Abstract: A system may include a processor, a night vision sensor, and an objective lens assembly comprising four lenses. Each of a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens may be configured to project a real world scene onto one of four portions of the night vision sensor. The night vision sensor may be configured to provide four images of the real world scene from the objective lens assembly to the processor. The processor may be configured to: receive a first image, a second image, a third image, and a fourth image from the night vision sensor; generate color night vision image data based at least on the first image, the second image, the third image, and the fourth image; and output the color night vision image data.

Abstract: An on-board camera device includes a camera unit, a hood member, a thermally conductive member, a heater device, and a temperature measurement element. The camera unit captures an image of an ambient environment through a window glass of a vehicle. The hood member blocks an unnecessary light beam from outside and suppresses background reflection on the window glass. The thermally conductive member is fixed to the hood member to thermally contact with the window glass. The heater device contacts with the thermally conductive member and removes dew condensation and fog adhering to the window glass. The temperature measurement element is provided at the heater device and partly contacts with the thermally conductive member. The temperature measurement element detects a temperature state of the heater device during operation of the heater device and a temperature state of the window glass through the thermally conductive member during non-operation of the heater device.

Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object including transmitting an initialization signal to a first threat detection scanner over a communication network, the first threat detection scanner being located at a separate physical location, receiving a ready-to-send signal from the first threat detection scanner, the ready-to-send signal including a storage location of a scan image generated by the first threat detection scanner for security inspection, receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, transmitting, after receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, a second initialization signal to a second threat detection scanner at the separate physical location, generating a threat detection report based on a rendering of the scan image, and transmitting the threat detection report to the first threat detection scanner.

Abstract: An imaging device is provided including an imaging unit configured to capture an image, and a louver film placed in a visual field of the imaging unit. The louver film includes a light transmissive unit and a non-transmissive unit which are alternately placed. The imaging unit and the louver film are placed so that the optical axis of the imaging unit intersects a principal plane of the louver film.

Abstract: In some aspects, a spectral image capturing device may receive, from a filter array, visible light and infrared light, wherein the filter array includes a quantity of color filters to block the infrared light and pass the visible light and a quantity of infrared filters to block the visible light and pass the infrared light. The spectral image capturing device may produce, using an image sensor that includes an array of pixel sensors, a spectral image based at least in part on the visible light and the infrared light passed by the filter array. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for misaligned vantage point mitigation for computer stereo vision. A misaligned vantage point mitigation system determines whether vantage points of the optical sensors are misaligned from an expected vantage point and, if so, determines an adjustment variable to mitigate the misalignment based on the location of matching features identified in images captured by both optical sensors.

Abstract: A camera device according to an aspect of the invention includes an imaging unit, an imaging direction adjustment unit, a direction control unit that controls the imaging direction adjustment unit, a camera-side tracking processing unit that analyzes captured image data to acquire first target information indicating the position of a tracking target and outputs the first target information, a camera-side communication unit that receives second target information from a terminal device, and a camera-side target information correction unit that corrects the first target information on the basis of the second target information.

Abstract: A solution for evaluating a component of a vehicle, such as a brake pad of a rail vehicle, is provided. An imaging component can acquire image data for a target area of the vehicle within which at least a portion of the component is visible. The target area can be illuminated by an illumination device that is, for example, horizontally offset from the imaging device to highlight the three-dimensional structure in the target area by creating shadows in the image data. A set of points corresponding to the component can be identified in the image data using the shadows. A measurement for at least one attribute of the component can be calculated from the set of points.

Abstract: A method for determining a distance of a sample reference plane of a sample carrier from a reference plane of a microscope, the microscope including a sample stage for the sample carrier and a camera, comprises the following steps: taking an overview image of the sample carrier by means of the camera; evaluating the overview image and thus detecting at least one characteristic of the sample carrier; ascertaining contextual data of the characteristic from a data set; and determining the distance of the sample reference plane from the reference plane based on the characteristic and the contextual data of the sample carrier. A microscope configured to determine the distance of the sample reference plane of the sample carrier from the reference plane is also described.

Abstract: A context modeling method includes: determining, for a current block, whether a first preset condition is satisfied and whether a second preset condition is satisfied, where the first preset condition is a preset condition related to a first neighboring block neighboring to the current block in a first direction, the second preset condition is a preset condition related to a second neighboring block neighboring to the current block in a second direction; determining a subclass index of a context model of a first flag of the current block based on the height and the width of the current block; and determining the context model of the first flag of the current block based on a satisfaction status of the first preset condition, a satisfaction status of the second preset condition, and the subclass index of the context model of the first flag.

Abstract: A method of controlling intra prediction for decoding or encoding of a video sequence, is performed by at least one processor and includes obtaining intra prediction modes including directional modes respectively corresponding to angular prediction directions, a first amount of one or more of the directional modes being excluded from the intra prediction modes based on a second amount of the intra prediction modes and a third amount of most probable modes (MPMs). The method further includes selecting, as the MPMs, two or more of the intra prediction modes from which the one or more of the directional modes are excluded, and selecting, for decoding the video sequence, one of the intra prediction modes from which the one or more of the directional modes are excluded.

Abstract: An example method includes determining a color component of a unit of video data; determining, based at least on the color component, a context for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) a syntax element that specifies a value of a low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) index for the unit of video data; CABAC decoding, based on the determined context and via a syntax structure for the unit of video data, the syntax element that specifies the value of the LFNST index for the unit of video data; and inverse-transforming, based on a transform indicated by the value of the LFNST index, transform coefficients of the unit of video data.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method using a pixel value range constituting an image is disclosed, wherein the image decoding method using a pixel value range constituting an image comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream; acquiring information of a pixel value range forming a first unit image included in the received bitstream; and decoding the first unit image on the basis of the acquired information of the pixel value range. Therefore, compression efficiency can be improved in an image encoding or decoding process.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed including a method comprising, with one or more computer processors, associating geographic position data and orientation data of the one or more video capture devices with each video frame of a geographic area; analyzing the geographic position data and orientation data and the video frames to generate geo-referencing data for pixels of the video frames; determining a geographical boundary of the video frame from the geo-referencing data; receiving, one or more layers of geographic information system (GIS) data using the determined geographical boundary of the video frame; and determining overlay position of the geographic information system (GIS) data on the video frames in real time based at least in part on the geo-referencing data; and overlaying at least a portion of the geographic information system (GIS) data on the video frames based on the overlay position.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one processor operatively coupled to at least one memory that function as an input unit configured to receive an image signal of a visible light pixel and an image signal of a near-infrared pixel, output from a sensor that includes a visible light pixel component and a near-infrared pixel component, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an output signal of the near-infrared pixel is higher than a threshold and to produce a determination result, a detector configured to detect a saturated visible light pixel, and a switching unit configured to switch over saturation processing to be applied to the saturated visible light pixel on the basis of the determination result of the determination unit.

Abstract: A back-up camera for a vehicle incorporating a hood, a cover, nozzles for squirting water and air onto the surface of the camera lens, and an heating element for melting ice which accumulates on the lens.

Abstract: A depth value calculation unit (102) calculates, for an image divided into a plurality of blocks, a depth value (Da, Db) for determining presence or absence of processing of a deblocking filter and determining strength of the deblocking filter according to a division state of respective blocks adjacent to a block boundary (Bv). A filter processing execution determination unit (104) determines whether or not to cause the deblocking filter to operate on the block boundary (Bv) on the basis of the depth value (Da, Db). A filter strength setting unit (105) sets the strength of the deblocking filter to operate on the block boundary (Bv) on the basis of the depth value (Da, Db).

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for partitioning a block and a decoding device. A method for decoding an image comprises the steps of: partitioning one prediction unit, in which an intra prediction is performed in a predetermined intra prediction mode, into a plurality of transform units; and performing the intra prediction for each of the plurality of the transform units on the basis of the predetermined intra prediction mode. Thus, the invention increases the image encoding efficiency.

Abstract: A device for video decoding can be configured to obtain, from a syntax structure in a bitstream comprising an encoded representation of the video data, a syntax element indicating whether 6-parameter affine prediction is enabled for blocks corresponding to the syntax structure, wherein the blocks corresponding to the syntax structure comprise a first block; based on the syntax element indicating that the 6-parameter affine prediction is enabled for the blocks corresponding to the syntax structure, use the 6-parameter affine prediction to generate a predictive block for the first block; and use the predictive block and residual data to reconstruct the first block.

Abstract: A method and system for managing transcoding of data in a stream that includes identifying an input source change for the stream with a new input source type, and adding a decoder for the new input source type, the decoder configured to output for a respective encoder in a transcoder pipeline.