Abstract: The present invention is applicable to the technical field of panoramic videos. Provided are a panoramic video clip method, apparatus and device, and a storage medium. The method comprises acquiring a panoramic video photographed by means of a panoramic camera, and recording an advancing-direction viewing angle of the panoramic camera during moving photographing; carrying out a frame extraction operation on the acquired panoramic video to obtain a corresponding panoramic video frame, carrying out significant target detection on the panoramic video frame, tracking a detected significant target by using a preset target tracking algorithm, and acquiring a viewing angle at which the tracked significant target is located; and clipping the panoramic video according to the advancing-direction viewing angle and the viewing angle at which the significant target is located, so as to generate a target video corresponding to the panoramic video.

Abstract: A light guide designed to be mounted in a vehicle includes a coupling portion presenting an input face, a main portion adjacent to said coupling portion, and a light output surface extending at least along the main portion. The light guide is arranged in such a way that light rays that enter into the light guide through the input face are propagated by total internal reflection along the coupling portion and then along the main portion, before reaching out of the light guide trough the output surface. The light input face is flat and has a periphery that is formed by only five edges of substantially the same size, these edges joining together such that they form five angles with substantially the same value.

Abstract: A method for adapting a setpoint for a digital lighting unit, which is intended to be projected by a digital lighting unit of a motor vehicle, which includes a matrix light source and an optical system. The method includes a step of applying digital filtering to the digital setpoint. The filter used is capable of anticipating geometric aberrations induced by said optical system when projecting a digital setpoint.

Abstract: A navigational system for a host vehicle may comprise at least one processor. The processor may be programmed to receive an image representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the image to identify a navigational state associated with the host vehicle; and determine, based on the navigational state, a navigational action for the host vehicle based on a policy that maps possible navigational actions to sensed states. The navigational action may be based on a safety constraint applicable to the navigational state, the safety constraint including a safety distance constraint associated with the host vehicle, wherein the safety distance constraint is based on a determined speed of the host vehicle and a determined speed of a detected target object. The processor may cause an adjustment of a navigational actuator of the host vehicle to implement the determined navigational action.

Abstract: A system for detection and identification of objects and obstacles near, between or on railway comprise several forward-looking imagers adapted to cover each different range forward and preferably to be sensitive each to different wavelength of radiation, including visible light, LWIR, and SWIR. The substantially homogeneous temperature along the rail the image of which is included in an imager frame assists in identifying and distinguishing the rail from the background Image processing is applied to define living creature in the image frame and to distinguish from a man-made object based on temperature of the body. Electro optic sensors (e.g. thermal infrared imaging sensor and visible band imaging sensor) are used to survey and monitor railway scenes in real time.

Abstract: A lighting device comprising a plurality of lighting modules arranged concentrically about an optical axis is disclosed wherein the plurality of lighting modules emit light in at least one of a plurality of wavelength ranges (UV, visible (e.g., blue, green, yellow, orange, red, white, etc.), IR) and are arranged at a non-parallel angle to an optical axis of the lighting device, wherein the emitted light is directed towards a lens system that focuses the light onto a viewing point. A second lighting device is disclosed, wherein the lighting device comprises a plurality of lighting modules arranged concentrically about an inner circumference of the lighting device, wherein the plurality of lighting modules emit light in at least one of a plurality of wavelength ranges (UV, visible (e.g., blue, green, yellow, orange, red, white, etc.), IR) onto a lighting director device that redirects the emitted light toward a lens system that focuses the light onto a viewing point.

Abstract: Ophthalmic imaging devices and related methods employ self-alignment of a user with an optical axis of the imaging device. An ophthalmic imaging device includes a retinal imaging assembly, a housing assembly, and a viewer assembly. The retinal imaging assembly has an optical axis. The retinal imaging assembly is attached to the housing. The housing assembly is configured to rest on a horizontal surface during operation of the retinal imaging assembly. The optical axis is oriented at an angle from the horizontal surface when the housing assembly rests on the horizontal surface. The viewer assembly is coupled with the housing assembly. The viewer assembly includes an interface surface shaped for engagement with each head of a plurality of different user's and to accommodate repositioning of the head to align a pupil of the user with the optical axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for aggregating informational reports. In one implementation, at least one processor may be programmed to receive an informational vehicle report identifying a detected event; store the report in a database in association with a first cell; query a second cell within a predetermined distance of the first cell; and determine whether the second cell is associated with the detected event. When the second cell is associated with the detected event the processor may aggregate information from the first and second cells to provide an aggregated cluster and generate an event report based on the aggregated cluster. When the second cell is not associated with an information cluster associated with the detected event, the processor may generate the event report based on the stored informational vehicle report. The processor may then transmit the event report to one or more vehicles.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method determines at least one visual parameter of at least one eye of a person. A first visual stimulus and a second visual stimulus are displayed at the same time on a screen effecting a resulting eye movement depending on the at least one visual parameter. The first visual stimulus or the second visual stimulus is a pursuit stimulus. An apparatus for determining a visual parameter of at least one eye of a person is also disclosed. By displaying the at least one first visual stimulus and the at least one second visual stimulus, particularly with at least one differing visual stimulus parameter, at the same time on the screen, a more robust and more exact determination of the visual parameter is achieved compared to a method wherein only one visual stimulus is being displayed.

Abstract: A method for identifying a scene, comprising a computing device receiving a plurality of data points corresponding to a scene; the computing device determining one or more subsets of data points from the plurality of data points that are indicative of at least one sub-scene in said scene, said at least one sub-scene displayed on a display device that is part of said scene, wherein said at least one sub-scene does not represent said scene; the computing device categorizing said scene, disregarding said at least one sub-scene, wherein the categorizing includes interpreting said scene by a computer vision system such that said at least one sub-scene is not taken into account in the categorizing of said scene.

Abstract: A device configured to transcribe an appearance of a human being, including a common housing holding an image capturing sensor, a computing device having a data processor, and a computer program product including a first machine learning model trained for detecting and labeling human beings, a second machine learning model trained for detecting appearances of human beings and a transcription module to transcribe the detected appearances of human beings to text.

Abstract: A camera apparatus includes a housing, a lens included in the housing, a plurality of light sources arranged around the lens, an illuminance sensor, a first cover covering an end of the lens, a first window mounted on the first cover corresponding to the lens, and a second window mounted on the first cover corresponding to the illuminance sensor.

Abstract: An improved convolution kernel system and method may be used to improve performance of analysis of input image data for autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle navigation. A processing circuit may be used to apply a convolution kernel on the input data to provide output data that comprises output data segments. The application may include repeating scanning and summing, including parallel scanning input data segments of the different input channels and of the input data depth value to provide first intermediate results associated with the input data depth value, and summing first intermediate results associated with a same output data channel and with different input depth values to provide, per each output data channel, a second result. The output analyzed image data may be used to generate a vehicle control signal, such as automatic control of braking, acceleration, or steering of a vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to searching an image database. A system may include at least one processor comprising circuitry and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that, when executed by the circuitry cause the at least one processor to: receive a first user input including one or more scenario descriptors, identify in a database an initial plurality of images based on the first user input and display the initial plurality of images to a user. The processor may be further configured to receive a second user input wherein the second user input identifies at least one of the initial plurality of images. The at least one processor may identify a refined plurality of images in the database based on the one or more scenario descriptors in combination with the second user input and display the refined plurality of images to the user.

Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting system of a host motor vehicle with a plurality of selectively controllable elementary light sources, each able to emit an elementary light beam with the vertical angular opening of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object by a sensor system. Determining a vertical angle between a given point of the sensor system of the host vehicle and a detected point of the target object. Determining, from the vertical angle, a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the lighting system and, respectively, an upper cut-off and a lower cut-off intended to together vertically border the target object. Controlling the elementary light sources to emit a pixelated road light beam, as a function of the lower and upper angles, to generate, in the light beam, a dark area extending substantially between the upper and lower cut-offs.

Abstract: A safety device for a vehicle including a memory configured to store instructions; one or more processors coupled to the memory to execute the instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions implement a safety driving model for the vehicle to determine a safety driving state for the vehicle, wherein determining includes obtaining data for one or more objects in a vehicle environment of the vehicle, wherein the data comprises motion data associated with at least one object of the one or more objects; determining a predicted motion trajectory for at least one object of the one or more objects; determining whether a risk indicating a risk of a collision for the vehicle and the at least one or more objects exceeds a predefined risk threshold; and generating an information that the risk exceeds the predefined risk threshold to be considered in determining the safety driving state for the vehicle.

Abstract: A eyewear comprising a heads-up display provides information to a user without the user losing focus on a work area is presented. The eyewear further includes magnification devices that are oriented within the eyewear to magnify the work area. The heads-up displays information provides information to the user in a manner such that the user may view the provided information without changing their orientation or eye position.

Abstract: A process for mounting a light component on a carrier. The light component includes a generally planar substrate, on a first face of which submillimetre-sized electroluminescent semiconductor elements are epitaxied in the form of a matrix. The process is noteworthy in that it eliminates the need for a layer of filler material between the component and the carrier, while providing good thermal and electrical conductivity between the component and the carrier and high mechanical strength.

Abstract: Disclosed is a surgical instrument directed to phacoemulsification for cataract eye surgery. The instrument generally includes a dual frequency voltage producing circuit comprising a low-frequency voltage pathway with a low-frequency LC Network and a high-frequency voltage pathway with a high-frequency LC network. A phacoemulsification needle extends from a handpiece able to be driven by a piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric transducer is electrically connected to the dual frequency voltage producing circuit. The high-frequency voltage pathway is electrically tuned with the physical high natural frequency of the handpiece and the low-frequency voltage pathway is electrically tuned with the physical low natural frequency of the handpiece for efficient transfer of energy.