Abstract: Video coding using tiling may include encoding a current frame by identifying a tile-width for encoding a current tile of the current frame, the tile-width indicating a cardinality of horizontally adjacent blocks in the current tile, identifying a tile-height for encoding the current tile of the current frame, the tile-height indicating a cardinality of vertically adjacent block in the current tile, and generating an encoded tile by encoding the current tile, such that a row of the current tile includes tile-width horizontally adjacent blocks from the plurality of blocks, and a column of the current tile includes tile-height vertically adjacent blocks from the plurality of blocks. Encoding the current frame may include outputting the encoded tile, wherein outputting the encoded tile includes including an encoded-tile size in an output bitstream, the encoded-tile size indicating a cardinality of bytes for including the encoded tile in the output bitstream.

Abstract: A method applied to a camera that includes a visible light sensor, a phase sensor, and a processor. The visible light sensor collects a visible light image of a shooting scene. The phase sensor collects a phase image of the shooting scene. The processor obtains depth information based on the phase image, and superimposes the depth information on the visible light image to obtain a depth image. Optionally, the camera may also include an infrared illuminator that may be turned on when a scene illumination is insufficient to increase an accuracy of the depth information.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of digital pathology imaging technologies, in particular, to a digital pathology scanner for large-area microscopic imaging. The digital pathology scanner for large-area microscopic imaging includes a plurality of microscopic objectives and a plurality of digital image sensors; the microscopic objectives and the digital image sensors are equal in quantity and are fixed relatively in a one-to-one correspondence manner. The digital image sensors are sequentially distributed so as to form a sensor array. The sensor array enables images formed by the digital image sensors to be sequentially distributed without intervals in a second direction when moving in a first direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

Abstract: Provided is art information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a failure requiring reimaging relating to an image captured using a digital microscope by evaluating the image, and a generation unit configured to, if the failure was detected by the detection unit, generate setting information for setting an imaging condition for during reimaging.

Abstract: An active marker apparatus is provided for securely affixing active markers to a wearable article of an object in a performance capture system. The active marker light components coupled to a strand, are inserted into a receptacle to position the active marker light components onto the wearable article. A gap is provided in a chamber between the active marker light component and an interior surface of a protrusion portion of the receptacle. At least a section of the protrusion portion permits light emitted from the active marker light component into the chamber, to diffuse in a manner that allows the light to be easily detected by a camera in the live action scene. Each active marker light component is locked into place in a respective receptacle by one or more channels that receive the strand. A cap fitting may further assist in securing the receptacle to the wearable article and optionally aid in visual detection of the receptacle.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are described. A method includes driving a first light source to generate a visible light pulse having a first intensity for a first duration to illuminate a scene. An image sensor is used to record a visible-spectrum image of the scene illuminated by the first light pulse. A second light source is driven to generate a second light pulse having a second intensity that exceeds the first intensity by at least 100% for a second duration that is at most 10% of the first duration to illuminate the scene during the first duration. An image sensor is used to record a monochrome image of the scene illuminated by the second light pulse. Image processing is performed on a visible-spectrum image and the monochrome image to obtain the digital image of the scene.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and a hardware pipeline. The memory may be configured to store video data. The video data includes a plurality of sections of one or more pictures that may be processed independently. The hardware pipeline comprises a plurality of pipeline stages implementing a video coding process comprising a number of steps. Each of the plurality of pipeline stages performs an associated task of a different step of the video coding process in a substantially similar time on a different one of the plurality of sections as each of the plurality of sections pass through each of the pipeline stages. At least one of the plurality of pipeline stages communicates predictor information that is based on actual neighbor data to an earlier stage of the hardware pipeline.

Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect, an improved compression efficiency is achieved by letting a block-wise picture codec support a set of intra-prediction modes according to which the intra-prediction signal for a current block of a picture is determined by applying a set of neighboring samples of the current block onto a neural network. A second aspect of the present application is that, additionally or alternatively to the spending of neural network-based intra-prediction modes, the mode selection may be rendered more effective by the usage of a neural network dedicated to determine a rank or a probability value for each of the set of intra-prediction modes by applying a set of neighboring samples thereonto with the rank or probability value being used for the selection of one intra-prediction mode out of the plurality of intra-prediction modes including or coinciding with the set of intra-prediction modes.

Abstract: A method of transmitting image data in a safety sensor or in a safety system is provided, in which transmission errors are recognized in that meta information is added to the image data prior to the transmission and the meta information is checked after the transmission. The image data are here transmitted by an unsafe communication link, in particular a black channel, the meta information is prepended and/or appended to the image data and/or to the partial packets, and the meta information comprises a piece of information on the structure of the image data.

Abstract: A method operating an intraoral scanner including a projection device of the intraoral scanner projecting a predetermined pattern, an image capture device of the intraoral scanner capturing K images of the predetermined pattern projected on an object under test, a controller of the intraoral scanner generating (K?1) overall brightness change indications according to (K?1) sets of two consecutive images of the K images, and if the (K?1) overall brightness change indications are all less than a predetermined threshold, the controller turning off the intraoral scanner. K is a positive integer greater than 1.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an observation system with which images of cells under observation are efficiently captured. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an image-capture controller unit, an image-capture area classifier unit, and an observation controller unit. The image-capture controller unit controls an image-capture mechanism to capture images of a culture vessel including a plurality of wells that house cells for each image-capture area. The image-capture area classifier unit applies image processing to the images captured by the image-capture mechanism and classifies the plurality of image-capture areas into a first image-capture area of which image-capturing is continued and a second image-capture area of which image-capturing is not continued on the basis of a result of the image processing.

Abstract: A metrology system includes an optical assembly portion; an adjustment mechanism configured to change a distance and an angular orientation between the optical assembly portion and a workpiece surface; and a processor configured to control the adjustment mechanism to move the optical assembly portion to position a workpiece surface within a focal Z autofocus range; capture an image stack of the workpiece surface wherein each image of the image stack corresponds to a different autofocus height; determine an autofocus height for at least three locations of the workpiece surface; control the adjustment mechanism based on the autofocus heights to rotate the optical assembly portion relative to the workpiece surface to nominally align the optical axis of the optical assembly portion with a surface normal of the workpiece surface and adjust a distance between the optical assembly portion and the workpiece surface; and execute a defined operation on the workpiece surface.

Abstract: A picture decoding method implemented by a decoding device, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: acquiring motion prediction information from a bitstream; generating an affine MVP candidate list comprising affine MVP candidates for the current block; deriving CPMVPs for the respective CPs of the current block on the basis of one affine MVP candidate among the affine MVP candidates included in the affine MVP candidate list; deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of information on the CPMVDs for the respective CPs included in the acquired motion prediction information; and deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs.

Abstract: A picture decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes obtaining motion prediction information from bitstream, generating an affine MVP candidate list including affine MVP candidates for a current block, deriving CPMVPs for respective CPs of the current block based on one of the affine MVP candidates included in the affine MVP candidate list, deriving the CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block based on information on CPMVDs for each of the CPs included in the obtained motion prediction information, deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block based on the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs, deriving prediction samples for the current block based on the CPMVs, and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the derived prediction samples.

Abstract: A system and method for constructing a digital composite image of a three-dimensional biological sample. The system includes an optical system that captures images of cells and tissue presented on a specimen slide. The system systematically acquires a stack of images at different segments across the specimen slide. For each segment, the system dynamically calculates an optimal focal plane. Once an optimal focal plane is determined for each of the stacks of images, the system generates a composite image by copying the sharpest objects from each of the optimal focal planes.

Abstract: This disclosure describes examples of extending the number of available discrete cosine transform (DCT) and discrete sine transform (DST) for encoding and decoding. A video coder may determine one or more transforms or inverse transforms to apply from a set of transforms or inverse transforms that includes DCT-2 or inverse DCT-2, DST-7 or inverse DST-7, DST-8 or inverse DST-8, DCT-3 or inverse DCT-3, DST-2 or inverse DST-2, DST-3 or inverse DST-3, DCT-4 or inverse DCT-4, DST-4 or inverse DST-4, DST-5 or inverse DST-5, DST-6 or inverse DST-6, and identity transform an inverse identity transform (IDT).

Abstract: A modular assembly of an endoscope light source and an image-capturing module includes: a circuit board having a lower plate and an elevation support platform located on the top surface of the lower plate and having a predefined height, a bottom surface of the lower plate having a plurality of bottom electrode sheets disposed thereon, a top end of the elevation support platform having a plurality of light source electrode sheets disposed thereon, the plurality of light source electrode sheets using a plurality of lead wires to penetrate through the elevation support platform and the lower plate in order to be electrically connected to the plurality of bottom electrode sheets; a plurality of light emitting diode chips having a florescent powder gel covered thereon; an image-capturing module; and a fixation glue cured and attached onto the image-capturing module, the elevation support platform and the fluorescent powder gel.

Abstract: A printed circuit board inspection apparatus can inspect a mounting state of a component by generating depth information on the component by using a pattern of light reflected from the component mounted on a printed circuit board received by an image sensor, generating two-dimensional image data for the component by using at least one of light of a first wavelength, light of a second wavelength, light of a third wavelength, and light of a fourth wavelength reflected from the component received by a first image sensor, inputting the depth information and the two-dimensional image data for the component into a machine learning-based model, obtaining depth information with reduced noise from the machine learning-based model, and using the noise-reduced information.

Abstract: A ground-based visual-inspection system includes a ground-based visual-inspection apparatus and a control system. The ground-based visual-inspection apparatus includes a mobile base, an actuatable arm coupled to the mobile base, and an effector coupled to the actuatable arm. The actuatable arm is locatable in a three dimensional space. The end effector includes a camera configured to capture images of a structure, such as an aircraft. The control system is configured to determine location information of the camera relative to a reference location and associate the location information with the images.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to coordinating motion-capture of a hand by a network of motion-capture sensors having overlapping fields of view. In particular, it relates to designating a first sensor among three or more motion-capture sensors as having a master frame of reference, observing motion of a hand as it passes through overlapping fields of view of the respective motion-capture sensors, synchronizing capture of images of the hand within the overlapping fields of view by pairs of the motion-capture devices, and using the pairs of the hand images captured by the synchronized motion-capture devices to automatically calibrate the motion-capture sensors to the master frame of reference frame.