Abstract: Referencing of image acquired in multiple rounds of imaging is disclosed. In certain implementations, a baseline round of images are acquired and registered to one another to establish a global transformation matrix. In a subsequent round of image acquisition, a limited number of field of view images are initially acquired and registered to the corresponding baseline images to solve for translation, rotation, and scale. The full set of baseline images is then acquired for the subsequent round and each image is pre-rotated and pre-scaled based on the transform determined for the subset of images. The pre-rotated, pre-scaled images are then registered using a translation-only transform.

Abstract: An upper flexible board mounts a circuit. A lower flexible board is in a plate shape larger than a circuit mounting unit, is connected to the upper flexible board by a connecting part, is bent so that the connecting part faces a face opposite to a mounting face of the circuit of the upper flexible board, and includes an area from a bend that is generated by bending an area that does not overlap with the upper flexible board including a second end different from the connecting part to the second end. An iris illuminating LED is disposed on the same side as the upper flexible board in the area. An iris photographing camera is disposed at a position separated from the iris illuminating LED by a certain distance or more and acquires an image of an iris that has received light emission from the iris illuminating LED.

Abstract: A multiview video coding method and device used in coding of non-referenced view video groups. A view compensation pattern and a parallelization view pattern are determined based on video characteristics, such as the number of bits of each frame of a first non-referenced view video group among the non-referenced view video groups, the difference between the number of bits of each frame and the number of bits of a left reference view image, the difference between the number of bits of each frame and the number of bits of a right reference view image. A view compensation pattern and a parallelization view pattern of a successive non-referenced view video group are determined as the view compensation pattern and the parallelization view pattern of the first non-referenced view video group, whereby multiview video images are coded at a high coding rate without deteriorating image quality.

Abstract: A technique to perform filtering of ringing artifacts is disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a decoder configured to receive a bitstream, decode the bitstream into blocks, identify conditions in the blocks associated with generation of ringing artifacts, and filter the ringing artifacts from one or more of the blocks responsive to identification of the conditions by the decoder. An example method may include detecting conditions in a bitstream that lead to ringing artifacts, configuring a filter based on the conditions, and filtering the ringing artifacts from blocks of decoded bitstream.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization.

Abstract: A mechanism whereby a camera or other sensing type device is deployed into multiple positions as a result of inputs such as relative housing position, field of view assessment, and so forth to locate the device to allow an optimized position of the camera or sensor for the desired functionality.

Abstract: An example device for reducing the size and color cross-talk of an imaging-based tactile sensor includes an elastic material, one or more light sources, and an image capture device. The elastic material includes a reflective membrane. The reflective membrane conforms to a shape of an object pressed against the elastic material. Each light source of the one or more light sources is configured to illuminate at least a portion of the reflective membrane. The image capture device is configured to capture at least one image of the reflective membrane. The image capture device includes (i) an image sensor configured to generate the at least one image based on light incident on the image sensor and (ii) a plurality of lenses configured to direct light onto the image sensor. Each lens of the plurality of lenses is configured to direct light onto a corresponding portion of the image sensor.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to create a panoramic image via a rotating camera of a portable electronic device are provided. The method includes rotating the camera of the portable electronic device with respect to the portable electronic device. The method further includes recording a plurality of images at a plurality of corresponding angles between the camera and a direction of the portable electronic device. The method further includes stitching the plurality of images together based on the plurality of angles and creating a panoramic image from the plurality of images.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for utilizing vehicle wheel assembly surface profile data acquired by a vehicle wheel service system from a non-contact imaging sensor and a projected pattern of optically distinct elements on the vehicle wheel assembly surface to identify one or more features of the vehicle wheel assembly, to receive operator input, and to facilitate the placement of imbalance correction weights onto the vehicle wheel assembly surface.

Abstract: An example system includes a plurality of moveable light emitters, each moveable light emitter configured to independently emit a display light from a current display location within that moveable light emitter's range of motion responsive to activation from a corresponding light activator. The system also includes a location engine to determine, for each light emitter, the current display location of that light emitter, and a mapping engine to map, for each current display location, the light activator activating the light emitter currently located at that current display location.

Abstract: CT scanning techniques and systems thereof are disclosed. In various embodiments, a body surface measuring point of a subject on a scanning bed can be identified according to a frontal image captured by a first image capturing device. A measuring projection angle can be acquired using the body surface measuring point. A lateral image of the subject can be captured using a second image capturing device. Based on the lateral image, a vertical distance between the body surface measuring point and the scanning bed, a current height and the initial height of the scanning bed, a horizontal position of the body surface measuring point under the initial height can be acquired. A horizontal position of the body surface measuring point under the current height can be determined based on above acquired parameters.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to a panoramic camera system comprising a first image sensor, a second image sensor and an enclosure. The first image sensor may have a first in-air field-of-view and the second image sensor may have a second in-air field-of-view. The first in-air field-of-view may overlap the second in-air field-of-view by greater than a threshold amount. The enclosure may comprise a curved outer surface. An alternate medium field-of-view of the first image sensor may overlap an alternate medium field-of-view of the second image sensor by greater than the threshold amount. The panoramic camera system may also comprise an image processor that is programmed to determine that the first image sensor and the second image sensor are within the enclosure. The panoramic camera system may stitch frames captured by the first and second image sensors considering an alternate medium stitching parameter.

Abstract: A method of decoding multi-layer video includes decoding a first layer picture, storing the decoded first layer picture in a decoded picture buffer (DPB), and marking the first layer picture as a short-term reference picture; obtaining interlayer reference picture set (RPS) information regarding a second layer picture having a same first picture order count (POC) as the first layer picture; marking the first layer picture, which is marked as the short-term reference picture, as a long-term reference picture, based on the interlayer RPS information; performing interlayer prediction with respect to the second layer picture with reference to the first layer picture; decoding the second layer picture based on a result of performing the interlayer prediction; and, after the second layer picture is decoded, marking the first layer picture, which is marked as the long-term reference picture, as a short-term reference picture.

Abstract: An active illumination range camera that acquires a range and a picture image of a scene and provides a reflectance for a feature in the scene responsive to a distance for the feature provided by the range image, a registered irradiance for the feature provided by the picture image and registered irradiance for a region of a calibration surface corresponding to the feature provided by an image of the calibration surface acquired by the range camera.

Abstract: Decoder processor hardware reproduces a support plane including a set of support values. The set of support values is derived from combining a sequence of multiple original sets of values. The decoder processor hardware receives compensation information. The decoder processor hardware utilizes the compensation information to produce preliminary renditions of the multiple original sets of values based on the set of support values. Encoder processor hardware processes a sequence of original sets of values. The encoder processor hardware utilizes the values of the original sets in the sequence to produce a set of support values, the set of support values representing a baseline to reproduce a rendition of each of the original sets of values. The encoder processor hardware generates reconstruction data to include data corresponding to the set of support values, the reconstruction data indicates how to reconstruct the original sets of values using the set of support values.

Abstract: An apparatus having a first circuit and a second circuit is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to (i) fetch a plurality of reference samples from a memory to a plurality of slots in a buffer and (ii) motion estimate a plurality of current sample units of a current picture to generate a plurality of motion vectors. The motion vectors may be stored in a plurality of lines of a table. Each line generally identifies a corresponding slot in the buffer. Duplicates among the lines may be consolidated. The second circuit may be configured to evaluate the reference samples in the buffer based on the motion vectors to select a prediction sample unit.

Abstract: A quantization control apparatus provided in a video encoding apparatus which utilizes intra slices. The quantization control apparatus includes a similarity computation device that computes similarity between an intra slice region of an encoding target picture and an intra slice region of each of previously-encoded pictures, where the similarity is an index determined such that the closer the images of the two different intra slices, the higher the similarity; a picture selection device that selects a picture having the highest similarity from among the previously-encoded pictures, based on the similarity computed by the similarity computation device; and a quantization step determination device that determines a quantization step used for encoding the encoding target picture, based on encoding information for the picture selected by the picture selection device.

Abstract: Provided is a moving picture coding method for performing arithmetic coding on a quantization parameter to be used in quantizing a current block that is to be coded and is included in a current picture to be coded, the quantization parameter including a parameter indicating a sign and a parameter indicating an absolute value, the method including: binarizing the parameter indicating the absolute value without requiring information on a maximum value of the absolute value; binarizing the parameter indicating the sign without requiring information on a maximum value of the sign; and performing bypass arithmetic coding, using a fixed probability, sequentially on (i) a latter half of the binarized parameter indicating the absolute value and (ii) the binarized parameter indicating the sign.

Abstract: A method is proposed of selection, for a current image portion to be encoded and for at least one encoding module included in a video encoder, of at least one encoding parameter from amongst a set of encoding parameters available for the at least one encoding module. The method is based on a decision model defining a minimization, under a rate constraint, of a first measurement of distortion between source samples, included in the current image portion to be encoded, and current reconstructed samples, included in a current reconstructed image portion, obtained from the current image portion to be encoded. The decision model defines the minimization under an additional smoothness constraint, pertaining to a second measurement of distortion between the current reconstructed samples and preceding reconstructed samples, belonging to a temporal reference neighborhood comprising at least one preceding reconstructed image portion obtained from at least one preceding encoded image portion.

Abstract: A vehicle vision system includes a bracket, a stray light shield and a camera module. The bracket is configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield. The light shield includes a base portion and side walls that extend upward from the base portion so as to establish a pocket. The camera module includes a camera having an image sensor array and a lens, and the camera module is configured to mount at the bracket. The stray light shield, when the camera module is mounted at the bracket attached at the windshield, shields the image sensor array from light emanating from within the cabin of the vehicle. At least the base portion of the stray light shield comprises light traps structurally established thereat and configured to reduce incidence of extraneous light at the image sensor array.