Abstract: According to one embodiment, a parallax image generating apparatus is for generating, using a first image, a parallax images with a parallax therebetween. The apparatus includes following units. The first estimation unit estimates distribution information items indicating distributions of first depths in the first image by using first methods. The distribution information items falls within a depth range to be reproduced. The first combination unit combines the distribution information items to generate first depth information. The second calculation unit calculates second depth information indicating relative unevenness of an object in the first image. The third combination unit combines the first depth information and the second depth information by using a method different from the first methods, to generate third depth information. The generation unit generates the parallax images based on the third depth information and the first image.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes an observing unit and a generating unit. The observing unit obtains an observation image by observing a viewer which views a display unit. The generating unit generates a presentation image in which visible area is superimposed on the observation image. The visible area is an area within which the viewer is able to view the stereoscopic image. A display form of the visible area changes based on a position of the viewer in a perpendicular direction to the display unit.

Abstract: There is provided a novel agent for controlling harmful arthropods or nematodes that are parasites and hygienic pests for animals. An ecto- or endo-parasiticide for mammals or the like comprising as active ingredient, one or more selected from substituted benzamide compounds of formula (1) or salts thereof: wherein A1 is C—X3 or nitrogen atom, etc., A2 and A3 are C—H, etc., A4 is C—H or nitrogen atom, etc., G is G-2a, etc., W is oxygen atom or sulfur atom, X1 is halogen atom, trifluoromethyl, etc., X2 is hydrogen atom, halogen atom, trifluoromethyl, etc., X3 is hydrogen atom, halogen atom, etc., Y1 is hydrogen atom, halogen atom, methyl, etc., R1 is trifluoromethyl, etc., R2 is E-3a, etc., R3 is hydrogen atom, etc., p is an integer of 0 to 2.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a position estimation device includes first and second obtaining units, first and second calculators, and an estimating unit. The first obtaining unit is configured to obtain first data about a size and a position of an object in a first image. The second obtaining unit is configured to obtain second data about a distance to or a position of the object in a second image. The first calculator is configured to calculate, based on the first and second data, weights for first and second actual sizes of the object estimated respectively from the first and second data. The second calculator is configured to calculate a third actual size of the object by using the first and second actual sizes and the weights. The estimating unit is configured to estimate a three-dimensional position of the object by using the third actual size.

Abstract: A substituted alkenylbenzene compound of formula (4): wherein X1 is selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, —SF5, C1-C6haloalkyl, hydroxy C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy C1-C6haloalkyl, C3-C8halocycloalkyl, C1-C6haloalkoxy, C1-C3haloalkoxy C1-C3haloalkoxy, C1-C6haloalkylthio, C1-C6haloalkylsulfinyl and C1-C6haloalkylsulfonyl; X3 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano, nitro, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy and C1-C6alkylthio; X4 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy and C1-C4haloalkoxy; R3 is —C(R3a)(R3b)R3c, where R3a and R3b independently of each other are a halogen atom, or R3a and R3b together form 3- to 6-membered ring together with the carbon atom bonding them by forming a C2-C5haloalkylene chain, and R3c is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, halogen atom.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device generates a three-dimensional image to be displayed on a display unit. The display unit includes a display element unit that has pixels each containing a plurality of sub-pixels arranged thereon and a ray control element unit that controls emission directions of rays emitted from the sub-pixels. The image processing device includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire three-dimensional data for generating the three-dimensional image; and a generating unit configured to calculate, for each of the sub-pixels, a luminance value of the sub-pixel on the basis of an emission direction of a ray emitted from the sub-pixel through the ray control element unit and the three-dimensional data to generate the three-dimensional image.

Abstract: According to an image processing device includes an acquiring unit and a correcting unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a stereoscopic image containing a plurality of parallax images each having a mutually different parallax. The correcting unit is configured to perform, for each pixel of the stereoscopic image, correction to set a parallax number of a parallax image viewed at a viewpoint position to a first parallax number of a parallax image to be viewed at the viewpoint position by using correction data representing a difference value between the first parallax number and a second parallax number of a parallax image that is actually viewed at the viewpoint position and on which distortion correction for correcting distortion of light beams has been performed.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire volume data of a three-dimensional image; and a superimposed image generating unit configured to generate a superimposed image that is made by superimposing light information on a depth image when a parallax image obtained by rendering the volume data from multiple viewpoints is displayed as a stereoscopic image. The light information represents a relationship between a position in a depth direction of the stereoscopic image and resolution of the stereoscopic image. The depth image is obtained by rendering the volume data from a depth viewpoint at which the entire volume data in the depth direction is viewable.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic image display device includes a display element in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix topology, an optical element coupled to the display element, the optical element having variable optical characteristics. The device also includes an acquirer, calculator, and controller. The acquirer is configured to acquire person's information including a position of each of at least one person viewing a stereoscopic image. The calculator is configured to calculate, based on the person's information, a weight representing a quality of stereoscopic viewing for each person. The controller is configured to select optical characteristic parameters corresponding to the weight, and control the optical characteristics of the optical element based on the optical characteristic parameters.

Abstract: A substituted alkenylbenzene compound of formula (4): wherein X1 is a halogen atom, —SF5, C1-C6haloalkyl, hydroxy C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy C1-C6haloalkyl, C3-C8halocycloalkyl, C1-C6haloalkoxy, C1-C3haloalkoxy C1-C3haloalkoxy, C1-C6haloalkylthio, C1-C6haloalkylsulfinyl or C1-C6haloalkylsulfonyl; X3 is a hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy or C1-C6alkylthio; X4 is a hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy or C1-C4haloalkoxy; R3 is —C(R3a)(R3b)R3c, where R3a and R3b are a halogen, or R3a and R3b together form a 3- to 6-membered ring together with the carbon bonding them by forming a C2-C5haloalkylene chain, and R3c is a hydrogen, halogen, C1-C5alkyl, C1-C5haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy or C1-C4haloalkylthio, with a proviso that where X1 is a fluorine, chlorine or trifluoromethyl, and X2 and X3 are hydrogen, where X1 and X2 are fluorine and X3 is a hydrogen, or where X1 and X2 are trifluoromethyl and X3 is a hydrogen, R3c is a hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, iodine,

Abstract: In an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of parallax images having parallax between one another; a second acquiring unit that acquires identification information of a parallax image to be observed from a predetermined observing point position in each of a plurality of regions into which a display area on which three-dimensional image is configured to be displayed is divided, each of the regions including at least one element image, and the element image including each pixel in the plurality of parallax images; a corrector that corrects pixels at positions corresponding to the regions in the parallax images into pixels of parallax images identified by the identification information; and a first generator that generates the three-dimensional image from the parallax images resulting from the correction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a displaying device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image; a detector configured to detect a viewer; an obtaining device configured to obtain, on the basis of a detection result from the detector, a second position of the viewer in a second coordinate system fixed to the detector; a first calculator configured to calculate a difference between a first position in a first coordinate system fixed to the displaying device and the second position; and a second calculator configured to calculate a correction value for at least one of a set position of a viewing zone in which the viewer can view the three-dimensional image and the second position so as to compensate for the difference.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit, a first calculating unit, and a second calculating unit. The first acquiring unit acquires a plurality of captured images by imaging a target object from a plurality of positions. The second acquiring unit acquires a provisional three-dimensional position and a provisional size. The first setting unit sets at least one search candidate point near the provisional three-dimensional position. The second setting unit sets a search window for each projection position where the search candidate point is projected, the search window having a size. The first calculating unit calculates an evaluation value that represents whether or not the target object is included inside the search window. The second calculating unit calculates a three-dimensional position of the target object based on the evaluation value.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a parallax image generating apparatus includes a deriving unit, a generating unit, a first calculating unit, a setting unit, a searching unit, and an interpolating unit. The deriving unit derives a parallax vector corresponding to a first pixel from the input image and depth information associated with the first pixel. The generating unit generates an intermediate image. The first calculating unit calculates first weights for respective pixels of a parallax image. The setting unit sets one or more candidate blocks near a shade-forming-area pixel of the intermediate image, and sets a reference block among one or more candidate blocks. The searching unit searches a target block similar to the reference block in the input image and/or the intermediate image. The interpolating unit interpolates a pixel value of the shade-forming-area pixel.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a specifying unit configured to specify, from among a plurality of parallax images each having a mutually different parallax, a pixel area containing at least a single pixel; and a modifying unit configured to, depending on a positional relationship between each pixel in the pixel area specified from among the parallax images and a viewpoint position of a viewer, modify the pixel area into a modified pixel area that contains a pixel which is supposed to be viewed from the viewpoint position.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first setting unit, a second setting unit, and a specifying unit. The first setting unit detects a position of at least a part of an object in an image so as to obtain, for one pixel or each of a plurality of pixels in the image, a first likelihood that indicates whether the corresponding pixel is included in a region where the object is present. The second setting unit obtains, for one pixel or each of a plurality of pixels in the image, a second likelihood indicating whether the pixel is a pixel corresponding to a 3D body by using a feature amount of the pixel. The a specifying unit specifies a region, in the image, where the object is present by using the first likelihood and the second likelihood.

Abstract: There is provided a novel pest control agent, particularly an insecticide or miticide. A substituted isoxazoline compound of General Formula (1): where A1, A2 and A3 independently are CH or N, etc., X1, X2 and X3 are independently are H, a halogen atom, etc., Y1 is H, etc., R1 is —C(O)R1a, —C(S)R1a, R1a is —C(R9)(R9a)—S(O)rR10, —C(R9)(R9a)—S(O)t(R10)?NR11, etc., R2 is H, etc., R3 is CF3, CClF2, etc., R4 is H, etc., R9 is H, etc., R9a is H, etc., R10 is C1-2 alkyl, etc., R11 is H, etc., r is an integer of 0-2, t is an integer of 0 or 1; and a pest control agent comprising the compound or the salt thereof.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional video display apparatus includes a display, a calculator and a generator. The display displays a plurality of images with different viewpoints by using a plurality of light beam control elements to control light beams from pixels. The calculator calculates a quality of view for each of viewing positions with respect to the display based on a number of the light beam control elements causing pseudoscopy at each of the viewing positions. The generator generates a map indicating the quality of view for each of the viewing positions.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a displaying device, a receiver, a calculator, and a controller. The displaying device can display a stereoscopic image. The receiver receives a start signal used for starting setting a viewing zone in which the stereoscopic image can be viewed by a viewer. The calculator calculates, on the basis of position information of the viewer, viewing zone information representing a position of the viewing zone when the start signal is received. The controller controls the displaying device so as to set the viewing zone corresponding to the viewing zone information.

Abstract: An image processing method for creating a disparity image for 3D display from a 2D video image includes detecting based on a first image of the 2D video image in a time and a second image in a time different from the first image, motion vectors between the first and second images for each block of the first image, detecting from the motion vectors, a most backward vector of a portion whose depth is on the back side, calculating differential vectors between each motion vector and the most backward vector and giving a depth on a close to the block of the first image corresponding to the motion vector having the larger differential vector and creating one or more disparity images from the first image and the depth.