Abstract: A controller includes a connection determination unit configured to determine whether a device and a device control apparatus are directly communicatively connected to each other. The device control apparatus functions as a type 1 device control apparatus under a condition where the connection determination unit has determined that the device and the device control apparatus are directly communicatively connected to each other. On the other hand, the device control apparatus functions as a type 2 device control apparatus under a condition where the connection determination unit has determined that the device and the device control apparatus are not directly communicatively connected to each other.

Abstract: An optical velocity measuring apparatus which can restrict the effect of rotational motion of a moving object and estimate a velocity of its own with high accuracy, for a moving object with no wheels or a moving object of which the wheels slip includes an imager, provided in a moving object, for imaging a traveling surface such that a shift amount of each pixel at a time when an imaging target surface has shifted varies depending on a position of the pixel within an image, and the optical velocity measuring apparatus acquires a pixel shift amount gradient, which is a change in the shift amount of each pixel with respect to a predetermined axis, from a plurality of images captured by an image capturing device in a time series and a velocity of the moving object from the pixel shift amount gradient is acquired.

Abstract: A mobile robot system capable of estimating the occurrence of various risks within its environment and executing appropriate processing to achieve an objective is provided. The mobile robot system includes an environment recognition unit for recognizing an external environment, a travelling unit, and a travelling control unit which controls the travelling unit on the basis of environment information from the environment recognition unit. The mobile robot system also includes a calculation unit which generates a travelling command to the travelling control unit, a potential risk area recognition unit, and a risk occurrence condition detection unit. When a risk occurrence condition is satisfied, the calculation unit calculates a degree of influence of the occurring risk on achievement of an objective quantitatively in each stage. When the possibility of achieving the object is low, a movement planning unit replans a moving route to raise the possibility of achieving the objective.

Abstract: In order to make learning efficient for a robot, a robot operation device is provided with operation information input units for generating operation information specifying a state of a robot on the basis of an operation by an operator, a control unit for controlling the robot on the basis of the operation information, a non-operation information collecting unit for collecting non-operation information which is information that relates to the operator and does not affect the state of the robot, an action analysis unit for estimating the state of the operator on the basis of the non-operation information, and an action learning unit for learning the operation of the operator on the basis of the operation information and the estimation result of the action analysis unit.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that perform a stable overflow from a photodiode and prevent Qs from decreasing and color mixing from occurring. A solid-state imaging device according to an aspect of the present technology includes, at a light receiving surface side of a semiconductor substrate, a charge retention part that generates and retains a charge in response to incident light, an OFD into which the charge saturated at the charge retention part is discharged, and a potential barrier that becomes a barrier of the charge that flows from the charge retention part to the OFD, the OFD including a low concentration OFD and a high concentration OFD having different impurity concentrations of the same type, and the high concentration OFD and the potential barrier being formed at a distance. For example, the present technology is applicable to a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: The lighting control system includes a lighting unit configured to emit light to a lighting space; an imaging unit configured to obtain image data of the lighting space; and a controller configured to control the lighting unit based on the image data obtained by the imaging unit. The controller includes: a person determiner configured to determine whether a person is staying in the lighting space, based on the image data; a shadow determiner configured to, when the person determiner determines that the person is staying in the lighting space, determine whether a shadow is extending from the person, based on the image data; and a dimmer configured to, when the shadow determiner determines that the shadow is extending from the person, increase a dimming rate of the lighting unit.

Abstract: An optical velocity measuring apparatus which can restrict the effect of rotational motion of a moving object and estimate a velocity of its own with high accuracy, for a moving object with no wheels or a moving object of which the wheels slip includes an imager, provided in a moving object, for imaging a traveling surface such that a shift amount of each pixel at a time when an imaging target surface has shifted varies depending on a position of the pixel within an image, and the optical velocity measuring apparatus acquires a pixel shift amount gradient, which is a change in the shift amount of each pixel with respect to a predetermined axis, from a plurality of images captured by the imaging means in a time series and a velocity of the moving object from the pixel shift amount gradient is acquired.

Abstract: There is provided a solid-state image pickup device including: a semiconductor substrate; a photodiode formed in the semiconductor substrate; a transistor having a gate electrode part or all of which is embedded in the semiconductor substrate, the transistor being configured to read a signal electric charge from the photodiode via the gate electrode; and an electric charge transfer layer provided between the gate electrode and the photodiode.

Abstract: There is provided a solid-state image pickup device including: a semiconductor substrate (21); a photodiode (11A, 11B) formed in the semiconductor substrate; a transistor (10) having a gate electrode (14) part or all of which is embedded in the semiconductor substrate, the transistor being configured to read a signal electric charge from the photodiode via the gate electrode; and an electric charge transfer layer (13) provided between the gate electrode and the photodiode.

Abstract: There is provided a solid-state image pickup device including: a semiconductor substrate (21); a photodiode (11A, 11B) formed in the semiconductor substrate; a transistor (10) having a gate electrode (14) part or all of which is embedded in the semiconductor substrate, the transistor being configured to read a signal electric charge from the photodiode via the gate electrode; and an electric charge transfer layer (13) provided between the gate electrode and the photodiode.

Abstract: A control device capable of providing smooth movement even in a crowded environment is to be provided. The control device includes a movement processing section (101) that creates a movement plan that is information relating to movement of an autonomous mobile apparatus (1); a movement control section (21) that moves the autonomous mobile apparatus (1) according to the movement plan created by the movement processing section (101); a congestion degree estimating section (102) that calculates the degree of congestion in a movement direction of the autonomous mobile apparatus (1); a visual field estimating section (103) that estimates a visual field of a moving obstacle when the degree of congestion on an immediately front side of the autonomous mobile apparatus (1) is a predetermined value or higher; and an attention calling control section (104) that calls attention using an attention calling device (15) to enter the estimated visual field.

Abstract: According to the present device, a mobile robot system capable of estimating the occurrence of various risks within its environment and executing appropriate processing to achieve an objective is to be provided. A mobile robot system includes: an environment recognition unit for recognizing an external environment; a travelling unit; a travelling control unit which controls the travelling unit on the basis of environment information from the environment recognition unit; a calculation unit which generates a travelling command to the travelling control unit; a potential risk area recognition unit; and a risk occurrence condition detection unit. The calculation unit includes an objective setting unit, an occurring risk attribute recognition unit, and an own location recognition unit, and also includes a movement planning unit.

Abstract: A solid state imaging device includes: a substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit that is formed on the substrate to generate and accumulate signal charges according to light quantity of incident light; a vertical transmission gate electrode that is formed to be embedded in a groove portion formed in a depth direction from one side face of the substrate according to a depth of the photoelectric conversion unit; and an overflow path that is formed on a bottom portion of the transmission gate to overflow the signal charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit.

Abstract: An illumination control system includes a first type illumination controller which detects presence of a person in an illumination space to be illuminated by an illumination apparatus, the illumination apparatus being connectable to the first type illumination controller, and a second type illumination controller which detects brightness in the illumination space, the second type illumination controller being connected to the first type illumination controller. The second type illumination controller derives a degree of dimming based on the detected brightness, and notifies the degree of dimming to the first type illumination controller. Upon detecting the presence of a person, the first type illumination controller controls dimming of the illumination apparatus according to the degree of dimming notified from the second type illumination controller.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile device, an autonomous movement system, and an autonomous movement method, each having an obstacle avoidance capability, are provided. The autonomous mobile device includes an avoidance pattern determination unit for determining the travel pattern of the local device according to the state of motion, relative to the autonomous movement device, of a mobile obstacle other than the autonomous movement device; and a travel controller for causing the autonomous movement device to travel according to the travel pattern determined by the avoidance pattern determination unit. One of avoidance patterns is selected in accordance with a relative velocity to a mobile obstacle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile robot system which predicts, in an environment in which mobile objects such as people come and go, a place at which the possibility that a mobile object may appear is high and a potential mobile object and can efficiently avoid collision with a mobile object. The mobile robot system includes an outside world sensor that measures a position of an object in a surrounding environment, a traveling unit that displaces an own position, and a control unit that controls the traveling unit.

Abstract: There is provided a solid-state image pickup device including: a semiconductor substrate (21); a photodiode (11A, 11B) formed in the semiconductor substrate; a transistor (10) having a gate electrode (14) part or all of which is embedded in the semiconductor substrate, the transistor being configured to read a signal electric charge from the photodiode via the gate electrode; and an electric charge transfer layer (13) provided between the gate electrode and the photodiode.

Abstract: An illumination control system includes a first type illumination controller which detects presence of a person in an illumination space to be illuminated by an illumination apparatus, the illumination apparatus being connectable to the first type illumination controller, and a second type illumination controller which detects brightness in the illumination space, the second type illumination controller being connected to the first type illumination controller. The second type illumination controller derives a degree of dimming based on the detected brightness, and notifies the degree of dimming to the first type illumination controller. Upon detecting the presence of a person, the first type illumination controller controls dimming of the illumination apparatus according to the degree of dimming notified from the second type illumination controller.