Abstract: A system includes: a feature module configured to generate a feature map based on a single image taken from a point of view (POV) including a human based on features of the human visible in the image and non-visible features of the human; a pixel features module configured to generate pixel features based on the feature map and a target POV; a feature mesh module configured to generate a feature mesh for the human based on the feature map; a geometry module configured to: generate voxel features based on the feature mesh; and generate a density value based on the voxel and pixel features; a texture module configured to generate RGB colors for pixels based on the density value and the pixel features; and a rendering module configured to generate a three dimensional rendering of the human from the target POV based on the RGB colors and the density value.

Abstract: A question answering system includes: a first encoder module configured to receive a question, the question including a first plurality of words, and encode the question into a first vector representation; a second encoder module configured to encode a document into a second vector representation, the document including a second plurality of words; a first reading module configured to generate a third vector representation based on the first and second vector representations; a first reformulation module configured to generate a first reformulated vector representation based on the first vector representation; a second reading module configured to generate a fifth vector representation based on the second vector representation and the first reformulated vector representation; a second reformulation module configured to generate a second reformulated vector representation based on first reformulated vector representation; and an answer module configured to determine an answer to the question based on the secon

Abstract: A video playback method executed in a computer system includes measuring a bitrate in transport stream (TS) file units, and selecting the image quality of the next TS file in consideration of the bitrate and the amount of buffer that has already been loaded.

Abstract: A sampling system includes: an energy-based model (EBM) configured to generate non-negative scores of an input having discrete classifications, respectively; and a sampling module configured to: generate a sample from a probability distribution of the EBM using a proposal distribution; set a probability of acceptance of the sample based on a minimum of (a) 1 and (b) an acceptance value determined based on the sample, a score of the sample from the EBM, the proposal distribution, and an upper boundary value; determine a distribution value between 0 and 1 using a uniform distribution; and discard the sample when the distribution value is greater than the probability of acceptance of the sample.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for providing an object for content arrangement. A content arrangement method includes providing a cue card list that is a card-type dedicated object for content arrangement; and arranging a content set in a card unit using a cue card selected from the cue card list.

Abstract: Provided is a method, apparatus, system, and/or computer readable medium for providing a map service. The map providing method may include extracting region information attached to a posting in response to an execution of a storage capability or a sharing capability by a user to the posting displayed on a page accessible to a computer, storing address information of the posting and the extracted region information associated with the user, and displaying a point of interest corresponding to the region information on a map service screen associated with the user.

Abstract: A loudness normalization method includes receiving data for playback of content from a server in response to a user's request to play back the content; normalizing the loudness of the content by adjusting the volume output level of a player using volume level metadata of the content included in the received data; and providing the content by playing audio of the content based on the adjusted volume output level of the player.

Abstract: An electronic device for tagging an event in a sports play video, and an operating method thereof. Various embodiments may include mapping text broadcasting data and a sports play video based on an event occurring during sports play, detecting a tagging location of the event in the sports play video, and displaying an indicator for the tagging location of the event in the progress bar of the sports play video.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing image playing rate information. The method including receiving, from a user terminal, a target image request signal, transmitting, to the user terminal, a target image in a first state or the target image in a second state, based on whether the target image request signal satisfies a specified standard, obtaining, from the user terminal, state information and image playing information of the target image for each specified time, and providing user-wise playing rate information of the target image, based on the state information and image playing information of the target image may be provided.

Abstract: A method for playing back streaming content according to an embodiment may include a step in which a streaming player client sets an initial bitrate for a player module playing back streaming content; a step in which the streaming player client delivers, from the player module to a streaming server, a manifest file request for the streaming content; a step in which a local proxy server edits the manifest file delivered from the streaming server, the manifest file being edited on the basis of the set initial bitrate; and a step in which the local proxy server delivers the edited manifest file to the player module through the streaming player client.

Abstract: A navigating device includes: a camera configured to capture images within a field of view, the field of view depicting a scene including humans; a feature module configured to generate feature vectors based on the scene of humans in the images and to specify latent vectors that summarize movement of the humans in the scene based only on the camera images, the feature vectors summarizing the movement of the humans in the scene, and the latent vectors capturing a latent representation of trajectories in the scene of humans; a policy module configured to generate actions to be taken by the navigating device to navigate the scene of humans based on the feature vectors; and a propulsion control module configured to control one or more propulsion devices of the navigating device based on the actions to be taken generated by the policy module to navigate the scene of humans

Abstract: A system includes: a training dataset including first objects of a first modality and second objects of a second modality different than the first modality, where the second objects include text that is descriptive of the first objects; a first matrix including first relevance values indicative of relevance between the first objects and the second objects, respectively; a second matrix including second relevance values indicative of relevance between the second objects and the first objects, respectively; and a training module configured to: assign ones of the second objects to bins based on distances between the ones of the objects and a query; determine a ranking measure based on a number of the ones of the second objects assigned to the bins; determine losses based on the ranking measure and the first and second matrices; determine a final loss based on the losses; train embedding functions based on the final loss.

Abstract: A method for generating enriched training data for a multi-source transformer neural network for generation of a summary of one or more passages of input text comprises creating, from a plurality of input text sets, training points each comprising an input text subset of the input text set and a corresponding reference input text from the input text set, wherein the size of the input text subset is a predetermined number. Control codes are selected based on reference features corresponding to categorical labels of reference texts in the created training points. The input text is enriched with the selected control codes to generate enriched training data.

Abstract: A confidence estimation system includes: a neural network including at least one an attention module including N heads configured to: generate attention matrices based on interactions between tokens for words in an input sequence of words, the input sequence of words including a word that is obscured; and determine the word that is obscured in the input sequence; and a confidence module configured to determine a confidence value indicative of a probability of the neural network correctly determining the word that is obscured, the confidence module determining the confidence value of the word that is obscured using a convolutional neural network that projects the attention matrices generated by the attention module over a multi-dimensional space, the attention matrices recording interactions between the tokens in the input sequence of words without information regarding the tokens for the words and the word that is obscured.

Abstract: In methods and systems for providing information to a user relating to a point-of-interest (POI), a query is received via a communication network. A processor receives information relating to at least one POI based on the received query. The retrieved information comprises a set of retrieved POI tips relating to the POI. Each of the set of retrieved POI tips is previously extracted from POI free-text reviews and respectively associated in the data storage with one or more semantic categories based on a predefined tip ontology. The processor generates a user interface interactively displaying the retrieved POI tips and the semantic categories associated with each of the POI tips. The displayed POI tips are sorted by their associated displayed semantic categories. The generated user interface is transmitted to a computing device for display.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: obtaining a pair of images depicting a same scene, the pair of images including a first image with a first pixel grid and a second image with a second pixel grid, the first pixel grid different than the second pixel grid; by a neural network module having a first set of parameters: generating a first feature map based on the first image; and generating a second feature map based on the second image; determining a first correlation volume based on the first and second feature maps; iteratively determining a second correlation volume based on the first correlation volume; determining a loss for the first and second feature maps based on the second correlation volume; generating a second set of the parameters based on minimizing a loss function using the loss; and updating the neural network module to include the second set of parameters.

Abstract: A method and system for editing a video on the basis of a context obtained using artificial intelligence. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for editing a video may comprise the steps of: establishing a plurality of contexts for an input video by analyzing the video through an artificial intelligence model, and taking, from the video, a plurality of clips corresponding to the established plurality of contexts; generating a user interface through which to receive a certain context selected from the plurality of contexts; providing, through the generated user interface, a plurality of clips that has been taken from the video for the context selected from the plurality of contexts through the generated user interface; and generating a highlight image for the selected context for the video by merging clips together that have been selected from the plurality of clips provided through the user interface.

Abstract: A method for automatically generating, in real-time, for display on a display, a simplified network layout from an initial network layout including one or more lines each connecting a plurality of nodes. Graph information is provided indicating vertices representing geographic positions of the nodes and edges representing connections between the nodes. The nodes are repositioned to optimize an objective function based on readability of the simplified network layout. Nodes and edges are discretized using interpolation to align a plurality of the nodes and connect the aligned nodes using simplified k-linear segments, where k-linear segments are parallel to one of k equidistant orientations whose angles are multiples of 180/k degrees, with k larger or equal to two. The simplified network layout is provided for a display.

Abstract: A training system includes: a training dataset including first objects of a first modality and second objects of a second modality that are associated with the first objects, respectively; a first matrix including first relevance values indicative of relevance between the first objects and the second objects, respectively; a second matrix including second relevance values indicative of relevance between the second objects and the first objects, respectively; and a training module configured to: based on similarities between ones of the second objects, generate a third matrix by selectively adding first additional relevance values to the first matrix; based on the similarities between the ones of the second objects, generate a fourth matrix by selectively adding second additional relevance values to the second matrix; and store the third and fourth matrices in memory of a search module for cross-modal retrieval in response to receipt of search queries.