Abstract: Provided is a video reception method performed by a video reception apparatus including a display. The video reception method includes: receiving a reception signal multiplexed from a video signal and an audio signal; obtaining the video signal and first transfer characteristics information by demultiplexing the reception signal, the first transfer characteristics information being information for specifying, per random access unit, a transfer function corresponding to a luminance dynamic range of the video signal; obtaining video data by decoding the video signal obtained; and displaying the video data while controlling a luminance dynamic range of the display per random access unit according to the first transfer characteristics information.

Abstract: In the present specification, a digital device and a method of processing data in said digital device are disclosed. Here, a digital device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a memory; a user interface unit that receives a menu request signal through a remote application executed in an external device; a display unit that displays an executed application; and a control unit that determines the properties of the received menu request signal on the basis of the application being displayed and generates menu data, implements controlling to transmit the generated menu data to the external device and output the menu data through a screen of the external device, and when a menu item selection signal of the menu output from the external device is received, implements controlling to transmit or activate menu data corresponding to the menu item selection signal.

Abstract: A projector has a projection optical system including a projection lens and a processing device. The processing device makes the projection optical system project a correction image having a rectangular shape. The number of correction points arranged on a first side out of two sides connecting to a vertex located the farthest from the projection lens when projected on a projection surface out of four vertexes of the correction image is larger than the number of correction points arranged on a side different from the two sides. The processing device receives an operation of moving first correction point included in the correction points arranged on the first side, and makes the projection optical system project an output image obtained by applying a distortion correction based on the operation to an input image.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant monitoring system, OMS, comprises an image acquisition device with a rolling shutter image sensor configured to selectively operate in either: a full-resolution image mode where an image frame corresponding to the full image sensor is provided; or a region of interest, ROI, mode, where an image frame corresponding to a limited portion of the image sensor is provided. An object detector is configured to receive a full-resolution image from the image sensor and to identify a ROI corresponding to an object of interest within the image. A controller is configured to obtain an image corresponding to the ROI from the image sensor operating in ROI mode, the image having an exposure time long enough for all rows of the ROI to be illuminated by a common pulse of light from at least one infra-red light source and short enough to limit motion blur within the image.

Abstract: A projection method includes detecting a first distance between a projector and a first portion of a projection surface, detecting a second distance between the projector and a second portion of the projection surface, detecting a third distance between the projector and a third portion of the projection surface, projecting image light in a first visual aspect according to the first distance onto the first portion by using the projector, projecting image light in a second visual aspect according to the second distance onto the second portion by using the projector, and projecting image light in a third visual aspect based on the first and second visual aspects onto the third portion by using the projector when the third distance is longer than the first distance but shorter than the second distance.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing system including an image sensor suitable for generating first actual brightness values corresponding to a captured image; and an image processor suitable for compensating for the first actual brightness values for each brightness period in a single frame period based on compensation information corresponding to a linearity error.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting a picture into a video, and a device and a storage medium. The method for converting a picture into a video includes: partitioning an original picture to obtain a foreground region and a background region; performing an iterative transformation for visual depth on the background region, and storing an image obtained through each transformation as a picture frame to obtain multiple frames of images; and splicing the multiple frames of images to obtain a target video. The iterative transformation includes at least two transformations for visual depth.

Abstract: A projection system includes a projector that projects a content image and a pattern image, a camera that photographs a projection surface when the pattern image is projected, a camera deformation value calculation unit that calculates a texture deformation value indicating a change in position, orientation, or shape of the projection surface on the basis of a photographing result, a projector deformation value acquisition unit that acquires a projector deformation value for converting the content image on the basis of the pattern image captured in the photographing result and the texture deformation value, and a transmission image acquisition unit that executes processing of deforming the content image on the basis of the projector deformation value and processing of deforming the pattern image on the basis of the projector deformation value, and the pattern image satisfies a condition that a plurality of types of solid color regions having different brightness values are included.

Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller. The controller receives (i) a plurality of video signals from a plurality of video sources including a camera and (ii) a specifying signal that specifies which one of the video signals is to be output to a display apparatus. The controller changes a wait time from an input of the specifying signal to an output of the video signal specified by the specifying signal to the display apparatus based on which one of the plurality of the video sources corresponds to the video signal specified by the specifying signal.

Abstract: A projection system controlling method includes identifying a first correspondence, identifying a second correspondence, identifying a third correspondence between a plurality of pixels corresponding to an overlap region in an image projected by a first projector, accuracy of the third correspondence is higher than accuracy of the first correspondence, identifying a fourth correspondence between a plurality of pixels corresponding to the overlap region in an image projected by a second projector, accuracy of the fourth correspondence is higher than accuracy of the second correspondence, projecting an image onto a region different from the overlap region based on the first correspondence, projecting an image onto the overlap region based on the third correspondence, projecting an image onto a region different from the overlap region based on the second correspondence, and projecting an image onto the overlap region based on the fourth correspondence.

Abstract: An information generation method including identifying a correspondence relationship between a projector coordinate system and a camera coordinate system, the correspondence relationship identified based on a first image and a second image, the first image projected on a projection target from a projector, and the second image obtained by imaging the projection target using a camera in a state in which the first image is projected on the projection target, displaying, by a display device, a taken image of the projection target which is taken by the camera, receiving a first operation which designates a display area in the camera coordinate system, and generating information for making the projector project a projection image in which a projection object is disposed in the display area designated by the first operation based on the correspondence relationship and information which representing the display area designated by the first operation.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining the temperature of a pixel array. In embodiments, a first pixel in a pixel array is reverse-biased and a second pixel in the pixel array is forward-biased. A voltage for the second pixel can be measured to determine a temperature of the pixel array from the measured voltage for the second pixel.

Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information to be displayed; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information to be displayed acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A color correction method and a color correction system that executes the color correction method are provided. A correction image is projected on a projection screen based on a predefined value. A single frame of the correction image includes multiple regions. The multiple regions include multiple hue regions with different hues and multiple lightness regions with different lightness corresponding to the hues, or the multiple regions include multiple gray-scales regions with different gray-scales. A captured image is obtained by capturing the projection screen. Optical information of the captured image is detected. The optical information is compared with the predefined value to obtain an uneven color region that does not conform to the predefined value. The uneven color region is adjusted so that the optical information of the uneven color region conforms to the predefined value. The time for color correction can be greatly reduced accordingly.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a display system, the method comprising: displaying a test pattern including a plurality of blobs; detecting one or more base blobs in the displayed test pattern; identifying, based on the detected base blobs, patches of the test pattern, wherein each patch comprises one of the base blobs and a subset of additional blobs detected in the displayed test pattern; determining a patch location for at least one patch within the test pattern based on the subset of the additional blobs in the patch to determine a blob location for at least one detected blob; determining a calibration parameter for the display system based on the blob location and a detected attribute of the at least one detected blob; and calibrating the projector using the calibration parameter.

Abstract: A projection system and a projection method are provided. The projection system includes a projection device, a streaming device, and a control device. The projection device includes a first image input port and a second image input port. The streaming device is electrically connected to the first image input port of the projection device and is coupled to the projection device in a detachable manner. The control device is communicatively connected to the streaming device. The control device transmits a first command signal to the streaming device, so that the projection device projects image data from the streaming device. The projection method may be executed by the projection system. The projection system and the projection method of the disclosure provide a user with more convenient operation environment and operation interface.

Abstract: A projection-type display device includes: an operation signal detector, configured to receive an operation signal that indicates adjustment content of a projected image that was instructed by way of an operation unit; an installation state detector, configured to detect, as an installation state of the projection-type display device, a first state and a second state that is rotated 90 degrees from the first state around an axis that is parallel to an optical axis of a projection lens; and a controller that, upon detecting a signal that corresponds to a first direction by way of the operation signal detector in the first state and the second state, adjusts the projected image by causing the projected image to shift in the first direction, or adjusts the projected image by causing a correction-object site in the projected image to move in the first direction.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input unit and a control unit. The input unit to which sensing information and coordinate information are input, the sensing information being obtained by sensing a space in which video is projected, the coordinate information being obtained by pointing through a pointing operation of the space by a user. The control unit stores setting information for setting a projection region in a predetermined range in a storage unit on the basis of a result of analyzing a state in the space on the basis of the sensing information and the coordinate information. Then, the control unit controls, in a case where a projection region is designated by the user on the basis of the stored setting information, a projection apparatus to project the video onto the projection region.

Abstract: A device and method for color correction of two camera systems each having an imaging device and an illumination source. The camera systems are separately white balanced with the imaging device outside a scene. Their white balance gains and color correction matrices are saved. Based on the measurements, combined white balance gains and combined color correction matrices are computed and saved. Thereafter, with the imaging devices in a scene, performing white balancing by measuring the R, G, and B values of both imaging devices together, and then white balancing by measuring the R, G, and B values of each separate imaging device with the other camera system's light off. Comparisons are made of each camera's scene measurements against the combined scene measurements. If they are significantly different, the combined light set of white balance gain and color correction matrix is applied to digital signal processing paths of each camera system.

Abstract: A personal authentication device includes an infrared ray emitter that emits infrared rays, an infrared camera that captures an infrared image, a status signal outputter that outputs a signal related to a status of the personal authentication device or the status of surroundings of the personal authentication device, and a controller. The controller determines whether or not there is a predetermined change in the status of the personal authentication device or the status of the surroundings of the personal authentication device based on a signal output from the status signal outputter, and when there is the predetermined change, the controller drives the infrared ray emitter and the infrared camera, and performs a three-dimensional face authentication process based on the infrared image captured by the infrared camera.