Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device and a method of controlling a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic device for enabling appropriate expansion of a dynamic range with respect to an object moving at a high speed or an object having a large luminance difference between bright and dark to reduce motion distortion (motion artifact). Exposure of a plurality of pixels is individually controlled in units of pixels. The present disclosure can be applied to a solid-state imaging device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device and a method of controlling a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic device for enabling appropriate expansion of a dynamic range with respect to an object moving at a high speed or an object having a large luminance difference between bright and dark to reduce motion distortion (motion artifact). Exposure of a plurality of pixels is individually controlled in units of pixels. The present disclosure can be applied to a solid-state imaging device.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus able to raise a processing capability in processing accompanying access to a storing means is provided. Stream control units (SCU) 203—0 to 203—3 access data at an external memory system or local memories 204—0 to 204—3 according to a thread under control from a host processor. Processor units (PU) arrays 202—0 to 202—3 perform image processing by a different thread from the thread of the SCUs 203—0 to 203—3.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method produce sectional image data of a specimen in an arbitrary direction without deterioration of picture quality. A re-construction process produces volume data such that one of coordinate axes of a volume coordinate system such as the z axis is aligned with the principal axis of inertia of a specimen. When sectional image data of the specimen on a certain section are to be produced, from among all voxels which compose the volume data, those voxels whose z coordinates have predetermined values are read out, and the read out voxels are regarded as pixels. As a result, it is not necessary to interpolate pixels, and the deterioration of picture quality arising from interpolation of pixels is prevented.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus able to raise a processing capability in processing accompanying access to a storing means is provided. Stream control units (SCU) 203_0 to 203_3 access data at an external memory system or local memories 204_0 to 204_3 according to a thread under control from a host processor. Processor units (PU) arrays 202_0 to 202_3 perform image processing by a different thread from the thread of the SCUs 203_0 to 203_3.

Abstract: A boundary line detection apparatus and method and an image processing apparatus and method as well as a recording medium by which the jaggy in the proximity of a boundary line is removed without increasing the sampling rate to remove are disclosed. The differences between pixel values between a noticed pixel and pixels in the proximity of the noticed pixel are compared with each other to detect whether or not a boundary is present in the proximity of the noticed pixel. Then, a length, a direction, and a start point and an end portion of the boundary line are determined. Then, the distance between the noticed pixel and the boundary line is calculated, and the pixel value of the noticed pixel is weighted using the distance. Then, the pixel obtained by the weighting is outputted.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method produce sectional image data of a specimen in an arbitrary direction without deterioration of picture quality. A re-construction process produces volume data such that one of coordinate axes of a volume coordinate system such as the z axis is aligned with the principal axis of inertia of a specimen. When sectional image data of the specimen on a certain section are to be produced, from among all voxels which compose the volume data, those voxels whose z coordinates have predetermined values are read out, and the read out voxels are regarded as pixels. As a result, it is not necessary to interpolate pixels, and the deterioration of picture quality arising from interpolation of pixels is prevented.

Abstract: The invention provides an image processing apparatus and method and an information providing medium by which a three-dimensional model can be plotted accurately. A model data production section performs a model data production process for shape data and surface color data of a measured object in a corresponding relationship to each other to produce model data and outputs the model data to a model data optimization program section. The model data optimization program section performs a model data optimization process for the model data supplied from the model data production section based on conditions such as a size on a display of the measurement object supplied from a model plotting section, an arithmetic processing performance and a data transmission performance to produce optimization model data, and supplies the optimization model data to the model plotting section.

Abstract: A boundary line detection apparatus and method and an image processing apparatus and method as well as a recording medium by which the juggy in the proximity of a boundary line is removed without increasing the sampling rate to remove are disclosed. The differences between pixel values between a noticed pixel and pixels in the proximity of the noticed pixel are compared with each other to detect whether or not a boundary is present in the proximity of the noticed pixel. Then, a length, a direction, and a start point and an end portion of the boundary line are determined. Then, the distance between the noticed pixel and the boundary line is calculated, and the pixel value of the noticed pixel is weighted using the distance. Then, the pixel obtained by the weighting is outputted.

Abstract: An IR keyboard 1 generates key code information corresponding to key operated to add break flag information indicating distinction between in-operation and operation release to the key code information as operation status information of the key to add terminator code information indicating that the key code information corresponding to key operation every once is completed to the last portion of the key code information to transmit, as key operation information, the key code information, the break flag information and the key code information by an infrared ray signal from a light emitting unit 11. Further, a light receiving unit 2 receives the infrared ray signal transmitted from the light emitting unit 11 to input key operation information of the IR keyboard 1 to a computer unit 3.

Abstract: Graphic display controller having central processing unit for preparing display lists so that a graphic display controller displays graphics on a monitor by using the display lists. The controller incvludes a memory for storing original image data as a part of the data base. The memory is accessed by the central processing unit through a memory management unit. The memory management unit maps locical process address to physical address on the memory unit. The memory has a capacity for storing display lists. The graphic display controller directly accesses the display lists stored in the memory through a graphic address transformer. The graphic address transformer maps graphic addresses to physical addresses.