Abstract: A press system and a control method of the press system that can automatically set a timing for coordinating a press machine and a feeding device. A leveler feeder includes feed rolls that convey a coil material to the press machine in a closed state in which the coil material is clamped, and are brought into an open state in which the coil material is released when stamping by the press machine is started. The press machine includes a sensor for detecting a load F at a time of the stamping, a pilot pin that is inserted into a hole pierced in the coil material for positioning at a time of the stamping, and a controller for controlling the leveler feeder and the press machine so as to perform the stamping in coordination with each other. The controller determines a release start timing Tos (a position Ps+L) at which the feed rolls are switched from the closed state to the open state based on a result of detecting by the sensor as well as a length L of the pilot pin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a surface material for an automobile internal trim panel consisting of a fiber sheet, wherein the fiber sheet contains an oil repellent and substantially consists of non-water absorbent fibers; an oil repellency of at least one surface of the surface material is grade 1 or more in an evaluation by an AATCC Test Method 118-1997; and a grade of the oil repellency of one surface of the surface material is different from that of the other surface thereof. Further, an automobile internal trim panel comprising the same is also disclosed.

Abstract: In an automatic camera calibration method in a system comprising a plurality of cameras, the automatic camera calibration method is characterized in that for each of the cameras, the estimated values of the position and posture of the camera are updated on the basis of observation information shared with the surrounding cameras and the estimated values of the respective current positions and postures of the surrounding cameras. An example of the observation information is the two-dimensional coordinate value of an image to be observed on an image plane of the camera and the size of the image to be observed.

Abstract: Geometrical structures of a human image and a background image picked up by a camera are extracted as difference in pixel value distributions, a statistical model of the appearance of the human image is first constructed to find a discrimination axis, the model is compared with an input image, a score is calculated based on the discrimination axis of the model and a distance value vector of the input image, and when the score exceeds a threshold value, it is determined that a human figure is detected. Thus, highly efficient recognition is possible using a small number of models.

Abstract: A base material for an automobile interior material and manufacturing method for same are provided. The base material for an automobile interior material is continuously accumulated in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction in a state that two or more kinds of base-material constituting fibers including heat adhesive staple fibers are oriented in the thickness direction. The base material includes a fibrous layer formed by a fibrous web in which the base-material constituting fibers are mutually entangled, and a thermoplastic resin sheet layer laminated on at least one of principal surfaces of the fibrous layer.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabrics-laminate comprising a rigid layer of an entanglement-based nonwoven fabric and a bulky layer of a bulky nonwoven fabric having an apparent density lower than that of the rigid layer; an average of a longitudinal tensile strength and a transverse tensile strength of a merely-entangled nonwoven fabric from which the entanglement-based nonwoven fabric is derived being not less than 150 N/50 mm width is disclosed. An automotive internal trim panel into which the nonwoven fabrics-laminate is shaped is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a surface material for an automobile internal trim panel consisting of a fiber sheet, wherein the fiber sheet contains an oil repellent and substantially consists of non-water absorbent fibers; an oil repellency of at least one surface of the surface material is grade 1 or more in an evaluation by an AATCC Test Method 118-1997; and a grade of the oil repellency of one surface of the surface material is different from that of the other surface thereof. Further, an automobile internal trim panel comprising the same is also disclosed.

Abstract: In an automatic camera calibration method in a system comprising a plurality of cameras, the automatic camera calibration method is characterized in that for each of the cameras, the estimated values of the position and posture of the camera are updated on the basis of observation information shared with the surrounding cameras and the estimated values of the respective current positions and postures of the surrounding cameras. An example of the observation information is the two-dimensional coordinate value of an image to be observed on an image plane of the camera and the size of the image to be observed.

Abstract: Geometrical structures of a human image and a background image picked up by a camera are extracted as difference in pixel value distributions, a statistical model of the appearance of the human image is first constructed to find a discrimination axis, the model is compared with an input image, a score is calculated based on the discrimination axis of the model and a distance value vector of the input image, and when the score exceeds a threshold value, it is determined that a human figure is detected. Thus, highly efficient recognition is possible using a small number of models.