Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information to be displayed; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information to be displayed acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: Bandwidth management includes receiving, by a branch device, a requested display identification data structure from a display device. The branch device modifies the requested display identification data structure based on a total bandwidth through a constricted port on the branch device to obtain a modified display identification data structure. The branch device transmits the modified display identification data structure to a source device.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for providing and/or processing non-closed caption data. The reception apparatus includes a receiver, a parser, and a processor. The receiver receives closed caption service data. The closed caption service data includes closed caption data within a first service block having a service number in the range of 1-6, and non-closed caption data within a second service block having a different service number in the range of 1-6. The closed caption data includes closed caption text. The parser parses the non-closed caption data within the second service block having the different service number in the range of 1-6. The processor performs a function based on the parsed non-closed caption data.

Abstract: According an embodiment, a display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display video corresponding to a video signal which is input, by using light which a light source emits; a determination unit configured to determine, from the video signal, presence/absence of necessity of light emission by the light source at every given time period; and a controller configured to vary and set the time period which is determined by the determination unit, in accordance with a determination result by the determination unit.

Abstract: The invention introduces a screencasting method, executed by a processing unit of a screencasting source, which contains at least the following steps. After the screencasting source connects to a screencasting receiver, a first screen image displayed on a display unit of the screencasting source is captured. Then, the first screen image and display area information of a first input component of the first screen image is transmitted to the screencasting receiver, thereby enabling the screencasting receiver to render a second screen image according to the first screen image and the display area information, where the second screen image contains at least a second input component including at least an input string.

Abstract: Provided is a television apparatus including: a display panel which displays an image; a front cover which covers a front side of the television apparatus such that the display panel is exposed; a rear cover which is opposed to the front cover; a power supply which is supported between the front cover and the rear cover and includes an input connector mounted thereon to receive an input AC power for the display panel; an output connector configured to detachably coupled with the input connector to supply the input AC power, wherein the rear cover includes an inwardly-depressed portion at which a cover insertion hole is formed such that the output connector is coupled to the input connector through the cover insertion hole.

Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes: an observation image capturing unit configured to capture an observation image of each of a plurality of small areas, an area containing a sample on a glass slide being partitioned by the plurality of small areas; and a controller configured to set at least one evaluation area for the observation image of each of the plurality of small areas, the observation image being captured by the observation image capturing unit, to perform an edge detection on the at least one evaluation area, and to calculate, using results of the edge detection on two evaluation areas that are closest between two of the observation images adjacently located in a connected image, a difference in blur evaluation amount between the two observation images, the connected image being obtained by connecting the observation images according to the partition.

Abstract: A system and method for digital black level blending is provided.

Abstract: In order to obtain a low-cost stereo camera which can decrease the load of software-based calibration, a stereo camera is provided with a first vehicle-mounted camera which comprises a first lens unit and a first imaging element, and a second vehicle-mounted camera which comprises a second lens unit and a second imaging element. This stereo camera is characterized in that the first imaging element has a first sensitivity value recording unit in which sensitivity values of the first imaging element are recorded, and the second imaging element has a second sensitivity value recording unit in which sensitivity values of the second imaging element are recorded, wherein the sensitivity variation width between the sensitivity values of the first imaging element recorded in the first sensitivity value recording unit and the sensitivity values of the second imaging element recorded in the second sensitivity value recording unit is within a preset reference width.

Abstract: Disclosed are method for improving image effect and apparatus thereof, comprising: when a system starts up, acquiring a screen parameter to determine whether an input signal source is an SDR film source or an HDR film source; if it is an SDR film source, performing first image processing to obtain an SDR image, starting up HDR conversion mode; reducing its backlight brightness to pre-set brightness, and displaying current peak brightness pixel or area according to a screen parameter after increasing backlight brightness; if it is HDR film source, performing second image processing to obtain HDR image, closing down HDR conversion mode, before displaying. Thus, a high-grayscale detail performance capacity is improved, achieving an SDR-to-HDR function, a higher brightness range, more picture details, an SDR film source can be played in an HDR television with the display effect of an HDR film source.

Abstract: An image projection apparatus is configured to project an image onto a projection receiving part. The image projection apparatus includes: a light source; an optical modulator configured to form the image using light from the light source; a control unit configured to control the light source and the optical modulator; and a temperature detector configured to detect an environmental temperature. The control unit is configured to control at least one of the light source and the optical modulator to adjust color tone of the image depending on the environmental temperature detected by the temperature detector.

Abstract: A device, system and method for automatic calibration of image devices is provided. Triplets of at least three image devices, including a projector, are in non-collinear arrangements, and pairs of the image devices have overlapping fields of view on a physical object. Pixel correspondences between the pairs are used to determine relative vectors between the image devices. Relative locations between each of the image devices are determined based on the relative vectors with a relative distance between one pair of the image devices is to an arbitrary distance, the relative locations being further relative to a cloud-of-points representing the object. A model of the object and the cloud-of-points are aligned to transform the relative locations of each of the image devices to locations relative to the model. The projector is controlled to project onto the object based at least on the locations relative to the model.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present technique, a method includes receiving one or more videos from one or more image capture devices. The method further includes generating a video-loop of the person from the one or more videos. The video-loop depicts the person in the commercial site. The method also includes generating an action clip from the video-loop. The action clip includes a suspicious action performed by the person in the commercial site. The method further includes generating an activity summary of the person including the video-loop and the action clip.

Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes an image generation element to generate an image using light emitted from a light source, a shift unit to shift a position of the image generation element with a given cycle, a projection control unit to control projection of the image under a plurality of modes, the modes including a first mode in which the image is projected without shifting the position of the image generation element by the shift unit, and a second mode in which the image is projected while shifting the position of the image generation element by the shift unit, and a detector to detect whether the image generation element operates normally. When the detector detects that the image generation element does not operate normally under the second mode, the projection control unit stops image processing being performed, and switches the second mode to the first mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus having an automatic compensation function for an image obtained from a camera, and a method thereof, and provides an image processing apparatus having an automatic compensation function for an image obtained from a camera, the apparatus comprising: an automatic compensation pattern of which one or more can be provided in an arbitrary place near a camera; an input/output module which receives an image as an input from the camera and transmits the same to the image processing apparatus; and an image processing module which is a processing unit containing an algorithm for compensating for distortion of the image obtained from the camera, wherein the input/output module comprises an image input/output unit for transmitting/receiving data in between the camera and the image processing module, and a storage unit for storing information processed by the image processing module, and the image processing module comprises a distortion compensation unit, an

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image capturing unit, a display unit that displays an imaged picture imaged by the image capturing unit and a guide linearly shaped along a sagittal direction or a tangential direction in the imaged picture, the guide assisting imaging of a calibration image used for calibration in a point image restoration process, and a parameter calculation unit that calculates a parameter for the point image restoration process on the basis of the calibration image imaged by the image capturing unit with assistance from the guide.

Abstract: A method for estimating an optics point spread function (518) of a lens assembly (20) includes (i) providing a test chart (14); (ii) providing a capturing system (22); (iii) capturing a test chart image (316) of the test chart (14) with the capturing system (22) using the lens assembly (20) to focus light onto the capturing system (22); (iv) selecting an image area (490) from the test chart image (316); (v) dividing the image area (490) into a plurality of area blocks (494); and (vii) estimating an area point spread function (518) of the image area (490) using a PSF cost function that sums the fidelity terms of at least two of the area blocks (494).

Abstract: The invention provides a digital micromirror device control apparatus and a projection display system. The digital micromirror device control apparatus includes a video decoding circuit configured to decode received video data, thereby obtaining component data signals of a plurality of colors; a digital micromirror device driving circuit including a first sub-driving circuit and a second sub-driving circuit. An input end of the first sub-driving circuit is connected to the video decoding circuit, an output end of the first sub-driving circuit is connected to the first digital micromirror device, an input end of the second sub-driving circuit is connected to the video decoding circuit, and an output end of the second sub-driving circuit is connected to a second digital micromirror device. The first sub-driving circuit and the second sub-driving circuit are configured to process component data signals of at least three of the plurality of colors.

Abstract: A projection device includes a light source with a plurality of emission light colors, a projection unit configured to form and project a light image corresponding to a given video signal, by using light from the light source, and a controller configured to lower, when video that is projected by the projection unit becomes all black on an entire screen, a brightness of the light source to a light emission state of a predetermined brightness with respect to each of the emission light colors, and to turn off the light source after each of lights of all of the plurality of emission light colors has reached the light emission state of the predetermined brightness.

Abstract: Each projection apparatus in a multi-projection system has a liquid crystal panel, a driving circuit configured to perform PWM control of the liquid crystal panel, and a projection image processing unit configured to perform edge blending processing to perform compositing display by each projection apparatus and processing to change gain properties of the edge blending processing by each projection apparatus. Synchronization of each projection apparatus is maintained by a synchronization circuit. Therefore, a sum of image gain in a region of image compositing by each projection apparatus is 1, and the position and image gain properties of the compositing region are changed for each frame, so the position of image deterioration changes for each frame.