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An image processing apparatus which processes an input image to detect a specified object of interest that is recorded in the input image is provided. The apparatus has a detection unit and a position determining unit. The detection unit has a plurality of identifying subunits each of which identifies an object from the input image under a different condition. The detection unit detects a region of the identified object. The position determining unit calculates the position coordinates of the object of interest in the input image from the region of the identified object. The detection unit performs the identification and the detection repeatedly and the detection unit performs the identification and the detection by using a detected region of an identified object in the previous identification. The detection unit detects the specified object of interest using the repeatedly detected regions.

A fault diagnosis apparatus for sensors in an apparatus system has at least three sensors which detect different physical quantities for one physical phenomenon which vary in correlation with one another, the sensors outputting signals indicating the detected physical quantities, wherein outputs from the at least three sensors are converted into one identical physical quantity in accordance with the correlations so that the resulting identical physical quantity can be used to determine whether or not each of the sensors is defective.

A system is provided in which a server which provides a service to a client terminal, a disk array device upon which data used by the server is stored, and a monitor terminal which detects a bottleneck on the disk array device, are connected via a network. The disk array device or the server calculates performance information including the number of IO requests issued by the server, the times required for processing the IO requests, and a resource utilization ratio for each resource included in the disk array device. The monitor terminal establishes a reference point based upon an average response time obtained by dividing the processing time included in the performance information by the number of the IO requests. And the system is characterized in that a resource is identified as a bottleneck, based upon the resource utilization ratio in a predetermined interval before the reference point.

To detect a malignant tumor more accurately by detecting a feature of a cancerous tumor pulsation more appropriately, a tissue malignant tumor detection method according to the present invention includes: segmenting, into blocks, a region scanned with ultrasound (S100); estimating, based on a scan signal, a tissue pulsation that is a temporal variation in tissue displacement derived from pulsations of a tissue (S101); extracting, for each of the blocks, pulsation-related features that are parameters related to the tissue pulsation (S103); calculating distribution characteristics of the pulsation-related features for each of the blocks (S104); and classifying, based on the distribution characteristics, whether or not each of the blocks is a malignant block that is a block including the malignant tumor (S105).

A collision detection system for a vehicle has two collision load sensors, which are respectively positioned between a rear end surface of a bumper reinforce member and front end surfaces of two side members of the vehicle. Thus, a collision load at any position in a vehicle-width direction of a bumper of the vehicle can be appropriately detected.

A window fog detecting apparatus has an optical type fog detecting sensor for optically detecting fog occurring at a window glass, a humidity sensor for detecting a relative humidity of air at an interior side of the window glass, and a sensor output correcting unit. When a fog occurrence at the window glass is determined based on the output values of the optical type fog detecting sensor, the sensor output correcting unit corrects the relative humidity detected by the humidity sensor based on output values of the optical type fog detecting sensor.

A flare determination apparatus includes an image input unit inputting an image, an image correction unit correcting the image using a correction coefficient to be set based on a gain value for white balance processing depending on a light source type, a region detection unit detecting a region included in a predetermined color component range from the image being corrected by the image correction unit, and a determination unit determining whether or not a flare is generated in the region being detected by the region detection unit.

A method and apparatus are provided for automatically characterizing the spatial arrangement among the data points of a three-dimensional time series distribution in a data processing system wherein the classification of said time series distribution is required. The method and apparatus utilize grids in Cartesian coordinates to determine (1) the number of cubes in the grids containing at least one input data point of the time series distribution; (2) the expected number of cubes which would contain at least one data point in a random distribution in said grids; and (3) an upper and lower probability of false alarm above and below said expected value utilizing a discrete binomial probability relationship in order to analyze the randomness characteristic of the input time series distribution. A labeling device also is provided to label the time series distribution as either random or nonrandom, and / or random or nonrandom within what probability, prior to its output from the invention to the remainder of the data processing system for further analysis.

An embedded system of a digital camera or printer has limited available memory resources. Under such environment, devices are required to detect a red-eye region from a high-resolution image. To solve this problem, an input image is divided into band images each including a predetermined number of lines, so that an overlap area exists between neighboring band images, and candidate pixels which form an image region exhibiting poor color tone are extracted for each band image. The band image which is to undergo characteristic amount determination is decided based on the position of the candidate region which includes the candidate pixels in the overlap area.

In an abnormality detection system for a rotation angle sensor, a fact that an abnormality has occurred in one of sine signals (S1, S2) or in one of cosine signals (S3, S4) is detected based on a sum of the electrical signals (S1, S2), and a sum of the electrical signals (S3, S4) (first detection result). A fact that an abnormality has occurred in one of the positive sine and cosine signals (S1, S3) or in one of the negative sine and cosine signals (S2, S4) by comparing a first temperature computed using a correlation between an amplitude and a temperature and based on the electrical signals (S1, S3), a second temperature computed using a correlation between the amplitude and a temperature and based on the electrical signals (S2, S4), and a third temperature detected by a temperature sensor with each other (second detection result). A microcomputer identifies which of the electrical signals is abnormal by comparing the first and second detection results with each other.

A sound processing apparatus includes: sound image localization processing means for performing a sound image localization process on a sound signal to be reproduced; a speaker section placeable over an ear of a user and supplied with the sound signal to emit sound in accordance with the sound signal; turning detection means provided in the speaker section to detect turning of the head of the user; inclination detection means provided in the speaker section to detect inclination of the turning detection means; turning correction means for correcting detection results from the turning detection means on the basis of detection results of the inclination detection means; and adjustment means for controlling the sound image localization processing means so as to adjust the localized position of a sound image on the basis of the detection results from the turning detection means corrected by the turning correction means.

An irradiation pattern of a laser beam within a target region is controlled based on external signals each related to a driving direction and a driving speed, a result obtained by detection of an obstacle, and signals related to distances to the obstacle. For example, at the time of a right turn, an irradiation pattern for increasing irradiation frequency on a portion shifted in a right-turn direction from a center axis in a driving direction is set. At the time of high-speed driving, an irradiation pattern for increasing irradiation frequency on a center portion of a forward region in the driving direction is set. When the obstacle is detected and a distance to the obstacle is shorter than a threshold distance, an irradiation pattern for increasing irradiation frequency in the vicinity of the obstacle is set. Detection of the obstacle and monitoring of a state thereof are adequately and smoothly performed at the time of changing of the driving direction, the time of high-speed driving, and the time of detection of the obstacle.

An information processing apparatus that includes a first sensor that receives a first type of signal; second and third sensors that receive a second type of signal; a control unit that calculates a position of a source from which a signal of the first type and a signal of the second type are transmitted based on a first time at which the signal of the first type is received at the first sensor, a second time at which the signal of the second type is received at the second sensor and a third time at which the signal of the second type is received at the third sensor; and a display that displays an image corresponding to a path obtained based on changes in position of the source calculated by the control unit.

An apparatus for determining a failure of wheel speed sensors, which is capable of properly determining whether or not a wheel speed detection system including the wheel speed sensors has failed, if at least a wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensors indicates a stopped state of a corresponding wheel. An engine rotational speed is detected, and an input-output rotational speed ratio of a torque converter of an automatic transmission mounted in the vehicle is calculated. A shift range of the automatic transmission is detected. Whether or not the vehicle is traveling is determined based on the engine rotational speed and the input-output rotational speed ratio when the automatic transmission is in a traveling range. It is determined that the wheel speed detection system including the wheel speed sensors has failed, if it is determined that the vehicle is traveling, and at the same time, at least one of wheel speed sensors indicates a stopped state of a corresponding one of the wheels.

A sound processing apparatus includes: sound image localization processing means for performing a sound image localization process on a sound signal to be reproduced; a speaker section placeable over an ear of a user and supplied with the sound signal to emit sound in accordance with the sound signal; turning detection means provided in the speaker section to detect turning of the head of the user; inclination detection means provided in the speaker section to detect inclination of the turning detection means; turning correction means for correcting detection results from the turning detection means on the basis of detection results of the inclination detection means; and adjustment means for controlling the sound image localization processing means so as to adjust the localized position of a sound image on the basis of the detection results from the turning detection means corrected by the turning correction means.

A mammography apparatus capable of obtaining a breast image having an optimum density with reduced burden on the subject. The apparatus includes a radiation irradiation section and an object table connected to an arm such that they face each other, and the breast compressed onto the object table using a compression paddle is imaged by rotating the arm by an arm rotation means according to the imaging direction. In the apparatus, the size of the breast is detected, and the position of a dose detector is moved along the side of the object table facing the chestwall of the subject according to the detected size of the breast and the angle of rotation of the arm when rotated by the arm rotation means.

A liquid storing device includes a storage unit that stores a liquid to be consumed and a rotation member inside the storage unit that rotates around a rotation axis. A blade member is installed to the rotation member to be movable in the axis direction of the rotation axis with respect to the rotation member and has a specific gravity smaller than that of the liquid. A detection member detects the blade member when the blade member is located vertically at a detection position. When the rotation member rotates in one direction, the blade member agitates the liquid while moving toward the lower side of a liquid surface of the liquid in the vertical direction along the axis direction in accordance with rotation of the rotation member. When the rotation member stops rotating, the blade member floats toward the liquid surface due to buoyancy of the liquid.

A first resistive film is arranged such that one edge thereof is connected to a first terminal, and an edge that is opposite to the aforementioned edge is connected to a second terminal. A second resistive film is arranged with a gap between it and the first resistive film such that one edge thereof is connected to a third terminal. A voltage generating unit applies a predetermined first bias voltage and a predetermined second bias voltage to the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively. A voltage detection unit detects a panel voltage that occurs at the third terminal. A current detection unit detects a panel current that flows through a path including the first terminal, the first resistive film, and the second terminal. A computation unit determines the coordinates touched by the user, based upon the values of the panel voltage and the panel current.

A phase current estimation device of a motor includes: an inverter which uses a pulse width modulation signal to sequentially commutate an electric flow to a motor of a three-phase alternating current; a pulse width modulation signal generation unit generating the pulse width modulation signal from a carrier signal; a control unit performing a startup control and a self control of the motor using the inverter; a direct current sensor detecting a direct current of the inverter; and a phase current estimation unit estimating a phase current based on the direct current detected by the direct current sensor.

A collision detector accurately detects a situation where a subject vehicle is likely to come into contact with an external object. The collision detector defines a subject area including an enter-determination area and an exist-determination area. The enter-determination area is defined to determine that the external object entering therein is likely to come into contact with the subject vehicle. The exist-determination area is defined to determine that the external object existing therein is likely to come into contact with the subject vehicle. The detector determines whether the external object comes into the enter-determination area or the external object exists in the exist-determination area. The detector outputs that the subject vehicle is likely to come into contact with the external object when the external object comes into the enter-determination area or when the external object exists in the exist-determination area.

In a reference binary image representing a pattern including wires formed on a substrate, an erosion is performed on a specific area having the same pixel value as a pixel value corresponding to a wire area to acquire an eroded image and a dilation is performed on the specific area which remains in the eroded image to almost the same degree as the erosion to acquire an eroded and dilated image. Subsequently, a differential image between the eroded and dilated image and the reference binary image is generated as a wire image representing a wire area. It is thereby possible to easily extract a wire area which is a fine pattern area. By setting respective different defect detection sensitivities for the wire area and the other area on the basis of the wire image and detecting a defect in an inspection image in accordance with the defect detection sensitivities, it is possible to appropriately detect a defect in a pattern on a substrate.

A three-dimensional object detection device has an image capturing unit, an object detection unit, first and second edge intensity calculation units, a day / night assessment unit and a controller. The day / night assessment unit assess whether it is currently daytime or nighttime when detecting a three-dimensional object based on the captured images. Upon assesses it is daytime, edges of a subject are extracted from a first edge extraction area, including a horizon reference area, and a threshold value for detecting the three-dimensional object is set based on the intensity of the edges in the first edge extraction area. Upon assesses it is nighttime, the edges of a subject are extracted from a second edge extraction area, including a road edge reference area, and a threshold value for detecting the three-dimensional object is set based on the intensity of the edges that are extracted from the second edge extraction area.

A method and apparatus are provided for automatically characterizing the spatial arrangement among the data points of a time series distribution in a data processing system wherein the classification of said time series distribution is required. The method and apparatus utilize a grid in Cartesian coordinates to determine (1) the number of cells in the grid containing at least-one input data point of the time series distribution; (2) the expected number of cells which would contain at least one data point in a random distribution in said grid; and (3) an upper and lower probability of false alarm above and below said expected value utilizing a discrete binomial probability relationship in order to analyze the randomness characteristic of the input time series distribution. A labeling device also is provided to label the time series distribution as either random or nonrandom, and / or random or nonrandom.

An image processing device includes a detector for detecting a linear-interpolation-applicable area and an expansion corrector for performing a gradation expanding process on the linear-interpolation-applicable area detected by the detector. When a detector 11 detects a linear-interpolation-applicable area, if the gradation values of pixels preceding and following a pixel where a gradation change in a predetermined range is detected are the same as each other, then the detector judges the gradation change as being caused by a noise or the like, and regards the gradation value of the pixel where the gradation change is detected as the gradation values of pixels preceding and following the pixel.

A vehicle drive including an input coupled to an engine, an output coupled to wheels, an intermediate member between the input and output and coupled to a rotary electric machine, a friction engagement device between the input and intermediate member, and a control device. The control device, when starting the engine with the friction engagement device disengaged, engages the friction engagement device when a rotational speed difference between the input and intermediate member is equal to or less than a predetermined value; raises a rotational speed of the input using the rotary electric machine with the friction engagement device engaged to start the engine; and, when a rotational speed of the engine is equal to or more than a predetermined value, reduces an engagement pressure of the friction engagement device and the friction engagement device is returned to the engaged state when the rotational speed difference reaches a threshold.

The advantage of the present invention is to appropriately detect the object. The object detection apparatus in the present invention has a plurality of cameras to determine the distance to the objects, a distance determination unit to determine the distance therein, a histogram generation unit to specify the frequency of the pixels against the distances to the pixels, an object distance determination unit that determines the most likely distance, a probability mapping unit that provides the probabilities of the pixels based on the difference of the distance, a kernel detection unit that determines a kernel region as a group of the pixels, a periphery detection unit that determines a peripheral region as a group of the pixels, selected from the pixels being close to the kernel region and an object specifying unit that specifies the object region where the object is present with a predetermined probability.

Occurrence of a failure in a computer system is appropriately detected, and information required for removing the failure is automatically collected. A trace information collecting system of the present invention which collects trace information indicating the course of processing of a program comprises a history recording section for recording a history of run and stop of a target program for which the trace information is to be produced, a similarity calculating section for calculating a degree of similarity between a first operation pattern in which the target program ran and stopped at the last time and a second operation pattern in which the target program ran and stopped at the time before last when the target program, which once stopped, starts to run, a failure occurrence determining section for determining that a failure occurred when the target program ran at the last time on condition that the similarity calculated by the similarity calculating section is lower than a reference similarity, and a trace information collecting section for collecting the trace information from the target program in response to the determination that the failure occurred, wherein the trace information is not collected if it is determined that the failure did not occur.

There is provided manufacturing method of battery comprising adhering process (S1) to adhere fluorescent material (leakage indicator including fluorescein) which emits fluorescence in response to predetermined light (ultraviolet radiation) irradiated under condition that electrolyte exists, to at least one portion of a surface on a battery case, and leakage detecting process (S2 through S9) to detect presence / absence of electrolyte leakage with fluorescence which an adhered portion emits in response to the predetermined light (ultraviolet radiation) irradiated on at least the adhered portion which has adhesion of the fluorescent material (leakage indicator including fluorescein), out of the surface on the battery case.

A rotation detection apparatus, a rotation angle detection apparatus are provided which allow appropriate detection of an abnormality in a portion that detects rotation of a rotating shaft. A first arithmetic circuit calculates a rotating direction and a number of rotations of the rotating shaft based on a change in a combination of positivity and negativity of a first electric signal (first sine signal) and a third electric signal (first cosine signal). A second arithmetic circuit calculates a rotating direction and a number of rotations of the rotating shaft based on a change in a combination of positivity and negativity of a second electric signal (second sine signal) and a fourth electric signal (second cosine signal). An abnormality determination circuit determines whether each of the first and second arithmetic circuits and is abnormal based on the two rotating directions and calculated by the first and second arithmetic circuits respectively.