Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a synthetic video based on an audio are provided. An exemplary system may include a memory storing computer-readable instructions and at least one processor. The processor may execute the computer-readable instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a reference video including a motion picture of a human face and receiving the audio including a speech. The operations may also include generating a synthetic motion picture of the human face based on the reference video and the audio. The synthetic motion picture of the human face may include a motion of a mouth of the human face presenting the speech. The motion of the mouth may match a content of the speech. The operations may further include generating the synthetic video based on the synthetic motion picture of the human face.

Abstract: A live broadcast room red envelope processing method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving a red envelope sending instruction sent by a first audience client, where the red envelope sending instruction includes a red envelope receiving object, red envelope information and a target live broadcast room; determining red envelope content according to the red envelope information; sending, if the red envelope receiving object is all audiences in the target live broadcast room, a red envelope display instruction to all second audience clients in the target live broadcast room; receiving a red envelope receiving instruction sent by the second audience client in response to the red envelope display instruction; determining a target second audience client in response to the red envelope receiving instruction, and sending red envelope content to an audience account corresponding to the target second audience client.

Abstract: A video update push method includes, after a video followed by a user has been updated, obtaining, by a terminal, a poster and video information of the updated video from a server; generating, by the terminal, a wallpaper based on the poster, where a first area on the wallpaper includes the video information; and displaying, by the terminal, the wallpaper.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicular environment estimation device capable of accurately estimating a travel environment around own vehicle on the basis of a predicted route of a mobile object or the like, which is moving in a blind area. A vehicular environment estimation device that is mounted in the own vehicle detects a behavior of another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle, and estimates a travel environment, which affects the traveling of another vehicle, on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. For example, the presence of another vehicle, which is traveling in a blind area, is estimated on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to estimate a vehicle travel environment that cannot be recognized by the own vehicle but can be recognized by another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a medical video processing system capable of moderating changes in image quality of medical video resulted from encoding, and, an encoder used for the medical video system. A medical video system 1000 has a monitor group 300 and an encoder 400 that accept medical video input from a switches 100 through separate transmission paths, and the encoder 400 subjects the input medical video to encoding as well as image quality adjustment.

Abstract: The present application provides a method and apparatus for monitoring a device state. The method includes: detecting one or more current values of one or more state parameters; for each state parameter of the one or more state parameters, determining whether the current value of the state parameter changes relative to a recorded value of the state parameter; and reporting the current value of the state parameter to a client through a connection between the present device and the client in response to determining that the current value of the state parameter changes relative to the recorded value of the state parameter.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate population reach from marginal ratings with missing information. An example apparatus includes a pseudo universe calculator to (i) determine a first pseudo universe estimate for a first audience of media corresponding to a first union of first margins, the first margins corresponding to known audience totals, and (ii) determine a second pseudo universe estimate for a second audience of the media corresponding to a second union of second margins, the determination based on an audience constant, the second margins including a margin corresponding to an unknown audience total. The example apparatus also includes a reach calculator to (i) determine an estimate of the unknown audience total of the second audience based on the second pseudo universe estimate for the second audience, and (ii) determine a reach estimate for the second union based on the first and second pseudo universe estimates.

Abstract: A server includes: a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data in which a game is imaged; a storage configured to store the video data; an image determining unit configured to determine whether or not target image data, which is data of a target image indicating an advertisement client, is included in the stored video data; an advertisement setting unit configured to generate, when the target image data is included in the video data, advertisement setting data at a time when video based on the video data is displayed in an external display, the advertisement setting data being to be used for displaying, in the external display, an advertisement of the advertisement client corresponding to the target image; and a communication unit configured to be capable of sending the video data and the advertisement setting data to outside.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a source device generates a multistream signal transmitted to a plurality of sink devices which are connected by daisy-chaining and generates the multistream signal by associating daisy chain stage numbers of the sink devices with contents streams for the sink devices.

Abstract: A method comprises obtaining media content associated with a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint, wherein a first position of the first viewpoint is static and a second position of the second viewpoint is dynamic; generating a first VWPT descriptor based on the media content and describing the first viewpoint; generating a second VWPT descriptor based on the media content and describing the second viewpoint; generating an MPD comprising the first VWPT descriptor and the second VWPT descriptor; and transmitting the MPD.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video analysis method, including: receiving a plurality of chunks of a video streamed from a server; extracting one or more frames from each chunk; analysing each frame in accordance with a static image analysis engine to generate a pornographic content rating for the frame; and combining the ratings of the frames from the plurality of chunks to generate a pornographic content rating for the video. A system and software for analysing video also described.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path data are disclosed. An apparatus includes a memory and processor circuitry to execute instructions stored in the memory to: generate a probability distribution of actual durations of first tuning segments, the first tuning segments representative of lengths of time during which panelists accessed first media; modify the lengths associated with ones of the first tuning segments to generate second tuning segments having second durations; and estimate a time when a media device associated with a return path data (RPD) device is powered on based on (i) the probability distribution, (ii) the second tuning segments, and (iii) a third tuning segment during which the RPD device accessed second media, the third tuning segment reported from the RPD device.

Abstract: This application discloses techniques of implementing interactions among live streamers and viewers.

Abstract: An audio mixing method for network streaming includes the steps of establishing a network streaming connection between the first end and the second end, generating a text voiced audio signal based on a trigger signal by the first end, mixing a play signal and the text voiced audio signal into a play signal with the text voiced audio signal, in the state of the network streaming connection, transmitting the play signal with text voiced audio signal to the second end, and the play signal with text voiced audio signal is played by the second end.

Abstract: A system and method for determining a similarity measure between a first network broadcast time segment and a second network broadcast time segment. The method includes generating first training data comprising groupings of similar broadcast networks and groupings of dissimilar broadcast networks, extracting second training data comprising audience data and genre data for time segments of network broadcasts, and training an encoder neural network based on the first and second training data. The method includes executing the trained neural network with input data comprising the first network broadcast time segment and determining a similarity measure relative to the second network broadcast time segment.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for storing configuration data as a set of master data and override data where one set of configuration data is defined as the master and every other set of configuration data is defined as override configuration data. A media guidance application may generate master configuration data including the most common configuration data used in the geographical region served by the media guidance application, and number of override configurations which contain only those data which differ from the master configuration data for a number of sub-regions of the geographical region. This reduces duplicative configuration data, and the media guidance application need only store one full set of configuration data, namely the master configuration data, and a number of smaller override configurations.

Abstract: System for interacting with objects within rendered scenes in motion ranking, comprising: a server including a computer including a display device; a pointing device; at least one database communicating with the computer and including data for rendering scenes in motion on the display device, the scenes in motion including at least one video object, and data representing the at least one video object within the scenes in motion; wherein the video object is a visual component of the scenes in motion; an object inventory database communicating with the computer and containing information describing a location of said at least one video object within each of at least one image frame within the scenes in motion; wherein manipulation of the pointing device slows a display speed of the scenes in motion being rendered on the display device allowing a user to select a given video object within the scenes in motion.

Abstract: Multiple different versions of media content are contained in a single package of audio-video media content, using compression algorithms that reduce storage and bandwidth required for storing multiple full-resolution versions of the media. Portions of individual frames are replaced during playback so that only the pixels that differ between versions need to be stored.

Abstract: A video reproduction system configured to reproduce a video data stream of an audiovisual data stream. The audiovisual data stream including an audio data stream including a timecode signal and the video data stream. The video reproduction system including: a synchronization unit having a processor comprising hardware; and a plurality of head-mounted displays. The synchronization unit is configured to: receive the audio data stream from an audio data source, send the audio data stream to a sound system, convert the timecode signal of the audio data stream into a timestamp signal, and transmit the timestamp signal to the plurality of headmounted displays. The plurality of the head-mounted displays are configured to: receive the timestamp signal, reproduce the video data stream, and synchronize the reproduction of the video data stream to the audio data stream using the timestamp signal.

Abstract: A set-top box with self-monitoring and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a housing secures a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein, which are communicatively interconnected by a busing architecture. The memory is accessible to the processor, and the memory includes processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to detect when the television is not being utilized. Responsive thereto, the instructions cause the processor to scan channels received from the television input and generate a composite TV screen image data that may be resolved to a single TV screen image made from an assemblage of TV screen image captures corresponding to the scanned channels.