Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a fully automatic method for calculating the current, geo-referenced position and alignment of a terrestrial scan-surveying device in situ on the basis of a current panoramic image recorded by the surveying device and at least one stored, geo-referenced 3D scan panoramic image.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a media program and receiving a digital media stream including metadata and payload data, wherein the payload data includes program content of the identified media program. The metadata further includes program event information and program status information related to the identified media program. A recording status of the identified media program is determined, wherein an active recording status indicates the identified media program is being recorded at a media recorder. Responsive to the active recording status, an end of program is determined according to the identified media program, the program event information and the program status information. Responsive to the end of program, termination of the recording of the media program is initiated. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for performing video synthesis of audiovisual content. In an example, a computing system may determine first facial parameters of a face of a particular person from a first frame in a video shot, whereby the video shot shows the particular person speaking a message. The system may determine second facial parameters based on an audio file that corresponds to the message being spoken in a different way from the video shot. The system may generate third facial parameters by merging the first and the second facial parameters. The system may identify a region of the face that is associated with a difference between the first and second facial parameters, render the region of the face based on a neural texture of the video shot, and then output a new frame showing the face of the particular person speaking the message in the different way.

Abstract: A method of generating a modified video file using one or more processors is disclosed. The method comprises detecting objects that are represented in an original video file using computer vision object-detection techniques, determining object motion characteristics for the detected objects, based on a specific object motion characteristic for a specific detected object meeting certain requirements, selecting a corresponding audio or visual effect, and applying the corresponding visual effect to the original video file to create the modified video file.

Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a product with a high added value to a user by preventing an unnatural character string from being combined, combination of no character string, and the like in a case where there is no voice or almost no voice before or after an image selected from within a moving image. One embodiment of the present disclosure is an image processing apparatus including: a selection unit configured to select, from a moving image including a plurality of frames, a part of the moving image; an extraction unit configured to extract a voice during a predetermined time corresponding to the selected part in the moving image; and a combination unit configured to combine a character string based on a voice extracted by the extraction unit, with the part of the moving image selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: A method for creating a video that is generated based on the occurrence of pertinent events within a period of time. This video may be a summary video that includes video segments from multiple sources. The video may be augmented to display data describing pertinent events that occur.

Abstract: A transcript of a conference (e.g., a video conference, an audio conference, or a telephone call with two or more participants) is processed to extract a conference summary. A short video conference summary or a short audio conference summary is then generated using timestamps from the transcript associated with strings (e.g., sentences) in the transcript that have been selected for highlighting as part of the conference summary. The short video or audio summary may be presented to users along with a text summary of the conference to enable efficient storage and transmission of information from the conference within a unified communications system.

Abstract: A method of providing a special effect includes, in response to the selection of background music to be applied to a video, applying the background music and a special effect associated with the background music to the video based on a first feature extracted from the background music and a second feature extracted from the video.

Abstract: The systems and method for processing scanning data of a scanning object are provided. The method may include acquiring, in a scanning process, at least two target phases of a motion of the scanning object, wherein the scanning process involves multiple data acquisition time points each of which corresponds to a scanning data set; identifying at least two first time periods during the scanning process, each first time period corresponding to one of the two target phases; determining a second time period that encloses the at least two first time periods; and retrieving once, from the multiple scanning data sets, second scanning data sets for reconstructing phase images each of which corresponds to one target phase, the second scanning data sets being acquired at second data acquisition time points of the multiple data acquisition time points within the second time period.

Abstract: Provided is a method for generating a multimedia resource. The method including: displaying at least one selectable clipping template, wherein each clipping template is generated based on clipping information, and the clipping information includes at least one of clip operation information and clipping material information; determining a target clipping template from the at least one selectable clipping template, in response to a template select instruction; and generating a second multimedia resource by processing an acquired first multimedia resource based on the target clipping template.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus to synchronise audio and video data. More particularly, the present invention relates to a loop-based audio-visual mixing apparatus and method for synchronising a plurality of videos and their corresponding audio streams to create audio-visual compositions. According to one aspect, there is provided a method for creating a synchronised lineal sequence from multiple inputs of audio and video data, comprising the steps of: providing a first input, comprising audio and video data; providing one or more subsequent inputs, comprising audio and video data; determining at least one rhythm metric unit for each input; queueing the or each subsequent inputs such that the or each subsequent input is triggered at a beginning of a next said rhythm metric unit of a determined input.

Abstract: A display for displaying a wide Field of View (FoV) scene including a holographic image within the scene, including a first Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) and an optical system for producing a first holographic image at a center of a displayed scene, and a second image display for producing at least a first additional image adjacent to the first holographic image. In some embodiments an augmented reality display is used for the displaying of the first holographic image at the center of a field of view and the second image adjacent to the first holographic image. In some embodiments a virtual reality display is used for the displaying of the first holographic image near the center of a field of view and the second image adjacent to the first holographic image. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A media recording element having capabilities to facilitate recording media for subsequent playback. The recording element further including features associated with limited operations of a hard drive of other similarly mechanical memory under certain operating conditions so as to limit power consumption and/or memory degradation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for generating customized dynamic video, said method comprising the steps of: partitioning customized dynamic video's timeline, using a predefined partition scheme, into a series of chunk descriptors, each defined by an interval of the timeline and corresponding to a video chunk of the customized dynamic video; for each chunk descriptor, constructing an identifier based on a set of parameters that represent visual characteristics of the video chunk, and associating said identifier to the chunk descriptor; for each chunk descriptor, querying a cache of previously rendered and encoded video chunks for a video chunk indexed by the identifier matching that of the chunk descriptor; in the case that a video chunk whose identifier matches the queried identifier is found, retrieving said video chunk from the cache; otherwise, rendering and encoding the video chunk, for the chunk descriptor's timeline interval, and saving said video chunk in the cache, indexed by the identifi

Abstract: A processor system and computer-implemented method may be provided for generating a composite video stream which may combine a background video and a foreground video stream into one stream. For that purpose, a spatially segmented encoding of the background video may be obtained, for example in the form of a tiled stream. The foreground video stream may be received, for example, from a(nother) client device. The foreground video stream may be a real-time stream, e.g., when being used in real-time communication. The image data of the foreground video stream may be inserted into the background video by decoding select segments of the background video, inserting the foreground image data into the decoded background image data of these segments, and by encoding the resulting composite image data to obtain composite segments which, together with the non-processed segments of the background video, form a spatially segmented encoding of a composite video.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for enhancing sound and picture quality based on scene recognition, and a display. The method includes: recognizing a real scene reflected in a current screen of the display; calculating sound and picture quality enhancement parameters matching the real scene; and controlling the display to play sound and picture corresponding to the real scene according to best sound and picture quality corresponding to the sound and picture quality enhancement parameters.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is a system and computer-implemented method for assembling and editing a video program from spoken words or soundbites. The disclosed technology imports source audio/video clips and any of multiple formats. Spoken audio is transcribed into searchable text. The text transcript is synchronized to the video track by timecode markers. Each spoken word corresponds to a timecode marker, which in turn corresponds to a video frame or frames. Using word processing operations and text editing functions, a user selects video segments by selecting corresponding transcribed text segments. By selecting text and arranging that text, a corresponding video program is assembled. The selected video segments are assembled on a timeline display in any chosen order by the user. The sequence of video segments may be reordered and edited, as desired, to produce a finished video program for export.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for advancing through video content. The systems and methods include generating playback of a video associated with subtitles comprising a sequence of subtitle segments; receiving a user request to advance playback of the video from a first video play position corresponding to a first subtitle segment of the sequence of subtitle segments; identifying a second subtitle segment of the sequence of subtitle segments that is adjacent to the first subtitle segment in the sequence of subtitle segments; and in response to receiving the user request to advance playback of the video, advancing playback of the video from the first video play position to a second video play position based on a subtitle segment play position associated with the second subtitle segment.

Abstract: A communication technique for merging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system is provided. The communication technique can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, and security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for processing a 360-degree image is provided. The method includes determining a three-dimensional (3D) model for mapping a 360-degree image; determining a partition size for the 360-degree image; determining a rotational angle for each of the x, y, and z axes of the 360-degree image; determining an interpolation method to be applied when mapping the 360-degree image to a two-dimensional (2D) image; and converting the 360-degree image into the 2D image.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for replaying a service graph of a plurality of microservices. A device stores a plurality of snapshots of a service graph of a plurality of microservices generated for each of a plurality time increments over a time period. Each of the plurality of snapshots of the service graphs include metrics at a respective time increment from execution of each of the plurality of microservices. The device receives a request to replay the service graph. Responsive to the request, the device displays at least two or more of the plurality of snapshots of the service graph in sequence corresponding to two or more of the plurality of time increments.