Abstract: There is disclosed a method, an apparatus, a server, a client and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program stored therein for multi view video coding and decoding. View random access (VRA) pictures or access units are coded into a multiview bitstream. VRA pictures enable starting the decoding of a subset of the views present in the bitstream. The views selected to be accessible in VRA pictures are alternated in successive VRA pictures so that all views are gradually reconstructed when two or more VRA pictures have been decoded.

Abstract: A depth estimation and conversion apparatus and method is provided. Depth of an video may be estimated by extracting feature information from the input video, and estimating the depth of the input video based on the extracted feature information.

Abstract: Method and apparatus to minimize computation in real time photo realistic rendering for efficiently creating, in real time, personalized videos that include personal images and personal text and targeted advertising arts according to viewer profiles. The method and apparatus for automatically and photo realistically embedding artwork onto video content generally includes a container implanter that creates generic 2D containers for an image artwork, which includes instructions for embedding the artwork, automatically and photo realistically, onto video content, and a renderer or network renderer that automatically and photo realistically embeds the artwork onto video content.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of 2D to 3D conversion, in particular discloses a method of converting 2D into 3D based on image motion information. The method comprises: S1, obtaining a depth value of each pixel of the input 2D image based on a method of motion estimation; S2, accumulating the depth value of each pixel in accordance with a luminance value of each pixel to obtain a depth image of the input 2D image; S3, reconstructing a left eye and/or a right eye image based on a reconstruction of depth image in accordance with the depth image obtained in the step of S2; S4, combining the left eye image and the right eye image obtained in the step of S4 and outputting a combined image to obtain the 3D image. In the method herein, due to the accumulation process of the depth value obtained by the motion estimation, the resulted depth image is continuous and dense, which improves the quality of the reconstructed image and the 3D visual effect.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting two consecutive pairs of images. The method may include decimating each image with a ratio of 2, assembling the two decimated images of each pair in a composite image, transmitting the composite images, and reconstructing complete images from the composite images. In decimation, the information removed from the images of the first pair may be kept in the images of the second pair, from the spatial point of view, and the complete images may be reconstructed by de-interlacing processing from the composite images.

Abstract: A video receiver receives a compressed 3D video comprising a base view video and a residual view video from a video transmitter. The video receiver decodes the received base view video and an enhancement view video of the received compressed 3D video into a left view video and a right view video. Base view pictures are generated selectively based on available memory resource. The residual view video is generated by subtracting base view pictures from corresponding enhancement view pictures. The received base view and residual view videos are buffered for video decoding. Pictures in the buffered residual view video are added to corresponding pictures in the buffered base view video for enhancement view decoding. The left view video and/or the right view video are generated from the resulting decoded base view and enhancement view pictures. A motion vector used for a disparity predicted macroblock is applied to adjacent macroblock pre-fetching.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a stereoscopic image display apparatus comprises a video receiver, an information receiver, a measurement module, a converter and a display controller. The receiver is configured to receive wearing state information from stereoscopic image eyeglasses. The measurement module is configured to measure, when the received wearing state information indicates that the stereoscopic image eyeglasses are being worn, distance and angle information. The converter is configured to convert, when the received wearing state information indicates that the stereoscopic image eyeglasses are being worn, a plane image of the video into a stereoscopic image based on the measured distance and the measured angle. The display controller is configured to control the display unit to display the stereoscopic image and control the display unit to display a plane image when the received wearing state information indicates that the stereoscopic image eyeglasses are not being worn.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining an image compression format of a 3-dimensional television (3DTV). The method may include encoding a high-quality image and transmitting the encoded high-quality image through a first channel, determining an image compression format in which a resolution of the encoded low-quality image is higher than or equal to a reference value in comparison to the high-quality image, and encoding the low-quality image according to the determined image compression format and transmitting, the encoded low-quality image through a second channel.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to providing a method of illuminating a scene imaged by a camera, which includes illuminating the scene with a train of light pulses and adjusting exposure times of the camera relative to transmission times of the light pulses so that the light pulses emulate a light pulse having a desired pulse shape.

Abstract: A scanning interferometer for obtaining surface profile data for an object to be scanned in which a carriage-driven focal mechanism moves through a range of predetermined scan positions at which interference fringe images are to be captured while using a high resolution, linear position measurement device attached to the motor-driven carriage in order to identify its precise vertical scan position, and both light pulses are emitted and an image capture device is triggered into simultaneous operation only upon the position measurement device signaling that the focal mechanism is arrived at one of the predetermined scan positions.

Abstract: A 3D image-capturing method, a 3D camera and a level-alignment machine for a 3D camera are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: capturing a left- and a right-eye image by a left- and a right-eye camera, respectively; comparing the left- and right-eye images to observe similar columns between the left- and right-eye images; comparing the left- and right-eye images once again over the similar columns to observe similar rows between the left- and right-eye images; and, referring to the similar columns between the left- and right-eye images, vertically shifting the left- and right-eye images to horizontally align the left- and right-eye images to generate a 3D image.

Abstract: Provided is a system for displaying a 3D thermal image by using two thermal imaging cameras and extracting distance/depth data in the thermal images. The system includes two thermal imaging cameras where one thermal imaging camera is used as a master camera serving as a reference and the other is used as a slave camera to correct gain and offset of the thermal images and ensure uniformity. In addition, provided is an apparatus and method for correcting gain and offset of the thermal images to be identical to each other and ensuring uniformity by using a process module separately from two thermal imaging cameras. Therefore, since temperature data is overlaid on the 3D thermal image or the thermal imaging data from which disparity from two cameras is extracted, it is possible to provide more accurate and diverse subject recognition information in comparison to an existing device which provides just a 3D image or an infrared image solely.

Abstract: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to capture a portion of an omniscopic or omni-stereo image using one or more image capture media. The media may be located substantially perpendicular to a converging ray originating at a viewpoint on an inter-ocular circle and having a convergence angle between zero and ninety degrees from a parallel viewpoint baseline position that includes a non-converging ray originating at the viewpoint. The media may also be located so as to be substantially perpendicular to a non-converging ray originating at a first viewpoint at a first endpoint of a diameter defining an inter-ocular circle, wherein the origin of the non-converging ray gravitates toward the center of the inter-ocular circle as spherical imagery is acquired.

Abstract: Hardware and software configurations, optionally, for performing profilometry of an object are disclosed. An advantageous imaging device is described. An advantageous approach to determining imager position is also described. Each aspect described may be used independently of the other. Moreover, the teaching may find use in other fields including velocimetry, etc.

Abstract: A method by which a transmitter and receiver synchronise. The transmitter and receiver are operable in accordance with a protocol which mandates that some transmissions are jittered. The method comprises the transmitter transmitting a pseudo-random seed to the receiver; determining a jitter value based on the pseudo-random seed; and transmitting a synchronisation packet to the receiver at a time determined by the jitter value. The receiver receives the pseudo-random seed from the transmitter; determines timing of a receive window for the synchronisation packet based on the pseudo-random seed; opens the receive window at the determined time; and receives the synchronisation packet within the receive window.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a size acquisition section that acquires a first display size of an output target display device that performs 3D display; a storage section that stores respective parallax amounts adjusted by a user during performing 3D display of 3D display image data respectively on display devices of different types, and stores respective second display sizes of the display devices; a parallax amount computation section that computes a parallax amount for the first display size based on a relationship between the parallax amounts and the second display sizes stored in the storage section; and an output section that outputs to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the 3D display image data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for reducing anxiety of patients before and during e.g. MR scanning examinations. The method is based on displaying images on walls (106,107) of the scanner room (100) so that when the patient enters the scanner room, then an image is displayed on a wall visible to the patient, e.g. a wall adjacent to the entry door (103). When the patient is laying on the table (102) of the scanner (101) the projection of images is switched to another wall by reflecting the projected images using e.g. a mirror which is moved into the light rays emitted by an image projector.

Abstract: An HMD includes: a display which displays a three-dimensional video image; a position obtaining unit which measures a position of an inner corner or tail of an eye of a viewer with respect to the display; a standard position storage unit which obtains and stores, as a standard position relating to the position, the measured position of the inner corner or outer corner of the eye, in calibration for determining the standard position; a position gap detecting unit which detects, as a position gap, a difference between the standard position and a newly measured position of the inner corner or outer corner of the eye of the viewer viewing content with respect to the display; and an image processing unit which performs image processing on the 3D video image to be displayed on the display, to rotated or parallely move the 3D video image according to the detected position gap.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus utilized in stereo glasses is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a first receiver, a second receiver, and a synchronization controller. The first receiver receives a first synchronization signal, and the second receiver receives a second synchronization signal. The transmission mechanism of the second synchronization signal is different from that of the first synchronization signal. The synchronization controller coupled to the first and the second receivers synchronizes left-eye/right-eye shutter glasses of the stereo glasses with a corresponding left-eye/right-eye frame of a stereo image according to at least one of the first and second synchronization signals.

Abstract: A stereo video image display apparatus includes a data obtaining unit, a video image generator and an image quality degradation unit. The data obtaining unit obtains left eye video image data and right eye video image data. The video image generator generates sequential data in which a left eye video image data sequence repeating the left eye video image data and a right eye video image data sequence repeating the right eye video image data are arranged alternately to generate a control signal controlling opening and closing of shutter glasses according to the sequential data. The image quality degradation unit processes image quality degradation for object data which is frame data corresponding to one frame either before the switching between the left eye video image data and the right eye video image data and one frame after the switching, or two frames before and after the switching.

Abstract: A method is provided for sharing a display. The method includes displaying periodically a first image sequence on the display in synchronicity with a first signal, and displaying periodically a second image sequence on the display in synchronicity with a second signal. The method also includes selecting by a user the first image sequence for viewing, and shuttering periodically a set of goggles for the user in synchronicity with the first signal. A method is provided for sharing a display. The method includes displaying periodically a private image sequence on the display in synchronicity with a first signal, and displaying periodically a non-private image sequence on the display. In the method, the private image sequence and the non-private image sequence combine to form a public image sequence on the display. A system is provided for sharing a display.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup section that acquires an image by image pickup of an object and acquire digital data of the image, a determining section that determines whether there are a predetermined number or more of consecutive bits with a first bit value or a second bit value in data per pixel included in the digital data, a bit value inversion processing section that inverts, when a determination result that there are the predetermined number or more of consecutive bits with the first or the second bit value is obtained, the bit values so that a ratio between the first bit value and the second bit value included in the corresponding pixel data becomes a predetermined ratio, and a serial conversion section that serializes and outputs the respective bit values of the digital data obtained as the processing result of the bit value inversion processing section.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an objective optical system for focusing a bundle of light rays from an object into an image; an image sensor placed in the vicinity of the image-forming position of the objective optical system; a dividing element placed between the objective optical system and the image sensor and used for dividing a bundle of light rays from the objective optical system into reflected and transmitted bundles of light rays; a first reflection member for reflecting back the bundle of light rays reflected by the dividing element; and a second reflection member for reflecting the bundle of light rays transmitted by the dividing element, wherein the bundle of light rays reflected by the first reflection member via the dividing element is focused to form an image on a first area of the image sensor, and the bundle of light rays reflected by the second reflection member is focused to form an image on a second area of the image sensor, the second area of the image sensor being different from the

Abstract: Provided is an endoscope system in which an insertion unit includes a distal end, an optical fiber cable configured to transmit a first image signal output by an image signal generating unit as an optical signal, and an electric cable configured to transmit the second image signal output by the image signal generating unit as an electrical signal. An image signal processing unit performs image processing of any one of the first image signal or the second image signal transmitted by the insertion unit. A scope distal end includes an imaging unit configured to include a plurality of pixels to output a pixel signal, and the image signal generating unit configured to generate the first image signal and the second image signal having a data volume smaller than that of the first image signal using the pixel signal output by the imaging unit.

Abstract: An imaging optical system comprises a first lens group composed of a negative single lens, a second lens group composed of a positive lens element and a negative lens element attached together, an aperture stop, a third lens group composed of a positive lens element and a negative lens element attached together, and a fourth lens group composed of a negative single lens, in this order from an object side. Expressions 0.37<hF/IH<0.5 and 0.37<hR/IH<0.5 are satisfied where “IH” denotes a maximum image height on an image plane, “hF” denotes an incident height of a principal ray, directed to a position of the maximum image height on the image plane, at its entrance into the first lens group, and “hR” denotes an exit height of the principal ray at its exit from the fourth lens group.

Abstract: In a special mode, a first frame image including a blue signal B1, a green signal G1, and a red signal R1 is captured in a first frame period. In a second frame period, a second frame image including a blue signal B2, a green signal G2, and a red signal R2 is captured. An oxygen saturation level calculator calculates an oxygen saturation level of each pixel based on signal ratios B1/G2 and R2/G2, and sequentially outputs obtained special images on a monitor. Whenever the special image is produced, a signal ratio R2/R1 is calculated. When the signal ratio R2/R1 exceeds a threshold value, a warning sign “!!” is displayed. When the signal ratio R2/R1 is larger than a predetermined range S, a warning sign “HIGH StO2” is displayed. When the signal ratio R2/R1 is smaller than the range S, a warning sign “LOW StO2” is displayed.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a system and method for selecting the optimal wavelength ban combination for a multi-band infrared camera system which is optimized for skin detection. An objective function is constructed specifically for this application from classified performance and the algorithm generates wavelengths by maximizing the objective function. A specific wavelength band combination is selected which maximizes the objective function. Also disclosed is a 3-band and 4-band camera system with filters each having a transmittance of one of a combination of wavelength bands optimized to detect skin in the infrared band. The camera systems disclosed herein find their intended uses in a wide array of vehicle occupancy detection systems and applications. Various embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: System and method for control using face detection or hand gesture detection algorithms in a captured image. Based on the existence of a detected human face or a hand gesture in an image captured by a digital camera, a control signal is generated and provided to a device. The control may provide power or disconnect power supply to the device (or part of the device circuits). The location of the detected face in the image may be used to rotate a display screen to achieve a better line of sight with a viewing person. The difference between the location of the detected face and an optimum is the error to be corrected by rotating the display to the required angular position. A hand gesture detection can be used as a replacement to a remote control for the controlled unit, such as a television set.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is disclosed which uses a super-oscillatory lens to obtain sub-diffraction limit resolution. The super-oscillatory lens is arranged to receive a light beam from a light source, the lens having a pre-defined pattern to spatially modulate the light beam in amplitude and/or phase so that it focuses the light beam to a focus at a first focal point having a full width half maximum of less than half the wavelength. Collection optical elements are arranged to focus the first focal point to a second focal point conjugate to the first focal point. An object for imaging is scanned over the first focal point and a detector is arranged to collect light from a collection region centered on the second focal point.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section and a correction section. The acquisition section acquires information of lightness distribution of a first image captured by an imaging section capable of capturing an image of an observed area provided on an optical path of an optical system of an optical microscope, the image of the observed area being obtained by the optical microscope, the first image being an image of the observed area in a state where no sample is placed therein, the lightness distribution resulting from the optical system of the optical microscope. The correction section corrects, based on the information of lightness distribution acquired by the acquisition section, lightness unevenness of a second image captured by the imaging section, the second image being an image of the observed area in a state where the sample is placed therein.

Abstract: In imaging a sample using an electron microscope, in order to reduce a time for focusing, a scanning range of a Z coordinate is reduced to complete focusing by obtaining SEM images such that: for a first predetermined number of portions, focal positions of an electron beam in obtaining each SEM image are moved in a predetermined range; then, a curved surface shape of the surface of the sample is estimated by using information relating to the focal positions of the electron beam in the first predetermined number of portions; after the images are taken, the range in which the focal positions of the electron beam are moved for scanning the electron beam on the surface of the sample is made to be narrower than the predetermined range by using the curved surface information estimated, thereby performing scanning to take the images of the sample.

Abstract: A method of distinguishing individual plants within a row of plants, including directing radiation at the row of plants at an angle selected to illuminate a portion of the plant and cast a shadow at the plant center, collecting an image from the radiation reflected off of two or more contiguous plants with a detector, identifying a continuous foreground region indicative of a plant within the image, identifying points of interest within the region, classifying the points of interest as plant centers and non-plant centers, and segmenting the region into sub-regions, each sub-region encompassing a single point of interest classified as a plant center.

Abstract: A method for positioning a phase retarder substrate includes the following steps. A phase retarder substrate is provided, wherein the phase retarder substrate includes a first align mark which includes a patterned phase retarder film. An image capturing unit is disposed at one side of the phase retarder substrate. A light source is disposed at the other side of the phase retarder substrate. An upper polarizing sheet is disposed between the image capturing unit and the patterned phase retarder film, and a lower polarizing sheet is disposed between the light source and the patterned phase retarder film. An image of the light which passes through the lower polarizing sheet, the patterned phase retarder film and the upper polarizing sheet is captured so as to position the phase retarder substrate.

Abstract: The invention is a building inspection device for inspecting a side of a building comprising a body having a under-side, a line attachment means connected to the body for movably connecting the body to a guide line, an alignment means for aligning the body so that the underside of the body faces the side of the building, a system controller for controlling the inspection device, and a sensing device disposed in the body having a sensor located on the underside of the body for inspecting a portion of the side of the building, wherein the sensing device is controlled by the system controller. The line attachment means may be connected to a vertical weight-bearing guide line, and the alignment means may comprise a second vertical guide line also connected to the line attachment means.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chip defect inspection apparatus including a linear array image acquisition module, an illumination control module, a chip defect detection module connected to the LIA module, and an operations and management module connected to the LIA module, the illumination control module and the chip defect detection module.

Abstract: A checking device of an SMT placement machine for checking positions of LEDs mounted on a circuit board includes a shell, a light source and an imaging module. The shell is used for covering the LEDs and the circuit board to be checked. The shell includes an opening and an atomized reflecting layer facing the LEDs. The opening is defined for exposing the LEDs through the shell to the imaging module whereby images of the LEDs can be taken by the imaging module and positions of the LEDs can be checked thereby. The atomized reflecting layer is formed on an inner surface of the shell. The light source is covered by the shell and faces the atomized reflecting layer. The imaging module is aligned with the opening.

Abstract: A system prepares plant specimens, tracks the plant specimens, captures images of the plant specimens, and evaluates growth parameters of the plant specimens in the captured images. The system prepares receptacles by placing a predetermined quantity of gel, if required by a particular test, into a receptacle and a layer of material, if required by a particular test, on top of the gel. The system separates a quantity of seeds into individual seeds and places an individual seed in each receptacle between the gel layer and the cover layer. The receptacles are then arrayed into decks and carts and subjected to controlled stress conditions and conditions conducive to germination and growth. An image capture device captures backlit images of the receptacles, and a processor analyzes the captured images for growth parameters of the plant specimens and enters those parameters into a database together with a unique identifier of the plant specimen.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring oil droplets and other bodies in a liquid, the apparatus comprising a body having an imaging device mounted therein, said body having a measurement window adjacent a measuring region through which an image of a fluid within the measurement region may be viewed by the imaging device, wherein a light source is provided for illuminating said measurement region, said light source being directed towards the imaging device by a light directing means, the apparatus including an ultrasonic transducer mechanically coupled to the measurement window for removing fouling from the measurement window and for creating cavitation within said measurement region, wherein said light directing means is located in or adjacent said measurement region to be exposed to said cavitation created by the ultrasonic transducer to remove fouling from said light directing means.

Abstract: A leaf area index measurement system includes: imaging means for capturing an image of a measurement target plant and outputting the captured image; a light source placed either on a side of the measurement target plant opposite to the imaging means or at a position of the measurement target plant; intensity calculation means for calculating an intensity of light when the light source emits light, based on the captured image output from the imaging means; and leaf area index calculation means for calculating a leaf area index, based on the intensity of light calculated by the intensity calculation means.

Abstract: Embodiments of a near-to-eye display include a light guide with a proximal end, a distal end, a front surface spaced apart from a back surface, an ambient input region on the front surface and an output region on the back surface. A display and a camera are positioned at or near the proximal end. A proximal optical element is positioned in the light guide and optically coupled to the display and the camera. A distal optical element is positioned in the light guide and optically coupled to the proximal optical element, the ambient input region and the output region. The proximal optical element can direct display light toward the distal optical element and ambient light to the camera, and the distal optical element can direct display light to the output region and ambient light to the output region and to the proximal optical element.

Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes creating a key from a hash of a resource identifier associated with a video object; storing the video object in a distributed hash table with the key; and replicating the video object in the distributed hash table based on a redundancy factor associated with the video object. In more particular embodiments, the method can include fragmenting the video object into segments; creating sub-keys with a hash of resource identifiers associated with each of the segments; storing the segments in the distributed hash table with the sub-keys; and replicating the segments in the distributed hash table based on the redundancy factor.

Abstract: A license plate image-pickup device and an image white balance adjustment method thereof applicable to vehicles. The license plate image-pickup device comprises an image-sensing module, a recognition module, a data base and a processing module. The image-sensing module senses a scene to produce an image. The recognition module recognizes an object contained in the image and a license plate color feature contained in the object to produce recognition parameter set. The database saves parameter sets of reference objects and reference license plate color features respectively corresponding to the reference objects. The processing module searches the reference objects in the database according to the recognition parameter set, to obtain a corresponding reference license plate color feature, and adjusting the white balance of the image according to the corresponding reference license plate color feature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus including: an imaging portion capturing an image of a subject, thereby acquiring a video signal; a first coding portion compression-coding the video signal through intra-frame compression and inter-frame compression, thereby generating a first coded signal; a second coding portion compression-coding the video signal through the intra-frame compression, thereby generating a second coded signal an amount of information on which is less than that of the first coded signal; and a signal sending portion sending the first coded signal and the second coded signal to a coaxial cable.

Abstract: An image processing device has an image input part to which a frame image of an imaging area taken with an infrared camera is input, a background model storage part in which a background model is stored with respect to each pixel of the frame image input to the image input part, a frequency of a pixel value of the pixel being modeled in the background model, a background difference image generator that determines whether each pixel of the frame image input to the image input part is a foreground pixel or a background pixel using the background model of the pixel, which is stored in the background model storage part, and generates a background difference image, and an object detector that sets a foreground region and detects an imaged object based on the foreground pixel in the background difference image generated by the background difference image generator.

Abstract: A real-time multimedia signal transmission device includes a case including a multimedia information capture section, a processing unit, a signal conversion section and a wireless transceiver section. The processing unit processes output of the multimedia information capture section to generate a multimedia signal. The signal conversion section processes the multimedia signal to generate a multimedia packet signal. The wireless transceiver section transmits the multimedia packet signal to at least one smart handheld device wirelessly linking the real-time multimedia signal transmission device. If receiving a remote control command from the at least one smart handheld device via the wireless transceiver section, the processing unit controls the real-time multimedia signal transmission device to perform a function control corresponding to the remote control command.

Abstract: A method of initiating a cycle of operation based on a consumable includes providing a consumable reader having a software architecture configured to image data, communicate over a network, and identify functionalities of appliances based on a unique identifier associated with each instance of a functionality, imaging data about the consumable using the consumable reader; retrieving cycle data associated with the consumable based on the imaged data; ascertaining in the software architecture at least one functionality associated with the cycle data; selecting from the plurality of appliances an appliance having the at least one functionality using the unique identifier associated with an instance of the at least one functionality; and communicating the cycle data to the selected appliance over the network of appliances wherein the selected appliance can conduct a cycle of operation associated with the consumable using the cycle data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a sequence of images of a scene, includes: a controller; a first module; and a second module; wherein the first module is arranged to perform an image registration process on the sequence to produce a registered set; the second module is arranged to perform a change detection process on the registered set; and the controller is arranged to provide: to the first module, an instruction to perform the image registration process on the sequence to produce the registered set; to the second module, an instruction to perform the change detection process on the registered set; and an instruction to transfer the registered set between the modules. The sequence of images may be a sub-sequence of a larger sequence. The apparatus can include a third module arranged to separate the larger sequence into sub-sequences.

Abstract: A method and system are presented in which images are captured from overview and detail imaging devices such that overview images are created with a first degree of redundancy, and detail images are captured with less overlap and a second degree of redundancy.

Abstract: The physiological characteristics of the eye are particularly well taken into account in a motor vehicle by selecting a representation at a representation site from at least two types of representations depending on whether the respective representation site is located in a central field of view of the vehicle operator or is located in a peripheral field of view of the vehicle operator. Preferably, intensive colors and strong color contrasts are selected in the central field of view of the vehicle operator, whereas representations that change over time are selected in the peripheral field of view.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle peripheral area observation system that can, with a simple configuration, detect a pedestrian who has a possibility of hitting against the vehicle by removing an appearance motion due to water vapor or a light source fluctuation. A water vapor region is detected from motion information and luminance information from videos captured with an on-vehicle camera, and recognition of a moving object in the water vapor region is invalidated for a given period of time.