Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a type acquiring unit that acquires type information indicating a type of a display apparatus, an image selecting unit that selects a first colorimetric image for performing color conversion on the display apparatus, on the basis of the type information acquired by the type acquiring unit, an image information transmitting unit that transmits information on the first colorimetric image selected by the image selecting unit to the display apparatus, a color information acquiring unit that acquires color information of an image which is displayed on the display apparatus on the basis of the information on the first colorimetric image transmitted by the image information transmitting unit, and a conversion relationship creating unit that creates a conversion relationship for the color of an image to be displayed on the display apparatus, on the basis of the color information acquired by the color information acquiring unit.

Abstract: A tessellation pipeline includes an alpha phase and a beta phase. The alpha phase includes pre-tessellation processing stages, while the beta phase includes post-tessellation processing stages. A processing unit configured to implement a processing stage in the alpha phase stores input graphics data within a buffer and then copies over that buffer with output graphics data, thereby conserving memory resources. The processing unit may also copy output graphics data directly to a level 2 (L2) cache for beta phase processing by other tessellation pipelines, thereby avoiding the need for fixed function copy-out hardware.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating information representative of a pixel of a virtual object. In order to improve the rendering while minimizing the required calculation time, the method comprises defining a first surface element associated with the pixel according to a direction of observation of the virtual object, the first surface element belonging to a representation of the virtual object according to a first level of detail; associating a second surface element with the first surface element, the second surface element being determined by intersection between the direction of observation and a first parametric surface representing the virtual object according to a second level of detail; estimating the information representative of the pixel according to the second surface element and information associated with the second surface element enabling the virtual object to be represented according to a third level of detail.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional (3D) whole shape reconstruction apparatus using a depth image and a color image and a 3D whole shape reconstruction method are provided. The 3D whole shape reconstruction apparatus may include an information generation unit to generate shape information of 3D portions using a depth image and a color image, and a shape reconstruction unit to reconstruct a 3D whole shape of a user by matching the shape information of 3D portions.

Abstract: To provide an image display device to simplify software for rewriting data, and shorten rewrite time, a vehicle meter 1 includes the image display device including: a display device 10 displaying the image data; a main microprocessor 30 including Flash-ROMa 31 and I/F 32 communicating with external; and GDC microprocessor 40 including Flash-ROMb 41 the image data is stored, controlled by the main microprocessor 30, and controlling the display device 10, whereby the GDC microprocessor 40 includes an I/F 42 for directly rewriting the image data from external.

Abstract: A method of controlling the movement of a virtual camera whose image plane provides a cut-out from a captured image of a scene is disclosed. The method comprises: defining a set of first pixel positions forming the boundary of the cut-out of the captured image; defining a set of second pixel positions for the boundary of the captured image; calculating a virtual camera rotation matrix to be applied to the first pixel positions, the virtual camera rotation matrix representative of the difference in at least one of the yaw and pitch of the image plane of the virtual camera and the image plane of the captured image of the scene, wherein the virtual camera rotation matrix is limited such that when one of the set of first pixel positions is transformed using the virtual camera rotation matrix, the transformed first pixel position is located within the boundary of the captured image.

Abstract: A GPU-based cloud computing platform is used to facilitate data computations on behalf of requesting users. In this embodiment, a user of a thin client has an associated dataset that requires computation. That dataset is adapted to be delivered to a computing platform, such as the GPU-based cloud, for computation, such as to facilitate a 3D volume rendering. The result of the computation is then returned to the user. Multiple such users may be operating clients and requesting computations from the cloud in a similar manner, possibly concurrently.

Abstract: A method of acquiring a set of images useable to 3D model a physical object includes imaging the physical object with a camera, and displaying with the camera a current view of the physical object as imaged by the camera from a current perspective. The method further includes displaying with the camera a visual cue overlaying the current view and indicating perspectives from which the physical object is to be imaged to acquire the set of images.

Abstract: An information display apparatus creates determination image which indicates the fact that a reference object in a plurality of objects arranged in a row satisfies a predetermined rule or that the reference object does not satisfy the rule, creates an image to be displayed by superimposing the determination image on the acquired image, and displays the image to be displayed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional (3-D) model of a virtual try-on product. At least a portion of an object is scanned. The object includes at least first and second surfaces. An aspect of the first surface is detected. An aspect of the second surface is detected, the aspect of the second surface being different from the aspect of the first surface. A polygon mesh of the first and second surfaces is generated from the scan of the object.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to detecting and describing visible features of a data set on a visualization. Visible features among a set of data in a view-space are detected. The visible features include potential data clusters and trends. These visual features are characterized using data-space. The characterized detected features are overlaid on visualization for supporting interaction and exploration of the data. Detected features are explored across two or more clusters for comparison of select data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to detecting and describing visible features of a data set on a visualization. Visible features among a set of data in a view-space are detected. The visible features include potential data clusters and trends. These visual features are characterized using data-space. The characterized detected features are overlaid on visualization for supporting interaction and exploration of the data. Detected features are explored across two or more clusters for comparison of select data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying contours of objects depicted in imagery are provided. A contour of an occluded object can be reconstructed based on a source contour extracted from an image and/or other geographic data. The source contour can be analyzed to identify a main contour direction for one or more points on the source contour. A plurality of rays can be extended from each of the one or more points based on the main contour direction associated with the point. A graph model can be constructed from the plurality of rays extended from the plurality of points. A path can be determined through the graph model and the contour can be constructed based at least in part on the determined path.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a phase calculation unit configured to calculate a phase of pixels of a 3D image projected onto a light shielding unit that limits a region seen by a left eye and a region seen by a right eye of the 3D image displayed on a display unit, and a blend processing unit configured to combine an image for the left eye with an image for the right eye for each pixel based on the phase calculated by the phase calculation unit, the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye being included in the 3D image.

Abstract: The method comprises for a pixel of an output grid which is not on an input grid on which pixel values are received in an input signal: determining a loss value for each of a plurality of candidate interpolators by analyzing the pixel values of the input grid along a direction associated with the candidate interpolator; selecting at least one interpolator by minimizing the loss value; and determining an output pixel value. At least two interpolation modes are provided, including: a first mode in which one interpolator is selected and the output pixel value is determined as an interpolated value obtained by applying locally the selected interpolator to pixel values of the input grid; and a second mode in which more than one interpolator is selected and the output pixel value is determined as a weighted sum of a plurality of interpolated values obtained by applying locally the selected interpolators.

Abstract: A system of automatically changing a viewing angle of a display device based on a determination of content confidentiality includes a display device, an auditing application, and a privacy filter control. The auditing application is configured to analyze content to be displayed on the display device for confidentiality indicators. The privacy filter control is configured to automatically change a current viewing angle of the display device from a first viewing angle to a second viewing angle that is less than the first viewing angle when the content includes at least one confidentiality indicator and the current viewing angle of the display device is the first viewing angle.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for processing virtual 3-D data efficiently is described. An object image data is generated from a scan of an object. Object polygon model data and object texture map data is generated from the object image data. The object polygon model data is saved in a first object file. The object texture map data is encoded. The encoded object texture map data is saved in a second object file. The data format of the second object file is different than the data format of the first object file.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering a view-dependent texture in conjunction with a polygon mesh to provide a textured three-dimensional model of a geographic area are provided. The view-dependent texture can be optimized for viewing the three-dimensional model from a single reference direction. When a user navigates to a camera viewpoint of the three-dimensional model associated with the single reference direction, the view-dependent texture can be rendered in conjunction with the three-dimensional model to provide a more realistic representation of the geographic area to the user. When a user navigates to a camera viewpoint of the three-dimensional model that is not associated with the single reference direction, a base texture can be rendered in conjunction with the three-dimensional model. The base texture can be optimized based on viewing the three-dimensional model from a plurality of differing viewpoints.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering a view-dependent texture in conjunction with a three-dimensional model of a geographic area are provided. A view-dependent texture can be rendered in conjunction with at least portions of the three-dimensional model. A base texture can be rendered for portions of the three-dimensional model in the same field of view that are viewed from a slightly different perspective than a reference direction associated with the view-dependent texture. For instance, a stretching factor can be determined for each portion of the three-dimensional model based on the reference direction and a viewpoint direction associated with the portion of the three-dimensional model. A base texture, a view-dependent texture, or a blended texture can be selected for rendering at the portion of the three-dimensional model based on the stretching factor.

Abstract: Provided is an object frame display device (100) in which: an object detection frame computation unit (102) derives a first object detection frame which denotes a region of an object to be detected by carrying out a pattern recognition process on an inputted image, and derives a second object detection frame by integrating first object detection frames which are inferred to be object detection frames relating to the same object to be detected; a containment frame computation unit (103) derives, for each second object detection frame, a third object detection frame which contains the first object detection frame upon which the second object detection frame is based; and a display frame forming unit (105) forms an object detection frame which is displayed on the basis of a relation between the size of the second object detection frame and the size of the third object detection frame.