Abstract: An image processing device which creates a depth map using a multi-view image includes: a detection unit which detects at least one feature in each of the images included in the multi-view image; a calculation unit which calculates reliability of correspondence between images included in the multi-view image in preparation for creating the depth map; and a creation unit which creates the depth map using the correspondence between the images included in the multi-view image when the calculated reliability is a first reliability, and creates the depth map without using the correspondence between the images included in the multi-view image when the calculated reliability is a second reliability which is lower than the first reliability.

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing a pair of 2-D images are described. In one example, a stereoscopic set of images is converted into a collection of regions that represent individual 3-D objects in the pair of images. In one embodiment, the system recovers the 3-D point P for each point p that appears in both images. It estimates the 3-D orientation of the floor plane, and the image capture planes and their height from the floor. The system then identifies the collection B of points P that do not represent points on the floor and generates a projection C of B onto a plane parallel to the floor. It blurs the projection C and identifies peaks in the blurred image, then fits symmetric figures to the points in C around the identified peaks. The system projects the 3-D figures associated with the symmetric figures back onto the 2-D images.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtainment unit that obtains an image; an information obtainment unit that obtains embedment information that is to be embedded into a region within the image obtained by the image obtainment unit; a depth information obtainment unit that obtains depth information indicating a depth value of each pixel in the image obtained by the image obtainment unit; and an embedment region determination unit that determines, using the depth information, an embedment region into which the embedment information is to be embedded.

Abstract: Provided is a lens protection device including one lens protection cover configured to be disposed in front of two surfaces of two image capture lenses that have the two surfaces directed in a same direction and arranged in a transverse row and to be movable between a covering position for covering the two surfaces from an outside and a retreat position for exposing the two surfaces to the outside.

Abstract: The present invention determines the dimensions and volume of an object by using a novel 3-D camera that measures the distance to every reflective point in its field of view with a single pulse of light. The distance is computed by the time of flight of the pulse to each camera pixel. The accuracy of the measurement is augmented by capture of the laser pulse shape in each camera pixel. The camera can be used on an assembly line to develop quality control data for manufactured objects or on a moving or stationary system that weighs as well as dimensions the objects. The device can also ascertain the minimum size of a box required to enclose an object.

Abstract: Provided is a video image data generation system including a database for storing a plurality of image data photographed in various directions in various locations, correlating the directions and the locations with the stored image data, and correlating and storing a photographed sub-region when the image data is acquired, a route view point specifying device which specifies various locations and eye level directions arranged on a view point route, an image search engine which searches an image of an eye level direction specified from a location of a view point route specified by the route view point specifying device and outputs video data, wherein the image search engine searches image data stored in a database and the image data including a sub-region located in an eye level direction in each of a plurality of locations on a view point route by referencing photography direction data correlated with the sub-region.

Abstract: A stereo image displaying system including an image displaying apparatus and an imaging element is provided. The image displaying apparatus displays image beams along an optic axis. The imaging element has a curved-surface. The curved-surface receives the image beams and converts the image beams into deformation images. The imaging element transmits the deformation images. Furthermore, a stereo image capturing system is also provided.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display panel, a display panel and a driving method thereof are provided. A pixel array of the pixel array substrate includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a first data line, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a first active device and a second active device. The first data line is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode disposed at the left side of the first data line through the first active device. The first data line is electrically connected to the second pixel electrode disposed at the right side of the first data line through the second active device. The first scan line electrically connected to the first active device and the second scan line electrically connected to the second active device are disposed at the same side of the first active device and the second active device.

Abstract: An entertainment displaying system for generating interactive displaying effects corresponding to a real object in view of an observation area is disclosed. The entertainment displaying system includes a tracking module, a computing module and a stereoscopic displaying module. The tracking module is used for tracking a relative position relationship between the real object and the observation area. The computing module is configured for generating a stereoscopic virtual object according to the relative position relationship. The stereoscopic displaying module includes a transparent displaying apparatus and an optical-shielding structure. The transparent displaying apparatus is configured for displaying the stereoscopic virtual object. The optical-shielding structure is disposed adjacent to the transparent displaying apparatus and located between the transparent displaying apparatus and the real object.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relates to a 3D display device and a method for driving the 3D display device, the 3D display device comprising an Active Retarder (AR) (200) and a display panel (100), the display panel (100) comprising N first pixel regions and N second pixel regions, N being an integer larger than or equal to 1, the AR (200) comprising 2N signal electrode sets, each signal electrode set comprises at least one signal electrode, and each signal electrode set corresponding to at least one pixel region of the display panel (100). The embodiments of the present invention also relate to an image processing method and a 3D display device, which can avoid prominent variation in lightness received by the left and right eye when switching from a current frame to a next frame, and thus flicking can be eliminated.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device, a method, and a program for allowing a high quality stereoscopic image to be presented more easily. A display unit is a display device for four viewpoints, including a parallax barrier, and a plurality of block regions, each including pixels in channels CH0 to CH3 arranged in a parallax direction, are arranged on the display unit in the parallax direction. An assignment control unit assigns a parallax image for a left eye or for a right eye to a pixel in each channel in a block region according to the viewpoint position of a user. For example, the same parallax image is assigned to pixels in two different channels that are adjacent to each other in the parallax direction. A generation unit generates a combined image by combining parallax images for a left eye and for a right eye according to the assignment by the assignment control unit, and causes the combined image to be stereoscopically displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: To generate a full-color left view, a the cyan(left) component of the anaglyph is added with its red component after being laterally shifted to the left, and, symmetrically, to generate a full-color right view, the red(right) component of the anaglyph is added with its cyan component after being laterally shifted to the right. According to the invention, the shift to the left of the red(right) component is obtained by adding the “details” of the cyan(left) component to a blurred red(right) component, and vice-versa. The “details” of the cyan(left) component is preferably calculated by subtracting a blurred cyan(left) component from the cyan(left) component itself.

Abstract: Provided is an endoscope system including: a light source apparatus detecting which color LED fails by a color sensor; a scope that irradiates a subject with illuminating light and takes in an optical image of the subject; a CCD that picks up an image of the optical image of the subject; a video processor that processes the picked up image; and a monitor that displays a processed image, wherein if a failure of any of the LEDs is detected by the color sensor, the light source apparatus generates illuminating light using LEDs of colors other than a color of the light-emitting device for which the failure is detected, and wherein the video processor switches image processing to image processing according to a color of the LED for which the failure is detected.

Abstract: An electronic endoscope system, including: a light source that emits light having a visible light wavelength region; an optical filter that has transmission peaks at least at two particular wavelengths in a continuous wavelength region including the visible light wavelength region and has a transmissivity higher than zero and lower than a half of each transmission peak between the transmission peaks of the at least two particular wavelengths, the optical filter having a transmissivity of zero at a wavelength region other than an interval between the transmission peaks of the at least two particular wavelengths; a solid-state image pick-up device that receives reflected light from an object which is irradiated with illumination light via the optical filter; and an image generation unit configured to generate a color image to be displayed on a monitor by processing an image signal outputted by the solid-state image pick-up device.

Abstract: Provided is a fluoroscopy apparatus including illuminating portions that radiate excitation light and illumination light onto an imaging subject; a fluorescence imaging portion that acquires a fluorescence image from fluorescence emitted at the imaging subject due to the irradiation with the excitation light; a return-light imaging portion that acquires a return-light image from return light returning from the imaging subject due to the irradiation with the illumination light; a display portion that displays the acquired fluorescence image and/or the return-light image; an identifying portion that identifies a region-of-interest in the fluorescence image; an image switching portion that switches the display on the display portion so that only the return-light image is displayed thereon when the region-of-interest R is not identified, and so that the return-light image and the fluorescence image are juxtaposed and displayed on the display portion when the region-of-interest has been identified.

Abstract: A mobile computing device for performing a sleep study includes a camera, a display, a processor, and a tangible computer readable medium. The tangible computer readable medium includes a sleep study application embodied as code for selectively displaying a request to capture an image of a user of the mobile computing device using the camera. The sleep study application further includes code for, after storage of the image: selectively prompting a data collection module to store data samples generated based on signals generated using at least one of an electromyography sensor connected to the user, an electroencephalography sensor connected to the user, an electrocardiogram sensor connected to the user, and an oxygen saturation sensor connected to the user, an electrooculography sensor connected to the user, a temperature sensor connected to the user, and a pressure sensor connected to the user; and receiving the data samples from the data collection module.

Abstract: A digital specimen manufacturing device comprises: a reduction processing unit which generates a reduced image by reducing a high resolution image of a first magnification into a second magnification image; an operation instruction unit which instructs the imaging unit to update the second magnification and recapture the low resolution image when information indicates the difference between the reduced image and the low resolution image is not within the allowable error range; and an image processing unit which obtains a third magnification, and outputs an image of the digital specimen by reducing the high resolution image into an image of the third magnification which an image magnification greater than the updated second magnification and smaller than the first magnification.

Abstract: A tracking and navigation system is provided. The system includes an imaging or treatment device, a tracker device, and a fiducial marker. At least part of the imaging or treatment device is movable relative to a patient. The tracker device is mounted on the imaging or treatment device and is movable therewith relative to the patient. The fiducial marker may be fixed relative to the patient to define a patient coordinate system. The fiducial marker is detectable by the tracker device to substantially maintain registration between the tracker device and the patient coordinate system.

Abstract: An optical image splitter disposed in the path of image-bearing light along an optical axis has a coated dichroic surface disposed at an angle of 15 degrees or less relative to incident light along the optical axis. The coated dichroic surface has a number of layers of material, the of layers including layers having a first refractive index, nL, and layers having a second refractive index, nH, greater than the first refractive index. The coated surface transmits light of at least a first wavelength range to form a first image at an image plane and reflects light of a second wavelength range to form a second image at the image plane.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a microscopy imaging structure with phase conjugated mirror and the method thereof. The afore-mentioned imaging structure produces a reverse focusing conjugated probe beam together with an original probe beam. These two probe beams meet at the focal point in the object body to be probed, and an interference pattern is produced. The interval between any two consecutive wave fronts in the interference pattern is then half of the wavelength of the original probe beam, and hence the vertical resolution of the image is improved. The present invention also applies a light modulator module on the probe beam to easily adjust the depth of the focal point of the probe beam and the phase conjugated reverse focusing probe beam in the object body. With the adoption of this invention, the size or position limitation of the target object is eliminated and the imaging resolution is also improved.

Abstract: Method and system for imaging tissue, including (i) causing a macroscopic image of a tissue surface to be displayed on a visual display; (ii) receiving a selection of at least one portion of the macroscopic image; (iii) causing a plurality of confocal images captured by a confocal imager at different depths in a portion of the tissue to be displayed; (iv) receiving a selection of at least one target depth image; and (v) for each selected target depth image, instructing the confocal imager to capture a plurality of additional images at different locations and at a common depth with the target depth image. A system for imaging tissue having a macroscopic display module; a first selection module; a confocal display module; a second selection module; and an instruction module for instructing a confocal imager to capture a plurality of images at different locations over a selected region of the tissue.

Abstract: An imaging system with an imaging lens system for imaging an object into an image plane is disclosed. The imaging lens system contains an optical component for a higher depth of field, of which the refractive power is alterable and the optical effect remains rotation-symmetrical.

Abstract: A system and method for remote control of an automated microscope via a widely distributed network.

Abstract: Various corporate, industry, and regulatory guidelines, best practices and standards are used in establishing acceptable levels of accuracy for volume dimensioning systems used in commerce. A volume dimensioning system can determine at least one distortion value that is indicative of an amount of distortion present in the system and responsive to the amount of distortion, autonomously alter or adjust the units of accuracy of information reported by the system. Such alteration or adjustment of units of accuracy may be performed based on an assessment of the distortion relative to a number of distortion thresholds. Responsive to the assessment, the volume dimensioning system can adjust a unit of accuracy in a representation of volume dimensioning related information.

Abstract: A wearable digital video camera (10) is equipped with wireless connection protocol and global navigation and location positioning system technology to provide remote image acquisition control and viewing. The Bluetooth® packet-based open wireless technology standard protocol (400) is preferred for use in providing control signals or streaming data to the digital video camera and for accessing image content stored on or streaming from the digital video camera. The GPS technology (402) is preferred for use in tracking of the location of the digital video camera as it records image information. A rotating mount (300) with a locking member (330) on the camera housing (22) allows adjustment of the pointing angle of the wearable digital video camera when it is attached to a mounting surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical transmission system that optically transmits an optical signal between a camera adaptor provided to a video camera and a base station provided at a position remote from the video camera. In the optical transmission system, the camera adaptor includes a control signal input unit that receives a control signal including a return signal component, a video selecting unit that outputs, to the exterior, the camera video signal component of the first electric signal of the return video signal component of the second electric signal based on a state of the return signal component, and a control signal separating unit that outputs the control signal other than the return signal component.

Abstract: A video surveillance component includes a base and a camera. The camera includes a case and a camera lens module. The case is detachably assembled to the base. The camera lens module is installed on the case. Moreover, a video surveillance assembly includes two video surveillance components. Each of the two video surveillance components includes a camera and a base having a back plate. The camera includes a case and a camera lens module installed on the case. The two back plates of the two bases are attached to each other, so as to expand the field of view of the video surveillance assembly.

Abstract: In a method of assessing a quality of a headlight of a motor vehicle during travel or operation on a shake bench facility, operation of the headlight is monitored by a camera. A camera image or a chronological sequence of camera images is evaluated as a function of at least one predefined criterion, such as, e.g., a brightness distribution.

Abstract: The invention relates to the forest video monitoring. A method and system are provided for automatically binding a video camera to the absolute coordinate system and determining changes in the video camera binding. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of: in each of at least two predetermined time moments, aiming the video camera at an object a position of which in the absolute coordinate system centered in a point in which the video camera resides is known at said moment, and determining an orientation of the video camera in a native coordinate system of the video camera; and, based on the determined orientations of the video camera and positions of the object, calculating a rotation of the native coordinate system of the video camera in the absolute coordinate system. The calculated rotation of the video camera's native coordinate system is used to recalculate coordinates of an observed object from the video camera's native coordinate system into the absolute coordinate system.

Abstract: A system and method for remote device control are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a radio controlled toy and a controller for controlling the toy. In some embodiments, the controller may have an input mechanism and a housing component that defines a cavity, within which may be located a wireless wide area transceiver and a wireless local area transceiver. Some controllers may also have an operating system for the controller and an application resident on the controller and operable to convert inputs received via the input mechanism into commands for the toy. The controller may have a microprocessor operable to execute the application and to cause the commands to be communicated to the toy using the wireless local area transceiver.

Abstract: A gas monitoring system and a gas monitor includes a remote control aircraft, a gas detection device, and a wireless transmission device. The remote control aircraft includes an airframe and a flight controller, and the gas detection device and the wireless transmission device are arranged on the airframe.

Abstract: A small form-factor gimbal system that provides for stabilization of payload assets in a manner that provides improved stabilization capability. Such a small form-factor gimbal system provides for precision payload asset steering functionality through integration of an inertially stabilized two-axis gimbal in combination with a beam stabilization mechanism (BSM). In a preferred embodiment, such a small form-factor gimbal system has a gimbal diameter of about 5? or less and employs a laser assembly having a Coudé path arrangement in which the laser beam passes from the azimuth subassembly to the elevation subassembly along the elevation subassembly rotational axis.

Abstract: The present invention presents a sensing system 1 and a corresponding method for detecting moving objects 11 in the surroundings of a vehicle 10. The sensing system 1 comprises an imaging unit 2 for obtaining an image stream 2a, a computing unit 3 for analyzing the image stream 2a, and a control unit 4 for controlling the vehicle 10 based on the analysis result of the computing unit 3. The sensing system 1 particularly employs a background-model-free estimation. The sensing system 1 is configured to perform a local analysis of two neighboring motion vectors 6, which are computed from points 7a in images 5a, 5b of the image stream 2a, and to determine, whether the points 7a corresponding to these motion vectors 6 belong to a particularly moving object.

Abstract: A method and system are provided to image an external scene by employing a custom image sensor. The custom image sensor may use a GRRB array to filter the images of oncoming and preceding vehicle taillights captured by a vehicle camera. The method and system may also calculate a GRRB color metric for use in the custom image sensor by performing interpolation on a number of color channels, summing the brightness values for each of the color channels interpolated, normalizing each of the brightness values, and converting the normalized brightness values from an RGB scale to a linear scale of non-red to red.

Abstract: A method of obtaining data relating to a driver assistance system installed on a vehicle, including capturing sensory data (such as images) external to the vehicle via a sensor of the driver assistance system, buffering a first group of vehicle signals and storing a pre-event value for a signal of the first group in a pre-event buffer, and analyzing the sensory data to detect one or more types of probability events. After a probability event is detected, the method includes monitoring a second group of vehicle signals for a post-event time period after the occurrence of the detected probability event, and during the post event time period processing signals of the second group with a predetermined function to generate a post-event signal value, and recording data in a memory, with the recorded data including the type of detected probability event, a pre-event signal value and a post-event signal value.

Abstract: The present application presents methods and apparatuses for detecting target objects in an image sequence of a monitoring region. In some examples, such methods may include adjusting pixel values of images of the image sequence for interference components associated with at least one interfering object, generating the interference components associated with the at least one interfering object that is situated in the monitoring region, searching the image sequence for the target objects based on the adjusted pixel values, detecting a start of a predetermined sequence of motions associated with the interfering object, and computing an instantaneous position of the at least one interfering object during the predetermined sequence of motions, wherein adjusting the pixel values of the images is based upon the instantaneous position.

Abstract: A system mounted on a vehicle for detecting an obstruction on a surface of a window of the vehicle, a primary camera is mounted inside the vehicle behind the window. The primary camera is configured to acquire images of the environment through the window. A secondary camera is focused on an external surface of the window, and operates to image the obstruction. A portion of the window, i.e. window region is subtended respectively by the field of view of the primary camera and the field of view of the secondary camera. A processor processes respective sequences of image data from both the primary camera and the secondary camera.

Abstract: A portable device for communicating with an electronic device comprises a first communicating module, a processing module, and a converting module. The first communicating module intercommunicates data between the portable device and the electronic device. When the processing unit generates the instruction data in a first format, the converting module converts the instruction data from the first format to a second format, the communicating module transmits the coveted instruction data to the electronic device, so as to control the electronic device to generate feedback data which is in the second format; the communicating module further receives the feedback data in the second format from the electronic device, the converting module converts the feedback data from the second format to the first format which can be processed by the processing module.

Abstract: A video processing system includes a switch apparatus connected between first and second computers. The first computer outputs a video signal including test information of the first computer to the switch apparatus. The switch apparatus obtains a resolution of the second computer, and encodes the video signal according to the resolution of the second computer. The second computer displays the test information.

Abstract: An intelligent television is provided. One aspect of the intelligent television is the ability to preserve status information across power cycles. Once a report is generated, the intelligent television may then transmit the report to a recipient, such as a server. If any one or more reports are successfully sent, they may then be deleted from a memory, storage device, or other non-volatile memory associated with the intelligent television.

Abstract: Provided are a method of controlling photographing in a camera device such as a portable terminal, which automatically sets a photographing mode using at least one of location information of the device and subject information, and a camera device thereof. A camera captures an image during a photographing mode of the device. A controller acquires meta data corresponding to the image based on at least one of the location information and subject information included in the image. A camera setting value is determined based on the acquired meta data, and the camera is automatically set according to the determined camera setting value.

Abstract: A method, system, and processor-executable software for processing images or video captured by a smartphone or other digital image capture device for subsequent validation and authentication captures not only the image, but also metadata relevant to the authenticity of validity of the image, such as position, time, camera movement and orientation, image parameters, and so forth. The image is watermarked and both the watermarked image and the metadata, as well as a symmetric key used in the watermarking, are digitally signed and transmitted or uploaded to a web server or authentication centric entity for authentication and storage. When a third party submits an image to the web server or authentication centric entity, the submitted image is compared with the stored watermarked image for authentication and validation of the submitted image, and the metadata is then retrieved to enable analysis of the contents of authenticated and validated image.

Abstract: An information providing method includes: obtaining first information indicating a position and direction of image capture device; obtaining, based on the first information, second information indicating geography and layout of buildings in surroundings of the image capture device; obtaining, based on the first information, third information indicating at least one of a running status of a public transportation system and a solar orbit; determining whether or not one of a shooting object and a non-shooting object is within a shooting range of the image capture device based on the first information to the third information; and displaying information indicating a result of the determination on a display.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a designation of an image pickup direction of an image pickup unit in relation to superimposition of a mask image on an picked-up image; and a setting unit configured to set, when the receiving unit receives the designation of the image pickup direction, a position of superimposition of the mask image in an image pickup range where the image pickup unit can pick up images, on the basis of the designated image pickup direction.

Abstract: Provided is an image capture apparatus that can perform focus detection based on a focus evaluation value indicating contrast of a subject image included in a focus detection area using an image signal output from an image sensor. In accordance with the extent of a blur amount of the subject image, the image capture apparatus determines how to use a method for performing focus detection through a reciprocating motion of a focus lens and a method for performing focus detection by moving the focus lens in a direction toward which the focus evaluation value increases. Focus detection is performed based on the determination.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a motion vector between at least three images including first, second, and third images obtained through continuous shooting under different exposure conditions and computes a first motion vector between the first and second images and a second motion vector between the first and third images in a plurality of positions on the first image. A reliability level of the motion vector is determined, and an estimated motion vector between the first and second images is computed for the first motion vector having low reliability based on the second motion vector computed in the corresponding position and the shooting interval between the images. In a case where the second motion vector computed in a position corresponding to that of the first motion vector having low reliability has high reliability, the first motion vector having low reliability is substituted with the estimated motion vector.

Abstract: An image capture system including a camera body and lens unit, a shake detection unit configured to detect a shake, an image stabilization unit arranged in the lens unit to correct a blur of the object image, a correction amount detection unit configured to detect a correction amount of the image stabilization unit, a distortion correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a distortion correction amount of an image, a motion vector detection unit arranged in the camera body to detect a motion vector from the image captured by the image sensor, and a signal processing unit configured to correct the image based on the motion vector and an output from the distortion correction amount calculation unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatus, packages, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are described herein for enabling a first mobile device to control a second mobile device, to enable media content sensed from a perspective of the second mobile device to be consumed using the first mobile device or captured by the second mobile device under control of the first mobile device. In various embodiments, control may include provision of one or more commands to the second mobile device using at least a persistent communication link between the first and second mobile devices. In various embodiments, control may further include receipt of at least a view of media content currently sensed by the second mobile device using a stateless communication protocol. In various embodiments, the first mobile device may control more than one remote mobile devices.

Abstract: A digital camera includes a plurality of channels and a processing component operatively coupled to the plurality of channels. Each channel of the plurality of channels includes an optics component and a sensor that includes an array of photo-detectors. The processing component is configured to separately control an integration time of each channel, where a first integration time of a first channel is less than a second integration time of a second channel. The processing component is also configured to combine data from the plurality of channels to generate an image.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described herein for generating a higher resolution still frame. Some example technologies may configure a video camera at a first configuration, which the video camera to capture video at a first pixel offset. The technologies may capture a first frame of al field-of-view through the video camera configured at the first configuration. The first flame may contain the field-of-view captured at the first pixel offset. The technologies may adjust the video camera from the first configuration to a second configuration, which adapts the video camera to capture the video at a second pixel offset, the adjustment using a hardware mechanism. The technologies may capture a second frame of the field-of-view through the video camera configured at the second configuration. The second frame may contain the field-of-view captured at the second pixel offset.