Abstract: An around-view image processing method comprises: generating a first around-view image signal obtained by image synthesis using image information acquired from a plurality of cameras; generating a second around-view image signal obtained by image correction using image information acquired from the plurality of cameras over a predetermined period of time; and outputting the second around-view image signal or outputting the first around-view and second around-view image signals. When the first around-view and second around-view image signals are output, the around-view image processing method may further comprise selecting one image signal from the first around-view and second around-view image signals, and outputting the image signal selected from the first around-view and second around-view image signals.

Abstract: In a monitoring system, the management device causes a display device to display an image generated by capturing by the camera whose direction has been controlled; accepts designation of at least one tracking target, the at least one tracking target being designated from among moving objects in the displayed image by an operator; and performs tracking control comprising controlling a photographing range of the camera in such a way that the designated at least one tracking target is kept captured by the camera.

Abstract: State information indicating states of a plurality of imaging apparatuses 100-x used for generating a virtual viewpoint image is acquired. At least one image type is determined from a plurality of image types indicating display formats of displaying the states of the plurality of imaging apparatuses 100-x based on the state information. Based on the determined image type, the states of the plurality of imaging apparatuses 100-x are displayed.

Abstract: A shape identification device includes an accommodation chamber for accommodating an object to be measured such that the same can be removed from and inserted into the accommodation chamber, a first imaging unit for imaging the object accommodated in the accommodation chamber, and an image processing unit for carrying out image processing on the basis of the image information imaged by the first imaging unit and recognizing the external shape of the object. The image processing unit includes a storage unit having, stored therein beforehand, a plurality of types of sample external shapes corresponding to objects to be measured and a shape recognition unit for comparison and discrimination of the external shape information from the first imaging unit and the external shape information stored in the storage unit and recognition of an external shape matching or approximating the external shape information from the first imaging unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method an electronic device and a computer storage medium for generating a video. The method includes: receiving a video generating instruction, wherein the video generating instruction is generated in response to a user operation on a video generating link on a video playback page; obtaining video templates based on the video generating instruction, where the video templates comprises a first video template, and the first video template is a template adopted by a current video shown on the video playback page; determining a target template based on the video template; and generating the video based on the target template.

Abstract: Provided is a method for supporting an immersive media service by a media transmission device. The method comprises the steps of: determining at least one space among a plurality of spaces of interest (SOI) based on SOI description information; and transmitting, to a media reception apparatus, partial SOI description information among the SOI description information and partial immersive media data among immersive media data, wherein the partial SOI description and the partial immersive media data corresponds to the determined at least one SOI, wherein the partial SOI description information includes at least one of identification information for the at least one SOI, a space range indicator for an object of interest (OOI), a priority indicator for the OOI, or an object vector for the OOI.

Abstract: A recorded experience in a virtual worlds system may be played back by one or more servers instantiating a new instance of a scene using one or more processors of the one or more servers and playing back the recorded experience in the new instance by modeling objects of a recorded initial scene state of the recorded experience in the new instance and updating the recorded initial scene state based on subsequent recorded changes over a time period, a recorded experience file includes the recorded initial scene state and the subsequent recorded changes and is stored in one or more memories of the one or more servers. One or more client devices are in communication with the one or more servers to participate in the new instance.

Abstract: A network device can manage the storing of content. In one aspect, the content may be managed to prevent the storing of multiple versions of the same content. A deduplication process may be performed by comparing digests generated at user devices. Based on the comparison of the digests, the network device can efficiently and effectively manage the retrieving and storing of content.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the selection of resolutions for seamless resolution switching of multimedia content in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a source encoder includes a processor configured by a source encoder application to receive multimedia content, where the multimedia content comprises video data having a primary resolution and a primary sample aspect ratio and encode the video data as a set of alternative streams, where a plurality of the streams in the set of alternative streams have different maximum bitrates and resolutions, the resolution of each of the plurality of streams comprises a width and height that are both an integer number of pixels, and both the width and height of each of the plurality of streams is a common fraction of the width and height of the corresponding primary resolution.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video search device comprising: at least one processor configured to implement an updating unit generating event object information based on feature information on an object detected in a video; and a storage configured to store comparison object information containing feature information on a reference object, wherein the processor is further configured to implement: an object information generating/deleting unit configured to create information on an object having a predetermined degree of similarity between the event object information and the comparison object information as final object information, and storing the final object information in the storage; and a data searching unit searching the final object information for data that satisfies a search criterion entered by a user.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for video processing. In one embodiment, the video processing method comprises: obtaining at least one video from a video repository as a video to be processed; performing semantic recognition on the video in one or more semantic recognition dimensions to obtain one or more video label data items corresponding to the video in the one or more semantic recognition dimensions; generating at least one candidate label combination based on at least one of the one or more video label data items; determining, based on a target label combination selected by a user from the at least one candidate label combination, one or more video clips in the video corresponding to at least one video label in the target label combination; and generating at least one target video clip corresponding to the target label combination based on at least one of the one or more video clips.

Abstract: A portable device controlling playback of video data on a first device external to the portable device and including a browser module operative to present a display of a plurality of images, each image corresponding to a section of the video data, and to highlight an image corresponding to the section of the video data currently played back by the first device, a communication module coupled to the browser module and operative, in response to a selection of an image among the plurality of images by a user, to transmit a first command to the first device to play back the video data corresponding to the image selected by the user, wherein the browser module is further operative to adapt highlighting of the plurality of images in response to a second command received from said first device upon a change of the section of video data currently played back on the first device.

Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to methods, systems and apparatuses for multi-directional still pictures and/or multi-directional motion pictures and their applications on mobile, embedded, and other computing devices and applications.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus (2000) including an index value calculation unit (2020) and a presentation unit (2040). The index value calculation unit (2020) acquires a plurality of images captured by a camera (3000) (captured images), and calculates an index value indicating the degree of change in the state of a monitoring target in the captured image, using the acquired captured image. The presentation unit (2040) presents an indication based on the index value calculated by the index value calculation unit (2020) on the captured image captured by the camera (3000).

Abstract: Systems and processes associated with an augmented film crew.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for improving a playback of video data and generation of a video summary. For example, annotation data may be generated for individual video frames included in the video data to indicate content present in the individual video frames, such as faces, objects, pets, speech or the like. A video summary may be determined by calculating a priority metric for individual video frames based on the annotation data. In response to input indicating a face and a period of time, a video summary can be generated including video segments focused on the face within the period of time. The video summary may be directed to multiple faces and/or objects based on the annotation data.

Abstract: Present embodiments pertain to systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing and reporting the movements in mechanical structures, machinery, and machine components, including one or more regions of interest in the object of interest, with processing of visual data related to such movements performed by reconstructing video images that have enhanced dynamic visual information related to the motion of the object, wherein examples of one or more enhancements optionally selected by a user may include filtering unwanted frequencies, amplifying the motion, changing the playback speed to decrease, freeze, or increase of the motion, and generating quantitative graphical representations of the motion that could not be achieved without the use of digital photography and image processing algorithms.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a Data Processing System for Generating Interactive User Interfaces and Interactive Game Systems Based on Spatiotemporal Analysis of Video Content may be configured to: (1) enable a user to select one or more players participating in a substantially live (e.g., live) sporting or other event; (2) determine scoring data for each of the one or more selected players during the sporting or other event; (3) track the determined scoring data; (4) generate a custom (e.g., to the user) user interface that includes the scoring data; and (5) display the custom user interface over at least a portion of a display screen (e.g., on a mobile computing device) displaying one or more video feeds of the sporting or other event. In this way, the system may be configured to convert a video feed of a sporting event into an interactive game.

Abstract: Data processing systems and methods are disclosed for combining video content with one or more augmentations to produce augmented video. Objects within video content may have associated bounding boxes that may each be associated with respective RGB values. Upon user selection of a pixel, the RGBA value of the pixel may be used to determine a bounding box associated with the RGBA value. The client may transmit an indicator of the determined bounding box to an augmentation system to request augmentation data for the object associated with the bounding box. The system then uses the indicator to determine the augmentation data and transmits the augmentation data to the client device.

Abstract: JavaScript in a Multiview template adjusts playout of two AV streams of the same event from two buffers such that the two streams are synchronized on a display. The playout from one buffer is adjusted based on an observed difference between actual playout times of frames from the respective buffers with the same timestamps.