Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an attribute determiner and a setter. Each of acquired first sets indicates a combination of observation information indicating a result of observation of an area surrounding a moving body and position information. The attribute determiner is configured to determine, based on the observation information, an attribute of each of areas into which the area surrounding the moving body is divided, and to generate second sets, each indicating a combination of attribute information indicating the attribute of each area and the position information. The setter is configured to set, based on the second sets, reliability of the attribute of the area of a target second set, from correlation between the attribute of the area of the target second set and the attribute of corresponding areas each indicating the area corresponding to the target area in the areas of the other second sets.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a memory having computer executable components stored therein; and a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the memory. The processing circuit acquires a plurality of pieces of observation information of surroundings of a moving body, generates a plurality of pieces of attribute information of the surroundings of the moving body on the basis of the plurality of pieces of observation information, and sets a reliability of the attribute information of the surroundings of the moving body on the basis of correlation of the plurality of pieces of attribute information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an apparatus includes a calculator, an pixel evaluator, an accumulator, and an area evaluator. The calculator is configured to calculate a feature of an image for each pixel in image data. The pixel evaluator is configured to produce a score that evaluates the feature for each pixel. The accumulator is configured to calculate, for each pixel, a cumulative score obtained by accumulating all scores in an area including a minor angle formed by a half line in a first direction from the each pixel position and another half line in a second direction from the each pixel position. The area evaluator is configured to calculate an evaluation value that is a total of the scores in a quadrilateral area enclosed by two lines of the first direction and two lines of the second direction based on the cumulative scores at pixel positions at vertexes of the quadrilateral area.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a dimension reduction apparatus includes an obtaining device to obtain a first vector made up of elements; a generator to generate first partial vectors each made up of one or more elements of the elements; a first mapping controller to transform each first partial vector into a second partial vector by reducing number of elements constituting the first partial vector using first mapping corresponding to the first partial vector, concatenate the second partial vectors, and generate a second vector by reducing number of dimensions of the first vector; and a second mapping controller to apply, to the second vector, second mapping which maps the second vector into a space having number of dimensions not larger than that of the second vector, and generate a third vector by reducing the number of dimensions of the second vector to not larger than that of the second vector.

Abstract: A shift device includes a knob that is rotated to change a shift position, and an operation mechanism including a motor. At least one of restricting or releasing restriction of rotation of the knob is performed when the motor is driven, further, the shift position of the knob is changed to a specific shift position when the motor is driven. Thus, driving a common motor in the shift device enables at least one of restricting or releasing restriction of rotation of the knob to be performed, and enables the shift position of the knob to be changed to the specific shift position. This enables the configuration of the shift device to be simplified, and enables an increase in the size and an increase in the number of components in the shift device to be suppressed.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a dimension reduction apparatus includes an obtaining device to obtain a first vector made up of elements; a generator to generate first partial vectors each made up of one or more elements of the elements; a first mapping controller to transform each first partial vector into a second partial vector by reducing number of elements constituting the first partial vector using first mapping corresponding to the first partial vector, concatenate the second partial vectors, and generate a second vector by reducing number of dimensions of the first vector; and a second mapping controller to apply, to the second vector, second mapping which maps the second vector into a space having number of dimensions not larger than that of the second vector, and generate a third vector by reducing the number of dimensions of the second vector to not larger than that of the second vector.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus for generating an occupancy grid map constituted with a two-dimensional grid around a first moving body includes processing circuitry configured to acquire data of a distance from the first moving body to an obstacle lying in surroundings of the first moving body; acquire first information indicating the movement status of the first moving body at current time and determine an operation mode of the first moving body; set a range of interest in a grid of a resolution higher than a resolution of the grid of the occupancy grid map, from the operation mode; and align the occupancy grid map to the range of interest and generate the occupancy grid map in such a manner that the obstacle exists in the grid of the occupancy grid map and the grid of the range of interest with respect to a position corresponding to the distance data.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computational device includes a memory and a processor. The processor receives an input of tensor data. The processor locates a first area on the tensor data. The processor maps the coordinates within the first area on the tensor data and to acquire a second area including corresponding coordinates which the coordinates within the first area on the tensor data are mapped to. The processor calculates a higher-order statistic between the first area and the second area. The processor outputs the higher-order statistic.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computing device includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives an input of tensor data. The processing circuitry sets a window in the tensor data. The processing circuitry compares, for each pair of coordinates in the tensor data within the window, a pixel value at the pair of coordinates with one or more thresholds, and selects a weight value corresponding to a comparison result. The processing circuitry adds the weight values selected for the respective pairs of coordinates to obtain a cumulative value. The processing circuitry derives a value based at least in part on the cumulative value.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a display control device includes hardware processing circuitry. The hardware processing circuitry programmed to acquire event information indicating an event and event position information indicating a location of the event, the event detected from an image captured by an imager; calculate a priority for displaying the event information based on at least one of the event position information or the event information; determine a display format of the event information based at least in part on the priority; and cause a display to display the event information in accordance with the display format determined.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image analyzer includes a set unit, a first calculator, a second calculator, a divider, a third calculator, and a specifier. The set unit sets multiple partial regions in the image. The first calculator calculates an optical flow in a partial region. The second calculator calculates the density of an object included in the partial region. The divider divides the image into the multiple blocks. The third calculator calculates, for a block, a statistical amount that is derived from the density and the moving amount of the object derived from the optical flow for the partial region included in the block. The specifier specifies the block, out of the blocks, as an unsteady block that is in an unsteady state on the basis of the statistical amount.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to acquire an image; calculate a density of an object captured in a region obtained by dividing the image; calculate a first density relative value of the region to a surrounding region which is surrounding the region; and detect an attention region out of the regions included in the image according to the first density relative value.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processer is configured to measure a viewing time indicating a time during which a person existing in front of a display medium views the display medium; control, in a variable manner, a threshold of the viewing time based on content of the display medium; and count a number of object persons, the object person indicating a person with the viewing time equal to or greater than the threshold.

Abstract: A compressed air supply apparatus includes a control unit configured to operate an air compressor when a measurement value of a pressure measurement unit reaches a first pressure or less, and configured to stop the air compressor when the measurement value reaches a second pressure higher than the first pressure, and a plurality of relief valve apparatuses installed in each of the connection flow path between the air compressor and each of a plurality of air tanks, wherein each of the plurality of relief valve apparatuses is configured to open the connection flow path to the atmosphere when the measurement value reaches a third pressure higher than the second pressure and close the connection flow path when the measurement value reaches a fourth pressure higher than the second pressure and lower than the third pressure after the opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an object detection apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first detector, a determination unit, and a second detector. The acquisition unit acquires frames in a time-series manner. The first detector detects a predetermined object in each of the frames. The determination unit stores detection results corresponding to the frames, compares a first detection result corresponding to a first frame of the frames with a second detection result corresponding to a second frame of the frames, and determines whether false negative of the predetermined object exists in the second frame. The second detector detects the predetermined object in the second frames when it is determined that false negative of the predetermined object exists. The second detector differs in performance from the first detector.

Abstract: There are provided an angle detection apparatus configured to correct an error included in angle information output from a multipolar angle detector, a motor having the angle detection apparatus, a torque sensor, an electric power steering apparatus, and a vehicle. A multiplication circuit (12) generates digital electrical angle information (?ed) from analog angle information output from a multipolar optical encoder (11), a first differentiator 30 differentiates the electrical angle information (?ed) to operate an electrical angular velocity (?ed), a first discontinuity correction circuit (31) carries out processing of correcting a discontinuity of an angular velocity in a temporal change for the electrical angular velocity (?ed), and a digital filter (32) carries out correction processing of reducing a high-frequency noise component for an electrical angular velocity (?edc) corrected by the first discontinuity correction circuit (31).

Abstract: An example collation apparatus includes a user information storage medium and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to at least receive a captured image including a face of a user and a non-facial object; detect a face region from the image; set an object region corresponding to the location of the non-facial object in the image; extract a face feature vector from the face region and collate the extracted face feature vector with face feature vectors stored in the user information storage medium; extract an object feature vector from the object region and collate the extracted object feature vector with object feature vectors stored in the user information storage medium; and calculate a collation result of the user using at least one of a collation result of face feature vectors and a collation result of object feature vectors.

Abstract: In brake control based on commands of a plurality of systems, an adjustment valve adjusts fluid supplied from a fluid source to a predetermined pressure to output the pressure-adjusted fluid. An output valve switches opening and closing based on a switching command. A skid detector detects whether a car is skidding or not and notifies a brake controller. The brake controller determines a pressure of fluid output by a control valve and issues a command to solenoid valves provided in the control valve. The brake controller issues a command to a discharge valve to discharge fluid from the discharge valve when a skid is detected. A relay valve adjusts pressure of fluid from the fluid source based on a higher pressure between a pressure of fluid output by the output valve and a pressure of fluid output by the control valve, to output the pressure-adjusted air to a brake cylinder.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes an image acquirer, a tracker, an extractor, a feature amount acquirer, and an association controller. The image acquirer is configured to acquire a time series of images from each imaging device. The tracker is configured to track a position of an object in the time series of images. The extractor is configured to extract, from the time series of images, an observed value corresponding to a feature value in each of regions into which the time series of images is divided depending on a distance from the imaging device. The feature amount acquirer is configured to acquire a feature amount based on a deviation value of the observed value in a feature value distribution for the region. The association controller is configured to associate the tracked objects among multiple time series of images acquired from the imaging devices by using the feature amount.

Abstract: A cathode for a discharge lamp in which an electron emitting section containing an easily electron emitting material at its end is provided that has simplified yet non-breakable structure and can reduce the manufacturing cost. A short arc discharge lamp includes an arc tube in which a cathode and an anode face each other and a xenon gas is enclosed. The cathode has an electron emitting section made from tungsten to which thorium is added as an easily electron emitting substance. The cathode also has an electrode body section made from tungsten to which no thorium is added. The electrode body section has a recess at a front end side. The electron emitting section has a circular truncated conical shape, a rear end side of the electron emitting section is received in the recess, and a front end side portion protrudes from the recess.