Abstract: An additive manufacturing powder includes: a metal powder; and a film provided on a particle surface of the metal powder and containing a compound derived from a coupling agent having a hydrophobic functional group. An average particle diameter is 3.0 ?m or more and 30.0 ?m or less, and a water amount is measured by a Karl Fischer method before and after the additive manufacturing powder is subjected to a heat treatment at 200° C. for 24 hours in an air atmosphere, and when the water amount before the heat treatment is set to 1, the water amount after the heat treatment is 0.85 or more and 1.15 or less in terms of mass ratio.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes at least two image sensors and an image processing unit that performs image processing on image information that is captured by image sensors and an image display unit that displays the image information on which the image processing is performed by the image processing unit. The image processing unit displays two base points on the image display unit in a same direction as a direction in which the two image sensors are arranged, calculates a disparity value between a first base point and a second base point that are the two base points with the two image sensors, calculates a length between the first base point and the second base point, and displays a result of calculation of the length between the first base point and the second base point on the image display unit.

Abstract: In a video conference system in which at least a pair of terminal devices transmits and receives an image through a network, each of the terminal devices includes a face detection unit that detects a face from a first image which is a image captured by a camera, and a generation unit that generates a image in which a image of the face detected by the face detection unit is arranged around a image region of a second image, which is a image of a material used for a conference, in accordance with a relative position of the face in the first image.

Abstract: In the related art, it was difficult to compare lengths of a plurality of objects which were present at different places. However, it is possible to easily compare lengths of photographed objects using an image capturing device which displays a length of an object which is calculated based on parallax information, by obtaining an image in which the object is photographed and the parallax information corresponding to the image as inputs, the device including an object extraction unit which extracts an image of an object using the parallax information from the photographed image; a comparison data maintaining unit which maintains the image of the object and the length of the object; an object comparison unit which compares the length of the object which is extracted using the object extraction unit to a length of comparison data which is extracted from the comparison data maintaining unit; and an image composition unit which combines a comparison result with the photographed image, and outputs the image.

Abstract: In a video conference system in which at least a pair of terminal devices transmits and receives an image through a network, each of the terminal devices includes a face detection unit that detects a face from a first image which is a image captured by a camera, and a generation unit that generates a image in which a image of the face detected by the face detection unit is arranged around a image region of a second image, which is a image of a material used for a conference, in accordance with a relative position of the face in the first image.

Abstract: A disparity calculating device 100 obtains a base image from a first camera 1 and a reference image from a second camera 2. An image dividing unit 101 divides each of the base image and reference image into multiple regions in accordance with dividing conditions set by a condition setting unit 102. A correction amount determining 103 calculates image shift amount for each of the divided regions, and determines correction amount based on the images shift amount thereof. A disparity calculating unit 104 performs correction of the image on each region of divided base images and divided reference images obtained from the image dividing unit 101 based on correction amount determined by the correction amount determining unit 103 to obtain disparity based on the images after correction.

Abstract: An image-capturing system including at least three cameras with different image-capturing directions, a feature point extraction unit that extracts a feature point of a subject from images captured by the camera, and an image storage unit that stores images captured by the cameras is characterized by: a feature quantity calculation/detection unit that calculates a feature quantity of the subject from the feature point extracted by the feature point extraction unit; a direction estimation unit that estimates a direction in which the subject is oriented from the feature point extracted by the feature point extraction unit; and a stored camera image determination unit that determines a camera image to be stored in the image storage unit, wherein, when a difference between the feature quantity calculated by the feature quantity calculation unit and a particular feature quantity set in advance is not more than a certain value, the stored camera image determination unit determines, as a first stored image, the imag

Abstract: An image capturing device includes at least two image sensors and an image processing unit that performs image processing on image information that is captured by image sensors and an image display unit that displays the image information on which the image processing is performed by the image processing unit. The image processing unit displays two base points on the image display unit in a same direction as a direction in which the two image sensors are arranged, calculates a disparity value between a first base point and a second base point that are the two base points with the two image sensors, calculates a length between the first base point and the second base point, and displays a result of calculation of the length between the first base point and the second base point on the image display unit.

Abstract: In the related art, it was difficult to compare lengths of a plurality of objects which were present at different places. However, it is possible to easily compare lengths of photographed objects using an image capturing device which displays a length of an object which is calculated based on parallax information, by obtaining an image in which the object is photographed and the parallax information corresponding to the image as inputs, the device including an object extraction unit which extracts an image of an object using the parallax information from the photographed image; a comparison data maintaining unit which maintains the image of the object and the length of the object; an object comparison unit which compares the length of the object which is extracted using the object extraction unit to a length of comparison data which is extracted from the comparison data maintaining unit; and an image composition unit which combines a comparison result with the photographed image, and outputs the image.

Abstract: A disparity calculating device 100 obtains a base image from a first camera 1 and a reference image from a second camera 2. An image dividing unit 101 divides each of the base image and reference image into multiple regions in accordance with dividing conditions set by a condition setting unit 102. A correction amount determining 103 calculates image shift amount for each of the divided regions, and determines correction amount based on the images shift amount thereof. A disparity calculating unit 104 performs correction of the image on each region of divided base images and divided reference images obtained from the image dividing unit 101 based on correction amount determined by the correction amount determining unit 103 to obtain disparity based on the images after correction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination device for illuminating a periphery of equipment such as an image display device, including: a plurality of illumination parts on which a light source is mounted; and a support part for supporting the plurality of illumination parts, so that a different area of the periphery of the equipment is irradiated with light from the plurality of illumination parts.

Abstract: To provide an image processing device which, when synthesizing an image into a 3D image, realizes image synthesis free from artifacts by taking parallax of 3D image into consideration, and suppresses deterioration of image quality at block encoding. An image processing device 1 receives a left-eye image obtained from the viewpoint corresponding to the left eye and a right-eye image obtained from the viewpoint corresponding to the right eye as input, determines the transparency of an object to be synthesized into the left-eye image and right-eye image by transparency determining means 3, based on the parallax information from a parallax detecting means 2 that detects parallax information and the positional information from a positioning means 5, and further determines the synthesized position of the object by an adjusting means 32 so that it aligns with the boundaries of encoding blocks, to thereby achieve synthesis of the object into the left-eye image and right-eye image.

Abstract: In 3D information creation means 102, 3D information including information on an image identifier and arrangement position of the image identifier is input from control means 101. According to the 3D information, which has been input, an identification mark is created and output together with the arrangement position information to image integration means 103. The image integration means 103 integrates a right-eye image and a left-eye image, which are input, and the identification mark according to the arrangement position information to create image data and outputs the same. Thus, an identifier indicating a stereoscopic image is provided in stereoscopic image data and observation is not disturbed when stereoscopically displayed.

Abstract: A display device (1) of the present invention displays an image by using an organic layer (9) which emits light having such a wavelength that affects a biorhythm, and the display device (1) controls a luminous intensity of the organic layer (9).

Abstract: A light guide plate includes (i) a first light guide layer made of a material having a refractive index n1, and (ii) a scattering light guide layer having a function of scattering light. A reflection means for irradiating the scattering light guide layer with the light having propagated in the first light guide layer is provided on a surface opposite to a light guide surface of the first light guide layer, the light guide surface on which the light is incident. The scattering light guide layer includes at least (i) a second light guide layer made of a material having a refractive index n2 (n2<n1), and (ii) a scattering layer for scattering the light propagating in the second light guide layer.