Abstract: A resonance system that receives power from a power source section is configured by at least a primary resonance coil, a secondary resonance coil, and a load. The output frequency fo of the power source section is set to lie within one of the frequency ranges f1?fn?f2, f3?fo?f4, . . . , f2n-1?fo?f2n. The frequencies f1, f2, f3, f4, . . . , f2n-1, f2n (f1<f2<f3< . . . <f2n-1<f2n) are defined such that, if the input impedances of the resonant system at the time of supply of power of the frequencies f1, f2, f3, f4, . . . f2n-1, f2n (f1<f2<f3< . . . <f2n-1<f2n) to the resonant system are represented by Z1, Z2, Z3, . . . , Z2n-1, Z2n, the input impedances satisfy Z1=Z2, Z3=Z4, . . . , Z2n-1=Z2n.

Abstract: A resolution of a low resolution depth image is increased by applying joint geodesic upsampling to a high resolution image to obtain a geodesic distance map. Depths in the low resolution depth image are interpolated using the geodesic distance map to obtain a high resolution depth image. The high resolution image can be a gray scale or color image, or a binary boundary map. The low resolution depth image can be acquired by any type of depth sensor.

Abstract: This power transmission equipment includes an AC power supply that outputs AC power, and a power transmitter to which said AC power is input. The power transmission equipment also includes an impedance converter that converts the input impedance of the power transmitter. The impedance converter is disposed between the AC power supply and the power transmitter. The constant of the impedance converter is set on the basis of the upper and lower limit values of the coupling coefficient.

Abstract: A method determines dimensions in a scene by first acquiring a depth image of the scene acquired by a sensor, and extracting planes from the depth image. Topological relationships of the planes are determined. The dimensions are determined based on the planes and the topological relationships. A quality of the dimensions is evaluated using a scene type, and if the quality is sufficient outputting the dimensions, and otherwise outputting a guidance to reposition the sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a printer in which the rotating shaft of a ribbon roller can be connected to its driving unit with high accuracy by using a mechanism simple in structure, while preventing breakage that may occur when connecting the rotating shaft to the driving unit. The printer (1) includes a cabinet (7), a drawer unit (11) which can be drawn out of the cabinet, a ribbon roller (4A, 4B) on which a belt-like ink ribbon used for transferring to a recording sheet is wound, a driving unit (31A, 31B) which drives the ribbon roller for rotation by being connected to a rotating shaft (14A, 14B) of the ribbon roller when the drawer unit is loaded in the cabinet, and a disengaging member (40) which is provided on the cabinet and which disengages the driving unit from the rotating shaft when the drawer unit is drawn out of the cabinet.

Abstract: A method reconstructs a three-dimensional (3D) scene as a three-dimensional (3D) model by first acquiring red, green, blue, and depth (RGBD) images with a sensor, and wide field-of-view (FOV) red, green, and blue (RGB) images with a camera from different viewpoints. Pair-wise point matches among the RGBD images and the RGB images are identified, and a graph of nodes and edges is constructed using the pair-wise point matches. Initial poses of the RGBD images and the RGB images are estimated using pose constraints associated with the edges, and an initial 3D model of the scene is estimated using the estimated poses. Then, erroneous edges are removed in the graph, and bundle adjustment is applied to the initial poses and the initial 3D model to obtain refined poses and the 3D model of the scene.

Abstract: A method determines a motion between a first and second coordinate system, by first extracting a first set of primitives from a 3D image acquired in the first coordinate system from an environment, and extracting a second set of primitives from a 3D image acquired in the second coordinate system from the environment. Motion hypotheses are generated for different combinations of the first and second sets of primitives using a RANdom SAmple Consensus procedure. Each motion hypothesis is scored using a scoring function learned using parameter learning techniques. Then, a best motion hypothesis is selected as the motion between the first and second coordinate system.

Abstract: A method for denoising a range image acquired by a time-of-flight (ToF) camera by first determining locations of edges, and a confidence value of each pixel, and based on the locations of the edges, determining geodesic distances of neighboring pixels. Based on the confidence values, reliabilities of the neighboring pixels are determined and scene dependent noise is reduced using a filter.

Abstract: A method registers data using a set of primitives including points and planes. First, the method selects a first set of primitives from the data in a first coordinate system, wherein the first set of primitives includes at least three primitives and at least one plane. A transformation is predicted from the first coordinate system to a second coordinate system. The first set of primitives is transformed to the second coordinate system using the transformation. A second set of primitives is determined according to the first set of primitives transformed to the second coordinate system. Then, the second coordinate system is registered with the first coordinate system using the first set of primitives in the first coordinate system and the second set of primitives in the second coordinate system. The registration can he used to track a pose of a camera acquiring the data.

Abstract: A method extracts planes from three-dimensional (3D) points by first partitioning the 3D points into disjoint regions. A graph of nodes and edges is then constructed, wherein the nodes represent the regions and the edges represent neighborhood relationships of the regions. Finally, agglomerative hierarchical clustering is applied to the graph to merge regions belonging to the same plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring support system for supporting monitoring of the migration of an IT resource. The monitoring support system includes: a virtualization control part for migrating an IT resource from a first monitoring system as a migration source to a second monitoring system as a migration destination; an IT resource management table update part for updating the migration source IT resource stored in an IT resource table in which the migration source IT resource or the migration destination IT resource is associated with the physical server to which the IT resource belongs; and a monitoring configuration migration part for migrating the monitoring configuration of the migration source IT resource, from the first monitoring system to the second monitoring system.

Abstract: A method estimates free space near a moving object from a sequence of images in a video acquired of a scene by a camera system arranged on the moving object by first constructing a one-dimensional graph, wherein each node corresponds to a column of pixels in the image. Features are determined in the image, and an energy function is constructed on the graph based on the features. Using dynamic programming, the energy function is maximized to obtain the free space.

Abstract: A method for determining a pose of an object in a scene by determining a set of scene features from data acquired of the scene and matching the scene features to model features to generate weighted candidate poses when the scene feature matches one of the model features, wherein the weight of the candidate pose is proportional to the model weight. Then, the pose of the object is determined from the candidate poses based on the weights.

Abstract: Provided is a printer in which the rotating shaft of a ribbon roller can be connected to its driving unit with high accuracy by using a mechanism simple in structure, while preventing breakage that may occur when connecting the rotating shaft to the driving unit. The printer (1) includes a cabinet (7), a drawer unit (11) which can be drawn out of the cabinet, a ribbon roller (4A, 4B) on which a belt-like ink ribbon used for transferring to a recording sheet is wound, a driving unit (31A, 31B) which drives the ribbon roller for rotation by being connected to a rotating shaft (14A, 14B) of the ribbon roller when the drawer unit is loaded in the cabinet, and a disengaging member (40) which is provided on the cabinet and which disengages the driving unit from the rotating shaft when the drawer unit is drawn out of the cabinet.

Abstract: A method calibrates one or more cameras, wherein the one or more cameras acquire images of a scene for different viewpoints, and wherein the images are non-overlapping, by first constructing a 3D model of the scene using a calibration camera that is independent of the one or more cameras, and a. simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) procedure. 2D-to-3D correspondences between each of the images and the 3D model are determined. Then, calibration parameters of each of the one or more cameras are estimated using a 2D-to-3D registration procedure.

Abstract: A method determines a motion between a first and second coordinate system, by first extracting a first set of primitives from a 3D image acquired in the first coordinate system from an environment, and extracting a second set of primitives from a 3D image acquired in the second coordinate system from the environment. Motion hypotheses are generated for different combinations of the first and second sets of primitives using a RANdom SAmple Consensus procedure. Each motion hypothesis is scored using a scoring function learned using parameter learning techniques. Then, a best motion hypothesis is selected as the motion between the first and second coordinate system.

Abstract: A receiving device includes: a secondary coil capable of wirelessly receiving alternating current power; a load having an impedance that varies in accordance with a value of input power; a variable impedance conversion unit located between the secondary coil and the load; a plurality of adjusting resistors located at an output side of the variable impedance conversion unit, wherein the adjusting resistors respectively have resistances that are fixed regardless of the value of the input power and differ from each other; and a switch that switches a subject supplied with power output from the variable impedance conversion unit to one of the load and the adjusting resistors. When the impedance of the variable impedance conversion unit is variably controlled, the subject supplied with the power output from the variable impedance conversion unit is switched to one of the adjusting resistors.

Abstract: A method fits primitive shapes to a set of three-dimensional (3D) points by first converting the set of 3D points to a distance field. Each element in the distance field is associated with a distance to a nearest point in the set of 3D points. A set of two or more candidates are hypothesizing from the primitive shapes, and a score is determined for each candidate using the distance field. Then, the primitive shape to fit to the 3D points is selected from the candidates according to their scores.

Abstract: Three-dimensional data are registered by selecting a first set of primitives from the data in a first coordinate system, wherein the first set of primitives includes at least one plane, at least one point, and a third primitive that is either a point or a plane, and selecting a second set of primitives from the data in a second coordinate system, wherein the second set of primitives includes at least one plane, at least one point, and a third primitive corresponding to the third primitive in the first set of primitives. Then, the planes are registered with each other, as are the points, to obtain registered primitives.

Abstract: A power receiving device receives alternating current power in a wireless manner from a power supply device including a primary coil that receives the alternating current power. The power receiving device includes a secondary coil, a variable load, a first impedance conversion unit, a second impedance conversion unit, a fixed load, and a switch. The switch switches an output destination, to which the alternating current power received by the secondary coil is output from the first impedance conversion unit, to the fixed load or to the second impedance conversion unit and the variable load.