16th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160112631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIMENSIONING - A system and method for structured-light dimensioning is disclosed. The method includes combining multiple images using different camera settings to provide all of the information necessary dimensioning. What results is an improved ability to sense a light pattern reflected from an object's surfaces, especially when the lighting and/or object color make imaging all surfaces simultaneously difficult. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112632 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR ACQUIRING PANORAMIC IMAGE - A method includes: after a panorama shooting instruction triggered by a user is acquired, shooting a first image, and acquiring a shooting parameter of the first image; determining move guiding information according to a preset move guiding policy, and displaying the move guiding information on a terminal, so as to instruct the user to move the terminal according to the move guiding information; shooting a preset quantity of images according to the shooting parameter of the first image after it is detected that the terminal moves, where the preset quantity of images are background images on both the left and right sides of a background corresponding to the first image; and performing, by using the first image as a center and by using a preset splicing scheme, seamless splicing on the first image and the preset quantity of images, to obtain a panoramic image. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112633 | LOCATION INFORMATION DESIGNATING DEVICE, LOCATION INFORMATION DESIGNATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM IN WHICH LOCATION INFORMATION DESIGNATING PROGRAM IS STORED - A location information designating device includes a location confirming image acquiring section, a display control section, an operating unit that designates a target location in the location confirming image displayed in the display; and a communicating unit. The location confirming image acquiring section acquires a location confirming image by which location information is confirmable. The display control section displays the acquired location confirming image in a display. The operating unit designates a target location in the location confirming image displayed in the display. The communicating unit transmits, to an external information device, information of the designated target location and the acquired location confirming image together with a request for an action to be performed by a user of the external information device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112634 | Multi-Camera Array With Shared Spherical Lens - Multiple cameras are arranged in an array at a pitch, roll, and yaw that allow the cameras to have adjacent fields of view such that each camera is pointed inward relative to the array. The read window of an image sensor of each camera in a multi-camera array can be adjusted to minimize the overlap between adjacent fields of view, to maximize the correlation within the overlapping portions of the fields of view, and to correct for manufacturing and assembly tolerances. Images from cameras in a multi-camera array with adjacent fields of view can be manipulated using low-power warping and cropping techniques, and can be taped together to form a final image. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112635 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN OUTPUT VIDEO STREAM FROM A WIDE FIELD VIDEO STREAM - System and methods are disclosed for generating an output video stream from a wide field video stream. The wide field video stream may be created from compiling a plurality of video stream capturing different viewpoints of the same environment simultaneously. Upon selecting a wide field video stream, a first geometric function may be utilized to generate individual intermediate points that correspond to locations in a wide field video stream to be displayed on a particular display space. A second geometric function may be further utilized to generate reference points so that a the pixel on the output video stream are determined from the intermediate points of the wide field video stream of the first geometric function. Upon the execution of the first and second geometric function, an output video stream is generated for display on the determined display space. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112636 | WEARABLE CAMERA - A wearable camera includes a body, a lens, a video recording button, a snap shot button, a mode changeover switch, and a confirmation changeover switch. The mode changeover switch includes an operating section and a linear slot in which the operating section moves. A first mode which is a most-frequently-used mode having a high frequency of use in case of emergency is disposed on an upper end side of the slot, and a fourth mode which is an off mode cutting off connection with the outside is disposed on a lower end side thereof. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112637 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING A CAMERA DEVICE TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION - In various embodiments a camera with multiple optical chains, e.g., camera modules, is controlled to operate in one of a variety of supported modes of operation. The modes include a non-motion mode, a motion mode, a normal burst mode and/or a reduced data burst mode. Motion mode is well suited for capturing an image including motion, e.g., moving object(s) with some modules being used to capture scene areas using a shorter exposure time than other modules and the captured images then being combined taking into consideration locations of motion. A reduced data burst mode is supported in some embodiments in which camera modules with different focal lengths capture images at different rates. While the camera modules of different focal length operate at different image capture rates in the reduced data burst mode, images are combined to support a desired composite image output rate, e.g., a desired frame rate. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112638 | VIDEO STABILIZATION USING PADDED MARGIN PIXELS - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for video stabilization and/or for image frame generation. For example, a user may instruct a video application hosted on a smart phone to capture a video at a target resolution of 1080 pixels. A padded input having a padded resolution that is larger than the target resolution may be obtained from a capture device, such as a camera of the smart phone. The padded input may be provided to a video stabilization component to obtain a target image frame having the target resolution. In this way, the video stabilization component may perform cropping using padded margin pixels (e.g., additional pixels of the padded input beyond the 1080 pixels of the target resolution) so that image upscaling after cropping (e.g., to account for global warping, etc.) may be mitigated to reduce blur that may otherwise result from image upscaling. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112639 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEBLURING IMAGES - The invention is directed to a camera deblur technique. An exemplary method comprises capturing an image using the camera, wherein the image is captured using a first sampling frequency; estimating, using pixel samples from the image and sampled with a second sampling frequency, a blur function, wherein the second sampling frequency is greater than the first sampling frequency; and performing deblur processing of the image based on the estimated blur function. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112640 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus and an imaging method are provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to output image data for a subject, a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control the imager to suspend output of the image data in response to the motion detector detecting the motion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112641 | FRAME REGISTRATION FOR IMAGING SENSORS IN MOTION - Methods and systems for non-stationary image sensor frame registration include receiving a data capture from an image sensor in motion, spatially filtering at least one pixel intensity value within the data capture to create a spatially filtered image, predictively differencing a filtered pixel intensity value of the spatially filtered image from a predicted intensity value, and generating a predictively differenced image based on the predictive differencing. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112642 | FOLDED IMAGING PATH CAMERA - In embodiments of a folded imaging path camera, a device includes a camera lens module that focuses an image, which is received as reflected light. An image sensor captures the image from the reflected light that is directed at the image sensor. The device also includes one or more optics that fold the reflected light of the image along an imaging path directed through the camera lens module and directed at the image sensor. The imaging path directed through the camera lens module can be approximately perpendicular to an axis along which the reflected light of the image is received via an aperture in the device. Alternatively, the imaging path directed through the camera lens module is approximately parallel to the axis along which the reflected light of the image is received via the aperture in the device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112643 | HANDHELD DIMENSIONER WITH DATA-QUALITY INDICATION - A handheld dimensioner with a user interface configured to present a quality indicator is disclosed. The handheld dimensioner is configured to capture three-dimensional (3D) data and assess the three-dimensional-data's quality. Based on this quality, a quality indicator may be generated and presented to a user via the user interface. This process may be repeated while the user repositions the handheld dimensioner. In this way, the user may use the quality indicators generated at different positions to find an optimal position for a particular dimension measurement. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112644 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM - To make a difference between respective accumulation conditions of first and second regions of a live view image and then to check the live view image for changes in an image corresponding to the changes in the accumulation conditions of the respective regions. An electronic apparatus includes an image-capture unit and a system control unit. The image-capture unit includes an image sensor and captures an image of first and second regions. The system control unit causes a display unit to display a live view image corresponding to the image of the first and second regions captured by the image-capture unit. The system control unit also makes a difference between respective accumulation conditions of the first and second regions of the live view image. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112645 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING VIDEO CAPTURED USING MOBILE DEVICES - Systems, methods, and computer program products for capturing and analyzing image data, preferably video data, are disclosed. The inventive concepts include using multiple frames of image data to generate a composite image, where the composite image may be characterized by a higher resolution than one or more of the individual frames used to generate the composite image, and/or absence of a blurred region present in one or more of the individual frames. Inventive techniques also include determining a minimum capture resolution appropriate for capturing images of particular objects for downstream processing, and optionally triggering generation of a composite image having sufficient resolution to facilitate the downstream processing in response to detecting one or more frames of image data are characterized by a resolution, and/or a region having a resolution, less than the minimum capture resolution appropriate for capturing images of those particular objects. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a determination unit ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160112647 | VIDEO IMAGE RECOVERY FROM TRANSIENT BLOCKAGE OR CORRUPTION ARTIFACTS - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for video image recovery from transient blockage or corruption artifacts include receiving first and second data captures from an image sensor having first and second pluralities of pixel intensity values corresponding to pixel locations of the first and second data captures. The methods, systems, and computer readable media also include identifying in the second data capture, one or more of the second pixel intensity values exceeding a contrast threshold to detect a transient blockage. The methods, systems, and computer readable media also include replacing the one or more of the second pixel intensity values exceeding the contrast threshold with one or more of the first pixel intensity values to generate a corrected data capture. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112648 | PARALLEL VIDEO EFFECTS, MIX TREES, AND RELATED METHODS - Parallel video effects, mix trees, and related methods are disclosed. Video data inputs are mixed in parallel according to a mix parameter signal associated with one of the video data inputs. A resultant parallel mixed video data output is further mixed with a further video data input according to a composite mix parameter signal, which corresponds to a product of mix parameter signals that are based on mix parameter signals respectively associated with multiple video data inputs. The mix parameter signals could be alpha signals, in which case the composite mix parameter signal could correspond to a product of complementary alpha signals that are complements of the alpha signals. Composite mix parameter signals and mix results could be truncated based on a number of levels in a multi-level mix tree and an error or error tolerance. Rounding could be applied to a final mix output or an intermediate mix result. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112649 | CONTROLLING CAPTURE OF CONTENT USING ONE OR MORE CLIENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Disclosed is a master electronic device configured to control capture of content using one or more client electronic devices. The master electronic device may include a user interface module configured to receive an indication of a control-input. Further, the master electronic device may include a communication module configured to communicate data between the master electronic device and one or more client electronic devices. The communication may include wireless transmission of the control-input to the one or more client electronic devices. Additionally, the one or more client electronic devices may include a means to capture content in response to the control-input. The means to capture content may be activated in response to the received control-input. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112650 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BURST MODES OF CAMERA OPERATION - In various embodiments a camera with multiple optical chains, e.g., camera modules, is controlled to operate in one of a variety of supported modes of operation. The modes include a non-motion mode, a motion mode, a normal burst mode and/or a reduced data burst mode. Motion mode is well suited for capturing an image including motion, e.g., moving object(s) with some modules being used to capture scene areas using a shorter exposure time than other modules and the captured images then being combined taking into consideration locations of motion. A reduced data burst mode is supported in some embodiments in which camera modules with different focal lengths capture images at different rates. While the camera modules of different focal length operate at different image capture rates in the reduced data burst mode, images are combined to support a desired composite image output rate, e.g., a desired frame rate. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112651 | SIGNAL INPUT SWITCHING CIRCUIT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SIGNAL INPUT SWITCHING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A signal input switching circuit ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160112652 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing device, including an image receiver operable to receive a first image; an image converter operable to convert the first image to a second image, the second image being a smaller-sized representation of the first image; an image pre-processor operable to perform an imaging effect on the second image to form a third image, the imaging effect being defined by an imaging effect parameter; a first output device operable to output the third image for display; and a second output device operable to output the first image and the imaging effect parameter. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112653 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit configured to capture a plurality of images with different exposure amounts; an image compositing unit configured to composite the plurality of images and generate a composited image; and a display control unit configured to display the composited image generated by the image compositing unit on a display unit; wherein the display control unit performs control so that, in accordance with an instruction for magnifying a portion of the composited image displayed on the display unit, a magnified image of an image from among the plurality of images captured by the image capturing unit is displayed on the display unit instead of the composited image. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112654 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING COLOR - Methods and apparatuses of operating an electronic device are provided. A display unit of the electronic device displays an image as a preview. A control unit of the electronic device differentiates a reference object and a target object in the image. The control unit determines a reference color of the reference object and a background color of the target object. The control unit adjusts the background color of the target object so as to correspond to the reference color of the reference object. The control unit sets the background color of the target object. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112655 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INDICATING HOSTILE FIRE - Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying hostile fire. A characteristic of a fired projectile is detected using an optical system and the projectile's travel path in relation to a vehicle is determined. If the determined travel path of the projectile is within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, it is determined that the projectile is hostile towards the vehicle and a warning is output. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112656 | THERMAL IMAGING DEVICE, ANALYZING DEVICE, THERMAL IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND ANALYZING METHOD - This invention provides a thermal imaging device, an analyzing device, a thermal image photographing method, and an analyzing method, relates to a thermal imaging device and application fields of thermal image photographing. The present thermal imaging devices mainly belong to a picture-photographing type. When a photographing button of an infrared photographing device of a picture-photographing mode is pressed, the recorded thermal image document is a thermal image picture document, causing the slower photographing speed and the lower efficiency, failing to measure moving objects and to describe large-scale objects. In the thermal imaging device, the analyzing device, the thermal image photographing method, and the analyzing method in the invention, according to thermal imaging data frames acquired by a photographing part, the acquired thermal imaging data frames are continuously recorded, and the key frame is distinguished from other frames. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112657 | LARGE DYNAMIC RANGE CAMERAS - A digital camera includes a plurality of channels and a processing component operatively coupled to the plurality of channels. Each channel of the plurality of channels includes an optics component and a sensor that includes an array of photo-detectors. The processing component is configured to separately control an integration time of each channel, where a first integration time of a first channel is less than a second integration time of a second channel. The processing component is also configured to combine data from the plurality of channels to generate an image. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112658 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup element including pixels arranged two-dimensionally; a photoelectric converter arranged for each of the pixels and configured to generate a charge corresponding to incident light amount; a switching unit configured to switch between states of the charge of the photoelectric converter being transferable and not transferable to a charge retainer; a correction data generator configured to read a signal for each pixel from the charge retainer under a state of the charge of the photoelectric converter being not transferable to the charge retainer, to generate noise correction data for each pixel; and a pixel noise corrector configured to read the signal for each pixel from the charge retainer under a state of the charge of the photoelectric converter being transferable to the charge retainer, to thereby correct noise for each pixel based on the noise correction data generated by the correction data generator. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112659 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus for and a method of executing noise reduction processing and defect compensation processing on an image in an RGBW arrangement are provided. In pixel value compensation processing of a color pixel that makes up image data in the RGBW arrangement that has each color pixel of R, G, and B and a white (W) pixel, the W pixel is interpolated at a position of an attention pixel that is a compensation target, and at a position of a reference pixel which has the same color as an attention pixel within a reference area, smoothing weight is calculated based on each pixel value of the interpolation W pixel, and thus a compensation pixel value of the attention pixel is calculated by executing smoothing processing to which the calculated smoothing weight is applied. Moreover, by applying the W pixel in the neighborhood of the color pixel, it is determined whether or not the color pixel is in a texture area, and only if the color pixel is not in the texture, defect compensation processing is executed. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112660 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION METHOD - A photoelectric conversion element includes a light receiving element, a buffer unit, a current control circuit, and an elimination circuit. The light receiving element generates electrical charge according to an amount of light received. The buffer unit buffers and outputs a voltage signal according to the electrical charge generated by the light receiving element. When the buffer unit outputs the voltage signal, the current control circuit controls electric current flowing through the buffer unit so as to be a predetermined amount of electric current. The elimination circuit eliminates high-frequency components in a band equal to or higher than a predetermined band from the voltage signal output from the buffer unit. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112661 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor, comprising a plurality of circuit groups each of which can assume an operating state and a non-operating state, a storage unit configured to store an order of switching the plurality of circuit groups from the non-operating state to the operating state, and a control unit configured to receive, from outside the sensor, a control signal, common to the plurality of circuit groups, for switching the plurality of circuit groups from the non-operating state to the operating state, wherein after receiving the control signal, the control unit sequentially switches, according to the order stored in the storage unit, the plurality of circuit groups from the non-operating state to the operating state at an interval of a period corresponding to an integer multiple of a cycle of a clock signal. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112662 | IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL HAVING MULTIPLE SENSING NODE GAINS - The invention concerns an image sensor comprising: at least one pixel having a photodiode (PD); a sensing node (SN) coupled to the photodiode via a transfer gate ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160112663 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a pixel unit including G-pixels | 2016-04-21 |
20160112664 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel region in which shared pixels which share pixel transistors in a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions are two-dimensionally arranged. The shared pixel transistors are divisionally arranged in a column direction of the shared pixels, the pixel transistors shared between neighboring shared pixels are arranged so as to be horizontally reversed or/and vertically crossed, and connection wirings connected to a floating diffusion portion, a source of a reset transistor and a gate of an amplification transistor in the shared pixels are arranged along the column direction. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112665 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor comprises an array of pixels comprising: a pinned photodiode; a first sense node A; a second sense node B; a transfer gate TX connected between the pinned photodiode and the first sense node A; a first reset transistor M | 2016-04-21 |
20160112666 | OPTICAL MODULE AND METHOD - An optical module for use in a device includes an array of pixels configured to capture image data and a memory. The memory is configured to store identification information associated with said optical module. The identification information enables retrieval of information for controlling said optical module from a source outside said device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112667 | MULTIMEDIA DEVICE HAVING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a multimedia device including a flexible display and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a guide bar, a flexible display configured to be rolled up on an outer circumference of the guide bar, the flexible display having a first region rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar and a second region not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar, a receiving unit configured to receive a content and metadata corresponding to the content from a source device, and a control unit adjusting a vertical width of the second region of the flexible display in accordance with a preset condition. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112668 | DETERMINING REMOTE CONTROL STATE AND USER VIA ACCELEROMETER - Methods, and system, and entertainment device are provided for identifying a user. A method includes detecting acceleration of a user manipulated component, comparing the detected acceleration with user acceleration that is associated with a user of the electronic device, identifying the user of the electronic device based on the comparison of the detected acceleration and the user acceleration, and operating the electronic device based on the identified user of the electronic device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112669 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - The display apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a first image set, a storage configured to store a second image set with a size corresponding to the first image set, an image processor configured to receive the first image set and the second image set in units of frames and to synthesize the first image set and the second image set to generate a final image set, and a display configured to display the final image set. The image processor detects a region of the second image set, to be synthesized with the first image set, receives only partial data corresponding to the detected region with respect to the second image set of a next frame after the region is detected, and synthesizes the some received data and the first image set to generate a final image set. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112670 | TELEVISION TUNER DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT - Embodiments of a device for receiving a digital terrestrial, cable, or satellite television signal are described herein. For example, a silicon tuner module may be configured to receive a digital terrestrial, cable, or satellite television signal and output a digital bitstream, the digital bitstream may include audio visual content in an encoded transport stream. In a further example, a digital audio video connector may be configured to couple with a display device, the digital audio video connector may be configured to provide the digital bitstream to the display device according to a specification. In another example, a processing module may be configured to control the silicon tuner module in response to a Consumer Electronics Control command received from the display device via the digital audio video connector. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112671 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a receiving device including: a first receiving section configured to receive audio visual contents capable of a download reservation and transmitted in non-real time; a recording section configured to record the audio visual contents that have been downloaded; an obtaining section configured to obtain an application program for executing a process related to the audio visual contents; and an executing section configured to execute the process related to the audio visual contents on a basis of control information included in the application program. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112672 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE HUMAN MICRO-INTERATIONS - A system and method rely on a database having stored therein records relating to each a plurality of responders and having stored therein an indication of a field of expertise. User interface systems are registered with the system such that a query provided in association with a location or with a specific user interface system is analysed and a suitable responder is located from within the records of the database. A communication session between said responder and a provider of said query is then automatically established. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112673 | VIDEO CONFERENCING OVER IP NETWORKS - A method for communication includes establishing multiple communication links over a packet network between a server and plurality of client computers that are to participate in a video teleconference. The client computers may also create secondary communication links that function similarly to links between the server and client computers. The server receives from the client computers uplink audio packets and uplink video packets, which respectively contain audio and video data captured by each of the client computers. The server determines the optimal bandwidth for each client computer. The server also mixes the audio data from the uplink audio packets so as to create respective streams of mixed audio data for transmission to the client computers and transmits to the client computers downlink audio packets containing the respective streams of mixed audio data. The server relays the video data to the client computers in downlink video packets. The client computers receive and synchronize the video data with the mixed audio data. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112674 | OBJECT OF INTEREST BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - Various embodiments of this disclosure may describe apparatuses, methods, and systems including an encoding engine to encode and/or compress one or more objects of interest within individual image frames with higher bit densities than the bit density employed to encode and/or compress their background. The image processing system may further include a context engine to identify a region of interest including at least a part of the one or more objects of interest, and scale the region of interest within individual image frames to emphasize the objects of interest. Other embodiments may also be disclosed or claimed. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112675 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION TERMINAL, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - There is provided a transmission system transmitting at least one of image data and audio data among a plurality of transmission terminals. A first transmission terminal includes a state detector that detects whether a user is present therearound, and a controller that controls to transmit correspondence data corresponding to a result detected by the state detector to a second transmission terminal when a state detected by the state detector changes. The second transmission terminal changes quality of at least one of the image data and the audio data that is transmitted to the first transmission terminal in accordance with the correspondence data and transmits at least one of the image data and the audio data when the second transmission terminal receives the correspondence data. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112676 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO STITCHING - Disclosed are a method and a system for video stitching. After it is determined that initial mounting of cameras in a M×N video stitching scene is completed, a reference image is selected from M×N images corresponding to M×N cameras; where both M and N are positive integers, at least one of M and N is larger than 1, and a rotating mirror is set in front of a camera lens of each camera; an image whose position does not meet a requirement among respective images except for the selected reference image is adjusted by controlling a rotating mirror corresponding to the image to rotate according to the selected reference image; and video stitching is performed according to an adjustment result. The technical solution of the present disclosure has relatively good adaptability and flexibility and can | 2016-04-21 |
20160112677 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for managing a surveillance system and an associated apparatus, where the surveillance system includes at least one camera, such as a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera or other types of cameras, and the method is applied to a control circuit of the surveillance includes the steps of: according to statistics data, predicting at least one time interval that complies with a predetermined condition to determine target time, and performing a timing operation corresponding to the target time, where the predetermined condition relates to an event count occurrence probability of the time interval, and the target time falls within the time interval; and when the target time expires, performing at least one configuration updating operation upon the camera. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112678 | ROCK DRILLING RIG AND METHOD FOR MONITORING - A rock drilling rig and a method of monitoring drilling is provided. The rock drilling rig is provided with a boom and drilling unit therein. Drilling is monitored by a monitoring system having at least one monitoring video camera. Monitoring views of the camera is displayed on a display device. Several operational targets and target views for them are predefined for the system, whereby the target views are shown on the display device during progress of the drilling. The operator may monitor the drilling by the display device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112679 | REFRIGERATOR - Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a main body having a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment, in which food is stored, a first door configured to open the first storage compartment via pivotal rotation thereof, a second door configured to be moved forward of the second storage compartment to open the second storage compartment, a receptacle configured to be moved along with the second door and received in the second storage compartment, the receptacle serving to store food therein, and a camera installed to the main body to take a picture of the receptacle. The refrigerator further includes a control unit configured to combine a plurality of pictures taken by the camera as the second door is moved and configured to correct the images into an image showing the receptacle. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112680 | MEDICAL IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - A medical image recording device includes an image pickup device generating an image pickup signal by photoelectric ally converting light reflected from a subject with use of an image pickup element, wherein an image pickup control unit displays, on a display unit, image data generated for each of frames constituting a video by processing the image pickup signal. A recording control unit records the image data on a memory card. A movement detection unit sequentially compares the image data between the adjacent frames, and calculates an amount of movement of the image pickup device from a positional shift of a main subject between the adjacent frames. If the amount of movement is within a preset range, a camera shake correction unit corrects a blur. If the amount of movement is greater than an upper limit of the range, the recording control unit stops recording of image data on the memory card. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112681 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING LIGHT AND SOUND IMPACT ON A PERSON - The present invention relates to a system for monitoring light and sound impact on a patient. It comprises a light capturing unit ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160112682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING MATERIAL REACTION OR SENSITIVITY USING IMAGES - The disclosure extends to systems, methods and computer program products for automatically determining whether an energetic substance or a material has experienced a reaction (“go”) or a non-reaction (“no-go”) during an insult from an impact, friction, ESD or other small-scale sensitivity testing device. The systems, methods, and computer program products of the disclosure use a video capturing device, a CPU or computer, sensitivity test equipment, and a set of rules or instructions to be followed for quantifying and determining whether a reaction has occurred or not. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112683 | MIXED FORMAT MEDIA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for operating cameras are described. An image signal received from an image sensor can be processed as a plurality of video signals representative of the image signal. An encoder may combine baseband and digital video signals in an output signal for transmission over a cable. The video signals may include substantially isochronous baseband and digital video signals. The baseband video signal can comprise a standard definition analog video signal and the digital video signal may be frequency modulated before combining with the baseband video signal and/or transmitting wirelessly. The digital video signal may be a compressed high definition digital video signal. A decoder demodulates an upstream signal to obtain a control signal for controlling the position and orientation of the camera and content of the baseband and digital video signals. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112684 | Spectroscopic Finger Ring for Compositional Analysis of Food or Other Environmental Objects - This invention is a wearable spectroscopic device, such as a spectroscopic finger ring, for compositional analysis of food or other environmental objects. This device can project light as a fiducial marker to better estimate object size. This device can include a laser pointer which is directed toward an object to guide spectroscopic analysis of the object. Advantages over hand-held spectroscopic sensors include: convenience; subtlety of use; activation based on monitoring of body motion and/or hand gestures; and continuous proximity to hand-held food during eating. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112685 | PROJECTION OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND PROJECTOR DEVICE - There is provided a projection optical system ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160112686 | LOCAL DIMMING ON LIGHT-EMITTING SCREENS FOR IMPROVED IMAGE UNIFORMITY IN SCANNING BEAM DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Systems and techniques for scanning-beam display are provided to use local dimming on the optical energy of at least one optical beam to minimize the non-uniform image brightness across the screen. This local dimming during the beam scanning can be achieved by adjusting optical energy of at least one optical beam during the scanning based on (1) the location of the scanning optical beam and (2) the predetermined distortion information at the location. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112687 | Pico Projector - A pico projector includes a housing, a lens, a light engine, a control module and a central processing module. The housing includes a main body and a cover. The lens is disposed in the housing. The light engine is disposed in the housing and configured to produce light including image signals and project the light through the lens. The control module is configured to provide a control signal. The central processing module is disposed in the housing and configured to rotate or move the cover with respect to the main body according to the control signal so as to create an opening for enhancing heat dissipation of the interior of the housing. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112688 | BOUNDLESS PROJECTED INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL DESKTOP - A method for creating a boundless projected interactive virtual desktop, wherein the interactive virtual desktop comprises an adjustable image of a projected portion of an area associated with at least one desktop of a computing device is provided. The method may include integrating a projector and a motion sensor into a device. The method may also include capturing at least one of a location, a change in location, a change in direction, or a change in orientation associated with the device. The method may include computing a projected image. The method may also include coordinating the computed projected image across at least one application running in the device. The method may further include projecting a view of a portion of an area associated with the coordinated projected image, wherein the projected view comprises an interactive virtual desktop. The method may additionally include adjusting the projected view based on a criteria. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112689 | MULTI-PROJECTOR SYSTEM, PROJECTOR DEVICE, ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABE RECORDING MEDIUM - A multi-projector system includes two or more projection devices including a first projection device and a second projection device, an image output device configured to output an image to each of the two or more projection devices, and an adjustment device configured to adjust projection positions of projection images on a medium to be projected, the projection images being projected by the two or more projection devices, and a first projection image emitted by the first projection device, and a second projection image emitted by the second projection device being projected on the medium to be projected to have an overlapped region. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112690 | DISPLAY UNIFORMITY COMPENSATION METHOD, OPTICAL MODULATION APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSOR, AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed are a display uniformity compensation method, an optical modulation apparatus, a signal processor, and a projection system. The method comprises: acquiring original image data and an optical loss coefficient a of a compensation region, acquiring t | 2016-04-21 |
20160112691 | MULTI-SCREEN PROJECTOR SETTING - A projection assembly comprising at least a first screen ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160112692 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITIING HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO SIGNAL - Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a method and device for transmitting a high-definition video signal, comprising: isolating from the high-definition video signal a brightness signal and a chrominance signal, and, by using an analog signal transmission mode, using non-overlapping frequency hands to transmit respectively the brightness signal and the chrominance signal. The solution of the present invention employs the analog signal transmission method, utilizes independent frequency bands to transmit respectively the brightness signal and the chrominance signal, and ensures that the brightness signal and the chrominance signal do not affect each other, thus ensuring video quality and timeliness of the high-definition video signal when transmitted over a long distance. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112693 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for receiving a digital broadcasting signal including a three-dimensional image and displaying a two-dimensional image. The apparatus for receiving the digital broadcasting signal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a tuner for receiving the digital broadcasting signal including a video stream for forming the three-dimensional image and signaling data; a signaling data processor for decoding the digital broadcasting signal including a 2D display window table, which includes information for a partial area of a video image according to the video stream; and a display unit for displaying the video image of the video stream as the two-dimensional image using the information for the partial area. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112694 | APPARATUS FOR SETTING INTERFERENCE REGION OF ROBOT - An apparatus for setting an interference region of a robot includes a 3D camera which photographs surroundings of a robot to acquire a camera image of a region around the robot including distance information and color information, a 3D map generation unit which generates a 3D map including a plurality of point sequences which are arranged at equal intervals in a 3D space around the robot on the basis of the camera image, a color setting unit which sets a color of the robot, a color search unit which searches for a point sequence including color information corresponding to the robot color from the 3D map, and an interference region setting unit which sets an interference region on the basis of position data of the searched point sequence. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112695 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING AN ARRAY SENSOR - An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes an array sensor arrayed with a plurality of image sensors, and a plurality of lens units respectively mounted on the plurality of image sensors. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112696 | IMAGING APPARATUSES AND A TIME OF FLIGHT IMAGING METHOD - The imaging apparatus includes an image sensor circuit comprising a time of flight sensor pixel. The imaging apparatus further includes a first light emitter having a first spatial offset relative to the time of flight sensor pixel. The imaging apparatus further includes a second light emitter having a second spatial offset relative to the time of flight sensor pixel. The imaging apparatus further includes an image processing circuit configured to produce an image of a region of an object based on first sensor pixel image data and second sensor pixel image data generated by the time of flight sensor pixel. The first sensor pixel image data is based on received light emitted by the first light emitter and reflected at the object's region and wherein the second sensor pixel image data is based on received light emitted by the second light emitter and reflected at the object's region. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112697 | SHUTTER GLASSES, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The shutter glasses for the display apparatus include a shutter-glasses communication unit which receives a first sync signal from the display apparatus displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image; and a shutter-glasses controller which generates an ON/OFF driving signal for a left-eye lens unit and a right-eye lens unit of the shutter glasses based on the first sync signal, the first sync signal including a pattern, based on which at least one sync pulse is periodically omitted in a second sync signal used in displaying the 3D image according to a frame driving frequency of the 3D image. The shutter-glasses controller generates an ON/OFF driving signal in sync with the first sync signal, so that the ON/OFF driving signal includes the sync pulse in a section corresponding to the omitted sync pulse of the second sync signal according to a time period of the first sync signal. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING VIDEO - A method of playing video on an electronic device is provided. The method includes playing a video in a first mode, detecting attribute information of the video as the video is being played in the first mode, changing the first mode to a second mode based on the detected attribute information, and playing the video in the second mode. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112699 | TESTING CHART, CAMERA MODULE TESTING SYSTEM AND CAMERA MODULE TESTING METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a camera module testing method, the camera module testing method includes following steps: providing a testing chart, wherein the testing chart includes a scaleboard and at least four marks distributed on the scaleboard, each quadrant of a rectangular coordinate system with an origin thereof meeting a geometric center of the testing chart is distributed with at least one of the marks; providing a camera module for capturing an image of the testing chart, wherein the camera module includes a voice coil motor; providing a processor, the processor can generate a movement distance and a horizontal offset of the voice coil motor according to the image captured by the camera module and the location of the at least four marks. The disclosure also relates to a testing chart and a camera module testing system using the testing chart. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112700 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ON-CHIP TESTING OF A PIXEL ARRAY - Testing of control wires of a pixel array of an image sensor is performed by applying a signal transition to a control wire and detecting, based on a voltage signal detected on the control wire, the duration of at least part of the signal transition on the control wire. An electrical fault in the control wire is indicated based on a comparison of the detected duration to a threshold. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112701 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - The present disclosure discloses a video processing method, device and system. The method includes: calibrating a video camera equipment using a gyroscope based on a Rodrigues' Rotation Matrix to obtain a calibration parameter; obtaining first video information and first gyroscope rotation information, wherein the first gyroscope rotation information is corresponding to the first video information; performing at least one step of: stabilizing the first video information according to the calibration parameter and the first gyroscope rotation information; and removing rolling shutter effect from the first video information according to the calibration parameter and the first gyroscope rotation information. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112702 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS FAULT ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FAULT ANALYSIS METHOD - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a display apparatus, a display apparatus fault analysis system and a display apparatus fault analysis method. The display apparatus fault analysis system comprises a display apparatus and a server. The display apparatus comprises: a display chip configured to generate a target video or a target image according to a display instruction; an image capturer configured to capture the target image; a detection unit configured to, upon receipt of a fault detection instruction, send the display instruction to the display chip, compare the target image frame or the target image with a predetermined reference image to obtain a difference between the target image frame or the target image and the predetermined reference image, and generate a fault code based on the difference; and a communication module configured to transmit the fault code to a server. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112703 | REMOTE VIEWING OF LARGE IMAGE FILES - In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for sending image data to a client device. The computing system sends first image data from which a computing device is able to generate an initial display of an image. The initial display is a reduced-resolution version of the image that is reduced in resolution in comparison to a full resolution of the image. The computing system sends second image data from which the computing device is able to generate a subsequent display of the image. The subsequent display of the image is an intermediate-resolution version of the image that has a resolution that is higher than a resolution of the reduced-resolution version of the image and that is lower than the full resolution of the image. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112704 | CONTINUOUS PREDICTION DOMAIN - A method for encoding a spherical video is disclosed. The method includes mapping a frame of the spherical video to a two dimensional representation based on a projection. Further, in a prediction process the method includes determine whether at least one block associated with a prediction scheme is on a boundary of the two dimensional representation, and upon determining the at least one block associated with the prediction scheme is on the boundary, select an adjacent end block as a block including at least one pixel for use during the prediction process, the adjacent end block being associated with two or more boundaries of the two dimensional representation. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112705 | COMPRESSING AND REPRESENTING MULTI-VIEW VIDEO - In a general aspect, a method includes determining a tile position in a frame of a spherical video based on a view perspective, selecting a first portion of the frame of the spherical video as a first two dimensional tile based on the tile position, selecting a plurality of second two dimensional tiles from a second portion of the frame of the spherical video, the second portion of the frame surrounding the first portion of the frame and extending away from the first portion of the frame, encoding the first two dimensional tile using a first quality, encoding the plurality of second two dimensional tiles using at least one second quality, and transmitting a packet, as a streaming spherical video, the packet including the encoded first two dimensional tile and the plurality of encoded second two dimensional tiles. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112706 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD FOR GENERATING A PREDICTION IMAGE - When carrying out an average prediction, an intra predictor carries out a filtering process on target pixels of the intra prediction located at an upper end and a left end of the block, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel. The intra predictor also sets a filter coefficient to ¾, associated with the intermediate prediction value for a target pixel at the left end of the block other than the target pixel at an upper left corner of the block, and sets a filter coefficient to ¼, associated with the adjacent pixel adjacent to the left side of the target pixel at the left end of the block. As a result, prediction errors locally occurring can be reduced, and the image quality can be improved. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112707 | POLICY-BASED IMAGE ENCODING - Techniques for image rendering are described herein. The techniques may include providing image data to an encoder for transmission to a display. An indication of whether at least a portion of the image data is video data or non-video data is provided. A first policy may be implemented for image data that is video data. The first policy prioritizes transmission of the image data over encoding image quality. A second policy may be implemented for image data that is non-video data. The second policy prioritizes encoded image quality over transmission of the encoded images. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING INTENSITY LEVELS FOR VIDEO ENCODING - A system for adjusting the compression of one or more digital images comprising an image luminance compressor with video encoder control outputs and a video encoder with control inputs coupled to the image luminance compressor control outputs. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112709 | ENCODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, AND RECEPTION DEVICE - To enable image data of the interlacing scheme to undergo encoding of an open GOP. An image encoding unit encodes image data of each picture constituting image data in an interlacing scheme in an NAL unit structure and generates a video stream having the encoded image data of each picture. The image encoding unit sets an NAL unit type of a slice of encoded image data of a picture forming a field pair with an intra picture constituting a random access point to a unique type which indicates a picture that is dependent on the intra picture and forms the field pair with the intra picture. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112710 | DECODER, APPLICATION PROCESSOR INCLUDING THE DECODER, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE DECODER - A decoder is provided. The decoder includes a cadence detector configured to determine whether a video stream is a pull-down stream, and remove at least one duplicate frame from the video stream, in response to determining the video stream is the pull-down stream; and a decoding module configured to decode the video stream and output decoded frames of the video stream. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112711 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REDUCED BANDWIDTH DISPLAYPORT COMMUNICATION - In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides techniques for reducing an amount of bandwidth used for the communication of DisplayPort information via a USB Type-C receptacle. In some embodiments, this reduction in bandwidth allows for the concurrent exchange of USB 2.0 information, SuperSpeed information, and four lanes of DisplayPort information via a single USB Type-C receptacle. In some embodiments, this may be accomplished in part by processing the information from the four DisplayPort lanes to be transmittable via two differential pairs of the USB Type-C connection, thereby providing four lanes of DisplayPort communication over the USB Type-C connection concurrently with SuperSpeed information. In some embodiments, the reduction in bandwidth of the DisplayPort information may be used for other purposes, such as transmitting high bandwidth DisplayPort information over a cable or connector of a low quality that would otherwise not support such an exchange. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112712 | STREAMING ADAPTION BASED ON CLEAN RANDOM ACCESS (CRA) PICTURES - Systems, methods, and devices for processing video data are disclosed. A message is received at a video decoding device, the message comprising an external indication from a source device external to the video decoding device. A video bitstream is received at the video decoding device, wherein the video bitstream comprises compressed video data and wherein the video bitstream is received separately from the message. A value of a HandleCraAsBla flag is set to a value specified by the message and CRA pictures are processed as BLA pictures based on the value of the HandleCraAsBla flag. A value of a second flag is set based on the value of the HandleCraAsBla flag, the second flag being indicative of whether at least one picture decoded prior to decoding of the CRA picture is to be output. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112713 | MAPPING SPHERICAL IMAGE TO 2D REPRESENTATIONS - Disclosed is a method for encoding a spherical video. The method can include mapping a frame of a spherical video to a first two dimensional representation based on a spherical to square projection, the first two dimensional representation being a square, mapping the first two dimensional representation to a second two dimensional representation, the second two dimensional representation being a rectangle, and encoding the second two dimensional representation as an encoded bit stream. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112714 | DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD, ENCODING DEVICE, AND ENCODING METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a decoding device, a decoding method, an encoding device, and an encoding method, which are capable of enabling a decoding side to accurately recognize a color gamut of an encoding target image. The decoding device includes circuitry configured to receive an encoded stream including encoded data of an image and color primary information indicating a coordinate of at least one color primary of the image. The circuitry extracts the encoded data and the color primary information from the received encoded stream. The circuitry decodes the encoded data to generate the image. Further, the circuitry adjusts a color space of the generated image based on the extracted color primary information. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a decoding device of a high efficiency video coding (HEVC) scheme. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112715 | DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD, AND CODING DEVICE AND CODING METHOD - There is provided a decoding device including circuitry configured to receive coded data and conversion information, the coded data pertaining to an image having luminance in a first dynamic range and the conversion information pertaining to a conversion of dynamic range of the luminance of the image from the first dynamic range into a second dynamic range; and decode the received coded data so as to generate the image, wherein the conversion uses a knee function. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112716 | MOTION VECTOR CALCULATION METHOD - When a block (MB | 2016-04-21 |
20160112717 | MOTION ESTIMATION FOR UNCOVERED FRAME REGIONS - In a motion estimation for a group of at least one image element in a frame of a video sequence, a global motion is determined between the frame and a reference frame. Uncovered groups present in an uncovered region of the frame are identified based on the determined global motion. The global motion is assigned as motion representation for these identified uncovered groups. The assigned motion representation is useful for constructing new frames in the sequence in a frame rate up-conversion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112718 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD RELATING TO AN IMAGE COMPRESSION - An information processing apparatus having a compression unit configured to compress image data and to store compressed image data in a storage unit, a determination unit configured to determine a compression method on a basis of a data size of the compressed image data stored in the storage unit, a decompression unit configured to decompress the compressed image data stored in the storage unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit image data decompressed by the decompression unit and information on the determined compression method to an image forming apparatus. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA PREDICTION WITHIN DISPLAY SCREEN - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for intra prediction. The intra prediction method for a decoder, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of entropy-decoding a received bitstream, generating reference pixels to be used in the intra prediction of a prediction unit; generating a prediction block from the reference pixels on the basis of a prediction mode for the prediction unit and reconstructing an image from the prediction block and a residual block, which is obtained as a result of entropy encoding, wherein the reference pixels and/or the prediction block pixels are predicted on the basis of a base pixel, and the predicted pixel value can be the sum of the pixel value of the base pixel and the difference between the pixel values of the base pixel and the generated pixel. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112720 | Differential Pulse Code Modulation Intra Prediction for High Efficiency Video Coding - A video codec including a memory and a processor operably coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to compute a reconstructed pixel based on a residual pixel and a first prediction pixel and compute a second prediction pixel in a directional intra prediction mode based on the reconstructed pixel, where the first and second prediction pixels are located in a same block of a video frame. A method for intra prediction including computing a prediction pixel adaptively based on a plurality of reconstructed neighboring pixels, where a distance between the prediction pixel and each of the plurality of reconstructed neighboring pixels is one. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112721 | Method of Sub-Prediction Unit Prediction in 3D Video Coding - A method for a three-dimensional encoding or decoding system incorporating restricted sub-PU level prediction is disclosed. In one embodiment, the sub-PU level prediction associated with inter-view motion prediction or view synthesis prediction is restricted to the uni-prediction. In another embodiment, the sub-PU partition associated with inter-view motion prediction or view synthesis prediction is disabled if the sub-PU partition would result in sub-PU size smaller than the minimum PU split size or the PU belongs to a restricted partition group. The minimum PU split size may correspond to 8×8. The restricted partition group may correspond to one or more asymmetric motion partition (AMP) modes. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112722 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOSSLESS COMPRESSION OF RAW COLOR SENSOR DATA FROM A COLOR ARRAY FILTERED IMAGE SENSOR - A method and apparatus to compress raw color-filter array (CFA) image data in a mathematically lossless manner using spatial processing techniques. The raw CFA data is transformed using a prediction algorithm and then partitioned into blocks having N rows and M columns. The blocks are clustered into groups using a clustering algorithm. Next, compression is performed on blocks within a cluster before the compressed blocks are further compressed using arithmetic coding. In some implementations, alphabet creation and correlation is performed on the CFA data before prediction transformation, and color-plane correlation is performed after prediction transformation but before partitioning into blocks. This spatial compression method can be performed efficiently on camera to compress data files, reducing the storage and data flow requirements of the camera. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112723 | TRANSFER OF VIDEO AND RELATED DATA OVER SERIAL DATA INTERFACE (SDI) LINKS - Video mix parameter data that is associated with video data is converted into link-compatible video mix parameter data for transfer over an SDI link. The video mix parameter data has a first range of permissible values, and the link-compatible video mix parameter data has a second range of permissible values permissible for the SDI link and narrower than the first range. Based on the video mix parameter data and data range conversion, error data for transfer over the SDI link is generated. The error data is indicative of an error introduced by the data range conversion. At a receive side, the error data is applied to received link-compatible video mix parameter data in converting the received link-compatible video mix parameter data into recovered video mix parameter data that is associated with the video data. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112724 | HRD DESCRIPTOR AND BUFFER MODEL OF DATA STREAMS FOR CARRIAGE OF HEVC EXTENSIONS - A video processing device obtains a data stream comprising a plurality of elementary streams and a High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) timing and Hypothetical Reference Decoder (HRD) descriptor. The HEVC timing and HRD descriptor comprises a target schedule index syntax element indicating an index of a delivery schedule. The video processing device may identify, based on a set of parameters, a syntax element in an array of syntax elements in a video parameter set (VPS). The set of parameters may comprise a parameter having a value equal to a value of the target schedule index syntax element. The video processing device may identify, based on an index specified by the identified syntax element, a particular HRD parameters syntax structure in a plurality of HRD parameters syntax structures as being applicable to a particular elementary stream. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112725 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IN-LOOP DE-ARTIFACT FILTERING - There are provided methods and apparatus for in-loop artifact filtering. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding an image region. The encoder has at least two filters for successively performing in-loop filtering to respectively reduce at least a first and a second type of quantization artifact. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112726 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD INCLUDING DETERMINING A CONTEXT FOR A CURRENT BLOCK ACCORDING TO A SIGNAL TYPE UNDER WHICH A CONTROL PARAMETER FOR THE CURRENT BLOCK IS CLASSIFIED - The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is “intra_chroma_pred_mode”. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112727 | Method, Apparatus And Computer Program Product For Generating Semantic Information From Video Content - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating semantic information from video content. Objects and regions of interest within video content may be identified and monitored for characteristics relating to object detection, motion content, and motion trajectory. Salient events relating to the regions may be detected based on the monitoring. Temporal segments may be identified and used to create summary video content, or highlights. An example embodiment relates to processing video footage of sports. Goals, scored points, unsuccessful scoring attempts, as well as other events may be detected in the video content. Efficiency is gained by monitoring only a relatively small portion of the frame, and by limiting the dependency on tracking moving objects. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112728 | OPTIMIZING MULTIMEDIA STREAMING IN WLANS (WIRELESS LOCAL ACCESS NETWORKS) - An SDN controller to provision network resources at a data plane to keep progressive downloads of multimedia files proportional to encoding rates is disclosed. Packets from a new or unknown flow being downloaded at a default rate are forwarded from an access point, or other device, to an SDN controller for analysis. If a progressive download of a multimedia file (e.g., a video file) in progress is detected, an encoding rate of frames for the multimedia file is determined. A target download rate for the multimedia file at the access point is determined based on the encoding rate, in an embodiment. Other optional factors also take into account network-wide data plane information gathered by the SDN controller from various points on the network. Additionally, a playback history for a particular multimedia file can affect the target download rate, based on whether, for example, a file is likely to be quickly halted. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112729 | DIGITAL CONTENT SPATIAL REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A selected spatial portion of digital base content is selected, and one or more alternative content objects is selected to replace the spatial portion. The spatial portion may comprise less than a full frame of the base content, although it may span multiple frames, and may move within the successive frames. The replacement may occur before or after distribution of the content. The selections may be made based upon knowledge of general or specific audiences. The selections may facilitate bandwidth or processing, allow for product placements, or generally enhance the audience experience. | 2016-04-21 |
20160112730 | NODES AND METHODS FOR USE IN HAS CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - A network node, suited for use in a content delivery system for use in between at least one server node, adapted for delivering a part of content over a network on request, and at least one client node, said network node being adapted for receiving a request for a part of content in one of multiple versions, issued by a client node of said at least one client nodes; determining if it will be capable to transmit said part of content in the requested version upon receipt thereof, if so, requesting and receiving said part of content from said server node and transmitting said part of content to said client node and otherwise informing said client node that it is not capable to transmit said part of content in the requested version. | 2016-04-21 |