41st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190312972 | PREEMPTIVE RESPONSES BASED ON SERVICE AVAILABILITY - Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for generating an electronic communication response for a mobile electronic device in an offline state. A communication server detects various offline conditions, such as explicitly powered off, low/dead battery, dead zone location, and/or other reasons. A sending electronic device, attempting to establish communication with a receiving electronic device that is offline receives an automated reply message from the communication server, indicating that the intended receiving electronic device is offline. In embodiments, an estimated online restoration time for the receiving electronic device is derived and included in the automated reply message. Additionally, a reason for the offline condition such as explicitly powered off, low/dead battery, dead zone location, and/or other reason may also be included in the automated reply message. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312973 | SEMIAUTOMATED RELAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A captioning method for presenting captions to an assisted user (AU) during communication with a hearing user (HU) where the assisted user uses a captioned device and the hearing user uses a hearing user's device to facilitate the communication, the captioned device including a display screen and a speaker for presenting captions and broadcasting the hearing user's voice signals, respectively, the method comprising the steps of during an ongoing call between the AU and the HU, using an automated speech recognition (ASR) engine to generate initial ASR captions associated with the HU's voice signal, assessing at least one caption quality factor associated with prior initial ASR captions generated during the ongoing call, delaying broadcast of HU voice signal to the AU and based on the at least one caption quality factor, adjusting a duration of the HU voice signal broadcast delay. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312974 | System and Method for Scalable and Efficient Multi-Channel Communication - A system and method for establishing a communication between a customer and a user of a rep computer in communication with a second computer. The rep computer receives a batch notification identifying a batch of one or more customer records in the rep computer. The one or more customer records is associated with one or more customers that are being communicated with and have met a potential transfer criteria. The rep computer receives a first connection transfer notification identifying a first transferred customer that is being transferred to the user. At least one customer record associated with the first transferred customer is part of the batch. The communication with the customer by the user is via one or more communication modes, and a direction of the communication is an inbound communication initiated by the customer or an outbound communication initiated to the customer. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312975 | DYNAMIC ROUTING SYSTEM FOR CONTACT CENTER COMMUNICATIONS - Information is gathered in real-time from one or more information sources monitored by a contact center. For example, information may be gathered from social media sites and routing hardware in the contact center. The gathered information is about a product and/or service managed by the contact center. The gathered information is analyzed in real-time to determine a potential impact on communications with the contact center. For instance, the gathered information is analyzed to determine how it impacts voice calls in the contact center. The communications with the contact center are routed based on a skill group. In response to determining that there is a potential impact on the communications with the contact center, the system dynamically creates a new skill group and/or modifies the skill group. New communications are then routed to an agent in the new skill group and/or in the modified skill group. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312976 | Device, System, and Process for Providing Emergency Calling Service for a Wireless Device Using Voice Over Data - A system for providing emergency telephone call solutions for wireless devices using a voice over data network, the system having the voice over data network to recognize an emergency call from one of the wireless devices, to determine whether a cellular network is available to receive the emergency call, and to transmit the emergency call to the cellular network, a gateway for converting the emergency call between a first format for the voice over data network and a second format for a public switched telephone network associated with the cellular network, a mobile virtual network operator to communicate information associated with the emergency call to the cellular network and to the voice over data network, and the voice over data network and the cellular network to route the emergency call and the information associated with the emergency call to an emergency authority. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312977 | ACR Buffering In The Cloud - A network element of an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem buffers network resource usage information in the cloud. After generating network resource usage information based on an observation of network resource usage, the network element transmits the network resource usage information to a cloud-based storage service for buffering. Once a network resource usage collection function is available, the network element retrieves the network resource usage information from the cloud-based storage service and transmits it to a charging collection function for generation of call detail records. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312978 | Call Processing System for Modifying Inmate Communication Limits - A system for customizing time limits for inmate communications in a correctional facility is disclosed. The system includes a profile subsystem that stores an inmate profile of the inmate and a communication processing subsystem comprising one or more processors configured to receive data of an inmate communication of an inmate, identify a type of communication device of the inmate and a call recipient of the inmate communication based on the data of the inmate communication, retrieve the inmate profile of the inmate form the profile subsystem, identify a plurality of behaviors of the inmate based on the inmate profile, determine a time limit based on at least one of the type of communication device, the call recipient of the inmate communication, and the plurality of behaviors of the inmate, and assign the time limit to the inmate communication of the inmate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312979 | TOLL-TREE NUMBERS METADATA TAGGING, ANALYSIS AND REPORTING - A toll-free tagging service is provided that includes a subscription-based service that is made available to responsible organizations, consumers and businesses. The toll-free tagging service may provide the ability to tag a toll-free number (or group of numbers), and once a number is tagged, to track updates to that number that may then be distributed to customers through emails/text messages or other means. Subscribers of the toll-free tagging service may also have the ability to create, view, update and delete tags through a web application, mobile application, or some other user interface. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DATA VOLUME OF SECONDARY GNB - Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling NR data volume based on an interface between an NR base station and an LTE base station and an interface between an EPC and the LTE base station in a 5G non-standalone (NSA) network structure using an LTE EPC as a core network. The method includes receiving information about the volume of data that the secondary base station transmits to and receives from a terminal using a radio resource of the secondary base station from the secondary base station, and transmitting a secondary RAT data usage report message including the information about the volume of data the secondary base station transmits to and receives from the terminal using the radio resource of the secondary base station from the secondary base station to a mobility management entity (MME) using an S1-C interface. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312981 | DIGITAL IMAGE-PAPER REGISTRATION ERROR CORRECTION THROUGH IMAGE SHEAR - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for applying an image shear to correct a digital image-paper registration error are disclosed. For example, the method, performed by a processor of a printing device, includes detecting an amount of skew of a paper traveling through a registration system of a printing device, determining that the amount of skew is greater than a predefined threshold, applying an image shear to a digital image that will be printed on the paper, and controlling a plurality of printheads of the printing device to print the digital image on the paper with the image shear that is applied. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312982 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, includes: an image former that forms an image on a sheet; an inspector that inspects an object; and a feed path that conveys the object to the inspector, wherein the feed path is installed to bypass the image former. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312983 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - First representative pixel data is a maximum amount of light, when a light source is turned off. Second representative pixel data and third representative pixel data respectively represent a minimum amount of light and a maximum amount of light for a conspicuous channel to which a piece of data representing an amount of light smaller than an amount of light corresponding to a first threshold belongs. In an image reading device, a determination device, when the third representative pixel data represents an amount of light that is equal to or larger than an amount of light corresponding to at least a second threshold corresponding to the first representative pixel data, or a third threshold corresponding to the second representative pixel data and the first representative pixel data, determines that a device state is defective. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312984 | DISPLAYING A SCANNED IMAGE OF A PHYSICAL NOTE - Approaches presented herein enable transferring a physical note to an electronic medium. The approach includes scanning, as an image, a physical note positioned on a display screen of an electronic device and automatically inserting the scanned image into an application being used on the electronic device. A physical note is positioned on a display screen of an electronic device by a user. The physical note is scanned as an image and a location of the physical note is logged. A target application is determined based on the location of the physical note and the scanned image is automatically inserted into the application. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312985 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGE DATA REPRESENTING MULTIPLE VIEWS OF AN OBJECT OF INTEREST - Systems and methods for processing digital image data representing multiple views of an object of interest use a sparse set of digital images along with object of interest profiling to provide a photo gallery for evidence-related workflows. Digital images are related to each other on the basis of common objects of interest represented in the images and their orientations within the views depicted in each image. Object of interest profile datasets, including spatial orientation data, enable efficient tracking of photography sessions in which a set of prescribed views of an object of interest are meant to be captured, as well as object-orientation-based photo gallery navigation. The systems recognize of a set of physical gestures that enable a user to intuitively navigate among digital images depicting different views of an object of interest based on how they were physically related to each other when captured. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312986 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - In an image forming apparatus, an event detection unit detects occurrence of an event which requires replacement of a part, a notification unit notifies guidance for replacing the part if the event detection unit detects occurrence of the event, and a control unit ends a notification of the guidance using, as conditions, a case in which a cover open to perform the replacement is set in a closed state and a case in which an input of an instruction that the replacement has completed is accepted. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312987 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a creating unit that creates, from a first application deletable by a person with a first authority, a second application deletable by a person with a second authority; and a deleting unit that deletes the second application according to a predetermined condition when the first application is deleted. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312988 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL, IMAGE SCANNING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image scanning device includes a placement-area image data capturing unit that captures placement-area image data corresponding to an area where documents are placed on a platen, a document image data capturing unit that captures pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and acquires positions of the pieces of document image data, in accordance with the placement-area image data captured by the placement-area image data capturing unit, a placement order acquiring unit that acquires an order in which the documents, each of which corresponds to one of the pieces of document image data, have been placed in accordance with at least the positions of the pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and a sequencing unit that assigns to the pieces of document image data the order acquired by the placement order acquiring unit. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312989 | PRINTER DEVICE WITH SCANNER IN PAPER PATH - An imaging device includes a substrate supply, a printing system with at least one marking device adapted to transfer an image to a substrate resulting in a marked substrate, a scanning device and a substrate output. The substrate supply, printing system, scanning device, and substrate output are provided along the same shared substrate path providing an imaging system with reduced complexity. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312990 | Augmented Real Estate with Location and Chattel Tagging System and Apparatus for Virtual Diary, Scrapbooking, Game Play, Messaging, Canvassing, Advertising and Social Interaction - A device based system for interacting around a collection of user definable moments portraying a theme readable by others via a filter. Users may participate actively, voyeuristically, passively, or vicariously, to share propaganda, graffiti, news, parody, satire, opinions, information, commentary, entertainment, contests, and amusement to a location or an object. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312991 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure pertains to an image forming apparatus that may include a hardware processor that may: receive a print job; acquire position information of a user; determine an output mode of a printed matter on the basis of the acquired position information; and execute the print job and output the printed matter in the determined output mode. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312992 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires first information satisfying a predetermined condition from first history information which is generated in an electronic device, a storage unit that stores the first information acquired by the acquiring unit in a storage device, and a control unit that performs a control of transmitting second information to an external apparatus, the second information being acquired by combining the first information stored in the storage device by the storage unit with second history information which is generated by execution of a function. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312993 | CAPTURED IMAGE DECISION DEVICE - A captured image decision device includes a synchronizing signal extraction section extracting a vertical synchronizing signal and a horizontal synchronizing signal for use in displaying a captured image captured by a camera, a time measurement section measuring a pulse interval time period of the vertical synchronizing signal, a segment area setting section configured to divide a frame of the captured image displayed according to the pulse interval time period by a horizontal virtual line, thus setting a plurality of segment areas divided by the virtual line, a pulse number measurement section measuring a pulse number of the horizontal synchronizing signal corresponding to each segment area, and a decision section deciding whether an affirmation condition of the pulse number measured by the pulse number measurement section being equal to or greater than a predetermined value is satisfied or not. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312994 | CAMERA ASSEMBLY HAVING A COOLING ARRANGEMENT - A camera assembly includes a housing and a transparent dome, and it is configured to receive at least one camera head arranged in the housing, inside the transparent dome. The housing comprises a cooling arrangement having a heat dissipation portion arranged within the housing and extending through the dome, and the heat dissipation portion is made from a material configured to transfer heat efficiently. Furthermore, the cooling arrangement comprises a channel for airflow. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312995 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS MODULE, USER TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE USER TERMINAL - An example photographing apparatus module includes: a photographing apparatus configured to rotate on a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and an actuator module configured to rotate the photographing apparatus on the first axis or the second axis. The actuator module includes: one or more first actuator devices configured to apply a contact force along an optical axis direction of the photographing apparatus that is perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis; and one or more second actuator devices configured to apply a driving force to the photographing apparatus along the first axis direction or the second axis direction. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312996 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - [Object] To estimate lens information with no change in photographing conditions. [Solution] An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a positional displacement estimation unit configured to estimate positional displacement between a plurality of input images obtained by photographing an identical photographic subject; an alignment processing unit configured to align positions of the plurality of input images on the basis of the estimated positional displacement; and a lens information estimation unit configured to estimate information of a lens used to photograph the input image depending on a model indicating a deterioration component of the lens on the basis of the aligned input images. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312997 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a housing having an opening, a camera unit including a lens and an imaging device, disposed inside the housing, and configured to image an external object through the opening, a telecommunication member disposed inside the housing and configured to connect a control substrate controlling the camera unit to an imaging device substrate on which at least the imaging device of the camera unit is mounted, and a communication antenna at least partially disposed in a gap between an inner edge of the opening and the camera unit as viewed in an optical axis direction of the camera unit at a position substantially symmetrical to the telecommunication member across the lens. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312998 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH COVER CAPABLE OF CHANGING REFLECTANCE OF SURFACE - An imaging apparatus includes a camera, a cover covering the camera and capable of changing reflectance of a surface thereof, and a control unit configured to control the reflectance of the surface of the cover so as to be switchable between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode causes light to reflect at the surface of the cover. The second mode causes light to pass through the cover and the reflectance in which is different from that in the first mode. | 2019-10-10 |
20190312999 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH SAME - An imaging optical system includes lens group Gm located on that is closest to an object among lens groups in which a distance between the lens groups changes during zooming, the lens groups having negative power. Lens group Gm includes, in order from the object side toward an image side, lens element LGmF | 2019-10-10 |
20190313000 | PAINT APPLIED CAMERA SYSTEM - A paint-applied digital imaging system may include a plurality of small pixel devices each including a photodiode, a battery, and an antenna. The plurality of pixel devices may be suspended in a liquid dispersion medium, such as a transparent paint, and brushed or rolled onto an extended surface, such as a wall. Each photodiode collects light, charging its battery, which powers the antenna. The antenna transmits a signal indicating the intensity of light incident on the photodiode to a base station. The signals sent by the plurality of pixel devices are received by the base station and converted into a digital image. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313001 | MONITORING CAMERA AND CONDENSATION SUPPRESSING METHOD - A monitoring camera includes a camera unit that has a lens, a housing that has an opening facing a light incident surface of the lens and surrounds the camera unit with a gap which is formed between the housing and the camera unit, a light-transmissive cover that is attached to the opening with spaced apart from the lens to seal off the housing, a fan that is disposed in the gap and circulates an air in the gap, a ventilation hole that is bored in the housing and causes the gap to be open to an outside, a water-proof air-permeable film that covers the ventilation hole, a heater that is provided facing the gap and heats the air, and an infrared light irradiation device that is provided facing the gap and emits infrared light to the outside through the cover and radiates heat into the air. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313002 | IMAGING METHOD, IMAGING DEVICE, REARVIEW MIRROR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are an imaging method, an imaging device, a rearview mirror and a storage medium. The imaging method includes: performing spot photometry on a first photometric area of a plurality of photometric areas divided from an image to be tested; and acquiring, according to a result of spot photometry on the first photometric area, a first target image corresponding to the image to be tested. By selecting an appropriate first photometric area to perform the spot photometry and then acquiring the first target image according to the result of spot photometry, the imaging of a target object contained in the first target image would be clearer since the photometric result of a spot photometry is more accurate and is not affected by other areas. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313003 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT REDUCES TIME REQUIRED FOR LIGHT CONTROL PROCESSING AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image pickup apparatus that performs, when photographing an object, photographing by causing a light emission device to emit light to the object. A photometry sensor selectively obtains a first image having a first resolution and a second image having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, as a photometric image, and performs photometry using the obtained photometric image to thereby obtain a result of photometry. When performing light control processing for determining a main light emission amount for causing the light emission device to perform main light emission for photographing the object, the light control is switched between first control for performing light control processing based on the first image and second control for performing light control processing based on the second image, according to a result of determination of whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313004 | LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS FOR SHOOTING WITH FLASH, CHARGING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A light-emitting apparatus which capable of preventing the perfect moment to take a photograph from being missed while reducing draining of a charging unit caused by charging thereof. In accordance with an instruction from a camera | 2019-10-10 |
20190313005 | TONE MAPPING FOR HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - A device may identify a first pixel array representing a high dynamic range (HDR) image of a scene. The device may determine one or more image statistics associated with the HDR image based on the first pixel array. The device may generate a corrected pixel array by applying an interpolative operation to the first pixel array, where the image statistics may be determined based on the corrected pixel array. The device may generate one or more tone-mapping curves for the HDR image based on the image statistics. The device may generate a compressed image of the scene by applying the one or more tone-mapping curves to the first pixel array. The device may output the compressed image of the scene (e.g., to a display of the device, to a system memory, etc.). | 2019-10-10 |
20190313006 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A CAMERA IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH COMMUNICATION LATENCY - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for remotely controlling a camera in an environment where there is a delay. A control device is provided for controlling a remotely located camera via a network. The control device comprises a monitor for viewing an image provided by the camera. A control signal is sent from the control device to the camera with a command for controlling at least one of a function, setting, or parameter of the camera. An image displayed on the monitor of the control device is modified in accordance with the command to provide an emulated image for display prior to execution of the command at the camera. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313007 | INFRARED CAMERA MODULE, IMAGE SENSOR THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An infrared camera module includes a lens configured to focus by refracting light, a filter configured to allow a light with its wavelength in an infrared band, incident on the lens, to pass therethrough, an image sensor configured to generate distance information to an object based on the light with its wavelength in an infrared band, and an actuator configured to drive the lens in one direction and to adjust a focal distance of the lens. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313008 | SYNTHETIC IMAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A synthetic-image device comprises an image layer and a focusing element array. The image layer is arranged in a vicinity of a focal distance of focusing elements of the focusing element array. The image layer comprises composite image objects. The composite image objects of the image layer being a conditional appearance of at least a first set of image objects, dependent on a second set of image objects. The first set of image objects and the second set of image objects are arranged for giving rise to at least a first and second synthetic image, respectively, at a non-zero height or depth when being placed in a vicinity of a focal distance of focusing elements and viewed through the focusing element array. Manufacturing of synthetic-image devices based on the same concept is also disclosed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313009 | Electronic Device with Image Capture Command Source Identification and Corresponding Methods - A method, and corresponding electronic device, receives, at a user interface of the electronic device, a command to capture one or more images. An imager of the electronic device initiates capturing the one or more images. One or more sensors of the electronic device, optionally in conjunction with one or more processors, identify a source of the command to capture the one or more images. The one or more processors can then apply a digital data identifier to the one or more images, the digital data identifier identifying the source of the command to capture the one or more images. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313010 | Method for Controlling a Robotic Camera and Camera System - A method for controlling a robotic camera capturing a portion of a playing field is suggested. An image region of interest is determined in a reference image of the playing field. The image region of interest is determined by artificial intelligence. The image region of interest is associated with a physical region of interest on the playing field. From the physical region of interest control parameters for the robotic camera are deducted such that the robotic camera captures the physical region of interest on the playing field. As a result it is achieved that the robotic camera automatically captures the most interesting scene on the playing field. Furthermore, a camera system is suggested that implements the method. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313011 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed is a mobile terminal, by which an image can be easily attached. In particular, the present invention includes a 1 | 2019-10-10 |
20190313012 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PHOTO MANAGEMENT - A portable electronic device with a touch screen display for photo management is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images. The device replaces the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array. The user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image. The portable device displays a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image in accordance with a scrolling gesture. The scrolling gesture comprises a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313013 | AUTOMATED CINEMATIC DECISIONS BASED ON DESCRIPTIVE MODELS - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, from a set of coordinate points that correspond to a plurality of surface points of a person in an environment, a coordinate point that corresponds to a facial feature of the person; generating a facial structure for a face of the person, wherein the facial structure: covers a plurality of facial features of the person; and substantially matches a pre-determined facial structure; generating a body skeletal structure for the person, wherein the body skeletal structure substantially matches a predetermined body skeletal structure and substantially aligns with the generated facial structure in at least one dimension of a two-dimensional coordinate plane; and associating the generated body skeletal structure and facial structure with the person in the environment. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313014 | USER IDENTIFICATION BASED ON VOICE AND FACE - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for improving facial recognition and/or speaker recognition models by using results obtained from one model to assist in generating results from the other model. For example, a device may perform facial recognition for image data to identify users and may use the results of the facial recognition to assist in speaker recognition for corresponding audio data. Alternatively or additionally, the device may perform speaker recognition for audio data to identify users and may use the results of the speaker recognition to assist in facial recognition for corresponding image data. As a result, the device may identify users in video data that are not included in the facial recognition model and may identify users in audio data that are not included in the speaker recognition model. The facial recognition and/or speaker recognition models may be updated during run-time and/or offline using post-processed data. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313015 | Imaging Apparatus And Imaging Method - This invention relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method for supplying an optimum amount of image data to another apparatus. When a PDA 91 has a maximum transfer rate of 1.5 Mbps, a mobile phone 1 determines that a maximum speed of communication with the PDA 91 is low, reduces accordingly the amount of moving image data captured by a CCD of the mobile phone, and supplies the captured moving image data to the PDA 91. The PDA 91 displays a low-quality moving image 93 on its display unit. When the PDA 91 has a maximum transfer rate of 480 Mbps, the CPU of the mobile phone leaves unchanged the amount of moving picture data captured by the CCD and supplies the captured moving image data to the PDA 91. The PDA 91 then displays a high-quality moving image 94 on the display unit. This invention applies advantageously to digital cameras. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313016 | Automated Guide For Image Capturing For 3D Model Creation - An image capture system provides automated prompts for aiding a user in capturing images for use in 3D model creation. While a user is preparing to capture an image, the system provides visual indications that indicate whether a quality-based condition is satisfied. Based on the visual indications, a user can determine whether an image, if captured, would likely be suitable for use in creating a 3D model. Determining if the quality-based condition is satisfied may include monitoring output generated by one or more sensors and comparing the output against a threshold value. Additionally, the system may analyze the visual content or metadata associated with an image to determine if the quality-based condition is satisfied and request user input to further identify certain image features that were identified by the system. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313017 | IMAGING ADJUSTMENT INFORMATION DERIVATION APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING ADJUSTMENT INFORMATION DERIVATION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging adjustment information derivation apparatus ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190313018 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING MODULE - The present invention provides an imaging apparatus that individually obtains high image quality, restored images for a plurality of different directions at a wide angle of view without using a lens, and an imaging module using such an imaging apparatus. In an imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the invention, incident light is divided into a plurality of azimuthal regions by a directional sensor, and images corresponding to the azimuthal regions are restored from a plurality of projection images acquired corresponding to the azimuthal regions. Accordingly, incident light from oblique directions does not become noise to incident light from a front direction, and projection images can be individually acquired for the azimuthal regions throughout a wide range from the front direction to the oblique directions. For this reason, restoration processing according to properties of a pattern mask and the projection images is executed, whereby it is possible to individually obtain high image quality restored image for a plurality of different directions (azimuthal regions) at a wide angle of view without using a lens. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313019 | SENSOR CONTROL METHOD EXECUTED BY AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A sensor control method that is executed by an air-conditioning apparatus includes: acquiring a first thermal image by scanning an air-conditioned space using the infrared sensor in accordance with a first scanning scheme, the air-conditioning apparatus being placed in the air-conditioned space; extracting a subject thermal image from the first thermal image, based on a difference between a background thermal image of the air-conditioned space when no subject is present therein and the first thermal image; determining a second scanning scheme different from the first scanning scheme, when the subject thermal image has a size smaller than a threshold size; and acquiring a second thermal image by scanning an area corresponding to the subject thermal image of the air-conditioned space using the infrared sensor in accordance with the determined second scanning scheme. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313020 | Mobile Tracking Camera Device - An example apparatus includes a housing including in a bottom thereof a recess. The apparatus also includes a base plate rotatably coupled to the housing and disposed within the recess. The apparatus additionally includes a motor configured to rotate the housing with respect to the base plate. The apparatus further includes a first image capture device disposed within the housing and having a first field of view and a second image capture device disposed within the housing and having a second field of view different than the first field of view. The apparatus yet further includes a processor operable to provide instructions to cause the motor to rotate the housing with respect to the base plate to maintain one or more objects in an environment within at least one of the first field of view or the second field of view. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313021 | METHODS AND AN APPARATUS FOR ENCODING A 360-DEGREE VIDEO WITH INFORMATION ABOUT A VIEWPORT OR A SPATIAL REGION AND A RESPECTIVE QUALITY THEREOF - A method, apparatus and computer readable medium are provided for facilitating encoding of media content. In the context of a method, information is included in a manifest of available media content. The method also indicates in the manifest one of the following: a viewport or a spatial region. The method further indicates in the manifest at least one value indicative of a respective quality of the viewport or the spatial region. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313022 | Panoramic Camera With Multiple Image Sensors Using Timed Shutters - The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313023 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ORIENTATION-BASED USER INTERFACE - Apparatus and methods for the implementation of an orientation-based user interface. In one embodiment, a method for implementing an orientation-based user interface is disclosed. The method includes determining an orientation of an image capture device via use of an orientation sensor; associating the determining of the orientation with functionality for the image capture device; and enabling the functionality for the image capture device associated with the determining of the orientation. Image capture devices, computing systems, computer-readable apparatus and systems for the purposes of implementing orientation-based user interfaces are also disclosed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313024 | CAMERA POWER MANAGEMENT BY A NETWORK HUB WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Apparatus and associated methods relate to a network hub receiving from a video source video frames selected as a function of a video characteristic, determining a degree of interest of the selected video frames predicted as a function of artificial intelligence configured in the network hub, and automatically governing the video source operating parameters based on the degree of interest. In an illustrative example, the video source may be a camera. The video characteristic may be, for example, motion. In various implementations, video frames received by the network hub may be selected based on motion detection, and the video source may be, for example, a camera configured to detect motion in video frames captured by the camera. Various examples may advantageously provide improved camera power management, for example, using the degree of interest predicted by the artificial intelligence configured in the network hub to govern operational parameters of the camera. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313025 | WEARABLE CAMERA SYSTEM - A wearable camera systems according to examples of the present disclosure may include a camera and a mobile charging unit. The camera may include onboard power, memory and control for capturing and storing an image without being connected to the mobile charging unit and the camera body may have a width or a height that is smaller than the length of the camera body. The camera body may include a trigger for initiating image capture. The wearable camera may be attachable to an eyewear temple and the mobile charging unit is configured to recharge the wearable camera without being connected to an external power source. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313026 | MULTI-CONTEXT REAL TIME INLINE IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING - Methods, systems, and devices for image processing are described. A device may include a plurality of buffer components, each of which may receive a pixel lines that may each be associated with a respective raw image. An arbitration component of the device may combine at least some of the pixel lines into one or more data packets. The arbitration component may pass, using an arbitration scheme such as a time division multiplexing scheme, the one or more data packets from the arbitration component to a shared image signal processor (ISP) of the device. The shared ISP may generate a respective processed image based at least in part on the one or more data packets. In some examples, the device may maintain a respective set of image statistics, registers, and the like for at least some of the raw images. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313027 | METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, DEVICE, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND RECEIVER - An image processing method includes obtaining a current image frame. The image processing method also includes in response to feedback information, determining a reference image frame for coding the current image frame based on the feedback information. The feedback information is transmitted by a receiver based on a variable feedback time interval, and is configured to indicate a transmission status of an image frame transmitted by a transmitter to the receiver prior to the feedback information. The image processing method also includes coding the current image frame based on an inter-frame coding and the reference image frame to generate coded data. The image processing method further includes transmitting the coded data to the receiver. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313028 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL CAMERA SYSTEM FOR VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY - A multifunctional camera system having a bendable arm configured to be inserted into the thoracic cavity of a patient and camera head at a distal end of the bendable arm. The camera head has a high definition video camera and a light source. The camera head has a view adjustment mechanism for changing a view angle of the camera without changing the position of the camera head. A controller controls the view adjustment mechanism under command of a surgeon. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313029 | DUAL APERTURE ZOOM CAMERA WITH VIDEO SUPPORT AND SWITCHING / NON-SWITCHING DYNAMIC CONTROL - A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens/sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to output, in a zoom-in operation between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value, a zoom video output image that includes only Wide image data or only Tele image data, depending on whether a no-switching criterion is fulfilled or not. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313030 | IMAGE-CAPTURING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image-capturing system according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a first image-capturing unit configured to acquire a first image, a second image-capturing unit configured to change at least any one of an image-capturing direction or a viewing angle, a first display control unit configured to execute control of displaying a specification screen on which the first image is displayed, an image-capturing control unit configured to control the second image-capturing unit to acquire a second image by imaging an image-capturing area corresponding to a first screen area by controlling at least an image-capturing direction or a viewing angle of the second image-capturing unit based on the first screen area specified at the specification screen, and a second display control unit configured to execute control of displaying the second image. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313031 | Method and Device for Controlling Camera Shooting, Smart Device, and Storage Medium - The present application relates to the technical field of communication, and provides a method and device for controlling camera shooting, a smart device, and a storage medium, including: recognizing whether or not a voice contains a keyword when the voice is detected; determining a sound source angle of a sound source object sending the voice if the voice contains the keyword; controlling the camera to turn according to the sound source angle of the sound source object sending the voice, such that the sound source object sending the voice is located within an image shooting range of the camera. In this way, preventing the camera from turning frequently when multiple people are speaking at the same time and causing shaking. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313032 | SCANNING METHOD OF PHOTOELECTRIC REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a scanning method of a photoelectric remote sensing system including the following steps: providing a photoelectric remote sensing system that is suspended in the air; and S | 2019-10-10 |
20190313033 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus, if a live view image is not displayed in an enlarged manner on first and second display units, outputs, to the first and second display units, an image acquired by superimposing a guide indicating a degree of focus of a focus detection region, on the live view image, and if a live view image is displayed in an enlarged manner on the first display unit, outputs, to the first display unit, an image acquired by enlarging a partial region in the live view image that includes the focus detection region and superimposing the guide on the enlarged image, and outputs, to the second display unit, the live view image on which the guide is not superimposed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313034 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INSTANT VIDEO SWITCHING IN AN EXTENSION ENVIRONMENT - Extension devices such as upstream facing port devices (UFP devices) and downstream facing port devices (DFP devices) connect via an extension medium. When a UFP device and a DFP device pair with each other, DisplayPort video and/or audio information from a DisplayPort source device can be presented by a DisplayPort sink device, which are coupled to the UFP device and DFP device, respectively. In some embodiments, the DFP device may train a DisplayPort link to the DisplayPort sink device regardless of whether it is receiving actual data from a UFP device, and may provide placeholder data to the DisplayPort sink device in order to keep the link active. The DFP device may then replace the placeholder data with the actual data from the UFP device, once received, and may thereby seamlessly switch the DisplayPort sink device from presenting placeholder data to presenting data from the DisplayPort source device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313035 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - [Object] To extract a target region for a far-infrared image with a high level of accuracy. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313036 | LIQUID CRYSTAL FOURIER TRANSFORM IMAGING SPECTROMETER - A method of calibrating a hyperspectral imaging device includes illuminating a hyperspectral imaging sensor with a light source having known spectral properties, sampling the light from the light source with the hyperspectral imaging sensor to obtain sampled spectral properties, and calibrating a performance characteristic of the hyperspectral imaging sensor based upon comparing the sampled spectral properties of the light source to the known spectral properties. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313037 | IMAGING UNIT - An imaging unit includes: a solid-state imager including an imaging surface disposed on a front surface of the solid-state imager and electrode pads disposed separately from each other on a rear surface of the solid-state imager that is opposite to the front surface; and a coaxial cable electrically connected to the electrode pads on the rear surface of the solid-state imager. The coaxial cable includes: an inner coated wire including an internal conductor that includes a plurality of element wires and an inner insulating layer that coats a surrounding circumference of the internal conductor; an external conductor including a plurality of element wires that surround the inner coated wire; and an outer insulating layer that coats the external conductor. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313038 | IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION LAYER - An electronic device including: a photosensitive layer that converts incident light into a signal charge; a first electrode that collects the signal charge; and a first carrier blocking layer between the photosensitive layer and the first electrode. The carrier blocking layer is configured to block a carrier a polarity of which is different from that of the signal charge. Under a first range of biases on the electronic device, the photosensitive layer is configured to generate photocurrent while illuminated. Under a second range of biases on the electronic device, the photosensitive layer is configured to generate lower photocurrent while illuminated compared to under the first range of biases. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313039 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING IMAGE SENSORS - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to the synchronization of image sensors with different exposure durations. In some embodiments, a system may include multiple image sensors, such as cameras, that have differing exposure durations. A data management component may be configured to receive sensor data from the image sensors. In addition, a synchronization component may be configured to transmit a shutter synchronization pulse to the image sensors. Finally, a tracking component may be configured to temporally center, based at least in part on the shutter synchronization pulse, the differing exposure durations of the image sensors. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313040 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device comprising: a first pixel cell including a first photoelectric converter generating a first signal, the first photoelectric converter including a first electrode and a first photoelectric conversion region on the first electrode, and a first circuit coupled to the first electrode and detecting the first signal; and a second pixel cell including a second photoelectric converter generating a second signal, the second photoelectric converter including a second electrode and a second photoelectric conversion region on the second electrode, and a second circuit coupled to the second electrode and detecting the second signal. A sensitivity of the first pixel cell is higher than that of the second pixel cell. A circuit configuration of the first circuit is different from that of the second circuit. The first circuit includes a feedback circuit configured to negatively feed back a voltage of the first electrode to the first electrode. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313041 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - An image sensing device includes: a first source ramp voltage generation circuit suitable for generating a first source ramp voltage that is adjusted a first voltage unit for each first period, a second source ramp voltage generation circuit suitable for generating a second source ramp voltage that is adjusted the first voltage unit for each first period and has a set voltage difference from the first source ramp voltage, and a ramp voltage generation circuit suitable for generating a ramp voltage that is adjusted a second voltage unit that is less than the first voltage unit for each second period that is shorter than the first period based on the first and second source ramp voltages and a plurality of first control signals. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313042 | DIGITAL CDS READOUT WITH 1.5 ADC CONVERSIONS PER PIXEL - A CMOS image sensor is made of an array of pixels. A column of the pixel array is coupled to a readout column. The readout column is couple to a readout circuitry (RC) that reads out an image data from the pixel array. The RC is made of at least one sampling switch which is coupled to a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC is made of a differential comparator, a local SAR control, and at least one digital-to-analog converter (DAC). One sampling switch is coupled between a readout column and a non-inverting input of the differential comparator. An image readout method reads two pixels with three conversions by using the RC. The RC is operated by SAR control circuitry to set its two DACs based on comparator output, and upon which a reset digital value is obtained and stored. The image data is achieved with a reduced algorithm calculation by using the stored reset digital value alongside other operations of the RC. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313043 | IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING UNIT PIXEL, COUNTER ELECTRODE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION LAYER, AND VOLTAGE SUPPLY CIRCUIT - An imaging apparatus includes a unit pixel including a pixel electrode, a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the pixel electrode, and a signal detection circuit electrically connected to the charge accumulation region; a counter electrode facing the pixel electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the electrodes; and a voltage supply circuit configured to selectively apply any one of first, second, and third voltages between the electrodes. The photoelectric conversion layer exhibits first and second wavelength sensitivity characteristics in a wavelength range when the voltage supply circuit applies the first and second voltages between the electrodes, respectively, and becomes insensitive to light in the wavelength range when the voltage supply circuit applies the third voltage between the electrodes. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313044 | Multiple Column Per Channel CCD Sensor Architecture For Inspection And Metrology - A multiple-column-per-channel image CCD sensor utilizes a multiple-column-per-channel readout circuit including connected transfer gates that alternately transfer pixel data (charges) from a group of adjacent pixel columns to a shared output circuit at high speed with low noise. Charges transferred along the adjacent pixel columns at a line clock rate are alternately passed by the transfer gates to a summing gate that is operated at multiple times the line clock rate to pass the image charges to the shared output circuit. A symmetrical fork-shaped diffusion is utilized in one embodiment to merge the image charges from the group of related pixel columns. A method of driving the multiple-column-per-channel CCD sensor with line clock synchronization is also described. A method of inspecting a sample using the multiple-column-per-channel CCD sensor is also described. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313045 | COMPARATOR, AD CONVERTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPARATOR - The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313046 | METHOD FOR SHIFT REGISTER DIGITAL IN PIXEL UNIT CELL - According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a digital unit cell comprising a photodiode, an integration capacitor coupled to the photodiode and configured to accumulate charge generated by the photodiode responsive to an input light signal incident on the photodiode over an integration period, a comparator coupled to the integration capacitor and configured to compare a voltage across the integration capacitor with a voltage reference and to generate a clock signal at a first level each time a determination is made that the voltage across the integration capacitor is greater than the voltage reference, a shift register coupled to the comparator and configured to receive the clock signal from the comparator and increase a count value each time the clock signal at the first level is received from the comparator, and an output coupled to the shift register and configured to provide the count value to an external system. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313047 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING APPARATUS - There is provided an imaging device that includes a pixel, the pixel comprising: a photodetector; a control transistor; a capacitor coupled to the photodetector; a reset transistor coupled between the control transistor and the capacitor; an amplifier transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the capacitor; and a select transistor coupled to the amplifier transistor; a first signal line coupled to the select transistor; and a first amplifying circuit including a first input terminal coupled to the first signal line and a second input terminal configured to receive a first reference signal and an output terminal coupled to the control transistor. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313048 | CMOS IMAGE SENSOR, PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a CMOS image sensor, and a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof. The pixel circuit includes: a collection circuit configure to collect an incident light and convert a collected optical signal into an electric signal; a source follower circuit configured to output the received electric signal to a collection signal output terminal under the control of scan lines; and a voltage conversion circuit, configured to be connected to the collection signal output terminal through a read signal line, convert a voltage at the collection signal output terminal to an output voltage, and output the output voltage at a voltage output terminal, wherein the output voltage is within an operating voltage range of an image processor. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313049 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a display system ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190313050 | DISPLAY DEVICE AUTO BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT CONTROLLED BY A SOURCE DEVICE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media operable for adjusting brightness of a display screen. A first interface is configured to provide information, including display brightness information, to the display device through a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI). Brightness circuitry is configured to process brightness information from one or more sensors detecting ambient light level. A module is configured to generate control information to control the brightness of the display device and to provide the control information to the display device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313051 | CONVERSION METHOD AND CONVERSION APPARATUS - A conversion method for converting luminance of a video, including a luminance value in a first luminance range, to be displayed on a display apparatus includes: acquiring a first luminance signal indicating a code value obtained by quantization of the luminance value of the video; and converting the code value indicated by the acquired first luminance signal into a second luminance value determined based on a luminance range of the display apparatus, the second luminance value being compatible with a second luminance range with a maximum value smaller than a maximum value of the first luminance range and larger than 100 nit. This provides the conversion method capable of achieving further improvement. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313052 | VIDEO EXTENDERS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR AND COAXIAL VIDEO-CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION DEVICES - A system and method for filling light for signal communication are provided. The system may include at least one transmission controller. The at least one transmission controller may include a closed loop suppression module coupled to a node and a Video Output, wherein the Video Output is configured to output a reverse control signal, the node is coupled to the Video Output and is configured to receive the reverse control signal, and the closed loop suppression module is configured to: receive the reverse control signal, and adjust at least one of a voltage of the node or a voltage of the Video Output according to the voltage of the reverse control signal. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313053 | VIDEO LINK SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - A video link system and method of providing video are provided. The system includes a head unit that has a controller and a serializer for serializing video output from the controller and outputting a serial video stream. At least one display assembly is coupled to the head unit and includes at least one display panel for displaying the video output from the head unit. The at least one display assembly includes a deserializer for deserializing the serial video stream from the serializer of the head unit and outputting an intermediate digital display stream. The at least one display assembly also includes an unpacking unit coupled to the deserializer and to the at least one display panel. The unpacking unit is configured to process the intermediate digital display stream from the deserializer and output an unpacked digital display output to the at least one display panel. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313054 | AUDIO SELECTION BASED ON USER ENGAGEMENT - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving audio input data from a microphone array of at least two microphones. The audio input data is generated by a first sound source at a first location and a second sound source at a second location. The method also includes calculating a first engagement metric for the first sound source and a second engagement metric for the second sound source. The first engagement metric approximates an interest level of a receiving user for the first sound source, and the second engagement metric approximates an interest level from the receiving user for the second sound source. The method also includes determining that the first engagement metric is greater than the second engagement metric, and processing the audio input data to generate an audio output signal. The audio output signal may amplify sound generated by the first sound source relative to the second sound source. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313055 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of giving a sense of realism as if a partner connected in video communication is present in one's sight. [Solution] An information processing device including: a communication unit configured to transmit and receive an image to and from a communication connection destination; and a control unit configured to control a display range and a position of the image, on the basis of a display size and installation position information of a display device that displays the image, and distance information of a subject appearing in the image that is acquired from the image. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313056 | AUTOMATED CINEMATIC DECISIONS BASED ON DESCRIPTIVE MODELS - In one embodiment, a method includes, at a first time during an audio-video communication session: (1) determining that a first participant is located in an environment; (2) locating a first body region of the first participant; (3) generating a first color histogram of the first body region that represents a first distribution of colors of the first body region. The method also includes, at a second time: (1) determining that a second participant is located in the environment; (2) locating a second body region of the second participant; (3) generating a second color histogram of the second body region that represents a second distribution of one or more colors of the second body region. The method also includes determining that the first and second color histograms are substantially alike, and based on the determination, determining that the first participant is the same as the second participant. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313057 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CAMERA SHOOTING, SMART DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - The present application relates to the technical field of communication, and provides a method and a device for controlling camera shooting, a smart device and a computer storage medium, including: collecting voice data of a sound source object; extracting a voice feature based on the voice data of the sound source object; determining a current voice scene according to the extracted voice feature and a voice feature corresponding to the preset voice scene; and acquiring a shooting mode corresponding to the current voice scene, and controlling movement of the camera according to the shooting mode corresponding to the current voice scene. With the method above, frequently shaking can be avoided, and shooting efficiency and user experience can be improved. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313058 | AUTOMATED CINEMATIC DECISIONS BASED ON DESCRIPTIVE MODELS - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing input data from one or more different input sources. The input sources include: one or more cameras, one or more microphones, and a social graph maintained by a social-networking system. Based on the input data, generating a current descriptive model for a current audio-video communication session that comprises one or more descriptive characteristics about (1) an environment associated with the current audio-video communication session, (2) one or more people within the environment, or (3) one or more contextual elements associated with the current audio-video communication session. The method also includes generating one or more instructions for the current audio-video communication session that are based the one or more descriptive characteristics; and sending the one or more instructions to a computing device associated with the one or more cameras and the one or more microphones. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313059 | AUGMENTED REALITY COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACES - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for generating collaborating AR workspaces. An embodiment operates by identifying a first user that is participating in an augment reality (AR) meeting space from a first location. A second user participating in the AR meeting space from a second location is identified. A selection of a room configuration for the AR meeting space based on at least one of the first location or the second location is received. The digital canvas is configured in the AR meeting space for at least one of the first user or the second user based on the selected room configuration, wherein a size or shape of the digital canvas is adjusted based on either the first wall or the second wall corresponding to the selected room configuration. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313060 | VIDEO SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of this application provide a video service processing method. The method includes: a first device receives a plurality of data blocks of a first video service that are sent by a server based on a plurality of uplink request messages from a client; and determines a quantity of data blocks received between a first group of uplink request messages and a second group of uplink request messages that is adjacent to the first group of uplink request messages in the at least two groups of uplink request messages; and if one data block is received between the first group of uplink request messages and the second group of uplink request messages, and determines the data block received between the first group of uplink request messages and the second group of uplink request messages as an audio/video slice. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313061 | SELF-HEALING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A self-healing video surveillance system is described. The self-healing video surveillance system includes one or more surveillance cameras that are configured to store configuration data of a network video recorder in operable communication with the surveillance cameras. The network video recorder includes configuration data, and a module configured to store the configuration data on the surveillance cameras and/or retrieve configuration data stored on the surveillance cameras. A new network video recorder introduced into the network retrieves the stored configuration data to self-configure with minimal or no human interaction. In embodiments, configuration data is distributed among a plurality of surveillance cameras, and may be stored in encrypted format. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313062 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING VIDEO DATA - Described herein are systems and methods for managing video data. Embodiments are described by reference to a Digital Video Management (DVM) system, for example methods for providing a user with access to view live feed from cameras in a DVM system. In overview, a DVM system is configured to provide a user interface for allowing an operator to view a plurality of video display objects, wherein each display object is configured to display live video data captured at a camera of the DVM system. The user interface is further configured to provide access to one or more camera groups, wherein the one or more camera groups are respectively defined by dynamic parameters. The DVM system executes a process for updating the constituent cameras of each camera group responsive to changes in the dynamic parameters. For example, in one embodiment there is a camera group defined by cameras recently viewed by a particular client. That group is updated thereby to provide an operator with quick and convenient access to recently viewed cameras. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313063 | Method and System for Providing At Least One Image Captured By a Scene Camera of a Vehicle - The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313064 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR - A projection optical system ( | 2019-10-10 |
20190313065 | DRIVE DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive device includes a housing in which a gas is sealed, wherein density of the gas is lower than density of air, a driven object housed inside the housing, a driver configured to drive the driven object, a current detector configured to detect a value of a current flowing into the driver, and a determinator configured to determine a concentration of the gas inside the housing based on the value of the current detected. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313066 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image projection apparatus configured to project a projection image on a projected surface via a projection optical system that includes a first optical system capable of adjusting a curvature amount of an image plane and is interchangeably attached to the image projection apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire information on a reference position of the first optical system, and a controller configured to move the first optical system to the reference position when detecting an interchange of the projection optical system or when accepting an instruction from a user. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313067 | DISPLAYING DCI AND OTHER CONTENT ON AN ENHANCED DYNAMIC RANGE PROJECTOR - Systems and methods of rendering DCI-compliant image data on Enhanced Dynamic Range (EDR) display systems are disclosed. One embodiment of an EDR projector system comprises a first modulator and a second modulator. One method for rendering DCI-compliant image data on an EDR projector system comprises: receiving input image data, said image data comprising a plurality of image formats; determining whether the input image data comprises DCI image data; if the input image data comprises DCI image data, then performing dynamic range (DR) processing on the DCI image data; and rendering the dynamic range processed DCI image data on the EDR projector system. One DR processing method is to set the first modulator to a desired luminance level—e.g., fully ON or a ratio of DCI max luminance to the EDR max luminance. In addition, a desired minimum level of luminance may be set for the EDR projector. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313068 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A reference-color-list generating unit of a server generates a reference color list on the basis of reference color lists stored in a CLDB, at a timing reported from a program-information management unit. An S-metadata generating unit generates S metadata from TV program information stored in an RVDB and the reference color list. A C-metadata generating unit of a user terminal generates C metadata from individual information of each frame constituting a captured image and the reference color list. An authenticity determining unit determines whether to permit or deny check-in by a user on the basis of the obtained C metadata, the S metadata extracted by the CMDB, and program detail information managed by the program-information management unit. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LOCATION DEPENDENT CONTENT - A system and method for simultaneously displaying, in plural spatially distinct zones via a multi-view display, differentiated content is disclosed. In accordance with the method, a plurality of spatially distinct zones are defined, differentiated content is assigned to the zones, a location for at least some of plural landing spots of beamlets projected by multi-view pixels of the multi-view display is estimated, the spatially distinct zone in which each said landing spots resides is determined, and beamlets associated with said some landing spots are driven to cause an appropriate content portion to be viewable at said some landing spots, as a function of location in a particular spatially distinct zone. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313070 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for automatically calibrating a system of projectors for displaying images, the method comprising the steps of selectively projecting pixels from a projector onto a projection surface, sensing the pixels as projected across the projection surface deriving a projector/screen mapping based on the selectively projected pixels and the sensed pixels, deriving a pixel correction function based on the projector/screen mapping, storing the pixel correction function by applying a texture map to a mapping mesh inside a graphical pipeline of a graphics processor unit (GPU), applying the pixel correction function to input image pixel data to produce corrected pixel data which corrects at least for misalignment, and driving the projector with the corrected pixel data. | 2019-10-10 |
20190313071 | DYNAMIC CHROMA KEY FOR VIDEO BACKGROUND REPLACEMENT - A method, a device, and a computer program product for background image replacement in image data. The method includes receiving, from at least one image sensor of a device, frame data. The device generates a first depth map based on the received frame data. The device generates first foreground image data and first background image data, based on the first frame data and the first depth map. The method further includes determining a least used color in the first foreground image data. The least used color is identified as a first background color. The method also includes generating modified frame data by replacing the first background image data with the first background color and storing the modified frame data to a memory of the device. | 2019-10-10 |