Abstract: A work processing apparatus performs processing of a surface to be processed of a work by causing a processing head to come into sliding contact with the work held on an upper surface of a holding plate. The processing head includes a plasma electrode that generates plasma and radiates the plasma to the surface to be processed of the work. In the plasma electrode, an annular or solid cylindrical central electrode provided at a center in a radial direction and an annular outer circumferential electrode provided at an outer side in the radial direction with respect to the central electrode are arranged with an annular slit portion intermediating therebetween at a boundary position thereof, the slit portion is configured as a plasma generation space, and a processing pad is provided at bottom surfaces of the central electrode and the outer circumferential electrode.

Abstract: A visual line measuring device of the present disclosure includes a light source that emits light for forming a corneal reflection point on an eyeball of an object person who gazes at a predetermined gaze point, an image-capturing part that captures a plurality of facial images each of which includes the eyeball of the object person by which the light from the light source is reflected, a detector that calculates visual line information for each of the facial images captured by the image-capturing part, a calculation part that calculates correction information by using at least two sets of the visual line information being in a predetermined positional relation among a plurality of sets of the visual line information calculated by the detector, and a correction part that corrects the visual line information calculated by the detector, by using the correction information.

Abstract: An eye tracking method in the disclosure comprises an image-capturing step of capturing a facial image including an eyeball of an object person, light from a light source that emits the light to form a corneal reflex point on the eyeball of the object person who gazes at a predetermined gaze point being reflected from the eyeball, a detecting step of calculating visual line information in a world coordinate system using the facial image captured in the image-capturing step and a correcting step of transforming the visual line information in the world coordinate system calculated in the detecting step into visual line information in a correction coordinate system that is a coordinate system different from the world coordinate system, and correcting the visual line information in the correction coordinate system using correction information for correcting a detection error caused by an individual difference of the eyeball.

Abstract: An eye tracking method in the disclosure comprises an image-capturing step of capturing a facial image including an eyeball of an object person, light from a light source that emits the light to form a corneal reflex point on the eyeball of the object person who gazes at a predetermined gaze point being reflected from the eyeball, a detecting step of calculating visual line information in a world coordinate system using the facial image captured in the image-capturing step and a correcting step of transforming the visual line information in the world coordinate system calculated in the detecting step into visual line information in a correction coordinate system that is a coordinate system different from the world coordinate system, and correcting the visual line information in the correction coordinate system using correction information for correcting a detection error caused by an individual difference of the eyeball.

Abstract: A visual line measuring device of the present disclosure includes a light source that emits light for forming a corneal reflection point on an eyeball of an object person who gazes at a predetermined gaze point, an image-capturing part that captures a plurality of facial images each of which includes the eyeball of the object person by which the light from the light source is reflected, a detector that calculates visual line information for each of the facial images captured by the image-capturing part, a calculation part that calculates correction information by using at least two sets of the visual line information being in a predetermined positional relation among a plurality of sets of the visual line information calculated by the detector, and a correction part that corrects the visual line information calculated by the detector, by using the correction information.

Abstract: A gaze direction detection device according to the present technology includes a detector for detecting a gaze of a driver over a predetermined period of time, a determiner for outputting second gaze information indicating that the driver is gazing, from first gaze information detected by the detector, a generator for generating a gaze distribution from the second gaze information output by the determiner, and a corrector for correcting the first gaze information detected by the detector, where the corrector calculates a center of a reference distribution that is set in advance and a center of the gaze distribution generated by the generator, and causes the center of the reference distribution and the center of the gaze distribution to overlap each other, and then calculates a correction parameter based on a difference between the reference distribution and the gaze distribution, and corrects the first gaze information with the correction parameter.

Abstract: A stereoscopic video processing system includes an output image generator configured to generate interpolation frames in interpolation phases using the frames of the input video signal and the motion vector and output the frames of the input video signal or the interpolation frames as the frames of an output video signal. The stereoscopic video processing system further includes an output controller configured to (i) determine whether frames of the input video signal include image regions with motion based on the motion vector, (ii) control the output image generator to output the interpolation frames upon determining the frames of the input video signal include the image regions with motion, and (iii) control the output image generator to output the frames of the input video signal upon determining the frames of the input video signal does not include image regions with motion.

Abstract: Provided is a composite substrate manufacturing method, including at least: a first raw board deforming step of preparing a first substrate by deforming a first raw board having at least one surface as a minor surface into a state in which the minor surface warps outward; and a joining step of joining, after the first raw board deforming step, a protruding surface of the first substrate and one surface of a second substrate to each other, thereby manufacturing a composite substrate including the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the second substrate is any one substrate selected from a substrate having both surfaces as substantially flat surfaces and a substrate that warps so that a surface thereof to be joined to the first substrate warps outward. Also provided are a semiconductor element manufacturing method, a composite substrate and a semiconductor element manufactured.

Abstract: A gaze direction detection device according to the present technology includes a detector for detecting a gaze of a driver over a predetermined period of time, a determiner for outputting second gaze information indicating that the driver is gazing, from first gaze information detected by the detector, a generator for generating a gaze distribution from the second gaze information output by the determiner, and a corrector for correcting the first gaze information detected by the detector, where the corrector calculates a center of a reference distribution that is set in advance and a center of the gaze distribution generated by the generator, and causes the center of the reference distribution and the center of the gaze distribution to overlap each other, and then calculates a correction parameter based on a difference between the reference distribution and the gaze distribution, and corrects the first gaze information with the correction parameter.

Abstract: Provided is a technology capable of simply manufacturing a GaN substrate, which is constituted by a GaN crystal having a substantially uniform dislocation density distribution, without using a complicated process, at low cost and at a high yield ratio. An inside of a single crystal substrate is irradiated with a laser to form an amorphous portion on the inside of the single crystal substrate, and a GaN crystal is formed on a one surface of the single crystal substrate to prepare a GaN substrate. A dislocation density distribution over the entirety of a surface of the GaN substrate that is prepared is substantially uniform. The amorphous portion is provided in a plurality of linear patterns in a planar direction of the single crystal substrate, and in a case where a pitch between respective patterns is 0.5 mm, a volume ratio of a total volume of the amorphous portion to a volume of the single crystal substrate is 0.10% or 0.20%. In a case where the pitch between the respective patterns is 1.

Abstract: The instant application describes a stereoscopic video processing system that includes a vector detector configured to detect a motion vector associated with frames of an input video signal; an output image generator configured to generate interpolation frames based on the frames of the input video signal and the motion vector and to arrange the frames of the input video signal and the interpolation frame along a time axis; and an output controller configured to control the output image generator to output the interpolation frames as the output video signal alternately at intervals of one frame and two frames, and output the frames of the input video signal between the one frame and the two frames of the interpolation frames.

Abstract: A parallax detector detects a parallax between a left-eye image and a right-eye image of an input stereoscopic image signal. A vector detector detects an inter-frame motion vector in the stereoscopic image signal. An output controller determines whether or not to generate an interpolated frame based on the detected parallax and motion vector, and outputs a control signal indicating a result of the determination. An output image generator generates an interpolated frame having an interpolation phase using the motion vector when the control signal indicates that an interpolated frame is to be generated.

Abstract: A video output device according to the present disclosure synthesizes a plurality of videos into a video to be displayed. The video output device includes image processing unit and output unit. The image processing unit extracts a plurality of reference frames from any one reference video selected from the plurality of the videos captured by an imaging unit, and extracts a corresponding frame, most similar to a respective one of the reference frames, from each of the videos excluding the reference video. The output unit outputs a synthesized frame which image processing unit synthesizes from the each of the reference frame and the corresponding frame.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a light-emitting element by which a light-emitting element (80) is manufactured through the following steps and a light-emitting element manufactured by employing the method. A light-emitting element layer (40) is formed on one face (32T) of a monocrystalline substrate (30A) for a light-emitting element. Next, the other face (32B) of the monocrystalline substrate (30A) for a light-emitting element is polished until a state where a vertical hole (34A) penetrates the monocrystalline substrate (30A) for a light-emitting element in its thickness direction is established. Next, a conductive material is filled into the vertical hole (34B) from the side of the vertical hole (34B) closer to an opening (36B) in the other face (32B) to form a conductive portion (50) that is continuous from a side closer to the light-emitting element layer (40) to the opening (36B) in the other face (32B).

Abstract: Provided is a composite substrate manufacturing method, including at least: a first raw board deforming step of preparing a first substrate by deforming a first raw board having at least one surface as a minor surface into a state in which the minor surface warps outward; and a joining step of joining, after the first raw board deforming step, a protruding surface of the first substrate and one surface of a second substrate to each other, thereby manufacturing a composite substrate including the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the second substrate is any one substrate selected from a substrate having both surfaces as substantially flat surfaces and a substrate that warps so that a surface thereof to be joined to the first substrate warps outward. Also provided are a semiconductor element manufacturing method, a composite substrate and a semiconductor element manufactured.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a light-emitting element by which a light-emitting element (80) is manufactured through the following steps and a light-emitting element manufactured by employing the method. A light-emitting element layer (40) is formed on one face (32T) of a monocrystalline substrate (30A) for a light-emitting element. Next, the other face (32B) of the monocrystalline substrate (30A) for a light-emitting element is polished until a state where a vertical hole (34A) penetrates the monocrystalline substrate (30A) for a light-emitting element in its thickness direction is established. Next, a conductive material is filled into the vertical hole (34B) from the side of the vertical hole (34B) closer to an opening (36B) in the other face (32B) to form a conductive portion (50) that is continuous from a side closer to the light-emitting element layer (40) to the opening (36B) in the other face (32B).

Abstract: The instant application describes a stereoscopic video processing system that includes an output image generator configured to generate interpolation frames in interpolation phases using the frames of the input video signal and the motion vector and output the frames of the input video signal or the interpolation frames as the frames of an output video signal, and an output controller configured to (i) determine whether frames of the input video signal include image regions with motion based on the motion vector, (ii) control the output image generator to output the interpolation frames upon determining the frames of the input video signal include the image regions with motion, and (iii) control the output image generator to output the frames of the input video signal upon determining the frames of the input video signal does not include image regions with motion.

Abstract: The instant application describes a stereoscopic video processing system that includes a vector detector configured to detect a motion vector associated with frames of an input video signal; an output image generator configured to generate interpolation frames based on the frames of the input video signal and the motion vector and to arrange the frames of the input video signal and the interpolation frame along a time axis; and an output controller configured to control the output image generator to output the interpolation frames as the output video signal alternately at intervals of one frame and two frames, and output the frames of the input video signal between the one frame and the two frames of the interpolation frames.

Abstract: The instant application describes a stereoscopic video processing system that includes a vector detector configured to detect a motion vector associated with frames of an input video signal; an output image generator configured to generate an output video signal by generating interpolation frames based on the frames of the input video signal and the motion vector, and arranging the frames of the input video signal and the interpolation frames along a time axis; and an output controller configured to control interpolation phases, in which the interpolation frames are generated, based on the motion vector.

Abstract: The instant application describes a stereoscopic video processing system that includes a vector detector configured to detect a motion vector associated with frames of an input video signal; an output image generator configured to generate an output video signal by generating interpolation frames, and arranging the frames of the input video signal and the interpolation frames along a time axis; an output controller configured to control interpolation phases associated with the interpolation frames; and a feature amount calculator configured to calculate a feature amount in image regions of the frames of the input video signal used for generating the interpolation frames. The output image generator is configured to generate the interpolation frames by generating an interpolation image in an image region having the feature amount larger than a threshold and by using the input video signals without change in other image regions.