Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first type of sensor, a second type of sensor, and a control circuitry. The control circuitry receives a first foreground mask for an object-of-interest in a previous color image frame and further estimate a second foreground mask for the object-of-interest in a current color image frame at a first image resolution. The control circuitry further upsamples the second foreground mask to a second image resolution and select at least one region-of-interest in the current color image frame. The control circuitry then upscales the upsampled second foreground mask by an expectation parameter generated based on a kernel density-based estimation for the at least one pixel in a selected region-of-interest. The upscaled second foreground mask exhibits a minimum foreground mask error that is caused by upsampling with respect to the estimated second foreground mask.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video decoding method including: obtaining a disparity vector having components in sub-pixel unit for interlayer prediction between images belonging to a current layer and a reference layer; determining a position of an integer pixel of the reference layer corresponding to a position indicated by the disparity vector obtained from the position of a current pixel of the current layer; and decoding the image of the current layer by using prediction information on a candidate area of the reference layer corresponding to the determined position of the integer pixel.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide, implement, and use using a computer-vision based methods of context-sensitive monitoring and characterization of driver behavior. Additional systems and methods are provided for unsupervised learning of action values, monitoring of a driver's environment, and transmitting visual information from a client to a server.

Abstract: According to the present invention a spectrometry apparatus includes: an optical filter device in which two or more filters are provided to filter incident light; an optical sensor device in which two or more optical sensors are provided to be capable of corresponding to the two or more filters so as to convert the filtered light into a charge to be outputted; and a digital signal processing unit that performs digital signal processing on an output signal of the optical sensor device to recover spectrum data on the incident light, and having at least one of the two or more filters being a random transmittance filter. According to the present invention, the resolution of the recovered optical signal is improved and recovery accuracy is improved.

Abstract: A method and system for coding or decoding is disclosed. The system or method may receive a chroma subsampled picture and map the chroma subsampled picture into a non chroma subsampled format picture. The system or method may receive a non chroma subsampled picture and remap the samples into a chroma subsampled picture.

Abstract: Technologies for visualizing moving objects on a bowl-shaped image include a computing device to receive a first fisheye image generated by a first fisheye camera and capturing a first scene and a second fisheye image generated by a second fisheye camera and capturing a second scene overlapping with the first scene at an overlapping region. The computing device identifies a moving object in the overlapping region and modifies a projected overlapping image region to visualize the identified moving object on a virtual bowl-shaped projection surface. The projected overlapping image region is projected on the virtual bowl-shaped projection surface and corresponds with the overlapping region captured in the first and second fisheye images.

Abstract: Provided is an information compression device or the like which is capable of compressing information required for encoding processing to a smaller size. The information compression device calculates a number of non-zero blocks having a value equal or greater than a predetermined value, determine a position for storing the non-zero blocks in a memory, and store only the non-zero blocks to a memory area in accordance with the determined position.

Abstract: Techniques related to video coding using content based metadata.

Abstract: Protective headgear includes, for example, a headgear body that is wearable on a head of a baseball umpire. At least one sensor is configured to generate imaging data that includes a batter in proximity to home plate. A processor analyzes the imaging data to determine a strike zone of the batter and to generate augmented reality data in response thereto. A display device generates a heads up display of the strike zone that is viewable to the baseball umpire during a pitch to the batter, based on the augmented reality data. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for removing ringing artifacts from a coded image. For each block of coded image data, a direction is identified by selecting a directional block divided into a plurality of pixel lines in one predetermined direction of a set of at least four predetermined directions. The directional block may have a constant value across each pixel line. A parameter related to a sum of a mean-square difference between a pixel value and the pixel average of pixels falling on a pixel line in the directional block that includes the location of the pixel may be calculated for each direction of the set. The direction of the set having a minimum summed mean-square difference is selected as the direction for the block based on the calculated parameter values. A non-linear filter is then applied to each block based on the identified direction for the block.

Abstract: Provided are an encoding system using motion estimation and an encoding method using motion estimation for achieving high-speed motion estimation according to a multi-processing unit. The encoding system using motion estimation, comprises a multi-processing unit calculating motion estimation on many macroblocks of an input image, a motion estimator estimating motion vectors of the macroblocks of the input image using the motion estimation on the plurality of macroblocks, previously calculated by the multi-processing unit, and an encoder encoding the image based on the motion vectors of the macroblocks, estimated by the motion estimator. According to the present invention, motion estimation to be used for motion estimation can be calculated in advance according to the multi-processing unit capable of processing high-speed parallel processing to reduce an image encoding time and improve an encoding speed.

Abstract: A moving picture coding method includes: determining whether or not a first block has two reference motion vectors for referencing a same direction that is one of a forward direction and a backward direction in display order, the first block being included in a first picture different from the current picture and being co-located, in the first picture, with the current block within the current picture; and calculating, when it is determined in the determining that the first block has the two reference motion vectors, first and second motion vector predictor candidates that are candidates for a motion vector for the current block, by scaling the two reference motion vectors.

Abstract: A machine tool is configured so that a working area in which a workpiece is worked using a tool can be monitored, and includes a cover that is provided to cover the working area, and isolates the inside of the machine tool that includes the working area from the outside, at least one camera that is provided to the inner side of the cover, and captures the inside of the machine tool, and a touch panel that is provided to the cover, wherein the touch panel includes a display panel and an input operation panel, and the display panel displays an image of the inside of the machine tool that has been captured by the at least one camera.

Abstract: A 3D display device is disclosed, which comprises: a display panel and a modulating unit disposed on the display panel and comprising plural columnar elements. The display panel comprises: a substrate; plural horizontal electrode lines disposed on the substrate and substantially arranged in parallel; and plural vertical electrode lines disposed on the substrate and substantially arranged in parallel, wherein the vertical electrode lines are interlaced with the horizontal electrode lines to define plural pixel units. In addition, the columnar elements are slanted at a slant angle to an extension direction of the vertical electrode line of the display panel, and the slant angle is in a range from 60 degree to 85 degree.

Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for determining the operation of a vehicle safety system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the controller for a safety system comprises a sensor input for receiving a signal from a safety system sensor; a camera input for receiving a signal from a camera; and a processor having control logic. The control logic is capable of receiving the sensor signal indicating an absence of detected objects in a field of view of the safety system sensor; receiving the camera signal indicating at least one non-vehicle object identified in the field of view of the camera; and maintaining the active vehicle safety system as active in response to the sensor signal indicating the absence of detected objects and the camera signal indicating the identification of at least one visual non-vehicle object.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method whereby higher encoding efficiency can be achieved. A prediction motion vector generating unit 76 uses peripheral motion vector information supplied thereto to generate multiple types of prediction motion vector information, and supplies each prediction motion vector information and code numbers assigned to the prediction motion vector information by a code number assigning unit 77 to a motion prediction/compensation unit 75. The code number assigning unit 77 supplies code number assignation information indicating which code numbers have been assigned to which prediction motion vector information, to a lossless encoding unit 66. the present technology can be applied to an image encoding device which performs encoding based on the H.264/AVC format, for example.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for collecting sounds associated with surveillance images. The method includes identifying a sound-making surveilled object in the surveillance images, the surveillance images being captured by a camera of a monitoring device; determining whether a sound acquiring device meets a preset condition corresponding to that a signal strength of the sounds collected by the sound acquiring device from the identified surveilled object is greater than a signal strength of the sounds collected by the monitoring device from the identified surveilled object; and, when determining that the sound acquiring device meets the preset condition, controlling the sound acquiring device to collect the sounds from the identified surveilled object.

Abstract: The present invention discloses 3D shutter glasses and a 3D display system. The 3D shutter glasses comprise a left eye glass and a right eye glass, wherein both the left eye glass and the right eye glass comprise a light transmitting hole array, wherein the left eye glass and the right eye glass alternately control the corresponding light transmitting hole array to be sequentially opened according to a first predetermined time to receive left eye data images and right eye data images, and the first predetermined time is a spacing interval of alternately sending the left eye data images and the right eye data images. With the aforesaid procedure, the present invention is capable of effectively relieving the visual fatigue as watching 3D images.

Abstract: Provided are an encoding system using motion estimation and an encoding method using motion estimation for achieving high-speed motion estimation according to a multi-processing unit. The encoding system using motion estimation, comprises a multi-processing unit calculating motion estimation on many macroblocks of an input image, a motion estimator estimating motion vectors of the macroblocks of the input image using the motion estimation on the plurality of macroblocks, previously calculated by the multi-processing unit, and an encoder encoding the image based on the motion vectors of the macroblocks, estimated by the motion estimator. According to the present invention, motion estimation to be used for motion estimation can be calculated in advance according to the multi-processing unit capable of processing high-speed parallel processing to reduce an image encoding time and improve an encoding speed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to reduce deterioration in parallel processing capability. In a moving-picture decoding processing apparatus, information of a first plurality of frames and a second plurality of frames is supplied from a decoding control unit to first and second decoding processing units. For decoding the information from an intermediate point to an end point of a second preceding frame by the second decoding unit in a third period, use of a result of the process of the first decoding processing unit in the third period is inhibited, and use of a result of the process of a first preceding frame by the first decoding processing unit in a second period is permitted by an end signal.