Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus connected to a camera head capable of imaging a left eye image and a right eye image having parallax on one screen based on light at a target site incident on an optical instrument, the apparatus including: an image processor that performs signal processing of the left eye image and the right eye image imaged by the camera head; and an output controller that outputs the left eye image and the right eye image on which the signal processing is performed to a monitor via each of a first channel and a second channel, in which the output controller outputs one of the left eye image and the right eye image on which the signal processing is performed to the monitor via each of the first channel and the second channel in accordance with switching from a 3D mode to a 2D mode.

Abstract: A structured-light pattern for a structured-light system includes a base light pattern that includes a row of a plurality of sub-patterns extending in a first direction. Each sub-pattern is adjacent to at least one other sub-pattern, and each sub-pattern is different from each other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern includes a first number of portions in a sub-row and a second number of portions in a sub-column. Each sub-row extends in the first direction and each sub-column extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Each portion may be a first-type portion or a second-type portion. A size of a first-type portion is larger in the first direction and in the second direction than a size of a second-type portion in the first direction and in the second direction. In one embodiment, a first-type portion is a black portion and the second-type portion is a white portion.

Abstract: A life-logging system is configured to register a plurality of cameras and a plurality of users to a life-logging network. The life-logging system receives a plurality of camera profiles associated with the plurality of cameras and a user profile associated with a user. The life-logging system determines location information associated with the user and identifies a camera of the plurality of cameras for capturing an image of the user based on the plurality of camera profiles, the user preferences, and the location information. The life-logging system arranges for the image of the user captured by the camera to be delivered to a client device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that make it possible to generate a texture image of high picture quality at a predetermined viewpoint using an omnidirectional image. A drawing section generates a display image of a given viewpoint using a first layer image including a texture image and a depth image of an omnidirectional image at a first viewpoint and a second layer image including a texture image and a depth image at a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint in an occlusion region at a viewpoint of the first layer image. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a home server that generates a display image of a predetermined viewpoint from an omnidirectional image or the like.

Abstract: Driving an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a jitter specification in a fluorescence imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a driver for driving emissions by the emitter according to a jitter specification. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.

Abstract: A method for handling image data of an electronic device includes an imaging device of the electronic device acquiring a plurality of images and continuing to acquire additional images after acquiring the plurality of images, and, while the additional images are continuously acquired by the imaging device, one or more processors of the electronic device storing first image data that correspond to the acquired plurality of images to a storage device of the electronic device, processing the plurality of images to generate second image data, and transmitting the second image data to a remote device. The second image data has a smaller data size than the first image data.

Abstract: A method for decoding an image by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving a bit stream including residual information; deriving a quantized conversion factor of a current block on the basis of the residual information included in the bit stream; deriving a residual sample of the current block on the basis of the quantized conversion factor; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual sample of the current block.

Abstract: A method of processing video data includes classifying, by processing circuitry, luma samples of a neighboring luma block of a reference block and luma samples of a neighboring luma block of a current block into a plurality of groups and deriving, by the processing circuitry, one or more local illumination compensation parameters for each group of the plurality of groups to generate a plurality of local illumination compensation parameters for the current block. The method further includes deriving, by the processing circuitry, a plurality of linear models between the neighboring luma block of the reference block and the neighboring luma block of the current block using the plurality of local illumination compensation parameters for the current block and generating, by the processing circuitry, a prediction block using the plurality of linear models.

Abstract: A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera may have a wide angle lens with more distortion at side regions of the field of view than at a center region of the field of view. An image processor processes captured image data to determine gradient information of captured image data, and responsive to processing gradient information, determines a potential cross traffic object at one of the side regions of the field of view. The image processor processes multiple frames of captured image data to determine movement of an upper portion and a lower portion of a gradient of the determined potential cross traffic object and, responsive to such processing, determines if the detected potential cross traffic object is a cross traffic object that is moving into a path of the vehicle.

Abstract: A switchable fringe pattern illuminator includes an optical path switch configured to receive light and dynamically control an amount of light that is provided to a first waveguide and an amount of light that is provided to a second waveguide. A first projector configured to generate a first fringe pattern using light from the first waveguide. The first fringe pattern illuminates a first portion of a target area. A second projector configured to generate a second fringe pattern using light from the second waveguide. The second fringe pattern illuminates a second portion of a target area. The illuminator may be part of a depth camera assembly (DCA). The DCA is configured to capture images of a portion of the target area. The DCA is further configured to determine depth information for an object in the target area based in part on the captured images.

Abstract: Complexity of coding/decoding of a video is reduced. An image decoding apparatus (31) includes a CN information decoder (10) configured to hierarchically split a coding node by at least any of binary tree split and ternary tree split. The CN information decoder refers to a method of splitting an immediately higher node, which is a node one generation higher than a target node, to restrict a method of splitting the target node.

Abstract: A server includes: a memory storing calibration data; and a processor connected with the memory, the processor configured to: obtain a point cloud depicting a capture volume containing a transporter having a body and a holder carrying an object to be dimensioned; obtain a set of positions associated with the transporter; based on the set of positions and the calibration data: generate side cutting planes corresponding to sides of the body of the transporter; generate a front cutting plane corresponding to a forward surface of a mast of the holder; and discard points between the side cutting planes and the front cutting plane to obtain a first portion of the point cloud; based on the calibration data, select a second portion of the point cloud from the first portion, excluding a base of the holder; and dimension the object based on the second portion of the point cloud.

Abstract: A dual-view image device for monitoring a heat source includes a first thermal image sensor, a second thermal image sensor, a driver and a processor. The first thermal image sensor captures a first thermal image having a heat source within a first view angle. The second thermal image sensor captures a second thermal image having a heat source within a second view angle smaller than the first view angle. The pixels occupied by the heat source in the first thermal image are fewer than that occupied by the heat source in the second thermal image. The driver drives the first and the second thermal image sensor to track and position the heat source within the first and the second view angle. The processor combines the first and the second thermal image into a dual-view image and outputs the dual-view image having the heat source.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system, a method and a device for generating depth image. The system includes an illumination source, an optical system, a control device, and at least one set of a dynamic aperture and an image sensor, wherein the dynamic aperture is configured to dynamically change a light transmittance, an exposure start time, and an exposure end time under a control of the control device. The control device is configured to acquire a first photo and a second photo, and generate a depth image of the target scene according to the first photo, the first shooting configuration information, the second photo, and the second shooting configuration information.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a data capturing and processing system that intentionally captures data and/or data sets with missing pieces of information. The data and/or datasets may include various types of data, such as one-dimensional signals, two-dimensional images (or other images), and/or three-dimensional structures. The captured data is processed to restore missing information into the data and/or data sets, thereby enabling simultaneous pattern recognition and image recovery.

Abstract: A panoramic video playback method is provided, and the method includes: determining, by a client, that a user chooses to jump to play a video corresponding to a jump time point in a panoramic video; matching, by the client, the time point and a time range of each of at least one interest point included in the panoramic video; determining, by the client, a user's field of view in which an area of the matched interest point in a panoramic area of the panoramic video can be viewed; and obtaining, by the client, a video corresponding to the time point in the panoramic video, and jumping to play the video corresponding to the time point when the user's field of view is used.

Abstract: A glass container inspection system including a diffuse illuminator configured to provide diffused light arranged to illuminate a portion of a glass container symmetrically about a central axis of the container. The inspection system further includes an image capture system that generates at least one image that includes a plurality of views of the glass container illuminated by the diffused light. The at least one image may include a view of the portion of the container reflected by a mirror. The glass container inspection system yet further includes a computing system in communication with the image capture system. The computing system can be configured to output an indication as to whether the container is defective based upon the data from the image capture system. The computing system can be further configured to output the indication responsive to detecting a check in the sidewall of the glass container.

Abstract: A method of operating a surgical microscope includes detecting an amount of movement of a body portion of a user, and performing movements of a camera and changes in a magnification based on the detected movements of the body portion. The amounts of these movements and changes decrease with increasing magnification provided by the surgical microscope, they decrease with decreasing distance of the body portion of the user from the display, and they decrease with decreasing distance of the cameras from the field of view of the cameras.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for applying intra-block copy (IBC) in video coding are described. In general, methods for integrating IBC with existing motion compensation algorithms for video encoding and decoding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video encoding using IBC includes determining whether a current block of the current picture is to be encoded using a motion compensation algorithm, and encoding, based on the determining, the current block by selectively applying an intra-block copy to the current block. In a representative aspect, another method for video encoding using IBC includes determining whether a current block of the current picture is to be encoded using an intra-block copy, and encoding, based on the determining, the current block by selectively applying a motion compensation algorithm to the current block.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for encoding and decoding an image by applying different filtering strength to reference pixels based on a size relationship between a current block and each reference block such that a prediction block for the current block is constructed using reference pixels which are filtered adaptively according to their properties.