Abstract: A similarity degree calculating unit calculates a similarity degree of a feature quantity of a face image of an imaged checking target, and a feature quantity of a face image of a registrant or a non-registrant registered in a registrant information DB or a non-registrant information DB. A check determination unit notifies a service determination unit when the similarity degree is higher than a threshold value. A related information acquiring unit acquires related information including inter-registrant information, and provides to a time-series information DB generation unit and the service determination unit. The time-series information DB generation unit updates the time-series information DB. A statistical information DB generation unit generates the statistical information DB from the time-series information DB. The service determination unit provides services based on the related information, the time-series information DB, and the statistical information DB.

Abstract: It is intended to provide an image processing apparatus enabling an image processing for association of a standard image to a reference image using a reduced number of pixels without deteriorating accuracy for detecting a movement of a detection subject. A detection subject region setting unit obtains a picked-up image at a first time point as a standard image from time-series picked-up image data obtained by an image pickup unit and selects a plurality of correlation windows including an image region of the detection subject in the standard image with relative positions with respect to the standard point being identified.

Abstract: A similarity degree calculating unit calculates a similarity degree of a feature quantity of a face image of an imaged checking target, and a feature quantity of a face image of a registrant or a non-registrant registered in a registrant information DB or a non-registrant information DB. A check determination unit notifies a service determination unit when the similarity degree is higher than a threshold value. A related information acquiring unit acquires related information including inter-registrant information, and provides to a time-series information DB generation unit and the service determination unit. The time-series information DB generation unit updates the time-series information DB. A statistical information DB generation unit generates the statistical information DB from the time-series information DB. The service determination unit provides services based on the related information, the time-series information DB, and the statistical information DB.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and program for measuring the three-dimensional shape of an object by analyzing an optical pattern projected onto the object includes a line sensor and an image analysis unit. The line sensor reads the target object, onto which the optical pattern is projected. The image analysis unit analyzes the optical pattern in the image read by the line sensor based on a spatial fringe analysis method, and the image analysis unit computes the three-dimensional shape information on the target object. The phase of a pixel included in an image taken of the optical pattern is determined based on the brightness values of the pixel and at least one neighboring pixel in the image; thus the height information of the object can be determined. In addition, the height of the target object at a given position can be computed based on how much the phase of the optical pattern projected onto a certain position of the object is shifted from a reference phase.

Abstract: An image processing device for performing a process of measuring a distance to a predetermined object using an image imaged by an imaging device attached to a vehicle which moves has a movement detection unit for detecting that the vehicle moved a constant amount from a position where the imaging device imaged a first image, an image acquiring unit for acquiring the first image, and a second image serving as an image at the time of being detected that the vehicle moved a constant amount by the movement detection unit, and a measurement unit for measuring the distance to the object by a movement stereo method using the first image and second image acquired by the image acquiring unit.

Abstract: A rotational movement component of a camera provided on a mobile object is to be detected in a precise and simple manner. Three motion vectors extracted from the forward images captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle are extracted on a random basis. A temporary rotation angle is calculated using the extracted motion vectors based on a relational expression that represents the relationship between a background vector and the rotation angle of the camera, the relational expression being a linear expression of the yaw angle, pitch angle, and roll angle of the rotational movement of the camera. An error when using the temporary rotation angle is calculated for other motion vectors, and the number of motion vectors for which the error is within a predetermined threshold value is counted.

Abstract: The processing load of the detection without deteriorating the object detection performance is to be decreased. In one step, a position determining portion extracts objects within a detection region set based on the speed of an automotive vehicle from the objects detected by a laser radar. In another step, a speed determining portion extracts objects, whose speed in the distance direction of the automotive vehicle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, from the objects extracted in the previous step. In another step, a ROI setting portion sets an ROI having a size corresponding to the distance of the object from the automotive vehicle for each of the extracted objects. The present invention can be applied to an in-vehicle obstacle detecting device.

Abstract: It is intended to provide an image processing apparatus enabling an image processing for association of a standard image to a reference image using a reduced number of pixels without deteriorating accuracy for detecting a movement of a detection subject. A detection subject region setting unit obtains a picked-up image at a first time point as a standard image from time-series picked-up image data obtained by an image pickup unit and selects a plurality of correlation windows including an image region of the detection subject in the standard image with relative positions with respect to the standard point being identified.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus of the invention is an apparatus which measures a three-dimensional shape of a target object by analyzing an optical pattern projected to the target object. The three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus includes a line sensor and an image analysis unit. The line sensor reads the target object, onto which the optical pattern is projected, as the image. The image analysis unit analyzes the optical pattern in the image read by the line sensor based on a spatial fringe analysis method, and the image analysis unit computes the three-dimensional shape information on the target object. An apparatus, method and program for measuring the three-dimensional shape of an object by analyzing an optical pattern projected onto the object. The phase of a pixel included in an image taken of the optical pattern is determined based on the brightness values of the pixel and at least one neighboring pixel in the image; thus the height information of the object can be determined.