Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3D picture processing device comprising an input unit for receiving a video signal, an output unit for providing a video signal for a 2D display device, preferably a TV set, and a 3D shutter glasses driver unit for generating a driving signal to control 3D shutter glasses. A delay compensation unit is coupled to the driver unit and adapted to compensate for the processing delay present in the display device, preferably the TV set.

Abstract: Improved video coding is described to encode video data within a sequence of video frames. To this end, at least a portion of a reference frame is encoded to include motion information associated with the portion of the reference frame. At least a portion of a predictable frame that includes video data predictively correlated to s portion of said reference frame is defined based on the motion information. At least said portion of the predictable frame is encoded without including corresponding motion information and including mode identifying data. The mode identifying data indicate that the encoded portion of the predictable frame can be directly derived using at least the motion information associated with the portion of the reference frame.

Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring image and location information includes an antenna comprising an element configured to receive signals for determining the location information, and an imaging device coupled to the antenna and configured to acquire the image information. A virtual perspective center of the imaging device is coincident with the element of the antenna.

Abstract: A 3-D image pick-up device is disclosed, the device including: a PCB mounted with two camera modules including an image sensor; and a reinforcing member mounted with two exposure windows, wherein the PCB and the reinforcing member are mutually adhered to allow the camera modules of the PCB to be exposed through the exposure window of the reinforcing member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for capturing video of a real-world scene over a field of view that may exceed the field of view of a user, manipulating the captured video, and then stereoscopically displaying the manipulated image to the user in a head mounted display to create a virtual environment having length, width, and depth in the image. By capturing and manipulating video for a field of view that exceeds the field of view of the user, the system and method can quickly respond to movement by the user to update the display allowing the user to look and pan around, i.e., navigate, inside the three-dimensional virtual environment.

Abstract: Various embodiments concern a system for monitoring a patient in a bed, the system comprising a camera, a user interface comprising a screen, and a computing system. The computing system can be configured to monitor, with the camera, for motion within each of a plurality of zones, the plurality of zones comprising a one or more inner zones extending adjacent along the bed, one or more outer zones extending adjacent along the one or more inner zones, and one or more end zones. Motion within the inner zones can trigger a fall alert while motion within the outer or end zones can suspend one or more functions to prevent the fall alert from being issued. The end zones can comprise a bottom zone and one or more top zones.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a road condition detection system for identifying and monitoring road conditions, and for communicating information regarding road conditions to various users. The road condition detection system is provided for capturing data indicative of road conditions and analyzing the captured data to locate and identify various road conditions (e.g., road hazards, such as potholes, or weather conditions, such as ice). In various embodiments, the road condition detection system includes a road condition sensor array configured for being attached to a vehicle and for capturing road condition data. The captured data may be transmitted and assessed by a server configured for identifying potential road hazards or other road conditions based on the road condition data captured by the sensor array.

Abstract: Circuitry configured to generate an ROI mask by determining whether each of quantized wavelet coefficients constituting quantized image data is associated with an ROI or a non-ROI in an original image on the basis of the scaling amount of the Max-shift method, generate first image data by performing inverse quantization on the quantized image data after being scaled down, generate second image data having a specified decomposition level by performing inverse wavelet transformation on the first image data, generate a restored ROI mask having the same decomposition level as that of the second image data by performing a predetermined process on the ROI mask once or a plurality of times, generate masked image data by applying the restored ROI mask to the second image data, and perform the inverse wavelet transformation on the masked image data until a decomposition level becomes zero.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for loop processing of reconstructed video in an encoder system are disclosed. The loop processing comprises an in-loop filter and one or more adaptive filters. The filter parameters for the adaptive filter are derived from the pre-in-loop video data so that the adaptive filter processing can be applied to the in-loop processed video data without the need of waiting for completion of the in-loop filter processing for a picture or an image unit. In another embodiment, two adaptive filters derive their respective adaptive filter parameters based on the same pre-in-loop video data. In yet another embodiment, a moving window is used for image-unit-based coding system incorporating in-loop filter and one or more adaptive filters. The in-loop filter and the adaptive filter are applied to a moving window of pre-in-loop video data comprising one or more sub-regions from corresponding one or more image units.

Abstract: A makeup supporting device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a facial image that is an image obtained by photographing a face; a threshold determining unit that determines a pixel value threshold based on a partial image of the facial image, the partial image being an image in a region that does not include an outer end of an eyebrow but includes an inner end of the eyebrow and a periphery of the inner end of the eyebrow; an eyebrow region extracting unit that extracts an eyebrow region from the facial image using the threshold; an eyebrow eraser that performs eyebrow erasing processing on the facial image, the eyebrow erasing processing being processing of filling in the eyebrow region using preferentially a color on an inner end side of the eyebrow from among colors in regions around the eyebrow region; and a display unit that displays the facial image after the eyebrow erasing processing is performed.

Abstract: In one example, a device for coding (e.g., encoding or decoding) video data includes a memory configured to store video data and a video coder configured to determine a value for an advanced residual prediction (ARP) weighting factor of a current block of the video data and to skip coding of an illumination compensation syntax element for the current block and to code the current block when the value of the ARP weighting factor is not equal to zero. The video coder may further be configured to code the illumination compensation syntax element for the current block and code the current block based at least in part on the value of the illumination compensation syntax element when the value of the ARP weighting factor is equal to zero.

Abstract: A method of decoding an image is discussed. The method includes deriving an intra prediction mode, generating reference pixels on an unavailable position if there exist unavailable reference pixels of a current block, determining whether reference pixels of the current block are filtered or not based on the derived intra prediction mode and a block size of the current block, filtering the reference pixels of the current block using a filter; and generating a prediction block of the current block according to the derived intra prediction mode of the current block and the reference pixels. The filter is selected based on the block size of the current block and a difference between reference pixels, and the reference pixels of the current block are not filtered in a vertical mode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for three-dimensional video coding, multi-view video coding and scalable video coding are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention use two stage motion data compression to reduce motion data buffer requirement. A first-stage motion data compression is applied after each texture picture or depth map is coded to reduce motion data buffer requirement. Accordingly, first compressed motion data is stored in reduced resolution in the buffer to reduce storage requirement and the first compressed motion data is used for coding process of other texture pictures or depth maps in the same access unit. After all pictures in an access unit are coded, motion data associated with the access unit is further compressed and the second compressed motion data is used during coding process of pictures in other access unit.

Abstract: A makeup supporting device includes: a makeup presentation unit that generates a simulation image by superimposing a makeup image on an image obtained by photographing a face, the makeup image indicating a state in which makeup is applied to the face; a makeup correction unit that receives correction of the makeup image included in the generated simulation image from a user; and a correction information recording unit that records correction information which indicates a region of a post-correction makeup image using a relative position to a facial feature points.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a distance measuring apparatus including an imaging device and a calculation unit calculating a distance to a subject on the basis of an electrical signal. The imaging device includes a signal acquisition unit that acquires a first electrical signal based on a beam that has passed through a first region off the center of the exit pupil in a predetermined direction; a second electrical signal based on a beam that has passed through a second region off the center of the exit pupil in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction; and a third electrical signal based on a beam that has passed through a region eccentric from the first region in the direction opposite to the predetermined direction. The calculation unit performs a signal correction process for generating a first corrected signal and a distance calculation process for calculating the distance.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a method and device for determining the position of a viewer and adjusting a viewing area, and a device for displaying three-dimensional video signals, such that the position of a viewer in front of an electronic device can be accurately determined and the viewing area can be adjusted according to the specific position, enabling the viewer to be unaware of any sudden viewing change when watching 3D signals. The method for determining the position of the viewer is applied in an electronic device comprising a display screen capable of displaying three-dimensional video signals. The viewing areas of the electronic device include a three-dimensional display area and a non-three-dimensional display area.

Abstract: Provided is a 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus which is manufactured by combining a confocal microscope and an optical tweezers technique, wherein a pair of lenses for focal plane displacement where one lens is movable in the optical axis direction is arranged between a fixed objective lens and a fluorescent light imaging camera, and the 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus also includes a mean which corrects the aberration of a fluorescent confocal image obtained by the fluorescent imaging camera. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus which can acquire a 3-dimensional image of a specimen during a manipulation of the specimen using optical tweezers without affecting an optical trap.

Abstract: A method for enabling easier interpretation and analysis of an observed real world scene by presenting a visible representation of infrared (IR) radiation information, based on IR radiation emitted from said real world scene, and additional information onto said observed real world scene, using thermography arrangement comprising an IR imaging system, a visible light imaging system and a visible light projecting system.

Abstract: A rearview vision system for a vehicle includes a reflective element disposed at a driver or passenger side portion of a vehicle and a camera disposed at or near the reflective element and having a field of view that encompasses at least a portion of the reflective element. The camera and the reflective element are disposed at the side portion of the vehicle so that images of the scene occurring to the side and rear of the vehicle are reflected off of the reflective element and viewed by the camera. The camera captures image data for display of images by a display device that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle when normally operating the vehicle so as to provide the driver with a generally sideward and rearward field of view.

Abstract: A camera and a method for extracting depth information by the camera having a first lens and a second lens are provided. The method includes photographing, by the first lens, a first image; photographing, by the second lens, a second image of a same scene; down-sampling the first image to a resolution of the second image if the first image is an image having a higher resolution than a resolution of the second image; correcting the down-sampled first image to match the down-sampled first image to the second image; and extracting the depth information from the corrected down-sampled first image and the second image.