Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section in which a plurality of color pixels are arranged in a matrix form in a first direction and a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction; and a multi-lens array in which multi-lenses which allow light to be incident on the plurality of color pixels are arranged, wherein in the respective color pixels of the pixel array section, color pixels adjacent in at least one direction of the first direction and the second direction are allocated to a pixel for L in stereo and a pixel for R in stereo, and wherein the multi-lens array is disposed so that at least part of the multi-lens array allows the light to be incident on the adjacent color pixels which are different in color in the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method offor signaling information on a prediction mode and to a method of for decoding image information using same. According to the present invention, the method offor signaling prediction mode information, serving according to the present invention, as a method offor signaling image information, includes performing prediction on a current block and signaling the prediction-type information applied to the current block. The signaling of the information includes joint-coding and components of signaling information components constituting the prediction-type information. According to the present invention, overhead may be reduced when information on a prediction is signaled.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a specific driving method for reduction in power consumption in displaying a 3D image with field sequential driving.

Abstract: Frames including in a video bitstream may be partitioned using source difference variance based partitioning before encoding. Variances between blocks of a current video frame and blocks of a previous video frame are used to partition the current video frame into varying block sizes depending upon the magnitude of the variances. Blocks with low variance may be combined with other low variance blocks to form larger blocks, while blocks with high variance may be further partitioned into smaller blocks to improve coding efficiency. In cases where partitioning is unlikely to provide improved efficiency, the variation calculations may be skipped in favor of using fixed partitioning for a frame. The partitioned frames are decoded.

Abstract: A traffic safety system is provided for controlling the entry of motorists onto one way roads. The system has a motion detection unit which identifies the presence of motor vehicles travelling the wrong direction on one way roads, highway exit ramps and entrance ramps. Upon detection of a vehicle, the system activates audible and visual warnings. If the motorist does not stop moving, a barrier will deploy and a camera unit will photograph the license plate of the vehicle before transmitting same to local authorities. Additionally, a set of warming indicators positioned at a far end of the road are provided, which illuminate when the system is deployed, notifying travelers of a road blockage.

Abstract: A solar tracker device continuously captures sun rays to be redirected towards a target The device includes a mirror defining a center point and fixedly mounted to a heliostat, an imaging device having an optical axis passing through the mirror center point, an electronic board, and a partly transparent dome extending between the imaging device and the target When sun rays penetrate said dome, the mirror reflects rays toward the dome and a portion are reflected back by the dome to the imaging device to form an image of the mirror center point An image of the fixed target is formed on the imaging device through the dome and defines an image of the target Whenever the images of the mirror and the target center are not in coincidence, the electronic board is activated to rotate the heliostat reflecting surface toward an orientation for which coincidence is obtained.

Abstract: The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is “inter_pred_flag”.

Abstract: A motion vector predictor candidate generation unit derives a plurality of motion vector predictor candidates by prediction from first coded prediction blocks neighboring a prediction block subject to coding within the same picture as the prediction block subject to coding, or from a second coded prediction block located at the same position as or in the neighborhood of the prediction block subject to coding in a picture different from that of the prediction block subject to coding, and adds the derived motion vector predictor candidates in a motion vector predictor candidate. The motion vector predictor candidate generation unit determines, for the purpose of obtaining a predetermined number of motion vector predictor candidates, which of first coded prediction blocks provides the motion vector from which to derive the motion vector predictor candidate, organizing the blocks in the order of priority.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an embodiment that provides a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an endoscope. The instructions include instructions to capture, using an imager in the endoscope, a first plurality of images at a first brightness level while a live video based at least in part on the first plurality of images is displayed, generate, using the processor, a baseline image by averaging or summing the first plurality of images, capture, using the imager, a second plurality of images at a plurality of brightness levels, in which the plurality of brightness levels are different from the first brightness level, and generate, using the processor, a high dynamic range image based at least in part on the baseline image and the second plurality of images, in which the high dynamic range image comprises more unsaturated pixels than the baseline image.

Abstract: A method includes receiving video data and identifying a second object in at least one video frame of the video data. The method also includes determining whether to replace the second object in the at least one video frame with a first object based on at least one object matching rule. In response to determining that the second object is to be replaced with the first object, the method includes manipulating the three-dimensional model of the first object to generate a representation of the first object that matches at least one visual property of the second object and replacing the second object with the representation of the first object in the at least one video frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes use of dynamically assignable interpolation filters as part of motion compensated prediction. An encoder and a decoder each may store common codebooks that define a variety of interpolation filters that may be applied to predicted video data. During runtime coding, an encoder calculates characteristics of an ideal interpolation filter to be applied to a reference block that would minimize prediction error when the reference block would be used to predict an input block of video data. Once the characteristics of the ideal filter are identified, the encoder may search its local codebook to find a filter that best matches the ideal filter. The encoder may filter the reference block by the best matching filter stored in the codebook as it codes the input block. The encoder also may transmit an identifier of the best matching filter to a decoder, which will use the interpolation filter on predicted block as it decodes coded data for the block.

Abstract: A method of operating a video camera includes capturing a scene of imaging data using the video camera, wherein the imaging data is characterized by a first bit depth and processing the imaging data to provide display data characterized by a second bit depth less than the first bit depth. The method also includes framing the imaging data and the display data and outputting the framed imaging and display data.

Abstract: A reduction in residual energy of inter-frame prediction with motion compensation and improvement in encoding efficiency are achieved by using a region-dividing type adaptive interpolation filter that takes an edge property of a picture into consideration. An edge calculation unit calculates edge information from reference picture data designated by a motion vector. A region dividing unit divides an encoding target frame into a plurality of regions that are units to which interpolation filters are adaptively applied based on the edge information. A filter coefficient optimizing unit optimizes an interpolation filter for a fractional-accuracy pixel for each of the regions. A reference picture interpolating unit interpolates the fractional-accuracy pixel of a reference picture using the optimized interpolation filter, and a predictive encoding unit performs predictive encoding using motion compensation of fractional-accuracy.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, apparatuses and products for utilizing motion fields to predict evolution in dynamic scenes. One aspect provides for accessing active object position data including positioning information of a plurality of individual active objects; extracting a plurality of individual active object motions from the active object position data; constructing a motion field using the plurality of individual active object motions; and using the motion field to predict one or more points of convergence at one or more spatial locations that active objects are proceeding towards at a future point in time. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a mobile carrier and an auto following system using the mobile carrier. The mobile carrier is capable of capturing at least an image of a guiding light source and automatically following the guiding light source based on the captured image of the guiding light source. The mobile carrier is further disposed with a mobile light source for a remote image sensing device to capture an image of the mobile light source while the mobile carrier cannot capture the image of the guiding light source, so that the mobile carrier can be guided by a control signal provided according to the captured image of the mobile light source.

Abstract: A 3D video processing device includes a disparity map generator which compares a first-perspective image from a first perspective with a second-perspective image from a second perspective, which are two images forming stereoscopic video, thereby generates a disparity map which represents disparity of the second-perspective image with respect to the first-perspective image, a first new image generator which rotates the first-perspective image based on rotation angle information which represents rotation statuses of the first- and the second-perspective images, thereby generates a new first-perspective image, and a second new image generator which generates a new second-perspective image, which is paired with the new first-perspective image to form stereoscopic video, based on the first-perspective image and on the disparity map.

Abstract: A method of generating first and second panoramic pictures based on a series of frames acquired by a frame acquisition device is provided. While the device is panned in a main direction, a global motion value reflecting a displacement in the main direction between consecutive frames and a perspective transform reflecting a perspective change between the frames are computed. For each frame, a first area of the frame is determined for the first panoramic picture and a second area of the frame, distinct from the first area, is determined for the second panoramic picture. An adapted first area is determined by applying an inverse of the global transform to the first area of the current frame, the adapted first area being included into the first panoramic picture and the second area of the current frame being included into the second panoramic picture.

Abstract: Intra prediction is used in state-of-the-art video coding standards such as AVC. The intra prediction modes are coded into the bitstream. Luma and chroma components could potentially have different prediction modes. For chroma components, there are 7 different modes defined in AVC: vertical, horizontal, DC, diagonal directions, and “same as luma”. Statistics show that the “same as luma” mode is frequently used, but in AVC, this mode is encoded using more bits than other modes during entropy coding, therefore the coding efficiency is decreased. Accordingly, a modified binarization/codeword assignment for chroma intra mode signaling is able to be utilized for high efficiency video coding (HEVC), the next generation video coding standard.

Abstract: An endoscope is provided having an imager, an analog-digital converter, and a data converter. The imager comprises multiple pixels which output pixel signals, and that outputs an image signal comprising the pixel signals. The analog-digital converter converts the image signal to digital image data in parallel data format. The data converter converts the digital image data to transmission data. The data converter converts the pixel-generated digital image data based on a first rule, converts the converted digital image data to converted pixel data in serial data format, and adds a start bit and an end bit to the converted pixel data to convert the digital image data to the transmission data.

Abstract: Imaging methods and systems for controlling equipment in remote environments are disclosed herein. An example system disclosed herein to control equipment in a remote environment includes an imaging assembly to determine feedback data based on measurement data obtained from a plurality of remote imaging systems controllable to process different respective optical fields-of-view in the remote environment, a flushing assembly controllable to project fluid to clear the optical fields-of-view in the remote environment, and a controller to process the feedback data to determine a control signal to control operation of at least one of (1) the plurality of remote imaging systems or (2) the flushing assembly.