Abstract: A video decoding method includes: decoding a part of a bitstream to generate a decoded frame, and parsing at least one syntax element from the bitstream. The decoded frame is a projection-based frame that includes projection faces packed in a cube-based projection layout. At least a portion of a 360-degree content of a sphere is mapped to the projection faces via cube-based projection. The at least one syntax element is indicative of a guard band configuration of the projection-based frame.

Abstract: A monitoring device includes an image capturing module, a photosensitive element, a first processing module and a second processing module. The photosensitive element obtains a lighting parameter of a monitored environment. The first processing module is electrically connected to the photosensitive element, stores the lighting parameter, and continuously updates the lighting parameter. The second processing module is electrically connected to the image capturing module and the first processing module, and the second processing module has a sleep mode. The second processing module includes an exposure function control unit. When the second processing module is awakened and converted to a recording mode, the exposure function control unit receives the updated lighting parameter from the first processing module and calculates an exposure parameter according to the lighting parameter to control the image capturing module.

Abstract: A method for assembling a component to a structure includes determining, by a controller, a location on the structure for a placement of the component onto the structure. The method further includes activating, by the controller, a light source to project a visual indicator onto the location. The method also includes actuating, by the controller, a robotic implement to locate and position the component at the location based on the visual indicator projected onto the location.

Abstract: In a moving image decoding device for decoding encoded data of a tile group splitting a picture into one or more rectangular regions and consisting of one or more segments, a WPP enabled flag for indicating whether a segment in an object tile group is a CTU row having a height of one CTU is decoded, and when the WPP enabled flag is 1, after a CTU at a right end of the CTU row is decoded, an end bit of a first segment having a fixed value is decoded.

Abstract: A LIDAR system for use in a vehicle is provided. The LIDAR system may include at least one processor configured to control at least one light source for illuminating a field of view and scan a field of view by controlling movement of at least one deflector at which the at least one light source is directed. The at least one processor may also be configured to receive, from at least one sensor, reflections signals indicative of light reflected from an object in the field of view. The at least one processor may further be configured to detect at least one temporal distortion in the reflections signals, and determine from the at least one temporal distortion an angular orientation of at least a portion of the object.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving determination of encoded image data using a video encoding pipeline, which includes a first transcode engine that entropy encodes a first portion of a bin stream to determine a first bit stream including first encoded image data that indicates a first coding group row and that determines first characteristic data corresponding to the first bit stream to facilitate communicating a combined bit stream; and a second transcode engine that entropy encodes a second portion of the bin stream to determine a second bit stream including second encoded image data that indicates a second coding group row while the first transcode engine entropy encodes the first portion of the bin stream and that determines second characteristic data corresponding to the second bit stream to facilitate communicating the combined bit stream, which includes the first bit stream and the second bit stream, to a decoding device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for processing a video signal. A method for decoding an image signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: determining a non-separable transform set index indicating a non-separable transform set used for a non-separable transform of a current block from among non-separable transform sets predefined on the basis of an intra-prediction mode of the current block; determining. as a non-separable transform matrix, a transform kernel indicated by a non-separable transform index for the current block from among transform kernels included in the non-separable transform set indicated by the non-separable transform set index; and applying the non-separable transform matrix to an upper left region which of the current block, which is determined according to the width and height of the current block, wherein each of the predefined non-separable transform sets includes two transform kernels.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided A method of encoding a three-dimensional (3D) image, the method comprising: determining a prediction mode for a current block as an inter prediction mode; determining whether a reference block corresponding to the current block in a reference picture has motion information; when the reference block has the motion information, deriving motion information on the current block for each sub prediction block in the current block; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block based on the motion information on the current block.

Abstract: An image coding method includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector of a current block from a co-located motion vector; adding the candidate to a list; selecting the motion vector of the current block from the list; and coding the current block, wherein the deriving includes: deriving the candidate by a first derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of a current reference picture and a co-located reference picture is a long-term reference picture; and deriving the candidate by a second derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of the current reference picture and the co-located reference picture is a short-term reference picture.

Abstract: Proposed are a method and apparatus for evaluating the quality of an image, the method including obtaining blocks each having a predetermined size by splitting a target image for evaluating a quality and a reference image that is to be compared with the target image, determining sensitivity information and quality assessment information of each of the blocks by inputting the blocks to a video quality assessment network, and determining a final image quality assessment score of the target image by combining the pieces of quality assessment information of the blocks with each other, based on the pieces of sensitivity information of the blocks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting system 200 of an automotive vehicle comprising: —an image capture device (205) configured to acquire an image (I) of a road (R) of travel of the vehicle, said road (R) comprising lanes marked on the road (110); —a lighting module (215) configured to project road markings on the road (120); wherein said lighting system (200) is configured to filter the projected road markings (120) on the road compared to the lanes marked (110) on the road.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for multi-session encoding to optimize multiple encoding sessions on Wi-Fi display (WFD) source devices when the WFD source devices are connected to multiple sink devices. The multiple encoding sessions may be optimized with encoding hints that are generated by a compositor and transmitted to a pre-encoding checking device. The encoding session that has the highest encoding resolution is subjected to hierarchical motion estimation (HME) processing, and the encoding sessions that have lower resolutions are optimized based on a motion vector prediction hint generated by the encoding session that has the highest encoding resolution and a scaling factor.

Abstract: A first image is generated by imaging a first three-dimensional virtual space including a predetermined object by a first virtual camera. In addition, a map object formed by a three-dimensional model corresponding to the first three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and an indicator object indicating the position of a predetermined object is placed on the map object. Then, a second image is generated by imaging the map object by a second virtual camera. At this time, the second image is generated such that, regarding the indicator object placed on the map object, the display manners of a part hidden by the map object and a part not hidden by the map object as seen from the second virtual camera are different from each other.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having an exterior field of view. The camera includes a wide angle lens providing the field of view and the camera captures an image data set representative of the field of view of the camera. During a driving maneuver of the vehicle, an image processor processes a sub-set of the image data set to determine presence of an object in a sub-portion of the field of view of the camera. The sub-set of the image data set that is processed at the image processor is representative of the sub-portion of the field of view of the camera that is less than the field of view of the camera. The sub-set of the image data set that is processed at the image processor is based on steering direction of the vehicle during the driving maneuver of the vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided an optical navigation device including an image sensor and a processing unit. The image sensor outputs successive image frames. The processing unit calculates a contamination level and a motion signal based on filtered image frames, and determines whether to update a fixed pattern noise (FPN) stored in a frame buffer according to a level of FPN subtraction, the calculated contamination level and the calculated motion signal to optimize the update of the fixed pattern noise.

Abstract: A video coding method using inter-layer prediction or referencing is provided. A video decoder receives data from a bitstream carrying data for video pictures in a plurality of different layers. At least one of the plurality of layers comprises temporal sublayers that correspond to levels in a hierarchical temporal prediction structure. Each temporal sublayer is associated with a temporal identifier. The video decoder receives an inter-layer prediction constraint parameter constraining a maximum temporal sublayer used in inter-layer prediction. The video decoder reconstructs a first picture in a first layer by referencing data of a second picture in a second layer. A temporal identifier of the referenced data satisfies the received inter-layer prediction constraint parameter.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a color sensor chip configured to generate a color image by sensing visible light in incident light; a light transfer layer disposed under the color sensor chip, and including an infrared light pass filter which filters infrared light from light having passed through the color sensor chip; and a depth sensor chip disposed under the light transfer layer, and configured to generate a depth image by sensing the infrared light.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a panoramic image stitching method, including the steps of acquiring a partial panoramic image taken by each lens; acquiring a first equirectangular rectangular projection graph of each partial panoramic image; performing rotation transformation on the first equirectangular rectangular projection graph of each partial panoramic image to obtain a second equirectangular rectangular projection graph; and adjusting stitching positions of adjacent second equirectangular rectangular projection graphs, and performing stitching operation on the second equirectangular rectangular projection graphs according to the adjusted stitching positions.

Abstract: A position calculating apparatus is provided with: an acquirer configured to obtain a position of a host vehicle; a detector configured to detect surrounding environment including structures around the host vehicle; a calculator configured to extract a map of surroundings of the host vehicle on the basis of the obtained position, configured to compare the extracted map with a surrounding image based on the detected surrounding environment, and configured to calculate a position and a direction of the host vehicle on the extracted map; a display device configured to superimpose and display the extracted map on the surrounding image on the basis of the calculated position and the calculated direction; and a corrector configured to correct the calculated position and the calculated direction with reference to a inputted correction instruction if the correction instruction is inputted through an input device.

Abstract: A method of point cloud geometry decoding in a point cloud decoder is provided. In the method, first signaling information is received from a coded bitstream for a point cloud that includes a set of points in a three-dimensional (3D) space. The first signaling information indicates partition information of the point cloud. Second signaling information is determined based on the first signaling information indicating a first value. The second signaling information is indicative of a partition mode of the set of points in the 3D space. Further, the partition mode of the set of points in the 3D space is determined based on the second signaling information. The point cloud is reconstructed subsequently based on the partition mode.