Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating a bitmap for combined three-dimensional data that is a combination of pieces of three-dimensional data, the bitmap indicating which of the pieces of three-dimensional data a three-dimensional point belongs to, the three-dimensional point being a three-dimensional point of the combined three-dimensional data and included in a unit space; generating a conversion code using the bitmap; and generating encoded data including duplicated point information indicating a total number of three-dimensional points included in the unit space, and conversion code information indicating the conversion code. Each of values of the bitmap corresponds to a combination of the conversion code and the total number of the three-dimensional points included in the unit space.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for selecting a candidate six dimensional pose hypothesis from among a plurality of six dimensional pose hypotheses. For example, the systems, devices, and methods described herein may be used to quickly, accurately, and precisely select a candidate six dimensional pose hypothesis from among a plurality of six dimensional pose hypotheses so that the selected candidate six dimensional pose hypothesis substantially overlaps with an image of an object to be identified from an image of a plurality of objects. In this manner, an object can be identified from among a plurality of objects based on the selected candidate six dimensional pose hypothesis.

Abstract: Telematics systems and methods are described for generating interactive animated guided user interfaces (GUIs). A telematics cloud platform is configured to receive vehicular telematics data from a telematics device onboard a vehicle. A GUI value compression component determines, based on the vehicular telematics data, a plurality of GUI position values and a plurality of corresponding GUI time values. A geospatial animation app receives the plurality of GUI position values and the plurality of corresponding GUI time values. The geospatial animation app implements an interactive animated GUI that renders a plurality of geospatial graphics or graphical routes on a geographic area map via a display device. The geospatial graphics or graphical routes are rendered to have different visual forms based on differences between respective GUI position values and corresponding GUI time values.

Abstract: An example device may include a light source, an optical element, and an encapsulant layer. A light beam generated by the light source may be received by the optical element, and redirected into the encapsulant layer. The optical element may include a high-index material, for example, with a refractive index of at least approximately 1.5 at the wavelength of the light beam. The light source may be a semiconductor light source, such as a light emitting diode or a laser. The optical element may be embedded in the encapsulant layer, and the optical element may have a curved exit surface. Refraction at the exit surface of the optical element may redirect the light beam towards a target.

Abstract: A face beautification method is performed by a computer device, the method including: obtaining a target face contained in a target image and a user-selected reference face; generating adjustment parameters corresponding to the target face based on a comparison of the target face and the reference face, the adjustment parameters comprising face shape adjustment parameters and facial part adjustment parameters; generating a displacement vector according to the face shape adjustment parameters and the facial part adjustment parameters, the displacement vector being used for representing a size change, a position change and an angle change in a face shape and facial parts of the target face during an adjustment process; adjusting the face shape and the facial parts of the target face according to the displacement vector; and displaying the adjusted target face.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting parameters for controlling a display screen of a screen control system. The method is used in a first serial unit of the screen control system, and includes steps of: receiving a first parameter; performing parameter setting on the first serial unit according to the first parameter; calculating a second parameter according to the first parameter, wherein the second parameter is different from the first parameter; and transmitting the second parameter to a second serial unit of the screen control system.

Abstract: Described herein is an interactive printed publication comprising a plurality of content segments printed thereon and a plurality of machine readable codes printed thereon. Each of the plurality of machine readable codes is associated with and positioned adjacent at least one of the plurality of content segments and each of the plurality of machine readable codes containing data being extractable by a computing device when being read thereby for initiating communication between the computing device and a computing system.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus, a wireless communication system, a wireless communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a processing circuit configured to: determine a current audiovisual angle of a user; compare the current audiovisual angle of the user with an expected audiovisual angle, and generate indication information for directing the user to the expected audiovisual angle, and provide the indication information to the user. The indication information directs the user to the expected audiovisual angle by using a direct direction indication and an indirect direction indication. With the electronic apparatus, the wireless communication system, the wireless communication method, and the computer-readable storage medium, the user can obtain a better visual feeling, and thus the user experience can be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is disclosed, comprising rendering a virtual scene of a virtual space that corresponds to a virtual position of a user in the virtual space as determined at least in part by the position of the user in a physical space. Embodiments also involve identifying one or more objects in the virtual scene which are in conflict with attributes of the physical space. Embodiments also involve detecting one or more blinking periods of the user when consuming the virtual scene. Embodiments also involve modifying the position of the one or more conflicting objects in the virtual scene based on a detected context. The modifying may be performed within the one or more detected blinking periods.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first request for a first virtual object, obtaining first data regarding the first virtual object responsive to the obtaining of the first request, analyzing the first data to identify a first plurality of characteristics for the first virtual object, wherein the first plurality of characteristics include a first visual aspect of the first virtual object, a first auditory aspect of the first virtual object, a first scent aspect of the first virtual object, and a first haptic aspect of the first virtual object, and responsive to the analyzing of the first data, enabling at least a first sensory unit of a plurality of sensory units to render the first virtual object in accordance with the first plurality of characteristics. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Neutral avatars are neutral with reference physical characteristics of the corresponding user, such as weight, ethnicity, gender, or even identity. Thus, neutral avatars may be desirable to use in various copresence environments where the user desires to maintain privacy with reference to the above-noted characteristics. Neutral avatars may be configured to convey, in real-time, actions and behaviors of the corresponding user without using literal forms of the user's actions and behaviors.

Abstract: A method for establishing visual images of models of battery status transforms data of one or more characteristic parameters collected in a period of time into multiple images composed by normalized pixels corresponding to the data. The multiple images are superimposed with one another to form variant image(s) with variant areas and further moving trends of the variant areas. The visualization of data and superimposition of the visualized images facilitates correlation and variation analysis among characteristic parameters of the battery module. The present invention transform data analysis to image analysis, and therefore, the present invention facilitates following analysis and model training, which can adapt to environmental changes, and indicate battery status and battery events efficiently and accurately.

Abstract: Methods and tessellation modules for tessellating a patch to generate tessellated geometry data representing the tessellated patch. Received geometry data representing a patch is processed to identify tessellation factors of the patch. Based on the identified tessellation factors of the patch, tessellation instances to be used in tessellating the patch are determined. The tessellation instances are allocated amongst a plurality of tessellation pipelines that operate in parallel, wherein a respective set of one or more of the tessellation instances is allocated to each of the tessellation pipelines, and wherein each of the tessellation pipelines generates tessellated geometry data associated with the respective allocated set of one or more of the tessellation instances.

Abstract: A method for characterization of respiratory characteristics based on a voxel model includes: successively capturing multiple frames of depth image of a thoracoabdominal surface of human body and modelling the multiple frames of depth image in 3D to obtain multiple frames of voxel model in time series; traversing voxel units of the multiple frames of voxel model and extracting a volumetric characteristic and areal characteristic of the multiple frames of voxel model; acquiring a minimum common voxel bounding box of the multiple frames of voxel model; describing spatial distribution of the multiple frames of voxel model in the form of probability and arranging the probabilities of the minimum voxel bounding boxes of individual frames of voxel model to construct a sample space of super-high dimensional vectors; reducing the dimensions of the sample space to obtain intrinsic parameters; obtaining a characteristic variable capable of characterizing the voxel model.

Abstract: To improve the social interaction and interaction with external objects for a user wearing an AR head-mounted display (HMD), cameras on the HMD detect that other users (“social targets”) are looking at and/or speaking to the user. The region around the social target in the AR user's view is determined and in response an optical occlusion system in the HMD is changed to allow more outside light to reveal the HMD user's eyes to the other users, The HMD optionally decreases the brightness of the virtual images presented in the HMD to allow the HMD user to improve his real world social and scene interaction.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a display; a processor operatively connected to the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: display an image on the display; identify tiles corresponding to at least a region of the image selected as a region of interest; select the identified tiles from a file in which the image is stored; and store at least one piece of information on the region of interest, and the selected tiles, wherein the file in which the image is stored may be a file in which the image is compressed and stored as a plurality of tiles. It is also possible to provide various other embodiments.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating visual image editing guides for digital raster images by identifying and filtering edge paths. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems utilize denoising and adaptive thresholding with a digital image to generate a simplified, binary digital image. Further, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems utilize contour detection to identify a set of edge paths from the raster image for the simplified, binary digital image. Additionally, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems filter the set of edge paths based on edge length and utilizes the filtered set of edge paths to generate visual image editing guides for generating modified digital images.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for efficient BVH construction. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a memory to store graphics data for a scene including a plurality of primitives in a scene at a first precision; a geometry quantizer to read vertices of the primitives at the first precision and to adaptively quantize the vertices of the primitives to a second precision associated with a first local coordinate grid of a first BVH node positioned within a global coordinate grid, the second precision lower than the first precision; a BVH builder to determine coordinates of child nodes of the first BVH node by performing non-spatial-split binning or spatial-split binning for the first BVH node using primitives associated with the first BVH node, the BVH builder to determine final coordinates for the child nodes based, at least in part, on an evaluation of surface areas of different bounding boxes generated for each of the child node.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for extended reality environment interaction. An extended reality environment including a first object is generated for display, and the first object is identified in a field of view based on received input from one or more sensors. An eyelid motion is detected based on the received input, and in response to detecting the eyelid motion, the first object is regenerated for display with a modified level of detail.

Abstract: A multi-layer light source includes an emissive layer and a textured lighting gel layer, the lighting gel layer being situated between the emissive layer and a 2D canvas or a 3D object. User inputs controlling the multi-layer light source are received, these user inputs being provided with the user interacting with the 2D canvas without switching to editing in 3D space. The multi-layer light source is configured based on the user inputs and, based on the configuration, emission of light rays from the multi-layer light source is determined. Areas of shadows cast by 3D objects are also determined. An image generation system determines, a color of a location (e.g., a pixel) on the 2D canvas or the 3D object that a light ray intersects based on the color that is in the lighting gel layer that the light ray passes through.