Abstract: An image processing apparatus (1), for performing image processing on image data which is obtained by performing imaging of a subject and in which the degree of motion blurring of an image represented by the image data changes in accordance with an imaging condition at the time of performing imaging of the subject, includes a motion information correcting unit (12) for correcting motion information representing motion concerning the image on the basis of imaging information representing the imaging condition, and a motion blurring adding unit (13) for adding motion blurring to the image by using the motion information corrected by the motion information correcting means to perform image processing on the image data.

Abstract: A coding device having a specifying unit for specifying image region data to be processed for refreshing countermeasures in image data being coded based on that image data and a refreshing countermeasure unit for applying processing for refreshing countermeasures to image region data specified by the specifying unit when coding the image data.

Abstract: An edge map creation unit detects an edge intensity of an input image in units of three types of blocks having different sizes. An operation parameter adjustment unit sets initial values of an edge reference value and an extraction reference value on the basis of a dynamic range which is a difference between the maximum and minimum values of the edge intensity. An edge point extraction unit extracts an edge point from the input image on the basis of the edge reference value. Until an extraction amount determination unit determines that the edge point extraction amount is appropriate on the basis of the extraction reference value, the operation parameter adjustment unit repeatedly performs a processing of adjusting the edge reference value, and the edge point extraction unit repeatedly performs a processing of extracting the edge point from the input image on the basis of the adjusted edge reference value.

Abstract: An image forming device, which includes an inspection data storing section that stores inspection data for inspecting an inspection target for identifying a cause of a defective print, and an image forming section that forms on a medium the inspection data stored in the inspection data storing section.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control portion and an IF portion. Haptic sense presentation devices are connected to the IF portion. The control portion calculates an area of an image object based on features of the image object and determines the calculated area of the image object as a virtual mass of the image object. The control portion calculates an acceleration of the image object based on the current and previous features of the image object. The control portion calculates a force to be presented to the haptic sense presentation device connected to IF portion based on the virtual mass and the acceleration of the image object and outputs a signal indicative of the calculated force to the haptic sense presentation device.

Abstract: Motion information about individual pixels is obtained. A semiconductor chip 13 provided with an XY address controlled image pickup device, and a semiconductor chip 16 provided with a motion detection circuit 17 for obtaining motion information about the individual pixels are stacked.

Abstract: A basic pattern generating unit 81 generates a film grain basic pattern 86 in which the histogram of random noise is substantially the same as the film grain basic pattern information 53. The film grain basic pattern 86 is of (64×64) pixels and an area of (16×16) pixels is cut out and supplied to a multiplier 84. Strength information 88 is generated based on film grain strength information 54 produced on the encoding side and an average value 87 of a pixel value in the area of (16×16) pixels of decoded image information 42. The strength of basic pattern 86 is adjusted by this strength information 88. Film grain image 89 whose strength is adjusted is added to the area of (16×16) pixels of the decoded image information 42 by an adder 85 by the unit of pixel.

Abstract: An image forming device, which includes an inspection data storing section that stores inspection data for inspecting an inspection target for identifying a cause of a defective print, and an image forming section that forms on a medium the inspection data stored in the inspection data storing section.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording or reproducing data in which high performance encoding and a high efficiency decoding are realized to lower the decoding error rate. A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus 50 includes, in a recording system, a modulation encoder 52 for modulation encoding input data in a predetermined fashion and an interleaver 53 for interleaving data supplied from the modulation encoder 52 to re-array the data sequence.

Abstract: A coding device having a specifying unit for specifying image region data to be processed for refreshing countermeasures in image data being coded based on that image data and a refreshing countermeasure unit for applying processing for refreshing countermeasures to image region data specified by the specifying unit when coding the image data.

Abstract: Error correction coding and decoding according to a serial concatenated modulation system are carried out under high code rate. A coding apparatus 1 comprises three convolutional coders 10, 30 and 50 for carrying out convolutional operation; two interleavers 20 and 40 for rearranging order of data input; and a multi-value mapping circuit 60 for carrying out mapping of a single point on the basis of a predetermined modulation system. The coding apparatus 1 carries out convolutional operation whose code rate is “?” as coding of extrinsic codes by a convolutional coder 10, and carries out convolutional operation whose code rate is “1” as coding of inner codes by a convolutional coder 50, and a multi-value modulation mapping circuit 60 applies mapping to a transmission symbol of a 8 PSK modulation system to output it as a single code transmission symbol.

Abstract: A video-information encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus with a guarantee of a fixed processing time. By limiting the amount of data to be input into/output from a CABAC encoding unit and decoding unit on a unit-of-encoding basis, such as one picture, slice, macroblock or block, and by encoding uncompressed video data, it is possible to provide a video-information encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus with a guarantee of a fixed processing time. Thereby, an apparatus with a guarantee of the processing time can be mounted.

Abstract: To carry out error correction coding and decoding according to a serially concatenated coded modulation system with a small circuit scale and high performance. A coding apparatus 1 is designed so that an interleaver 20 interleaves order of bits so that all weights are coded by a convolutional coder 30 with respect to data comprising a series of 3 bits supplied from a convolutional coder 10; the convolutional coder 30 makes as small as possible the total value of the hamming distance of input bit between passes to be the minimum Euclidean distance with respect to data of 3 bits supplied from the interleaver 20; and a multi-value modulation mapping circuit 40 causes the hamming distance of input bits in the convolutional coder 30 as the distance between signal point on the I/Q plane is smaller to subject data of 3 bits supplied from the convolutional coder 30 to mapping.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording or reproducing data in which high performance encoding and a high efficiency decoding are realized to lower the decoding error rate. A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus 50 includes, in a recording system, a modulation encoder 52 for modulation encoding input data in a predetermined fashion and an interleaver 53 for interleaving data supplied from the modulation encoder 52 to re-array the data sequence.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus in which the decoding error rate is to be lowered through realization of the high-performance encoding and the high efficiently decoding. To this end, a magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus 50 includes, in its recording system, an error correction coder 51 for error correction encoding input data, an interleaver 52 for interleaving data supplied from the error correction coder 51 for re-arraying the data sequence, a modulation encoder 53 for modulation encoding the data from the interleaver 52 in a predetermined fashion and an interleaver 54 for interleaving the data from the modulation encoder 53 for re-arraying the data sequence.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus which achieves high performance encoding and high efficiency decoding to lower the decoding error rate. A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus 50 includes, in its recording system, an error correction coder 51 for error correction coding input data and an interleaver 52 for scrambling the sequence of data supplied from the error correction coder 51.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus performing efficient decoding to lower a decoding error rate. A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus 50 includes a modulation SISO decoder 63 for modulation decoding data modulation-encoded in a predetermined fashion by a modulation coder 52. In the magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus 50, the modulation SISO decoder 63 is a soft input soft output (SISO) type modulation decoder fed with a soft input signal and issuing a soft output signal. The modulation SISO decoder 63 is fed with a trellis soft output signal D64 supplied from a trellis SISO decoder 62 to find a soft decision value for an error correction coding data D52 fed to the modulation coder 52 of the recording system to generate a modulated soft decision signal D65. The modulation SISO decoder 63 routes the so-generated modulated soft decision signal D65 to a downstream side error correction soft decoder 64.

Abstract: Encoded data having a small code word weighting are not output. In a step S21, a sequence p[i] (0≦i<N) is set so that there is no duplication in the values from 0 to (N−1), in a step S22, all positions for which specific substitution patterns are generated in the sequence p[i] are examined, the information is stored in the sequence r[i], and the sum of this information is set as TOTAL. The routine proceeds to a step S24, positions which do not generate specific substitution patterns, i.e., predetermined values j not contained in r[i] (0≦j<N), are randomly selected, and processing which replaces p[r[i]] by p[j] for all r[i] is performed.

Abstract: In the invention, such replacement is performed that the sum of distances between two points before and after replacement is large, and in the case where replacement positions are regarded as a sequence, the sequence satisfies k-equidistributioness. At step S1, a replacement array by an affine interleaver is set. At steps S2 and S3, an M-sequence is generated, and a function L(t, u) is obtained by the existence position of 0 and 1. By data obtained through these processes, at step S4, a final replacement array is set.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording or reproducing data in which high performance encoding and a high efficiency decoding are realized to lower the decoding error rate. A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus 50 includes, in a recording system, a modulation encoder 52 for modulation encoding input data in a predetermined fashion and an interleaver 53 for interleaving data supplied from the modulation encoder 52 to re-array the data sequence.