Abstract: A computer program video player product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and loadable into the internal memory of a computing device, comprising software code portions for performing, when the video player product is run on a computer, a method including sequentially reading a plurality of distinctive Internet address associated with a plurality of discrete multimedia objects; determining a playback rate based on available cellular bandwidth; playing back a video at the determined playback rate consisting of at least a subset of the plurality of discrete multimedia objects; wherein the discrete multimedia objects are obtained by transcoding an input multimedia stream including a video segment forming part of a video stream into an optimal audiovisual format at an optimal encoding rate reflecting available cellular network bandwidth; dynamically converting the transcoded multimedia stream into discrete objects by splitting the transcoded stream into specified intervals by scanning after the

Abstract: An image coding apparatus that codes a moving image composed of a plurality of pictures, includes a determination unit configured to define a tile set in a manner that a size of the tile set including one or more tiles obtained by dividing a picture, which corresponds to a size of the tile set at which coding can be independently performed, is set to be smaller than or equal to a predetermined size, and a coding unit configured to code the picture on the basis of the tile set defined by the determination unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured to encode frames forming a moving image using temporal hierarchies, and includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to a temporal hierarchy corresponding to an encoding target frame, a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information related to the temporal hierarchy acquired by the acquisition unit, whether to use an encoding parameter based on a bit rate of at least one past frame encoded before the encoding target frame is encoded, and an encoding unit configured to encode the encoding target frame using the encoding parameter based on the bit rate of the at least one past frame.

Abstract: A camera (10) that includes: a sensor module (1) which measures radiation data; heat radiation parts (14-1, 14-2) which radiate heat generated as the sensor module (1) is cooled; an electrical apparatus (20); and fans (15-1, 15-2) which generate a flow of a first fluid for cooling the heat radiation parts (14-1, 14-2). The camera further has a first passage (41) through which the first fluid flows, a second passage (43) through which a second fluid for cooling the electrical apparatus (20) flows, and a merging part (44) which suctions the second fluid from the second passage (43) into the first passage (41) by means of the flow of the first fluid. Such a camera (10) can be made more compact than other cameras which further include a fan for circulating the second fluid through the second passage (43).

Abstract: A video base layer can contain information pertaining to frame-compatible interlace representations of multiple data categories while video enhancement layers can contain interlace or progressive representations and/or frame-compatible representations of these data categories. Video data are encoded and decoded using layered approaches.

Abstract: A digital specimen manufacturing device comprises: a reduction processing unit which generates a reduced image by reducing a high resolution image of a first magnification into a second magnification image; an operation instruction unit which instructs the imaging unit to update the second magnification and recapture the low resolution image when information indicates the difference between the reduced image and the low resolution image is not within the allowable error range; and an image processing unit which obtains a third magnification, and outputs an image of the digital specimen by reducing the high resolution image into an image of the third magnification which an image magnification greater than the updated second magnification and smaller than the first magnification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a measurement system for calculating visual range using perspective and geometrical information of an image captured by a camera, CCTV, camcorder, or other imaging device and a method for measuring visual range from a non-linear function through pattern recognition on an image. The present measurement system and method may make up for uncertainty due to assumption that aerosol is evenly distributed and limit to measurement space in the optimal measurement method, thus offering more objective data.

Abstract: A smart glass may include a glass having a transparent display function, a first camera obtaining a front image, a second camera obtaining an image of a user's eyes, and a controller which analyzes the front image and the image of the user's eyes, determines a specific object selected by the user's gaze from a plurality of objects included in the front image based on the result of an analysis, obtains information about the specific object, and displays the information about the specific object on a transparent display area of the glass. The smart glass may provide information about the specific object selected by the user's gaze, and/or may execute a specific function corresponding to user's eye gesture.

Abstract: An endoscope system is provided with: an endoscope apparatus capable of recording a picked-up endoscopic image; a memory card attachable to and detachable from the endoscope apparatus, the memory card transmitting the picked-up endoscopic image; and a PC or a mobile terminal having a function of communicating with the memory card and recording the endoscopic image transmitted from the memory card. The endoscope apparatus, and the PC or the mobile terminal are connected via wireless communication. When freeze processing is executed, the endoscope apparatus transmits an endoscopic image from the endoscope apparatus to the PC or the mobile terminal.

Abstract: The imaging device includes an image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels that generate an image signal from an object image that is formed by an imaging optical system, a scaling section that performs a scaling process on an original image that includes image signals that correspond to the plurality of pixels, and an output section that outputs an image after the scaling process as a scaled image, the scaling section performing the scaling process using a different scaling factor corresponding to the position of a pixel of interest within the scaled image, and the image sensor including pixels in a number larger than the number of pixels of the scaled image as the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: A method for formulating a knowledge database of object images acquired by an imaging device furnished with a sensor, including defining N classes each including a set of objects represented by a label and a set of characteristics, learning decision rules associated with these classes, definition of K contextual information cues regarding image background fk, with k varying from 1 to K and K>1, association of one of these information cues regarding image background fk with each object, allotting of the objects into M new classes, with N<M?K×N, each including a set of objects represented by a new label including an old label and one of said information cues regarding image background fk and the set of characteristics of these objects, definition for each background fk of a subset Qk of these M classes associated with this image background, learning of decision rules for each of these subsets Qk.

Abstract: A system including at least first and second wearable mobile devices and optionally one or more smartphones or other computing devices for allowing a wearable mobile device wearer, an on-site observer, and a remote observer to research and test usability of products in mobile settings, mobile applications, mobile devices, and wearable mobile devices, desktop usability settings, and other settings and devices. The devices nm a software application for generating first-person video and third-person video, transmitting the video to the other devices, marking the videos with time stamps, and allowing the remote observer to send messages and other information to the other devices.

Abstract: A motion compensation module can be used in a video encoder for encoding a video input signal that includes a sequence of images that are segmented into a plurality of macroblocks. The motion compensation module includes a motion search module that generates a motion search motion vector for a plurality of subblocks for a plurality of partitionings of a macroblock of a plurality of macroblocks and generates a selected group of the plurality of partitionings based on a group selection signal. A motion refinement module—generates a refined motion vector for the plurality of subblocks for the selected group of the plurality of partitionings of the macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks, based on the motion search motion vector for each of the plurality of subblocks of the macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks.

Abstract: An ice detector includes an icing assembly that includes a transparent icing rod with an illuminating element is disposed therein and having an ice accretion surface and a support structure. The icing rod has at least one visual sensor configured to obtain an image of the ice accretion surface; a controller electrically connected to the visual sensor and including an image contrast module configured to compare the obtained image with an initial image so as to judge whether ice is formed on the ice accretion surface of the icing rod. The icing assembly includes a refrigerating element respectively connected to the icing rod and the support structure. The refrigerating element may perform active refrigeration for the icing rod, reduce the surface temperature of the icing rod and facilitate the ice detector detecting ice accretion before ice is formed on a wing/nacelle.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure related to a method for modifying a beacon light source for use in a light-based positioning system. In some embodiments, the method includes selecting a modulation scheme for the light source, determining a duty cycle for the light source based on the modulation scheme, the duty cycle having a proportion of time the light source is in an on state and a corresponding proportion of time the light source is in an off state, the proportion of time the light source is in an off state resulting in reduced luminosity of the light source, and supplying additional power to the light source to compensate for the reduced luminosity of the light source by the duty cycle.

Abstract: An image coding method includes coding a motion vector difference indicating a difference between the motion vector and a predicted motion vector, wherein the coding includes: coding a first portion that is a part of a first component which is one of a horizontal component and a vertical component of the motion vector difference; coding a second portion that is a part of a second component which is different from the first component and is the other one of the horizontal component and the vertical component; coding a third portion that is a part of the first component and is different from the first portion; coding a fourth portion that is a part of the second component and is different from the second portion; and generating a code string which includes the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion in the stated order.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus for decoding a current block comprised of a plurality of subblocks by using an intra prediction, includes: an inverse quantization unit to inversely quantize transformed and quantized residual subblocks corresponding to the subblocks of the current block to thereby generate transformed residual subblocks; an inverse transform unit to inversely transform the transformed residual subblocks to thereby reconstruct residual subblocks; a prediction unit to sequentially predict the subblocks from neighboring pixels which have been already reconstructed to thereby generate a plurality of predicted subblocks corresponding to the subblocks; and an adder to sequentially reconstruct the subblocks by adding each of the reconstructed residual subblocks to a predicted subblock corresponding thereto, wherein the prediction unit uses one or more pixels of at least one previously reconstructed subblock within the current block as the neighboring pixels.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a Scene Detector to optimize the location of scene breaks in a set of video frames. Specifically, the Scene Detector receives a set of video frames and a corresponding content model for each video frame. As the Scene Detector identifies a scene in the set of video frames, the Scene Detector updates statistical predictors with respect to characteristics of that scene's characteristics. The Scene Detector thereby utilizes the updated statistical predictors to identify a video frame that may be the next scene break. The Scene Detector analyzes video frames with respect to the possible next scene break in order to identify the actual second scene break that occurs after the previously identified scene break.

Abstract: In one method embodiment, receiving at a frame matching module a first frame comprising first plural blocks and plural frames that each comprise a plurality of blocks to be matched to the first plural blocks of the first frame, the first plural blocks and the plurality of blocks comprising luma blocks; for each of the frame pair matchings, selecting one border configuration among a plurality of border configurations, the border configuration selected for the each of the frame pair matchings unique; appending a border of pixels to the frames of the each of the frame pair matchings based on the selected border configuration; and block matching the first plural blocks with the plurality of blocks.

Abstract: Methods and devices for reconstructing coefficient levels from a bitstream of encoded video data for a coefficient group in a transform unit. Greater-than-one flags are encoded by grouping them into tuples and by encoding a tuple-based value that is a function of the greater-than-one flags within that tuple. The tuple-based value may permit the decoder to infer the greater-than-one flags in some cases, in which case they are not encoded in the bitstream.