Abstract: An electronic device and a method for automatically displaying an indication in a multi-dimensional media in the electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving the multi-dimensional media at the electronic device, displaying a first view port of the multi-dimensional media on a screen of the electronic device, detecting at least one region of interest (ROI) in the multi-dimensional media based on plurality of parameters, and displaying an indication indicating at least one second view port of the multi-dimensional media on the screen. The second view port includes at least one ROI.

Abstract: A method herein is directed toward measuring clothing through image processing. The method comprises capturing a digital image of a clothing article and a reference object with the camera of the portable electronic device, analyzing the reference object in the digital image to determine a scale of the digital image with the processor of the portable electronic device, analyzing the clothing article in the digital image to determine a determined value for each of a plurality of measurements of the clothing article with the processor of the portable electronic device based upon the determined scale of the digital image, and transmitting the determined value for each of the plurality of measurements with the wireless communication transceiver of the portable electronic device, whereby the clothing article is measured with the portable electronic device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing dynamic, stroke-based alignment of touch displays. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a candidate transcription that an automated speech recognizer generates for an utterance, determining a particular context associated with the utterance, determining that a particular n-gram that is included in the candidate transcription is included among a set of undesirable n-grams that is associated with the context, adjusting a speech recognition confidence score associated with the transcription based on determining that the particular n-gram that is included in the candidate transcription is included among the set of undesirable n-grams that is associated with the context, and determining whether to provide the candidate transcription for output based at least on the adjusted speech recognition confidence score.

Abstract: A collision avoidance system includes a processor configured to determine first and second positions of an intruder in first and second images, respectively, determine an angular position change of the intruder by comparing the first and second positions, determine a rate of change of a line of sight angle from an aircraft to the intruder based on the angular position change and a time between the first and second images, determine a rate of change of the angular size of the intruder based on a difference in angular size of the intruder from the first to second image and the time between the first and second images, and provide an alert to an operator of the aircraft in response to the ratio of the rate of change of the line of sight angle and the rate of change of the angular size of the intruder being less than a threshold.

Abstract: As disclosed herein a method, executed by a computer, for enabling enhanced reading device usability includes detecting, on an electronic device, a read operation that audibly reads visually presented information. The method further includes retrieving from a user profile a first threshold value and a second threshold value. The method further includes analyzing potential distractions to determine an estimated distraction level. The method further includes pausing the read operation if the estimated distraction level is greater than or equal to the first threshold value. The method further includes resuming the read operation if the estimated distraction level is less than or equal to the second threshold value. A computer system, and a computer program product corresponding to the method are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a device based on acquired text data. The method includes acquiring the text data indicating a voice spoken by a user, and analyzing a meaning of the text data based on a table, in which a word and a vector representing a meaning of the word in a vector space of predetermined dimensions are associated. The method also includes generating a command to control the device based on the analyzed meaning of the text data. The table is generated by performing a learning process by assigning to a first word a first vector representing a meaning of the first word in the vector space, and by assigning to a second word a second vector representing a meaning of the second word in the vector space, in accordance with an arrangement of a word string in a first text corpus and a second text corpus.

Abstract: In a color printing environment, functions for printing color management are dissociated. An abstraction layer is also provided to facilitate setting and evaluation of all factors relating to color print and prediction.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a configurable convolution engine that receives configuration information to perform convolution and other deep machine learning operations on streaming input data of various formats. The convolution engine may include two convolution circuits that each generate a stream of values by applying convolution kernels to input data. The stream of values may each define multiple channels of image data. A channel merge circuit interleaves the streams of values from the convolution circuits to generate an output stream of output values. The output stream includes the data multiple channels of each input stream arranged in an interleaved manner.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a configurable convolution engine that receives configuration information to perform convolution and other deep machine learning operations on streaming input data of various formats. The convolution engine may include a convolution core circuit and a spatial pooling circuit. The convolution core circuit performs convolution operations on input data to generate a first stream including first values of a first channel and second values of a second channel in an interleaved manner. The convolution core circuit may further perform post-processing operations, including inter-channel processing operations. The spatial pooling circuit performs per-channel operations on the output of the convolution core circuit, pooling subsets of the values of the first and second channel separately, and combining the spatially pooled values into an output stream having multiple channels in an interleaved manner.

Abstract: According to this method, upon reception of a color transform associated with a main sequence, a transition sequence is generated from successive images of this main sequence such that the first image of this transition sequence is an image received after reception of this color transform, transition color transforms associated with images of said transition sequence are generated by blending a color transform associated with a previous main sequence or no color transform with the second color transform, and each image of this transition sequence is processed using the transition color transform associated with said image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for providing feedback to a user during a 3D scanning session and guides the user to finish scanning completely.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed for adjusting the execution of a multi-media performance in response to a live performance. Embodiments track and receive data regarding elements of the live performance, analyze the live performance data, determine the pace of the live performance, and use this data to appropriately execute elements of the accompanying multi-media performance. Some embodiments may perform this analysis and adjustment automatically. Certain embodiments may use voice detection devices, motion detection devices and musical detection devices to track the live performance. The live performance may be analyzed in relation to an electronic script, which may contain instructions related to the execution of the multi-media elements.

Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device is described. The method includes obtaining a first image from a first camera, the first camera having a first focal length and a first field of view. The method also includes obtaining a second image from a second camera, the second camera having a second focal length and a second field of view disposed within the first field of view. The method further includes aligning at least a portion of the first image and at least a portion of the second image to produce aligned images. The method additionally includes fusing the aligned images based on a diffusion kernel to produce a fused image. The diffusion kernel indicates a threshold level over a gray level range. The method also includes outputting the fused image. The method may be performed for each of a plurality of frames of a video feed.

Abstract: An automatic speech recognition system for a vehicle includes a controller configured to select an acoustic model from a library of acoustic models based on ambient noise in a cabin of the vehicle and operating parameters of the vehicle. The controller is further configured to apply the selected acoustic model to noisy speech to improve recognition of the speech.

Abstract: A system and method for aircraft cabin activity management occurring during turnaround using video analytics are disclosed. In one embodiment, real-time video feed of the aircraft cabin activities is obtained during the turnaround from at least one video camera disposed in an aircraft cabin. Further, aircraft cabin activity time stamps and progress associated with one or more aircraft cabin activities are determined by applying video analytics on the obtained video feed. Furthermore, the aircraft cabin activities are managed using the determined aircraft cabin activity time stamps and the progress associated with the one or more aircraft cabin activities.

Abstract: Systems and methods for printing data on a substrate including a color-changeable material are provided. One system includes a processing circuit and a device including an energy source. At least a portion of a printed publication is printed on the substrate using a commercial printing press based on fixed data. The device including the energy source is configured to add variable data to the substrate. The processing circuit is configured to receive the variable data and to control the energy source to change a color of the color-changeable material based on the variable data to provide at least a portion of the printed publication. The processing circuit is configured to control the energy source to change the color of the color-changeable material in-line with a flow of the substrate through one of a printing line, a finishing line, or a packaging line of the commercial printing press.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for monocular localization in urban environments. The method may generate an image from a camera at a pose. The method may receive a pre-generated map, and determine features from the generated image based on edge detection. The method may predict a pose of the camera based on at least the pre-generated map, and determine features from the predicted camera pose. Further, the method may determine a Chamfer distance based upon the determined features from the image and the predicted camera pose, optimize the determined Chamfer distance based upon odometry information and epipolar geometry. Upon optimization, the method may determine an estimated camera pose.

Abstract: In the imaging apparatus, the image processor combines the data of the plurality of the images so as to generate data of a still image deeper in depth of field. The image processor performs alignment of two images to be combined. In a case where the alignment achieves success, the image processor combines the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where a difference between focus positions of the two images is smaller than a predetermined value, the image processor does not combine the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where the difference between the focus positions of the two images is not smaller than the predetermined value, the image processor combines the data of the two images.

Abstract: A method is for estimating a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a set of two-dimensional (2D) curves of a concept drawing, the estimate of the 3D representation corresponding to a 3D object underlying the concept drawing. The method comprises: obtaining a representation of a set of 2D curves a concept drawing that represent a 3D object underlying the concept drawing; determining an energy function based on the set of 2D curves, the energy function comprising one or more terms, each term reflective of a preference for a 3D representation based on a characteristic of the 2D curves which reflects how concept drawings are commonly perceived to represent 3D objects; and performing an optimization which minimizes the energy function to thereby determine the 3D representation.

Abstract: An image flow analyzing method with low datum storage and low datum computation is applied to a related camera device and a related camera system. The image flow analyzing method includes defining a monitoring region on a video image, detecting an input timing and an output timing of an object passing through the monitoring region, utilizing the input timing and the output timing to compute a first average staying amount and a first average staying period of the object within the monitoring region via a specific time length, and utilizing the first average staying amount and the first average staying period to compute a second average staying amount and a second average staying period of the object within a statistics range defined by several specific time lengths in accordance with an external command.