Abstract: Various systems, devices and methods automatically identify advertisements or other portions of television or other media content prior to broadcast using automated content analysis. Information about identified content may be used for any number of different purposes, including advertisement identification; advertisement replacement; second screen browsing or augmentation of identified content; tracking of times or places that ads or other content are viewed; and many others.

Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus and a process method for the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display; a communicator, communicating with the network; a remote controller; a memory; and a processor configured for executing instructions in the memory to cause the display apparatus to perform: obtaining video source information from a target video source currently played by the display, where the video source information includes signal source information and type information; determining picture modes corresponding to the target video source according to the signal source information and the type information; displaying the picture modes corresponding to the target video source in a picture mode list; in response to a selection instruction for selecting a target picture mode, obtaining image adjustment parameters corresponding to the target picture mode; and adjusting image quality of the target video source according to the image adjustment parameters.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a mount table in which a mount surface is formed, a guide portion in which a guide surface is formed, the guide surface facing a side end face of a first portion of a booklet medium that is mounted on the mount table such that the mount surface faces the booklet medium, and an image capturer configured to capture an image of a second portion of the booklet medium, the second portion being different from the first portion, wherein a front cover slit is formed at an end of the guide portion on a side close to the mount surface.

Abstract: In some aspects, a display comprises a reflective spatial light modulator, a light source, and a film-based lightguide having an array of coupling lightguides in a form of strips of the film extending from and continuous with a lightguide region of the film. The coupling lightguides are folded and stacked behind the reflective spatial light modulator along fold lines oriented at different orientation angles. In some embodiments, the coupling lightguides comprise lateral edges with curved portions. In some embodiments, the coupling lightguides are tapered. In some embodiments, the reflective spatial light modulator comprises an active area in a shape of a polygon with more than four sides or an active area defined by a boundary with a circular, semi-circular, or arcuate portion.

Abstract: An inference system performs inference, such as object recognition, based on sensory inputs generated by sensors and control information associated with the sensory inputs. The sensory inputs describe one or more features of the objects. The control information describes movement of the sensors or known locations of the sensors relative to a reference point. For a particular object, an inference system learns a set of object-location representations of the object. An object-location representation is a unique characterization of an object-centric location relative to the particular object. The inference system also learns a set of feature-location representations associated with the object-location representation that indicate presence of features at the corresponding object-location pair.

Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.

Abstract: A method for monitoring cleaning of a medical room includes: receiving imaging of the medical room, the imaging capturing signatures of cleaning deposits on one or more surfaces of the medical room deposited via a cleaning process; analyzing the imaging to: identify one or more surfaces in the medical room that should be cleaned, and determine which of the one or more surfaces have been cleaned by identifying the signatures of the cleaning deposits; and displaying an indication of at least one of: (1) the surfaces that have been cleaned, and (2) one or more surfaces that have not been cleaned.

Abstract: Systems and methods for calibrating a camera using a calibration system are provided. The calibration system includes a mat, a camera, and a controller. The systems and methods include the controller configuring the mat to operation in an illumination mode in which the mat energizes one or more LEDs to form an illumination pattern. The controller receives image data generated by the camera that features the illumination pattern. The controller analyzes the image data to derive heading data for the camera and sets the camera heading data to be the derived heading data.

Abstract: Arthroscopes and laparoscopes are available in several lens cuts to cover different clinical situations of interest, with the surgeon having to exchange the optics in order to change the direction of view of the camera. The presently disclosed embodiments disclose real-time image processing systems and methods that enable the user to arbitrarily change the direction of view of a surgical camera with the advantage of avoiding the disruption in workflow caused by the physical exchange of the optics. In addition, the presently disclosed embodiments disclose performing zoom along an arbitrary viewing direction (directional zoom) that enables to increase the scale of a region of interest without decreasing the overall field-of-view or losing image contents.

Abstract: An interface of a device can allow a resource to set a location of a PiP window that is different than the default or predetermined location of the PiP window. The device can set a Picture-in-Picture (PiP) window location. The device can receive a PiP window location request that comprises one or more location parameters that indicate a location for display of a PiP window. The device can set the PiP window location based on the one or more location parameters. The device can then send the PiP window location to a PiP control management service. The resource then is able to control the placement of information associated with the resource to provide the user with an improved user experience.

Abstract: A system for determining a location and an orientation of a remote control unit within a mesh network. A remote control unit (RCU) includes a top wireless orientation beacon at a first end and a bottom wireless orientation beacon at a second end. The top wireless orientation beacon and the bottom wireless orientation beacon provide location information to a controller device. A plurality of wireless mesh beacons are disposed in a predetermined area to form a mesh network, and the controller device uses the plurality of mesh beacons to generate a map of the predetermined area. The controller device processes location information obtained from the RCU to determine a position and orientation of the RCU relative to the controller device in the map of the predetermined area.

Abstract: A video splicing method includes: acquiring a first video and a second video, which are to be spliced, wherein the first video is before the second video; performing freeze frame detection on the first video or the second video, so as to obtain a freeze frame sequence; obtaining a reference video frame on the basis of the freeze frame sequence; searching for an overlapping area on the basis of the reference video frame, so as to obtain a first overlapping video frame area corresponding to the first video and a second overlapping video frame area corresponding to the second video; and on the basis of the first overlapping video frame area and the second overlapping video frame area, splicing the first video and the second video to obtain a spliced video. By means of the method, the video splicing effect can be improved.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a medical observation system, a method, and a medical observation device, which are capable of maintaining accuracy of three-dimensional information, even in a case where a change occurs in an optical system. A medical observation system acquires operative field data acquired by a medical observation device, detects a change in an optical system of the medical observation device, estimates a parameter representing a state of the optical system after a change occurs in the optical system in a case where the change in the optical system is detected, and sets a generation condition of three-dimensional information based on the operative field data by using an estimation result. The present technology can be applied to a surgery assisting system.

Abstract: A camera-wing-system for a vehicle comprising at least one camera for recording a field of view (FOV) in a scene at least around a rear part of the vehicle, wherein a presented view is provided to a driver of the vehicle as a part of the field of view, the camera-wing-system is adapted to update an image section from the presented view of the at least one camera to another presented view different from the previous presented view to keep a point of interest of the rear part of the vehicle, preferably a trailer as the rear part of the vehicle, within the presented view provided to the driver regardless of a driving situation of the vehicle, and the image section is updated basis on a distance between the at least one camera and a geometric calculation of a triangle between a center of rotation, a salient point, and the at least one camera of the vehicle.

Abstract: A display device and a method for controlling same are disclosed. The display device compares device information of an external electronic device stored in the display device with device information transmitted by the external electronic device, thereby being capable of accurately recognizing a change in the external electronic device communicatively connected with the display device in a state in which the display device is turned off.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided to automatically identify advertisements or other portions of a broadcast television stream before the stream is distributed via a cable, DBS, IPTV or other medium. The television broadcast is received at the data processing system, and audio content of the television broadcast is analyzed to generate an audio fingerprint of a portion of the audio content. The identified audio fingerprint are compared to audio fingerprints stored in a database to thereby identify the portion of the television broadcast based on the generated audio fingerprint. By identifying the contents of an actual broadcast prior to redistribution of the broadcast, additional actions may be taken that are unique to the identified content.

Abstract: A system and method for creating small data size representations of images, created on the image detection device, over wireless connections when there is insufficient bandwidth to support detailed images is disclosed. Image data size is often too large to send over low-powered long-distance wireless connections. Image data must be dramatically reduced to enable use of the lowest-power longest-distance wireless platforms including LoRa with LoRaWAN. Common image compression algorithms include jpeg and mpeg that provide only moderate reductions in data size. The described invention reduces data size beyond jpeg compression by reducing targeted image objects to simple outlines, contours or vectors. Monitoring security, wildlife, agricultural and other natural events require images of objects including insects, crops, livestock, wildlife or intruders. Contours, outlines or vectors of targeted objects are often sufficiently recognizable to provide useful information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for replacing digital content. An example embodiment operates by detecting a segment of a data stream to be output by a media device and generating a fingerprint of digital content corresponding to the segment using automatic content recognition (ACR). The example embodiment further operates by comparing the fingerprint with a plurality of fingerprints of a plurality of digital content, identifying a matched fingerprint of a matched digital content, and comparing metadata of the matched digital content with metadata of a restricted digital content. The example embodiment further operates by determining that the digital content corresponding to the segment is blocked from being output by the media stream and replacing the digital content with new digital content in the segment.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for converting and transmitting horizontal and vertical videos based on machine learning.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of display units and a reflector. The plurality of display units emits display light representing an image to be displayed from a display screen. The reflector is disposed to face the display screen of each of the plurality of display units and reflects the display light emitted from each of the plurality of display units.