Abstract: A control apparatus includes a detection unit, an association unit, and an output control unit. The detection unit detects a person from an image which includes a plurality of persons. The association unit associates the persons included in the image with each other based on at least one of a position of the person detected by the detection unit, directions of faces of the persons included in the image, and distances between the persons included in the image. The output control unit causes an output unit to output information that is indicative of a relation of the detected person with respect to other persons included in the image based on a result of association performed by the association unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a counting unit, a storage control unit, a first determination unit, and a second determination unit. The counting unit counts the number of objects queuing in a waiting line. The storage control unit stores estimated times when the objects enter the waiting line and the number of objects queuing in the waiting line counted by the counting unit in association with each other. The first determination unit determines estimated time when each object exits the waiting line based on the number of objects exiting the waiting line and the number of objects queuing in the waiting line. The second determination unit determines waiting time of each object in the waiting line based on the estimated time when the object enters the waiting line and the estimated time when the object exits the waiting line.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that estimates waiting time in a waiting line with improved accuracy includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a number of objects in the waiting line, a second acquisition unit that acquires frequency of an object exiting the waiting line, and an estimation unit that estimates waiting time in the waiting line based on the acquired number of objects in the waiting line and the acquired frequency of an object exiting the waiting line.

Abstract: The present invention enables one to easily set an image capturing condition, and to easily grasp a state of a captured image. For doing so, an instruction of either a zooming-in control or a zooming-out control of the image capturing apparatus, is determined based on a position relation of a first coordinate and a second coordinate instructed with respect to an image from the image capturing apparatus displayed on a display unit. The image capturing apparatus is controlled based on the result of that determination, the first coordinates and the second coordinates.

Abstract: A monitoring system comprising an imaging unit installed in a position from which a plurality of structures can be imaged and which is higher than at least some of the plurality of structures, and configured to generate an image by imaging a monitoring area including the plurality of structures and a ground adjacent to the plurality of structures, a setting unit configured to set a plurality of detection target regions, wherein the detection target region includes at least a region of the ground in the image, and excludes at least a region which is included in a region corresponding to the structure and is not in contact with the region of the ground in the image; and a processing unit configured to count persons in each detection target region in the image.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a detection unit, an association unit, and an output control unit. The detection unit detects a person from an image which includes a plurality of persons. The association unit associates the persons included in the image with each other based on at least one of a position of the person detected by the detection unit, directions of faces of the persons included in the image, and distances between the persons included in the image. The output control unit causes an output unit to output information that is indicative of a relation of the detected person with respect to other persons included in the image based on a result of association performed by the association unit.

Abstract: A monitoring system comprising an imaging unit installed in a position from which a plurality of structures can be imaged and which is higher than at least some of the plurality of structures, and configured to generate an image by imaging a monitoring area including the plurality of structures and a ground adjacent to the plurality of structures, a setting unit configured to set a plurality of detection target regions, wherein the detection target region includes at least a region of the ground in the image, and excludes at least a region which is included in a region corresponding to the structure and is not in contact with the region of the ground in the image; and a processing unit configured to count persons in each detection target region in the image.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a detection unit, an association unit, and an output control unit. The detection unit detects a person from an image which includes a plurality of persons. The association unit associates the persons included in the image with each other based on at least one of a position of the person detected by the detection unit, directions of faces of the persons included in the image, and distances between the persons included in the image. The output control unit causes an output unit to output information that is indicative of a relation of the detected person with respect to other persons included in the image based on a result of association performed by the association unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a number of objects lining up in a queue when a target object targeted for measuring a queuing time enters the queue, a first detection unit that detects an object exiting the queue, and a measurement unit that measures, as a queuing time of the target object in the queue, a period from a time when the target object enters the queue to a time when a number of objects corresponding to the number acquired by the acquisition unit are detected by the first detection unit after the target object enters the queue.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a counting unit, a storage control unit, a first determination unit, and a second determination unit. The counting unit counts the number of objects queuing in a waiting line. The storage control unit stores estimated times when the objects enter the waiting line and the number of objects queuing in the waiting line counted by the counting unit in association with each other. The first determination unit determines estimated time when each object exits the waiting line based on the number of objects exiting the waiting line and the number of objects queuing in the waiting line. The second determination unit determines waiting time of each object in the waiting line based on the estimated time when the object enters the waiting line and the estimated time when the object exits the waiting line.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a number of objects lining up in a queue when a target object targeted for measuring a queuing time enters the queue, a first detection unit that detects an object exiting the queue, and a measurement unit that measures, as a queuing time of the target object in the queue, a period from a time when the target object enters the queue to a time when a number of objects corresponding to the number acquired by the acquisition unit are detected by the first detection unit after the target object enters the queue.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that estimates waiting time in a waiting line with improved accuracy includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a number of objects in the waiting line, a second acquisition unit that acquires frequency of an object exiting the waiting line, and an estimation unit that estimates waiting time in the waiting line based on the acquired number of objects in the waiting line and the acquired frequency of an object exiting the waiting line.

Abstract: The present invention enables one to easily set an image capturing condition, and to easily grasp a state of a captured image. For doing so, an instruction of either a zooming-in control or a zooming-out control of the image capturing apparatus, is determined based on a position relation of a first coordinate and a second coordinate instructed with respect to an image from the image capturing apparatus displayed on a display unit. The image capturing apparatus is controlled based on the result of that determination, the first coordinates and the second coordinates.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a detection unit, an association unit, and an output control unit. The detection unit detects a person from an image which includes a plurality of persons. The association unit associates the persons included in the image with each other based on at least one of a position of the person detected by the detection unit, directions of faces of the persons included in the image, and distances between the persons included in the image. The output control unit causes an output unit to output information that is indicative of a relation of the detected person with respect to other persons included in the image based on a result of association performed by the association unit.

Abstract: In a method for sorting PTC elements having different resistance-temperature characteristics, a predetermined voltage that allows a current to sufficiently decay is applied to each of PTC elements A and B, and the PTC elements are sorted on the basis of the difference between the times required for the currents passing through the PTC elements B to reach a predetermined value (e.g., 52 mA).

Abstract: In a method for sorting PTC elements having different resistance-temperature characteristics, a predetermined voltage that allows a current to sufficiently decay is applied to each of PTC elements A and B, and the PTC elements are sorted on the basis of the difference between the times required for the currents passing through the PTC elements B to reach a predetermined value (e.g., 52 mA).

Abstract: A cartridge detachably mountable to a main body of an image forming apparatus, includes a developing frame, a developer carrying member provided in the developer frame and adapted to hold and carry developer, a developer containing container for containing the developer and for supplying the developer to the developer frame, a seal member for unsealably sealing an opening portion through which the developer is supplied from the developer containing container to the developing frame, a rotary member for supplying the developer toward the developer carrying member, a first drive transmitting device for effecting drive transmission between the developer carrying member and the rotary member, and a second drive transmitting device for transmitting the driving to the seal member to unseal the seal member.

Abstract: Provided are a plug that makes it possible to readily connect a power supply such as a solar battery or fuel cell to an external load or system power and to enhance safety, as well as a power converter and power generating apparatus having the plug. The plug has a movable insulating member for covering the plug electrodes when the plug is connected to an outlet and for exposing the electrodes when the plug is not connected to the outlet. In another example of the plug, the plug has at least two electrodes and switches corresponding to respective ones of the electrodes, wherein the switches are opened (turned off) when the plug is pulled out of the outlet. In still another example of the plug, the plug has at least two electrodes and a switch that is opened/closed in dependence upon the state of the connection between the electrodes and the outlet. When the plug is connected to the outlet, the switch is closed (turned on) to thereby sense the fact that the plug has been connected to the outlet.

Abstract: When a plurality of solar battery modules are to be connected, terminals formed on the rear surfaces of these solar battery modules are connected by electric wires. This wiring is very cumbersome work, so power output wires from a plurality of solar battery modules get tangled together to cause connection errors. In a solar battery module including a cover member for supporting a photovoltaic element, and a structure support member having a portion which forms an angle or a curved surface with respect to the cover member, an electric connecting terminal is formed at an opening of the structure support member, and a locking member at least partially formed by a continuous body is inserted into the structure support member. In this way, the solar battery module is fixed and/or electrically connected.

Abstract: A solar cell-bearing roof includes a roof base member provided on a partition wall which partitions a building into an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, a solar cell module provided on the roof base member, and electric wiring with one end portion being electrically connected with the solar cell module. The end portion of the electric wiring is drawn to the outside from between the roof base member and the solar cell module and at an outdoor-sided position than an indoor side face of the partition wall.