Abstract: A display image formation device enables, in an intuitive manner, designation of a location which the user wishes to see when multiple panoramic images obtained by multiple panoramic cameras are present, and enables display of the image for a designated site in a suitable state. One panoramic camera is selected from multiple panoramic cameras on the basis of the positional relationship between a designated position on a planar map and the multiple panoramic cameras. An extracted image region, which is extracted from the image photographed by the selected panoramic camera, is determined. A display image is generated such that the extracted image is arranged on the planar map.

Abstract: A display image formation device enables, in an intuitive manner, designation of a location which the user wishes to see when multiple panoramic images obtained by multiple panoramic cameras are present, and enables display of the image for a designated site in a suitable state. One panoramic camera is selected from multiple panoramic cameras on the basis of the positional relationship between a designated position on a planar map and the multiple panoramic cameras. An extracted image region, which is extracted from the image photographed by the selected panoramic camera, is determined. A display image is generated such that the extracted image is arranged on the planar map.

Abstract: Tracking support apparatus includes: a tracking target setter that sets a moving object to be tracked by letting a monitoring person specify the moving object to be tracked on a video from a camera; a camera searcher that searches for a current tracing camera currently imaging the moving object to be tracked; a camera predictor that predicts a successive camera subsequently imaging the moving object to be tracked; a camera position presenter that displays a monitoring area map indicating a position of the current tracing camera; and a camera video presenter that displays a live video of each camera and highlights each live video of the current tracing camera and the successive camera. The camera position presentation unit and the camera video presentation unit display the monitoring area map and the live video of the camera in different display windows.

Abstract: Included are tracking target setter that sets a person as a tracking target in response to designation by a monitoring person, confirmation video presenter that extracts a video of a moving object with the highest possibility of being the moving object which is the target, based on tracking information, and displays only the videos as confirmation videos, candidate video presenter that displays as a candidate video, a video of a moving object that may be the moving object set as the tracking target is the next highest of the moving object of the confirmation video having an error, where there is an error in the confirmation video, and causes selection of a corresponding candidate video by the monitoring person, and tracking information corrector that corrects the tracking information so that the moving object corresponding to the selected candidate video is associated with the moving object set as the tracking target.

Abstract: An image monitoring system that efficiently utilizes a network band and decrease the processing load of a server is provided. A second image decision processor analyzes an extracted image transmitted from a monitoring terminal, and evaluates the quality (reliability) of the extracted image. A reliability decision unit outputs an individual ID of the analyzed extracted image to a load estimation unit when the numerical value from the analysis output by the second decision processor becomes less than the preset threshold. The load estimation unit estimates the server processor load of a server and the network load. A resend request unit controls the resend request for an individual ID output from the negative load estimation unit corresponding to the server processor load and the network load.

Abstract: An image display apparatus is provided that can obtain a stable and easy to view detection frame and cut-out image in a captured image in which there is a possibility that a congested region and a non-congested region are mixed, such as an omnidirectional image. Congested region detecting section detects a congested region in a captured image by detecting a movement region of the captured image. Object detecting section detects images of targets in the captured image by performing pattern matching. Detection frame forming section forms a congested region frame that surrounds a congested region detected by congested region detecting section, and object detection frame that surround image of target detected by object detecting section.

Abstract: Each camera comprises an image generation unit for generating an image by capturing the image, a moving object detection unit for detecting a moving object from the image and transmitting information on the position of the moving object to the server, and an image transmission unit for, when the camera is selected by the server, transmitting an image. The server comprises an image delivery camera selection unit for selecting some cameras as image delivery cameras from among the cameras based on the information on the position of the moving object transmitted from each of the cameras, an image delivery camera notification unit for notifying the selection result to the cameras, and an image input unit for inputting the images transmitted from the image delivery cameras.

Abstract: There is provided a steel, having an excellent rolling fatigue life, wherein an oxygen content in the steel is 8 ppm or less, a sulfur content is 0.008 mass % or less, and an Al content is 0.005 to 0.030 mass %, the number of non-metallic inclusions having an inclusion diameter of 20 ?m or more and less than 100 ?m, detected per steel material volume of 1000 mm3 by ultrasonic flaw detection, is 12.0 or less, the number of non-metallic inclusions having an inclusion diameter of 100 ?m or more, detected per steel material weight of 2.5 kg by the ultrasonic flaw detection, is 2.0 or less, the mass % ratio of (MgO)/(Al2O3) in the average composition of MgO—Al2O3-based oxides present in the steel is regulated into a range of 0.25 to 1.50, and the number ratio of the MgO—Al2O3-based oxides to all oxide-based inclusions is 70% or more.

Abstract: A panoramic image display device divides a panoramic expansion image into at least two panoramic images and displays the panoramic images. The panoramic expansion image display device including: a clipping reference position setting unit that sets a clipping reference position for the panoramic expansion image; an object detection unit that detects an object as a display target from the panoramic expansion image; a clipping position determination unit that determines a clipping position of the panoramic image according to a relationship between a detected object position and the clipping reference position; and a display image generation unit that displays the panoramic image clipped from the panoramic expansion image at the clipping position.

Abstract: A tracking assistance device includes: a target-to-be-tracked setting unit that, in response to an input operation performed by a monitoring person on one of display views to designate a moving object to be tracked, sets the designated moving object as a target to be tracked, the display views displaying captured images taken by respective cameras and stored in a recorder; a camera selection unit that, based on tracing information obtained by processing the captured images, selects any of the cameras inferred to have taken an image of the moving object designated as the target to be tracked from among the cameras other than the camera corresponding to the display view on which the target to be tracked was designated; and a playback unit that causes the captured images taken by each camera selected by the camera selection unit to be displayed in a corresponding one of the display views.

Abstract: To improve, when performing tracking of moving objects by using captured images taken by multiple cameras, the accuracy of the tracking process across the cameras, a tracking processing device includes: a storage unit that stores, for each camera, a plurality of pieces of intra-camera tracking information including image information of persons obtained from the captured images; a refining unit that performs refining of the plurality of pieces of intra-camera tracking information and thereby extracts pieces of inter-camera tracking information to be used in a process of tracking the persons across the multiple cameras; and an associating unit that, on the basis of the pieces of inter-camera tracking information, associates the persons in the captured images across the multiple cameras.

Abstract: A tracking assistance device includes: a target-to-be-tracked setting unit that causes captured images stored in a recorder to be displayed on a monitor and, in response to an input operation performed by a monitoring person to designate a moving object to be tracked, sets the designated moving object as a target to be tracked; a candidates selection unit that selects, as a candidate(s), a moving object(s) highly relevant with the moving object set as the target to be tracked; a candidate image presenting unit that extracts, as a candidate image(s), a captured image(s) in which the candidate moving object(s) is(are) included, and causes the monitor to display the candidate image(s) is(are) such that the monitoring person selects an appropriate candidate image; and a tracing information correction unit that changes the target to be tracked to the moving object associated with the selected candidate image and corrects the tracing information accordingly.

Abstract: A tracking assistance device for assisting a monitoring person in tracking a moving object by displaying on a display device a monitoring screen in which display views for displaying in real time captured images taken by respective cameras are arranged on a map image representing a monitored area in accordance with an actual arrangement of the cameras, includes: a target-to-be-tracked setting unit that, in response to an input operation performed by the monitoring person on one of the display views to designate a moving object to be tracked, sets the designated moving object as a target to be tracked; a prediction unit that predicts a next display view in which the moving object set as the target to be tracked will appear next based on tracing information obtained by processing the captured images; and a display view indicating unit that indicates the next display view on the monitoring screen.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to increase accuracy in detecting a person on the basis of the size of an object detection region in an omni-directional image. A height-and-width switching section for switching between the height and the width of the object detection region on the basis of the position of the object detection region in the omni-directional image is provided. It is determined on the basis of the height and the width of the object detection region for which the height and the width are switched by the height-and-width switching section whether the object detection region is a person detection region. As a result, the person detection region and a shadow detection region can be correctly separated in the omni-directional image.

Abstract: There is provided a steel material with small heat treatment deformation, comprising a machine structural steel used for components for power transmission, such as gears and shafts used in automobiles, industrial machines, and the like. In the steel material, the Ms point of the steel material comprising a machine structural steel, comprising in mass %: C: 0.20 to 0.30%; Si: 0.10 to 1.50%; Mn: 0.10 to 1.20%; P: 0.030% or less; S: 0.030% or less; Cr: 1.30 to 2.50%; Cu: 0.30% or less; Al: 0.008 to 0.300%; O: 0.0030% or less; and N: 0.0020 to 0.0300%; and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities, is 460° C. or less; a ratio (J9/J1.5) of hardness J9 at a distance of 9 mm from the quenched end of the steel material to hardness J1.5 at a distance of 1.5 mm from the quenched end of the steel material, as measured by Jominy end quenching method, is in a range of from 0.70 to 0.85; and a ratio (J11/J1.5) of hardness J11 at a distance of 11 mm from the quenched end of the steel material to hardness J1.

Abstract: Provided is a biometric authentication system capable of preventing spoofing attacks even if leakage of key information and a registration conversion template occurs. A communication terminal device (300) calculates secret key information k? which is exclusive OR of key information k of the registration biological information and masked value c? which is randomly selected from a predetermined error correction code group, and calculates verified information c?? which is exclusive OR of sent information c? and value c?. A biometric authentication device (500) calculates exclusive OR of authentication biological information, information k?, and registration conversion template w, as information c?, wherein the template w is exclusive OR of information x, information k, and authentication parameter c randomly selected from the code group; and performs biometric authentication on the basis of a degree of matching between information c?? corresponding to information c?, and the parameter c.

Abstract: A people counting device includes: a person presence region extraction unit which extracts a region in which a person is present by performing person detection in relation to an input image; a person presence state estimation unit which estimates a person presence state from an extraction result; a portion detector selection unit which selects a type of portion detector to be used for people count measurement based on the estimation result, and outputs portion detector information. The people counting device further includes: a portion detection process unit which performs a portion detection process for detecting a portion of a person based on the portion detector information; and a people counting unit which obtains a number of people within the input image from a portion detection process result.

Abstract: Provided is a display image formation device with which it is possible to designate in an intuitive manner a location which the user wishes to see when multiple panoramic images obtained by multiple panoramic cameras exist, and with which the image for a designated site can be displayed in a suitable state. A camera selection unit (12) selects one panoramic camera (20) from multiple panoramic cameras (20) on the basis of the positional relationship between a designated position on a planar map and the multiple panoramic cameras (20). An extraction parameter determination unit (14) determines an extracted image region, which is extracted from the image photographed by the panoramic camera (20) selected by the camera selection unit (12). A drawing unit (15) forms a display image wherein the extracted image is arranged on the planar map.

Abstract: A tracking assistance device includes: a target-to-be-tracked setting unit that, in response to an input operation performed by a monitoring person on one of display views to designate a moving object to be tracked, sets the designated moving object as a target to be tracked, the display views displaying captured images taken by respective cameras and stored in a recorder; a camera selection unit that, based on tracing information obtained by processing the captured images, selects any of the cameras inferred to have taken an image of the moving object designated as the target to be tracked from among the cameras other than the camera corresponding to the display view on which the target to be tracked was designated; and a playback unit that causes the captured images taken by each camera selected by the camera selection unit to be displayed in a corresponding one of the display views.

Abstract: A tracking assistance device includes: a target-to-be-tracked setting unit that causes captured images stored in a recorder to be displayed on a monitor and, in response to an input operation performed by a monitoring person to designate a moving object to be tracked, sets the designated moving object as a target to be tracked; a candidates selection unit that selects, as a candidate(s), a moving object(s) highly relevant with the moving object set as the target to be tracked; a candidate image presenting unit that extracts, as a candidate image(s), a captured image(s) in which the candidate moving object(s) is(are) included, and causes the monitor to display the candidate image(s) is(are) such that the monitoring person selects an appropriate candidate image; and a tracing information correction unit that changes the target to be tracked to the moving object associated with the selected candidate image and corrects the tracing information accordingly.