Abstract: An image processing device is for generating a smoothed image with an input image blurred. The device includes first low pass filters each set with a different range of level value, using each pixel in the input image or a first input image generated based on the input image as a pixel of interest, extracting each pixel that has a level value of each pixel in a filter size within a range of level value, and generating a first level value limit smoothed image by smoothing a level value of an extracted pixel to be used as a level value of the pixel of interest. The device also includes a first synthesis processing unit that uses each pixel in the input image or a second input image generated based on the input image as a processing object pixel.

Abstract: An image display device includes a creation unit configured to calculate histogram data before correction that indicates a luminance distribution from an input image data; a clip processing unit configured to set a value of the number of pixels of a tone to an upper threshold when the tone among tones of luminance values in the histogram data; an addition unit configured to add a value of the number of pixels based on a difference between the upper threshold and a value of the number of pixels for each tone that is set to the upper threshold in the histogram data before correction to a value of the number of pixels of at least a part of tones that are present between a first luminance value and a second luminance value and to output obtained corrected histogram data; and a correction unit configured to correct the input image data.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus that generates an output image using a difference between an uncorrected pixel in an image and a smoothed pixel obtained by smoothing the uncorrected pixel. The image generating apparatus includes a storage unit, a tone-converted uncorrected pixel generating unit, a tone-converted smoothed pixel generating unit, and an output image generating unit. The storage unit stores an uncorrected pixel tone table for converting the uncorrected pixel and a smoothed pixel tone table for converting the smoothed pixel. The tone-converted uncorrected pixel generating unit converts the uncorrected pixel to a tone-converted uncorrected pixel based on the uncorrected pixel tone table. The tone-converted smoothed pixel generating unit converts the smoothed pixel to a tone-converted smoothed pixel based on the smoothed pixel tone table. The output image generating unit generates the output image based on a difference between the tone-converted uncorrected pixel and the tone-converted smoothed pixel.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining part configured to obtain a plurality of images including a photographing object photographed by a photographing part; a determination part configured to detects a shift in position between a first image and a second image included in the plurality of images obtained by the obtaining part, and determine whether the first image is suitable for being superposed to the second image; a selection part configured to select a certain number of images from the plurality of images based on a determination result of the determination part; and a synthesis part configured to synthesize the certain number of images selected by the selection part.

Abstract: In a display device (200), a reduced-image generating unit (242) divides an input image into a plurality of areas, and an emission-intensity adjustment unit (243) compares the brightness distribution of an area with the emission distribution of each light source and sets an emission intensity. The emission-intensity adjustment unit (243), in order to set the emission intensity of a light source (220), determines the maximum and minimum values of the brightness values included in the main irradiation area of the light source (220), calculates the adjustment limit on the basis of the determined maximum and minimum values, and adjusts the emission intensity of the light source within the range of the adjustment limit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium which does not cause medium noise to increase due to soft magnetic underlayers, is capable of easily controlling the thickness of a nonmagnetic layer disposed between soft magnetic underlayers, and capable of improving the corrosion resistance of the soft magnetic underlayers. According to one embodiment, in a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, an adhesion layer is formed on a substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer is formed on the adhesion layer, a seed layer and an intermediate layer are formed above the soft magnetic underlayer, and a perpendicular layer is formed on the intermediate layer.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus creates a basic-structure component image representing an image that an input image except edge is smoothed while preserving the edge in the input image; and creates a detail component image representing an image that the basic-structure component image is subtracted from the input image. Subsequently, the image processing apparatus decomposes the detail component image into a plurality of frequency-band images through multiresolution transform processing, and performs noise removal on the obtained frequency-band images. After that, the image processing apparatus performs inverse multiresolution transform processing of combining the noise-removed frequency-band images, thereby creating a noise-removed detail-component image.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: a first base image selection unit selecting a piece of image data as a first base image used in superposition; a shift amount calculation unit calculating an amount of shift between the first base image and another different piece of image data; an image superposition unit detecting a superposing area as an area in which the different piece of image data can be superposed on the first base image after a shift correction is made on a basis of the calculated amount of shift, and performing superposition for the superposing area; a second base image selection unit selecting a piece of image data as a second base image used in a non-superposing area; and an image combination unit combining a superposition result with the non-superposing area in the second base image, and outputting image data as a combination result.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a conversion unit that converts an input image into a plurality of frequency components; a first quantization threshold calculating unit that calculates a first quantization threshold corresponding to a first frequency component among the plurality of frequency components of the input image converted by the conversion unit, based on a statistic value of the first frequency component; a second quantization threshold calculating unit that calculates a second quantization threshold corresponding to a second frequency component other than the first frequency component among the plurality of frequency components, based on the first quantization threshold calculated by the first quantization threshold calculating unit; and a quantization unit that quantizes the first frequency component and the second frequency component by using the first quantization threshold and the second quantization threshold, respectively.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: an acceptance unit that accepts a first input image and a second input image; a light control unit that outputs a display image; a plurality of light sources that irradiate the light control unit; a light emitting amount computation unit that computes a first light emitting amount based on a luminance of the first input image and computes a tentative light emitting amount based on a luminance of the second input image, on a basis of a comparison result between the first light emitting amount and the tentative light emitting amount, imposes a limit on a change range from the first light emitting amount to a second light emitting amount, and decide the second light emitting amount; and a light source control unit that controls each of the plurality of light sources based on the second light emitting amount.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an analysis processing unit that quantizes an input image in two levels by replacing an area of the input image where a feature of a subject appears with a first pixel value and replacing an area of the input image where no feature of the subject appears with a second pixel value when the input image is acquired; a storing unit that stores dictionary data including a feature of a plurality of face images quantized by the analysis processing unit; and a face detection processing unit that performs face detection on a detection target image by using the dictionary data read from the storing unit, the detection target data being quantized by the analysis processing unit.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light control unit that changes the light transmittance or the reflectance with respect to each pixel; a plurality of light sources that irradiates light to the light control unit; a light-emission distribution calculating unit that calculates a light emission distribution when the light sources illuminate with respective set light emission intensities based on light-emission pattern data of the respective light sources that are preliminarily stored; a brightness comparing unit that compares the brightness in the light emission distribution calculated by the light-emission distribution calculating unit and the brightness of an image of a display object; and an adjustment-amount determining unit that determines an adjustment amount of the light emission intensity of each light source based on a comparison result by the brightness comparing unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores dictionary data including information on a feature area that indicates an area where a feature of a subject appears; and a subject determination unit that compares, when an input image is acquired, the feature area of the dictionary data with an area of the input image corresponding to the feature area of the dictionary data, to determine whether the input image includes the subject.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a face detection processing unit that reduces an image of a frame to be processed to a first level among several reduction levels to generate a reduced image of the frame to be processed, with one of frames included in a moving image as the frame to be processed, and compares the reduced image generated by the reducing unit and the learning data to extract a face image from the reduced image. When the extraction of the face image from the frame to be processed is ended, the face detection processing unit updates the frame to be processed to a next frame subsequent to the frame to be processed and generates a reduced image that is reduced to another level other than reduction levels adjoining the first level.

Abstract: Since the surface roughness of a recording layer get larger in the process of fabricating a patterned medium, the spacing between a head and the medium is widened. As a result, the recording performance and corrosion resistance of the medium are degraded. In the patterned medium, a recording layer includes one layer of a crystalline magnetic film or plural layers of crystalline magnetic films, and a magnetic film of an amorphous structure located on the outermost surface of the crystalline magnetic films. The compositional elements of the magnetic film of the amorphous structure are identical to those of the crystalline magnetic film located immediately under the magnetic film. In a fabrication method thereof, the surface of the crystalline magnetic film is turned into amorphous in order to form the magnetic film of the amorphous structure.

Abstract: A color correction method, a color correction device, and a color correction program that can achieve color correction processing with a color table with a fine spacing, while preventing the increase in memory capacity. A signal (YCC signal) of a luminance—color difference system is subjected to matrix conversion with a matrix conversion unit 10 and converted into a signal (RGB signal) of a display signal system. The adjustment amount relating to the signal of the display signal system is stored in a RGB color adjustment LUT 20. An interpolation processing unit 20 conducts interpolation processing by referring to the RGB color adjustment LUT 20 and outputs the color-corrected RGB signal after correction.

Abstract: An image correction apparatus includes a gradient detection unit, a blur width detection unit, a correction area identification unit, and a correction unit. The gradient detection unit detects a gradient of a pixel value of each of pixels of an input image. The blur width detection unit detects a blur width at a position of each of the pixels of the input image. The correction area identification unit identifies a correction area based on the gradient detected by the gradient detection unit and the blur width detected by the blur width detection unit. The correction unit corrects a pixel value of a pixel in the correction area identified by the correction area identification unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit to calculate a compression gain that is applied to a low-frequency component of an input image and an amplification gain that is applied to a high-frequency component of the input image, a generation unit to generate a display image in which a pixel value of a pixel of the input image is corrected based on the compression gain and the amplification gain calculated by the calculation unit, and a display unit to display the display image.

Abstract: A display apparatus in which a plurality of light sources emit light to a pixel includes a correction unit configured to correct a luminance distribution of a display target image or a light emission distribution obtained when the plurality of light sources emit light at a certain light emission intensity so that an interval between the luminance distribution and the light emission distribution is increased; and a control unit configured to control an amount of light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources based on the luminance distribution or the light emission distribution corrected by the correction unit.

Abstract: An image correction apparatus includes a motion vector calculation unit, a characteristic decision unit and a correction unit. The motion vector calculation unit calculates a motion vector of an image based on a plurality of images sharing a shooting area. The characteristic decision unit decides an edge characteristic for image correction based on the motion vector calculated by the motion vector calculation unit. The correction unit corrects a pixel value of a pixel having the edge characteristic decided by the characteristic decision unit in an input image obtained from the plurality of images.