Abstract: A vehicular camera monitoring system a driver-side camera, a driver-side video display screen disposed at a driver-side cabin region of an interior cabin of the vehicle, a passenger-side camera and a passenger-side video display screen disposed at a passenger-side cabin region of the interior cabin of the vehicle. Upon completion of a parking maneuver of the vehicle, and until a period of time elapses following powering down of the vehicle upon completion of the parking maneuver of the vehicle, the driver-side video display screen displays driver-side video images of a driver-side region sideward of the driver side of the vehicle and rearward of the vehicle and the passenger-side video display screen displays passenger-side video images of a passenger-side region sideward of the passenger side of the vehicle and rearward of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method of filtering reconstructed video data is disclosed. The method comprising: parsing a first syntax element used for setting cross-component filter coefficients; inputting a reconstructed luma picture sample array; deriving luma locations by using location corresponding to a current chroma sample; deriving a filter coefficient array by using the cross-component filter coefficients; deriving a variable by using the filter coefficient array and the reconstructed luma picture sample array defined by the luma locations; and deriving a scaled variable by using the variable, wherein the variable is modified by a sum of a sample of a current chroma block, which is defined by a predetermined location, and the scaled variable.

Abstract: A Tele folded camera operative to compensate for an undesired rotational motion of a handheld electronic device that includes such a camera, wherein the compensation depends on the undesired rotational motion and on a point of view of the Tele folded camera.

Abstract: A control device for a recorder in an associated vehicle includes a processor and an input port operatively coupled with the processor. The input port receives a parking brake status signal comprising parking brake data representative of a parking brake status. A non-transient memory device is operatively coupled with the processor. The non-transient memory device stores parking brake status data representative of whether the parking brake is engaged. Control logic stored in the non-transient memory device is executable by the processor to: determine a parking brake status as engaged based on the parking brake data. An output port is operatively coupled with the processor. The output port transmits a recording control signal enabling the recording based on the determined parking brake status.

Abstract: A method and device for decoding video data are disclosed. More specifically, a method of decoding video data may comprise: configuring a block vector candidate list of a current block to which an intra block copy (IBC) prediction mode is applied, the IBC mode referring to another block in a current picture; and generating a prediction sample of the current block based on a block vector included in the block vector candidate list. Configuring the block vector candidate list comprises: configuring the block vector candidate list from a spatial neighboring block to which the IBC prediction mode is applied; and modifying the block vector candidate list based on an history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidate to which the IBC prediction mode is applied when a number of current candidates of the block vector candidate list is smaller than a maximum candidate number.

Abstract: A device and method for coding video data is described. The device may generate filtered samples by performing, in a predicted samples domain, interpolation filtering and a second filtering from a group of one or more of: an adaptive filter, a domain transform filter, a scaler, or a local illumination compensation (LIC). The device may generate one or more of: residual data based on the filtered samples, or reconstructed samples based on the filtered samples; and code the video data based on one or more of the residual data or the reconstructed samples.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for encoding, decoding or transcoding digital video are described. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video, wherein the bitstream conforms to an order of a sub-bitstream extraction process that is defined by a rule that specifies (a) the sub-bitstream extraction process excludes an operation that removes all supplemental enhancement information (SEI) network abstraction layer (NAL) units, which satisfy a condition, from an output bitstream or (b) the order of the sub-bitstream extraction process includes replacing parameter sets with replacement parameter sets prior to removing, from an output bitstream, the SEI NAL units.

Abstract: A vehicle compound-eye camera includes: a plurality of cameras arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a predetermined direction and disposed such that respective maximum image-pickup ranges of the plurality of cameras are partially shifted from each other in the predetermined direction; and a processor configured to set an overlapping image-pickup range in which each of the plurality of cameras picks up an image of a same target object from a different viewpoint. The processor is configured to set an image-pickup range of one of the cameras disposed on one end in the predetermined direction to have a relatively wide angle. The processor is configured to set an image-pickup range of another of the cameras disposed on the other end in the predetermined direction to have a relatively narrow angle.

Abstract: A method for range detection is described. The method includes segmenting an image into one or more segmentation blobs captured by a monocular camera of an ego vehicle. The method includes focusing on pixels forming a selected segmentation blob of the one or more segment blobs. The method also includes determining a distance to the selected segmentation blob according to a focus function value of the monocular camera of the ego vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for intra- or inter-prediction for video encoding and decoding. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a reference sample and obtain a fractional sample position p; filtering the reference sample using a subpixel interpolation filter to obtain a predicted sample value. In the method, the filter coefficients of the subpixel interpolation filter satisfy a linear combination of p and a filter strength parameter S.

Abstract: Some embodiments include methods and/or systems for using multiple cameras to provide optical zoom to a user. Some embodiments include a first camera unit of a multifunction device capturing a first image of a first visual field. A second camera unit of the multifunction device simultaneously captures a second image of a second visual field. In some embodiments, the first camera unit includes a first optical package with a first focal length. In some embodiments, the second camera unit includes a second optical package with a second focal length. In some embodiments, the first focal length is different from the second focal length, and the first visual field is a subset of the second visual field. In some embodiments, the first image and the second image are preserved to a storage medium as separate data structures.

Abstract: An occupant monitoring device for a vehicle includes an imager, a display, and a determiner. The imager is configured to image a cabin of the vehicle to monitor conditions of occupants in the vehicle. The display is configured to display a screen to be viewed by the occupants in the vehicle. The determiner is configured to determine the conditions of the occupants in the vehicle by using captured image data obtained by imaging each of the occupants by the imager while the screen is displayed on the display. A panel configured to display the screen of the display has a non-display area on an inner side of a rectangular frame circumscribing a display area of the screen. The imager is disposed on a back of the non-display area of the panel of the display.

Abstract: A video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising multiple video units and a coded representation of the video in which the multiple video units are processed in an order, where, when a video unit of the multiple video units is processed in the conversion, one or more frequence tables and/or one or more sorted intra prediction mode (IPM) tables are reset or initialized, where the one or more frequence tables include information about frequence of one or more intra prediction modes used for processing previous video units in the multiple video units, where the previous video units precede in time the video unit, where the frequence indicates an occurrence of the one or more intra prediction modes used for the conversion, and where the one or more sorted IPM tables indicate the one or more intra prediction modes used in the processing.

Abstract: A distal end frame includes: a distal end frame body including a resin molded product; an image pickup unit housing chamber formed of a bottomed hole with an opening which is formed on a distal end surface of the distal end frame body; a through hole penetrating from a bottom face of the image pickup unit housing chamber to a proximal end side of the distal end frame body; a mounting face formed on the bottom face of the image pickup unit housing chamber; an inclined face that is formed in a region containing a part of an inner wall face of the through hole to be adjacent to the mounting face, and is visible through the opening; and a wiring pattern that is formed of the metal pattern constituting the molded interconnect device, and is continuously formed in a region containing the mounting face and the inclined face.

Abstract: A telematics camera includes a housing, including a plurality of sensors; a camera configured to capture an image of a scene; a communication input-output; and an input port configured to be connected in communication with an electronic engine control module of a vehicle.

Abstract: A head-mounted-display includes an electronic display emitting image light and a varifocal block receiving the image light and outputting the image light in at least one of the focal planes of the varifocal block. The varifocal block includes a back optical element, a front optical element, and an actuator assembly coupled to the back and front optical element. The front optical element is positioned closer to an exit pupil than the back optical element, and separated from the back optical element by an adjustable distance, the magnitude of which determines in which of the focal planes the image light is presented. The actuator assembly simultaneously adjusts positions of the back optical element and the front optical element to vary the adjustable distance between the back optical element and the front optical element in accordance with an estimated vergence depth of the user.

Abstract: A method of recording images within a furnace using a thermal imaging camera comprising a bore scope connected to a digital camera unit is described, comprising the steps of: (a) inserting the borescope into the interior of the furnace, (b) collecting one of more images of the interior of the furnace using the thermal imaging camera with the borescope at a first position, and (c) moving the borescope from the first position to a second position and collecting one or more images of the interior of the furnace as the borescope is moved from the first position to the second position, wherein the borescope movement is guided by means of a guide device comprising a movable borescope mounting, mounted externally on the furnace.

Abstract: A system and method for displaying an image of an object of interest located at an incident scene. The method includes receiving, from the image capture device, a first video stream of the incident scene, and displaying the video stream. The method includes receiving an input indicating a pixel location in the video stream, and detecting the object of interest in the video stream based on the pixel location. The method includes determining an object class, an object identifier, and metadata for the object of interest. The metadata includes the object class, an object location, an incident identifier corresponding to the incident scene, and a time stamp. The method includes receiving an annotation input for the object of interest, and associating the annotation input and the metadata with the object identifier. The method includes storing, in a memory, the object of interest, the annotation input, and the metadata.

Abstract: A method for deblocking at least one boundary of a coding unit. The method includes determining that the coding unit uses a sub-block transform, wherein the sub-block transform generates a transform sub-block boundary within the coding unit, thereby forming at least a transform sub-block within the coding unit; as a result of determining that the coding unit uses the sub-block transform, determining a maximum filter length based on a dimension of the transform sub-block within the coding unit, wherein the maximum filter length indicates a maximum number of samples to modify when deblocking a boundary of the coding unit; and deblocking the boundary of the coding unit based on the determined maximum filter length.

Abstract: A vehicle camera arrangement, including: a camera mounting assembly coupled to a structure of a vehicle adjacent to a lower portion of a windshield of the vehicle; and a camera assembly coupled to the camera mounting assembly having visibility through the lower portion of the windshield of the vehicle. The structure of the vehicle is associated with a dashboard of the vehicle. The camera mounting assembly includes a sealing member disposed between a front portion thereof and the lower portion of the windshield of the vehicle. The vehicle camera arrangement further includes an air duct adapted to deliver an air flow to a front portion of the camera mounting assembly and the camera assembly through the structure of the vehicle.