Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a defect detection method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining an image for inspection; performing anomaly detection on the image for inspection to obtain an anomaly region image corresponding to the image for inspection; and performing defect classification on the anomaly region image to obtain defect detection information of the image for inspection. The defect detection method of the embodiments of this application is divided into two steps of anomaly detection and defect classification. Anomaly detection is performed on the image for inspection first, and then defect classification needs to be performed only on an anomaly region, reducing the workload of defect classification, thereby improving the efficiency of defect detection.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device and a method for detecting and identifying a living or non-living entity allowing these entities to be transformed into a detectable object in order to facilitate their detection, recognition and identification. For this purpose, the device comprises at least one detectable electronic housing referred to as the real entity housing (42) and at least one detection module (142), the real entity housing (42) is associated with, integrated with, incorporated with or substituted, partially or not, for the real entity to be detected and identified (48), the real entity housing (42) broadcasts, unidirectionally and as a broadcast and without dialogue and in a loop, a real or virtual image or an avatar of the entity to be detected.

Abstract: A system for automatically placing virtual advertisements in sports videos, which includes a shot detection module, background extraction module, a calibration module and an asset placement module. The shot detection module detects the target shot of a sports video via a first trained model. The background extraction module performs a background extraction to extract the background of the first frame of the target shot to obtain a first background mask. The calibration module performs a camera calibration to detect a first transformation relation, between the first frame and a sport field template, via a second trained model. The asset placement module transforms an advertisement asset according to the first transformation relation to obtain a first transformed asset, and execute an asset placement to place the first transformed asset onto the first frame according to the first background mask to obtain a first image frame with placed advertisement.

Abstract: A method of enhancing the visibility of blood vessels in a colour image captured by an image capturing device of a medical device, including, for at least some of the pixels of the image, the steps of: (a) processing data obtained from a first colour channel together with data obtained from a second colour channel to determine a value of a first parameter indicative of the intensity in the red spectrum relative to the total intensity of said pixel; (b) using said value of said first parameter and a first value of a user parameter to alter said pixel, the first value of the user parameter being based on user input, and wherein the strength of the alteration is dependent on both the value of said first parameter and the first value of said user parameter.

Abstract: A system for color gamut normalization for pathology slide is disclosed. The system includes at least a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to generate a plurality of segmentations of a whole slide image, wherein the whole slide image includes a plurality of biological tissue type variabilities. The computing device is configured to apply a segment-specific transformation to an individual segment in a first region. The computing device is configured to apply the segment-specific transformation to an individual segment in a second region. The computing device is configured to retrieve a plurality of discrete magnification levels from a user. The computing device is configured to choose as a first magnification level from the plurality of discrete magnification levels, and the computing device is configured to store the plurality of segmentations in a cache.

Abstract: Apparatus and method are disclosed that utilize a particular delay modulation technique (i.e., Miller coding) to encode 25 Gb/s data for inclusion with the 50 Gb/s NRZ data in a downstream broadcast transmission from an optical line terminal (OLT) to a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) through an optical distribution network (ODN). The specific Miller coding technique allows for a secondary data stream, operating at half the rate of the NRZ data) to supplement the primary 50 Gb/s NRZ transmission, since both signals are recovered using the same clocking circuitry at the ONU.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for making a determination about a cataract in an eye in ambient lighting conditions.

Abstract: Systems and methods of presenting an image of a portion of a surgical scene on a display device associated with an endoscope include receiving, from the endoscope, a source image representing a view of the surgical scene as captured using the endoscope. The systems and methods further include devices configured to, by one or more processing devices, apply a distortion correction to at least a portion of the source image to generate a modified image, wherein the modified image includes a central region, and a peripheral region surrounding the central region, wherein a first degree of distortion correction in the central region is higher than a second degree of distortion correction in the peripheral region. The systems and methods further include devices configured to present the modified image on the display device associated with the endoscope.

Abstract: A distributed antenna system (DAS) for multi-carrier and multi-frequency band based on an O-RAN standard in an open radio access network (O-RAN)-based mobile communication network is provided. The DAS includes an O-RAN remote unit (RU) connected to a fronthaul network according to an O-RAN split option specification of base station transceiver systems (BTSs), and comprising a plurality of O-RAN RUs to accommodate a plurality of carriers and a plurality of frequency bands, and a channel combiner to which outputs of the plurality of O-RAN RUs are combined. The channel combiner is an analog combiner. The DAS further includes an optical distribution unit (ODU) connected to the analog combiner, and a radio unit (RU) connected to the ODU. The RU includes an optical receiving unit (ORU), a high power amplifier (HPA), a low noise amplifier (LNA), and a duplexer or filter.

Abstract: Optical transmission system transmits WDM signal from first node to second node via optical fiber. The optical transmission system includes: first OCM that detects optical power of each wavelength channel of the WDM signal in the first node; second OCM that detects optical power of each wavelength channel of the WDM signal in the second node; first processor that calculates linear SNR of each wavelength channel based on the optical power of each wavelength channel detected by the second OCM; second processor that calculates non-linear SNR of each wavelength channel based on the optical power of each wavelength channel detected by the first OCM; third processor that calculates GSNR for each wavelength channel using the linear SNR and the non-linear SNR; and fourth processor that controls transmission power of each wavelength channel of the WDM signal based on the GSNR of each wavelength channel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a Control Plane Triggered (CPT) Optical Protection Switching (OPS) policy are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes performing a first route switching procedure for switching routes between an originating node and a terminating node. The first route switching procedure is configured to operate at a first priority level according to an Optical Protection Switching (OPS) policy. The method also includes performing a second route switching procedure for switching routes between the originating node and the terminating node. The second route switching procedure is configured to operate at a second priority level according to a second protection policy, wherein the second priority level is higher than the first priority level. Also, the method includes reverting back to a home path according to the first route switching procedure after one or more faults, defects, or degradations have been cleared from the home path.

Abstract: A data transmission method in an optical transport network includes: mapping first-type service data to a payload block at a specific location in a plurality of consecutive payload blocks, where the plurality of consecutive payload blocks occupy a payload area of an optical data unit (ODU) frame; mapping second-type service data to a payload block at any location in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks other than the at least one specific location; mapping the ODU frame to an optical transport unit (OTU) frame or a flexible OTN (FlexO) frame; and sending the OTU frame or the FlexO frame. In an applicable scenario, service data is transmitted in a hybrid manner.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for obtaining a transmitter test parameter, and a storage medium. The method includes: performing waveform sampling on an optical signal sent by a transmitter, to obtain a sampled electrical signal, obtaining a first noise amount associated with the sampled electrical signal based on a preset initial noise ratio parameter and a level amplitude of the sampled electrical signal, and obtaining a second noise amount associated with an ideal electrical signal based on the initial noise ratio parameter and a level amplitude of the ideal electrical signal. According to the application, a noise amount associated with a level amplitude of a sampled electrical signal is obtained without limiting a type of a receiver that performs a consistency test on a transmitter by using a transmitter test parameter.

Abstract: A communication signal multiplexing apparatus includes first and second optical receivers, with the second optical receiver configured to receive an optical analog radio signal and to convert it into a corresponding electrical analog radio signal having a carrier frequency and the first optical receiver configured to receive an optical digital communication signal and to convert it into a corresponding electrical digital communication signal having a frequency spectrum. Further, a first electrical filter apparatus is configured to receive the electrical digital communication signal, and comprises a low-pass filter having a cut-off frequency lower than the carrier frequency of the electrical analog radio signal, and applies the low-pass filter to the electrical digital communication signal.

Abstract: An electronic device mounted on a fixed or a movable apparatusapparatus is provided. The electronic device may comprise an image signal processor (ISP) for at least one camera; a neural processing unit (NPU), including a plurality of processing elements (PEs), configured to: process an operation of an artificial neural network model trained to detect or track at least one object, based on an input feature map generated from at least one image, which is acquired via the ISP from the at least one camera, and output an inference result; and a signal generator generating a signal applicable to the at least one camera or the ISP.

Abstract: The invention provides a computing device for determining and conveying a bandwidth coverage of an optical communication modality within a space, wherein the space comprises at least one optical transmitter arranged for communicating over said optical communication modality; wherein the computing device comprises a controller configured to: obtain configuration data characterizing a configuration of said space; obtain lighting data characterizing the at least one optical transmitter; determine the bandwidth coverage of the optical communication modality within the space based on the configuration data and the lighting data; wherein the computing device comprises an output interface configured to: convey a signal indicative of the bandwidth coverage of the optical communication modality within the space.

Abstract: An image is processed using a combination of techniques, particularly, in which low frequency information is processed using multiple tone control and high frequency information is processed using local tone mapping. An image is divided into a plurality of blocks including a given block. Low frequency information and high frequency information of the given block are separated. The low frequency information is processed using multiple tone control. The high frequency information is processed using local tone mapping. A processed image is then produced based on the processed low frequency information and based on the processed high frequency information, the processed image corresponding to the image captured using the image sensor. The processed image is then output for storage or display. Processing the low frequency information can include using a gain curve and bilinear interpolation. Processing the high frequency information can include using an edge preservation filter.

Abstract: Consistent with some disclosed embodiments, an optical switch includes: a scheduler; and a buffer for buffering an optical packet including, arranged in a circuit, a clock generator for generating a clock signal, an optical unbalanced Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) and a fiber delay line (FDL) having an FDL length, wherein the optical packet has an optical packet signal, wherein the scheduler is configured to insert the optical packet into the buffer and to determine a number of circulations of the optical packet through the circuit, wherein the MZI modulates the clock signal based on the optical packet signal to create a reshaped optical packet after each circulation of the optical packet through the circuit, and wherein the FDL introduces a delay in the optical packet proportional to the FDL length.

Abstract: A method for tracking a reference picture on an electronic device is described. The method includes receiving a bitstream. The method also includes decoding a portion of the bitstream to produce a decoded reference picture. The method further includes tracking the decoded reference picture in a decoded picture buffer (DPB) with reduced overhead referencing. The method additionally includes decoding a picture based on the decoded reference picture.

Abstract: A picture processing method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: detecting, in response to an image editing trigger operation, a target processing part in a to-be-processed picture; determining an image region comprising the target processing part, in the to-be-processed picture; and zooming in on the image region, on an image editing interface. Hence, according to the embodiments, when an image editing operation is triggered, the target processing part on the to-be-processed picture can be quickly positioned, and be zoomed in on the image editing interface, so that a user can conveniently perform image editing on the target processing part, and the picture processing efficiency is improved to a certain extent.