Abstract: A stereoscopic display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel for scanning an image alternately at a first frame frequency and a second frame frequency, different from the first frame frequency, an image signal input unit for inputting an image signal to the display panel, a backlight unit for emitting light to the display panel, and a shutter controller for selectively controlling an opening and closing of a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter of shutter glasses.

Abstract: The present invention provides method and system for 3D hand-painting and 3D hand-drawing. The system corresponding to the invented method comprises: an electronic monitor and computer, means for 3D digital vision, multi-axis input control device allowing digital painting or drawing on the canvas, additional input control device for virtual changing the position of the canvas between the painter and the monitor, means for 3D image presentation. The system and method provide painting or drawing on the electronic canvas for each of the virtual positions of the canvas by changing this position with the input control device and verifying it with the means for 3D digital vision. The system provides complete digital 2D images of the painting for the right and the left eyes, which are used for presentation of 3D painting by available means for 3D vision.

Abstract: Several implementations relate to depth map coding. In one implementation, a depth coding rate, that results from coding one or more portions of a depth map using a particular coding mode, is determined. The depth map can be used to render video for a different view than that of the depth map. A depth map distortion, that results from coding the one or more portions of the depth map using the particular coding mode, is determined. A value of distortion for the rendered video, based on the depth map distortion and on a particular relationship between the depth map distortion and values of distortion for the rendered video, is determined. It is determined whether to use the particular coding mode to code the one or more portions of the depth map, and the determination is based on the value of distortion for the rendered video and the depth coding rate.

Abstract: Several implementations relate to depth map coding. In one implementation, it is determined that differences between collocated video blocks are small enough to be interchanged. Based on that determination, a depth block corresponding to a first of the video blocks is coded using an indicator that instructs a decoder to use a collocated depth block, corresponding to a second of the video blocks, in place of the depth block. In another implementation, a video signal includes a coding of at least a single indicator that instructs a decoder to decode both a depth block and a corresponding video block using collocated blocks, from other pictures, in place of the depth block and the corresponding video block. In another implementation, the depth block and the corresponding video block are decoded, based on the single indicator, using the collocated blocks in place of the depth block and the corresponding video block.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image output device includes: a viewpoint image acquiring device for acquiring a plurality of viewpoint images obtained by photographing a same subject from a plurality of viewpoints; a parallax information acquiring device for acquiring parallax amounts in a plurality of sets of feature points at which features substantially correspond to one another from the acquired plurality of viewpoint images; a parallax amount adjusting device for adjusting the parallax amount in each of the acquired feature points, and performing adjustment of assigning different weights to the parallax amounts in accordance with values of the parallax amounts; a parallax image generating device for generating a parallax image corresponding to the parallax amount of each of the feature points after the adjustment; and a parallax image output device for outputting a plurality of parallax images including the generated parallax image.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for generating animated treemaps, such as Voronoi treemaps, to visualize dynamic hierarchical data. Changes in data are displayed using a treemap, by obtaining a multi-level tessellation having a plurality of regions as an initial state (obtained, for example, during an initialization phase); and iteratively processing the multi-level tessellation to update one or more of a region size and a centroid location of a plurality of the regions, where the multi-level tessellation is processed over substantially all levels to produce a substantially complete multi-level tessellation for each iteration. The region size is updated, for example, to correspond to one or more changing data values in the hierarchical data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of data processing, and particularly to a software system and associated method for 3D image processing. The invention is to transform 3D images into space codes, and further align code-associated 3D images with known data within a target database.

Abstract: A graphic processing unit (GPU) with a configurable filtering module (CFU) and an operation method thereof are presented. The graphic processing unit comprises a memory module and a configurable filtering module. The memory module stores at least one texture image. The configurable filtering module, connected to the memory module, comprises a plurality of filter equations, from which a filter equation is selected. A plurality of pixel points are sampled from the texture image. Each sampled pixel point is set with a weight value respectively. Each sampled pixel point with a weight value corresponding thereto is substituted into the selected filter equation to perform an operational process to acquire an operated value. Thereby, the user can decide the operation method of the GPU by selecting an appropriate filter equation and setting adjustable parameters in the filter equation.

Abstract: A motion sensor having a coiled member, light emitter, and light detector. The coiled member is bendable in response to lateral forces applied thereto. The coiled member defines an internal open ended channel having a first end opposite a second end. The emitter is adjacent the first end and emits light into the channel. At least a portion of that light travels through the channel toward the second portion. An amount of light reaching the detector is determined at least in part by how much the coiled member is bent. The detector is adjacent the second end and receives light from the channel. The detector is configured to transmit a signal indicating an amount of light received. The signal may be used by a motion capture system to animate a computer generated animation. Multiple motion sensors may be incorporated into a glove and positioned to detect bending of finger joints.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for generating animated treemaps, such as Voronoi treemaps, with node insertion to visualize dynamic hierarchical data. A treemap is processed by obtaining a multi-level tessellation having a plurality of existing regions; and inserting at least one new region into the multi-level tessellation by adjusting one or more of a size and location of at least one of the existing regions. In this manner, a stability of the treemap is preserved. The insertion selects a vertex of the multi-level tessellation as an insertion point. The selected vertex can be selected randomly from a set of vertices that define regions that are siblings to the newly inserted region; or can be a known location. A weight can be assigned to a new Voronoi generator, such as a nominal weight according to one or more constraints of the tessellation.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (“3D”) avatar can be automatically created that resembles the physical appearance of an individual captured in one or more input images or video frames. The avatar can be further customized by the individual in an editing environment and used in various applications, including but not limited to gaming, social networking and video conferencing.

Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a caption using lyrics caption data to display a lyrics caption in synchronization with audio data. The method includes dividing the audio data into a plurality of reference sections, extracting a reference note from notes of the audio data within each of the reference sections, setting a reference position corresponding to the reference note within a caption display area of a whole screen where the lyrics caption is to be displayed in a vertical direction, and generating the lyrics caption data such that a lyrics caption corresponding to the reference note within one of the reference sections is displayed on the reference position of the caption display area, and other lyrics captions within the one of the reference section are vertically displayed within the caption display area according to pitch differences from the reference notes.

Abstract: The placement of one animated element in a virtualized three-dimensional environment can be accomplished with reference to a second animated element and a vector field derived from the relationship thereof. If the first animated element is “inside” the second animated element after the second one was moved to a new animation frame, an existing vector field can be calculated for the region where it is “inside”. The vector field can comprise vectors that can have a direction and magnitude commensurate with the initial velocity and direction required to move the first animated element back outside of the second one. Movement of the first animated element can then be simulated in accordance with the vector field and afterwards a determination can be made whether any portion still remains inside. Such an iterative process can move and place the first animation element prior to the next move of the second animation element.

Abstract: An image transmission method (and related system) for obtaining data of a local subject and processing the data of the local subject to fit a local model of at least a region of the local subject and extract parameters of the local model to capture features of the region of the local subject. The method (and related system) may also include obtaining data of at least one remote subject and processing the data of the remote subject to fit at least one of at least one region of the remote subject and extract parameters the remote model to capture features of the region of the remote subject. The method (and related system) may also include transmitting the extracted parameters of the local region to a remote processor and reconstructing the local image based on the extracted parameters of the local region and the extracted parameters of the remote region.

Abstract: Systems, methods and products for animating non-humanoid characters with human motion are described. One aspect includes selecting key poses included in initial motion data at a computing system; obtaining non-humanoid character key poses which provide a one to one correspondence to selected key poses in said initial motion data; and statically mapping poses of said initial motion data to non-humanoid character poses using a model built based on said one to one correspondence from said key poses of said initial motion data to said non-humanoid character key poses. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to techniques for providing an environment for the efficient execution of recognition tasks. A novel environment is provided which automatically and efficiently executes a recognition program on as many computer processors as available. This program, deconstructed into separate tasks, may be executed by constructing a dependency network from known inputs and outputs of the tasks, applying project planning methods for scheduling these tasks into multiple processing threads, and dynamically assigning tasks within these threads to processors. Therefore, an efficient schedule of tasks to complete a recognition program can be created and executed automatically, for any type of recognition problem.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamic bandwidth determination and processing task assignment is disclosed. Embodiments include a video driver/interface that communicates with a video processing application such as a video editor. The video driver/interface is configurable to determine a best configuration of the system in order optimally perform the chosen video processing task. Configuration of a system includes dividing the task into subtasks and assigning the subtasks to processors of the system, including central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs). Configuration of the system also includes optimizing use of available memory of different kinds.

Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for an apparatus having a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a non-volatile memory dedicated to the GPU. If a request for content is detected, a determination may be made as to whether the non-volatile memory contains the content.

Abstract: A sink device having a display panel capable of performing a video frame self-refresh as directed by a source device is described. A source determines that a video frame will persist (i.e., remain the same). In this situation, the frame data does not need to be repeatedly transmitted over a main link between the source and sink devices. The main link can be turned off and transmission can cease for a certain time thereby reducing power usage by the devices or system as a whole. The source ensures that the last frame transmitted to the sink is correct by performing CRC checks and then instructs the sink, via certain bit settings in a video status indication symbol, to store the last transmitted frame in the sink's local buffer and use that frame to refresh the panel. The source can then disable the self-refresh when the frame changes.

Abstract: In the instant invention an improved method and device is described for utilizing the frame buffer of and electronic device with a display. The frame buffer is enlarged well beyond the dimensions of the display and the user is unable to change which region of the frame buffer is visible on the display. An application of the electronic device is allocated a region for its exclusive use that is within the portion of the frame buffer which is not visible to the user, and draws into it. The application may also take full advantage of accelerated drawing operations offered by the GPU. Compositing may be done by the application or by a window manager between regions of the enlarged frame buffer, visible on-screen, the portion off-screen, or any combination.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a setting information changing unit adapted to change setting information for setting a presentation state of a content on the basis of viewing environment information representing an environment in which the content is to be viewed and presentation state changing information for changing the presentation state of the content in accordance with the environment in which the content is to be viewed, and a content presentation unit adapted to present, on the basis of the setting information, the content to a user via a display device.

Abstract: A photo frame 1 controls an initial frame storing unit 111 that stores image data of an image, a painting-like conversion contents storing unit 113 that stores priorities for a plurality of characteristic regions constituting the image, a display data generation unit 105 that extracts image data of the plurality of characteristic regions from the image data stored in the initial frame storing unit 111 and generates image data of a display image, and a display unit 41 and thereby progressively displays the image in units of the characteristic regions of the image according to the priorities stored in the painting-like conversion contents storing unit 113 based on the image data of the plurality of characteristic regions extracted and generated by the display data generation unit 105.

Abstract: A multithreaded rendering software pipeline architecture utilizes a rolling texture context data structure to store multiple texture contexts that are associated with different textures that are being processed in the software pipeline. Each texture context stores state data for a particular texture, and facilitates the access to texture data by multiple, parallel stages in a software pipeline. In addition, texture contexts are capable of being “rolled”, or copied to enable different stages of a rendering pipeline that require different state data for a particular texture to separately access the texture data independently from one another, and without the necessity for stalling the pipeline to ensure synchronization of shared texture data among the stages of the pipeline.

Abstract: Output textures may be generated by synthesizing an input texture comprising discrete elements with a set of boundary conditions. Elements of the input texture are copied from the input texture to an output texture that is defined by a set of boundary conditions and are then refined. The elements of the output texture are refined by assigning domain and/or attribute information to the elements of the output texture element by minimizing an energy function measuring a similarity between output neighborhoods of the output texture and a corresponding best matching input neighborhood of the input texture.

Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide texture caches and related circuits that store and retrieve texels in an efficient manner. One such texture circuit can provide a configurable number of texel quads for a configurable number of pixels. For bilinear filtering, texels for a comparatively greater number of pixels can be retrieved. For trilinear filtering, texels in a first LOD are retrieved for a number of pixels during a first clock cycle, during a second clock cycle, texels in a second LOD are retrieved. When aniso filtering is needed, a greater number of texels can be retrieved for a comparatively lower number of pixels.

Abstract: Techniques for providing soft disk sampling are described. A soft disk sampling process receives input of a sampling domain, which may include samples associated with one or more sample classes. The soft disk sampling process defines and calculates energy functions for the candidate samples. Based on the calculated energy functions, the soft disk sampling process generates output of a sample set by selecting the candidate samples from one or more sample classes. Each sample class and the sample set exhibit blue noise distribution. The number of sample classes and the number of samples may be specified for each sample class. The techniques include placing the sample set in both discrete and continuous sample spaces. Furthermore, the techniques support adaptive sampling and arbitrary sample space dimensionality.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for assessing color characterization quality includes a characterization unit configured for determining at least one of a forward and inverse transform from a first set of device dependent input color values and measured output display values of the first set of device dependent input color values on the display and transforming a second set of device dependent input color values using the determined at least one of a forward and inverse transform to provide an intermediate set of device dependent input color values. The method, apparatus and system further includes a verification unit for performing at least one of a forward transform quality evaluation and an inverse transform quality evaluation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method in which a shaded image signal is obtained by carrying out a shading process based on a previous image signal and a current image signal, a weighting of the shading process is changed in accordance with a signal level of the previous image signal and that of the current image signal, and a sub frame period is provided by dividing a frame period; thereafter, the shaded image signal is outputted to the sub frame period.

Abstract: A computer based color mixer interface allowing users to manipulate Red, Green, and Blue channels individually or in combination to create a color. The interface manipulates colors in a way that allows users to better visualize and perceive changes in color relationship for creation of different colors. This enables the user to make better color choices.

Abstract: A virtual environment corresponding to the viewing environment of a printed material is generated. By referring to a color transition characteristic, the color values of the diffuse component and the glossy component of light reflected by a virtual printed material in the virtual environment are obtained. The color value of the diffuse component is mapped in the color gamut for a monitor for displaying the image of the printed material. The color value of the glossy component is mapped in the color gamut for the monitor. The color values of the diffuse and glossy components after the color gamut mapping are synthesized to generate the image of the printed material.

Abstract: A method of adjusting value includes calculating a value of saturation from an input image signal, and adjusting a value of value of the input image signal according to a calculated saturation value. In the method, the value of value of the input image signal is adjusted by using a value adjustment algorithm for determining a value adjustment rate that decreases the value according to the saturation value.

Abstract: The pluggable web-based visualization technique described herein pertains to a method for providing pluggable web-based visualizations for applications. The method selects visualizations from the web to be embedded into a host application on a desktop computing device. The visualizations can be plugged in to a variety of host applications. This empowers end-users, application designers, and visualization designers by allowing greater reuse of existing code. Additionally, end-users do not have to wait for new revisions of existing applications to use the latest techniques. Designers of domain specific visualizations can work on just the visualization and have them incorporated into a variety of different host applications. Users can perform local processing and visualizations on their own machine, yet obtain new visualizations from the web where they can be updated more frequently and where special purpose visualizations are available.

Abstract: To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of the present invention first acquires images from a number of different image sources. Images acquired in the same image importing session are marked as coming from the same conceptual film roll. Next, a user is empowered to organize and manipulate the acquired images. The images may be organized by tagging the images with informative keywords and grouping images together into conceptual photo albums. Furthermore, the images may be manipulated by rotating, cropping, and removing red-eye. Finally, the system of the present invention provides simple intuitive image publish systems.

Abstract: A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-flutter filtering and scaling of graphics. Anti-flutter filtering may help reduce display flicker due to the interlaced nature of television displays. The scaling of graphics may be used to convert the normally square pixel aspect ratio of graphics to the normally rectangular pixel aspect ratio of video.

Abstract: There is provided an image composition apparatus configured to produce a composite image in which a foreground image is overlaid on a part of a background image. The apparatus designates a pair of images used as the background image and the foreground image, when one image of the pair of images is a pictorial image with a certain pictorial style, obtains pictorial style information indicative of the pictorial style of the one image of the pair of images, converts the other image of the pair of images into a pictorial image with the pictorial style indicated by the pictorial style information, produces a composite image from a combination of the pictorial image corresponding to the one image of the pair of images and the pictorial image resulting from the conversion on the other image of the pair of images, and outputs the composite image.

Abstract: An apparatus for enabling provision of a localized virtual reality environment may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving information indicative of a current location of a mobile terminal, receiving information indicative of an orientation of the mobile terminal with respect to the current location, causing a stored image including a panoramic view of the current location to be displayed at the mobile terminal based on the orientation, and enabling provision of a virtual object on the panoramic view. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: A method of displaying an image of a physical page relative to which a handheld display device is positioned. The method includes the steps of: capturing an image of the physical page using an image sensor of the device; determining a page identity for the physical page; retrieving a page description corresponding to the page identity; rendering a page image based on the retrieved page description; estimating a first pose of the device relative to the physical page; estimating a second pose of the device relative to a user's viewpoint; determining a projected page image for display by the device; and displaying said projected page image on a display screen of said device. The display screen provides a virtual transparent viewport onto the physical page irrespective of a position and orientation of the device relative to the physical page.

Abstract: A handheld display device for displaying an image of a physical page relative to which the device is positioned. The device includes: an image sensor for capturing an image of the physical page; a transceiver for receiving a page description corresponding to a page identity of the physical page; and a processor configured for: rendering a page image based on the received page description; estimating a first pose of the device relative to the physical page; estimating a second pose of the device relative to a user's viewpoint; and determining a projected page image using the rendered page image, the first pose and the second pose; and a display screen for displaying the projected page image. The display screen provides a virtual transparent viewport onto the physical page irrespective of a position and orientation of said device relative to said physical page.

Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes a display portion mounted at a vehicle and displaying a parking assist image in which an estimated course line generated in association with an operation of a steering wheel is superimposed on a captured image of a surrounding of the vehicle, and an auxiliary image controlling portion displaying an auxiliary image in place of the parking assist image in a state where the parking assist image is displayed on the display portion, the auxiliary image including a virtual vehicle representing the vehicle and a virtual estimated course line corresponding to the estimated course line for the virtual vehicle.

Abstract: A projection apparatus includes a communication unit, an obtaining unit, a projection unit, a generator, and a controller. The communication unit communicates with an other projection apparatus. The obtaining unit obtains image data and the projection unit projects an image based on the image data obtained by the obtaining unit. The generator generates an on-screen-display (OSD) image. The controller controls the projection unit to project a projection image by superimposing the OSD image onto an image, based on the image data obtained by the obtaining unit, in a stack projection mode in which a projection image of the projection unit and a projection image of the other projection apparatus are projected to be superimposed with each other, and to transmit, to the other projection apparatus, information concerning a position at which the OSD image is superimposed.

Abstract: In a terminal device, when application screens of a plurality of types of applications are being displayed individually and the display directions thereof differ from each other, a control section selects any one of the plurality of types of applications as a reference for display control, and orients the display direction of an application that is not the control reference to the display direction of an application that is the control reference. That is, when the display direction of an application displayed on one display section is changed from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction, the display direction of an application displayed on another display section is changed from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction so as to follow the foregoing change.

Abstract: A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-flutter filtering and scaling of graphics. Anti-flutter filtering may help reduce display flicker due to the interlaced nature of television displays. The scaling of graphics may be used to convert the normally square pixel aspect ratio of graphics to the normally rectangular pixel aspect ratio of video.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program screen system comprising process monitoring displays showing complex information in condensed form; the process monitoring displays comprises part-plant displays showing an overview covering selected areas of a process plant, said part-plant displays comprising diagrams with graphs over measured parameters where the diagram's scale may be changed in order to let an operator more easily observe trends in values of the measured parameters. Combined with the diagrams are one or more visual representations showing whether one or more areas of the graph has been scaled, the said visual representation of scaling indicates the range and place of the displayed ordinates relative to a larger, preset range.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium are disclosed for re-sizing input fields and text of a user interface displayed within a touch-sensitive screen. The user interface comprises an initial view with at least one input field. The user interface is provided for display on the screen. A touch interaction is detected on the screen, and it is determined whether the interaction is within a predefined area of an input field. Responsive to determining that the interaction is within the predefined area, a magnified view of the input field is generated. The magnified view increases the proportion of the screen filled by the input field and text relative to the initial view. The magnified view is then presented for display on the screen.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to pointing devices, methods, and machine-readable storage media. In example embodiments disclosed herein, a pointing device may include a display screen. Example embodiments may receive an image from a computing device that includes a pointer and an area of a currently-displayed interface surrounding the pointer. Example embodiments may then output the received image on the display screen of the pointing device.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a light source module and a skin-color detector. The display panel has a plurality of sub pixel units, and the sub pixel units include red sub pixel units, green sub pixel units, blue sub pixel units and white sub pixel units. The light source module is disposed at a side of the display panel and the light source module includes a white light source and a yellow light source distributed in the white light source. The skin-color detector is electrically connected to the display panel, wherein the skin-color detector detects the skin-color area proportion of an image signal of the display panel.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display, comprising: a display panel on which a plurality of pixels are arranged, each of the pixels comprising an R sub-pixel for generating red light through a white OLED and an R color filter, a G sub-pixel for generating green light through a white OLED and a G color filter, a B sub-pixel for generating blue light through a white OLED and a B color filter, and a W sub-pixel for generating white light through a white OLED; a data operation unit for generating a data operation value by extracting a representative value for each pixel based on three primary color data, determining white data of the corresponding pixel as the representative value, and then subtracting the white data from the three primary color data for each pixel; a gain adjusting unit for generating a gain adjusting value of the three primary color data by multiplying a preset gain value of the three primary color data by the corresponding white data; and a data conversion unit for generating four color compe

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device capable of performing image signal writing and display with a field-sequential method in parallel, with a simple pixel configuration. In the liquid crystal display device, image signal writing to pixels in a row can be followed by image signal writing to pixels in a row which is separate from the row by at least two rows. Therefore, in the liquid crystal display device, image signal writing and lighting of the backlights are not performed per pixel portion but can be performed per unit region of the pixel portion. Accordingly, image signal writing and lighting of the backlight can be performed in parallel in the liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: There is provided a display device including a display unit configured to include a liquid crystal panel, which displays an image by changing an orientation state of a liquid crystal, and a backlight, whose light emission state is independently controllable with respect to each of multiple regions within a screen, and to line-sequentially display in an image display region a first image based on a first image signal and a second image based on a second image signal, by alternately displaying the first image and the second image by one frame or two or more consecutive frames and sequentially switching the first image and the second image at a predetermined time interval, and a backlight control unit configured to control the light emission state of the backlight for each region in accordance with signal levels of the first image signal and the second image signal.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight portion that shines light onto the display panel from a rear surface of the display panel; a backlight control portion that controls the backlight portion. The backlight portion is an LED backlight unit that includes a plurality of LEDs that are divided into a plurality of fixed groups. The backlight control portion is capable of performing at least either of: first control which turns off the LEDs that belong to one group and turns on the LEDs that belong to a group other than the one group and second control which turns on the LEDs that belong to the one group at a brightness lower than a brightness for turning on the LEDs that belong to the group other than the one group.