A method for determining the distance of an object from a motor vehicle comprises the steps of capturing images of the vehicle surroundings at time intervals by means of a monocular image acquisition device, recognizing at least one object of interest in t...

An image processing apparatus (102, 120) uses two captured images captured by two image capturing units (110A, 110B) disposed on a given base line. One of the two captured images is as a reference image and another one of the two captured images is used as...

A photogate electrode PG has a planar shape of a rectangular shape having first and second long sides LS1, LS2 opposed to each other and first and second short sides SS1, SS2 opposed to each other. First and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2 are arrang...

A method of improving detection performance in a system that illuminates a target with optical energy having a modulated periodic waveform that includes a high frequency component and that detects with at least one semiconductor photodetector a fraction of...

A grand piano has a built-in music rack (7A) for keeping a music score book (13) thereon, and the built-in music rack (7A) includes a guide (20/ 25) laterally extending inside the piano cabinet (2A) and a desk board (7b) projecting over the piano cabinet (...