Abstract: Apparatus for recognition of handwritten Chinese characters contains a bus, an input means connecting to the bus for receiving input imagery data created from a handwritten Chinese character, a Cellular Neural Networks or Cellular Nonlinear Networks (CNN) based integrated circuit operatively connecting to the bus for extracting features out of the input imagery data using pre-trained filter coefficients of a plurality of order convolutional layers stored therein, a memory connecting the bus, the memory being configured for storing weight coefficients of fully-connected (FC) layers, a processing unit connecting to the bus for performing computations of FC layers to classify the extracted features from the CNN based integrated circuit to a particular Chinese character in a predefined Chinese character set, and a display unit connecting to the bus for displaying the particular Chinese character.

Abstract: A method for detecting a presence of at least one face in at least one image is comprises creating an image patch map based on a plurality of face patches identified for at least one window in the in at least one image, estimating a bounding box, and searching within the bounding box to detect presence of the at least one face in the at least one image. The present disclosure discloses use of any classifier which works on top of any feature representation to identify face patches and then using a masking system to identify bounding boxes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for classifying an image. In one example, the method may include receiving one or more images associated with a source domain and one or more images associated with a target domain, identifying one or more source domain features based on the one or more images associated with the source domain, identifying one or more target domain features based on the one or more images associated with the target domain, training a conditional maximum mean discrepancy (CMMD) engine based on a difference between the one or more source domain features and the one or more target domain features, applying the CMMD engine to the one or more images associated with the target domain to generate one or more labels for each unlabeled target image of the one or more images associated with the target domain and classifying each one of the one or more images in the target domain using the one or more labels.

Abstract: An association relating to the field of communications is enabled. A method comprises: acquiring image data in a view area of an imaging apparatus; dividing the view area into sub-view areas; acquiring an attribute information set of at least one object in any one sub-view area through beam scanning; establishing a correspondence between the attribute information set and image data corresponding to the one sub-view area; and acquiring, in response to that the attribute information set comprises attribute information of multiple objects, distance related information between the multiple objects and a beam emitting position. An accurate correspondence can be established between an object in a view area of an imaging apparatus and attribute information of the object, and with multiple objects, distance related information between the objects and a beam emitting position is acquired, which helps to further determine a correspondence between each object and corresponding attribute information.

Abstract: A vehicle inspection method and system are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes acquiring a transmission image of an inspected vehicle. The method further includes acquiring a transmission image template of a vehicle model corresponding to the model of the inspected vehicle from a database. The method further includes performing registration on the transmission image of the inspected vehicle and the transmission image template. The method further includes determining a difference between a transmission image after the registration and a transmission image template after the registration, to obtain a difference area of the transmission image of the vehicle relative to the transmission image template. The method further includes processing the difference area to determine whether the vehicle carries a suspicious object or not.

Abstract: An image processing method includes acquiring consecutive time-series images captured by an onboard camera of a vehicle, having a first annotation indicating two or more first regions, and at least including one or more images in which the two or more first regions are on a path of the vehicle and a distance therebetween is smaller than or equal to a threshold; determining, in reverse chronological order from an image of the last time point, positions of the two or more regions in each consecutive time-series image; identifying, from among the consecutive time-series images, the first image of a first time point in which none of the two or more first regions are located on the path, and setting, as a second region, a region between the two or more first regions in the identified first image; and attaching a second annotation to the first image corresponding to the first time point, the second annotation indicating the second region.

Abstract: We disclose a modular fiber-interconnect device that can be used in a ROADM to optically interconnect wavelength-selective switches and optical add/drop blocks thereof. An example module of the modular fiber-interconnect device has seventeen optical ports, each implemented using an MPO connector of the same type. The number of (nominally identical) modules in the modular fiber-interconnect device depends on the degree N of the ROADM and can vary, e.g., from two for N=4 to fourteen or more for N?20. A proper set of duplex optical connections within the ROADM can be created in a relatively straightforward manner, e.g., by running MPO cables of the same type from the wavelength-selective switches and the optical add/drop blocks of the ROADM to appropriate optical ports of the various modules of the modular fiber-interconnect device.

Abstract: Data representing an image is received by an image recognition system. An image recognition system generates an image classification output distribution for a plurality of image features based on analysis of the data representing the image and training data stored for the image recognition system. One or more filters are applied to the image classification output distribution to obtain an updated image classification output distribution. A highest confidence value is selected from the updated image classification output distribution. A selected image feature associated with the highest confidence value is identified from the plurality of image features. Information associated with the selected image feature is obtained from a database and communicated to the user's device by the image recognition system.

Abstract: The Quad Cell permits measurement of four quadrant signal powers simultaneously, metrics which are equal when the laser spot is at the desired zero location, at the center of the cell, the origin of the cells' axes. A control action acts upon the Quad Cell signals to move the laser spot toward the origin of the axes bisecting the four quadrants of the cell, moving the laser spot to the origin to achieve a null in the difference between these four signal levels.

Abstract: Circuitry of a hybrid fiber-coaxial network may comprise a first transceiver configured to connect the circuitry to an optical link, a second transceiver configured to connect the circuitry to an electrical link, a first processing path, a second processing path, and a switching circuit. In a first configuration, the switching circuit may couple the first transceiver to the second transceiver via the first processing path. In a second configuration, the switching circuit may couple the first transceiver to the second transceiver via the second processing path. The first transceiver may comprise a passive optical network (PON) transceiver and the second transceiver may comprise a data over coaxial service interface specification (DOCSIS) physical layer transceiver. The switching circuit may be configured based on the type of headend to which the circuitry is connected.

Abstract: A method for real-time collimation and ROI-filter positioning in X-ray imaging in interventional procedures includes acquiring an image of a region-of-interest (ROI) at a beginning of a medical intervention procedure on a subject, classifying the image based on low-level features in the image to determine a type of procedure being performed, determining a list of landmarks in the image from the type of procedure being performed, and loading a pre-trained landmark model for each landmark in the list of landmarks, where landmarks include anatomical structures of the subject and medical devices being used in the medical intervention procedure, and computing collimator settings of an X-ray imaging device from ROI filter margins and bounding boxes of the landmarks calculated using the landmark models.

Abstract: A method of controlling a wavelength of a wavelength tunable laser module includes: referring to data of measured frequencies and wavelength filter control values at two or more points for each basic frequency channel, the data being stored in a memory of a controller; selecting the basic frequency channel closest to a frequency of laser light that a laser light source is instructed to emit; calculating a first wavelength filter control value for providing the instructed frequency of laser light from the data of the measured frequencies allocated to the basic frequency channel closest to the instructed frequency and the wavelength filter control values; and controlling the transmission characteristic of a wavelength filter using the first wavelength filter control value.

Abstract: Panels configured to be connected to a Li-Fi communication network. The panels include a first side and an opposing second side. Components of the Li-Fi network are positioned on the second side. The components include one or more nodes for sending and receiving Li-Fi signals, and one or more light pathways for transmitting and receiving the Li-Fi signals. The panels may be further configured to connect to a support structure to allow for Li-Fi communication with the support structure and/or adjacent panel. The support structure is configured to support the panels and also facilitate the Li-Fi communication.

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for detecting a spoof finger are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor comprises an ultrasonic transmitter configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a finger, an ultrasonic sensor array configured to receive a reflected ultrasonic wave from the finger, and a controller configured to determine a reflected acoustic energy of the finger based on a difference between average amplitudes of the reflected ultrasonic wave from ridges and valleys of the finger; and determine whether the finger is a spoof based at least in part on the reflected acoustic energy of the finger.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for classifying a brain are disclosed. An embodiment method includes processing image data to generate segmented image data of a brain cortex. The method further includes generating a statistical analysis of the brain based on a three dimensional (3D) model of the brain cortex generated from the segmented image data. The method further includes using the statistical analysis to classify the brain cortex and to identify the brain as being associated with a particular neurological condition. According to a further embodiment, generating the 3D model of the brain further includes registering a 3D volume associated with the model with a corresponding reference volume and generating a 3D mesh associated with the registered 3D volume. The method further includes generating the statistical analysis by analyzing individual mesh nodes of the registered 3D mesh based on a spherical harmonic shape analysis of the 3D model.

Abstract: In the case where a phenomenon called brightness saturation occurs due to high brightness of light output from a transmission apparatus and high lightness in a portion of a transmitter (light source) within a frame obtained by imaging in a reception apparatus, a decoder in a reception apparatus performs first image processing of shifting the focus by moving a lens in an imager or a filtering process (gradation filtering process) of an image for replacing the color of a brightness saturation area with the color surrounding the brightness saturation area, before determination of a change area, determination of the color of the change area, and decoding of bit string data.

Abstract: An electromagnetic signal transport and distribution system simultaneously transports over one single mode fiber various programming specifically requested by multiple users in multiple locations while simultaneously offering bidirectional communications with a public network.

Abstract: A method for monitoring an optical fiber link comprises generating a monitoring signal used for monitoring the optical fiber link, combining the generated monitoring signal with a data signal to be transmitted over the optical fiber link, detecting backscattering of the monitoring signal from the optical fiber link, detecting a change in characteristic of the detected backscattered monitoring signal, and determining, from the detected change in characteristic, at least one location along the optical fiber link where the monitoring signal is modified, and signal loss at this location.

Abstract: A medical imaging data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain a first data set representative of at least some measurements of a measurement volume obtained by rotation of a medical scanner relative to the measurement volume during a first scanning time period; obtain a second data set representative of at least some measurements of the measurement volume obtained by rotation of the medical scanner relative to the measurement volume during a second scanning time period that overlaps the first scanning time period; and perform a procedure to obtain an estimate of motion between the first scanning time period and second scanning time period based on the first data set and second data set; wherein the obtaining is such as to exclude from the first data set and from the second data set at least some of the data representative of said measurements obtained during an overlap between the first scanning time period and second scanning time period; and wherein a data set representati

Abstract: Proposed is a method of receiving a WDM optical upstream signal in an optical access network. The WDM signal is filtered using a first optical filter yielding a first filtered signal. The first optical filter has a flat-top shaped pass-band transfer function. Furthermore the WDM signal is filtered using second optical filter yielding a second filtered signal. The second optical filter has a pass-band transfer function that is strictly monotonically increasing for wavelength values below a center wavelength of the transfer function and that is strictly monotonically decreasing for wavelength values above the center wavelength of the transfer function. Received upstream data is derived from the first filtered signal. An optical signal power level is derived from the second filtered signal an optical signal power level. Finally, it is indicated to an optical network unit a desired direction of wavelength shift in dependence on the derives signal power level.