Abstract: A method for derivation of a temporal motion data (TMD) candidate for a prediction unit (PU) in video encoding or video decoding is provided. The derived TMD candidate is for inclusion in an inter-prediction candidate list for the PU. The method includes determining a primary TMD position relative to a co-located PU in a co-located largest coding unit (LCU), wherein the co-located PU is a block in a reference picture having a same size, shape, and coordinates as the PU, and selecting at least some motion data of a secondary TMD position as the TMD candidate when the primary TMD position is in a bottom neighboring LCU or in a bottom right neighboring LCU of the co-located LCU, wherein the secondary TMD position is determined relative to the co-located PU.

Abstract: An arrangement for operating one or more windows (S1-S4, SF, SH), which are installed in a vehicle (FZ) and in particular delimit a passenger compartment (FGZ) and whose optical properties can be changed by electrical actuation, comprises a position-determining device (ZGA) for determining the position (P1-P3) of an object (IDG1) which is located outside the vehicle (FZ). In addition, the arrangement has a control device (STG, AST) which is configured to actuate the one or more windows (S1-S4, SF, SH) as a function of the position, determined by the position-determining device, and in particular the distance.

Abstract: Smart window apparatus, systems, and related methods for use with vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes control circuitry configured to obtain data associated with a vehicle that is parked, determine, based on the data, a status of the vehicle associated with relatively high cabin temperature or an unattended occupant in the vehicle, and open a vehicle window via a window actuator to cool the vehicle cabin. The control circuitry is also configured to detect, based on the data, an event in an environment associated with the vehicle while the vehicle window is open and adjust the vehicle window via the window actuator in response to the detection.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for encoding, a method for decoding, an apparatus, computer program products, an encoder and a decoder for video information. The motion vector for a block in a video image is predicted from a set of motion vector prediction candidates determined based on previously-coded motion vectors. A motion vector prediction candidate is included in the set based on the location of the block associated with the first spatial motion vector prediction candidate and in comparison with motion vector prediction candidates already in the set.

Abstract: There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform acquiring an input bitstream comprising metadata and video data, decoding the video data, determining whether the metadata comprises at least one flag signaling at least one component of a picture size of at least one picture of the video data, and signaling, in a case where it is determined that the metadata comprises the at least one flag, a display device to display the at least one picture from the video data according to the at least one flag.

Abstract: The technology relates to an exterior sensor system for a vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous driving mode. The technology includes a close-in sensing (CIS) camera system to address blind spots around the vehicle. The CIS system is used to detect objects within a few meters of the vehicle. Based on object classification, the system is able to make real-time driving decisions. Classification is enhanced by employing cameras in conjunction with lidar sensors. The specific arrangement of multiple sensors in a single sensor housing is also important to object detection and classification. Thus, the positioning of the sensors and support components are selected to avoid occlusion and to otherwise prevent interference between the various sensor housing elements.

Abstract: A system and method for tracking the sun with a heliostat mirror is disclosed. The solar tracking system comprises: a camera configured to capture high dynamic range images of the sky, a plurality of cameras configured to capture images of the heliostat mirror, and a tracking controller. The images of the heliostat mirror include reflections of the sky. The tracking controller is configured to generate a circumsolar radiance map characterizing the brightness of at least a portion of the sky with the high dynamic range images.

Abstract: The surrounding vehicle display system comprises an object detection device detecting an object in surroundings of a vehicle, an electronic control unit, and a display device. The electronic control unit is configured to generate an object mark based on an output of the object detection device and identify the object mark. The display device displays the surrounding vehicle as a vehicle icon when the object mark is identified as a surrounding vehicle by the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine a position of the vehicle icon with respect to the vehicle on the display device and offset a center position of the vehicle icon from a center position of the object mark identified as the surrounding vehicle based on a predetermined size of the vehicle icon.

Abstract: A system for trailer coupler localization for guidance during a hitching maneuver for a vehicle includes a trailer device including a trailer coupler and a graphic providing structure affixed to the trailer coupler. The structure includes at least one predefined graphic image. The system further includes a rear facing camera device attached to the vehicle and providing a captured image of the predefined graphic image. The system further includes a computerized controller, including programming to receive and analyze the captured image of the predefined graphic image to determine a relative position of the graphic providing structure to the camera device. The controller further includes programming to utilize the analysis to determine a relative position of the trailer coupler to a trailer hitch ball of the vehicle and to provide an output to control the hitching maneuver based upon the relative position.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for determining a distance, comprising: a light source for projecting a pattern of discrete spots of laser light towards the object in a sequence of pulses; a detector comprising picture elements, for detecting light representing the pattern as reflected by the object in synchronization with the sequence of pulses; and processing means to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by said picture elements. The picture elements generate exposure values by accumulating a first amount of electrical charge representing a first amount of light reflected during a first time window and a second electrical charge representating a second amount of light reflected during a second time window. The system projects and detects for at least two consecutive sequences of pulses, each being operated with a different duration of said first time window and said second time window.

Abstract: A periphery monitoring device according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire captured image data from an image-capturing unit that captures a region including a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle and a region above the road surface; a storage unit configured to store the captured image data; and an image processing unit configured to display, in a case of displaying a peripheral image in the traveling direction of the vehicle on a display unit, a first region including a road surface on a under-floor portion of the vehicle or a road surface on a vicinity of the under-floor portion by using a corresponding image in past captured image data stored in the storage unit, and display a second region including the region above the road surface by using a corresponding image in current captured image data acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A method for supporting a user of a first vehicle to follow a second vehicle includes obtaining a picture, by a camera, of at least a part of a surrounding of the first vehicle, detecting vehicles in the obtained picture, displaying a representation of the detected vehicles on a user interface to the user, obtaining input from the user from the user interface of which of the detected vehicles that is the second vehicle and that the user would like to follow, obtaining, via the camera, at least one identification data of the second vehicle, tracking the position of the second vehicle, and transmitting the position of the second vehicle to a navigation system of the first vehicle.

Abstract: A monitoring device for a vehicle that, in a case in which it is determined, based on information captured by a towing information capture device, that the vehicle is not towing another vehicle, provides support for monitoring an area to a rear of the vehicle using images captured by a first capture device, and in a case in which it is determined, based on the information captured by the towing information capture device, that the vehicle is towing another vehicle, provides support for monitoring the area to the rear of the vehicle using images captured by a second capture device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to execute: acquiring a presence or an absence of a predetermined input from the outside to parked vehicles parked in a predetermined parking area in which a plurality of vehicles are parked, identifying a vehicle target vehicle for which the predetermined input is made among the parked vehicles, and issuing a command for activating a first vehicle sensor configured to detect a peripheral information of a first vehicle and provided to the first vehicle based on the predetermined input to target vehicle, the first vehicle being a vehicle parked around target vehicle in the predetermined parking area.

Abstract: Systems and methods for logging images using integrated cameras, lights, and sensors of a vehicle are provided. The system may include a handheld actuator, e.g., a key fob, having a button for initiating the taking of a photo or the start or stop of the recording of a video by the integrated cameras of the vehicle. Moreover, the actuator may select lighting settings such that the integrated lights of the vehicle may illuminate the vicinity of the vehicle to create a flash effect for a photo, or illuminate the vicinity of the vehicle for a video. The image data captured by the cameras may be at least temporarily stored, and transmitted to, e.g., a mobile device within a predetermined range of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lateral image processing method, and the method includes recognizing areas in which amounts of image change are different from each other in an image captured by a camera; determining whether a car is in a driving state; and converting an image in one area in which an amount of image change is different according to the driving state of the car.

Abstract: A trailering assist system includes a control and a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and having a field of view at least rearward of the vehicle. The control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The control, responsive to image processing of captured image data, transforms captured image data of the trailer hitch from a pivoting orientation of the portion of the trailer that pivots about the trailer hitch to a vertical orientation of the portion of the trailer that moves laterally across the transformed image data. The control transforms pivotal movement of the portion of the trailer about the trailer hitch to lateral movement of the trailer hitch in the transformed image data. The control determines a trailer angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle based on the lateral position of the trailer hitch in the transformed image data.

Abstract: Display devices and electronic apparatuses with 3D camera modules are provided. An exemplary device comprises a display and a 3D camera module, wherein the 3D camera module comprises a depth camera module disposed at a backlight side of the display; the depth camera module comprises an edge-emitting laser and an imaging module; the edge-emitting laser is configured for emitting laser light, for the emitted laser light to penetrate the display to reach an object; and the imaging module is configured for receiving laser light reflected by the object that penetrates the display, and obtaining a depth image of the object based on the reflected laser light.

Abstract: A method of displaying a message associated with a likelihood of an animal appearing within a proximity of vehicle is provided. The method includes detecting, using a sensor of a vehicle, an animal warning sign in an area external to the vehicle at a particular time. The method further includes accessing in real time, using a computing device, a database including data associated with the animal depicted on the animal warning sign, determining in real time, using the computing device of the vehicle, a likelihood of the animal appearing within a proximity of the vehicle based on the accessed data, and displaying in real time, on a user interface associated with the computing device of the vehicle, a message based on the likelihood of the animal appearing within the proximity of the vehicle.

Abstract: A digital loupe system is provided which can include a number of features. In one embodiment, the digital loupe system can include a stereo camera pair and a distance sensor. The system can further include a processor configured to perform a transformation to image signals from the stereo camera pair based on a distance measurement from the distance sensor and from camera calibration information. In some examples, the system can use the depth information and the calibration information to correct for parallax between the cameras to provide a multi-channel image. Ergonomic head mounting systems are also provided. In some implementations, the head mounting systems can be configurable to support the weight of a digital loupe system, including placing one or two oculars in a line of sight with an eye of a user, while improving overall ergonomics, including peripheral vision, comfort, stability, and adjustability. Methods of use are also provided.