53rd week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 82 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200412941 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH EYE PROTECTION - An electronic system including a display device, an image sensor, a face detection engine, an eye detection engine and an eye protection engine is provided. The image sensor captures an image. The face detection engine recognizes a user face in the image. The eye detection engine recognizes user eyes in the image. The eye protection engine turns off the display device when the user eyes are recognized in the image but the user face is not recognized in the image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412942 | Photographing Method and Device, and Related Electronic Apparatus - A photographing method and device, a storage medium and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The method includes the following. A current photographing scene is determined based on a current preview image. Based on the current photographing scene, pre-stored historical adjustment information of a photographing parameter matching the current photographing scene is acquired. Current adjustment information is determined based on the historical adjustment information. Adjustment is performed on the current preview image on the basis of the current adjustment information, and an adjusted current preview image is output. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412943 | PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANCE FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Techniques for providing photography assistance include: determining a location of a mobile device; determining one or more object of interest (OOI) based on the location of the mobile device; obtaining a set of photographs associated with the one or more OOI; presenting the set of photographs associated with the OOI on a display of the mobile device; and in response to a selection of at least one photograph from the list of photographs, providing directional guidance via one or more user interface of the mobile device, wherein the directional guidance includes directions to reach a particular location associated with the selected at least one photograph. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412944 | DRIVER RECORDER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A drive recorder includes: an image acquisition interface that acquires image data captured by a camera mounted to a vehicle; an imaging controller that causes the camera to capture a first image, in which a first imaging condition is used, and a second image, in which a second imaging condition is used, in temporally different frames; an image recorder that records moving image data based on the first image; a passenger detector that detects a passenger in the vehicle; an image processor that generates, based on the second image including the passenger detected by the passenger detector, a passenger image in which visibility of an image portion including the passenger is higher than in the second image; and a display controller that causes the display device to display moving images based on the passenger image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412945 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, MOBILE BODY, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a memory storing a program and a processor. The processor is configured to: specify at least one partial area of a dynamic image; extract at least one partial image corresponding to the at least one partial area from each of a plurality of first images that constitutes the dynamic image; and combine the at least one partial image, for each of the plurality of first images, to generate a plurality of second images. The plurality of second images have image sizes smaller than that of the first image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412946 | LONG IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a long image generation system. In the long image generation system, even when the moving vehicle and an imaging object are separated by a predetermined distance or more, a continuous long image can be generated through obtaining as few images as possible. The long image generation system ( | 2020-12-31 |
20200412947 | Image Processing Device and Method Thereof - An image processing device comprises an image sensing module, comprising a lens, configured to receive light; an image sensing unit, configured to receive the light through the lens to generate a raw image; and an image processing unit; wherein the image processing unit processes the raw image to generate a first image; the image processing unit obtains an interested region according to a predetermined algorithm and generates a second image according to the interested region from the raw image or the first image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412948 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An imaging device includes a plurality of image sensors configured to capture a plurality of images, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether a difference in brightness between the plurality of images exceeds a predetermined threshold. Based on a determination that the difference in brightness exceeds the predetermined threshold, the processing circuitry arranges the plurality of images side by side in one direction to be output as an output image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412949 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND PROCESSING DATA FROM A SPACE - A system for enabling virtual inspection of a space is provided. The system includes a device for capturing data, a mobile device, a server, and a computing device. The device for capturing data includes one or more data-capturing devices and a processing element configured to receive data from the data-capturing devices and send the data to the mobile device. The mobile device is configured to receive the data and transmit the data to the server. The server and/or the device for capturing data is configured to process the data to generate a digital, three-dimensional rendering of the space and to provide the computing device access to portions of the data and/or the rendering. The computing device is configured to receive the portions of the data and/or the rendering from the server and display the data and/or rendering. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412950 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging unit configured to perform an imaging operation; a data generator configured to generate first power supply voltage data corresponding to a first power supply voltage; and a flag generation section configured to generate a flag signal for the first power supply voltage by comparing the first power supply voltage data and first reference data. The first power supply voltage is supplied to the imaging unit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412951 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A function relating to communication of imaging data is assigned to an operational switch of an operating unit. A control unit switches a working mode of the assigned assignment function among a stop mode in which power supply to a communication unit that communicates the imaging data is stopped, a standby mode in which standby is performed to enable the communication of the imaging data by supplying power to the communication unit, and an executing mode in which the imaging data is communicated, depending on operational duration of the operational switch. In a case where the imaging data is not communicated, the assignment function is set to the stop mode, thereby realizing power saving. Further, the working mode of the assignment function can be switched depending on the operational duration of the operational switch, which improves the operability of an imaging device. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING A VIDEO, TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a method for capturing a video. The method includes the following steps: a video captured instruction is acquired, and video capturing is performed on a target scenario until a video captured pause instruction is acquired, so as to obtain a video segment captured between the video captured instruction and the video captured pause instruction; it is determined whether a video generation instruction is acquired; if the video generation instruction is not acquired, the video captured instruction and the video captured pause instruction are acquired repeatedly to obtain corresponding video segments until the video generation instruction is acquired; and based on the video generation instruction, a target video is generated according to the obtained video segments. Further provided are an apparatus for capturing a video, a terminal device and a storage medium. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412953 | ELECTING CAMERA MODES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING MULTIPLE DISPLAY PANELS - A technique includes, on an electronic device that includes a plurality of display panels that are mounted to allow physically positioning of the display panels to create a plurality of potential display configurations for the electronic device, sensing the display configuration associated with current positions of the display panels. A camera is mounted on a given display panel of the plurality of display panels, and the technique includes selecting a camera mode for the electronic device based at least in part on the sensed display configuration. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412954 | COMBINED ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION AND OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION - Example are described for combining optical image stabilization and electronic image stabilization for capture and processing of frames for video. An example device configured to perform electronic image stabilization in light of optical image stabilization performed may include a memory and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to obtain optical image stabilization (OIS) information for OIS performed during capture of a sequence of frames by an image sensor and determine an electronic image stabilization (EIS) filter based on the OIS information. The one or more processors may also be configured to obtain camera position information, and the EIS filter may also be based on the camera position information. The one or more processors may also configure an image signal processor to perform EIS based on the EIS filter. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412955 | IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION CONTROL APPARATUS, CAMERA BODY, LENS UNIT, IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image blur correction control apparatus for correcting image blur of an image capturing apparatus through sharing with a second image blur correction control apparatus in accordance with a predetermined sharing rule. In a case where a first characteristic of the first detector is better than a second characteristic of a second detector included in the second image blur correction unit, a first deciding unit decides a first cutoff frequency based on shake information detected by the first detector, a transmitting unit transmits the first cutoff frequency to the second image blur correction control apparatus as a cutoff frequency to be used by the second image blur correction control apparatus, and a filtering unit performs filter processing on the shake information detected by the first detector. The first cutoff frequency is applied in the filter processing. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412956 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZING VIDEOS - A video, such as a spherical video, may include motion due to motion of one or more image capture devices during capture of the video. Motion of the image capture devices during the capture of the video may cause the playback of the video to appear jerky/shaky. The video may be stabilized by using both a horizontal feature and a fixed feature captured within the video. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412957 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - An imaging device including an imaging unit that includes an imaging element converting a received subject image into an image signal and an imaging lens, and at least one of the imaging lens or the imaging element being movable in a direction orthogonal to a direction of an optical axis of an incidence ray; a shake detector that detects a shake of the imaging unit; and a processor configured to correct a shake of the subject image by moving at least one of the imaging lens or the imaging element relative to one another according to the detected shake, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether or not a movable range of the relative movement, in which the shake of the subject image is corrected, is limited to an inside of a rectangle according to at least one of an imaging mode, an imaging timing, or a relative position of the imaging lens and the imaging element. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412958 | Optical Collection Module - The present invention provides an optical collection module, including a bracket, a rotating assembly, a driving assembly for driving the rotating assembly to rotate, and a restoring module. The rotating assembly includes a main body and a prism installed to the main body. The driving assembly includes a magnet and several coils. The main body is rotatably mounted on the bracket. The magnet is installed to one of the bracket and the main body; the coils are installed to the other of the bracket and the main body. The magnet includes two polar faces along the polarization direction; the coils are opposite to one of the polar faces of the magnet. The invention cooperates with the coils through the magnet to make the rotating assembly rotate in multiple directions relative to the mounting plate, thereby the moving range of prism increases accordingly. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412959 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus adjusts a band of a filter that extracts a high-frequency component from frequency characteristics of an image according to a change in imaging setting. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412960 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A control unit provided in a digital camera acquires an image and a focus map serving as distribution information of an evaluation value corresponding to the image, and outputs the acquired image or the acquired focus map. When an operation that providing instructions for the magnification of magnification display of the image or the focus map is performed, the control unit executes output control to coordinate the display of the image and the display of the focus map with each other, in response to the above operation. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412961 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a sensor driving unit configured to incline an imaging sensor with respect to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit configured to change a position of a focus lens in the imaging optical system, a range change unit configured to change an imaging range, and a control unit configured to control the position of the focus lens, the imaging range, and an angle of the imaging sensor so that a first inclined focal plane and a second inclined focal plane after a position of the first inclined focal plane is changed have a predetermined relationship. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412962 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING UNIT - Preferable optical performance is ensured to improve image quality. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412963 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external apparatus, a speaker, a memory, and a control unit, wherein in a case where an operation is executed to change the communication apparatus to a predetermined mode in which a sound is not output from the speaker, the control unit performs control such that the communication apparatus is changed to the predetermined mode, wherein in a case where identification information about the external apparatus is stored in the memory, the control unit enables a wireless communication function in response to the execution of the operation to change the communication apparatus to the predetermined mode, and wherein in a case where the identification information about the external apparatus is not stored in the memory, even if the operation to change the communication apparatus to the predetermined mode is executed, the wireless communication function is not enabled. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412964 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire distribution information of an evaluated value corresponding to the image; an output unit configured to output the image or the distribution information of the evaluated value; a first operation unit which is an automatic reset type switch instructing switching of content which is output from the output unit; and a control unit configured to perform output control for switching the output unit between an output of the image and an output of the distribution information of the evaluated value according to switching of the first operation unit between activation and deactivation. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412965 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus comprising a display control unit configured to perform control to display a display item indicating a degree of focus; a first obtainment unit configured to obtain size information of an image to be recorded; a second obtainment unit configured to obtain a defocus amount for a focus detection region; a determination unit configured to determine the degree of focus based on the defocus amount and the size information of the image to be recorded; and a change unit configured to change a display style of the display item based on the degree of focus determined by the determination unit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412966 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND FOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A focus adjustment device, comprising a processor that, during rapid shooting of still pictures, displays an image or performs processing for storage as still picture data based on a pixel signal output as a result of the first imaging operation from the image sensor, generates focus adjustment data by performing focus detection based on a pixel signal output as a result of the second imaging operation, and executes focus control, wherein the processor computes focus movement amount based on the focus adjustment data, and if the focus movement amount is larger than a predetermined value, and focus control based on the focus movement amount and the first imaging operation are executed in parallel, prohibits processing for storage as a still picture on image data based on a pixel signal of the first imaging operation. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412967 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - In an imaging element in which a plurality of phase difference detection pixels and a plurality of normal pixels for imaging are two-dimensionally arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the phase difference detection pixel includes a first phase difference pixel ZA and a second phase difference pixel ZB including opening portions for pupil separation at different positions in the horizontal direction. The first phase difference pixel ZA and the second phase difference pixel ZB are adjacently arranged to have the opening portions facing each other. RGB color filters are arranged in the plurality of normal pixels in the Bayer arrangement. The imaging element includes a normal pixel row in which only the normal pixel is arranged in the horizontal direction and a phase difference pixel row in which the first phase difference pixel ZA, the second phase difference pixel ZB, and one normal pixel are periodically arranged in the horizontal direction. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412968 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imager and a controller, wherein the controller calculates the evaluation value over a detection range with respect to position of the focus lens to perform the focusing operation, and in response to an instruction to reduce or increase a distance to a subject to be focused, the controller sets, in the detection range with respect to position of the focus lens, a region including a position close to a closest end or an infinite end with respect to a current position of the focus lens according to a direction specified by the instruction, as a focusing region, and adjusts the position of the focus lens within the set focusing region in the focusing operation. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412969 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus executes a focus detecting task configured to detect a defocus amount by a signal acquired from an image sensor, a predicting task configured to calculate information corresponding to a predicted image plane position by a prediction calculation using the defocus amount detected a plurality of times and position data of a focusing element and time data when the defocus amount is detected, and a controlling task configured to calculate a driving amount of the focusing element using the information corresponding to the predicted image plane position, to calculate a driving velocity for the focusing element according to the driving amount, and to provide a control such that the focusing element is driven at the driving velocity, wherein the controlling task calculates the driving velocity in order that an image plane position of the imaging optical system approaches the predicted image plane position. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412970 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD - An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image sensor that repeatedly shoots a subject and outputs image signals; a detection unit that detect a predetermined subject from the image signals; a determination unit that determines whether not a selfie mode for shooting a photographer himself/herself is set; and a setting unit that sets a focus detection area where focus detection is performed, wherein the setting unit sets a predetermined focus detection area in a case where the detection unit has failed to detect the predetermined subject and it is determined by the determination unit that the selfie mode is set. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412971 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS FOCUS BRACKETING, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image pickup apparatus capable of selection of a first shot image taken in focus bracketing as a shot image at a user's desired focus position. A focus step is an amount of change in focus position between adjacent shot images. A focus lens is driven so as to achieve a focus change speed such that the amount of change in focus per unit time is constant. A vertical synchronization signal is issued to an image pickup device on the basis of a start focus position. A reference position at which a focus position comes to the start focus position in a first shot image generated in the focus bracketing is set. A focus position at the start of exposure is determined based on a time period required for one readout by the image pickup device, an exposure time period, the focus change speed, and the reference position. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412972 | SENSOR LOW POWER MODE TECHNIQUES - In multi-sensor devices (e.g., devices with multiple cameras, such as a dual camera device), it may be efficient to transition sensors from an active state or image capture state to a low power mode (LPM) to reduce device power consumption. When the multi-sensor device transitions from use of one sensor (e.g., a wide angle camera) to another sensor (e.g., a telescoping camera), the dual camera device may transition the sensor not being used to an LPM to reduce power consumption. As a sensor is transitioned out of the LPM (e.g., when the dual camera device zooms out of focus and intends to transition back to capturing a wide angle image), the sensor may load sensor setting configurations from in-sensor memory (e.g., flash memory) to reduce latency associated with initialization of sensor settings (e.g., to reduce latency associated with initialization of sensor settings from scratch or from default sensor settings). | 2020-12-31 |
20200412973 | COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES AN ACCOUNTABILITY MEASUREMENT OF IMPACT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN WORK - A computer vision system includes a camera that captures a plurality of image frames in a target field. A user interface is coupled to the camera. The user interface is configured to perform accelerated parallel computations in real-time on the plurality of image frames acquired by the camera. The system provides an accountability measurement of impact of architecture and design work. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412974 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus, comprising a display control unit configured to display, in a display area of a display device, an image captured by an imaging apparatus, an area designation unit configured to designate an area for the image displayed in the display area, an enlargement unit configured to extract and to enlarge and display a part of the image displayed in the display area, a determination unit configured to determine whether a position of the designated area is outside the display area as a result of enlarging and displaying the part of the image displayed in the display area, and a notification unit configured to notify, when a determination is made such that the position of the designated area is outside the display area, of the determination. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412975 | CONTENT CAPTURE WITH AUDIO INPUT FEEDBACK - Systems, devices, methods, instructions stored on media, and other embodiments for a camera interface are described. One embodiment is a method of providing audio input feedback during content capture using a camera, which can involve initiating capture of a piece of content in response to a capture input touch action received at a camera interface on a touchscreen display of the computing device and then processing data from a microphone of the computing device to identify an audio stream associated with the piece of content. An audio quality score is determined from the audio stream, and a feedback signal is displayed on the touchscreen display of the computing device while the capture input touch action is ongoing and associated with capture of the piece of content. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412976 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a video processing method and apparatus, a terminal device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a video capturing mode instruction and a video capturing instruction; performing video capturing on a target scene according to the video capturing instruction until a video capturing pause instruction is acquired, and obtaining a corresponding video segment; determining whether to adjust the video segment according to the video capturing mode instruction and obtaining a corresponding target video segment; if a video generation instruction is not acquired, repeatedly acquiring the video capturing mode instruction, the video capturing instruction and the video capturing pause instruction to obtain a corresponding target video segment until the video generation instruction is acquired; and generating a target video according to an existing target video segment. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412977 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system includes an imaging device configured to change sensitivity according to an instruction from a user; a display; and a graphic interface unit that causes the display to selectively display a first image for receiving the instruction for continuously changing the sensitivity and a second image for receiving the instruction for changing the sensitivity stepwise. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412978 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - To generate multiple types of images of the same subject, an electronic apparatus includes a drive control unit that controls the drive of an image sensor, a division unit that divides an image capture region of the image sensor into at least first and second regions, and an image generation unit that generates a first image by capturing an image of the same subject in the first region and generates a second image by capturing an image of the same subject in the second region. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412979 | SUBTITLE GENERATION APPARATUS, SUBTITLE GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a text information extraction unit that extracts character information from a video including characters, a text coincidence detection unit that detects character information included in dialogue information that is data of a dialogue associated with the video data from the extracted character information, a text translation unit that translates the character information, a display position calculation unit that calculates a display position of translated text information in the video data on the basis of a text region information that indicates a region in which a video corresponding to the character information is displayed in the video data and on the basis of the translated text information, and a subtitle synthesizing unit that adds, as a subtitle, the translated text information on the basis of display position information. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412980 | Stacked Electromagnetic Radiation Sensors for Visible Image Sensing and Infrared Depth Sensing, or for Visible Image Sensing and Infrared Image Sensing - A sensor stack is described. The sensor stack includes first and second electromagnetic radiation sensors. The first electromagnetic radiation sensor has a high quantum efficiency for converting a first range of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths into a first set of electrical signals. The second electromagnetic radiation sensor is positioned in a field of view of the first electromagnetic radiation sensor and has a high quantum efficiency for converting a second range of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths into a second set of electrical signals and a low quantum efficiency for converting the first range of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths into the second set of electrical signals. The first range of wavelengths does not overlap the second range of wavelengths, and the second electromagnetic radiation sensor is at least partially transmissive to the first range of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412981 | Imaging Method, Storage Medium, and Electronic Device - An imaging method, an apparatus for imaging, a non-transitory storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first camera and a plurality of second cameras. Regions captured by the plurality of second cameras overlap with an edge of a region captured by the first camera. An image capturing request for an object to be captured is received, the first camera may be driven to perform image capturing to the object based on the image capturing request to obtain a base image, the plurality of second cameras may be driven to perform image capturing to obtain a plurality of second images, image synthesis may be performed to the plurality of second images and the base image to obtain a final image corresponding to the image capturing request. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412982 | LAMINATED IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH IMAGE PICKUP PROGRAM - A laminated image pickup device includes: a sensor including a plurality of pixels configured on a sensor substrate and configured to continuously acquire image data at a predetermined frame rate; and a processor. The processor is provided on a substrate other than the sensor substrate, and is configured to perform, based on the image data, region judgement processing of obtaining a priority region including some pixels of the plurality of pixels and to obtain outputs of the some pixels included in the priority region at a higher frame rate than the predetermined frame rate. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412983 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, GAZE POINT DETECTOR, AND PIXEL DATA READOUT METHOD - In a plane of a captured image | 2020-12-31 |
20200412984 | CROSS-ROW TIME DELAY INTEGRATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND CAMERA - The application provides a cross-row time delay integral method, apparatus and camera. The method includes obtaining a first stage integral energy in an i-th target region from an i-th row of a first integral piece domain; transferring the first stage integral energy across rows to an i-th row of a second integral piece domain; obtaining the first stage integral energy and an second stage integral energy accumulated in the i-th target region from the i-th row of the second integral piece domain, after an integration period; outputting an image of the i-th target region containing the first stage integral energy and the second stage integral energy. The application performs cross-row integration through the energy obtained by imaging, the shooting of the target can be carried out in a higher-speed environment, the method can be implemented on the existing photoelectric device, and the method has excellent imaging quality and wide applicability. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412985 | Image Sensing Apparatus - The present disclosure provides an image sensing apparatus, including: a substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed in an array on the substrate, wherein each pixel includes a first photosensitive element and a pixel switch, and the first photosensitive element is configured to generate a first electrical signal including signal light information and ambient light information; and an environment sensor including at least one second photosensitive element, wherein the at least one second photosensitive element is configured to generate a second electrical signal including ambient light information. The image sensing apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure can effectively eliminate the influence of ambient light on the image capturing and improve the imaging quality. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412986 | PIXEL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A pixel includes: a detection node; a first normally on transistor connected between the detection node and a rail for applying a first potential; and a second transistor whose gate is connected to the detection node. An image sensor includes a plurality of the pixels and a control circuit configured to apply, during for a phase of initializing the detection node, the first potential to the gate of the first transistor. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412987 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present technology relates to an image-capturing device and an electronic apparatus that are capable of reducing kTC noise. A sample-hold unit that performs sampling and holding of a pixel signal, an analog-digital (AD) conversion unit that performs AD conversion of the pixel signal, and a setting unit that sets a transconductance of an operational amplifier included in the sample-hold unit to a transconductance where kTC noise is minimized are included. Alternatively, a sample-hold unit that performs sampling and holding of a pixel signal, a kTC cancellation unit that reduces kTC noise in the sample-hold unit, an analog-digital (AD) conversion unit that performs AD conversion of the pixel signal, and a setting unit that sets a capacitance value of a capacitor included in the kTC cancellation unit to a capacitance value where the kTC noise is minimized are included. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor, for example. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412988 | IMAGING DEVICE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND IMAGING DEVICE - In an imaging device that transmits control signals to a large number of pixels, an influence is reduced of delay at the time of signal transmission. An imaging device drive circuit includes a plurality of control signal lines, a control signal distribution line, two control signal transmission units, and two operation units. The plurality of control signal lines each transmits a control signal for each of a plurality of pixels that generates image signals depending on incident light on the basis of the control signal. The control signal distribution line has a shape of a line, and the plurality of control signal lines is connected thereto in a distributed manner, and the control signal distribution line distributes the control signals supplied from both ends of the line to the plurality of control signal lines. The two control signal transmission units each include a plurality of transmission paths each including a signal shaping unit that shapes the control signal, and transmit the control signal to each of ends of the control signal distribution line. The two operation units are arranged at the respective ends of the control signal distribution line, and each perform an operation on a plurality of the control signals respectively transmitted by the plurality of transmission paths and supply an operation result to a corresponding one of the ends. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412989 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pulse shaping circuit that shapes an output from a diode of avalanche amplification type into a pulse, and a pulse conversion circuit that converts a pulse signal output from the pulse shaping circuit. The pulse conversion circuit converts a pulse signal having a first amplitude and output from the pulse shaping circuit into a pulse signal having a second amplitude smaller than the first amplitude. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412990 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT - An imaging apparatus includes a light receiving pixel, a first light shielded pixel, and a second light shielded pixel. The first light shielded pixel includes a first transfer transistor and the second light shielded pixel includes a second transfer transistor. Impurity concentration of a source of the first transfer transistor is lower than impurity concentration of a source of the second transfer transistor. The first light shielded pixel includes a first element isolation structure and the second light shielded pixel includes a second element isolation structure different from the first element isolation structure. An area of an interface between a semiconductor region and an insulator in the first light shielded pixel is different from an area of an interface between a semiconductor region and an interface in the second light shielded pixel. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412991 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels is provided. The pixels each include a light receiving circuit that senses incident light having arrived at the light receiving element in a light exposure period, a counter circuit that counts the number of arrivals of the incident light based on the light reception signal from the light receiving circuit, a comparison circuit that outputs a comparison signal according to the count from the counter circuit, and a storage circuit that stores a time signal as a distance signal when the comparison signal from the comparison circuit is ON. Transistors included in the light receiving circuit, the counter circuit, the comparison circuit, and the storage circuit have the same conductivity type. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412992 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, MOBILE BODY AND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion apparatus, comprising: a pixel array; a first and a second signal line groups; a first and a second readout circuit groups; a first multiplexer group that selects one of at least two first signal lines, and connects the selected first signal line to one first readout circuit; and a second multiplexer group that selects one of at least two second signal lines, and connects the selected second signal line to one second readout circuit, a number of the first readout circuits is more than a number of the first signal lines, a number of the second readout circuits is more than a number of the second signal lines, the selection operations by the first and second multiplexer groups are executable independently from each other, the selection operation of the first multiplexer group is controlled collectively, and the selection operation of the second multiplexer group is controlled collectively. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412993 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to generate image data on the basis of a first power voltage; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the image data on the basis of a second power voltage; a reference voltage generating unit configured to generate a first reference voltage on the basis of the first power voltage; and a first flag generating unit configured to generate a first flag signal for the second power voltage on the basis of a comparison of the second power voltage and the first reference voltage and configured to output the first flag signal. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412994 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging element according to a first aspect includes: a successive approximation resistor type analog-digital converter that converts an analog signal output from a pixel including a photoelectric conversion part into a digital signal, in which the successive approximation resistor type analog-digital converter has a preamplifier having a band limiting function. An imaging element according to a second aspect includes a DAC in which the successive approximation resistor type analog-digital converter uses a capacitance element to convert a digital value after AD conversion to an analog value, and sets the analog value to a comparison reference for comparison with an analog input voltage. Then, the DAC includes one of lower-bit capacitance elements including a plurality of capacitance elements, and after performing AD conversion for all bits, each of the plurality of capacitance elements is selectively applied with at least a first reference voltage to a fourth reference voltage, so that re-AD conversion is performed for lower bits. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412995 | DIGITAL PIXEL AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A digital pixel includes a photo diode connected to a first node and configured to generate an optical signal from an incident light, a storage diode configured to store the optical signal in a second node, a floating diffusion node configured to output a detection signal based on the optical signal, a first transmission transistor connected between the first and second nodes, and configured to transmit the optical signal from the first node to the second node, a second transmission transistor connected between the second node and the floating diffusion node, and configured to transmit the optical signal from the second node to the floating diffusion node, and a discharge transistor connected to the first node and configured to be turned on in a section in which the second transmission transistor is turned on to discharge a parasitic charge generated in the first node. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412996 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes a body, a first processing circuit provided at the body, a gimbal carried by the body, an image collection circuit carried by the gimbal, a second processing circuit provided at the gimbal, a third processing circuit provided at the body, and a signal transmission line. One end of the signal transmission line is connected to the second processing circuit, and another end of the signal transmission line is connected to the third processing circuit. The second processing circuit is configured to encode a multi-channel first signal output by the image collection circuit to output a second signal. The third processing circuit is configured to receive the second signal through the signal transmission line, decode the second signal to obtain a decoded second signal, and transmit the decoded second signal to the first processing circuit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412997 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM AN AUTOMATED GAIN CONTROL PROTOCOL WITH AN AMPLIFIER BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA CORRESPONDING TO CONTEXTUAL DATA - Methods and apparatus to perform an automated gain control protocol with an amplifier based on historical data corresponding to contextual data are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a first controller to, in response to a trigger to identify an automatic gain control (AGC) parameter for an AGC protocol, determine the AGC parameter for the AGC protocol based on historical data corresponding to contextual data. Disclosed example apparatus also include a processor to perform the AGC protocol based on the selected AGC parameter. Disclosed example apparatus further include a second controller to update the historical data based on the contextual data and a result of the AGC protocol. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412998 | SCREEN MOUNTING SYSTEM - A modular mounting system for attaching multiple electronic display devices to a wall in an array. The system provides for vertical attachment of multiple electronic displays to a single module, and for vertical and horizontal attachment of multiple modules. The disclosed modular system enables multiple displays to be mounted in a virtually unlimited number of shapes as well as the standard square and rectangular arrays. | 2020-12-31 |
20200412999 | ON-VEHICLE IMAGE CAPTURING AND RECORDING APPARATUS, ON-VEHICLE IMAGE CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A dashcam serving as an on-vehicle image capturing and recording apparatus includes: a cancellation processing unit configured to perform cancellation processing for reducing an electronic device sound on a sound acquired by a surrounding image/sound acquisition unit based on the characteristics of an electronic device sound acquired by an electronic device sound acquisition unit; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of a vehicle, in which the acquired sound of the surroundings of the vehicle and a cancel sound are temporality recorded, a recording control unit is configured to discard the cancel sound and integrate only the sound of the surroundings of the vehicle with the image and record the integrated data when the abnormality detection unit does not detect an abnormality and otherwise records the cancel sounds and the sounds of the surroundings of the vehicle along with the image as overwriting prohibited data. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413000 | AUTOMOBILE CAMERA COMPRISING RAW IMAGE SIGNAL INTERFACE - A camera device includes an image sensor, an integrated processor, and an output interface. The camera device also includes a splitter which reads in raw image signals from the image sensor and then provides this data to both the integrated processor and to the output interface for transmission to an external processor. The integrated processor is configured to determine first object data by processing the raw image signals provided. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413001 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD - An information processing device includes a selection unit configured to select a second image related to a first image from images captured by a second camera based on a position where the first image is captured by a first camera, and a control unit configured to reproduce the first image and the second image based on respective capturing times thereof. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413002 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING VIDEO PLAYBACK SPEED - The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, device and storage medium for controlling video playback speed. the method includes: receiving a speed adjustment instruction; determining, according to correspondence relationship between the speed adjustment instruction and time length, a first time length corresponding to the speed adjustment instruction; obtaining first video data through an image acquisition apparatus according to the first time length; and compositing the first video data and second video data according to a second time length to obtain third video data, where the second time length is playback time length for the third video data, and a playback screen for the third video data includes a playback screen for the first video data and a playback screen for the second video data The method for controlling the video playback speed proposed in the present disclosure may enable a user to control the playback speed of the recorded video in the composited video on the terminal according to the input speed adjustment instruction. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413003 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present application discloses a method and device for processing multimedia information, an electronic equipment, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method for processing multimedia information includes: detecting whether multimedia configuration parameters have changed during a process of recording multimedia information; and recording the multimedia information based on the changed multimedia configuration parameters when detecting that the multimedia configuration parameters have changed. According to the embodiments of the present application, multimedia configuration parameters of the special effects such as stickers, make-up, filters, and mixing can be added during the recording of multimedia information, which improves the user experience. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413004 | PREPROCESSING OF HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE VIDEO USING A HYBRID LOOKUP TABLE SCHEME - The disclosed method may include (1) receiving an input datum to be processed using a non-linear function to produce an output datum, (2) comparing the input datum to a plurality of indexes of a lookup table, where the indexes designate input endpoints of a plurality of piecewise-linear sections approximating the non-linear functions, and where the lookup table further includes, for each of the indexes (a) a slope of the piecewise-linear section corresponding to the index, and (b) an axis intercept of the piecewise-linear section corresponding to the index (2) selecting, based on comparing the input datum to the plurality of indexes, an index that designates the piecewise-linear section associated with the input datum, and (4) calculating, using the slope and the axis intercept corresponding to the selected index, the output data corresponding to the input datum. Video processing systems employing such a method are also disclosed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413005 | VIDEO DEVICE AND CONNECTION DETERMINATION METHOD - A video device includes at least one of an input connector and an output connector connectible with a video-signal cable, wherein the input connector is connected to a first resistor coupled with a predetermined potential and oppositely connected to a first signal line of the video-signal cable connected to a second resistor of a second video device, and wherein the output connector is connected to a third resistor coupled with a ground potential and oppositely connected to a second signal line of the video-signal cable connected to a fourth resistor of a third video device; and a connection determination part configured to determine a normal connection of the video-signal cable connected to the input connector based on a potential of the first signal line or to determine a normal connection of the video-signal cable connected to the output connector based on a potential of the second signal line. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413006 | REMOTE CONTROLLED VIDEO MESSAGING SESSION - A video messaging system facilitates a video messaging session between a client device and a remote device. A remote device provides information (e.g., a link) to a client device for connecting to a video messaging session. The client device uses the provided information to connect to the video messaging session between the client device and the remote device. The video messaging session generally includes two-way communication, with at least video information being transmitted by the client device to the remote device, and instructions describing video operations being transmitted by the remote device to the client device. The video operations may include annotating the video, rewinding the video, pausing the video, and various other modifications to the video. The video messaging system may mirror operations performed on one device (e.g., the remote device) on the other device (e.g., the client device) in the video messaging session. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413007 | OPERATOR TERMINAL AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A calibration method involves displaying on a monitor a frontal video of an upper body of the operator shot by a front-facing camera, the frontal video including a face of the operator, and a video of hands of the operator shot by a downward-facing camera from above; concurrently with displaying the frontal video and the video of the hands, displaying on the monitor a guidance video image as guidance information providing a guidance on a proper state of the operator's upper body in the frontal video and a guidance video image as guidance information providing a proper state of the operator's hands in the video of the hands; and, based on inputs which the operator provides according to the guidance information, adjusting the frontal video and the video of the hands. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413008 | WINDOW SYSTEM BASED ON VIDEO COMMUNICATION - A window system includes a plurality of local terminals, a remote camera array, and an information processor; wherein each of the plurality of local terminals includes a local display and a local identification device, the local display is configured to display remote video information; the local identification device is configured to identify a position of a local user's face; the remote camera array is configured to capture the remote video information according to the position of the local user's face of each of the plurality of local terminals; the information processor is configured to calculate a range of the local user's visual field according to the position of the local user's face, select the corresponding remote video information according to the range of the local user's visual field, and transmit the corresponding remote video information to the local display. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413009 | BIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND KIOSK TERMINAL - In order to enable a kiosk terminal to respond to a user for providing services in either way, through avatar-based communication with an avatar as a human proxy or through face-to-face communication with an operator, depending on the type of service required by the user, a controller of the kiosk terminal is configured such that, in an operator display mode, the controller displays the video of the operator on a monitor concurrently with outputting an original sound of the operator's voice from a speaker whereas, in an avatar display mode, the controller displays a video of an avatar, the avatar being generated based on feature information including operator's features extracted from the video of the operator, concurrently with outputting a converted sound from the speaker, the converted sound being generated by converting the original sound of the operator's voice to one suited for the avatar. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413010 | DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD - A detection system is disclosed herein, the detection system includes a first detection device. The first detection device operates at a first operating power to capture a first image data. Wherein, when the first detection device determines there are differences between a plurality of first frames in the first image data, the first detection device switches to operate at a second operating power to capture a second image data, and the first operating power is less than the second operating power. And the first detection device determines whether the second image data matches an identification data to generate a determining result, and generates a notification signal according to the determining result. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413011 | CONTROLLING IMAGE ACQUISITION ROBOTS IN CONSTRUCTION SITES - Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for controlling image acquisition robots in construction sites are provided. For example, a first image corresponding to a first point in time and a second image corresponding to a second point in time may be obtained. The first image and the second image may be analyzed to determine whether a change occurred in a particular area of a construction site between the first point in time and the second point in time. It may be determined whether a higher quality image of the particular area of the construction site is needed. An image acquisition robot may be controlled based on the determination of whether a change occurred in the particular area of the construction site and the determination of whether a higher quality image is needed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413012 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING A COLOUR IMAGE ACQUIRED BY A SENSOR COVERED WITH A MOSAIC OF COLOUR FILTERS - A method for reconstructing a colour image acquired by a photosensitive sensor covered with a mosaic of filters of different colours making up a base pattern, obtaining the product of a demosaicing matrix with a matrix representation of a mosaic image coming from the sensor following acquisition of the colour image by the sensor, the product of the demosaicing matrix with the matrix representation of the mosaic image performing an interpolation of the colour of each pixel of the mosaic image as a function of a pixel neighbourhood of a base pattern corresponding to the base pattern of the mosaic of filters. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413013 | System and Method of Altering the Appearance of Liquid and Solid Physical Objects or Forms - A system and method for altering the visual appearance of moving physical forms is disclosed. The moving physical forms may include solids, liquids, gasses and any combination thereof. The system and method may include video capturing devices for capturing video footage of the moving forms, a controller for altering the captured video footage of the moving forms, and video projecting devices for projecting the altered video footage back onto the moving forms. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413014 | PROJECTION TYPE VIDEO-IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROJECTED VIDEO-IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD - Provided are: a video-image transformation unit performing video-image transformation to a video image inputted from outside; a video-image projection unit projecting, onto a video-image projection surface, a video image video-image-transformed by the video-image transformation unit; an image sensor acquiring a projected range of the projected video image projected by the video-image projection unit and an image obtained by photographing a corrected object; and a processor performing a calculation processing using the image photographed by the image sensor. The processor generates correction data from the projected range of the projected video image by the video-image projection unit and the image of the corrected object that are photographed by the image sensor, the video-image transformation unit performs video-image transformation based on the correction data generated by the processor so that the projected range of the projected video image by the video-image projection unit becomes rectangular on the video-image projection surface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413015 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTATION METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a computation method for obtaining information suitable for positional deviation correction and lens blur correction for a case where a part of or an entire projection image projected by each of a plurality of projectors is displayed in a superimposed manner. For this purpose, a light intensity distribution indicating a degree of lens blur of a base projector and peak coordinates of the light intensity distribution are calculated using a captured image obtained by capturing a test pattern projected by the base projector in an arrangement state in which a plurality of projectors is arranged such that a part of or an entire projection image projected by each of the plurality of projectors is displayed in a superimposed manner. Further, a light intensity distribution centered on the peak coordinates on the base projector side and corresponding to a degree of lens blur of a referencing projector is calculated using a captured image obtained by capturing the test pattern projected by the referencing projector in the same arrangement state. As a result, information indicating the degree of lens blur of the base projector and information corresponding to positional deviation and the degree of lens blur of the referencing projector are obtained. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413016 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OR AUGMENTING SURFACES WITHIN SPACES WITH PROJECTED LIGHT - One variation of a method for augmenting surfaces within spaces with projected light includes: at a projector system during a first time period, projecting visual content onto nearby surfaces via a light projector integrated into the projector system and capturing a first scan of nearby surfaces, illuminated by the light projector, via an optical sensor integrated into the projector system; identifying a first space occupied by the projector system during the first time period based on features detected in the first scan; selecting a first augmented content source, from a first set of augmented content sources affiliated with the first space, associated with a first surface in the first space; articulating the light projector to locate the first surface in a field of view of the light projector; accessing a frame from the first augmented content source; and projecting the frame onto the first surface via the light projector. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413017 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROJECTION CONVERSION DECODING FOR APPLICATIONS ECO-SYSTEMS - Apparatus and methods for projection conversion decoding for applications eco-systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a decoder apparatus is utilized to read formatting information from an intermediate projection format; convert the intermediate projection format to a display projection format; apply a rotation operation to the display projection format in accordance with the reading of the formatting information; and transmit the display projection format for use by an application. In some implementations, the intermediate projection format has been stabilized prior to encoding in order to improve upon the encoding efficiency for the intermediate projection format. The application of the rotation operation may then be utilized to reverse the stabilized imaging data. Methods and computing systems are also disclosed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413018 | GENERATING A COLOR MAPPING - Certain examples described herein relate to generating a color mapping between a source color gamut within a source color space and a target color gamut within a target color space. Gamuts may be set based on a color rendering device. In examples, a sequence of forward color transformations that transform the source color gamut is defined, along with a sequence of inverse color transformations that transform the target color gamut. A gamut mapping is applied between the output of the forward color transformations and the output of the inverse color transformations, wherein the color mapping is usable by a computing device to map between the source and target color spaces. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413019 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - A video display system includes: a tone mapping processor that performs a tone mapping process of converting a luminance of a video by using conversion characteristics according to a maximum luminance of the video; and a display that displays the video that has undergone the tone mapping process. The tone mapping processor switches between a first tone mapping process of dynamically changing the conversion characteristics according to a time-depend change in the maximum luminance of the video and a second tone mapping process that is performed using constant conversion characteristics irrespective of the time-depend change in the maximum luminance of the video. When the tone mapping process used is switched from the second tone mapping process to the first tone mapping process, the conversion characteristics used is changed gradually or stepwise from the constant conversion characteristics to dynamically changing conversion characteristics over a plurality of frames | 2020-12-31 |
20200413020 | Automatic White Balance with Facial Color Features as Reference Color Surfaces - An automatic white balance method and an electronic media device incorporating the method deploy characterized individual human facial color features set of a user or users of the device as reference color surfaces in automatic white balance illuminant estimation and color adjustments, which could improve illuminant estimation accuracy, provide flexible color adjustment options and render the image color to each user's own satisfaction taking into account user preferred rendition as target values through a human-machine interactive interface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413021 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A storage part retains: screen positioning data indicating a position, orientation, and shape of the screen in a reference coordinate space; image capture part positioning data indicating the position and orientation of the user space image capture parts in the reference coordinate space; and three-dimensional data representing a three-dimensional object in the reference coordinate space. A processing part: identifies a user viewpoint position on the basis of the image capture part positioning data and the user space images; generates, on the basis of the user viewpoint position, the screen positioning data, and the three-dimensional data, a display image of the three-dimensional object being viewable as though the three dimensional object had been seen in a virtual space from the user viewpoint position via the screen; and causes said display image to be displayed on the screen of a display. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413022 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE CONTENT FOR STREAMING PANORAMIC VIDEO CONTENT - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining image content over a communication network, determining a predicted viewpoint of a user associated with the image content, and adjusting the image content to equirectangular image content according to the predicted viewpoint. Further aspects can include downscaling the equirectangular image content according to a display capability of a mobile device resulting in a downscaled equirectangular image content, cropping the downscaled equirectangular image content resulting in a cropped equirectangular image content, and providing, over the communication network, the cropped equirectangular image content to the mobile device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413023 | DYNAMIC COVERGENCE ADJUSTMENT IN AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSETS - Systems and methods are disclosed that dynamically and laterally shift each virtual object displayed by an augmented reality headset by a respective distance as the respective virtual object is displayed to change virtual depth from a first virtual depth to a second virtual depth. The respective distance may be determined based on a lateral distance between a first convergence vector of a user's eye with the respective virtual object at the first virtual depth and a second convergence vector of the user's eye with the respective virtual object at the second virtual depth along the display, and may be based on an interpupillary distance. In this manner, display of the virtual object may be adjusted such that the gazes of the user's eyes may converge where the virtual object appears to be. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413024 | Automatic System for Production-Grade Stereo Image Enhancements - Systems and methods for automatically optimizing pairs of stereo images are presented. Pixels in an image pair are reprojected from their raw format to a common pixel-space coordinate system. The image pair is masked to remove pixels that do not appear in both images. Each image undergoes a local enhancement process. The local enhancements are processed into a global enhancement for each image of the image pair. A factor is calculated to balance the left and right images with each other. A brightness factor for the image pair is calculated. The enhancements, including the balancing and brightness factors, are then mapped to their respective images. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413025 | Camera Alignment and/or Calibration Methods and Apparatus - Methods and apparatus for aligning components of camera assemblies of one or more camera pairs, e.g., a stereoscopic camera pairs, are described. A camera calibration tool referred to as a camera bra is used. Each dome of the camera bra includes a test pattern, e.g., grid of points, with the domes being aligned and spaced apart by a predetermined amount. The bra is placed over the cameras of a camera pair, the grids are detected and displayed. The camera component positions are adjusted until the displayed images show the grids as being properly aligned. Because the grids on the calibration tool are properly aligned as a result of the manufacturing of the calibration tool, when the images are brought into alignment the cameras will be properly spaced and aligned at which point the calibration tool can be removed and the stereoscopic camera pair used to capture images of a scene. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413026 | AERIAL VEHICLE SENSOR POSITIONING - Described is an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), that includes a plurality of sensors, such as stereo cameras, mounted along a perimeter frame of the aerial vehicle and arranged to generate a scene that surrounds the aerial vehicle. The sensors may be mounted in or on winglets of the perimeter frame. Each of the plurality of sensors has a field of view and the plurality of optical sensors are arranged and/or oriented such that their fields of view overlap with one another throughout a continuous space that surrounds the perimeter frame. The fields of view may also include a portion of the perimeter frame or space that is adjacent to the perimeter frame. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413027 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - An image processing method includes presetting an image processing model and performing the following processing based on the model when a first three-dimensional effect plane image is displayed in response to an operation of a user. The method further includes mapping the first three-dimensional effect plane image to the projection plane, determining, according to the three-dimensional position relationship among the viewpoint, the projection plane, and the view window and the size of the view window, a first visual area obtained by projection onto the projection plane through the viewpoint and the view window, and clipping a first image in the first visual area, and displaying the first image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413028 | UTILIZING DUAL CAMERAS FOR CONTINUOUS CAMERA CAPTURE - An eyewear device that adjusts an on time and an off time of a pair of cameras to control heat of the cameras and of the eyewear device. Each of the pair of cameras has a duty cycle determining when the respective camera is on and off. A camera control chart contains the duty cycles. The eyewear may have a temperature sensor such that the on and off times of the cameras are a function of the temperature sensor. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413029 | SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING NAKED-EYE 3D IMAGE FROM SELECTED 2D IMAGE - A system, for projecting a naked-eye three-dimensional image from a selected two-dimensional image, includes a data processing apparatus, a projection screen device and an image projection apparatus. The selected two-dimensional image is imported into the data processing apparatus. A predetermined three-dimensional virtual sphere is stored in the data processing apparatus. At least one processor of the data processing apparatus executes an image processing application to project the selected two-dimensional image onto the predetermined three-dimensional virtual sphere according to a spherical plane coordinate conversion method to generate a three-dimensional spherical volume image. The image projection apparatus is capable of communicating with the data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus projects the three-dimensional spherical volume image onto the hemispherical projection surface via the image projection apparatus such that the naked-eye three-dimensional image associated with the three-dimensional spherical volume image is exhibited on a hemispherical projection surface of the projection screen device. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413030 | VANISHING POINT STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CORRECTION - Three-dimensional image calibration and presentation for stereoscopic imaging systems such as eyewear including a first camera and a second camera is described. The calibration and presentation includes obtaining a calibration offset using vanishing points obtained from images captured by a first camera and a second camera to accommodate rotation of the first and second cameras with respect to one another, adjusting a three-dimensional rendering offset by the obtained calibration offset, and presenting the stereoscopic images using the three dimension rendering offset. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MIXED REALITY EXPERIENCE - An electronic device includes an image sensor, a projector, an adjustable mount, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive at least one image of an environment around the electronic device from the image sensor; determine a face pose of a viewer based on the at least one image; determine characteristics of a projection surface based on the at least one image; control the projector to project a plurality of images onto the projection surface, the images determined based in part on the face pose of the viewer and the characteristics of the projection surface, wherein the images are configured to be perceived as a three-dimensional (3D) object image when viewed through 3D glasses; and control the adjustable mount to adjust a position or an orientation of the projector based in part on a change in the face pose of the viewer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413032 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO RENDER 3D CONTENT WITHIN A MOVEABLE REGION OF DISPLAY SCREEN - Methods and apparatus to render 3D content within a moveable region of a display screen. An example apparatus includes a projection system controller adapted to be coupled to a light source and to be optically coupled to a screen panel, the projection system controller configured to determine a location of a region within a viewing area of the screen panel to display content. The region is to be smaller than the viewing area. The location of the region is to move within the viewing area to track a motion path, the content including different stereoscopic views. The projection system controller configured to activate the light source to project light corresponding to the content toward the region. The screen panel includes a light redirecting surface to produce a | 2020-12-31 |
20200413033 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION METHOD THEREOF - A projection system and a projection method thereof are provided. The projection system includes a projection device, a memory, an image capturing device, and a processor. The memory records a corresponding relationship between a plurality of test patterns and a plurality of sets of image capturing parameters. The projection device projects the plurality of test patterns toward a projected area. The processor controls, according to the corresponding relationship recorded in the memory, the image capturing device to shoot the projected area with the plurality of sets of image capturing parameters to obtain a plurality of first reference images corresponding to the plurality of test patterns, and controls, according to the plurality of test patterns and the corresponding plurality of first reference images, the projection device to project a projection image. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413034 | ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ASSET MANAGEMENT METHOD - In an asset management system, a wearable camera mountable by a police officer and a server that manages information regarding the wearable camera are connected to enable a communication. The wearable camera repeatedly diagnoses whether or not the wearable camera has failure at a predetermined timing, and notifies the server of a diagnosis result. The server is connected to a database, accumulates the diagnosis result of the wearable camera in the database every time the server receives the diagnosis result of the wearable camera, and displays the diagnosis result of the wearable camera on an external terminal. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413035 | CONTROL OF DYNAMIC SCENE MOTION BY VEHICLE BASED ON VEHICLE SENSOR CAPTURE - Sensors coupled to a vehicle are calibrated using a dynamic scene with sensor targets around a motorized turntable that rotates the vehicle to different orientations. The sensors capture data at each orientation along the rotation. The vehicle's computer identifies representations of the sensor targets within the data captured by the sensors, and calibrates the sensor based on these representations. The motorized turntable may confirm that rotation has stopped to the vehicle to trigger sensor capture, and the vehicle may communicate completion of sensor capture at an orientation to the motorized turntable to trigger further rotation. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILT IN TEST FOR OPTICAL SENSORS - An optical system including one or more optical sensors and a processing unit capable of performing built-in tests of the optical sensor(s) and methods thereof are disclosed. The processing unit includes a built-in test module configured to detect a reduction of an optical quality of at least some of the images generated by at least one of the optical sensors with respect to an expected optical quality thereof. The built-in test module may be configured to determine whether the reduction of the optical quality thereof is due to the “external optical disturbances” (EOD) and/or failure of the optical sensor(s)/system. The processing unit may include a relative built-in test module configured to compare at least some images generated by at least two of the optical sensor(s) and to determine which of the at least two optical sensors thereof, if any, is subjected to at least one of the EOD and/or failure. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413037 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE SENSOR PERFORMING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - In a method of operating an image sensor, the image sensor includes a pixel array and a plurality of column driving circuits that are connected to a plurality of columns of the pixel array. A test operation is performed by applying a test pattern to the plurality of column driving circuits while changing a level of a well-bias voltage applied to a transistor included in the plurality of column driving circuits. A bias setting operation for setting the level of the well-bias voltage is performed based on a result of the test operation. An image capture operation for detecting incident light and generating a frame image is performed based on the pixel array, the plurality of column driving circuits and the well-bias voltage set by the bias setting operation. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413038 | INTERACTION BETWEEN LOOK UP TABLE AND SHARED MERGE LIST - A method for video processing is provided to comprise: determining, whether to use a temporal prediction for obtaining an adaptive loop filter for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, based on whether a cross-tile prediction is enabled; and performing the conversion using an adaptive loop filter that is obtained based on the determining. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413039 | IMAGE DATA ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image encoding apparatus comprises:
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20200413040 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON - The present invention relates to an image decoding method. The image decoding method comprises deriving initial motion information of a current block from at least one of motion information of a spatial neighbor block, motion information of a temporal neighbor block, and pre-defined motion information, generating refined motion information by performing motion information refinement for the initial motion information and generating a prediction block of the current block by using the refined motion information. | 2020-12-31 |