolant temperature, and a current execution state of the temperature rise process.