Abstract: A method for driving-related object detection, the method may include receiving an input image by an input of an object detector; and detecting, by an object detector, objects that appear in the input image. The detecting includes searching for (i) a first object having a first size that is within a first size range and belongs to a four wheel vehicle class, (ii) a second object having a second size that is within a second size range and belongs to a subclass out of multiple four wheel vehicle subclasses, (iii) a pedestrian, and (iv) a two wheel vehicle; wherein a maximum of the first size range does not substantially exceed a minimum of the second size range.

Abstract: A messaging system performs engagement analysis based on labels associated with content items produced by users of the messaging system. The messaging system is configured to process content items comprising images to identify elements in the images and determine labels for the images based on conditions indicating when to associate a label of the labels with an image of the images based on the elements in the image. The messaging system is further configured to associate the label with the content item, in response to determining to associate the label with the image, associating the label with the content item. The messaging system is further configured to determine engagement scores for the label based on interactions of users with the content items associated with label and adjust the engagement scores to determine trends in the labels to generate adjusted engagement scores.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for linking first type of entities and second type of entities in a page. The system is configured to generate a feature vector for each of the first type of entities and each of the second type of entities. Further, the system is configured to receive into a neural network, a pair of the feature vectors, wherein one of the pair of the feature vector corresponds to a feature vector of a first type of entity and another feature vector corresponds to a feature vector of a second type of entity. The entities corresponding to the pair of feature vectors are neighboring each other. The neural network is configured to generate an output, indicating the likelihood of the pair of entities being linked.

Abstract: A detection device includes a processing circuit that is configured to acquire an imaging video of a user to be authenticated, specify categories of micro-expressions of the user using the acquired imaging video, and determine whether an appearance pattern of each specified category for the micro-expressions is normal.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a learning framework that unifies both semantic segmentation and semantic edge detection. A learnable recurrent message passing layer is disclosed where semantic edges are considered as explicitly learned gating signals to refine segmentation and improve dense prediction quality by finding compact structures for message paths. The disclosure includes a method for coupled segmentation and edge learning. In one example, the method includes: (1) receiving an input image, (2) generating, from the input image, a semantic feature map, an affinity map, and a semantic edge map from a single backbone network of a convolutional neural network (CNN), and (3) producing a refined semantic feature map by smoothing pixels of the semantic feature map using spatial propagation, and controlling the smoothing using both affinity values from the affinity map and edge values from the semantic edge map.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including receiving, via a computer processor, at least one image of a portion of a subject's body. One or more features that are present within the image of the portion of the subject's body, and that were artificially added to the image subsequent to acquisition of the image, are identified. In response thereto, an output is generated on an output device.

Abstract: Disclosed are an information processing method and a terminal device. The method comprises: acquiring first information, wherein the first information is information to be processed by a terminal device; calling an operation instruction in a calculation apparatus to calculate the first information so as to obtain second information; and outputting the second information. By means of the examples in the present disclosure, a calculation apparatus of a terminal device can be used to call an operation instruction to process first information, so as to output second information of a target desired by a user, thereby improving the information processing efficiency. The present technical solution has advantages of a fast computation speed and high efficiency.

Abstract: An image encoding method including: a constraint information generating step of generating tile constraint information indicating whether or not there is a constraint in filtering on boundaries between adjacent tiles among a plurality of tiles obtained by dividing a picture, and storing the tile constraint information into a sequence parameter set; and a filter information generating step of generating, for each of the boundaries, one of a plurality of filter information items respectively indicating whether or not filtering is executed on the boundaries, and storing the plurality of filter information items into a plurality of picture parameter sets, wherein, in the filter information generating step, the plurality of filter information items which indicate identical content are generated when the tile constraint information indicates that there is the constraint in the filtering.

Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus (100) is configured to generate movement maps (30) of pixels (21) belonging to a first image (11) based on the first image (11) and a second image (12) captured at different times, to move a pixel (21) of the first image (11) based on a smoothed movement map (30a) in which high-frequency components of the movement maps (30) have been suppressed in a spatial direction and generate a deformed image (11a), and to combine the deformed image (11a) and the second image (12).

Abstract: An imaging method (100) includes: acquiring first training images of one or more imaging subjects using a first image acquisition device (12); acquiring second training images of the same one or more imaging subjects as the first training images using a second image acquisition device (14) of the same imaging modality as the first imaging device; and training a neural network (NN) (16) to transform the first training images into transformed first training images having a minimized value of a difference metric comparing the transformed first training images and the second training images.

Abstract: An information processing device includes circuitry. The circuitry calculates a matching degree between two images of an image pair. The matching degree of the image pair is one of a plurality of matching degrees of a plurality of image pairs. The circuitry generates information on sameness between two image groups of an image group pair based on the plurality of matching degrees of the plurality of image pairs. The image group pair includes the plurality of image pairs.

Abstract: A flexible computer architecture for performing digital image analysis is described herein. In some examples, the computer architecture can include a distributed messaging platform (DMP) for receiving images from cameras and storing the images in a first queue. The computer architecture can also include a first container for receiving the images from the first queue, applying an image analysis model to the images, and transmitting the image analysis result to the DMP for storage in a second queue. Additionally, the computer architecture can include a second container for receiving the image analysis result from the second queue, performing a post-processing operation on the image analysis result, and transmitting the post-processing result to the DMP for storage in a third queue. The computer architecture can further include an output container for receiving the post-processing result from the third queue and generating an alert notification based on the post-processing result.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a depth sensor and an inertial measurement unit. The electronic device detects a presence of the user of the electronic device by analyzing a combination of inertial sensor signals from the inertial measurement unit and depth sensor signals from the depth sensor.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for identifying content to represent web pages and creating a representative image from the content. An example method may include retrieving a web document using a uniform resource locator (URL) contained in a dequeued work item, determining, from the web document, candidate images for creation of the representative image including extracting image references, wherein the image references are extracted by identifying image tags with source attributes, values of which are URLs locating images, filtering the URLs using a blacklist of expressions designed to match the URLs of images comprising one or more predefined undesirable characteristics, and retrieving the images which do not match any of the expressions using an HTTP client, and creating the representative image, comprising at least modifying a chosen image selected from among the candidate images.

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for generating a high-quality MRI image from under-sampled or corrupted data The image reconstruction system includes a memory. The memory is configured to store multiple samples of biological, physiological, neurological or anatomical data that has missing or corrupted k-space data and a deep learning model or neural network. The image reconstruction system includes a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to obtain the multiple samples. The processor is configured to determine the missing or corrupted k-space data using the multiple samples and the deep learning model or neural network. The processor is configured to reconstruct an MRI image using the determined missing or corrupted k-space data and the multiple samples.

Abstract: An image processing system or electronic device may implement processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may receive an image, such as financial document image. The processing circuitry may determine a character count for the financial document image or particular portions of the financial document image without recognizing any particular character in the financial document image. In that regard, the processing circuitry may determine a top left score for pixels in the financial document, the top left score indicating or representing a likelihood that a particular pixel corresponds to a top left corner of a text character. The processing circuitry may also determine top right score for image pixels. Then, the processing circuitry may identify one or more text chunks using the top left and top rights scores for pixels in the financial document image. The processing circuitry may determine a character count for the identified text chunks.

Abstract: Embodiments provide slide navigation technology that addresses challenges in digital pathology of navigating and viewing high resolution slide images. Example systems comprise a virtual slide stage (VSS) having at least one sensor that detects user movement of a target placed on the VSS, and an input component, coupled to the VSS, which provides quick function movement control of the target via quick functions. The systems also comprise a connector component that connects the VSS to a user device and transmits output from the at least one sensor and input component to the user device. The systems further comprise a computer processor, in communication with the VSS, which processes the output using a computational model to generate data representing movement profiles of the target. The computer processor executes a software component, causing the output, translated based on the movement profiles, to be relayed via a viewing application on the user device.

Abstract: A method for PET image reconstruction acquires PET data by a PET scanner; reconstructs from the acquired PET data a seed PET image; builds a feature space from the seed PET image and anatomical images co-registered with the seed PET image; performs a penalized maximum-likelihood reconstruction of a PET image from the seed PET image and the feature space using a penalty function that is calculated based on the differences between each voxel and its neighbors both on the PET image and in the feature space regardless of their location in the image.

Abstract: A device may receive images of an object and information identifying the object, process the images using an artificial intelligence technique to identify parts of the object that are depicted in the images, and receive information identifying a location of damage on the object and information regarding the damage on the object. The device may process the information identifying the location of damage to identify a damaged part of the object, identify images depicting the damaged part, and identify, in the images, a location of the damaged part. The device may generate a first content item for display at the location of the damaged part in the images and generate a second content item for display with the images based on user interaction with the first content item, where the second content item includes information based on the information regarding the damage on the object.

Abstract: In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to save one or more outputs of a deep learning neural network in a storage system of an autonomous vehicle and upload the one or more outputs to a remote server. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.