Abstract: In an obstacle detection apparatus, a signal output unit is configured to output a signal if an obstacle meets at least one preset signal output condition. A condition setting unit is configured to set at least one element of the at least one signal output condition to a value in dependence on a user entry value. A misalignment detection unit is configured to detect misalignment of an axial direction of a sensor with a longitudinal direction of a vehicle carrying the apparatus. In the apparatus, an allowable range limiting unit is configured to, if a degree of misalignment exceeds a predetermined misalignment threshold, limit an allowable range of values of the at least one element of the at least one preset signal output condition so as to make the at least one preset signal output condition less prone to be met.

Abstract: A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. A control has an image processor that is operable, via image processing of frames of image data captured by the camera, to detect an object present in the field of view of the camera. When the vehicle is moving, the control, responsive at least in part to vehicle motion information and image processing of frames of captured image data, determines motion of the detected object relative to the moving vehicle. The control determines the relative motion of the detected object by (i) determining corresponding object points in at least two frames of captured image data, (ii) estimating object motion trajectory of the detected object responsive to the determination of corresponding object points and (iii) determining the structure of the detected object along the estimated object motion trajectory.

Abstract: A method and a system for using compression sensing to provide low data rate transmission and low computational complexity to determine anomalies in video data obtained by a video camera or other motion detection device. The video data is divided into varying sized video blocks based on an anticipated size of objects of interest within the video, and based on a distance between a video camera and the objects of interest. Features are extracted from the video data of each block to detect anomalies if a feature vector is outside of an “allowed range.” By utilizing varying sized video blocks, anomalies are more effectively and efficiently detected in the video data.

Abstract: Within a particular environment, a projection that may include light or one or more patterns may be directed at one or more mirrors. The projection may be reflected by a first one of the mirrors onto the surroundings of the environment, which may include a floor, one or more walls, and/or objects in the environment having a surface. A second mirror may represent an entire view of the surroundings of the environment. As a result, by taking an image directed at the second mirror, a single image may be captured that represents a view of the entire environment without having to rotate the device that captures the image. The single image may then be utilized to generate a three-dimensional model of the environment.

Abstract: A method for processing color image data captured by a vehicular camera includes providing a color camera having an imaging array having a plurality of photosensors, and disposing one or more spectral filters at or in front of photosensors of the plurality of photosensors of the imaging array. The color camera is disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The color camera captures image data that is provided to an image processor, which processes the image data captured by the color camera. The processing of image data includes processing via an algorithmic loop that corrects color variation due to lighting conditions so that images derived from captured image data are color corrected. The algorithmic loop includes processing image data in a color correction loop for color correction.

Abstract: A device 120 for processing three-dimensional [3D] image data 122 for display on a 3D display 160, the 3D display being arranged for adjacently emitting, in a viewing cone 180, a series of views 100 of the 3D image data, the series of views enabling autostereoscopic viewing of the 3D image data at multiple viewing positions 182, 184 in the viewing cone by a viewer perceiving two different ones of the series of views, and the device comprising an indicator generator 140 arranged for establishing a graphical shape in the 3D image data for, when being displayed on the 3D display, providing to the viewer a position indicator graphically representing a relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views.

Abstract: A processing control device includes: a process completion map 21 which is a map corresponding to processing units of respective sizes, and in which, when process corresponding thereto is completed, setting indicating completion of the process is performed; a dependence dissolution map 23 which is a map corresponding to the processing units of the respective sizes and in which information indicating that the dependence of each process disappears is set; a controller 10 which, when the process is completed, sets information indicating that the process is completed in an area corresponding to the process within a small size of map in the process completion map 21; and a reflecting circuit 22 which reflects the information set in the process completion map 21 in the dependence dissolution map 23.

Abstract: A vehicle may traverse a portion of a vehicle transportation network, which may include a processor of the vehicle executing instructions to identify a first vehicle operation assistance information item, and, on a condition that an immanency for the first vehicle operation assistance information item is within a maximum relevant immanence and a utility metric for the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates high utility, present a representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item by, on a condition that a first urgency identified based on the immanency indicates a warning urgency or an advisory urgency, controlling a primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of a graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, and controlling a secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation.

Abstract: A stereographic image associated with a panoramic camera can be identified. The panoramic camera can include of a set of lenses and an image sensor. A pixel degradation curve associated with the image and/or the hardware of the panoramic camera can be determined, as can a sensor geometry of an image sensor used by the panoramic camera. A fixed smoothing function based on the pixel degradation curve and/or the sensor geometry can be created. The fixed smoothing function can be applied to a stereographic image to modify the image so it includes substantially uniform image detail per image region.

Abstract: Displaying a stereo image in a favorable manner is enabled. First disparity information (disparity information corresponding to the nearest object reproduction position in a certain area of a picture display screen) and second disparity information (disparity information corresponding to the farthest object reproduction position in the certain area of the picture display screen) which are obtained for each of certain pictures of image data are inserted into a video stream, and the video stream is transmitted. On the basis of the first disparity information and the second disparity information, a receiving side is capable of checking whether or not disparity angles in a same-side direction and a crossing direction are within a certain range in which viewing does not cause any health problems, and reconfiguring left-eye image data and right-eye image data which form a stereo image if necessary.

Abstract: A merchandising system that improves the merchandising of product by limiting the number and the frequency with which product can be removed from, for example, a merchandising shelf. The merchandising system may include a base configured to support product and a housing configured to engage the base. The housing may comprise a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a front retaining wall. The merchandise system may be configured to hold a number of products, such as cans (for example, baby formula cans) in the merchandise system that would be accessible to the customer one at a time out of the front of the merchandise system. The front of each merchandise system may include its own individual security window attached to the merchandise system that allows the customer to remove one can at a time.

Abstract: Stereoscopic images are subsampled and placed in a “checkerboard” pattern in an image. The image is encoded in a monoscopic video format. The monoscopic video is transmitted to a device where the “checkerboard” is decoded. Portions of the checkerboard (e.g., “black” portions) are used to reconstruct one of the stereoscopic images and the other portion of the checkerboard (e.g., “white” portions) are used to reconstruct the other image. The subsamples are, for example, taken from the image in a location coincident to the checkerboard position in which the subsamples are encoded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inter-view ARP (advanced residual prediction) are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a first inter-view reference block of a first inter-view reference picture in a first reference view is determined using a current MV (motion vector) of the current block in an inter-view direction. A first MV associated with the first inter-view reference block is derived. If the first MV points to a second inter-view reference picture in a second reference view, the derived MV is set to a default derived MV. A second temporal reference block in the second temporal reference picture corresponding to the current block is identified using the derived MV. An inter-view residual predictor corresponding to the difference between a second inter-view reference block in the first reference view and the second temporal reference block is generated and used as a predictor for the current inter-view residual of the current block.

Abstract: An imager module for a vehicle includes a support having a first side and a second side. A shroud is operably coupled with the first side. The support and the shroud define a cavity. A viewing aperture is disposed in one of the support and the shroud. An imager system is disposed in the cavity. An electrical connector is configured to provide communication with the imager system. The electrical connector is disposed outside the cavity in abutting contact with the second side of the support.

Abstract: A model-based scan line encoder is disclosed. A method of model-based scan line encoding includes defining a geometry model for describing a scan line of a scan, the scan line including multiple scan points. The method further includes calculating a trajectory model representing an approximate pattern of deviation of the multiple scan points relative to the geometry model. The method further includes calculating multiple residuals, each of the residuals associated with a difference between the deviation of the scan points and the trajectory model. The method may further include compressing the residuals.

Abstract: A detection camera includes an imaging optical unit and a light receiving unit that acquire image data, a first detection processing unit that detects a specified substance, a second detection processing unit that acquires distance information from the imaging optical unit to the specified substance, and a display control unit that outputs display data in which information regarding the specified substance is combined with the image data in a case where the distance information is in a detection target distance range.

Abstract: A method of decoding a bit-stream of encoded video data in a video decoder is disclosed. The method determines if the bit-stream of encoded video data has extended precision processing enabled and has a bit-depth greater than nine bits, when a profile of the bit-stream of the encoded video data is determined to be unsupported by the video decoder. The bit-stream of the encoded video data is decoded to determine decoded video data, using a profile supported by the video decoder, if the bit stream has extended precision processing enabled and a bit depth greater than nine (9) bits. The decoded video data has differences to the video data encoded in the bit-stream due to the unsupported profile being different to the supported profile.

Abstract: A system and method provides transcoding a video in parallel by multiple transcoders based on a measure of video coding complexity (VCC). The system has a video pre-processing module, a master transcoder, a transcoding controller and multiple transcoders. The video pre-processing module transcodes a source video into an intermediate video. The master transcoder partitions the intermediate video into multiple transcoding units, where a transcoding unit identifies a portion of data of the intermediate video for transcoding. The master transcoder further generates a transcoding request for each transcoding unit. The transcoding controller distributes the transcoding units to the multiple transcoders, which transcode the data of the transcoding units in parallel into transcoded data.

Abstract: There is provided a remote control system including a controlled device and a remote device. The controlled device has a light source and moves according to a control signal from the remote device. The remote device is adapted to be operated by a user and includes an image sensor. The remote device determines a moving direction of the controlled device according to an imaging position of the light source in the image captured by the image sensor and a pointing position of the user, and outputs the control signal.

Abstract: Provided are apparatuses and methods of resampling event data for quantitative improvement of a PET image, which acquire a quantitatively-improved new PET image by analyzing a storage format of list data prior to conversion into the PET image and nonparametrically resampling event data from the list data based on the analysis results to improve noise and statistical characteristics thereof. The quantitatively improved new PET image may be acquired by analyzing a storage format of list data constituting the PET image and nonparametrically resampling event data to improve noise and statistical characteristics thereof.