Abstract: A production slate device may include a first arm having a first distal end, and a second arm having a second distal end. A hinge may movably couple the arms together so that the first distal end and second distal end form the portions of the arms that are distal to the hinge, and the hinge may enable the device to be moved into and between a closed position, in which the distal ends are proximate to or in contact with each other, and an open position, in which the distal ends are moved apart from each other. A board plate may be coupled to the second arm. The board plate may have a board length dimension (BL), and the second arm may have a total length dimension (TL). Preferably, the BL is less than 80 percent of the TL.

Abstract: A high dynamic range image sensors enabled by integrating broadband optical filters with individual sensor pixels of a pixel array. The broadband optical filters are formed of engineered micro or nanostructures that exhibit large differences in transmittance, e.g. up to 5 to 7 orders of magnitude. Such high transmittance difference can be achieved by using a single layer of individually designed filters, which show varied transmittance as a result of the distinct absorption of various material and structures. The high transmittance difference can also be achieved by controlling the polarization of light and using polarization-sensitive structures as filters. With the presence of properly designed integrated nanostructures, broadband transmission spectrum with transmittance spanning several orders of magnitude can be achieved. This enables design and manufacturing of image sensors with high dynamic range which is crucial for applications including autonomous driving and surveillance.

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods that provide for fast image acquisition with a CCD camera for tomographic imaging by synchronizing illumination with the image acquisition sequence of the CCD camera. The systems and methods described herein allow images to be acquired with a CCD camera using short image acquisition times that would otherwise result in the introduction of severe artifacts into the acquired images. This unique capability is achieved by selectively illuminating the one or more object(s) to be imaged during specific phases of the CCD camera that are used to acquire an image. Reducing the time required to acquire artifact-free images in this manner allows for rapid imaging with a CCD camera. This capability is of particular relevance to tomographic imaging approaches, in which multiple images of one or more objects are acquired and used to produce a single tomographic image.

Abstract: There is provided a reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, a program, and a recording medium that can prevent an unnatural change in luminance in a case where other information is displayed by being superimposed on a video. A reproduction apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology receives a video stream to which dynamic metadata including luminance information of a picture has been added, and in a case where predetermined information is superimposed and displayed on the picture, adds metadata indicated by a flag indicating the metadata used for luminance adjustment while the predetermined information is superimposed and displayed to the picture constituting the received video stream, and outputs the picture to which the metadata has been added to a display apparatus. The present technology can be applied to a Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc player.

Abstract: A control device for a laser scanning display apparatus includes a laser device, a current source that generates an electric current supplied to the laser device, and a controller that controls the current source to set a current value of the electric current supplied to the laser device. During a period for scanning a non-display area where no image is displayed, the controller sets the current value at a first drive current value that is less than a threshold current value at which the laser device starts oscillating; and during a period for scanning a portion with a luminance level of zero in a display area where an image is displayed, the controller sets the current value at a second drive current value that is greater than or equal to the first drive current value and less than the threshold current value.

Abstract: A camera is module mounted on an inside of a windshield in a vehicle and is configured to photograph an outside of the vehicle. The camera module includes: a first camera for photographing the outside with a first imaging element through a first lens unit; and a second camera having a view angle narrower than the first camera and photographing the outside with a second imaging element through a second lens unit. The first imaging element and the second imaging element have a same pixel specification.

Abstract: An information processing device including a sound output control unit that performs control related to sound output, in a case where an image captured at a first frame rate is subjected to display reproduction at a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate, on the basis of at least one of an input image signal, an input sound signal, reproduction speed information indicating a ratio between the first frame rate and the second frame rate, or user input information, in which the control related to the sound output performed by the sound output control unit includes switching control that selects one sound output method from a plurality of sound output methods and performs switching, or mixing control that performs mixing of sound signals obtained by the plurality of sound output methods.

Abstract: A method and system for calibration parameter validation. The method includes performing a camera calibration generating a calibration result, applying a coarse pass-fail criteria to the calibration result and rejecting the camera if the calibration result does not pass the coarse pass fail-criteria. The method further includes applying a fine pass-fail criteria based upon at least information stored at a central repository to the calibration result if the calibration result passes the coarse pass-fail criteria, rejecting the camera if the calibration result does not pass the fine pass fail-criteria, accepting the camera if the calibration result passes the fine pass fail-criteria, and entering the calibration result into the central repository. The information stored at the central repository includes key performance indicator/key performance metric information for one or more measured parameters of the calibration result.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture configured to operate an aerial vehicle are provided. Various embodiments may be implemented with an aerial vehicle. In one exemplary implementation, a method of operating an aerial vehicle may include identifying, from image data, a set of predetermined features based on one or more invariant properties associated with the predetermined features. The predetermined features may be associated with predetermined physical locations. Based on the image locations of the predetermined features within the image data and the predetermined physical locations of the predetermined features, a system may be configured to determine at least one of a location and an orientation of the aerial vehicle. The disclosed embodiments may provide enhanced accuracy, usability, and robustness in tracking the location and orientation of an aerial vehicle under various operation conditions.

Abstract: An image noise reduction device and method thereof are provided. The method includes: receiving an original image, where the original image includes a plurality of image pixels, each of the image pixels has an image pixel value and a fixed noise value, and the fixed noise value includes a decimal; obtaining a bit-shifted image pixel value, a bit-shifted fixed noise value, and a random number according to a number of bits of the decimal, the image pixel values, and the fixed noise values; obtaining a bit-shifted noise-reduced image pixel value according to the bit-shifted image pixel value, the bit-shifted fixed noise value, the random number, and a reduction equation; obtaining a noise-reduced image pixel value according to the number of bits of the decimal and the bit-shifted noise-reduced image pixel value; and obtaining a noise-reduced image according to the noise-reduced image pixel value.

Abstract: A traffic control system and a method of automatic zone creation for a smart traffic camera to be used in adaptive traffic management at an intersection are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method includes receiving traffic data at an intersection; creating zones at the intersection to be applied to one or more smart traffic cameras installed at the intersection; determining whether the zones are to be validated; validating the zones upon determining that the zones are to be validated; and applying the validated zones to the one or more smart traffic cameras at the intersection.

Abstract: An image sensor which relates to a technology for estimating crosstalk of each pixel is disclosed. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit test patterns, each of which is used to measure values of crosstalk components of a plurality of light blocking pixels generated by a single open pixel, the light blocking pixels and the single open pixel included in the unit test pattern, a storage circuit configured to store the measured values of the respective unit test patterns, a calculation circuit configured to calculate a crosstalk value about each target pixel included in the pixel array by combining the stored values, and a correction circuit configured to correct pixel data of the target pixel by reflecting the calculated crosstalk value in the pixel data.

Abstract: The present disclosure is intended to provide a smart television and a method for displaying a graphical user interface of a television screen shot. The method includes while a display device is displaying currently-played content, in response to receiving an input instruction for capturing a screen shot, acquiring a screen shot image comprising at least one object; and while the display device continues playing, displaying a screen shot content display layer on the display device. The screen shot content display layer is configured to present the screen shot image. The method further includes in response to receiving an input for selecting an object or a keyword matched with the object, displaying recommended content related to the object; in response to receiving a selection for a different object on the screen shot image by moving a focus frame, updating presentation of recommended content based on the selected different object.

Abstract: A video signal conversion device includes a front end interface, a rear end interface, a video detector and a video processor. The front end interface is coupled to a video source to receive an input signal. The rear end interface is coupled to a video receiver. The video detector determines whether the input signal corresponds to HDR imaging format. The video detector generates a conversion command in response to the input signal corresponding to HDR imaging format. The video processor is coupled to the front end interface, the rear end interface and the video detector. When the video processor receives the conversion command, the video processor converts the input signal into an output signal with SDR imaging format. The video processor sends the output signal to the video receiver via the rear end interface.

Abstract: A system and method for calibration of cameras on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is provided. The system receives a set of anchor images of a human subject from a set of anchor cameras and a group of images of the human subject from multiple viewpoints in three-dimensional (3D) space from a group of cameras on a group of UAVs. The system determines a first set of two-dimensional (2D) positions of human joints from the set of anchor images and a second set of 2D positions of the human joints from the group of images. The system computes, as 3D key-points, 3D positions of the human joints based on triangulation using the first set of 2D positions and determines a 2D re-projection error between the 3D key-points and the second set of 2D positions. Thereafter, by minimizing the 2D re-projection error, the system calibrates each camera of the group of cameras.

Abstract: An optical measuring device comprises: a lens to form an image with reflected light from a measuring object; an image sensor to receive the reflected light that has passed through the lens and generate an image representing the measuring object; a driver to drive a drive object, the drive object being at least one of the lens and the image sensor; and a controller to control the optical measuring device. The controller acquires, from the image sensor, a plurality of images generated by the image sensor successively imaging the measuring object while the driver is driving the drive object in accordance with a predetermined driving pattern, and outputs the plurality of images.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus in which an image receiver receives a plurality of captured images, where image-captured ranges partially overlap, from an image-capturing device and stores the plurality of captured images in an input buffer, a composite region setter sets a composite region such that a portion projected in the vicinity of a polar point of a celestial sphere panoramic image is wider than a portion projected in the vicinity of an equator of the celestial sphere panoramic image, in an overlapping image-captured range of at least two captured images, an image composer performs composite processing on overlapping images in the composite region, connects the plurality of captured images, generates the celestial sphere panoramic image, and stores the generated image to an output buffer, and an image transmitter transmits the celestial sphere panoramic image to a display device.

Abstract: A detection method for an image acquisition device, a detection device for an image acquisition device, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium are disclosed. The image acquisition device includes a light source and a diffuser, the diffuser is configured to scatter light emitted by the light source and the light emitted by the light source is irradiated on at least partial area of a scene, the image acquisition device includes: acquiring an image of the scene; determining an effective area of the image; and determining whether or not the diffuser is in an abnormal working state according to information of the effective area.

Abstract: Techniques for projecting images onto fabricated surfaces. One or more electronic files containing an engineering diagram that describes a three-dimensional shape of the fabricated surface are retrieved. Warp transformation information for transforming images to be projected onto the fabricated surface is calculated, based on the engineering diagram, positional information defining a three-dimensional position of a projection device, relative to the fabricated surface, and positional information of an intended viewer relative to the fabricated surface. The warp transformation information is applied to one or more images to generate one or more transformed images. Embodiments project, using the projection device, the one or more transformed images onto the fabricated surface.

Abstract: In a solid-state image sensor in which an arbiter arbitrates a request, a failure point is identified. A plurality of pixels generates a request for requesting transmission of a predetermined detection signal, in a case where a predetermined event is detected. A test circuit outputs the request of each of the plurality of pixels as an output request in a case where a test is not instructed, and generates a plurality of new requests and outputs each as the output request in a case where the test is instructed. The arbiter arbitrates the output request. A communication circuit transmits the detection signal on the basis of an arbitration result of the arbiter. A failure determination unit determines whether or not the arbiter has a failure on the basis of the detection signal in a case where the test is instructed.