Abstract: Device installation systems, methods, and media for providing ubiquitous connectivity in outdoor environments are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus automatically detects an event occurring in sensor data. The apparatus has a recording device which is configured to receive the sensor data, a feature identification device which is configured to automatically identify a predetermined number of features of the sensor data in the recorded sensor data, an evaluation processing device which is configured to acquire from the predetermined number of features, for each of the features, an evaluation which relates to the event to be detected and which is based on a set of evaluation criteria, and a detection device which is configured to automatically acquire the event to be detected by the features identified by the feature identification device, based on the detected evaluations for the predetermined number of features.

Abstract: Annotation of a sequence of digitized images in multimedia data is aided by a computer analyzing the multimedia data to identify one or more objects and assigning each object to a respective role. The role assignment is determined by processing context information representing a model of the multimedia data.

Abstract: An apparatus automatically detects an event occurring in sensor data. The apparatus has a recording device which is configured to receive the sensor data, a feature identification device which is configured to automatically identify a predetermined number of features of the sensor data in the recorded sensor data, an evaluation processing device which is configured to acquire from the predetermined number of features, for each of the features, an evaluation which relates to the event to be detected and which is based on a set of evaluation criteria, and a detection device which is configured to automatically acquire the event to be detected by the features identified by the feature identification device, based on the detected evaluations for the predetermined number of features.

Abstract: Annotation of a sequence of digitized images in multimedia data is aided by a computer analyzing the multimedia data to identify one or more objects and assigning each object to a respective role. The role assignment is determined by processing context information representing a model of the multimedia data.

Abstract: A complexity vector representing a complexity of at least part of an SVG scene is generated based on a complexity variable associated with at least one element of a DOM tree of the SVG scene. The playback suitability of at least part of an SVG scene is tested for a device based on whether a complexity variable of a complexity vector of the SVG scene is smaller than or equal to the associated device complexity variable of a device complexity vector of the device per element, wherein a maximum complexity of the element of a DOM tree of the SVG scene is played back on the device via the complexity variable, and a maximum executable complexity of the element is played back on the device via the device complexity variable.

Abstract: A device and a method are provided for detecting depth and color information of an object to be surveyed. A projection unit projects a predetermined wave pattern having first waves with at least one first wavelength in a spectral range outside visible light. A collector unit receives waves which have been at least partially reflected from the object and which include the first waves, that are processed by a first subunit of the collector unit, and second waves that are processed by a second subunit of the collector unit. The second waves have at least one second wavelength in the visible-light spectral range. The depth and color information of the object is detected on the basis of the waves.

Abstract: A device and a method are provided for detecting depth and color information of an object to be surveyed. A projection unit projects a predetermined wave pattern having first waves with at least one first wavelength in a spectral range outside visible light. A collector unit receives waves which have been at least partially reflected from the object and which include the first waves, that are processed by a first subunit of the collector unit, and second waves that are processed by a second subunit of the collector unit. The second waves have at least one second wavelength in the visible-light spectral range. The depth and color information of the object is detected on the basis of the waves.

Abstract: The method achieves a reduction of the required transmission capacity. This occurs in that pixels of pixel-based image parts (PB) and corresponding pixels of computer image parts (CB) that overlap are already merged in the transmission unit according to the blue part of the pixel of the pixel-based image part (PB) and according to the computer model attributes, so that a key signal (K) is no longer transmitted. The key signal (K) usually indicates the ratio in which the pixel of the pixel-based image part (PB) should be merged with the pixel of the computer image part (CB). In known methods, this information is not binary. In the receiver unit, thus, the only thing decided is whether the pixel is taken from a partially mixed image sequence (TGB) or from the computer image parts (CB).

Abstract: A method for correcting the gaze direction of persons in a digital image where an angular error between the gaze direction and the camera axis is determined. The pupils of both eyes in the image are then segmented and displaced within the image plane. Areas which have become free are filled in using the color of the eyeball. Any interfering edges produced are attenuated in a subsequent processing step (e.g., by using a low-pass filter). The method is also applicable for a sequence of images over time.