Abstract: An electronic device capable of controlling a power state of an external device from a first power state (ex. “Standby”) to a second power state (ex. “ON”) includes a determination unit operable to determine whether information indicating linkage is stored in a storage unit when it is detected that communication between the electronic device and the external device is enabled, and a transmitting unit operable to transmit a control signal for controlling power state of the external device. When the information indicating linkage is not stored in the storage unit, the transmitting unit stores the information indicating linkage and transmits the control signal for controlling power state of the external device to the second power state to the external device. When the information indicating linkage is stored in the storage unit, the transmitting unit refrains from transmitting the control signal to the external device.

Abstract: An image display apparatus is provided that includes a determination unit and a display management unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether auxiliary information and still image data are stored together. The auxiliary information is stored to indicate that the still image data has been extracted from encoded moving picture data. The display management unit is configured to display a still image and a mark on a display unit. The still image is displayed based on the still image data, and the mark is displayed once the determination unit has determined that the auxiliary information and the still image data are stored together. The mark is also displayed to indicate that the still image data has been extracted from encoded moving picture data.

Abstract: An image capture device according to the present invention includes: a display section to show a dialog box that allows the user of the device to edit character information, the dialog box including an entry option field where at least one character is proposed as an entry option and a selected character display field where characters that have been selected from those options are presented; a first operating interface that allows the user to move a first cursor, which is located in the entry option field, within the dialog box; and a second operating interface that allows the user to move a second cursor, which is located in the selected character display field, within the dialog box.

Abstract: An electronic device capable of controlling a power state of an external device from a first power state (ex. “Standby”) to a second power state (ex. “ON”) includes a determination unit operable to determine whether information indicating linkage is stored in a storage unit when it is detected that communication between the electronic device and the external device is enabled, and a transmitting unit operable to transmit a control signal for controlling power state of the external device. When the information indicating linkage is not stored in the storage unit, the transmitting unit stores the information indicating linkage and transmits the control signal for controlling power state of the external device to the second power state to the external device. When the information indicating linkage is stored in the storage unit, the transmitting unit refrains from transmitting the control signal to the external device.

Abstract: An image capture device according to the present invention includes: a display section to show a dialog box that allows the user of the device to edit character information, the dialog box including an entry option field where at least one character is proposed as an entry option and a selected character display field where characters that have been selected from those options are presented; a first operating interface that allows the user to move a first cursor, which is located in the entry option field, within the dialog box; and a second operating interface that allows the user to move a second cursor, which is located in the selected character display field, within the dialog box.

Abstract: Comprising a data reader 31 for reading digital camera image data, a means 32 for setting, for example, the number of prints, a plurality of printers 33, a printer selector 34 for selecting which of the plurality of printers to use, and a controller 35 for sending a specific control signal to the printer selector 34 and image data to a specific printer 33 based on the information set by the setting means 32, each printer 33 is provided with an image processing circuit 36 for processing the read image data.

Abstract: The present invention inputs a face image through an image input section, extracts feature points of face components such as an eye, nose, mouth from the input face image, and divides the face image into many patches according to predetermined rules to describe the face image as a set of patches. Then the present invention extracts a feature amount for each patch to describe the face image as a set of feature amounts to identify a person.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a hair region selecting part 11 for selecting hair and shade of the hair in a front face image 13, as a removal region 15, on the basis of each pixel value of the front face image 13 which is a front image of a face, and a face surface model 14 showing structural information relative to a surface of the face in the front face image 13, and a removal region changing part 12 for changing each pixel value in whole or part of the removal region 15, on the basis of the structural information in the face surface model 14, and at least one pixel value in the front image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a picture synthesizing apparatus for cutting out the background from a picture depending on the move of the viewing point, and presents a picture synthesizing apparatus capable of synthesizing a picture by hidden surface processing, processing of reflection motion by contact, or the like, which is mutual interference of background and foreground, wherein a background picture corresponding to the viewing field is cut out by a background cut-out unit from a background picture in a wide range stored in a background picture store, the shape and position information of moving object of foreground is generated in a moving foreground object generating unit, the interference of depth information corresponding to background picture from a background depth store and foreground object information is calculated in a background and foreground synthesizing unit, and a picture is synthesized by hidden surface processing or processing of change of moving direction of foreground object by reflection,

Abstract: The present invention inputs a face image through an image input section, extracts feature points of face components such as an eye, nose, mouth from the input face image, and divides the face image into many patches according to predetermined rules to describe the face image as a set of patches. Then the present invention extracts a feature amount for each patch to describe the face image as a set of feature amounts to identify a person.

Abstract: A facial image picture data is processed by an edge extraction part, which performs edge extraction on the inputted image picture. The processed data is then converted by a binary level conversion part for each preestimated point of facial elements. An image picture arithmetic processing part performs time-to-time arithmetic computation of correlation values between the data of the binary-leveled edged-image picture and the data having been previously stored in the shape data-base part, and issues an output including extracted data of feature points of the facial image picture.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method for the same, comprising a database part, a processing-method-determining part, and an information-processing-part. The processing-method-determining part extracts from the data base part attribute characteristics corresponding to the individual media signals which correspond to the reference signals. The processing-method-determining part selects one processing method from among methods by combining the attribute characteristics. The informations processing part, based on the selected processing method, extends or reduces the reproduction time of the media signals to be combined, or discontinues an individual media signal, wherein a multimedia representation consisting of different media signals is produced with reproducing times that satisfactorily coincide.

Abstract: An image synthesis apparatus for synthesizing an image using model data including information which defines a three-dimensional structure for an object having a plurality of faces, original image data representing values of pixels respectively belonging to the plurality of faces, and rendering data for converting a three-dimensional image synthesized using the model data and the original image data into a two-dimensional image includes memory divided into a plurality of memory blocks each having a prescribed address unit for storing the model data, the original image data, the rendering data, and synthesized image data representing the synthesized two-dimensional image; an arbiter section including an address space, continuous addresses in the address space being allocated to different memory blocks from one another so as to interleave the addresses in the plurality of memory blocks; and a processor section including a plurality of processors each for accessing the memory means through the arbiter section to

Abstract: A character and fortune telling apparatus for hobby use comprises an input unit for generating a two-dimensional image based on a person's face, a feature extraction unit for extracting the coordinates and distances expressing the shapes and positions of the features of the face, from the two-dimensional image, and an output unit for producing personal information about a person from the extracted features, and for outputting the information on an appropriate output device.

Abstract: In an apparatus for identification of individuals, a facial image of an individual to be identified is inputted into a visual image input unit and characteristic points of the inputted facial image are extracted by a characteristics extracting unit. Characteristic points of expressionless facial images of individuals to be identified are stored in a data base. The difference between the characteristic points from the data base of individuals and the characteristic points from the inputted facial image is detected by a difference detecting unit. Further, the apparatus is equipped with a database of expression muscles wherein expression muscle movement vectors to form facial expressions are described. The apparatus is also equipped with an information processing unit whereby the difference information obtained from the difference detecting unit and the information as described in the data base of expression muscles are processed.