Abstract: Generating a compound predictor block of a current block includes generating, for the current block, predictor blocks including a first predictor block formed of first predictor pixels. Using at least a subset of the first predictor pixels, a first modulation value for modulating a first weight to be applied to a first predictor pixel of the first predictor pixels is determined. The compound predictor block is generated using the first predictor pixel, the first weight, and the first modulation value.

Abstract: An image display device that displays an image of 360 degrees includes a display; and a controller configured to generate an image of 360 degrees in a spherical shape by mapping an image of 360 degrees in a planar shape to a sphere, to perform image quality processing on the spherical-shaped 360 degree image, and to control the display to display the 360 degree image on which the image quality processing is performed.

Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for illuminating and capturing scenes. In one aspect, a video camera assembly includes: (1) an image sensor having a field of view corresponding to a scene; (2) infrared illuminators to selectively illuminate the scene; and (3) a single-piece cover positioned in front of the image sensor and the illuminators such that light from the illuminators is directed through the cover and light from the scene passes through the cover prior to entering the image sensor, including: (a) a first portion corresponding to the image sensor and substantially transparent to visible light and IR light; (b) a second portion corresponding to the one or more IR illuminators and coated to be substantially transparent to IR light; and (c) a third portion between the first portion and the second portion and coated to be substantially opaque to IR and visible light.

Abstract: A robot system that includes a robot face with a monitor, a camera, a speaker and a microphone. The robot face is connected to a stand that can be placed in a chair. The stand is configured so that the robot face is at a height that approximates the location of a person's head if they were sitting in the chair. The robot face is coupled to a remote station that can be operated by a user. The face includes a monitor that displays a video image of a user of the remote station. The stand may be coupled to the robot face with articulated joints that can be controlled by the remote station. By way of example, the user at the remote station can cause the face to pan and/or tilt.

Abstract: A system and method for transmitting compressed video. A transmitter receives uncompressed video data from a video source, and compresses it using one or more reference frames. A receiver receives the compressed video data and decodes it, using the same reference frames, to form display data. The reference frames are stored in compressed form in both the transmitter and the receiver. Each frame of display data becomes a reference frame for the decoding of a subsequent frame.

Abstract: A method for measuring overlay at a semiconductor device on which circuit patterns are formed by a plurality of exposure processes is characterized in including an image capturing step for capturing images of a plurality of areas of the semiconductor device, a reference image setting step for setting a reference image based on a plurality of the images captured in the image capturing step, a difference quantifying step for quantifying a difference between the reference image set in the reference image setting step and the plurality of images captured in the image capturing step, and an overlay calculating step for calculating the overlay based on the difference quantified in the difference quantifying step.

Abstract: Systems and methods for interactive site resource management are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the system and method collects and accesses local geospatially-referenced landscape and site survey data in the field as facilitated by selectable content views, the gathered landscape and site survey data synthesized with baseline geospatially-referenced landscape and site survey data. In one aspect, the synthesized landscape and site geospatially-referenced survey data may be used by a project lead or authority agent, to create a landscape and/or site report, an authorized development plan, a master landscape and/or site survey, and/or as-built development plans. In certain embodiments, the synthesized landscape site survey data is presented as an augmented reality display.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an imaging system, method, and apparatus for identifying a latent image of a hidden object. A light source generates a first beam of narrow-band light and a second beam of narrow-band light that has temporal fluctuations correlated with the first beam. A frequency modulator shifts a temporal frequency of at least one of the first beam or the second beam. The first beam is directed towards a first scattering surface and the second beam is directed towards a second scattering surface. The first scattering surface scatters the first beam to a scattered light that illuminates a hidden object. The hidden object reflects at least a portion of the scattered light towards the second scattering surface, the reflected light interferes with the second beam and produces an interference pattern on the second scattering surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. the processor determines a sign of a first value on a basis of a result of an operation of a sum of products of a plurality of color-difference residuals and a plurality of luminance residuals, and calculates the first value on a basis of a first product of a sum of luminance residuals that are negative values among the plurality of luminance residuals and a constant when the sign of the first value is determined to be positive, and calculates the first value on a basis of a second product of a sum of luminance residuals that are positive values among the plurality of luminance residuals and the constant when the sign of the first value is determined to be negative.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a reflection member, a hand-held information processing apparatus including an imaging section, and an information processing apparatus communicable with the hand-held information processing apparatus. The reflection member is a retroreflecting material. The hand-held information processing apparatus includes the imaging section and a light emitting section. The hand-held information processing apparatus analyzes a captured image, calculates the position of an image of the retroreflecting material corresponding to reflected light from the retroreflecting material, and outputs positional information thereof. The information processing apparatus estimates the orientation or position of the hand-held information processing apparatus on the basis of the positional information, and generates an image based on the result of the estimation.

Abstract: A computerized system, kit and method for producing an accurate 3D-Model of a gemstone by obtaining an original 3D-model of an external surface of the gemstone; imaging at least one selected junction with only portions of its associated facets and edges disposed adjacent the junction, the location of the junction being determined based on information obtained at least partially by using the original 3D model; analyzing results of the imaging to obtain information regarding details of the gemstone at the junction; and using the information for producing an accurate 3D-model of said external surface of the gemstone, which is more accurate than the original 3-D model.

Abstract: There is provided a video processing system for use with a video having frames including a first frame and neighboring frames of the first frame. The system includes a memory storing a video processing application, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the video processing application to sample scene points corresponding to an output pixel of the first frame of the frames of the video, the scene points including alternate observations of a same scene point from the neighboring frames of the first frame of the video, and filter the scene points corresponding to the output pixel to determine a color of the output pixel by calculating a weighted combination of the scene points corresponding to the output pixel.

Abstract: A system utilizing high throughput significance map processing for CABAC in HEVC is provided. The system includes a first and second electronic device. The first electronic device encodes a block of level values, and transmits a bitstream to the second electronic device based on the encoding. The second electronic device decodes the bitstream using a high throughput significance map processing technique in order to recover video data corresponding to the block.

Abstract: Noise levels in pre-reshaped codewords of a pre-reshaped bit depth in pre-reshaped images within a time window of a scene are calculated. Per-bin minimal bit depth values are computed for pre-reshaped codeword bins based on the calculated noise levels in the pre-reshaped codewords. Each per-bin minimal bit depth value corresponds to a minimal bit depth value for a respective pre-reshaped codeword bin. A specific codeword mapping function for a specific pre-reshaped image in the pre-reshaped image is generated based on the pre-reshaped bit depth, the per-bin minimal bit depth values, and a target bit depth smaller than the pre-reshaped bit depth. The specific codeword mapping function is applied to specific pre-reshaped codewords of the specific pre-reshaped image to generate specific target codewords of the target bit depth for a specific output image.

Abstract: An inter-prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving a first motion vector of a current block; deriving a first reference block with respect to a current subunit of the current block on the basis of the first motion vector, the current subunit being adjacent to a target boundary of the current block; deriving a second reference block with respect to the current subunit on the basis of a second motion vector of a neighboring block adjacent to the target boundary; and generating prediction samples on the basis of an illumination compensation (IC)-based weighted sum of the first reference block and second reference block. The present invention enables reduction of the amount of data of additional information as well as efficient illumination compensation-based inter-prediction and block boundary error reduction.

Abstract: Provided are a gas insulated switchgear (GIS) internal video monitoring system and a GIS internal video monitoring method. The GIS internal video monitoring system includes a GIS video sensor installed on a GIS enclosure and configured to acquire an open/close state of a GIS internal conductor in a real time manner, an intelligent power source module, a video server, and a video monitoring background system configured to control the intelligent power source module to supply power to the video sensor, where the GIS video sensor is connected with the video monitoring background system through the video server.

Abstract: A certain material irregularly expressed in an observation area is effectively observed. An observing apparatus includes a first observing unit performing a time lapse shooting of a predetermined observation area, a first discriminating unit discriminating whether or not a first material is expressed in the observation area based on an image obtained by the first observing unit, and a second observing unit starting a time lapse shooting relating to a part where the first material is expressed at a timing when the first material is expressed in the observation area, in which a shooting frequency of the time lapse shooting by the second observing unit is higher than a shooting frequency of the time lapse shooting by the first observing unit.

Abstract: Generating a reconstructed may include reading a binary codeword corresponding to a transform coefficient for a sub-block of a transform unit, the transform coefficient having a quantized value, identifying a value of a parameter variable as zero in response to a determination that the transform coefficient is a first transform coefficient for the sub-block, and otherwise as an updated parameter variable value, converting the binary codeword into a symbol based on the value of the parameter variable, determining the absolute value of the transform coefficient corresponding to the symbol, wherein the quantized value for the transform coefficient is equal to or greater than a threshold value, by adding the threshold value to the symbol, including the transform coefficient in the sub-block of the transform unit, and generating a portion of the reconstructed frame based on the transform unit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a texture block using depth based block partitioning, which includes an apparatus for decoding an encoded texture block of a texture image, and a partitioner, determines a partitioning mask for the encoded texture block based on depth information associated to the encoded texture block, and the partitioning mask defines a plurality of partitions and to associate a texture block element of the encoded texture block to a partition of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block, and a decoder decode the partitions of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block based on the partitioning mask.