Abstract: There are included: a detection unit that detects a positional relationship between a user and an object on the basis of an image captured by a camera; a determination unit that determines a situation of the user on the basis of the positional relationship between the user and the object detected by the detection unit; and a response control unit that executes a voice response corresponding to the situation of the user determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: This information processing system includes: a first information processing unit including a first arithmetic unit that generates, from information regarding a detected user and behavior of the user, one or more pieces of tag information for content data of the user, and registers the generated one or more pieces of tag information in a content database in association with the content data; and a second information processing unit including a second arithmetic unit that selects the tag information on the basis of information detected from a content viewing environment including the user, retrieves and sequentially reproduces one or more pieces of the content data on the basis of the selected tag information, and updates the tag information used for retrieving the content data in accordance with a change in the information detected from the content viewing environment.

Abstract: There are included: a detection unit that detects a positional relationship between a user and an object on the basis of an image captured by a camera; a determination unit that determines a situation of the user on the basis of the positional relationship between the user and the object detected by the detection unit; and a response control unit that executes a voice response corresponding to the situation of the user determined by the determination unit

Abstract: The present technology relates an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which realize acquirement of an image corresponding to a user's action. The information processing apparatus includes an image capture control unit. The image capture control unit controls an image capture parameter of an image capture unit mounted on a user on the basis of a recognition result of the user's action. The present technology is applicable to, for example, various wearable terminals such as an eyeglass type, a head band type, a pendant type, a ring type, a contact lens type, a shoulder mounting type, and a head mount display, various portable terminals such as a smartphone, a camera platform, a control server, and the like.

Abstract: An information processing system according to one embodiment includes platforms and a relay device including an expansion bus that connects between the platforms. Each platform includes a memory that stores transmit data to another platform through transactions occurring in the platform concerned; a controller that reads first transmit data from the memory, and transmits the first transmit data to the another platform through a first transaction among the transactions via the expansion bus; determines whether a second transaction higher in priority than the first transaction is occurring in the platform after completion of transmission of each packet of the first transmit data; and in response to the second transaction, reads second transmit data from the memory, transmits the second transmit data to the another platform through the second transaction via the expansion bus, and interrupts transmission of the first transmit data until completion of transmission of the second transmit data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to obtain, from sensors, first and second observation information related to at least one characteristic of a user, recognize the user based on correlation between the first and second observation information, and initiate an execution function associated with the recognized user.

Abstract: There is provided a control device, a control method, and a program through which it is possible to reduce nonuniformity of brightness in an imaging region and implement a more suitable imaging environment, the control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image that is captured by an imaging unit; and a control unit configured to control light intensities of auxiliary light beams emitted from auxiliary light emitting units that are associated in advance with a plurality of partial regions in an imaging region determined based on an angle of view of the imaging unit among the plurality of auxiliary light emitting units based on an analysis result of the acquired image.

Abstract: There is an image processing device to obtain more accurate depth information, based on a pattern-irradiated infrared image and a pattern-irradiation-free infrared image. The image processing device includes a pattern irradiation unit that irradiates an infrared pattern onto a surface of a target object; and an infrared image capturing unit that captures an infrared image. The pattern irradiation unit performs irradiation at a predetermined timing corresponding to an infrared image capturing unit's image capturing timing. The infrared image capturing unit obtains a pattern-projected infrared image in which the pattern irradiated by the pattern irradiation unit is projected on the target object, and a pattern-free infrared image in which the pattern is not projected on the target object.

Abstract: There is provided a control device, a control method, and a program through which it is possible to implement a more suitable imaging environment even under a situation in which auxiliary light is emitted from a plurality of light sources, the control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a light emission state of a first light source; and a control unit configured to control an operation of light emission of a second light source that is different from the first light source according to the acquired light emission state of the first light source.

Abstract: There is provided a control device, a control method, and a program through which it is possible to implement a more suitable imaging environment even under a situation in which auxiliary light is emitted from a plurality of light sources, the control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a light emission state of a first light source; and a control unit configured to control an operation of light emission of a second light source that is different from the first light source according to the acquired light emission state of the first light source.

Abstract: There is provided a control device, a control method, and a program through which it is possible to implement a more suitable imaging environment even under a situation in which auxiliary light is emitted from a plurality of light sources, the control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a light emission state of a first light source; and a control unit configured to control an operation of light emission of a second light source that is different from the first light source according to the acquired light emission state of the first light source.

Abstract: There is provided a control device, a control method, and a program through which it is possible to implement a more suitable imaging environment even under a situation in which auxiliary light is emitted from a plurality of light sources, the control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a light emission state of a first light source; and a control unit configured to control an operation of light emission of a second light source that is different from the first light source according to the acquired light emission state of the first light source.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to obtain, from sensors, first and second observation information related to at least one characteristic of a user, recognize the user based on correlation between the first and second observation information, and initiate an execution function associated with the recognized user.

Abstract: There is provided a control device, a control method, and a program through which it is possible to implement a more suitable imaging environment even under a situation in which auxiliary light is emitted from a plurality of light sources, the control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a light emission state of a first light source; and a control unit configured to control an operation of light emission of a second light source that is different from the first light source according to the acquired light emission state of the first light source.

Abstract: There is provided a control device, a control method, and a program through which it is possible to reduce nonuniformity of brightness in an imaging region and implement a more suitable imaging environment, the control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image that is captured by an imaging unit; and a control unit configured to control light intensities of auxiliary light beams emitted from auxiliary light emitting units that are associated in advance with a plurality of partial regions in an imaging region determined based on an angle of view of the imaging unit among the plurality of auxiliary light emitting units based on an analysis result of the acquired image.

Abstract: [Object] To propose an image processing device and an image processing method capable of obtaining a pattern-irradiated infrared image and a pattern-irradiation-free infrared image to obtain more accurate depth information by controlling an infrared pattern irradiation timing. [Solution] Provided is an image processing device including: a pattern irradiation unit that irradiates an infrared pattern onto a surface of a target object; and an infrared image capturing unit that captures an infrared image. The pattern irradiation unit performs irradiation at a predetermined timing corresponding to an infrared image capturing unit's image capturing timing. The infrared image capturing unit obtains a pattern-projected infrared image in which the pattern irradiated by the pattern irradiation unit is projected on the target object, and a pattern-free infrared image in which the pattern is not projected on the target object.

Abstract: An image capture device, including: a motion vector detection unit that detects a motion vector of a plurality of successive images; a determination unit that determines whether the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection unit is of a predetermined amount or more in a fixed direction; and a warning unit that issues a warning when the determination unit determines that the motion vector is of the predetermined amount or more in the fixed direction.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including: a decoder; an image size processor that executes image processing regarding an image size on uncompressed image data as the output from the decoder; a general-use interface that transfers the output from the decoder or the image size processor; an exclusive-use interface that transfers the output from the decoder or the image size processor an image synthesis processor that generates uncompressed image data of a composite image for display of a small image size by image synthesis on the basis of uncompressed image data transferred through the exclusive-use interface, and generates uncompressed image data of a composite image for printing or storage of a large image size by image synthesis on the basis of uncompressed image data transferred through the general-use or the exclusive-use interface; and an encoder that compresses uncompressed image data of the generated composite image for printing or storage.

Abstract: An image capture device, including: a motion vector detection unit that detects a motion vector of a plurality of successive images; a determination unit that determines whether the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection unit is of a predetermined amount or more in a fixed direction; and a warning unit that issues a warning when the determination unit determines that the motion vector is of the predetermined amount or more in the fixed direction.

Abstract: Printing in a printing system including a plurality of printers shared by a plurality of hosts is controlled. An inquiry is sent to each of the printers inquiring a status of the printers in response to a print request from one of the hosts. A printer is selected among printers that responded to the inquiry. The printer that responded first to the inquiry can be selected, for example. The selected printer is controlled to perform printing.