01st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190005621 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR ADJUSTING ONE OR MORE IMAGES DISPLAYED TO A VIEWER - Systems, methods, and media for adjusting one or more images displayed to a viewer are provided. In some implementations, the system comprises: at least one processing circuit configured to: detect an orientation of a viewer based on at least two points associated with the viewer; determine, based on the orientation, a rotational position of a first image to be displayed on a display; and generate a display image for display on the display, wherein the display image includes at least a portion of the first image rotated based on the rotational position. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005622 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including: an input unit configured to input image data of a target frame; a first processing unit configured to perform a first processing for output image data of a reference frame related to the target frame, which is stored in the memory, to change positions of pixels in the output image data; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing for the image data of the target frame input by the input unit based on the output image data of the reference frame processed by the first processing unit; and a second processing unit configured to perform a second processing, the second processing is according to the first processing, for the image data of the target frame for which image processing has been performed by the image processing unit and store the processed image data in the memory as output image data of the target frame. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005623 | NOISE ESTIMATION USING BRACKETED IMAGE CAPTURE - Methods and devices for reducing noise in an image may include receiving an in focus image and at least one out of focus image of a scene, wherein the out of focus image has a second value of at least one focus-related parameter offset from a first value of the at least one focus-related parameter used for the in focus image. The methods and devices may include estimating a noise model of noise in at least a section of the out of focus image, and determining at least one parameter value for a filter based on the noise model. The methods and devices may include generating a noise-reduced image by applying the filter with the at least one parameter value to the in focus image to reduce at least part of the noise from at least a corresponding section of the in focus image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005624 | IMAGE DENOISING SYSTEM AND IMAGE DENOISING METHOD - Embodiments of this application disclose an image denoising system and an image denoising method. In the image denoising system disclosed in the embodiments of this application, an image signal obtaining unit obtains and outputs an image signal. A processing unit performs preprocessing on the image signal to obtain image data, performs Sobel operator calculation on a current pixel in the image data to obtain a Sobel operator of the current pixel, corrects the Sobel operator of the current pixel, and determines, according to the corrected Sobel operator, whether denoising processing needs to be performed on the current pixel. When the denoising processing needs to be performed on the current pixel, the processing unit calculates an average pixel value of pixels around the current pixel, and performs denoising processing on the current pixel by using the average pixel value and the corrected Sobel operator. When the denoising processing does not need to be performed on the current pixel, the processing unit determines whether the denoising processing needs to be performed on a next pixel in the image data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005625 | TECHNIQUES FOR SCENE-BASED NONUNIFORMITY CORRECTION IN SHUTTERLESS FIR CAMERAS - A system and method for correcting nonuniformity in far-infrared (FIR) images captured by a shutterless FIR camera. The method includes determining a noise of a current image based on updating a noise estimate of a previous image with a noise estimate of a current image; determining a weight mask matrix of the current image, where the weight matrix includes high values corresponding to pixels of the current image in which noise estimation is facilitated, and low values corresponding to pixels of the current image in which noise estimation is inhibited; applying the weight mask matrix to the current image; and correcting the nonuniformity of the current image incrementally based on the determined noise of current image and the applied weight mask matrix. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005626 | SOCIAL-BASED IMAGE SETTING VALUE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to social-based image setting value sharing systems and methods. The present invention has an object to provide social-based image setting value sharing systems and methods, wherein a representative portrait image for each user and an image correction setting value thereof are registered in a server in advance and shared, and a portrait image of a user to be corrected through mutual information sharing among applications is tracked and automatically corrected according to the image correction setting value such that a user's desired image may be circulated. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005627 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an information processing apparatus and method, first information necessary for distortion correction is detected from a first captured image. Then, transformation information (transformation matrix) for use in coordinate transformation between coordinate systems of respective two different captured images is calculated based on feature points on the respective two different captured images. The detected first information is transformed using the calculated transformation information (the transformation matrix) into second information necessary for distortion correction on a second captured image, and the distortion correction is executed on the second captured image based on the transformed second information. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005628 | Method and Head-Up Display for the Perspective Transformation and Displaying of Image Content, and Vehicle - A method and a head-up display for the perspective transformation and displaying of rendered image content, as well as a corresponding vehicle, are provided. In the perspective transformation and displaying method, the image content to be displayed is subdivided into a plurality of tiles, and the individual tiles are each transformed in perspective using perspective transformation. The individual tiles that have been transformed in perspective are then combined to form a transformed image content, and the image content transformed in perspective is projected onto a projection area associated with the head-up display. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005629 | GENERATING HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES FROM LOW RESOLUTION IMAGES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for generating a high resolution image for a specimen from a low resolution image of the specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for acquiring a low resolution image of a specimen. The system also includes one or more components executed by the one or more computer subsystems. The one or more components include a deep convolutional neural network that includes one or more first layers configured for generating a representation of the low resolution image. The deep convolutional neural network also includes one or more second layers configured for generating a high resolution image of the specimen from the representation of the low resolution image. The second layer(s) include a final layer configured to output the high resolution image and configured as a sub-pixel convolutional layer. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005630 | High Dynamic Range Image Processing Method and Apparatus - A high dynamic range image processing method and apparatus to resolve a problem of displayed-image distortion, where the method includes obtaining a high dynamic range image, dividing the high dynamic range image into a first liquid crystal image and a first backlight image, performing compression processing on the first liquid crystal image by decreasing a quantity of bits representing a single pixel of the first liquid crystal image to obtain a compressed first liquid crystal image to be displayed at a liquid crystal layer of a display, where the display is configured to display the high dynamic range image, and performing compression processing on the first backlight image by decreasing a quantity of bits representing a single pixel of the first backlight image to obtain a compressed first backlight image to be displayed at a backlight layer of the display. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005631 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire band images of an object, using filters of which transmission center wavelengths are different from each another; a detection unit configured to select a first band image from the band images, and detect a target region that is to be improved with respect to visibility; a selection unit configured to select a second band image, which includes information, originated from a structure of the object, within the target region, from among the band images other than the first band image; and a generation unit configured to generate a spectral image from a band image. The generation unit uses at least a band image that has been captured using a same filter as the second band image, upon generating a spectral image of the object. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005632 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image processing method, an image processing apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium, in order to improve a poor image effect when an image processing is performed for exchanging faces. The image processing method comprises: acquiring a first face image in an input image; extracting facial features of the first face image; determining a representation vector of the first face image according to the facial features; determining a target face image in a preset face image library according to the representation vector; and performing a face-exchange processing on the first face image according to the target face image, so as to obtain an output image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005633 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a filter unit configured to execute a filter process on each block area in the input image and output the filter processing result of each pixel in the input image; a supply unit configured to read out attribute information from the attribute map and supply attribute information for each pixel; and an image processing unit configured to perform the predetermined image processing for the filter processing result output by the filter unit based on the attribute information for each pixel supplied by the supply unit, wherein the pixel order in which the pixel value in the input image is received by the filter processing unit and the pixel order in which the filter processing unit outputs the filter processing result are different, and wherein the supply unit supplies the attribute information for each pixel according to the pixel order of the filter processing result. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005634 | IMAGE INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - An image inspection device includes a rotating platform configured to carry a workpiece; a first image capturing device configured to capture a top-view image of the workpiece; a second image capturing device configured to capture a lateral-view image of the workpiece; a storage unit configured to pre-store a plurality of lateral-view images of a standard workpiece from different angles; and a processing unit. The processing unit controls the rotating platform to rotate the workpiece to a first angle and a second angle according to the top-view image. The processing unit is configured to generate a first comparison result and a second comparison result by comparing the lateral-view images of the workpiece with lateral-view images of the standard workpiece from, respectively, the first angle and the second angle, and determine whether the workpiece has a defect according to the first comparison result and the second comparison result. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005635 | CRYSTAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND CRYSTAL ANALYSIS METHOD - A crystal analysis apparatus includes a first storage unit storing a crystal lattice image of a crystal region of a sample and a reference crystal lattice image for the crystal region of the sample. A first image processing unit is configured to generate a moiré image from the crystal lattice image and the reference crystal lattice image. A second storage unit stores a predetermined correspondence relationship between a moiré fringe pattern in the moiré image and a crystal defect in the crystal region or a predetermined correspondence relationship between the moiré fringe pattern in the moiré image and a crystal strain in the crystal region. An analysis unit is configured to compare the moiré fringe pattern in the moiré image to predetermined correspondence relationships stored in the second storage unit. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005636 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING AN APPARATUS THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY - A system for operating an apparatus through augmented reality is provided. The system includes an image capture unit, an image processing unit, a display, a control device and a control center. The image capture unit captures an image of a real-world environment of a user. The image processing unit processes the captured image to identify a target apparatus. The display is adapted for viewing by the user, which displays to the user an AR information image for the target apparatus. The control device receives from the user an operational input for the target apparatus and transmits the operational input. The control center receives the transmitted operational input and sends an operational signal to the target apparatus. The method is also provided. The system and the method for operating an apparatus through augmented reality can intuitive controls and operations of an apparatus while providing its status and related information. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005637 | Geological Imaging and Inversion Using Object Storage - Prestack images from the object store are hierarchically combined to generate a hierarchically stacked image. The hierarchically stacked image library stored in an object store, a set of prestack image is generated by combining stacked images that includes a stacked image. The stacked image is generated by combining at least the prestack images. Based at least on the hierarchically stacked image, a quality measure of a prestack image is generated. Prior to deleting at least a subset of the prestack images from the object store and based at least on the quality measure, the prestack images are further combined to generate an enhanced stacked image. The stacked image is substituted using the enhanced stacked image. Subsequent to the substituting and prior to deleting at least the subset of the stacked images from the object store, the stacked images are combined to generate an enhanced hierarchically stacked image. The enhanced stacked image and the enhanced hierarchically stacked image are generated using failure recovery metadata. The enhanced hierarchically stacked image is presented. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005638 | BROAD BAND PLASMA INSPECTION BASED ON A NUISANCE MAP - A noise map is used for defect detection. One or more measurements of intensities at one or more pixels are received and an intensity statistic is determined for each measurement. The intensity statistics are grouped into at least one region and stored with at least one alignment target. A wafer can be inspected with a wafer inspection tool using the noise map. The noise map can be used as a segmentation mask to suppress noise. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005639 | Electronic Component Handler And Electronic Component Tester - An electronic component handler includes: a region where an electronic component placing unit on which an electronic component is placed is capable of being disposed; a transport unit having a first hand and a second hand for holding and transporting the electronic component; a light irradiation unit which is capable of emitting light toward the electronic component placing unit and capable of adjusting an emitting direction of the light; a capturing unit which is capable of capturing an image of the electronic component placing unit irradiated with the light via a space between the first hand and the second hand; and a control unit which performs determination processing about the presence or absence of the electronic component in the electronic component placing unit based on the image captured by the capturing unit. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005640 | PHYSIOLOGY MAPS FROM MULTI-PARAMETRIC RADIOLOGY DATA - The disclosed approach employs a generic methodology for transforming individual modality specific multi-parametric data into data, e.g., maps or images, which provides direct insight into the underlying physiology of the tissue. This may facilitate better clinical evaluation of the disease data as well as help non-imaging technologists and scientist to directly correlate imaging findings with basic biological phenomenon being studied with imaging. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005641 | VASCULAR INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND VASCULAR INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - There are provided a vascular information acquisition device, an endoscope system, and a vascular information acquisition method that can accurately acquire vascular information on a blood vessel of a target layer that is an object to be measured of a subject. A first blood vessel extraction unit ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190005642 | APPARATUS HAVING A DIGITAL INFRARED SENSOR - An apparatus that senses temperature from a digital infrared sensor is described. A digital signal representing a temperature without conversion from analog is transmitted from the digital infrared sensor received by a microprocessor and converted to body core temperature by the microprocessor. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005643 | VISUALIZATION OF AT LEAST ONE CHARACTERISTIC VARIABLE - A method for visualizing at least one characteristic variable of a patient in an angiographic scan via a C-arm X-ray device, an associated C-arm X-ray device and an associated computer program product are disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes acquiring at least one 2-D image of the patient via the C-arm X-ray device; determining at least one 3-D reference image by applying an image information system to the at least one 2-D image; establishing at least one characteristic variable which describes at least one vessel of the patient in the at least one 3-D reference image; and visualizing the at least one characteristic variable in the at least one 2-D image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005644 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain spatial distribution of likelihood values representing a likelihood of corresponding to a textual pattern in a predetermined region of a medical image for each of a plurality of textual patterns based on the medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate feature values in the predetermined region of the medical image based on the spatial distribution obtained for the each of the plurality of textual patterns. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005645 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A TISSUE OF A SUBJECT - The present invention proposes an apparatus and method for characterizing a tissue in a first region of a subject. The apparatus comprises a receiving unit ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190005646 | PROVIDING A PROJECTION DATA SET - The present invention relates to providing a projection data for providing a guidance image. In order to provide an enhanced guiding image technique for generating a guidance image of the patient's anatomy to be projected on the body surface of the patient, such that a at least a basis for a corrected guidance image for a better correlation to the patient's current motion can be provided, in particular to the patient's current breathing motion state, a device ( | 2019-01-03 |
20190005647 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN IMAGING EXAMINATION - A method is disclosed for performing an imaging examination of a patient via a computer tomograph. The method includes: capturing a respiratory movement of the patient; determining a respiration-correlated parameter, from the respiratory movement of the patient; specifying a measurement region of the imaging examination the measurement region including at least one z-position; automatically calculating at least one measurement parameter in accordance with the respiratory movement, using the respiration-correlated parameter as an input parameter; and performing the imaging examination of the patient, in accordance with the at least one measurement parameter in the measurement region via the computer tomograph, to capture the projection data, wherein the projection data, when captured, depicts the respiratory cycle of the patient at the at least one z-position over the complete time duration of the respiratory cycle. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005648 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A VOLUME OF INTEREST - A system includes a storage device storing a set of instructions and a processor in communication with the storage device. When executing the set of instructions, the processor is configured to cause the system to obtain a 3D image including a plurality of 2D images, the 3D image relating to a lesion of an object and determine a preliminary VOI in the 3D image. The processor is also configured to cause the system to determine a preliminary shape based on an intersection of the preliminary VOI and a 2D target image of the plurality of 2D images and determine a transformation matrix corresponding to an operation to transform the preliminary shape to a target shape relating to the 3D ROI. The processor is further also configured to cause the system to determine a transformed VOI based on the preliminary VOI and the transformation matrix. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOLUMETRIC SEGMENTATION OF STRUCTURES IN PLANAR MEDICAL IMAGES - Methods and systems for volumetric segmentation of structures in planar medical images. One example method includes displaying a first planar medical image. The method further includes receiving a user input indicating a line segment in the first planar medical image. The method also includes determining an inclusion region using the line segment. The inclusion region consists of a portion of the structure. The method further includes determining a containment region using the line segment. The containment region includes the structure. The method also includes determining a background region using the line segment. The background region excludes the structure. The method further includes determining a three dimensional (3D) contour of the structure using the inclusion region, the containment region, and the background region. The method also includes determining a long axis of the structure using the 3D contour. The method further includes outputting a dimension of the long axis. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005650 | PATTERN EDGE DETECTION METHOD - A method capable of accurately detecting an edge of a pattern on an upper layer and an edge of a pattern on a lower layer is disclosed. The pattern edge detection method includes: generating a sample image of an upper-layer pattern and a lower-layer pattern; applying a first image processing, which is for emphasizing an edge of the upper-layer pattern, to the sample image, thereby generating a first processed image; detecting the edge of the upper-layer pattern based on a brightness profile of the first processed image; applying a second image processing, which is for emphasizing an edge of the lower-layer pattern, to the sample image, thereby generating a second processed image; and detecting the edge of the lower-layer pattern based on a brightness profile of the second processed image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005651 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - A first image to be processed is identified, where the first image includes one or more interference factors. The one or more interference factors are removed from the first image using a plurality of different interference factor removal techniques to obtain a plurality of sample images, where each of the plurality of sample images is associated with a particular interference factor removal technique. Each sample image of the plurality of sample images is segmented into a plurality of sample sub-images based on a segmentation rule, where each sample sub-image is associated with an attribute. A plurality of target sub-images is determined from the plurality of sample su b-images, where each target sub-image comprises a combination of sample sub-images associated with a common attribute, and where each target sub-image is associated with a different attribute. The plurality of target sub-images associated with different attributes is combined into a target image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005652 | BACKGROUND MODELLING OF SPORT VIDEOS - A method of classifying foreground and background in an image of a video by determining a pitch colour model of the image, the pitch colour model comprising a pitch colour, colour shades of the pitch colour, and the pitch colour and the colour shades under different shades of shadow. Then determining a pitch mask based on a pitch segmentation of the image of the video, determining a pitch background model based on the pitch mask and the pitch colour model. The method may continue by classifying each of the elements of the pitch mask as background if a colour of the element of the pitch mask matches the pitch colour model and updating the pitch background model and the pitch colour model using the colours of the elements that have been classified to match the pitch colour model. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005653 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING FOREGROUND - A method includes acquiring, by a device, encoded image data corresponding to an original image. The method includes decoding, by the device, the encoded image data. The method included acquiring, by the device, a foreground extraction target frame and an encoding parameter associated with an encoding process of the original image based on decoding the encoded image data. The method includes extracting, by the device, a first candidate foreground associated with the foreground extraction target frame based on the encoding parameter. The method includes extracting, by the device, a second candidate foreground associated with the foreground extraction target frame based on a preset image processing algorithm. The method includes determining, by the device, a final foreground associated with the foreground extraction target frame based on the first candidate foreground and the second candidate foreground. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005654 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus detects motion information of an image capturing unit in a time period between capturing of a first image and capturing of a second image by the image capturing unit, and detects a plurality of motion vectors between the first image and the second image. Further, the image processing apparatus determines reliability of the detected motion information, and determines, based on the motion information and the reliability, a motion vector to be used for alignment of the first image and the second image, from the plurality of motion vectors. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005655 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TRACKING AN OBJECT BASED ON MULTIPLE HISTOGRAMS - Provided are an object tracking method and an object tracking system. The object tracking method uses a particle filter configured by combining a Minimax estimation technique with a Monte Carlo sampling method. In the object tracking method, for each of the particles, a feature having a maximum cost among measurement values of at least two or more features is selected, a weight for the particle is calculated by using the measurement value of the selected feature, and a position of the target, object in the frame is estimated by using the weight of each of the candidate particles. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005656 | Dense Optical Flow Processing in a Computer Vision System - A computer vision system is provided that includes an image generation device configured to generate consecutive two dimensional (2D) images of a scene, and a dense optical flow engine (DOFE) configured to determine a dense optical flow map for pairs of the consecutive 2D images, wherein, for a pair of consecutive 2D images, the DOFE is configured to perform a predictor based correspondence search for each paxel in a current image of the pair of consecutive 2D images, wherein, for an anchor pixel in each paxel, the predictor based correspondence search evaluates a plurality of predictors to select a best matching pixel in a reference image of the pair of consecutive 2D images, and determine optical flow vectors for each pixel in a paxel based on the best matching pixel selected for the anchor pixel of the paxel. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005657 | MULTIPLE TARGETS-TRACKING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a multiple targets-tracking method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a to-be-processed current image, inputting the current image into a convolutional neural network model obtained by pre-training, and obtaining a target detection result; respectively extracting feature vectors of each detected target from a pre-selected convolutional layer; respectively calculating a similarity between the feature vectors of each target in the current image and feature vectors of each target of previous images, completing association of the same target between different image frames according to calculation results, and allocating a tracking serial number. The solution of the present disclosure may be applied to meet requirements for real-time processing. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005658 | AUTONOMOUS CHARACTERIZATION OF WATER FLOW FROM SURFACE WATER VELOCITY - Embodiments relate to characterizing a water flow. Initially, a camera targeted at the water flow obtains images. An image pyramid is generated for each image, and a first level of each image pyramid is tiled at an initial scale to identify initial features. The initial features are matched across the first level of the image pyramids at a pixel-level to obtain a first set of feature displacements. A second level of each image pyramid is tiled at a decreased scale to identify a scaled set of features. The scaled features are matched across the second level of the image pyramids at the pixel-level to obtain a second set of feature displacements. Optical flow algorithms are applied to modify each feature displacement to account for a corresponding subpixel registration. A stereo reconstruction is applied to the feature displacements to generate a three dimensional (3D) displacement map. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005659 | SALIENT FEATURES TRACKING APPARATUS AND METHODS USING VISUAL INITIALIZATION - Apparatus and methods for detecting and utilizing saliency in digital images. In one implementation, salient objects may be detected based on analysis of pixel characteristics. Least frequently occurring pixel values may be deemed as salient. Pixel values in an image may be compared to a reference. Color distance may be determined based on a difference between reference color and pixel color. Individual image channels may be scaled when determining saliency in a multi-channel image. Areas of high saliency may be analyzed to determine object position, shape, and/or color. Multiple saliency maps may be additively or multiplicative combined in order to improve detection performance (e.g., reduce number of false positives). Methodologies described herein may enable robust tracking of objects utilizing fewer determination resources. Efficient implementation of the methods described below may allow them to be used for example on board a robot (or autonomous vehicle) or a mobile determining platform. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005660 | DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT METHOD - A diagnostic support system includes a spinal cord/spinal nerve evoked magnetic field data acquisition device configured to acquire spinal cord/spinal nerve evoked magnetic field data and a medical image information acquisition device configured to acquire first medical image information having each pixel associated with a corresponding pixel of visualized data of the spinal cord/spinal nerve evoked magnetic field data. The diagnostic support system superimposes the visualized data of the spinal cord/spinal nerve evoked magnetic field data on second medical image information based on information included in the first medical image information. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005661 | Method and System for Registering a Patient with a 3D Image Using a Robot - A method of operating a medical registration system, the medical registration system comprising a robot which carries a surface point sampling device and comprising a computer connected to the robot, to obtain a registration of a 3D image of a patient with the patient (P) by: a) acquiring the 3D image of the patient; b) acquiring an initial registration of the 3D image with the patient as the registration; c) instructing the robot to sample the spatial locations of N different points on the surface of the patient using the surface point sampling device, wherein N is a positive integer; d) updating the registration based on the spatial locations of the N sampled points; and e) repeating steps c) and d) until a predetermined exit condition is fulfilled. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005662 | IMAGE REGISTRATION APPARATUS, IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD, AND IMAGE REGISTRATION PROGRAM - An image registration apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional image obtained by imaging a subject and an image different from the three-dimensional image; a graph structure generation unit that generates a graph structure of a tubular structure included in the three-dimensional image; a contour information acquisition unit that acquires contour information of the tubular structure at each point on the graph structure; and a registration unit that performs registration between the three-dimensional image and the different image on the basis of the contour information. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005663 | METHOD FOR REDUCING IMPACT OF SURFACE TEXTURE IN AN OPTICAL SCAN AND DEVICES THEREOF - Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and content customization apparatuses that provide instructions to an optical scanner device, configured to be capable of producing a localization element on the surface of the test object, to scan the localization element to a plurality of points across the surface of the test object in a two-dimensional scan pattern. Image data of an image of the localization element at each of the plurality of points along the surface of the test object is obtained. The obtained image data is processed to determine a surface profile for the test object. The two-dimensional scan pattern reduces surface texture errors in the surface profile. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005664 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR STRUCTURED LIGHT DEPTH IMAGING SYSTEM - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of compensating temperature shifts of a structured light pattern for a depth imaging system. In some embodiments, a depth imaging device includes a light source, an imaging sensor and a processor. The light source emits light corresponding to a pattern. A temperature drift of the light source can cause a shift of the pattern. The imaging sensor receives the light reflected by environment in front of the depth imaging device and generates a depth map including a plurality of pixel values corresponding to depths of the environment relative to the depth imaging device. The processor estimates the shift of the pattern based on a polynomial model depending on the temperature drift of the light source. The processor further adjusts the depth map based on the shift of the pattern. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005665 | PRESENTING MARKUP IN A SCENE USING DEPTH FADING - Architecture that enables the drawing of markup in a scene that neither obscures the scene nor is undesirably obscured by the scene. When drawing markup such as text, lines, and other graphics, into the scene, a determination is made as to the utility to the viewer of drawing the markup with greater prominence than an occluding scene object. The utility of the markup is based on the distance of the scene object and markup from the camera. Thus, if an object that appears small in the scene and is in front of the markup, the markup will be drawn more clearly, whereas if the same object appears large in the scene and is in front of the markup, the markup is rendered faint, if drawn at all. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005666 | DETECTION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DETECTION SYSTEM - A detection device includes: a detector that detects an object from one viewpoint; an reliability calculator that calculates reliability information on the object from the one viewpoint; an information calculator that uses detection results of the detector to calculate model information including at least one of shape information and texture information, on the object, from the one viewpoint; and an information processor that uses first object information including the model information or source data used for generation of the model information, and the reliability information, so as to generate second object information having a reduced data amount of the model information or the source data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005667 | Ground Surface Estimation - Systems and methods are provided for ground surface estimation by an autonomous vehicle. In one implementation, a system for ground surface estimation by an autonomous vehicle may include at least one processing device programmed to: receive, from a sensor mounted on the autonomous vehicle, a pointcloud that is representative of an environment of the autonomous vehicle; transform, any pointcloud data points of the pointcloud on to a virtual plane; section, the virtual plane into a sequence of any number of depth sections; analyse, a plurality of depth sections to determine correspondingly a plurality of piece-wise linear estimates of the ground profile of various parts of the ground surface; calculate, a ground surface estimate by combining, any number of piece-wise linear estimates from among the plurality of piece-wise linear estimates of the ground profile. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005668 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - To easily process model information or information from which the model information is generated, provided is an imaging device including: an imager that images an object from a predetermined viewpoint; a distance measurer that measures distances from the predetermined viewpoint to points on the object; an object data generator that uses an image taken by the imager and measurement results of the distance measurer to generate object data in which unit data including pairs each having a pixel value in the taken image and a distance from a point on the object corresponding to the pixel value to the predetermined viewpoint is arranged in a first arrangement order; and a point cloud data generator that calculates positional information on points on the object based on the object data and arranges point data including the positional information in the first arrangement order to generate point cloud data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005669 | Method And Apparatus For Map Constructing And Map Correcting - A method for map constructing, applicable for real-time mapping of a to-be-localized area provided with at least one laser device, includes taking a position of a mobile electronic as a coordinate origin of a map coordinate system, when a center of a mark projected by a first laser device coincides with central point of CCD/CMOS; moving the mobile electronic device with the coordinate origin as a starting point to traverse the entire to-be-localized area, calculating and recording coordinate values of a position of one of obstacles each time when it is detected by the mobile electronic device; and constructing a map based on recorded information of mark and corresponding coordinate values and the coordinate values of the position of each said obstacle after the traversing process is finished. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005670 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING USING CONVOLUTIONAL IMAGE TRANSFORMATION - Augmented reality devices and methods for computing a homography based on two images. One method may include receiving a first image based on a first camera pose and a second image based on a second camera pose, generating a first point cloud based on the first image and a second point cloud based on the second image, providing the first point cloud and the second point cloud to a neural network, and generating, by the neural network, the homography based on the first point cloud and the second point cloud. The neural network may be trained by generating a plurality of points, determining a 3D trajectory, sampling the 3D trajectory to obtain camera poses viewing the points, projecting the points onto 2D planes, comparing a generated homography using the projected points to the ground-truth homography and modifying the neural network based on the comparison. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005671 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING USING FREQUENCY DOMAIN-BASED PROCESSING - A brightness image of a scene is converted into a corresponding frequency domain image and it is determined whether a threshold condition is satisfied for each of one or more regions of interest in the frequency domain image, the threshold condition being that the number of frequencies in the region of interest is at least as high as a threshold value. The results of the determination can be used to facilitate selection of an appropriate block matching algorithm for deriving disparity or other distance data and/or to control adjustment of an illumination source that generates structured light for the scene. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005672 | COMMERCIAL PRODUCT SIZE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCT SIZE DETERMINATION METHOD - An image acquisition unit that acquires a photographic image showing a hand on which a card of a known size is placed. A card detection unit detects a size of the card in the photographic image. A finger joint measurement unit measures a size of the joint of the finger for the ring in the photographic image. A finger size estimation unit estimates an actual size of the joint of the finger for the ring from a measured value of the size of the joint of the finger of the ring in the photographic image, based on a ratio between the known size of the card and the size of the card in the photographic image detected. A ring size determination unit determines a size of the ring based on an estimated actual size of the joint of the finger for the ring. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005673 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ANATOMICAL FEATURE ORIENTATION - The systems and methods disclosed herein provide determination of an orientation of a feature towards a reference target. As a non-limiting example, a system consistent with the present disclosure may include a processor, a memory, and a single camera affixed to the ceiling of a room occupied by a person. The system may analyze images from the camera to identify any objects in the room and their locations. Once the system has identified an object and its location, the system may prompt the person to look directly at the object. The camera may then record an image of the user looking at the object. The processor may analyze the image to determine the location of the user's head and, combined with the known location of the object and the known location of the camera, determine the direction that the user is facing. This direction may be treated as a reference value, or “ground truth.” The captured image may be associated with the direction, and the combination may be used as training input into an application. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005674 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image data processing method, an image data processing apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The image data processing method includes: during a preset first collecting time period, collecting regularly a plurality of first user images corresponding to a target user, and extracting first part image data in each of the plurality of first user images; recording position information of the first part image data in each of the plurality of first user images on a display interface; if it is determined that the target user is at a preset stable state, performing a statistical processing to obtain a total movement times corresponding to the first part image data within a preset statistical time period; and if the total movement times reaches a preset threshold, performing an image processing on second part image data on a current display interface. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005675 | Methods and Apparatus for Tracking A Light Source In An Environment Surrounding A Device - Methods and apparatus for tracking a light source in an environment surrounding a device. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes analyzing an image of an environment surrounding a device to detect a light source and calculating a location of the light source relative to the device. The method also includes receiving motion data corresponding to movement of the device, and adjusting the location of the light source based on the motion data. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes an image sensor that acquires an image of an environment surrounding a device, and a motion tracking element that outputs motion data that corresponds to motion of the device. The apparatus also includes a tracker that analyzes the image to detect a light source, calculates a location of the light source relative to the device, and adjusts the location of the light source based on the motion data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005676 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a program. The program causes the computer to: acquire photographed image data which is generated by photographing, in an imaging apparatus, a photographed object indicating multiple reference points; acquire pieces of position information which indicate positions of the multiple reference points in the photographed image; map pieces of relative information to the respective reference points by analyzing relative positional relations between the multiple reference points in accordance with a first method; map the pieces of relative information to the respective reference points by analyzing relative positional relations between the multiple reference points in accordance with a second method; and determine a certain reference point as a reference point to be excluded, in a case that a first mapping relation is different from a second mapping relation. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005677 | LIGHT SOURCE ESTIMATION - A method and apparatus for light source estimation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: an on-board tracking device to obtain a position and an orientation of a mobile device at a number of different times; one or more image sensors of the mobile device operable to capture a plurality of light probes of a scene from different positions and orientations at the number of different times; and a light source position determination processor coupled to receive the plurality of light probes and the position and orientation of the mobile device and operable to determine positions of discreet light sources of the scene using the plurality of light probes and the position and orientation of the mobile device. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005678 | POSE ESTIMATION USING MULTIPLE CAMERAS - A device includes a first camera and a processor configured to detect one or more first keypoints within a first image captured by the first camera at a first time, detect one or more second keypoints within a second image captured by a second camera at the first time, and detect the one or more first keypoints within a third image captured by the first camera at a second time. The processor is configured to determine a pose estimation based on coordinates of the one or more first keypoints of the first image relative to a common coordinate system, coordinates of the one or more second keypoints of the second image relative to the common coordinate system, and coordinates of the one or more first keypoints of the third image relative to the common coordinate system. The first coordinate system is different than the common coordinate system. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005679 | WEARABLE EYE TRACKING SYSTEM WITH SLIPPAGE DETECTION AND CORRECTION - Apparatus, systems and methods configured for eye tracking with slippage detection and correction are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises: obtaining a first image and a second image of a person's eye, with an imaging sensor; determining a position relationship between an eyeball center of the eye and the imaging sensor based on the first image and the second image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005680 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAMERA CALIBRATION - A method for camera calibration, performed by a processing unit, at least contains: controlling a camera module to obtain a shooting image with a distortion; generating reference position information of a plurality of pixels of the shooting image, wherein the reference position information includes position information of the plurality of pixels after eliminating the distortion; storing the reference position information in a lookup table, wherein the lookup table contains entries and each entry stores reference position of one pixel; and adjusting an output from the camera module by using the lookup table. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005681 | METHOD FOR SETTING A CAMERA - A method for setting a camera, in particular of a monitoring device, comprising a recording of an image of a region to be monitored, an analysis of the recorded image to associate at least one image region of the image with an object, identification of the object on the basis of the acquired image region and ascertainment of a size of the object by access to stored size information of the identified object and a scaling of the image region associated with the object in the recorded image to scale the remaining acquired image and/or to determine a distance of the camera to the acquired object. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005682 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN OPTICAL SCANNER AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method for calibrating an optical scanner device implemented by a calibration management apparatus, includes providing instructions to the optical scanner device to scan a calibration surface in a scan pattern based on one or more scan parameters, wherein the one or more scan parameters vary over the scan pattern. The scanning angle for each of the plurality of points in the scan pattern is computed based on an obtained image of a light source emitted from the optical scanner device at a scanning angle for a plurality of points in the scan pattern. A calibration relationship between the computed scanning angles and the corresponding scan parameters is determined for each of the plurality of points in the scan pattern. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005683 | REDUCING SEAM ARTIFACTS IN 360-DEGREE VIDEO - Provided are systems and methods for processing 360-degree video data by obtaining a 360-degree rectangular formatted projected picture, where the 360-degree rectangular formatted projected picture includes at least a first region, the at least first region includes at least one region boundary, and the at least first region includes a first region area; determining at least one guard band area located within the first region area, where the at least one guard band area is located alongside the at least one region boundary, and the first region area further includes a projected region area located outside the at least one guard band area; and coding a current coding block in the at least one guard band area using at least one additional guard band sample. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005684 | GENERALIZABLE MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS USING SEGMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION NEURAL NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating a final classification output for an image of eye tissue. The image is provided as input to each of one or more segmentation neural networks to obtain one or more segmentation maps of the eye tissue in the image. A respective classification input is generated from each of the segmentation maps. For each of the segmentation maps, the classification input for the segmentation map is provided as input to each of one or more classification neural networks to obtain, for each segmentation map, a respective classification output from each classification neural network. A final classification output for the image is generated from the respective classification outputs for each of the segmentation maps. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005685 | Systems and Methods for Generating 2D Projection from Previously Generated 3D Dataset - A method includes providing a set of 2D images of an object, wherein the set of 2D images is obtained from a three-dimensional (3D) image of the object placed at a first pose. The method further includes projecting the set of 2D images from the first pose to a second pose different from the first pose, thereby obtaining a set of re-projected 2D images; and combining the set of re-projected 2D images into a single 2D image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005686 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING PROJECTION DATA - A system and method for determine a parameter for medical data processing are provided. The method may include obtaining sample data, the sample data may comprise at least one of projection data or a scanning parameter. The method may also include obtaining a first neural network model. The method may further include determining the parameter based on the sample data and the first neural network model. The parameter may comprise at least one of a correction coefficient or a noise reduction parameter. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING, MARKING AND NAVIGATING TO A TARGET USING REAL TIME TWO DIMENSIONAL FLUOROSCOPIC DATA - A system for facilitating identification and marking of a target in a fluoroscopic image of a body region of a patient, the system comprising one or more storage devices having stored thereon instructions for: receiving a CT scan and a fluoroscopic 3D reconstruction of the body region of the patient, wherein the CT scan includes a marking of the target; and generating at least one virtual fluoroscopy image based on the CT scan of the patient, wherein the virtual fluoroscopy image includes the target and the marking of the target, at least one hardware processor configured to execute these instructions, and a display configured to display to a user the virtual fluoroscopy image and the fluoroscopic 3D reconstruction. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005688 | DYNAMIC BADGE GENERATION AND APPLICATION PRESENTATION - Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure relate to processing operations for dynamic badge generation and presentation, for example, within a user interface of an exemplary application/service. Data associated with a user account of an application may be accessed. As an example, the application may be a social networking application configured for team collaboration. A status of the user account is detected that relates to satisfaction of a badge count threshold for display of a specific badge within the application. In response to the detected status, a badge icon for the specific badge is dynamically generated. As an example, the application may be configured to call a process for execution of rendering operations that dynamically generates the exemplary badge icon. The badge icon may comprise image content that is rendered in real-time for the detected status. The badge icon may be presented through the user interface of the application. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A MASK USING AUGMENTED FACE SKETCHES - A method of assisting in selection of a particular mask from among a plurality of masks, the method comprising: generating a plurality of augmented faces, each augmented face corresponding to a respective mask of the plurality of masks; and associating each augmented face with a respective mask of the plurality of masks. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005690 | VIDEO OUTPUT DEVICE, VIDEO OUTPUT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A storage unit storing first drawing data shared in common by at least two video frames among a plurality of video frames. A control unit generating second drawing data based on second drawing instruction data for drawing a portion that differs in drawing data pertaining to the plurality of video frames and generates the drawing data pertaining to the plurality of video frames by combining the first drawing data and the second drawing data. An output unit outputs video based on the drawing data pertaining to the plurality of video frames. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005691 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to generate a map formed of pixels that indicate information including left and right position information, distance information, and frequency values associated with the pixels; detect a pixel block formed of a plurality of the pixels having a common feature amount in the map; and generate a detection frame defining a search target region used for detecting a body from the distance information, based on the information indicated by the pixels forming the detected pixel block. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005692 | Modeling Actor and Asset Relationships - Displaying a representation of an asset. The method includes an act of displaying a different representation for at least a first actor of the one or more actors. An asset being an item capable of being owned, and actors being entities capable of owning an asset. The method also includes displaying the representation of the asset and displaying the different representation for the first actor such that a likelihood of the first actor owning the asset can be evaluated based on the representation and the different representation. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005693 | PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A programmable display device includes a drive recorder information processing unit that obtains a specific set of data from a servo amplifier that holds drive recorder information including both a first set of data, being a plurality of items of data of a servomotor in which an alarm has occurred, and also being sequential data of before and after the occurrence of the alarm, and a second set of data, being data of all the items upon the occurrence of the alarm of the servomotor in which the alarm has occurred, the specific set of data being a third set of data indicating the alarm corresponding to the drive recorder information, and displays a first screen that displays a list of alarms; and a graphical waveform information processing unit that displays a second screen that displays a graphical representation of the first set of data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005694 | Presentation Collaboration with Various Electronic Devices - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for displaying a presentation across various electronic devices. An embodiment operates by receiving a presentation slide comprising a plurality of layout segments and an object. The embodiment determines a device characteristic for an electronic device. The embodiment determines the object in a layout segment of the plurality of layout segments. The embodiment determines a layout rule based on the determined device characteristic, the determined layout segment, and a property of the object. The embodiment modifies the object based on the determined layout rule. The embodiment then outputs a layout result based on the presentation slide and the modified object. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005695 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DEFINE AUGMENTED CONTENT REGIONS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus to generate augmented content regions for augmented reality (AR) systems are disclosed. An example method includes receiving from a plurality of AR devices data representing a plurality of sight lines captured using the plurality of AR devices, identifying a plurality of commonalities of the plurality of sight lines based on the data representing the plurality of sight lines, and defining an augmented content region based on the plurality of commonalities. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005696 | Semantic Vector Tiles - Systems and methods for serving a vector tile are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for information associated with a geographic area. The method includes, in response to the request, accessing a vector tile associated with the geographic area. The vector tile can comprise vector data representing a feature in the geographic area and semantic metadata corresponding to the vector data. The semantic metadata can provide information associated with the vector data representing the one or more objects. The method includes serving the vector tile comprising the vector data and the semantic metadata. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005697 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - It is possible to easily create layout data whose main character is another person from already-created layout data. An information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire layout data in which a predetermined number of images is arranged from an image group; a division unit configured to divide the image group into a plurality of subsets; and an image exchange unit configured to exchange an image in which a first person is included of the images arranged within the layout data, and the image exchange unit: exchanges, in a case where there is an image that is included in the image group and in which a second person different from the first person is included within the subset, the image in which the first person is included with the image in which the second person is included. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005698 | COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON DIAGNOSTIC INTENTION OF USER - A computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) apparatus and a CAD method based on the diagnostic intention of a user are provided. The CAD apparatus includes a region of interest (ROI) detector configured to detect an ROI from an image input from a probe, and a probe motion determiner configured to determine a motion of the probe in response to the ROI detector detecting the ROI. The CAD apparatus further includes a diagnostic intention determiner configured to determine a diagnostic intention of a user based on the determined motion of the probe, and a diagnostic intention processor configured to perform a diagnostic procedure based on the determined diagnostic intention of the user. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005699 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR GENERATING A MOTION MODEL FOR A VIRTUAL CHARACTER - Technologies for generating a motion model for a virtual character includes a compute device that generates an online search query for motion videos of an animal that depict a corresponding animal in motion and selects a motion video from a search result of the online search query. The selected motion video is analyzed to generate a motion model for the virtual character based on the motion of the animal depicted in the selected motion video. The compute device presents the virtual character in motion on a display using the generated motion model for the motion of the virtual character. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005700 | A PARTIAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a partial image processing method, the method includes: obtaining a multi-frame picture that make up a first dynamic picture; receiving a user input operation on a specified frame picture in the multi-frame picture, and determining a delineated area based on the input operation; according to the multi-frame picture, determining a movable object of the delineated area; determining a partial area where the movable object in the multi-frame picture is located; and according to the partial area of the multi-frame picture, generating and displaying a second dynamic picture. Embodiments of the present disclosure also disclose a partial image processing device and computer storage medium. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005701 | MICROSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL REFRACTIVE INDEX TOMOGRAPHY - Microscopic imaging system and method with three-dimensional refractive index tomography are provided. The microscopic imaging system includes: an illumination providing module, configured to provide a beam of parallel lights with a modulated intensity; a microscopic sample, arranged at downstream of the illumination providing module, and configured to modulate a phase of the beam of parallel lights, such that emergent lights passing through the microscopic sample carry information of a three-dimensional refractive index field of the microscopic sample; a microscopic imaging module, arranged at downstream of the microscopic sample, and configured to form an image by using the emergent lights; and a controlling module, configured to process the image to reconstruct three-dimensional refractive index information of the microscopic sample. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005702 | DRAWING CONTROL APPARATUS - A drawing control apparatus includes: a drawing unit for drawing a plurality of images by executing a plurality of drawing tasks, each given a priority level, in each period; an output unit for combining and outputting the images drawn by the drawing unit in each period; a drawing time estimating unit for estimating a drawing time of each of one or more drawing commands included in a drawing task; and a drawing adjustment unit for planning a sequence for executing the drawing tasks on the basis of the drawing times estimated by the drawing time estimating unit and controlling the drawing unit. The drawing adjustment unit causes the drawing unit to execute the drawing tasks planned to be executed in a current period in descending order of priority and to execute some or all of the drawing commands of drawing tasks that have not been completed by output timing of the current period after execution of drawing tasks with higher priority than the uncompleted drawing tasks in a next period. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005703 | AUTOMATED GRAPHICS AND COMPUTE TILE INTERLEAVE - There is provided a method of a graphics processing system, the method including receiving dependency information for a set of interdependent images indicating a dependency across one or more compute shader and graphics workloads, and interleaving processing of the compute shader and graphics workloads for the set of interdependent images in accordance with the dependency information without recompiling a compute shader generating the one or more compute shader workloads. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005704 | On Demand Geometry and Acceleration Structure Creation - Systems and methods of geometry processing, for rasterization and ray tracing processes provide for pre-processing of source geometry, such as by tessellating or other procedural modification of source geometry, to produce final geometry on which a rendering will be based. An acceleration structure (or portion thereof) for use during ray tracing is defined based on the final geometry. Only coarse-grained elements of the acceleration structure may be produced or retained, and a fine-grained structure within a particular coarse-grained element may be Produced in response to a collection of rays being ready for traversal within the coarse grained element. Final geometry can be recreated in response to demand from a rasterization engine, and from ray intersection units that require such geometry for intersection testing with primitives. Geometry at different resolutions can be generated to respond to demands from different rendering components. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005705 | ADAPTIVE SAMPLING OF PIXELS - Adaptive sampling of pixels is disclosed. In some embodiments, a rendering of a scene is generated by sampling each pixel of the rendering with a prescribed number of samples. Subsequently, those pixels of the rendering that do not satisfy a noise threshold are iteratively sampled with an additional sample during each iteration until all pixels of the rendering satisfy the noise threshold. The noise threshold is associated with noise arising due to under sampling. Pixels comprising the completed rendering are not uniformly sampled. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005706 | IMAGE SPACE-BASED PARTICLE GENERATION MODELING - Volume rendering is performed by a method, comprising: obtaining an original volume data, transforming the original volume data based on a distance from a viewpoint to the original volume data, to generate transformed volume data, generating particles from the transformed volume data, and projecting the particles on an image plane to obtain a 2D image corresponding to the original volume data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005707 | IMAGE SPACE-BASED PARTICLE GENERATION MODELING - Volume rendering is performed by a method, comprising: obtaining an original volume data, transforming the original volume data based on a distance from a viewpoint to the original volume data, to generate transformed volume data, generating particles from the transformed volume data, and projecting the particles on an image plane to obtain a 2D image corresponding to the original volume data. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005708 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING DESKTOP EFFECT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method and a device for generating a desktop effect and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining an image captured by a camera; loading the image as a texture map to a quadrilateral object to generate a first object; loading the first object to a container object to generate a second object; adding the second object to a preset service; and replacing a desktop wallpaper service with the preset service, and displaying a desktop effect corresponding to the preset service. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005709 | Techniques for Correction of Visual Artifacts in Multi-View Images - Techniques are disclosed for correcting artifacts in multi-view images that include a plurality of planar views. Image content the planar views may be projected from the planar representation to a spherical projection. Thereafter, a portion of the image content may be projected from the spherical projection to a planar representation. The image content of the planar representation may be used for display. Extensions are disclosed that correct artifacts that may arise during deblocking filtering of the multi-view images. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RENDERING A GRAPHICAL OBJECT WITH MODIFICATION IN STRUCTURE - A method of rendering a graphical object comprises accessing a mapping relating a mesoscale structure and a light scattering parameter of a material to a perceptual appearance characteristic; determining a perceptual appearance characteristic of the graphical object, the graphical object reproduced on an interface to represent an object formed from the material, the perceptual appearance characteristic determined in accordance with the mapping using an initial mesoscale structure and a light scattering parameter of the material; receiving a signal indicating a modification in structure relating to the initial mesoscale structure; and determining, using the mapping, an adjustment of the light scattering parameter preserving the determined perceptual appearance characteristic, based on the modification of the initial mesoscale structure. The method further comprises adjusting the light scattering parameter of the material according to the adjustment; and rendering the graphical object using the modified mesoscale structure and the adjusted light scattering parameter. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING AND FOR CAPTURING A BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION - A method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object includes: capturing images of the object from a plurality of viewpoints, the images including color images; generating a 3D model of the object from the images, the 3D model including a plurality of planar patches; for each patch of the planar patches: mapping image regions of the images to the patch, each image region including at least one color vector; and computing, for each patch, at least one minimal color vector among the color vectors of the image regions mapped to the patch; generating a diffuse component of a bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) for each patch of planar patches of the 3D model in accordance with the at least one minimal color vector computed for each patch; and outputting the 3D model with the BRDF for each patch. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005712 | TRACKING PIXEL LINEAGE IN VARIABLE RATE SHADING - Methods and devices for performing variable rate shading are described. Invocation information and lineage information for each pixel of a plurality of pixels of a primitive are stored in an invocation buffer and a lineage buffer of a graphics processing unit. One or more deferred shading or post-processing operations are performed on the image based at least in part on the invocation information and the lineage information associated with each pixel of the plurality of pixels. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005713 | VARIABLE RATE DEFERRED PASSES IN GRAPHICS RENDERING - Methods and devices for performing pixel shading in graphics processing are described. Multiple primitives of an image can be shaded at one or more variable shading rates. A subset of pixels, in at least one screen-space tile corresponding to a portion of the image, corresponding to samples that are shaded in the shading at the one or more variable shading rates, can be determined. One or more deferred passes can be applied to the subset of pixels in the at least one screen-space tile to provide additional shading of the subset of pixels. After completing the deferred passes, the set of pixels not processed by the deferred passes can be filled using adjacent shaded pixels. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005714 | VARIABLE RATE SHADING BASED ON TEMPORAL REPROJECTION - Methods and devices for performing variable rate shading in graphics processing are described. A transformation pass can be performed over a current frame associate a current pixel in a current frame with a previous pixel in a previous frame. A previous fragment, including the previous pixel, in the previous frame can be analyzed to determine whether the previous fragment includes one or more areas of frequency detail achieving a threshold. A variable shading rate to apply to a current fragment including the current pixel can be determined based on analyzing the previous fragment. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005715 | 3D MODEL GENERATING SYSTEM, 3D MODEL GENERATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Processing load on a computer can be reduced while saving the labor of photographing an object to estimate a size of the object. Photographed image acquiring means of a 3D model generating system acquires a photographed image in which a first object and a second object are disposed in a real space. Virtual image generating means generates a virtual image in which a first model representing the first object that is a standard size and a second model representing the second object that is not the standard size are disposed in a virtual space. Parameter determining means determines a size parameter indicating a size of the second object based on a result of comparing the photographed image with the virtual image. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005716 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSLATING A LEGACY WEB PAGE INTO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) IMMERSIVE SPACE - A method and system for translating a legacy web page into a three-dimensional virtual reality (VR) immersive space. The method includes: inspecting the legacy web page; extracting Document Object Model (DOM) elements from the legacy web page; generating a corresponding three-dimensional VR immersive space; placing DOM elements into the three-dimensional VR immersive space; and virtually placing a user in the three-dimensional VR immersive space. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005717 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LINKING A FIRST VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) IMMERSIVE SPACE WITH A SECOND VR IMMERSIVE SPACE - A method and system for linking a first virtual reality (VR) immersive space with a second VR immersive space. The method includes: generating a portal in the first VR immersive space, the first VR immersive space having a first website displayed on a surface of the first VR immersive space; associating an internet link to the second VR immersive space with the portal, the internet link being part of the first website to link to a second website; rendering the second VR immersive space, the second VR immersive space having the second website displayed on a surface of the second VR immersive space; providing a preview of the second VR immersive space on a surface of the portal located in the first VR immersive space; and virtually placing a user in the second VR immersive space when the portal is selected by the user. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005718 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE POSITIONING BASED ON 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF RAY MODEL - The present disclosure provides a method comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of a plurality of scenes in advance, and performing feature extraction on the plurality of images respectively, to obtain a corresponding plurality of feature point sets; performing pairwise feature matching on the plurality of images, generating a corresponding eigen matrix according to the pairwise feature matching, and performing noise processing on the eigen matrix; performing 3D reconstruction according to the feature matching and the noise-processed eigen matrix and based on a ray model, to generate a 3D feature point cloud and a reconstructed camera pose set; acquiring a query image, and performing feature extraction on the query image to obtain a corresponding 2D feature point set; and performing image positioning according to the 2D feature point set, the 3D feature point cloud and the reconstructed camera pose set and based on a positioning attitude image optimization framework. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005719 | AUTOMATED SPATIAL INDEXING OF IMAGES BASED ON FLOORPLAN FEATURES - A spatial indexing system receives a sequence of images depicting an environment, such as a floor of a construction site, and performs a spatial indexing process to automatically identify the spatial locations at which each of the images were captured. The spatial indexing system also generates an immersive model of the environment and provides a visualization interface that allows a user to view each of the images at its corresponding location within the model. | 2019-01-03 |
20190005720 | Multi-viewpoint Transformation Module for use in 3D Rendering System - Viewport transformation modules for use in a three-dimensional rendering system wherein vertices are received from an application in a strip. The viewport transformation modules include a fetch module configured to read from a vertex buffer: untransformed coordinate data for a vertex in a strip; information identifying a viewport associated with the vertex; and information identifying a viewport associated with one or more other vertices in the strip. The one or more other vertices in the strip are selected based on a provoking vertex of a primitive to be formed by the vertices in the strip and a number of vertices in the primitive. The viewport transformation modules also include a processing module that performs a viewport transformation on the untransformed coordinate data based on each of the identified viewports to generate transformed coordinate data for each identified viewport; and a write module that writes the transformed coordinate data for each identified viewport to the vertex buffer. | 2019-01-03 |