Abstract: There is provided a distance measurement system for a vehicle. The system comprises a plurality of light sources including a first light source and a second light source, wherein the first light source is configured to irradiate a first irradiation range within the vehicle and the second light source is configured to irradiate a second irradiation range within the vehicle different from the first irradiation range, and at least one time-of-flight sensor arranged to sense light reflected from objects in the first irradiation range and the second irradiation range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control apparatus, a control method, an imaging apparatus, a program, and an imaging system able to prevent cable wrapping, etc. which has a risk of occurring when rotating an imaging apparatus while a cable is connected in an imaging system which conducts automatic imaging operations by automatic composing and which is provided with an imaging apparatus and a motorized platform apparatus that rotatably drives the imaging apparatus, for example. It is determined whether or not a cable is connected to a cable port, and on the basis of the determination results, it is controlled such that the rotational angle range for a rotational driving unit is restricted. Thus, the above problem can be solved.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus in the present invention includes: a first audio data characteristics extracting unit extracting a first soundless period and first interval information from first audio data included in the first service; a second audio data characteristics extracting unit extracting a second soundless period and second interval information from second audio data included in the second service; a simulcast determining unit determining whether or not the broadcast waves are simulcast by comparing the first interval information with the second interval information; and a broadcasting switching control unit switching between (i) the output of the audio data and the video data included in the first service and (ii) the output of the audio data and the video data included in the second service based on a result of the determination by the simulcast determining unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to, for example, an electronic apparatus, a control method, and a program that are capable of realizing an image-capturing system that is more intelligent than existing systems and useful for the user, and to the image-capturing system. The image-capturing system includes a digital still camera 1 including an image-capturing unit that performs image capture so as to obtain a captured image, and a tripod head 10 that changes the field of view of the image-capturing unit by driving a movable mechanism. The tripod head 10 outputs a signal in accordance with the movement of the tripod head 10 from a stationary state, and the digital still camera 1 determines whether or not movement from the stationary state has occurred on the basis of the input signal, and performs predetermined control on the basis of the determination result. The present invention can be applied to an image-capturing system that is constituted by, for example, a digital still camera and a tripod head.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control apparatus, a control method, an imaging apparatus, a program, and an imaging system able to prevent cable wrapping, etc. which has a risk of occurring when rotating an imaging apparatus while a cable is connected in an imaging system which conducts automatic imaging operations by automatic composing and which is provided with an imaging apparatus and a motorized platform apparatus that rotatably drives the imaging apparatus, for example. It is determined whether or not a cable is connected to a cable port, and on the basis of the determination results, it is controlled such that the rotational angle range for a rotational driving unit is restricted. Thus, the above problem can be solved.

Abstract: A determination of whether or not an application is accessible is made on the basis of an evaluation result collected from a client terminal, and the determination result is provided to the client terminal. A client requests usage of an application to a management server and the management server compares information of the requested application with external security information, and on condition that there is no safety problem, the management server acquires the requested application from an application provider server, builds a safe application evaluation environment for the acquired application and provides this environment to the client, determines application accessibility by comparing the evaluation result from the client with an application accessibility rule, and sends the determination result to the client.

Abstract: Provided is a computer system capable of ensuring sufficient security even when a computer resource of a server is dynamically allocated to a thin client. This computer system includes a plurality of computer resources for providing an arithmetic processing result to a thin client, a management device for deciding a prescribed computer resource from the plurality of computer resources according to a request from the thin client and allocating the decided computer resource to the thin client, and a coupling controller for restricting the thin client from coupling to a computer resource other than the decided prescribed computer resource.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus in the present invention includes: a first audio data characteristics extracting unit extracting a first soundless period and first interval information from first audio data included in the first service; a second audio data characteristics extracting unit extracting a second soundless period and second interval information from second audio data included in the second service; a simulcast determining unit determining whether or not the broadcast waves are simulcast by comparing the first interval information with the second interval information; and a broadcasting switching control unit switching between (i) the output of the audio data and the video data included in the first service and (ii) the output of the audio data and the video data included in the second service based on a result of the determination by the simulcast determining unit.

Abstract: Using an index indicating the amount of motion and noise in the video image calculated on the basis of the discrepancy pixel numbers of image two fields ago and the present image, the reliability of detection result is obtained and utilized, so as to improve the repeat field detection accuracy and the scene change detection accuracy. Further, adaptive filter accuracy is improved by changing the determination conditions in the determination of the filter to be used. In addition, filter control accuracy is improved by suppressing the filter fluctuation per unit time.

Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus for processing a video signal containing first and second color difference signals so as to adjust colors of an image represented by the video signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of gain setting sections for setting respective ones of gain conversion characteristics. The gain conversion characteristics are relevant to saturations indicated by color difference signals. First and second conversion sections are included for converting gains of the color difference signals based on input values of respective color difference signals and the pain conversion characteristics.

Abstract: Using an index indicating the amount of motion and noise in the video image calculated on the basis of the discrepancy pixel numbers of image two fields ago and the present image, the reliability of detection result is obtained and utilized, so as to improve the repeat field detection accuracy and the scene change detection accuracy. Further, adaptive filter accuracy is improved by changing the determination conditions in the determination of the filter to be used. In addition, filter control accuracy is improved by suppressing the filter fluctuation per unit time.

Abstract: A data transmission system having a clock shift compensating function is designed for a reduced circuit scale and reduced electric power consumption. A data transmission D flip-flop in a transmitter is supplied with a clock signal for transmitting data from a clock delay. A transmitter has a data reception D flip-flop, a clock supply, a divide-by-n frequency divider for frequency-dividing a clock signal, and a metastability avoider for removing a metastable state from a clock signal received via the clock delay. The transmitter also has a phase comparator for comparing output signals from the metastability avoider and a modulo-m counter, and a clock edge deleter for controlling the number of pulses or edges of the clock signal from the clock supply depending on an output signal from the phase comparator. Pulses of the clock signal from the clock edge deleter are counted by the counter and supplied to the data reception D flip-flop.

Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus for processing a video signal containing first and second color difference signals so as to adjust colors of an image represented by the video signal is provided.

Abstract: A communications system for identifying a responding station called by a communications system caller station over a call channel and a plurality of speech channels. The system transmits information from the caller station, such as the selected speech channel and the designated responding station through the call channel, and receives information from a responding station on the selected speech channel. The communication between the communications system and the responding station on the selected speech channel is enabled only when information from the responding station is identical to information of the designated responding station transmitted from the communications system.