Abstract: A pointing support device detects user's gaze position on a screen, sets the gaze position as an initial position of a pointer, displays a path starting from the initial position on the screen on the basis of path definition information, which defines the path to move the pointer and a movement pattern of the path and moves the pointer along the path.

Abstract: A pointing support apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to detect a line-of-sight position of a user on a screen, extract a command included in a search range of the screen with reference to the line-of-sight position, generate a table in which the command and speech information of the command are associated with each other, and decide, when speech information from outside is accepted, a command based on comparison of the recognized speech information and the speech information of the table.

Abstract: A color temperature of each of a first sensed image that is sensed by a first image sensing device and a second sensed image that is sensed by a second image sensing device different from the first image sensing device is acquired, a color temperature that is common between the first image sensing device and the second image sensing device is decided based on the acquired color temperatures, and color information in an image sensed by the first image sensing device and an image sensed by the second image sensing device is adjusted based on the decided color temperature.

Abstract: When a plurality of candidate corneal reflections are extracted from an image of a person, a line-of-sight detection device calculates a movement vector of a reflection location on the basis of the candidate corneal reflection extracted from a first image and a second image, calculates a movement vector of a reference point on the person on the basis of the reference point extracted from the first image and the second image, identifies a corneal reflection from among the plurality of candidate corneal reflections on the basis of the movement vector of the reflection location and the movement vector of the reference point so as to identify a location of the corneal reflection, and extracts a location of a pupil from the image, and calculates a line of sight of the person on the basis of the identified location of the corneal reflection and the extracted location of the pupil.

Abstract: A detection method executed by a computer, the detection method includes detecting a plurality of pupil candidates from a face image region in an image of a subject based on specific shape information, and identifying at least one pupil candidate as a pupil from among the plurality of pupil candidates based on brightness information related to an image region outside of the face image region and learning information indicating a relationship between the brightness information and a size of the pupil.

Abstract: A color temperature of each of a first sensed image that is sensed by a first image sensing device and a second sensed image that is sensed by a second image sensing device different from the first image sensing device is acquired, a color temperature that is common between the first image sensing device and the second image sensing device is decided based on the acquired color temperatures, and color information in an image sensed by the first image sensing device and an image sensed by the second image sensing device is adjusted based on the decided color temperature.

Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes a display unit and a correction unit. The display unit includes a display device configured to display an image and an optical system configured to lead light from the display device to an exit pupil. The correction unit is configured to correct a luminance level of an image displayed by the display device using a correction table. The correction table is created on the basis of a luminance distribution of an image on the display device which has been acquired at a position shifted from a position of the exit pupil in a predetermined direction by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A laser welding method includes preliminarily heating an entire welding path by irradiating the entire welding path with a heating laser beam for a first predetermined time, the welding path being closed loop-shaped and formed at a boundary between two workpieces as welding objects, and performing scanning with a welding laser beam along the welding path while continuously performing the irradiation with the heating laser beam after the preliminary heating and terminating the irradiation with the welding laser beam after the welding laser beam goes around the welding path.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack capable of improving volumetric efficiency while reducing the thickness of the entire battery. The battery pack is configured by laminating a plurality of film-sheathed batteries (10) each including power generating element (11) and film sheath material (12) in which internal space (13) is formed for housing power generating element (11) along with an electrolyte. Power generating element (11) includes main surfaces (11a) that are positioned on both sides in a lamination direction, and side surfaces (11b) that are adjacent to main surfaces (11a). Film sheath material (12) includes housing part (14) that is provided with main surface covering sections (14a) for covering main surfaces (11a) and side surface covering sections (14b) for covering side surfaces (11b), main surface covering sections (14a) and side surface covering sections (14b) forming internal space (13), and sealing parts (15) that protrude from side surface covering sections (14b) to seal internal space (13).

Abstract: A tablet device 100 according to an embodiment specifies a target area on a touch panel in which an operation is performed and determines the content of the touch operation performed in the target area. For example, the tablet device specifies the target area on the basis of the eye gaze position detected by a eye gaze detecting unit. Then, the tablet device creates a menu image that includes an option associated with the content of the touch operation, displays the created menu image in the default area, and receives the touch operation.

Abstract: A pulse wave measuring device includes a light emitter unit, a light receiver unit, a pulse wave measuring unit and a contact portion. The light receiver unit receives reflected light, which is reflected from a finger after transmission of the light from the light emitter unit. The pulse wave measuring unit measures a pulse wave based on the reflected light, which is received with the light receiver unit. The finger contacts the contact portion at a time of measuring the pulse wave. The contact portion has a recess, which receives at least a portion of the finger at the time of measuring the pulse wave, and a protrusion is provided in an inside of the recess.

Abstract: An eye gaze detecting device includes: a memory configured to store position information regarding a specific position where a specific object is located; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: identify an eye gaze position regarding the subject in an image for each of a plurality of images including the image, and calculate a correction value based on the position information and a plurality of eye gaze positions including the eye gaze position, the correction value causing the plurality of eye gaze positions to match the specific position.

Abstract: A conversion device includes an input unit configured to input position information of a user's line of sight on a screen; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, a character string included in a predetermined range from a position indicated by the position information, among character strings displayed on the screen; and a display control unit configured to display a list of character strings corresponding to readings including an input character as conversion candidates of the input character, among stored character strings, the list being displayed in response to the input character being input by the user. The display control unit increases a priority in a display order in the list for a character string that matches any of the acquired character strings, such that the priority is higher than that of a case where the character string does not match any of the character strings acquired by the acquiring unit.

Abstract: When a plurality of candidate corneal reflections are extracted from an image of a person, a line-of-sight detection device calculates a movement vector of a reflection location on the basis of the candidate corneal reflection extracted from a first image and a second image, calculates a movement vector of a reference point on the person on the basis of the reference point extracted from the first image and the second image, identifies a corneal reflection from among the plurality of candidate corneal reflections on the basis of the movement vector of the reflection location and the movement vector of the reference point so as to identify a location of the corneal reflection, and extracts a location of a pupil from the image, and calculates a line of sight of the person on the basis of the identified location of the corneal reflection and the extracted location of the pupil.

Abstract: A line-of-sight detector including: a memory in which a plurality of eyeball features are registered in a mode of associating each of the plurality of eyeball features with a corneal radius; and a processor configured to perform a process for detecting a line of sight of a person, wherein the process includes: calculating a feature amount of an eyeball of a person who is gazing at a first gaze point of gaze points in an image; determining an eyeball feature of the person in accordance with a feature amount of the eyeball that corresponds to the first gaze point in the plurality of eyeball features registered in the memory, and the calculated feature amount of the eyeball; and calculating a calibration parameter for a line of sight of the person in accordance with the feature amounts of the eyeball that are included in the determined eyeball feature.

Abstract: The aspect of the embodiments is directed to an image processing apparatus capable of executing gradation processing according to various shapes of boundary portions by determining start positions for starting the gradation processing for applying a gradient to a luminance value in a horizontal direction of an image in positions in a vertical direction of the image.

Abstract: A method includes acquiring an image including an object's face, detecting multiple candidate regions having characteristics of human eyes from the image, extracting high-frequency components of spatial frequencies in the image from the multiple candidate regions, distinguishing first regions likely to correspond to the eyes over second regions likely to correspond to eyebrows for the multiple candidate regions based on amounts of the high-frequency components of the multiple candidate regions, and outputting results of the distinguishing.

Abstract: A gaze detection apparatus includes: an image capturing unit which generates an image representing both eyes of a user; an eye detection unit which, for each of the eyes, detects an eye region containing the eye from the image; a pupil detection unit which, for one of the eyes, detects a pupil region containing a pupil from the eye region; an estimating unit which obtains, based on the pupil region detected for the one eye, an estimated shape of the pupil region on the image for the other one of the eyes; a redetection unit which detects the pupil region by searching for a region having a shape that matches the estimated shape from within the eye region detected for the other eye; and a gaze detection unit which detects the user's gaze direction based on a position of the pupil region detected for each of the eyes.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a battery pack that can reduce the thickness of the entire battery while ensuring that the film-packaged batteries adhere to each other. The battery pack of the present invention includes: film-packaged battery assembly 12 of multiple laminated film-packaged batteries 12, each film-packaged battery including power generation element 11 and film-wrapping 12 forming an interior space 13 that can house power generation element 11 along with electrolyte; and, at least one fixing member 3 that faces the side face of film-packaged battery assembly 2. Film wrapping 12 includes casing part 14 that forms interior space 13 and sealing part 15 that extends from casing part 14 to fixing member 3 to seal interior space 13. Sealing part 15 is inserted in slit 4 that is formed in fixing member 3 and that is fixed therein to fixing member 3.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium storing a displacement determination program is disclosed. First and second face areas of a person are extracted, respectively, from first and second images captured by first and second imaging devices arranged at certain positions where first and second available ranges for detecting a gaze are overlapped. First and second feature points are detected based on light reflections in the first face area and the second face area being extracted. First and second gaze positions of the person are calculated based on the first and second feature points being detected. An arrangement displacement is determined from both or one of the certain positions of the first and second imaging devices based on a relative position relationship between the first and second gaze positions.