Abstract: A measurement apparatus mountable on a movable apparatus includes a first imaging device to capture an image in a first image capture direction, the first image capture direction having a first angle with respect to a direction of travel of the movable apparatus, and a second imaging device disposed next to the first imaging device to capture an image in a second image capture direction, the second image capture direction having a second angle with respect to the direction of travel of the movable apparatus. The first and second imaging devices are disposed to overlap at least partially a first imaging range of the first imaging device and a second imaging range of the second imaging device. At least one of the first image capture direction of the first imaging device and the second image capture direction of the second imaging device is set at a given angle with respect to a width dimension of the movable apparatus.

Abstract: A video shooting method includes: enabling a camera function; determining a first video recording template in response to a first operation of a user, where the first video recording template includes a first example sample, a second example sample, and preset audio; maintaining a position of an electronic device and starting video recording in response to a second operation of the user; and automatically generating a synthetic video, where the synthetic video includes a first video clip, a second video clip, and the preset audio, the first video clip is a video clip generated in the first camera movement mode, and the second video clip is a video clip generated in the second camera movement mode. In this manner, a plurality of video clips obtained in various camera movement modes may be synthesized into a video configured with audio.

Abstract: Medical borescopes, such as laparoscopes. In some embodiments, a medical borescope may comprise a handle and a tube extending from the handle, which tube may be configured to reduce electromagnetic interference within the tube. The borescope may further comprise a tip assembly positioned at a distal end of the tube, which may comprise an image sensor configured to take images through the distal end of the tube. The borescope may further comprise a dongle comprising an image processor configured to receive image data from the image sensor. The dongle may be removably coupleable with the medical borescope such that the dongle can be coupled with a plurality of distinct medical borescopes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a panoramic surround view image of a vehicle, comprising: acquiring actual original images of external environment of a first part and a second part of the vehicle hinged to each other; processing the actual original images to obtain respective actual independent surround view images of the first part and the second part; obtaining coordinates of respective hinge points of the first part and the second part; determining matched feature point pairs in the actual independent surround view images of the first part and the second pan; calculating a distance between two points in each matched feature point pair accordingly, and taking matched feature point pairs with the distance less than a preset first threshold as a successfully matched feature point pairs; and taking a rotation angle corresponding to the maximum number of the successfully matched feature point pairs as a candidate rotation angle of the first part relative to the second part.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a video record using audio is presented. The apparatus comprises at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive a user input from a user, select a set of record generation questions for the user as a function of the user input, transmit an audio question to the user as a function of the selected set of record generation questions, record a user response as a function of the audio question, and generate a video record as a function of the recorded user responses.

Abstract: A time-of-flight apparatus having a light detector for detecting light reflected from a scene, wherein the light detector has at least one light detection element; and circuitry configured to acquire light detection events for the at least one light detection element at selected points of time of a set of predetermined number of consecutive times, wherein the selection of the points of time is based on a time compressive sampling.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of image capturing units; a calculation unit to calculate a common correction value commonly applied to the image capturing units in performing dynamic range correction, based on an image-capturing signal output from each of the plurality of image capturing units; a setting unit to set an exposure condition for each of the image capturing units based on the common correction value; and a control unit to control the plurality of image capturing units to capture images to be combined under the set exposure condition for each of the image capturing units.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for measuring, assessing, predicting, improving and presenting the state of physical object and human core temperatures, using imaging devices, e.g., a thermal infrared camera, and/or intruders in a region of interest to an operator, such that little or no operator effort is required to install, use or receive reports from the system. The invention also includes, for example, means and methods for exploiting autonomous operation and configuration, placement at remote sites, enhancement of image resolution and estimation of range such that accuracy of results and autonomy of operation is enhanced.

Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining a seamless, high resolution, large field of view image comprise capturing a plurality of Tele images in a scene using a scanning Tele camera, each captured Tele image having an associated Tele field of view FOVT, retrieving a R image having a respective R image scene with a field of view greater than FOVT, analyzing the R image for defining an order of scanning positions according to which the folded Tele camera scans a scene to capture the plurality of Tele images, aligning the plurality of Tele images and the R image to obtain aligned Tele images, and composing the aligned Tele images into an output image. The output image may include at least parts of the R image and may be one of a stream of output images.

Abstract: An anesthesia stage identification method for identifying an anesthesia stage at which a patient is located is disclosed. The method includes collecting an electroencephalogram signal, calculating at least two characteristics of the collected electroencephalogram signal according to a preset frequency, and determining the anesthesia stage at which the patient is located in a corresponding time period according to the at least two calculated characteristics. The identification method can accurately determine the anesthesia stage, and resolve the problems of abnormal falling during a lucid interval and slow response speed during an induction stage caused by misjudgment.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus including an image capturer and a processor configured to identify a food object from a plurality of images obtained through the image capturer, adjust a capture interval at which an image of the food object is obtained in real time through the image capturer based on information about a cooking state change of the identified food object, and generate a video based on the captured image obtained according to the adjusted capture interval.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle-mounted camera system equipped with a vehicle-mounted camera which captures an image of surroundings of a vehicle includes a margin-of-communication obtainer and a restriction determiner. The margin-of-communication obtainer works to determine a value of the margin of differential signaling between the vehicle-mounted camera and the control apparatus. When the value of the margin of differential signaling is lower than a restriction threshold value, the restriction determiner restricts at least one of a communication characteristic of the differential signaling, an application using the captured image, a frame rate in the vehicle-mounted camera, and an image-capturing area. This achieves the control apparatus for the vehicle-mounted camera system which is high in robustness in the differential signaling.

Abstract: A recording and reproduction control device includes a moving image data acquisition unit configured to acquire a first video stream from a camera which images a moving image at a predetermined frame rate, a trigger signal acquisition unit configured to acquire a trigger signal from an external device, a captured image generator configured to generate a captured image by one frame from the first video stream at a timing at which the trigger signal is acquired, a storage controller configured to sequentially record the captured images as a second video stream in a storage, a reproduction controller configured to reproduce the second video stream, and a frame interpolation unit configured to interpolate at least one frame image at the predetermined between the captured images and output the captured images and the interpolated frame images which are recorded in array as a third video stream in the storage.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing control device includes a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data imaged by an imager for at least one of a front view and a rear view of a vehicle; a detector configured to detect that another vehicle gets close in a distance smaller than a predetermined distance to the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling at a predetermined speed or higher; a point-of-view conversion processor configured to perform a point-of-view conversion process for a bird's-eye view on the acquired video data; a recording controller configured to record the acquired video data; a reproduction controller configured to, when reproducing the video data of a period during which the another vehicle getting close in the predetermined distance or smaller to the vehicle is detected, reproduce the converted video data; and a display controller configured to cause a display to display the reproduced video data.

Abstract: A sample image capturing system includes a sample holding apparatus configured to hold a sample slide on which a sample film is applied; an imaging apparatus configured to capture the sample on the sample slide; a sample appearance image obtaining apparatus configured to obtain a sample appearance image, where the sample appearance image includes at least an appearance image of the sample film; and a controller configured to: obtain the sample appearance image, identify an appearance characteristic of the sample film based on the sample appearance image, determine a capturing parameter based on the appearance characteristic, and control the imaging apparatus to capture, with the capturing parameter, sample components on the sample slide. The disclosure further relates to a sample image capturing method and a computer-readable storage medium. The disclosure can use a characteristic of the appearance image to achieve accurate capturing of sample images.

Abstract: To provide a detection system to identify a damage or a damaged part. A detection system includes a power generator, a power storage unit that receives first power supply from the power generator via cables, and detectors that perform at least one of outputting information and transmitting the information when it becomes in a state in which a weak current does not flow by a predetermined amount during a period when the weak current is passed to the power generator via at least part of the cables under a situation where the first power supply is not provided.

Abstract: A method of replacing low-quality audio content by better-quality audio content in media content comprising the low-quality audio content synchronized with video content. Tag data and/or fingerprint data associated with the low-quality audio content are used to perform a search to find a matching portion of better-quality audio content. The low-quality audio content can be replaced with the matched portion of the better-quality audio content by compiling the matched audio portion with the video content of the media content. Included is any of: compensating for an amount of timing misalignment between the low-quality audio content and the matched portion of audio content; obtaining fingerprint data for the audio content of the media content by using hash values of spectrogram frequency peaks; obtaining one or more feature vectors from the audio content of the media content to reduce a size of a search of stored instances of audio content.

Abstract: Provided are methods for Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM)-based sensor for low-level fusion, which can include mitigating a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor processing path to provide high-confidence, low-level fusion between the camera (passive) and LiDAR (active) imaging. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Techniques of providing motion video content along with audio content are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a computer-implemented system is configured to perform operations comprising: receiving primary audio content; determining that at least one reference audio content satisfies a predetermined similarity threshold based on a comparison of the primary audio content with the at least one reference audio content; for each one of the at least one reference audio content, identifying motion video content based on the motion video content being stored in association with the one of the at least one reference audio content and not stored in association with the primary audio content; and causing the identified motion video content to be displayed on a device concurrently with a presentation of the primary audio content on the device.

Abstract: Mobile handheld electronic devices such as smartphones, comprising a Wide camera for capturing Wide images with respective Wide fields of view (FOVW), a Tele camera for capturing Tele images with respective Tele fields of view (FOVT) smaller than FOVW, and a processor configured to stitch a plurality of Wide images into a panorama image with a field of view FOVP>FOVW and to pin a Tele image to a given location within the panorama image to obtain a smart panorama image.