Abstract: The present invention relates to a bridge inspecting device for inspecting a structure of a bridge. The device includes a vehicle, a pendulum mechanism and at least one image sensing device. The vehicle has an arm and is stably parked at an edge of the bridge. The pendulum mechanism has an end movably secured to the arm and the pendulum mechanism has at least one pendulum element. The at least one image sensing device is connected to another end of the pendulum mechanism.

Abstract: An imaging system having a first laser emitting a light beam to illuminate the object is provided. The system includes first and second beam splitters. The first beam splitter combines a first light beam portion and a third light beam portion emitted from a second laser to form a first interference pattern. The second beam splitter combines a second light beam portion and a fourth light beam portion to form a second interference pattern. The system includes digital cameras generating raw image data based on the first and second interference patterns, and a computer processing the raw image data to obtain synthetic image plane data.

Abstract: An inspection system for flat objects, especially wafers and dies, including: a handling system for loading objects into the inspection system; a sensor assembly for receiving images or measuring values of the object surface or parts of the object surface; a driving assembly for generating a relative movement between the objects and the sensor assembly, where a movement is effected between objects relative to the sensor assembly along a first trajectory; wherein at least one further sensor assembly is provided, and the driving assembly is adapted to generate a further relative movement, where a movement of different objects relative to the sensor assembly can be generated on at least a second trajectory in order to allow at least two objects to be treated simultaneously.

Abstract: An encoder includes a motion estimation module configured to perform motion estimation of a current frame based on at least one reference frame, a motion compensation module configured to generate a signal including a compensation image for the current frame from the at least one reference frame using a result of the motion estimation performed by the motion estimation module, and a coded block pattern (CBP) estimation module configured to estimate a CBP based on the signal output from the motion compensation module.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a direction based on an angle of a reference wall is provided. A mobile device uses an angle of a horizontal feature from an image to calibrate a sensor and future sensor measurements. The angle of the horizontal feature is determined by image processing and this angle is mapped to one of four assumed parallel or perpendicular angles of an interior of a building. A sensor correction value is determined from a difference between the sensor-determined angle and the image-processing determined angle. The image processing determined angle is assumed to be very accurate and without accumulated errors or offsets that the sensor measurements may contain.

Abstract: Improved field-of-illumination (FOI) and field-of-view (FOV) matching for 3D time-of-flight cameras is provided using light emitters with rectangular reflectors. A better adjustment of the FOI with the camera's FOV has the following advantages: optimal use of emitted light and reduced multi-path problems. Furthermore, embodiments bring the benefit for rather low-cost customization of the illumination to match the FOI to the specified FOV.

Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus includes: an input unit which receives a 3D input signal including a left-eye input signal and a right-eye input signal; an image processing unit which performs image processing on the 3D input signal inputted to the input unit, to generate a 3D output signal including a left-eye output signal and a right-eye output signal; an image converting unit which extracts one of the left-eye output signal and the right-eye output signal from the 3D output signal generated by the image processing unit, to generate a 2D output signal; a 3D output terminal which outputs the 3D output signal generated by the image processing unit; and a 2D output terminal which outputs the 2D output signal generated by the image converting unit, in parallel with the output of the 3D output signal from the 3D output terminal.

Abstract: An image processing device for detecting a skin area representing the skin of a person in an image obtained by imaging an object, includes: a first light source section emitting light having a first wavelength; a second light source section emitting light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; an imaging section imaging an object illuminated by the light having the first wavelength and imaging an object illuminated by the light having the second wavelength; a detecting section detecting a skin area in either first or second image respectively obtained by imaging the object illuminated by the light having the first or second wavelength based on the first and the second images; and a substrate on which the first and second light emitting sections are disposed integrally with the imaging section and the detecting section in such positions that the light emitting sections are symmetric about the imaging section.

Abstract: An auto-stereoscopic display which includes a screen substrate having a first face and a second face. A lenticular array having a plurality of lenticules extending in a first direction and a second direction is affixed to the first face. A plurality of first elongated light filters is affixed to the second face. The first elongated light filters extend parallel to the plurality of lenticules and are adapted to pass light waves having a first orientation. A plurality of second elongated light filters extending parallel to the plurality of lenticules is affixed to the second face and adapted to pass light waves having a second orientation.

Abstract: A robot vision system provides images to a remote robot viewing station, using a single long wave infrared camera on-board the robot. An optical system, also on-board the robot, has mirrors that divide the camera's field of view so that the camera receives a stereoscopic image pair. An image processing unit at the viewing station receives image data from the camera and processes the image data to provide a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video signal processor including: a combining process section adapted to superimpose a first marker signal on a first video signal component at a specific position and superimpose a second marker signal on a second video signal component at roughly the same position as the specific position; and a control section adapted to control the condition of superimposition of the first and second marker signals so that an image appears to indicate that the first and second marker signals are combined correctly when the first and second video signal components are combined in a correct phase relationship, and so that an image appears to indicate that the first and second marker signals are combined incorrectly if the first and second video signal components are combined in an incorrect phase relationship.

Abstract: An imaging method includes: calculating an amount of parallax between a reference optical system and an adjustment target optical system; setting coordinates of an imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image outputted by the reference optical system; calculating coordinates of an imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the second viewpoint image outputted by the adjustment target optical system, based on the set coordinates of the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image, and on the calculated amount of parallax; and adjusting imaging conditions of the reference optical system and the adjustment target optical system, based on image data in the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image, at the set coordinates, and on image data in the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the second viewpoint image, at the calculated coordinates, and outputting the viewpoint images in the a

Abstract: A distance measuring apparatus includes: a number of simple lenses in substantially the same shape, on which light that has come from the object of range finding is incident; and an image capturing section, which has a number of image capturing areas and which captures the images of the object of range finding that have been produced by the respective simple lenses on their associated image capturing areas. The lens surfaces of each lens that are opposed to the object of range finding and the image capturing section, respectively, are only aspheric refracting surfaces. In each of the simple lenses, the paraxial radii of curvature R1 and R2 of the lens surfaces that are opposed to the object of range finding and the image capturing section, respectively, and its focus length f satisfy the condition ?2.4?f(1/R1+1/R2)??0.6.

Abstract: A motion estimation method, applied to an image frame having a time constraint, includes calculating an available time for estimating a motion vector of a block unit of the image frame; and selectively performing at least one stage of a plurality of motion estimation stages according to the available time to estimate the motion vector of the block unit.

Abstract: An adaptive temporal motion filter for a video decoder system operates in an infinite impulse response (IIR), a max or a bypass mode. The adaptive temporal motion filter includes an adaptive time constant control module and a filter gain module. A gain factor of the filter gain module is varied by the adaptive time constant control module for every pixel in a current composite video signal. The adaptive time constant control module selects a variable gain for the filter gain module based on the motion magnitude, motion polarity and chroma luma status of the pixel.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a holding unit holding a substrate; a rotation driving unit rotating the substrate held on the holding unit; a moving mechanism moving the holding unit between a delivery position and an edge exposure position; an exposure unit provided on the edge exposure position side and exposing an edge portion of a coating film above the substrate held on the holding unit; an image capturing unit provided on the edge exposure position side and above the exposure unit and capturing an image of the substrate held on the holding unit; and a direction change unit changing a direction of an optical path formed between the substrate held on the holding unit and the image capturing unit. The direction change unit includes a first reflecting mirror, a second reflecting mirror, and a third reflecting mirror.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a change-between-images calculating unit that calculates an amount of change between images in time-series images sequentially obtained, the amount of change between images indicating an amount of change between each of the time-series images and a close image temporally close to the each of the time-series images; a primary-digest-image-group extracting unit that extracts a group of primary digest images from the time-series images on the basis of the amount of change between images; a change-in-section calculating unit that calculates an amount of change between time-series sections of the time-series images, each of the time-series sections being defined by each image of the group of primary digest images; and a digest-image-group extracting unit that extracts a group of digest images from the time-series images on the basis of both the amount of change between images and the amount of change between time-series images.

Abstract: A method, consistent with certain implementations involves at a television remote controller housing that provides a user interface that provides access to controls for television functions and encloses a television remote controller circuit: receiving a 3D shutter glasses synchronization signal; and re-transmitting the shutter glasses synchronization signal. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Abstract: A camera module includes: a lens unit including a casing portion and a lens; and a substrate portion on which an image pick-up element is mounted. The camera module is assembled in combination of the lens unit and the substrate portion in an arrangement in which the lens and the image pick-up element are opposed to each other. The substrate portion includes: a first substrate including one of surfaces on which the image pick-up element is mounted; an infrared filter supported on a light receiving face of the image pick-up element; and a second substrate supported on a surface of the infrared filter which is opposed to the lens. The second substrate includes an opening portion disposed in alignment with the infrared filter so as not to intercept an incident light. A circuit component is mounted on the second substrate.

Abstract: In a method of analyzing an input video sequence, pixels of synthesized images of an output video sequence are associated with respective directions of regularity belonging to a predefined set of directions. A first subset of candidate directions is determined from the predefined set of directions for a region of a first image of the output sequence. For a corresponding region of a second synthesized image of the output sequence following the first image, a second subset of candidate directions is determined from the predefined set of directions, based on images of the input sequence and the first subset of candidate directions. The directions of regularity for pixels of this region of the second synthesized image are detected from the second subset of candidate directions. The recursive determination of the subsets of candidate directions provides a sparse geometry for efficiently analyzing the video sequence.