Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: predicting a viewpoint within a volumetric video based on movement input by a viewer, resulting in a predicted viewpoint, wherein a point cloud of the volumetric video is segmented into cells, and wherein at least some of the cells are visible to the viewer at a future time of playback based on the predicted viewpoint; retrieving a cell occupancy bitmap for the point cloud for the future time of playback; determining visible cells based on the cell occupancy bitmap and the predicted viewpoint; receiving the visible cells for the future time of playback; and rendering and displaying the point cloud within the visible cells during playback at the future time. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing method, wherein the method includes the steps of: receiving an image signal including a first frame and a second frame; determining edges of a foreground in the first frame and the second frame according to at least one motion vector of the first frame and the second frame; determining an edge of the foreground in an interpolated frame according to the edge of the foreground in the first frame and the edge of the foreground in the second frame; and directly using one or more motion vectors of a background adjacent to the foreground in the first frame or the second frame to serve as one or more motion vectors of an outer region of the edge of the foreground in the interpolated frame.

Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes an environment detecting device including an image capturing module, a storage module, and an operation module. The image capturing module is disposed on a movable carrier for capturing an environment image around the movable carrier. The storage module stores a plurality of image models. A control method thereof includes that the operation module is electrically connected to the image capturing module and the storage module to detect whether the environment image has an image that matches at least one of the image models or not, and to generate a corresponding detection signal.

Abstract: An imaging control apparatus of the present disclosure includes a controller that performs a readout operation on a plurality of pixels in an imaging device, and performs control on a basis of a moving object detection result to cause a time length of the readout operation on a first pixel to differ from a time length of the readout operation on a second pixel, the first pixel corresponding to a detection region where a moving object has been detected, and the second pixel corresponding to a region other than the detection region.

Abstract: The present invention attains a vehicular imaging device in which condensation on a lens can be actively removed using a simple structure. The vehicular imaging device according to the present invention is provided with: lenses; imaging elements on which images are formed by light that has passed through the lenses; a processing circuit substrate which processes the images captured by the imaging element; and a housing in which the processing circuit substrate is held. Heat dissipation structures which each dissipate heat generated by the processing circuit substrate are provided to the housing. The heat dissipation structures each have a heat dissipation surface along the direction toward the corresponding lens.

Abstract: A method of performing merge candidate list construction for video coding using at least one processor includes determining a plurality of potential merge candidates; selecting a first potential merge candidate from among the plurality of potential merge candidates; performing a redundancy check by checking the potential merge candidate against a merge candidate included in the merge candidate list; based on a result of the redundancy check, determining whether to insert the potential merge candidate into the merge candidate list; determining whether a redundancy check threshold is exceeded, wherein the redundancy check threshold relates to at least one from among a number of redundancy checks which have been performed, and a number of potential merge candidates which have been checked by the redundancy checks; and based on the redundancy check threshold being exceeded, determining not to perform additional redundancy checks during the merge candidate list construction.

Abstract: Disclosed are an intra-prediction mode-based image processing method and a device therefor. Particularly, a method for processing an image on the basis of an intra-prediction mode may comprise the steps of: configuring a reference sample to be used for prediction of a current block on the basis of width information and height information of the current block when the current block is a non-square block; deriving an intra-prediction mode of the current block; and generating a prediction sample of the current block by using the reference sample on the basis of the intra-prediction mode of the current block.

Abstract: A video encoding device (2) includes a side information determination section (21) and a side information encoding section (22). The side information determination section (21) sets a quantization parameter for each macroblock in such a manner that a difference between quantization parameters for each pair of macroblocks with successive encoding orders is equal to one of n difference values, and transforms the difference into one of n indices with respect to each pair. The side information encoding section (22) generates a binary sequence having a length corresponding to the size of the absolute value of the index. The total of absolute values of the n indices is smaller than the total of absolute values of the n difference values.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry for video decoding. In the method, a combined inter coding unit mode indicator is received. Inter-prediction information for one of a plurality of blocks in a current picture is received and the inter-prediction information includes motion information of the one of the plurality of blocks. Each of the plurality of blocks is reconstructed according to the inter-prediction information of the one of the plurality of blocks based on a determination that the combined inter coding unit indicator indicates that each of the plurality of blocks partitioned from a parent block is associated with the inter-prediction information of the one of the plurality of blocks.

Abstract: A device, system and method for notifying a person-of-interest of their location within an estimated field-of-view of a camera is provided. The device: identifies a person-of-interest in an area proximal one or more of a first camera and the device; receives and processes images from the first camera to identify a second camera located in the area; determines a location of the person-of-interest; and determines, from the images, a respective location and estimated field-of-view of the second camera; determines, by comparing the location of the person-of-interest and the respective location and estimated field-of-view of the second camera, whether the person-of-interest is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera; and, when the person-of-interest is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, controls a notification device to provide a notification to notify the person-of-interest of their location within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera.

Abstract: An image inspection device which inspects the inspection target by images includes: an imaging part, which images the inspection target; a changing part, which makes the location of the inspection target with respect to the imaging part periodically and relatively change; and a control part, which makes the imaging part image the inspection target so as to acquire a plurality of images having different imaging conditions at a plurality of timings which is periodically repeated due to the relative changes and at which the inspection target is in a predefined location with respect to the imaging part.

Abstract: A video coder that performs entropy coding of a syntax element for partitioning a block of pixels is provided. The video coder receives a current block of pixels of an image. The video coder encodes or decodes the current block of pixels by partitioning the current block of pixels according to a partitioning indicator. The partitioning indicator is entropy coded as a syntax element of a bitstream by using a context model that is selected based on a partitioning structure of the current block of pixels or of a neighboring block of pixels of the current block of pixels.

Abstract: A surrounding area monitoring apparatus receives visual field information about a driver of a surrounding vehicle of a self vehicle, and decides whether the self vehicle is outside the visual field of the surrounding vehicle or not in accordance with the visual field information. Accordingly, it can learn the present dynamic visual field range of the driver of the surrounding vehicle actually traveling around the self vehicle, and obtain more accurate visual field range. Thus, it can appropriately give information that is really necessary and suppress giving unnecessary information.

Abstract: An authenticating method for authenticating a document from obtained images of the document, by determining an authenticity indicator of the document by verifying whether a meta-characteristic satisfies a predefined threshold associated to the meta-characteristic, the meta-characteristic being a measurement of a difference of a parameter of a detected element relative to a reference parameter of a reference model; and also an authenticating method for authenticating an identity of a person comprising performing the authenticating method for authenticating a document of the person, the document being an ID document, and determining an alikeness indicator by comparing a first face image and a second face image, using an image processing method; and authenticating the identity of the person depending on a result of the authenticating method performed for authenticating the ID document and whether the determined alikeness indicator is within an alikeness threshold.

Abstract: A surrounding area monitoring apparatus receives visual field information about a driver of a surrounding vehicle of a self vehicle, and decides whether the self vehicle is outside the visual field of the surrounding vehicle or not in accordance with the visual field information. Accordingly, it can learn the present dynamic visual field range of the driver of the surrounding vehicle actually traveling around the self vehicle, and obtain more accurate visual field range. Thus, it can appropriately give information that is really necessary and suppress giving unnecessary information.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a memory that stores at least one command associated with an image encoding and a processor electrically connected to the memory. The command executed while the processor is operated divides a content generation buffer allocated in association with a specified content generation into a plurality of partial areas, stitches a previous image and a present image with respect to at least a portion of an area in which the present image overlaps with the previous image, and performs a parallel encoding on each of the partial areas of the stitched images in a specified block size when the stitched images are stored in the content generation buffer.

Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving pictures of a video sequence in a video encoder, and encoding the pictures to generate a compressed video bit stream that is transmitted to a video decoder in real-time, wherein encoding the pictures includes selecting a picture to be encoded as a delayed duplicate intra-predicted picture (DDI), wherein the picture would otherwise be encoded as an inter-predicted picture (P-picture), encoding the picture as an intra-predicted picture (I-picture) to generate the DDI, wherein the I-picture is reconstructed and stored for use as a reference picture for a decoder refresh picture, transmitting the DDI to the video decoder in non-real time, selecting a subsequent picture to be encoded as the decoder refresh picture, and encoding the subsequent picture in the compressed bit stream as the decoder refresh picture, wherein the subsequent P-picture is encoded as a P-picture predicted using the reference picture.

Abstract: An extension to the motion-constrained tile sets SEI message provides functionality to signal all tiles are independently decodable and to signal the ROIs that may have more than one tile per ROI. With this extension, the functionality to redefine any independently decodable region-of-interest in a CVS at a coding tree unit level based on user interactivity is enabled. The extension supports the interactivity utilized in various applications such as interactive Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV), dynamic high-quality zoom-in application, interactive on-demand, e-learning, smart surveillance and many other applications. Additionally, the temporal MCTS SEI message is able to be used by an encoder for tiled streaming to signal explicitly to the decoder that the decoder need only to display the ROI.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for a remote control of a radiation detection apparatus. The method comprises providing a remote system comprising a remote computer system and a hardware controller. The remote computer system is configured to operate in a client-server configuration with a local computer system, wherein the local computer system is a server locally connected to the detection apparatus. Output data of an imaging system of the detection apparatus may be received from the local computer system over a first network connection established between the local computer system and the remote computer system. A second network connection may be established between the hardware controller and the imaging system. And, the imaging system may be controlled by sending via the second network connection control signals to the imaging system. The second network connection is logically independent from the first network connection.

Abstract: Provided is a method and system that includes an imaging device to be disposed in a lighting fixture to capture images, a remote computing device in communication with the imaging device, and comprising at least one processor. The processor is capable of processing data related to images from the at least one imaging device and from a satellite imagery system, performing comparison operation by detecting a first set of points of interest in an image from the at least one imaging device and corresponding second set of points of interest in an image of a same area from the satellite imagery system, and calculating a homography matrix by matching the first set of points of interests in the image from the at least one imaging device and the second set of points of interest in the image from the satellite imagery system, to determine latitude and longitude coordinates of the image from the imaging device.