Abstract: An error in distance measurement is reduced. The distance measuring sensor generates multiple images by receiving light in light reception periods that are synchronized with pulse train pattern light, which repeats a light emission period and a non-light emission period of two types of luminance of a bright portion and a dark portion, and have different phases from each other. A bright region detecting unit detects a bright region which is a region generated by receiving reflected light corresponding to the bright portion of the pattern light in each of the multiple images. A first distance measuring unit detects a phase difference between the emitted pattern light and the reflected light on the basis of the bright regions detected in the multiple images and calculates a first distance measurement value that is a distance to the object on the basis of the detected phase difference.

Abstract: A signal processing device according to the present technology includes: a storage unit that stores size information of a specific subject; and a determination processing unit that acquires a second image as a distance image having a resolution lower than that of a first image used in identification processing of determining whether or not a subject is the specific subject, and performs determination of whether or not the subject in the second image is a processing target subject in the identification processing using the first image on the basis of size information of the subject in the second image and the size information of the specific subject.

Abstract: A ranging processing device includes: a four-phase ranging operation unit that performs an operation to calculate depth indicating a distance to an object by using all eight detection signals two of which are detected for each of irradiated light of first to fourth phases; a two-phase ranging operation unit that performs the operation to calculate the depth indicating the distance to the object by alternately using four detection signals based on the irradiated light of the first phase and the irradiated light of the second phase and four detection signals based on the irradiated light of the third phase and the irradiated light of the fourth phase among the eight detection signals; and a condition determination unit that makes condition determination based on the detection signals and switch between the four-phase ranging operation unit and the two-phase ranging operation unit to be used.

Abstract: In a measurement apparatus or a measurement method, an information processing apparatus executes: a process of specifying a bunch of grapes to be measured on the basis of detection of grasping of the bunch of grapes by a gripper; and a process of starting to measure the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes.

Abstract: Distance measuring is disclosed. In one example, a distance measuring sensor includes a light receiving unit that receives reflected light obtained by reflection of irradiation light emitted from a predetermined light emitting source by an object; a depth calculation unit that calculates distance information to the object and luminance information from a signal obtained by the light receiving unit; and a detection processing unit that executes a predetermined detection process by using at least one of the distance information or the luminance information in accordance with a current operation mode selected from among a plurality of operation modes, and outputs a result of a detection process to the outside together with the distance information and the luminance information.

Abstract: It is desired to provide technology that enables automatic measurement of the size of a subject with a reduced number of frames of images required, relaxed restrictions on the coverage and light projection, and no limitation on the shape of the subject. Provided is an information processing device including: a depth information acquiring unit configured to acquire depth information; a data conversion unit configured to convert the depth information into three-dimensional data; a subject extraction unit configured to extract a subject area where a subject is present on the basis of the three-dimensional data; and a size measurement unit configured to measure a size of the subject on the basis of the subject area, in which the size measurement unit detects six planes circumscribing the subject area and measures the size of the subject on the basis of the six planes.

Abstract: In a measurement apparatus or a measurement method, an information processing apparatus executes: a process of specifying a bunch of grapes to be measured on the basis of detection of grasping of the bunch of grapes by a gripper; and a process of starting to measure the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes.

Abstract: It is desired to provide technology that enables automatic measurement of the size of a subject with a reduced number of frames of images required, relaxed restrictions on the coverage and light projection, and no limitation on the shape of the subject. Provided is an information processing device including: a depth information acquiring unit configured to acquire depth information; a data conversion unit configured to convert the depth information into three-dimensional data; a subject extraction unit configured to extract a subject area where a subject is present on the basis of the three-dimensional data; and a size measurement unit configured to measure a size of the subject on the basis of the subject area, in which the size measurement unit detects six planes circumscribing the subject area and measures the size of the subject on the basis of the six planes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus comprising an image sensor that includes an imaging surface in which many pixels are arranged vertically and horizontally, a pixel control unit that controls the image sensor, selects a pixel corresponding to a sampling function among pixels configuring a block by applying the sampling function for each block acquired by partitioning the imaging surface of the image sensor into a plurality of blocks, and outputs a sampling signal based on a pixel value of the selected pixel, and a reduced image generating unit that generates a reduced image on the basis of the sampling signal for each block output from the image sensor.

Abstract: A ranging processing device includes: a four-phase ranging operation unit that performs an operation to calculate depth indicating a distance to an object by using all eight detection signals two of which are detected for each of irradiated light of first to fourth phases; a two-phase ranging operation unit that performs the operation to calculate the depth indicating the distance to the object by alternately using four detection signals based on the irradiated light of the first phase and the irradiated light of the second phase and four detection signals based on the irradiated light of the third phase and the irradiated light of the fourth phase among the eight detection signals; and a condition determination unit that makes condition determination based on the detection signals and switch between the four-phase ranging operation unit and the two-phase ranging operation unit to be used.

Abstract: There is provided a distance measurement processing apparatus including: a correction parameter calculating section configured to calculate a correction parameter for correcting deviation of characteristics between a first tap and a second tap using a predetermined number of detection signals which are detected two each for two or more types of irradiated light, two or more types of the irradiated light with a predetermined phase difference being radiated on an object, and electric charges generated by reflected light reflected by the object being received being sorted into the first tap and the second tap in accordance with a distance to the object; and a distance measuring section configured to obtain a depth indicating a distance to the object on the basis of the correction parameter and a predetermined number of the detection signals.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an information processing system capable of decreasing the amount of data of a video or the like transmitted through a network and suppressing power consumption of the imaging apparatus. An imaging apparatus which is a first aspect of the present disclosure includes: an image sensor that includes an imaging surface in which many pixels are arranged vertically and horizontally; a pixel control unit that controls the image sensor, selects a pixel corresponding to a sampling function among pixels configuring a block by applying the sampling function for each block acquired by partitioning the imaging surface of the image sensor into a plurality of blocks, and outputs a sampling signal based on a pixel value of the selected pixel; and a reduced image generating unit that generates a reduced image on the basis of the sampling signal for each block output from the image sensor.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, electronic equipment and a program which can remove cyclic noise from an image including the cyclic noise. An estimating unit configured to estimate cyclic noise components included in each image picked up under different exposure conditions for each image is included. The estimating unit estimates the cyclic noise components for each image through operation utilizing mutual relationship between the noise components under the exposure conditions. For example, the cyclic noise is flicker. The mutual relationship between the noise components may be expressed with a shutter function of the exposure conditions in frequency space. The present technology may be applied to an imaging apparatus.

Abstract: The present technique relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program for obtaining a high-quality panoramic image when a 360-degree panoramic image is generated. A projected image generation unit generates projected images by mapping, on a cylindrical surface, captured images taken by a camera being rotated 360 degrees. A cumulative difference value calculation unit calculates a cumulative difference value in each position between the adjacent projected images. Based on the projected images and the cumulative difference values, a diagraph generation unit generates a diagraph reflecting the cumulative difference values in the energies of edges. Based on the diagraph, the path search unit searches for such projected image joining positions as to minimize defects when a panoramic image is generated by joining the respective projected images. A panoramic image generation unit joins the projected images based on a result of the search, and generates a panoramic image.

Abstract: A biological-information obtaining apparatus includes a light-emitting unit configured to emit light, an image-capturing unit configured to capture images, in time sequence, obtained by irradiating a living body with the light emitted and by causing the light to be transmitted through or reflected by the living body, the image-capturing unit being sensitive to at least two color components, an extreme generation unit configure to generate, for each of the captured images in the time sequence, a maximum value and a minimum value of each of the color components in a certain area of the captured image, and an oxygen-saturation calculation unit configured to calculate oxygen saturation on the basis of the maximum value and the minimum value of each of the color components in the certain area of the captured image.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, electronic equipment and a program which can remove cyclic noise from an image including the cyclic noise. An estimating unit configured to estimate cyclic noise components included in each image picked up under different exposure conditions for each image is included. The estimating unit estimates the cyclic noise components for each image through operation utilizing mutual relationship between the noise components under the exposure conditions. For example, the cyclic noise is flicker. The mutual relationship between the noise components may be expressed with a shutter function of the exposure conditions in frequency space. The present technology may be applied to an imaging apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method, an image capturing apparatus, and a program which make it possible to crop an image with an optimal composition even for a subject other than a person. A composition pattern setting section 33 sets a composition pattern corresponding to an input image, on the basis of the number of salient regions to which attention is directed in the input image, and the scene of the input image. On the basis of the composition pattern set by the composition pattern setting section 33, a composition analyzing section 34 determines a crop region in the input image which is optimal for an image to be cropped in the composition pattern from the input image. The present invention is applicable to, for example, an image processing apparatus that adjusts the composition of a captured image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method, an image capturing apparatus, and a program which make it possible to crop an image with an optimal composition even for a subject other than a person. A composition pattern setting section 33 sets a composition pattern corresponding to an input image, on the basis of the number of salient regions to which attention is directed in the input image, and the scene of the input image. On the basis of the composition pattern set by the composition pattern setting section 33, a composition analyzing section 34 determines a crop region in the input image which is optimal for an image to be cropped in the composition pattern from the input image. The present invention is applicable to, for example, an image processing apparatus that adjusts the composition of a captured image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a superimposition processing unit that performs a blending process for a plurality of continuously captured images, wherein the superimposition processing unit is configured to selectively input luminance signal information of a RAW image or a full color image as a processing target image and perform a superimposition process, and performs a process for sequentially updating data that is stored in a memory for storing two image frames so as to enable superimposition of any desired number of images.

Abstract: The present technique relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program for obtaining a high-quality panoramic image when a 360-degree panoramic image is generated. A projected image generation unit generates projected images by mapping, on a cylindrical surface, captured images taken by a camera being rotated 360 degrees. A cumulative difference value calculation unit calculates a cumulative difference value in each position between the adjacent projected images. Based on the projected images and the cumulative difference values, a diagraph generation unit generates a diagraph reflecting the cumulative difference values in the energies of edges. Based on the diagraph, the path search unit searches for such projected image joining positions as to minimize defects when a panoramic image is generated by joining the respective projected images. A panoramic image generation unit joins the projected images based on a result of the search, and generates a panoramic image.