Abstract: For sample adaptive offset, classification may be used to classify the pixels into multiple categories and pixels in each category are offset compensated using an offset value for the category. The classification may be based on values of the current pixel and its neighboring pixels before SAO compensation. Therefore, the SAO compensated pixel cannot be written back to the current pixel location until the category for all pixels are determined. An embodiment of the present invention stores the relation between the current pixel and said one or more neighboring pixels so that the SAO compensated current pixel can replace the current pixel without buffering the to-be-processed pixels for classification. The SAO process may be performed on a region by region basis to adapt to the local characteristics of the picture. Rate-distortion optimization (RDO) is often used to guide the mode decision, such as region splitting/region merging decision.

Abstract: A method and device for multi-directional selective plane illumination microscopy is provided. A detector focal plane is alternately illuminated with at least two counter-propagating, coplanar light sheets, and an image of a specimen cross-section positioned in the focal plane is detected while only one light sheet illuminates the specimen. The wavefront of the illumination beams may be deformed with adaptive optics using feedback from light transmitted through the specimen. Multiple images of the specimen cross-section may be detected at different times and specimen positions and orientations to produce multi-view image stacks which may be processed using image fusion to produce a reconstructed image representation of the specimen. Additionally, the direction of propagation of the alternating light sheets may be pivoted in the focal plane while detecting the image.

Abstract: An image transmitting device includes: a transmitting unit that transmits image data by wireless communication; a measuring unit that measures information relating to a busy state of a communication channel used in the wireless communication for a time period per 1 field of the image data; and a judging unit that judges a state of the communication channel based on a measurement result by the measuring unit.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method is performed by one or more processors. The method includes receiving a primary view image showing a scene from a view of a primary camera; depth values for one or more objects in the scene; and a camera offset between the primary camera and a secondary camera. The method further includes determining disparities for each pixel in the primary view image. The method further includes generating a secondary view image using the primary view image, the depth values, and the camera offset. At least some of the pixels are repositioned according to the determined disparities.

Abstract: Compensation offsets are provided for a set of reconstructed samples of an image. Each sample has a sample value. A method of providing the compensation offsets comprises selecting, based on a rate distortion criterion, a classification from among a plurality of predetermined classifications. Each predetermined classification has a classification range smaller than a full range of the sample values and is made up of a plurality of classes, each defining a range of sample values within the classification range, into which class a sample is put if its sample value is within the range of the class concerned. A compensation offset is associated with each class of the selected classification for application to the sample value of each sample of the class.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for determining the presence of a cap on a container are provided. An exemplary method comprises capturing an image of an object; extracting an area of interest from the image; determining from the image a position of one or more edges of the object; and determining the presence of a cap based on a comparison of the one or more edge positions to reference data. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A display apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image using a parallax barrier scheme includes a display module having a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a parallax barrier facing the display region. In the parallax barrier, a plurality of aperture regions are formed as light-transmissive regions so that each one of the aperture regions corresponds to a predetermined number of the pixels. In one embodiment, each of the aperture regions is in a shape that exhibits an identical shape when rotated by 90 degrees.

Abstract: An enclosure for enclosing a flat panel display. A bezel includes a peripheral surface defining an enclosure area and an inner edge defining a display opening. A substantially transparent front cover operatively connects to the bezel and covers the display opening. An enclosure housing includes a front opening and an access opening substantially opposite the front opening. An access opening cover is configured to cover the access opening. A sealing member receiving region is defined by one of the enclosure housing and the access opening cover, and a sealing member is operatively connected to the sealing member receiving region. When the access opening cover is operatively connected to the enclosure housing, an interface between the enclosure housing and the access opening cover is substantially sealed and is resistant to liquid ingress.

Abstract: A two dimensional/three dimensional (2D/3D) switchable display module, comprising a display panel, an optical module and a revising circuit is disclosed. The display panel has an active area. The optical module is disposed on the active area for changing a light path of a light emitting from the active area. A relative position information is between a position of the optical module and a position of the display panel. The revising circuit is used for providing a revising information based on the relative position information. The display panel receives the revising information and outputs an image corresponding to the optical module for displaying a three dimensional image.

Abstract: Methods of encoding a live video signal in a video encoding system including a plurality of video capture and encoding subsystems include providing the live video signal and an associated time code signal to the plurality of video capture and encoding subsystems, starting video capture and encoding in a first one of the subsystems at a first frame of the live video signal, starting video capture and encoding in a second one of the subsystems at a second frame of the live video signal that is later than the first frame, generating encode frame timestamps for the second frame in both the first and second video capture and encoding subsystems that are synchronized across the first and second subsystems, and associating the encode frame timestamp with the second frame in both the first and second subsystems. Related systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for sample adaptive offset to restore intensity shift of processed video data are described. In a video coding system, the video data are subject to various processing such as prediction, transformation, quantization, deblocking, and adaptive loop filtering. Along the processing path in the video coding system, certain characteristics of the processed video data may be altered from the original video data due to the operations applied to video data. For example, the mean value of the processed video may be shifted. Therefore, the pixel intensity shift has to be carefully compensated or restored to alleviate the artifacts. Accordingly a sample adaptive offset scheme is disclosed that can take into consideration of the dynamic characteristics within a frame using a region partition scheme. Furthermore, the sample adaptive offset scheme also supports multiple SAO types that can be tailored to the characteristics of processed video data and achieve better quality.

Abstract: An apparatus to monitor one or more utility meters includes a communication unit with a processor, a communication interface coupled to the processor, and a probe interface coupled to the processor. A meter monitoring probe that includes a probe head is coupled by a cable to a probe connector capable to mate with the probe interface. The probe head includes an image sensor, an indicator, and a button. The probe head is capable to detect a characteristic of a utility meter that is dependent on a usage of a utility metered, and send information related to the characteristic to the processor. The processor is capable to receive the information from the probe head and send a message related to the usage of the utility over the communication interface, and the image sensor is capable to capture an image in response to a press of the button.

Abstract: A cable transmitter supports a number of low density parity check (LDPC) coding rates, e.g., ¼, ?, ?, ½, ?, ?, ¾, ?, ?, 8/9 and 9/10; and supports a number of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) schemes, e.g., 4-QAM, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM or higher. For a selected modulation scheme, the cable transmitter selects between using a non-uniform symbol constellation or a uniform symbol constellation as a function of a selected coding rate.

Abstract: In video/image coding, macroblocks (MBs) are often intra coded in raster scan order, starting from one seed MB. The invention improves intra prediction for optimized usage of multi-core processors. Encoding starts from multiple intra coded seed MBs per frame, and continues with adjacent MBs. A predefined prediction spread pattern (growth pattern) is used that comprises simultaneous prediction of two or more adjacent MBs per MB. Adjacent MBs with high coding cost are called “Hold-MB” and can be held from being processed, until another neighboring edge is available for prediction. Encoding comprises marking a MB with high coding cost for deferred prediction. This MB is skipped while the other MBs are encoded. When a further adjacent MB was encoded, the marked MB is predicted based on the adjacent MBs. Since a decoder receives the deferment marks and uses the same growth pattern, it follows the encoder, and predicts and decodes correctly.

Abstract: The invention provides a motion prediction method. First, a plurality of motion vector predictors is obtained to be included in a candidate set for motion prediction of a current unit of a current frame. Whether the current frame is a non-reference frame which is not referred to by other frames for motion prediction is then determined. When the current frame is not the non-reference frame, any motion vector predictor corresponding to a previously coded frame is removed from the candidate set, and a motion vector of the current unit is predicted according to the motion vector predictors of the candidate set.

Abstract: An application for a three-dimensional television system includes content encoded with left/right frame indicators at a pre-determined location on each frame. For example, during display frames meant for a first eye, the set of pixels contain a first pattern while during display of frames meant for the second eye, the set of pixels contain a second pattern. A detector interfaced to the screen of the television detects the left/right indication and provides synchronization to shutters of three-dimensional eyewear. The detector is positioned over the set of pixels and determines which pattern is displayed, generating a synchronization signal based upon the patterns. The synchronization signal is then transmitted to three-dimensional eyewear where it is used to control the shutters. In some embodiments, a phased-locked loop is provided within the three-dimensional eyewear to continue operation during periods when the transmission of the synchronization signal is blocked or otherwise interrupted.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to devices, methods, and computer readable media for perforating positional sensor-assisted panoramic photography techniques in handheld personal electronic devices. Generalized steps that may be used to carry out the panoramic photography techniques described herein include, but are not necessarily limited to: 1.) acquiring image data from the electronic device's image sensor; 2.) performing “motion filtering” on the acquired image data, e.g., using information returned from positional sensors of the electronic device to inform the processing of the image data; 3.) performing image registration between adjacent captured images; 4.) performing geometric corrections on captured image data, e.g., due to perspective changes and/or camera rotation about a non-center of perspective (COP) camera point; and 5.) “stitching” the captured images together to create the panoramic scene, e.g., blending the image data in the overlap area between adjacent captured images.

Abstract: An auto-commissioning system provides automatic parameter selection for an intelligent video system based on target video provided by the intelligent video system. The auto-commissioning system extracts visual feature descriptors from the target video and provides the one or more visual feature descriptors associated with the received target video to an parameter database that is comprised of a plurality of entries, each entry including a set of one or more stored visual feature descriptors and associated parameters tailored for the set of stored visual feature descriptors. A search of the parameter database locates one or more best matches between the extracted visual feature descriptors and the stored visual feature descriptors. The parameters associated with the best matches are returned as part of the search and used to commission the intelligent video system.

Abstract: A method of imaging microscopic objects includes determining the relative depths of two or more semiconductor nanocrystals by analyzing images of the semiconductor nanocrystals at varying z-displacements.

Abstract: A color-unevenness inspection apparatus includes: an image pickup section picking up an image of an inspection target in a color-unevenness inspection; and an image generation section generating an uneven-color image by, in the picked-up image of the inspection target obtained by the image pickup section, calculating a chroma in each unit region and identifying an uneven-color region based on a magnitude of the calculated chroma. The color-unevenness inspection apparatus further includes: a calculation section calculating, for the uneven-color region in the uneven-color image, an evaluation parameter to be used in the color-unevenness inspection; and an inspection section performing the color-unevenness inspection based on the calculated evaluation parameter. The image generation section calculates the chroma, in each unit region of the picked-up image, while performing correction processing that reflects variations in color-unevenness visibility from color to color.