Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for hierarchical categorization of sound comprising one or more neural networks implemented on one or more processors. The one or more neural networks are configured to categorize a sound into a two or more tiered hierarchical coarse categorization and a finest level categorization in the hierarchy. The categorization sound may be used to search a database for similar or contextually related sounds.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a space measuring apparatus. The apparatus includes: a light emitting component configured to: emit a measurement pulse set, in which the measurement pulse set includes at least two pulse strings corresponding to at least two different emitting angles, each pulse string of the at least two pulse strings includes at least one optical pulse with a same emitting angle; and record pulse set characteristics of the measurement pulse set; and a calculation component configured to form at least one to-be-determined pulse set by combining at least two optical pulses received in a second time interval; determine whether the at least one to-be-determined pulse set is valid according to the pulse set characteristics recorded by the light emitting component; and calculate, according to the pulse set characteristics of pulse sets which are determined as valid, at least one of measurement distance and light intensity.

Abstract: Provided are an overhead line detection method and system based on a cable inspection robot. The cable inspection robot is suspended on the overhead line. An imaging unit and a laser emission unit are disposed at the front end of the cable inspection robot. The imaging unit is at a first angle to the overhead line. The laser emission unit is at a second angle to the overhead line.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing real world assistance by a robot utility and interface device (RUID) are provided. A method provides for identifying a position of a user in a physical environment and a surface within the physical environment for projecting an interactive interface. The method also provides for moving to a location within the physical environment based on the position of the user and the surface for projecting the interactive interface. Moreover, the method provides for capturing a plurality of images of the interactive interface while the interactive interface is being interacted with by the use and for determining a selection of an input option made by the user.

Abstract: A laser radar system and a spatial measurement method are provided. The laser radar system comprises: a light-emitting unit array, comprising at least one light-emitting unit that is provided at a preset light-emitting position and can control the charactristics-information of emitted light; an optical scanning unit, configured to generate a scanning angle for transmitting light M intended for scanning a target scenario, and determine a first control scanning angle; a light-receiving unit array, comprising at least one light-receiving unit configured to receive the charactristics-information of reflected light after the emitted light passes through the target scenario; and a processor for determining at least one of the scanning angle and a distance between the target scenario and the light-receiving unit according to the preset light-emitting position, the first control scanning angle, the charactristics-information of the emitted light, and the charactristics-information of the reflected light.

Abstract: In sequence level prediction of a sequence of frames of high dimensional data one or more affective labels are provided at the end of the sequence. Each label pertains to the entire sequence of frames. An action is taken with an agent controlled by a machine learning algorithm for a current frame of the sequence at a current time step. An output of the action represents affective label prediction for the frame at the current time step. A pool of actions taken up until the current time step including the action taken with the agent is transformed into a predicted affective history for a subsequent time step. A reward is generated on predicted actions up to the current time step by comparing the predicted actions against corresponding annotated affective labels.

Abstract: Provided is a system with image sensors combination, including: a plurality of image sensors located in a same semiconductor chip package; and a controller for controlling the plurality of image sensors to operate in coordination, wherein each image sensor includes: a plurality of photosensitive pixel cells to be simultaneously exposed to generate analog photosensitive signals; an analog-to-digital converters for converting the analog photosensitive signals generated by the plurality of photosensitive pixel cells into image sensor signals; and a timing circuit for controlling the generation, readout, and transmission of electrical signals.

Abstract: A domain adaptation module is used to optimize a first domain derived from a second domain using respective outputs from respective parallel hidden layers of the domains.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a 3D image sensor ranging system, a ranging method using the same, and an apparatus for optical ranging. The system comprises: at least one light-emitting unit array, each of the light-emitting unit array comprising at least one light-emitting unit, configured to emit light to a target scenario; at least one photosensitive unit array, each of the photosensitive unit array comprising at least one photosensitive unit, configured to receive at least a part of light emitted by the light-emitting unit and reflected by the target scenario, and generate a sensing tensor based on received light; and at least one computing component, configured to calculate at least one of a distance between the light-emitting unit and the target scenario or a light intensity of the reflected light of the emitted light, where the distance and the light intensity correspond to an angle of the emitted light, based on the sensing tensor generated by the at least one photosensitive unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical waveguide device used in a laser detection and ranging system (lidar). The optical waveguide device includes: a waveguide inlet configured to receive a first light signal; a waveguide body configured to guide the first light signal to transmit in the optical waveguide device; and a waveguide outlet configured to output a second light signal exited after the first light signal is guided; a ratio of the area of the waveguide inlet to that of the waveguide outlet is greater than a first preset ratio, and transmission efficiencies of the optical waveguide device in first and second directions are different, the transmission efficiency in the first direction is greater than a first threshold, the transmission efficiency in the second direction is less than a second threshold. With this optical waveguide device, effects of long measurement distance, high angular resolution and small volume can be achieved.

Abstract: The present application discloses a 3D imaging method, device and depth camera, wherein, the 3D imaging method includes: acquiring depth information of points in a to-be-captured scene corresponding to at least one pixel; generating a 3D image of the to-be-captured scene based on the acquired depth information; and determining the depth information of the each of the points in the to-be-captured scene corresponding to the at least one pixel based on a result of the distributing. This implementation utilizes multiple charge collection areas to collect the charges obtained by photoelectric conversion of the light that reaches the pixels, thereby achieving the capture of the depth information of points in the to-be-captured scene corresponding to each pixel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a three-dimensional imaging system. The system comprises: an optical emitter that emits light pulses to a target scene; an optical modulator that modulates the optical state of at least part of the light pulses emitted from the optical emitter and/or of at least part of light pulses returned from the target scene; an optical element array that receives a modulated light pulses; a photoelectric detector that comprises an imaging lens, and receives an optical signal passing through the optical element array and converts the received optical signal into an electrical signal; and a controller, wherein the controller applies a control to the optical modulator by means of a circuit, the optical modulator modulates the optical state of the light pulses into a function of time on the basis of the control.

Abstract: A domain adaptation module is used to optimize a first domain derived from a second domain using respective outputs from respective parallel hidden layers of the domains.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional distance measurement method and device. A three-dimensional distance measurement device includes: at least a light source unit, configured to emit light pulses to illuminate a scene to be measured; at least an optical transmission unit, configured to control transmission of a reflected light obtained after the light pulses are reflected by an object in the scene to be measured; at least a photoreceptor unit, configured to receive a light transmitted through the optical transmission unit to perform imaging; and at least a processor unit, configured to control the light source unit, the optical transmission unit and the photoreceptor unit, and to determine scene distance information of the scene to be measured based on an imaging result of the photoreceptor unit.

Abstract: An autonomous personal companion executing a method including capturing data related to user behavior. Patterns of user behavior are identified in the data and classified using predefined patterns associated with corresponding predefined tags to generate a collected set of one or more tags. The collected set is compared to sets of predefined tags of a plurality of scenarios, each to one or more predefined patterns of user behavior and a corresponding set of predefined tags. A weight is assigned to each of the sets of predefined tags, wherein each weight defines a corresponding match quality between the collected set of tags and a corresponding set of predefined tags. The sets of predefined tags are sorted by weight in descending order. A matched scenario is selected for the collected set of tags that is associated with a matched set of predefined tags having a corresponding weight having the highest match quality.

Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a vehicle, including: receiving a plurality of visual sensor signals containing three-dimensional visual information outside and inside the vehicle; receiving a plurality of audio sensor signals containing three-dimensional audio information outside and inside the mobile vehicle; determining three-dimensional spatial positions of at least two objects and object cognitive information of the at least two objects according to at least a portion of the plurality of visual sensor signals and at least a portion of the plurality of audio sensor signals, wherein the at least two objects include at least one object outside the vehicle and at least one object inside the vehicle; obtaining a circumstance information of the vehicle according to the object cognitive information; and determining operation instructions for the vehicle according to the circumstance information.

Abstract: A domain adaptation module is used to optimize a first domain derived from a second domain using respective outputs from respective parallel hidden layers of the domains.

Abstract: In sequence level prediction of a sequence of frames of high dimensional data one or more affective labels are provided at the end of the sequence. Each label pertains to the entire sequence of frames. An action is taken with an agent controlled by a machine learning algorithm for a current frame of the sequence at a current time step. An output of the action represents affective label prediction for the frame at the current time step. A pool of actions taken up until the current time step including the action taken with the agent is transformed into a predicted affective history for a subsequent time step. A reward is generated on predicted actions up to the current time step by comparing the predicted actions against corresponding annotated affective labels.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional distance measuring method and device. The three-dimensional distance measuring method includes: emitting a first light pulse to illuminate a scene, and acquiring a first image of the scene within a first exposure time; emitting a second light pulse to illuminate the scene, and acquiring a second image of the scene within a second exposure time; acquiring scene distance information of the scene based on the first image of the scene and the second image of the scene, wherein the ratio of the first pulse envelope of the first light pulse to the second pulse envelope of the second light pulse is a monotonic function of time.

Abstract: A laser radar (100) and a method (6000) for generating laser point cloud data. The laser radar (100) comprises: a laser transceiver (110), wherein the laser transceiver (110) comprises a laser emitter and a laser receiver, the laser receiver determines distance information (111) of the laser transceiver (110) away from an object on the basis of laser emitted by the laser emitter and reflected by the object, and the laser transceiver (110) does not record orientation information (112) of the object; a position sensor (120), the position sensor (120) determining the orientation information (112) of the object on the basis of the laser reflected by the object; and a processor (130), the processor (130) communicating with the laser transceiver (110) and the position sensor (120) and obtaining the laser point cloud data of the object on the basis of the distance information (111) and the orientation information (112).