Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes an image sensor and an image processor. The image sensor is disposed at a vehicle and has an exterior field of view. The image sensor is operable to capture image data. The image processor is operable to process captured image data. The vision system is operable to automatically synchronize the image sensor to an ECU reference timing. The vision system may power on the image sensor synchronous to the ECU reference timing, and the vision system may regulate the timing of the image sensor synchronous to the ECU reference timing. The vision system may regulate the timing of the image sensor between a fast mode and a slow mode to synchronize the timing of the image sensor to the ECU reference timing.

Abstract: A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that constrains slice header processing overhead is provided. The method includes computing a maximum slice rate for the video sequence, computing a maximum number of slices for the picture based on the maximum slice rate, and encoding the picture wherein a number of slices used to encode the picture is enforced to be no more than the maximum number of slices.

Abstract: The present specification discloses an endoscope having a tip section equipped with multiple viewing elements. Each of the viewing elements' field of view is illuminated by a discrete illuminator, such as a LED, being operated in a flash mode. The flash mode of operation of the LEDs enable doctors to obtain a position of the endoscope tip within a patient's body from outside by viewing the light emitted by the LEDs. Since the light is emitted for short pre-defined periods of time, the heat generated by the LEDs during their periods of operation is within a safe threshold value, and does not cause any burn injury inside the patient's body.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a first imaging device, a second imaging device, and a calculating unit. The first imaging device includes a first optical system, a first imaging unit, and a second optical system provided between the first optical system and the first imaging unit. The second imaging device includes a third optical system, a second imaging unit, and a fourth optical system provided between the third optical system and the second imaging unit. The calculating unit is configured to perform a first calculation and a second calculation. The first calculation includes deriving a first distance from stereo disparity. The second calculation includes deriving a second distance from a parallax image. The calculating unit is configured to estimate a target distance based on at least one selected from the first distance and the second distance.

Abstract: Featured are a device (20) and method for the detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or packaging therefore. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are detected by visual inspection upon exposing a suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical to one or more light sources having different wavelengths, and observing the differences in color and/or brightness between the suspected counterfeit and a genuine pharmaceutical/packaging. In further embodiments, a image acquisition device acquires an image showing color and/or other visual effect(s) brightness of the suspect counterfeit and this image is compared to an image of a authentic pharmaceutical/packaging.

Abstract: A gaze detection apparatus includes a light source which illuminates a user's eye, an imaging unit which generates an image by capturing the image of a user's face, and a processor adapted to: estimate a distance between the imaging unit and the user's face; calculate the ratio of the distance between the imaging unit and the user's face to a separation distance between the imaging unit and the light source and determine, based on the ratio, whether a bright pupil phenomenon occurs; detect from the captured image a corneal reflection image of the light source and a center of the user's pupil when determining that the bright pupil phenomenon does not occur; and detect the user's gaze direction or gaze position based on a positional relationship between the center of the user's pupil and the corneal reflection image when determining that the bright pupil phenomenon does not occur.

Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, in order to avoid enlargement of a circuit scale to perform coding processing in real time, a block size of a PU (evaluation PU (Prediction Unit)) used to evaluate a merge mode is restricted and the number of evaluation target merge candidates is restricted. In the case where the evaluation PU has the block size in which a CU (Cording Unit) is divided, at least one merge candidate common to a merge candidate list of a PU (inclusion PU) having the block size including the evaluation PU and a merge candidate list of each of a plurality of evaluation PUs is selected as the evaluation target merge candidate from the merge candidate lists of the evaluation PUs. In performing cost evaluation processing for the evaluation PU, cost evaluation processing is simultaneously performed on the inclusion PU using a calculated prediction residual.

Abstract: In a method for determining a field of view of a camera device, a location device sends position information to establish anchor points. The camera device captures images of the anchor points, and obtains vertical angles of the anchor points, horizontal angles of the anchor points, and distances between the camera device and the anchor points. Each anchor point corresponds to one or more speakers. The method calculates rotation angles of speakers according to the vertical angles, the horizontal angles, the distances and anthropometric values of the speakers. The method further determines the field of view of the camera device according to the rotation angles.

Abstract: A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that reduces slice header parsing overhead is provided. The method includes determining weighting factors that may be used for weighted prediction in encoding at least one slice of the picture, wherein a total number of the weighting factors is constrained to not exceed a predetermined threshold number of weighting factors, wherein the threshold number is less than a maximum possible number of weighting factors, and signaling weighted prediction parameters including the weighting factors in a slice header in the bit stream.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, information about dynamic adjustments being made to a video feed may be received from an instrumented video camera, the video feed including a representation of a display monitor. An image to be displayed on the display monitor represented in the video feed may also be received. The image to be displayed on the display monitor may then be automatically adjusted based on the information received about dynamic adjustments to the video feed. The adjusted image may then be output to the display monitor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an air conditioning control system is connected to a camera device, which is installed in an interior as an inside of a room and an air conditioning control target, and to an air conditioner that performs air conditioning for the interior as the air conditioning target, the air conditioning control system includes: an activity amount calculation unit; a current comfort index value calculation unit; a control parameter calculation unit; and an air conditioner control unit. The activity amount calculation unit acquires and analyzes image information formed by imaging the interior as the air conditioning control target from the camera device, and calculates an activity amount of a person present in the room based on the image information. The current comfort index value calculation unit calculates a current comfort index value of the person present in the room based on the activity amount.

Abstract: A vehicle sun visor system with a touch screen display is configured to display video feed from one or more cameras. A front facing polarized and/or photochromic camera shows the area of view which is normally blocked by the deployed sun visor, allowing the user to view traffic lights, road signs, etc. without the distraction of glare. Software image processing may also be used to reduce glare and improve visibility. In addition the sun visor system also has a “see-me” camera which allows the user to use the screen as a mirror, and one or more rear-view cameras which can be used to see the passenger area of a vehicle through the touch-screen display. Any of the cameras may be used to take photos or videos, which may be viewed on the display and transmitted wirelessly to other electronic devices or cloud storage.

Abstract: A system including a container, an imaging structure, an image capturing device, and a processor. The container at least partially surrounds a liquid. The liquid has a liquid surface that is defined by a quantity of the liquid in the container, a shape of the container, and an orientation of the container relative to a horizontal plane. The imaging structure is positioned in the container. The image capturing device captures an image of the liquid surface and the imaging structure. The processor is in communication with the image capturing device for analyzing a characteristic of the image, and for determining an attribute therefrom.

Abstract: A controlling device is configures to control functional operations of an appliance by using a 3D sync signal transmitted to synchronize a wearable 3D viewing apparatus with a device adapted to render 3D media to select from a library of command codes a command code set appropriate for controlling functional operations of the appliance. The command codes within the command code set selected from the library of command codes are assigned to respective keys of the controlling device whereupon a subsequent activation of one or more of the respective keys of the controlling device will cause the controlling device to issue a command transmission via use of one or more of the command codes within the command code set selected from the library of command codes to thereby control one or more functional operations of the appliance.

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: A plurality of camera devices are configured to localize one another based on visibility of each neighboring camera in an image plane. Each camera device captures images and identifies sightings of candidate targets. The camera device share information about sightings and triangulate positions of targets. Targets are matched to known tracks based on prior images, allowing targets to be tracked in a 3D environment.

Abstract: A method of shooting an OSMU stereoscopic image using a mobile stereoscopic camera is provided. The method includes an operation of placing the mobile stereoscopic camera on a predetermined location of a mobile shooting place, an operation of determining a focusing distance in a wide-angle shooting condition when a far point of the mobile stereoscopic camera is infinity, an operation of calculating a distance between two cameras of the mobile stereoscopic camera by setting the far point of the mobile stereoscopic camera to be infinity at a location of the mobile stereoscopic camera, an operation of adjusting the distance between the cameras of the mobile stereoscopic camera to be the calculated distance between the cameras of the mobile stereoscopic camera, and an operation of shooting the OSMU stereoscopic image using the mobile stereoscopic camera of which the distance between the cameras is adjusted.

Abstract: A computing device determines whether a prediction unit (PU) in a B slice is restricted to uni-directional inter prediction. In addition, the computing device generates a merge candidate list for the PU and determines a selected merge candidate in the merge candidate list. If the PU is restricted to uni-directional inter prediction, the computing device generates a predictive video block for the PU based on no more than one reference block associated with motion information specified by the selected merge candidate. If the PU is not restricted to uni-directional inter prediction, the computing device generates the predictive video block for the PU based on one or more reference blocks associated with the motion information specified by the selected merge candidate.

Abstract: The present technique relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of obtaining a vector with a high degree of prediction accuracy as a prediction vector. A prediction vector generation unit generates a prediction vector of a deviation vector representing deviation of a target block, which is a processing target in a depth image having depth information about parallax as a pixel value for each pixel of a color image, with respect to another picture different from a picture of the target block. The prediction vector generation unit generates the prediction vector in accordance with a vector prediction method which is different depending on whether the target block is an occlusion block including an occlusion portion that does not include any corresponding point in another picture.

Abstract: An encoder within a video transmission system controls the bit allocation at a sub-frame level. A frame is divided into smaller blocks, known as rate control blocks. Rate control blocks are used as the basic unit for bit allocation. This bit allocation achieves the target bit rate desired by the system as well as meet latency constraints. The encoder uses the slice partitioning capabilities to generate the rate control blocks using one or more slices of the image frame. This feature allows the decoder to decode the rate control blocks independently and ensures that the encoded data size for each rate control block is allocated. The encoder also detects the overflow condition for the buffer and performing an operation to avoid the overflow condition based on whether the image frame is an inter-frame or an intra-frame.