Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to obtain speech data, detect, from a speech represented by the speech data, an utterance section in which an utterance is made, determine whether the utterance in the utterance section satisfies one or more conditions preset for outputting a candidate for training data, and output a content of at least a part of the utterance in the utterance section as the candidate for the training data. The training data is data used for machine learning. The at least the part of the utterance is determined to satisfy the one or more conditions.

Abstract: An information processing method includes obtaining speech data based on a distance between a sound collection device and a speaker, obtaining text data input in a service for exchanging messages, and outputting first learning data that is based on the speech data and second learning data that includes the text data.

Abstract: A parallel link device whose height can be reduced particularly when a movable-side member is brought closer to a fixed-side member, and in which an amount of stroke of the movable-side member can be increased. Specifically, the parallel link device includes a fixed-side member, a movable-side member, six links, and slide mechanisms. Each of the six links has one end connected to the movable-side member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, and the other end connected to the fixed-side member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom. A connection point of the other end and the fixed-side member is movable with respect to the fixed-side member. Each of the six links has five rotational degrees of freedom and a predetermined length. Each of the slide mechanisms is provided on the fixed-side member and holds the other end of the link movable within a predetermined range.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry to: detect a region of a face of a person included in a moving image signal input at a certain frame rate as a specific region; set a region other than the specific region as a processing region; apply processing to the processing region to output an output image signal having information volume less than information volume of the input moving image signal; and encode the output image signal. The processing applied to the processing region includes at least one of low-pass filtering to selectively filter a spatial frequency of the processing region, contrast reduction processing to selectively reduce contrast of the processing region, and frame rate reduction processing to selectively reduce the frame rate of the processing region.

Abstract: A projection apparatus includes an inputting unit configured to input image data that expresses an image to be projected; a converting unit configured to convert pixel values of the image data into first parameters that indicate lightness and second parameters that indicate information concerning color; a determining unit configured to determine whether to invert the first parameters; an inverting unit configured to invert the first parameters to calculate third parameters if the determining unit has determined to invert the first parameters; a generating unit configured to generate inverted data based on the second parameters and the third parameters; and a projecting unit configured to project the image based on the inverted data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry to: detect a region of a face of a person included in a moving image signal input at a certain frame rate as a specific region; set a region other than the specific region as a processing region; apply processing to the processing region to output an output image signal having information volume less than information volume of the input moving image signal; and encode the output image signal. The processing applied to the processing region includes at least one of low-pass filtering to selectively filter a spatial frequency of the processing region, contrast reduction processing to selectively reduce contrast of the processing region, and frame rate reduction processing to selectively reduce the frame rate of the processing region.

Abstract: A projector, an image projection method, and a recording medium storing a program. The projector includes a color wheel configured to divide light by time into light rays of a plurality of colors including at least a first color and a second color, the light forming an image to be projected, an image generator configured to generate the image including a plurality of pixels from the light rays divided by time by the color wheel, a shifting member configured to shift the plurality of pixels of the image formed by the first color and the second color, with varying shifting speeds, a color-wheel controller configured to control the color wheel, a shifting controller configured to control the shifting member, and a timing controller configured to generate a first timing signal for controlling timings of the color wheel and a second timing signal for controlling timings of the shifting member.

Abstract: A parallel link device whose height can be reduced particularly when a movable-side member is brought closer to a fixed-side member, and in which an amount of stroke of the movable-side member can be increased. Specifically, the parallel link device includes a fixed-side member, a movable-side member, six links, and slide mechanisms. Each of the six links has one end connected to the movable-side member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, and the other end connected to the fixed-side member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom. A connection point of the other end and the fixed-side member is movable with respect to the fixed-side member. Each of the six links has five rotational degrees of freedom and a predetermined length. Each of the slide mechanisms is provided on the fixed-side member and holds the other end of the link movable within a predetermined range.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input image color space conversion unit that converts an input image signal of each frame of a moving image signal into a luminance image signal and a color difference image signal, a luminance image correction unit that adjusts a histogram equalization correction intensity of a histogram equalization process for each frame and applies the histogram equalization process to the luminance image signal of each frame to generate a luminance-corrected image signal, a color difference image correction unit that applies a saturation enhancement process to the color difference image signal of each frame, in parallel with the histogram equalization process, to generate a color-difference-corrected image signal, and an output image color space conversion unit that converts the luminance-corrected image signal and the color-difference-corrected image signal into an output image signal in the same format as the input image signal.

Abstract: An image processing device includes circuitry to acquire a first image and a second image captured from different viewpoints, detect areas of faces of a plurality of persons in the first image and the second image, set a position of a boundary between the first image and the second image in one of intervals between the detected areas of the faces of the plurality of persons, and combine the first image and the second image at the position of the boundary.

Abstract: A projection apparatus includes an inputting unit configured to input image data that expresses an image to be projected; a converting unit configured to convert pixel values of the image data into first parameters that indicate lightness and second parameters that indicate information concerning color; a determining unit configured to determine whether to invert the first parameters; an inverting unit configured to invert the first parameters to calculate third parameters if the determining unit has determined to invert the first parameters; a generating unit configured to generate inverted data based on the second parameters and the third parameters; and a projecting unit configured to project the image based on the inverted data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input image color space conversion unit that converts an input image signal of each frame of a moving image signal into a luminance image signal and a color difference image signal, a luminance image correction unit that adjusts a histogram equalization correction intensity of a histogram equalization process for each frame and applies the histogram equalization process to the luminance image signal of each frame to generate a luminance-corrected image signal, a color difference image correction unit that applies a saturation enhancement process to the color difference image signal of each frame, in parallel with the histogram equalization process, to generate a color-difference-corrected image signal, and an output image color space conversion unit that converts the luminance-corrected image signal and the color-difference-corrected image signal into an output image signal in the same format as the input image signal.

Abstract: A projector, an image projection method, and a recording medium storing a program. The projector includes a color wheel configured to divide light by time into light rays of a plurality of colors including at least a first color and a second color, the light forming an image to be projected, an image generator configured to generate the image including a plurality of pixels from the light rays divided by time by the color wheel, a shifting member configured to shift the plurality of pixels of the image formed by the first color and the second color, with varying shifting speeds, a color-wheel controller configured to control the color wheel, a shifting controller configured to control the shifting member, and a timing controller configured to generate a first timing signal for controlling timings of the color wheel and a second timing signal for controlling timings of the shifting member.

Abstract: A reflection-type display apparatus includes: scan electrodes and signal electrodes that are provided in matrix form; a setting circuit configured to set at least one of scan electrodes as one of a reset line, a writing line and a non select line, the reset line and the writing line being in a selected state, the non select line being in an unselected state; a supply circuit configured to supply image data to at least one of signal electrodes while shifting the reset line, the non select line or the writing line; an extraction circuit configured to extract a writing line corresponding to a pixel which is not changed to a certain display state based on the image data; and a control circuit to set a first scan speed to the extracted writing line, the first scan speed being different from a second scan speed set to an un-extracted writing line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal layer sandwiched by a lower substrate 1 and an upper substrate comprises cross-shaped supports, a wall surface structure, and a seal member. The supports 15 are provided at the four sides of each pixel. Contiguous pixels are linked via openings between supports. The wall surface structure is provided in the periphery of the supports arranged in the form of a grid. The supports and the wall surface structure are a same member having adhesiveness. A portion of the wall surface structure is an inlet of liquid crystal. A seal member is provided at the perimeter of the wall surface structure 17. The liquid crystal poured from the inlet is poured into all of pixels via openings. A black matrix in the form of a grid, which covers the top side of all of the supports, is provided on the upper substrate.

Abstract: The display apparatus includes a dot matrix type display device including a display material; a driver circuit that passively drives a plurality of pixels in the display device; and a control circuit that controls the driver circuit. The control circuit applies a voltage pulse to initialize a plurality of pixels to be rewritten and applies a voltage pulse to change a tone state of the plurality of pixels and display the tone. The voltage pulse to be applied for the tone display includes an all-selected voltage pulse to be applied to a plurality of pixels the tone state of which are changed, and a half-selected voltage pulse and a non-selected voltage pulse to be applied to a plurality of pixels the tone state of which are not changed, and a ratio of the all-selected voltage to the half-selected voltage is larger than 21/2 and smaller than 2.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display element having memory properties; an electrostatic capacitance detection circuit; a temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the display element; and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes: a drive condition adjustment circuit configured to adjust the drive condition of the display element based on the electrostatic capacitance detected in the display state where the display element is driven under a predetermined drive condition; and a temperature compensation storage circuit storing one or more temperature compensation models indicating a correspondence relationship of the drive condition with which the display element has the optimum display characteristics across a predetermined temperature range, and the control unit changes the drive conditions of the display element at temperatures other than the temperature when the adjustment is performed based on: the temperature when the drive condition of the display element is adjusted; and the temperature co

Abstract: A color display method in which display is realized by controlling, on the basis of image data having three primary colors, a reflective color display element in which three display panels are stacked, the color display method includes: converting the image data having the three primary colors into color space image data; classifying an image into one of a plurality of categories on the basis of criteria relating to brightness, hues, and chroma of the image; correcting the brightness of the color space image data in accordance with correction characteristics of the corresponding category; correcting the chroma of the color space image data whose brightness has been corrected; and converting the color space image data whose chroma has been corrected into image data having the three primary colors.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a display section performing display using a liquid crystal, a substrate disposed to face a bottom surface of the display section and having a circuit for driving the liquid crystal mounted thereon, and a heat diffusing section disposed in contact with the bottom surface of the display section and a top surface of the substrate and having thermal conductivity higher than the thermal conductivity of air.