Abstract: A system of cameras onboard an aircraft including a camera assembly and a video data management assembly is disclosed herein. The camera assembly is modified to aid the pilots of an aircraft by providing a continuous visual stream of different sections of the aircraft. The visual aid provided to the pilots from the camera assembly will aid the pilots in identifying problems and solutions in the event of an emergency. The system for cameras onboard an aircraft further includes a video data management computer is modified to record and store the date being streamed from the cameras located on the aircraft to a computer. Additionally, the video selector unit is adapted to allow the pilots to switch between different views of the cameras. Furthermore, the video data management computer will stream the video feed of the cockpit camera to maintenance control of the aircraft in the event of an emergency.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a display panel; a biometric sensor module disposed on the back surface of the display panel; a processor electrically connected to the display panel and the biometric sensor module, and configured to acquire biometric information by using the biometric sensor module; a first adhesive member filling the gap formed between the back surface of the display panel and the biometric sensor module; and a second adhesive member applied on the first adhesive member, wherein the biometric sensor module can be attached to the back surface of the display panel by using the second adhesive member. In addition, other embodiments are possible.

Abstract: A method for video coding includes encoding or decoding a coding block in a current picture with an affine motion model based inter-picture prediction method in a video coding system, storing affine motion information of the coding block in a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer that is configured for storing affine motion information candidates each including affine motion information of a processed affine-coded coding block, and constructing a motion candidate list for a current block that includes at least one candidate selected from the affine motion information candidates stored in the HMVP buffer or derived from one of the affine motion information candidates stored in the HMVP buffer.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to video analytics encoding for improved efficiency of video processing and compression. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a memory to store data, including data for video streaming, and a video processing mechanism, wherein the video processing mechanism is to analyze video data and generate video analytics, generate metadata representing the video analytics and insert the generated video analytics metadata into a message, and transmit the video data and the metadata to a succeeding apparatus or system in a video analytics pipeline, the video data being compressed video data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system of historical emotion based driver advanced assistance. In this method, a combination of external environment to a vehicle on which the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) is mounted fetched by forward looking cameras is combined with rear looking camera for internal environment or driver state, is generated. The generated combination is utilized to analyze is there is any critical situation that is upcoming. For providing feedback for such situation, the ADAS fetches a historical combination situation similar to the current situation combination. The intensity of the feedback is varied as per the driver reaction to the feedback provided to the driver at such historical combination situation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a self-contained breathing apparatus having a face piece vision system. In one aspect, the vision system includes a display component having an active matrix display device and a transparent heads-up display configured to be aligned with an eye of a user wearing the self-contained breathing device, and an infrared sensor component having an infrared lens assembly and an infrared image sensor for capturing an infrared image of a potential heat source that is projected to the transparent heads-up display.

Abstract: Encoding a digital image divided into a plurality of blocks of pixels processed in a defined order, including the following steps, implemented for a current block, with preset sizes: predicting values of the current block from at least one block previously processed; calculating a residual block by subtracting the predicted values from the original values of the current block; obtaining a residual block by applying a transform to pixels of the residual block, said transformed residual block comprising coefficients; encoding the transformed residual block; calculating at least one characteristic representative of at least one transformed residual coefficient of the current block; determining initial identification data representative of a sub-list of at least one transform associated with said at least one calculated characteristic; and verifying that the transform applied to the current block is part of the sub-list identified by the initial data.

Abstract: A 3D test chart, an adjusting arrangement, a forming method, and an adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The 3D test chart provides a plurality of test patterns arranged at different depths. When testing a photographic arrangement, the photographic arrangement is only required to move for one time or even does not need to be moved, so as to obtain an image containing information of different depths, so that the testing and adjusting process of the photographic arrangement can be easily achieved.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a video communication environment for encoding and/or decoding video frames in accordance with various video coding formats utilizing various coding parameters. The video communication environment can include one or more encoding verification circuit and/or decoding verification circuit throughout which utilizes the various coding parameters to model dynamics of decoding various encoded video frames and/or display timing for displaying various decoded video frames. This modeling of the dynamics of decoding and/or display timing can be used to verify whether these various encoded video frames, once decoded, can be displayed smoothly, for example, without jitter. In some situations, the modeling of the dynamics of decoding and/or display timing can be used to guide decoding and/or display process to display the various decoded video frames smoothly.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer readable media for receiving a multiprogram program transport service that includes one or more compressed video services and one or more 3D-2D conversion options, generating an uncompressed video signal by performing a decoding portion of a transcoding operation for one of the one or more of the video services, determining from the 3D-2D conversion option whether a 3D-2D conversion is to be performed, performing a scale conversion on the uncompressed video according to a specified type of 3D-2D conversion, generating a compressed video service by performing an encoding portion of a transcoding operation on the uncompressed video that has been scale converted, and generating a second multiprogram program transport service that includes the compressed video signal that has been 3D-2D converted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of decoding sample adaptive offset type index data from a received stream of encoded video data. The method determines an arithmetically encoded first portion of a sample adaptive offset type index value from the stream of video data, and a bypass encoded second portion of the sample adaptive offset type index value when the first portion indicates that the second portion will be present in the stream of video data. The method decodes the sample adaptive offset type index from a combination of the decoded first and second portions of the sample adaptive offset type index values. The sample adaptive offset type index data is used to select one of a plurality of offsets in digital video decoding. Corresponding methods of encoding are also disclosed.

Abstract: A light sheet microscope for simultaneous imaging of several object planes illuminated by a light sheet includes a camera and a detection optic defining a detection light beam between the light sheet and the camera. The object planes are arranged around the focal plane of the detection optic. The detection optic can include a microlens array.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for providing improved video or image encoding, including adaptive prediction structures for encoding video frames. In some examples, systems, methods, and computer-readable media can include obtaining a sequence of frames; determining, based on frame statistics associated with a first frame in the sequence of frames, a prediction structure for encoding the sequence of frames, the prediction structure defining an order in which frames in the sequence of frames are encoded and a prediction distance representing a maximum distance permitted between referencing frames and reference frames in the sequence of frames, and the frame statistics indicating an amount of motion in the first frame. The systems, methods, and computer-readable media can also include encoding one or more of the sequence of frames based on the prediction structure.

Abstract: A method and an arrangement for optically capturing an object with a light pattern projection are provided. The method includes projecting a predetermined number of light patterns on the object, capturing at least one image of the object when each of a respective light pattern is projected to obtain position location dependent image intensity values for a respective projected light pattern, determining a linear combination of the predetermined number of light patterns, and generating a synthesized image intensity value for at least one image location in the image plane which corresponds to an area of the local region. The synthesized image intensity value at the image location is determined by a linear combination of the image intensity values which includes the linear combination of the projection intensity values for the local region, and the projection intensity values are replaced by the image intensity values at the image location.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system of historical reaction based driver advanced assistance. In this method, a combination of external environment to a vehicle on which the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) is mounted fetched by forward looking cameras is combined with rear looking camera for internal environment or driver state, is generated. The generated combination is utilized to analyze is there is any critical situation that is upcoming. For providing feedback for such situation, processor within the ADAS transmits the current combination situation to a remote server that stores historical feedback and driver reactions for various combination of situations. For the current combination situation, a historical combination situation is fetched and corresponding feedbacks analyzed and an ideal feedback, that has comparatively least number of negative driver reactions, is determined.

Abstract: A method for calibrating an object includes determining a position and an alignment of the object in a reference coordinate system, determining the position of at least three measurement spots by at least one capture apparatus, determining a target spot having a fixed spatial relationship with the measurement spots, determining a spatial relationship between the target spot and a tracking spot located on the object by virtue of the tracking spot being positioned at a calibration spot, and determining the spatial location of the calibration spot by a sensor.

Abstract: An endoscopy video feature enhancement platform (EVFEP) is connected to the output of any type endoscope system, and inputs and captures the output video. The video is visually augmented live with indicators of possible polyp detection and localization, polyp attributes, and procedure metrics, based on the collective learning of the output results of many different types of endoscopy systems on a large scale. An artificial intelligence model is trained on confirmed polyp detection previously determined by this and other EVFEP devices used with many different types of endoscope systems on a large scale. Augmented video, images and automatically generated short video clips of key procedure segments are passed to a reporting system, and supplemented with meta data.

Abstract: A subtitle encoding device for transmitting a bitmap subtitle for insertion in an image using a progressive type scan including a controller configured to: indicate, in an interlace subtitle system, that a top field block length is zero; and provide the bitmap subtitle in a bottom field of the interlace subtitle system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for searching multimedia data for a highlighted interval, comprising the steps of: parsing the multimedia data into at least one frame; partially decompressing the at least one frame; extracting at least one metadata parameter from the at least one partially decompressed frame; and determining a highlighted interval of the multimedia data based on the at least one metadata parameter.

Abstract: A movement detection circuit, a motion estimation circuit and associated movement detection method are provided. The movement detection circuit includes a candidate searching module including a first-frame and a second-frame candidate circuits, an object selection module including a first selection circuit, a second selection circuit, and a motion vector calculation circuit. The first-frame and the second-frame candidate circuits respectively locate a first and a second first-frame candidate positions in the first frame and locates a first and a second second-frame candidate positions in the second frame. The first-frame object selection circuit identifies one of the first and the second first-frame candidate positions as a first-frame object position, and the second-frame object selection circuit identifies one of the first and the second second-frame candidate positions as a second-frame object position.