Abstract: An image signal processor includes a first encoder receiving first image data for pixel data in a graphic image and performing compression on the first image data to generate first compressed data, an alpha map scaler extracting an alpha value ? of the graphic image from the first image data and generating an alpha map for the alpha value ? and a second encoder receiving the alpha map and second image data for pixel data in a video image, performing computation on the second image data using the alpha map to generate multiply data and performing compression on the multiply data to generate second compressed data.

Abstract: A photographing method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are disclosed. The photographing method includes: upon reception of a camera startup instruction, executing alternated steps of displaying an image on a display screen and acquiring an image with a camera, the alternated steps including setting the display screen into a transparent state after the display screen displays a frame of image; controlling the under-panel camera to acquire a frame of image, and sending the acquired image to the display screen for display; and returning to execute the alternated steps until an end instruction indicating completion of photographing is received. When the display screen is in the transparent state, light is allowed to enter the under-panel camera through the display screen.

Abstract: In implementations of context-based copy-paste systems, a computing device implements a context system to receive input data describing a selection of a vector object. The context system detects vicinity vector objects based on a bounding box of the vector object and bounding boxes of the vicinity vector objects. A transformation is identified based on similarities between the vicinity vector objects and target vector objects. The context system generates a modified vector object for display in a user interface by transforming the vector object using the transformation and reproducing the transformed vector object relative to a particular target vector object of the target vector objects.

Abstract: A method of providing an image to image translation using a style based generator architecture for generative adversarial networks. The method includes the step of applying a feature alignment loss function defined by: LossFA=?i=mnwi·L1(?(GSM)i,?(GTM)i) wherein GSM and GTM are respective generators of a source model and a target model, ?(·)i is the extraction of the ith layer of features and wi represents the weight of L1 loss at the ith layer, the L1 loss weight wi being reduced as layers decrease such that L1 loss at higher layers has a higher weight than the L1 loss at lower layers.

Abstract: A system and method to partition pores and throats in 2D or 3D scanned tomographic representations. To achieve partitioning, the methods employ a series of techniques that include the Maximum Inscribed Ball technique, Connected Component Labelling technique, and the 3D Binary Morphology technique.

Abstract: A method for managing a display of an information handling system includes: monitoring, by a display controller, a usage period of the display indicating a period of time in which the display is in an illuminated state; determining, by the display controller, that the usage period is greater than a threshold usage period; causing, by the display controller, a brightness level of the display to decrease; sending, by the display controller, a signal to a graphics processing unit; receiving, by the graphics processing unit, the signal; determining, by the graphics processing unit, a contrast level associated with one or more images presented to a user; determining, by the graphics processing unit, a gamma level associated with the one or more images; and processing, by the graphics processing unit, the one or more images based on the contrast level and the gamma level.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for computer aided design of physical structures include: producing a quad parameterization computer model (including quad parameter domains) of a polygon mesh, where quad parameter domain(s) adjacent to a boundary curve interpolate the boundary curve; and forming a computer model of a three dimensional object by constructing locally refinable surface representation(s) from the quad parameterization computer model, refining a boundary of the locally refinable surface representation(s) to approximate the boundary curve within a first tolerance value set in accordance with a smallest dimension representable by a geometry modeling kernel, freezing control points of the locally refinable surface representation(s) at the boundary, and modifying remaining interior portions of the locally refinable surface representation(s) to approximate the polygon mesh within a second tolerance value that is at least an order of magnitude larger than the first tolerance value.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating a purchase are described. A user logs in to a payment service provider site. The user provides authorization to use a one-page checkout service. The user's information is captured during the session, and a cookie is placed on the user's device. When the user goes on a merchant website and checks out using the payment service provider, the payment service provider detects the cookie on the user device. The payment service provider uses the cookie, and in one embodiment, centrally stored information, to populate the one-page checkout page with the last used payment. In various embodiments, the one-page checkout page also displays a shipping address.

Abstract: In implementations of repeat object blending, a computing device implements a repeat object blending system, which is implemented to receive a digital image depicting a first object and a second object, where the first object is depicted as multiple instances of a repeated base object, and the second object is depicted as multiple instances of a visually different repeated base object. The repeat object blending system can identify visual characteristics of the first object and the second object. The repeat object blending system can then generate an intermediate object by blending one or more of the visual characteristics of the first object and one or more of the visual characteristics of the second object. The resulting intermediate object is a visual representation of the repeated base object blended with the visually different repeated base object.

Abstract: Provided is a method and a device for correcting lateral chromatic aberration, a storage medium and a computer equipment. The method includes acquiring system parameters and pre-stored calibration data, obtaining the lateral chromatic aberration of a camera to be corrected by calculating the system parameters, and correcting the LCA by the calibration data. The lateral chromatic aberration of the camera lens may be corrected in terms of hardware and costs are saved.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a model for predicting the release profile of a controlled release device. The implant modeling system and models disclosed herein allow the accurate prediction of a release profile for a controlled release device based on features extracted from micro-resolution imagery. The models combine microstructural features that can be extracted at the XRCT resolution, including pore volume and connectivity, using erosion-dilation image analysis. This strategy allows prediction of release curves of the controlled release device using XRCT despite its resolution limitations.

Abstract: A driving method of a display device includes receiving a deterioration amount for a target pixel, calculating a first compensation amount for the target pixel based on the deterioration amount for the target pixel, receiving a gaze angle of a user with respect to the target pixel, selecting one of the first compensation amount and a second compensation amount based on the gaze angle, and calculating an output grayscale for the target pixel by applying the one of the first compensation amount and the second compensation amount to an input grayscale of the target pixel, where the second compensation amount is calculated based on the gaze angle, and the first compensation amount is calculated regardless of the gaze angle.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for performing primitive batch binning are disclosed. The method, computer system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium include techniques for generating a primitive batch from a plurality of primitives, computing respective bin intercepts for each of the plurality of primitives in the primitive batch, and shading the primitive batch by iteratively processing each of the respective bin intercepts computed until all of the respective bin intercepts are processed.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a panel region. The panel region includes a block, and the block includes a pixel. The display device further includes a temperature sensor sensing a region temperature of the panel region and a temperature estimator estimating a temperature of the display panel. The temperature estimator includes a stress calculator calculating an accumulated stress value corresponding to the block based on input image data, a temperature potential calculator calculating a temperature potential corresponding to the block based on the accumulated stress value and a resistance model related to a heat diffusion within the display panel, and a temperature calculator calculating a block temperature based on the region temperature and the temperature potential. The temperature of the display panel is estimated based on the block temperature.

Abstract: Aspects relate to tracing rays in 3-D scenes that comprise objects that are defined by or with implicit geometry. In an example, a trapping element defines a portion of 3-D space in which implicit geometry exist. When a ray is found to intersect a trapping element, a trapping element procedure is executed. The trapping element procedure may comprise marching a ray through a 3-D volume and evaluating a function that defines the implicit geometry for each current 3-D position of the ray. An intersection detected with the implicit geometry may be found concurrently with intersections for the same ray with explicitly-defined geometry, and data describing these intersections may be stored with the ray and resolved.

Abstract: A system for preparing a mission from a digital mapping, includes a mission editor generating mission elements that can change over the course of several determined temporal phases, including on a network a mission server, a mapping server, a server for sharing at least one centre of the map and a plurality of augmented reality headsets, at least one of the augmented reality headsets, called master headset, being able to generate at least one command for modifying the centre, each headset being able to receive at least two sets of elevation and terrain tiles from the mapping server, the mission server interfacing with the headsets to share and update the mission elements and to change them over time.

Abstract: Physical object boundary detection techniques and systems are described. In one example, an augmented reality module generates three dimensional point cloud data. This data describes depths at respective points within a physical environment that includes the physical object. A physical object boundary detection module is then employed to filter the point cloud data by removing points that correspond to a ground plane. The module then performs a nearest neighbor search to locate a subset of the points within the filtered point cloud data that correspond to the physical object. Based on this subset, the module projects the subset of points onto the ground plane to generate a two-dimensional boundary. The two-dimensional boundary is then extruded based on a height determined from a point having a maximum distance from the ground plane from the filtered cloud point data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting alternative image content of a physical display to different viewers, comprising: generating at least two different sets of image data, each set of image data comprising a sequence of individual images; displaying the images of said at least two sets of image data in a time-sliced multiplexed manner at a high frame rate on said physical display; generating at least one video stream of a scene which includes said physical display, said video stream consisting of video frames captured synchronously with the displaying of the images of one of said at least two sets of image data on said physical display, said captured video frames are transmitted to at least one video output at a standard frame rate, said video output being a physical video output of an intermediate processing unit or the physical video output of at least one camera unit; and transmitting said video stream to a sub-set of said viewers.

Abstract: Methods and systems for the display management of HDR video signals are presented. The mapping is based on tone mapping and color volume mapping which map an input signal with an input dynamic range and color volume to a target display with a target dynamic range and color volume. Both a global tone-mapping and precision-mapping methods using pyramid filtering are presented.

Abstract: An array processor includes processor element arrays (PEAs) distributed in rows and columns. The PEAs are configured to perform operations on parameter values. A first sequencer received a first direct memory access (DMA) instruction that includes a request to read data from at least one address in memory. A texture address (TA) engine requests the data from the memory based on the at least one address and a texture data (TD) engine provides the data to the PEAs. The PEAs provide first synchronization signals to the TD engine to indicate availability of registers for receiving the data. The TD engine provides second synchronization signals to the first sequencer in response to receiving acknowledgments that the PEAs have consumed the data.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for meshing a model of a physical electro-magnetic assembly is disclosed. The method includes separating the base mesh of the model into two domains and freezing the boundary between these domains. Each domain is then sent for mesh refinement by separate computer processors. Each computer processor generates a refined mesh of the respective domain without communication between processors. Two-way boundary mesh mapping is then performed, resulting in a global conformal mesh. Surface recovery and identity assignment are then performed by separate computer processors in parallel for each domain, without communication between processors. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, methods and articles are also described.

Abstract: An interventional control method based on a computer control system. An interventional control system is designed on the basis of an original computer control system; the analog-to-digital conversion unit of the interventional control system receives a signal from the data acquisition module of the original computer control system and said signal is processed by a control processing unit according to a built-in program; then a digital-to-analog conversion unit performs digital-to-analog conversion on the signal output by the control processing unit and then outputs a signal obtained after the digital-to-analog conversion to the analog-to-digital conversion unit of the original computer control system.

Abstract: Data characterizing an assembly/structure containing a first stage and a second stage are received in a computer system. The first stage can contain a first cyclic symmetry and the second stage can contain a second cyclic symmetry. The first cyclic symmetry and the second cyclic symmetry are different from each other. Each stage may be a 360-degree stage. The received data includes a first mesh representing the first stage and a second mesh representing the second stage. Multiple simulation results are obtained using corresponding models in respective dynamic analyses of the assembly. Each model includes a set of constraints for coupling the first mesh and the second mesh. The set of constraints is associated with a group of distinct linked harmonic indices. Physical behaviors of the assembly are then calculated using one or more sets of the simulation results. Constraints are in forms of constraint equations.

Abstract: Methods for CAD operations and corresponding systems (2100) and computer-readable mediums (2126) are disclosed herein. A method (2000) includes receiving model data (2002) of a surface (210) of a part (200) to be manufactured. The method includes performing a loop-paving process (2004) for a first portion of the surface (210) to produce a first set of elements (302, 304, 306). The method includes performing a Cartesian meshing process (2010) for a second portion of the surface (210) to produce a second set of elements (704). The method includes performing a subdivision meshing process (2016) for a third portion of the surface (210) to produce a third set of elements (1002). The method includes combining (2020) the first set of elements (302, 304, 306), the second set of elements (704), and the third set of elements (1002) to produce a final mesh (1202) for the surface (210) of the part (200) to be manufactured.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for retargeting a user's input digital design based on a selected template digital design. For example, in response to the user's selection of a template digital design, one or more embodiments described herein change various design features of the user's input digital design to match corresponding design features in the selected template digital design. One or more embodiments described herein also provide template digital designs to the user for use in retargeting after a two-step selection process that ensures the provided template digital designs are compatible with the user's input digital design.

Abstract: A stitching display system includes a control device and Q displays, and Q is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. A image processing method includes: obtaining at least one frame of initial image; splitting each initial image into Q first sub-images according to a resolution of each initial image and an arrangement of the Q displays; outputting the Q first sub-images obtained by splitting each initial image respectively to the Q displays; and displaying a first sub-image obtained by the each display according to a physical resolution of the each display.

Abstract: A method and system for synthetic data generation and analysis includes generating a synthetic dataset. A set of parameters is determined and scenarios are generated from the parameters that represent three-dimensional scenes. Synthetic images are rendered for the scenarios. A synthetic dataset may be formed to have a controlled variation in attributes of synthetic images over a synthetic dataset. The synthetic dataset may be used for training or evaluating a machine learning model.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to a method for processing three dimensional (3D) models. The method comprises categorizing the 3D models into geometrical characteristic categories, creating a geometrical template corresponding to each category, determining a label placement for each geometrical template, assigning a label to each 3D model based on the determined label placement and assigning a packing position to the 3D models based on their corresponding template. The method is such that some categories comprise more than one 3D model.

Abstract: The application discloses an image display device and a control method thereof. The control method for the image display device includes: receiving a first image signal from a host and displaying a frame, a first frame data of the first image signal having a first frequency; determining that the image display device enters a Motion Blur Reduction (MBR) mode and writing a double frequency of a vertical synchronous signal into a storage unit; and informing the host to read the storage unit and alternatively outputting a second frame data and a black-insertion frame data from the host, the second frame data having a second frequency higher than the first frequency.

Abstract: Systems and methods for constructing a three-dimensional virtual reality model of a property are disclosed. An exemplary system includes a storage device configured to store a structure mesh of the three-dimensional virtual reality model and texture images captured of the property. The system further includes at least one processor configured to extract a planar area from the structure mesh of the three-dimensional virtual reality model. The at least one processor is further configured to obtain initial texture patches for the planar area from the texture images, determine a target texture patch for the planar area from the initial texture patches projected to an imaging plane of a virtual camera, and add the target texture patch to a texture atlas. The at least one processor is also configured to construct the three-dimensional virtual reality model by mapping the texture atlas to the structure mesh of the three-dimensional virtual reality model.

Abstract: An object texture measurement device includes a visual detection unit that detects a visual texture of an object, a tactile detection unit that detects a tactile texture of the object, and an acquisition unit that acquires a detection result of each of the visual detection unit and the tactile detection unit while relatively moving each of the visual detection unit and the tactile detection unit with respect to the object.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for management of user interface elements based on historical configuration data. Use of historical configuration data to render user interface elements improves usability of graphical user interfaces by maintaining a consistent user experience. The states of user interface objects in a hosting environment are retained as historical configuration data and linked to a hosting environment profile. When the same or similar hosting environment is detected, the user interface elements are rendered based on the historical configuration data. For example, the last positions of windows in a particular monitor topology are stored as historical configuration data linked to that monitor topology. The windows are returned to their previous positions when a computing device is next configured with the same or similar monitor topology.

Abstract: The present application relates to a system for providing alert notifications of possible vehicle contact events including a vehicle controller for determining a first velocity of a host vehicle, a sensor for determining a second velocity of a proximate vehicle, a processor configured for predicting a time of intersection of the first velocity and the second velocity generating a control signal in response to the time of intersection being less than a first threshold time, and a controller configured for providing a vehicle contact warning and performing a contact preparation action in response to the control signal.

Abstract: An electronic circuit adapted to drive a display panel is provided. The display panel includes touch sensors and fingerprint sensors. The electronic circuit includes a touch sensing circuit, a fingerprint sensing circuit and a display driving circuit. The touch sensing circuit senses a touch of a finger and determines a first area corresponding to the touch on the display panel. The fingerprint sensing circuit senses a fingerprint image of the finger corresponding to the first area. The display driving circuit drives pixels of the first area with respective first gray levels and pixels of a second area outside the first area with respective second gray levels. The display driving circuit processes respective third gray levels to obtain the respective second gray levels. The display driving circuit generates gamma voltages corresponding to the respective first gray levels and the respective second gray levels according to the same gamma curve.

Abstract: A time-series feature extraction apparatus has a coefficient outputter to output a coefficient to be used in calculation for classifying time series data into a plurality of segments, a segment position outputter to perform calculation for classifying the time series data into the plurality of segments based on the coefficient to output information on boundary positions of the plurality of segments, a cluster classifier to classify the plurality of segments into a certain number of plurality of clusters equal to or smaller than a certain number of the plurality of segments, a representative element outputter to output a representative element which represents a local feature of each of the plurality of clusters and is set for each of the plurality of segments, a feature degree calculator to calculate a feature degree of the representative element, and a representative element updater to update the representative element based on the feature degree.

Abstract: Position-based rendering apparatus and method for multi-die/GPU graphics processing. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: distributing a plurality of graphics draws to a plurality of graphics processors; performing position-only shading using vertex data associated with tiles of a first draw on a first graphics processor, the first graphics processor responsively generating visibility data for each of the tiles; distributing subsets of the visibility data associated with different subsets of the tiles to different graphics processors; limiting geometry work to be performed on each tile by each graphics processor using the visibility data, each graphics processor to responsively generate rendered tiles; and wherein the rendered tiles are combined to generate a complete image frame.

Abstract: A compiler configured to configure memory nodes with a ready-to-read credit counter and a write credit counter. The ready-to-read credit counter of a particular upstream memory node initialized with as many read credits as a buffer depth of a corresponding downstream memory node. The ready-to-read credit counter configured to decrement when a buffer data unit is written by the particular upstream memory node into the corresponding downstream memory node, and to increment when the particular upstream memory node receives from the corresponding downstream memory node a read ready token. The write credit counter of the particular upstream memory node initialized with one or more write credits and configured to decrement when the particular upstream memory node begins writing the buffer data unit into the corresponding downstream memory node, and to increment when the particular upstream memory node receives from the corresponding downstream memory node a write done token.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining driving scene, and a vehicle are provided. The method includes: acquiring current driving data collected by a preset collection component; comparing the current driving data with a preset driving data threshold; and determining a current driving scene according to a comparison result between the current driving data and the threshold.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a model using parameter server shards. One of the methods includes receiving, at a parameter server shard configured to maintain values of a disjoint partition of the parameters of the model, a succession of respective requests for parameter values from each of a plurality of replicas of the model; in response to each request, downloading a current value of each requested parameter to the replica from which the request was received; receiving a succession of uploads, each upload including respective delta values for each of the parameters in the partition maintained by the shard; and updating values of the parameters in the partition maintained by the parameter server shard repeatedly based on the uploads of delta values to generate current parameter values.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus is disclosed, where the image processing method includes receiving an image including frames captured over a time period in an illumination environment including alternating current (AC) light, estimating a specular chromaticity and a diffuse chromaticity of the image based on the frames, determining a weight of each of the specular chromaticity and the diffuse chromaticity based on a frame of the frames, and correcting the image based on the specular chromaticity, the diffuse chromaticity, the weight of the specular chromaticity, and the weight of the diffuse chromaticity.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for displaying a map to guide a user in a venue is provided. The method comprises generating a first view comprising a map of at least one floor of the venue with one or more cartographic elements representing positions of one or more floor connectors in the at least one floor. The method further comprises causing display of the first view on a display unit of a user device. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of one of the one or more cartographic elements via the display unit. The method further comprises generating a second view comprising at least one graphic element to indicate one or more possible directions of movement via the floor connector. The method further comprises causing display of the second view on the display unit of the user device.

Abstract: A method for generating a plurality of on-screen display (OSD) data is used in a back-end (BE) circuit. The BE circuit is configured to process a plurality of image data to be displayed on a display device. The method includes steps of: receiving the plurality of image data from an application processor (AP); and extracting information of a detecting layer embedded in the plurality of image data, wherein the information of the detecting layer indicates the plurality of OSD data corresponding to at least one user-interface (UI) layer in the plurality of image data.

Abstract: Two-dimensional compositing that preserves the curvatures of non-flat surfaces is disclosed. In some embodiments, a mapping is associated with a two-dimensional rendering that maps a potentially variable portion of the two-dimensional rendering to a canvas. The mapping is generated from a three-dimensional model of the potentially variable portion of the two-dimensional rendering. The potentially variable portion of the two-dimensional rendering is dynamically modified according to the mapping to reflect content comprising the canvas or edits received with respect to the canvas.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide away to render edges of an object defined by multiple tessellation triangles. More particularly, systems, apparatuses and methods may provide a way to perform anti-aliasing at the edges of the object based on a coarse pixel rate, where the coarse pixels may be based on a coarse Z value indicate a resolution or granularity of detail of the coarse pixel. The systems, apparatuses and methods may use a shader dispatch engine to dispatch raster rules to a pixel shader to direct the pixel shader to include, in a tile and/or tessellation triangle, one more finer coarse pixels based on a percent of coverage provided by a finer coarse pixel of a tessellation triangle at or along the edge of the object.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for creating a computerized 3D model to include material property information for one or more regions of image textures of the computerized 3D model, including a method comprising: creating a computerized 3D model having image textures; examining a portion of a first image texture of the computerized 3D model having unknown material properties; assigning a material having a material property to the portion of the first image texture to indicate a physical material of a physical object represented by the portion of the first image texture, the material property having material property information about the physical materials; associating the material property information with the portion of the first image texture; and replacing the portion of the first image texture in the 3D model with a simulated texture of the assigned material.

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically transitioning content based on facial recognition, wherein the method may include receiving a signal from a camera, identifying a face of a viewer within an area, retrieving a user identifier associated with the face of the viewer, selecting a program, and displaying the program.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for providing messaging participant identity leak prevention. An example methodology implementing the techniques includes, receiving, by a computing device, a message from a sender to a recipient via a software application running on the computing device, the software application having a non-confidential messaging view and a confidential messaging view. The method also includes determining a message type of the message, the message type is one of a non-confidential message or a confidential message, and displaying the message in the confidential messaging view of the software application in response to a determination that the message type indicates a confidential message, the confidential messaging view being distinct from the non-confidential messaging view, wherein messaging participant identity information is obfuscated in the display of the message in the confidential messaging view.

Abstract: A method for displaying simulation images through clicking and rolling operations is provided. A client device executes an application program to display a carrying object on a display unit. Then, the application program generates a click event at the carrying object according to the client device and produces the corresponding event result by displaying at least one structural object on the carrying object. When the click event ends, at least one template object is loaded. The client device then rolls and thereby removes the carrying object such that the at least one structural object is superimposed on the template object to complete a superimposed display.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for remote camera-assisted robot guidance are disclosed. A method includes obtaining images of objects approaching a door of a property; identifying candidate paths to the door based on the images of the objects approaching the door of the property; determining movement capabilities of the objects; storing the candidate paths to the door labeled by the movement capabilities of the objects that took the paths; determining capability information for a robot at the property that indicates movement capabilities of the robot; selecting, from the candidate paths, a path for the robot to take to the door based on the movement capabilities of the robot and the labels of the candidate paths; and providing guidance information to the robot that guides the robot to the door along the selected path.

Abstract: A system for transferring a mesh into a 3D mesh, includes: a mesh receiving unit receiving a first mesh and a second mesh; a mapping unit mapping the mesh onto the 3D mesh, thereby generating a combined mesh comprising combined vertices; an intersection calculating unit calculating intersection vertices formed between the mesh and the 3D mesh in the combined mesh and further configured to add the intersection vertices to the combined mesh; and an edge calculating unit calculating combined edges between the intersection vertices and the combined vertices. The edge calculating unit is further configured to add the combined edges to the combined mesh.