Abstract: Provided are a disaster information processing apparatus, an operation method of a disaster information processing apparatus, an operation program of a disaster information processing apparatus, and a disaster information processing system capable of grasping a damage situation at a disaster site in a short time without waste. A RW control unit receives a first aerial image obtained by capturing a first imaging range including an area by a first camera mounted on a first drone. A first damage situation analysis unit analyzes a first damage situation of a disaster in the first imaging range based on the first aerial image. A second imaging range determination unit determines a second imaging range of a second camera mounted on a second drone based on a first analysis result, and the second imaging range is relatively narrower than the first imaging range.

Abstract: A method of decoding image data is provided. The method may include generating a dequantized block of an image based on a coded bitstream; determining whether to use one from among an implicit method and an explicit method for selecting a hybrid transform kernel from among one or more hybrid transform kernel that are available for decoding the dequantized block, wherein the one or more hybrid transform kernel are available for decoding the dequantized block based on associations between prediction modes and sizes of blocks; selecting, by using the one from among the implicit method and the explicit method, the hybrid transform kernel from among the one or more hybrid transform kernel; and performing inverse transform coding of the dequantized block based on the selected hybrid transform kernel.

Abstract: A method of decoding includes receiving a bitstream having a plurality of layers and a video parameter set (VPS), where the VPS includes a direct reference layer flag, where the direct reference layer flag equal to a first value specifies that a second layer is not a direct reference layer for a first layer, and where the direct reference layer flag equal to a second value specifies that the second layer is the direct reference layer for the first layer; deriving a reference layer flag by: initially setting the reference layer flag to the first value; and updating the reference layer flag to the second value when the direct reference layer flag has the second value; and decoding a picture from the first layer in accordance with the reference layer flag to obtain a decoded picture.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an evaluation index calculation device, an evaluation index calculation method, and an evaluation index calculation program which are capable of diversifying an evaluation index representing an optical state of a light control sheet. The evaluation index calculation device acquires an evaluation image of an imaging target in a predetermined environment, captured via a light control sheet, and calculates a degree of obscuring caused by the light control sheet in the evaluation image, as an evaluation index, through image analysis of the evaluation image.

Abstract: A microinstrument system comprises: a microinstrument, having at least one integrated optical fiber which has a distal end facing the object to be observed; a recording apparatus, to which light from the object to be observed can be supplied for recording image data with the aid of the at least one optical fiber; a determining device, which is designed to determine the positions of the distal end of the at least one optical fiber at the recording times of the particular image data; wherein a data-processing device, connected to the recording apparatus in order to receive the image data; is connected to the determining device in order to receive the position data; and is designed to compile the image data with the aid of the position data to form a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image.

Abstract: Techniques for low power gunshot sensor testing are disclosed. An acoustic generator and an infrared generator are disposed in a housing. The housing encompasses the acoustic generator and the infrared generator. The housing covers the gunshot sensor. The acoustic generator and the infrared generator are used for testing a gunshot sensor. The infrared generator and the acoustic generator are coupled to an activation circuit. A switch is coupled to the acoustic generator and the infrared generator. The switch provides activation control of the acoustic generator and the infrared generator. The infrared generator includes a light source operating in the near-infrared (NIR) band. The light source operating in the NIR band provides testing for a gunshot muzzle flash sensor. The infrared generator includes a light source operating in the mid-infrared (MIR) band. The light source operating in the MIR band provides testing for a passive infrared (PIR) sensor.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data. The method comprises: receiving, from the video signal, a picture frame that includes a first component and a second component; determining a classifier for the second component from a set of samples of the first component associated with a respective sample of the second component; when the set of samples of the first component associated with the respective sample of the second component is divided by a virtual boundary, copying one or more central subsets of the set of samples of the first component to a first boundary position and a second boundary position of the set of samples of the first component; determining a sample offset for the respective sample of the second component according to the classifier; and modifying the value of the respective sample of the second component based on the determined sample offset.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus including processing circuitry that determines, based on a syntax element in a coded video bitstream, that a current block in a current picture is coded in a subblock-based frame-rate up conversion (FRUC) mode and determines a corresponding block of the current block based on an offset vector indicating an offset between the current block and the corresponding block in the current picture. The processing circuitry determines a temporal motion vector predictor (TMVP) of a first subblock in the corresponding block based on a subblock in a forward reference picture and a subblock in a backward reference picture. The subblocks in the forward and backward reference pictures are matched using the subblock-based FRUC mode. The processing circuitry determines a TMVP of a subblock in the current block based on the TMVP of the first subblock in the corresponding block.

Abstract: A method of coding implemented by a decoding device or an encoding device comprises determining an intra prediction mode of a current block; and determining selecting of a secondary transform of the current block based on the intra prediction mode determined for the current block.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a sound collection unit configured to collect a voice, an analysis unit configured to analyze a voice collected by the sound collection unit, an automatic image capturing unit configured to automatically capture an image, and a setting unit configured to set image capturing frequency of the automatic image capturing unit, wherein, in a case where a result of analysis by the analysis unit is a specific voice instruction, the setting unit sets the image capturing frequency higher after an operation is performed according to the instruction.

Abstract: A method of video encoding includes determining whether a reference block for a current block is located in a different coding tree unit (CTU) than a CTU of the current block. The method also includes, in response to the reference block being located in the different CTU, (i) determining whether a memory location of a reference sample memory for the reference block is available. The second area is collocated in the different CTU with a position of the first area in the CTU of the current block. In response to the determination that the reference block is located in the different CTU, the method also includes, (ii) in response to a determination that the memory location for the reference block is available, retrieving, from the memory location corresponding to the reference block, one or more samples to encode the current block.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a main body, a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is disposed on a first setting area of the main body. The second sensor is disposed on a second setting area of the main body. The first setting area and the second setting area respectively have a first central point and a second central point, where the first central point and the second central point are disposed on a horizontal axis. There is a first angle between a connection line of the first central point and the first sensor with the horizontal axis, and there is a second angle between a connection line of the second central point and the second sensor with the horizontal axis, where the first angle is different from the second angle.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention encompass systems and methods for determining detection limits for various antibody-dye conjugates for flow cytometry. Exemplary techniques involve a linear superpositioning approach of spillover-induced enlargements of normally distributed measurement errors.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding a video signal. The method comprises: receiving the video signal that includes a first component and a second component in a first picture frame; receiving, from the video signal, a plurality of sample offsets associated with the second component in the first picture frame; deriving a first class index for the second component from a first set of one or more samples of the first component relative to each sample of the second component; selecting a first sample offset from the plurality of sample offsets for the second component according to the first class index; and obtaining a cross-component offsetted sample value of the second component based on the first sample offset in the first picture frame. In some embodiments, the first picture frame is divided into a plurality of regions, and a different classifier is used for each of the plurality of regions.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an inference part which is capable of inference by using a first inference model for finding of a specific target object and by using a second inference model for discrimination about the specific target object and a control unit to which a first picked-up image obtained under a first image pickup condition and a second picked-up image obtained under a second image pickup condition different from the first image pickup condition can be inputted and which performs control such that in a case where the first picked-up image is inputted, the inference part is caused to execute inference by using the first inference model, and in a case where the second picked-up image is inputted, the inference part is caused to execute inference by using the second inference model.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus includes matrix reference pixel derivation circuitry that derives reference samples by using top neighboring samples and left neighboring samples of a current block, weight matrix derivation circuitry that derives a weight matrix, matrix prediction image derivation circuitry that derives a prediction image, and matrix prediction image interpolation circuitry that derives a predicted image by using the prediction image. A size index is derived according to a value of a target block width and a value of a target block height. A prediction size is derived using the size index. In a case that a first condition, that both the value of the transform block width and the value of the transform block height are equal to 4, is true, the size index is set equal to 0 and the prediction size is set equal to 4.

Abstract: An affine motion estimation (ME) is performed on a current block to determine affine parameters of the current block in a pre-analysis stage. The affine ME is performed based on at least one of (i) a down-scaled current picture and one or more down-scaled reference pictures of the down-scaled current picture, (ii) a simplified configuration, or (iii) a fixed block size of the current block being equal to or larger than a threshold. The affine parameters of the current block determined in the pre-analysis stage are stored. Affine parameters of the current block are determined based on the affine parameters stored in the pre-analysis stage. The current block is reconstructed based on the determined affine parameters of the current block.

Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: determining a position of a co-located block of a current block within a co-located picture (co-located picture); determining a representative motion vector of the current block by using motion information at the position of the co-located block; and deriving motion information on a sub-block included in the current block by using the representative motion vector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a monitoring system including an edge processing apparatus including a space distinct ID management database, a space distinct ID control unit, a storage unit, an analysis unit, and an abnormality determination unit, and a controller, a transmitter, and a camera with sensor that are installed in a location to be monitored, in which the space distinct ID management database stores a space distinct ID and a transmission time of the space distinct ID in association with the location to be monitored, the space distinct ID control unit acquires the space distinct ID associated with the location to be monitored from the space distinct ID management database and transmits the space distinct ID that is acquired to the controller in the associated location to be monitored, the controller transmits the space distinct ID acquired from the space distinct ID control unit to the transmitter, the transmitter generates a signal based on the space distinct ID acquired from the controller and di

Abstract: A method for picture prediction, an encoder, a decoder, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. At least one colour component of a current block in a picture is determined. The at least one colour component of the current block is pre-processed to obtain at least one pre-processed colour component. A prediction model is constructed according to the at least one pre-processed colour component, where the prediction model is used to perform cross-component prediction on the at least one colour component of the current block.