Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for modeling subjects in a virtual environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receiving, from a client device, image data including at least one subject; extracting, from the image data, a face of the at least one subject and an object interacting with the face, wherein the object may be glasses worn by the subject; generating a set of face primitives based on the face, the set of face primitives comprising geometry and appearance information; generating a set of object primitives based on a set of latent codes for the object; generating an appearance model of photometric interactions between the face and the object; and rendering an avatar in the virtual environment based on the appearance model, the set of face primitives, and the set of object primitives.

Abstract: A method for producing shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the method including cleaving sugar chains of anionically modified cellulose fibers by thermal decomposition under temperature conditions of 50° C. or higher and 230° C. or lower, wherein the average fiber length of the anionically modified cellulose fibers is 700 ?m or more and 10000 ?m or less. By the use of shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers or the like obtained by the method for production of the present invention, a dispersion containing fine cellulose fibers having a low viscosity and excellent handling property can be prepared while at a high concentration, so that the dispersion can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, packaging materials for household electric appliances, automobile parts, and materials for three-dimensional modeling.

Abstract: In an example, use of a solder joint may include a solder joint layer having a melted solder material containing Sn as a main component and further containing Ag and/or Sb and/or Cu; and a joined body including a Ni—P—Cu plating layer on a surface of the joined body in contact with the solder joint layer. The Ni—P—Cu plating layer may contain Ni as a main component and may contain 0.5% by mass or greater and 8% by mass or less of Cu and 3% by mass or greater and 10% by mass or less of P, and the Ni—P—Cu plating layer may have a microcrystalline layer at an interface with the solder joint layer.

Abstract: The imaging method is used in an imaging apparatus including an imaging element that captures a subject image and a moving mechanism configured to change a relative position between the subject image and the imaging element, the imaging method including: a changing step of changing the relative position a plurality of times; an imaging step of acquiring a plurality of first images by capturing the subject image using the imaging element at a plurality of the relative positions; a combining step of generating a second image by combining the plurality of first images; and a display step of performing a temporal display relating to the imaging step or the combining step.

Abstract: A solder material having a good thermal-cycle fatigue property and wettability. The solder material contains not less than 6.0% by mass and not more than 8.0% by mass Sb, not less than 3.0% by mass and not more than 5.0% by mass Ag, and the balance of Sn and incidental impurities. Also, a semiconductor device may include a joining layer between a semiconductor element and a substrate electrode or a lead frame, the joining layer being obtained by melting this solder material.

Abstract: A method for updating a gaze direction for a transmitter avatar in a receiver headset is provided. The method includes verifying, in a receiver device, that a visual tracking of a transmitter avatar is active in a transmitter device, and adjusting, in the receiver device, a gaze direction of the transmitter avatar to a fixation point. Adjusting the gaze direction of the transmitter avatar comprises estimating a coordinate of the fixation point in a receiver frame at a later time, and rotating, in the receiver device, two eyeballs of the transmitter avatar to a point in a direction of the fixation point. A headset, a memory in the headset storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform the above method, are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable solder joint, the solder joint including a solder joint layer having a melted solder material containing Sn as a main component and further containing Ag and/or Sb and/or Cu; and a joined body including a Ni—P—Cu plating layer on a surface in contact with the solder joint layer, wherein the Ni—P—Cu plating layer contains Ni as a main component and contains 0.5% by mass or greater and 8% by mass or less of Cu and 3% by mass or greater and 10% by mass or less of P, the Ni—P—Cu plating layer has a microcrystalline layer at an interface with the solder joint layer, and the microcrystalline layer includes a phase containing microcrystals of a NiCuP ternary alloy, a phase containing microcrystals of (Ni,Cu)3P, and a phase containing microcrystals of Ni3P.

Abstract: An audio signal processing apparatus in which different pieces of predetermined parameter information regarding acoustic transfer in a head of a listener are retained as preset candidates, a parameter information list including the retained preset candidates is presented, to prompt a user to select parameter information, and an audio signal for the user is generated by using the user-selected parameter information.

Abstract: A solder material having a good thermal-cycle fatigue property and wettability. The solder material contains not less than 5.0% by mass and not more than 8.0% by mass Sb, not less than 3.0% by mass and not more than 5.0% by mass Ag, and the balance of Sn and incidental impurities. Also, a semiconductor device may include a joining layer between a semiconductor element and a substrate electrode or a lead frame, the joining layer being obtained by melting this solder material.

Abstract: A sightline-position determination device includes: a sightline-position input unit to which a position of a sightline of a user is inputted; a determination region setting unit which sets a determination region; a determination unit which determines whether or not the position of the sightline inputted from the sightline-position input unit falls within the determination region; and an output unit which outputs feedback to the user when the determination unit has determined that the position of the sightline falls within the determination region.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus processes an audio signal and is connected to a speaker system having a plurality of speakers. The information processing apparatus receives input of audio output setting information indicating the direction of each speaker of the speaker system relative to an orientation of a user, records the received audio output setting information, and outputs the recorded audio output setting information as requested for use in processing the audio signal.

Abstract: A method for providing a relightable avatar of a subject to a virtual reality application is provided. The method includes retrieving multiple images including multiple views of a subject and generating an expression-dependent texture map and a view-dependent texture map for the subject, based on the images. The method also includes generating, based on the expression-dependent texture map and the view-dependent texture map, a view of the subject illuminated by a light source selected from an environment in an immersive reality application, and providing the view of the subject to an immersive reality application running in a client device. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions and a system that executes the instructions to perform the above method are also provided.

Abstract: A method for generating a subject avatar using a mobile phone scan is provided. The method includes receiving, from a mobile device, multiple images of a first subject, extracting multiple image features from the images of the first subject based on a set of learnable weights, inferring a three-dimensional model of the first subject from the image features and an existing three-dimensional model of a second subject, animating the three-dimensional model of the first subject based on an immersive reality application running on a headset used by a viewer, and providing, to a display on the headset, an image of the three-dimensional model of the first subject. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for providing a relightable avatar of a subject to a virtual reality application is provided. The method includes retrieving multiple images including multiple views of a subject and generating an expression-dependent texture map and a view-dependent texture map for the subject, based on the images. The method also includes generating, based on the expression-dependent texture map and the view-dependent texture map, a view of the subject illuminated by a light source selected from an environment in an immersive reality application, and providing the view of the subject to an immersive reality application running in a client device. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions and a system that executes the instructions to perform the above method are also provided.

Abstract: The sample measuring apparatus includes a suction unit that includes a nozzle and a drive unit that raises and lowers the nozzle, and suctions a first liquid and a second liquid that is different from the first liquid; a liquid surface detecting unit that detects liquid surfaces of the first liquid and the second liquid; a control unit that controls the suction unit, and a measuring unit that measures a measurement sample prepared from the suctioned first liquid; wherein the control unit controls the suction unit to suction the first liquid and the second liquid based on the respective liquid surface detection result of the first liquid and the second liquid detected while lowering the nozzle, and a second speed at which the nozzle descends when detecting the liquid surface of the second liquid is faster than a first speed at which the nozzle descends when detecting the liquid surface of the first liquid.

Abstract: A video recording apparatus includes an illumination apparatus applying a modulated illumination light, a control apparatus controlling the illumination apparatus, an imaging apparatus imaging the illumination light and an object at the same time to generate video data; and a storage apparatus storing the video data generated by the imaging apparatus. The control apparatus generates encrypted data by using at least a portion of the video data imaged by the imaging apparatus and encryption information generated as information changing in accordance with a date and time and used for encryption and controls the illumination apparatus such that the illumination light is modulated by the generated encrypted data.

Abstract: A method for providing a relightable avatar of a subject to a virtual reality application is provided. The method includes retrieving multiple images including multiple views of a subject and generating an expression-dependent texture map and a view-dependent texture map for the subject, based on the images. The method also includes generating, based on the expression-dependent texture map and the view-dependent texture map, a view of the subject illuminated by a light source selected from an environment in an immersive reality application, and providing the view of the subject to an immersive reality application running in a client device. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions and a system that executes the instructions to perform the above method are also provided.

Abstract: A method of forming a pixel-aligned volumetric avatar includes receiving multiple two-dimensional images having at least two or more fields of view of a subject. The method also includes extracting multiple image features from the two-dimensional images using a set of learnable weights, projecting the image features along a direction between a three-dimensional model of the subject and a selected observation point for a viewer, and providing, to the viewer, an image of the three-dimensional model of the subject. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method, are also provided.

Abstract: A device for providing a reverse pass-through view of a user of a headset display to an onlooker includes an eyepiece comprising an optical surface configured to provide an image to a user on a first side of the optical surface. The device also includes a first camera configured to collect an image of a portion of a face of the user reflected from the optical surface in a first field of view, a display adjacent to the optical surface and configured to project forward an image of the face of the user, and a screen configured to receive light from the display and provide the image of the face of the user to an onlooker.

Abstract: An audio signal processing apparatus in which different pieces of predetermined parameter information regarding acoustic transfer in a head of a listener are retained as preset candidates, a parameter information list including the retained preset candidates is presented, to prompt a user to select parameter information, and an audio signal for the user is generated by using the user-selected parameter information.