Abstract: Methods and apparatus of processing cube face images are disclosed. According to embodiments of the present invention, one or more discontinuous boundaries within each assembled cubic frame are determined and used for selective filtering, where the filtering process is skipped at said one or more discontinuous boundaries within each assembled cubic frame when the filtering process is enabled. Furthermore, the filtering process is applied to one or more continuous areas in each assembled cubic frame.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.

Abstract: Multi-spectrum imaging systems and methods are provided for imaging in multiple spectrums, e.g., thermal IR (infrared) at wavelengths of 4 microns and 11 microns, near-IR, and visible light, all on a same optical centerline. For example, an imaging system includes a first imager and a second imager. The first imager includes an array of thermal IR detectors, wherein the first imager is configured to receive incident photonic radiation and generate a thermal IR image, wherein each thermal IR detector comprises a photon absorber member that is configured to absorb thermal IR photonic radiation from the incident photonic radiation, and reflect remaining photonic radiation in the incident photonic radiation along an optical path of the imaging system. The second imager is disposed in said optical path of the imaging system, wherein the second imager is configured to receive the remaining photonic radiation reflected from the first imager and generate a second image.

Abstract: Video encoders and decoders and video encoding and decoding methods are provided. A video encoder includes an input buffer configured to receive a video data stream and to supply current frame data, a frame buffer configured to store reconstructed frame data, and an encoder circuit configured to read reference frame data from the frame buffer, to encode the current frame data received from the input buffer using the reference frame data and to write the reconstructed frame data to the frame buffer. The encoder circuit may be configured to write the reconstructed frame data by overwriting the reference frame data in the frame buffer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video encoding method and apparatus for setting and encoding quantization parameters, and to a video decoding method and apparatus for decoding and setting quantization parameters in a video encoding and decoding apparatus which uses blocks having various sizes and depths as encoding and decoding units.

Abstract: A monitoring device for a motor vehicle having at least one camera device and a display surface, wherein the camera device is arranged so that a lateral region of the motor vehicle is captured, wherein the monitoring device is embodied so that the recordings of the camera device are displayed on the display surface, wherein the monitoring device is embodied so that the recordings are projected onto a side window of the motor vehicle by projection optics or are displayed on a display on or in the side window.

Abstract: An example device for processing video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to determine a value of a syntax element of a temporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message of an access unit, wherein the value of the syntax element represents whether all tiles of one or more corresponding pictures are included in separate MCTSs; and when the value of the syntax element indicates that the tiles of the corresponding pictures are not included in the separate MCTSs, set an MCTS identifier of the MCTS of a current picture of the access unit equal to a value of an index of the MCTS, the current picture being one of the corresponding pictures.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of suppressing degradation of image quality even when the orientation of a photographing lens is changed in a state in which a dome is attached to the image pickup apparatus. A dome attaching/detaching mechanism detachably holds a dome which is transparent and has a hemispherical shape. An image pickup unit is arranged inside the dome and is capable of changing an orientation of a lens group by a tilt mechanism. An image processor performs correction processing on an image photographed by the image pickup unit. The image processor performs image quality correction according to the orientation of the lens group.

Abstract: A traffic surveillance and guidance system comprising a traffic server system is disclosed. The traffic server is configured to receive and update and record data of geographical positions of registered road users, and wherein each registered road user is registering a replaceable and modifiable geometrically shaped model of a field of view representing the respective road users observation space and observation ability of possible traffic incidents around geographical positions the respective road users are located on at any time.

Abstract: Physically-based volume rendering generates a lightfield. The locations of scattering modeled in physically-based rendering are used to assign depths for the lightfield. The previously assigned depths and previously rendered lightfield are used for lightfield rendering, which may be performed more rapidly than the physically-based volume rendering.

Abstract: A system for generating multi-depth image sequence comprising a modulation array. The modulation array comprising a plurality of light modulators which may shift light incident upon the modulators by a number of degrees. The plurality of light modulators may shift light in concert according to a modulation shift pattern. The modulation shift pattern can be configured to focus incident light to a voxel or to form a 3-D image. One or more modulation shift patterns can be changed or cycled through to raster one or more image objects in one or more image depth planes.

Abstract: A system mountable in a motor vehicle. The system includes a camera and a processor configured to receive image data from the camera. The camera includes a rolling shutter configured to capture the image data during a frame period and to scan and to read the image data into multiple image frames. A near infra-red illuminator may be configured to provide a near infra-red illumination cone in the field of view of the camera. The near infra-red illumination oscillates with an illumination period. A synchronization mechanism may be configured to synchronize the illumination period to the frame period of the rolling shutter. The frame period may be selected so that the synchronization mechanism provides a spatial profile of the near infra-red illumination cone which may be substantially aligned vertically to a specific region, e.g. near the center of the image frame.

Abstract: Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness value of at least one pixel of each bi-directionally predicted intermediate frame in the sequence as an equal average of brightness values of pixels in non-bidirectionally predicted frames bracketing the sequence of bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames. The brightness values of the pixels in at least one of the non-bidirectionally predicted frames is converted from a non-linear representation.

Abstract: A method of IntraBC coding using restricted reference area is disclosed. A reference block is selected from an available ladder-shaped reference area comprising previously processed blocks before the current working block in the current CTU row and previously processed blocks in one or more previous CTU rows. A location of a last previously processed block of a second previous CTU row that is one CTU row farther away from the current CTU row than a first previous CTU row is always in a same vertical location or after a same vertical position of a last previously processed block of the first previous CTU row. The current picture may be partitioned into multiple CTU rows for applying wavefront parallel processing (WPP) on the multiple CTU rows, where the current working block corresponds to a current working block. Similar restrictions may also be applied to slice/tile-based parallel processing.

Abstract: A method and device for controlling a frame rate of an electronic device, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes the following. A frame rate of rendering and a priority of each of target objects currently running on the electronic device are obtained. A synthesizing frame rate of the electronic device is determined according to the frame rate of rendering and the priority of each of the target objects. According to the synthesizing frame rate, respective images rendered by the target objects are synthesized to generate a to-be-displayed image.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to encode video data comprising a memory configured to store a block of video data and one or more processors in communication with the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine a coding mode for encoding the block of video data from among one or more coding modes, wherein the coding mode is determined based on a maximum syntax element size, encode the block of video data in a plurality of substreams according to the determined coding mode to create a plurality of encoded substreams of video data, store the plurality of encoded substreams of video data in respective balance first-in, first-out (FIFO) buffers, and multiplex the plurality of encoded substreams in a bitstream for transmitting to a video decoder.

Abstract: An information-presenting device includes an imaging unit, a display unit, an object-recognition unit, an exit location indicator unit and an entry location indicator unit. The imaging unit captures an image of a side view from a host vehicle. The display unit displays an image captured by the imaging unit or a image generated based on the captured image. The object-recognition unit recognizes an object lateral to the host vehicle moving relative to the host vehicle. The exit location indicator unit displays an exit location indicator at or near a location where the object is last displayed in the display unit when the object departs from a display range of the display unit. The entry location indicator unit displays an entry location indicator in a window through which an occupant views outside of the vehicle or in a peripheral region of the window. The entry location indicator indicates a location where the object is predicted to appear.

Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for object modeling using augmented reality. An object modeling mode for generating three-dimensional models of objects is initiated by one or more processors of a device. The processors of the device detect an object within a field of view. Based on a position of the object, the processors select a set of movements forming a path for the device relative to the object and cause presentation of at least one of the movements. The processors detect a set of object surfaces as portions of the object are positioned in the field of view. In response to detecting at least a portion of the object surface, the processors modify a graphical depiction of a portion of the object. The processors then construct a three-dimensional model of the object from the set of images, depth measurements, and IMU readings collected during the reconstruction process.

Abstract: A driver active safety control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of image capture sensors, a central control module and at least one radar sensor. The control module at least includes an image processor that processes image data captured by at least a forward viewing image capture sensor for automatic braking of the vehicle. The central control module receives vehicle data relating to operation of the vehicle, the vehicle data relating to at least one of (i) vehicle speed, (ii) vehicle steering, (iii) vehicle yaw rate, (iv) vehicle type and (v) vehicle acceleration. The central control module at least in part controls the vehicle responsive, at least in part, to processing of (i) vehicle data, (ii) image data, (iii) radar data and (iv) data from at least one of (a) the Car2Car communication system and (b) the Car2X communication system.

Abstract: A system that balances monocular image quality of images of a digital stereo microscope includes a camera subsystem comprising a right camera system and s left camera system which obtains images; and a processor subsystem which generates control commands to the camera subsystem, wherein the processor subsystem uses subjective quality stored in a personalization system for the control commands.