Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for segmenting an object in an image. The method includes obtaining a first image including the object; receiving an input signal including information about a predetermined position in the first image; selecting at least one pixel included in the first image, based on the position information; generating a second image by dividing the first image into several areas, using the selected at least one pixel; and segmenting the object in the first image by using the first image and the second image.

Abstract: A moving object detection method according to an embodiment includes evaluating an average value, instead of a median value, of pixel values at the same pixel positions across multiple superposed images. A threshold value obtained by multiplying the average value by a predetermined number is employed to distinguish space debris from an object which emits light at a higher luminance than the space debris. In order to detect the space debris accurately, an average value of the pixel values that are equal to or less than the threshold is employed as an evaluation value for the space debris detection.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining whether content rendered on a display is actually visible to a user. In one aspect, a method includes generating and transmitting content presentation data that causes a user device to present, at a display and over a first time period, a content item that includes one or more content portions that are each designated for presentation in a respective first color. For a second time period, the respective first color of a particular content portion is changed to a second color. Visual representation data that includes a visual representation of the display during the second time period is generated and provided. Using the visual representation, an amount of the content item that was visible at the display is determined based on an amount of the particular content portion presented in the second color.

Abstract: A method and system are presented for measuring the whiteness of teeth. This is accomplished by analyzing an average pixel value of teeth taken from a digital image. The pixel value is mathematically standardized to create an indicator that quantifies teeth whiteness. This eliminates subjectivity in measuring teeth whiteness and permits precise communication of the level of teeth whiteness.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for creating an harmony map of an image. It also relates to a method and apparatus for assessing the quality of an image. The invention also relates to a method and apparatus for assessing the quality of an image such that an assessment score of the image is obtained from a perceptual map of the image created from the previous method. As an interesting tool for content creator and in the goal of maximizing the artistic effect, the proposed method provides perceptual harmony-guided quality map as well as a score of disharmony of a picture without reference image. The method links two distinct subjects: perceptual quality metric and harmonious hue templates in order to provide new tools to content creator whatever the expertise level.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed at least in part to sensing movement of an electronic display and canceling perceived movement of content on the electronic display in response to the sensing. A display manager may reassign “physical pixels” to “image pixels” (or virtual pixels) such that the image appears to be stationary while the physical pixels are moving due to movement of the electronic display. For example, if the physical pixels are moving upward, the image pixels may be reassigned downward in an equal and opposite manner. The user's persistence of vision may then be reinforced by reassignment of the pixels by the display manager. For example, text displayed on the electronic display may be more readable and images more easily viewed by a user.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a hue changer and a color gamut converter. The hue changer changes a hue of input image data from a first hue to a second hue by combining a phase with a hue of a primary color when the input image data is at or adjacent the primary color, the phase being based on a hue angle phase difference between a first color gamut and a second color gamut narrower than the first color gamut. The color gamut converter preserves a hue about image data from the hue changer and converts a color gamut from the first color gamut to the second color gamut.

Abstract: Provided are a medical imaging apparatus and a method of reconstructing an image capable of selecting an image reconstruction mode. The method of reconstructing an image using a medical imaging apparatus may include displaying a user interface indicating at least one of a first mode for reducing time required for reconstruction of the image and a second mode for acquiring the image with high resolution, receiving an input selecting one of the first mode and the second mode as a selected mode, displaying at least one reconstruction option corresponding to the selected mode, receiving another input selecting at least one reconstruction option among the at least one displayed reconstruction option, and reconstructing the image according to the at least one selected reconstruction option and selected mode.

Abstract: Described herein are technologies for facilitating three-dimensional imaging based on prior image data. In accordance with one aspect, deformable registration is performed to align three-dimensional (3D) image data to a sparse set of two-dimensional (2D) projection image data of at least one structure of interest. An iterative reconstruction scheme may then be performed to minimize a difference between the aligned 3D image data and the 2D image data.

Abstract: A method and related apparatus (116) for iterative reconstruction of a volume. A regularization parameter (?) of an iterative update function is spatially adapted and normalized in respect to a region of interest ROI in the volume. The method allows achieving essentially uniform noise distribution across the reconstructed volume.

Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging system for imaging an object. Projection data of the object are acquired by using a radiation source emitting primary radiation (14) from a primary focal spot (15) and unwanted secondary radiation (16) from secondary focal spots (17). A first image of the object is reconstructed from the acquired projection data, a forward projection of the secondary radiation through the first image is simulated for generating secondary projection data, and a second image is generated based on the acquired projection data and the secondary projection data. Since the secondary projection data, which can generally cause image artifacts, are determined, the reconstruction unit can consider these unwanted secondary projection data while reconstructing the second image, in order to reduce the influence of the secondary projection data on the reconstructed second image, thereby improving the image quality.

Abstract: A method is presented for accelerating magnetic resonance imaging. In 3D MRI, the k-space in the phase encoding plane is divided into two symmetric parts and three asymmetric parts. Different sampling densities are applied in different parts. Images are reconstructed by iteratively minimizing a cost function when random sampling is applied in each part. A phase constraint term is added into the cost function to improve the quality of the reconstruction by exploiting the conjugate symmetry of k-space.

Abstract: The present invention provides a visualization method based on quartile graph display data, the method comprising: the step of defining a data grid (Gx) and determining the display scale of the X axis; the steps of data source configuration, scanning, and reading; the step of analyzing stored data and correcting the X axis to display the scale, and calculating the quartile of the data in each data grid (Gx) of each scale level; the step of using a quartile graph to display the data. By means of defining a data grid (Gx) to store data, the four display scales of the X axis being interchangeable, and using a quartile graph to display data, the present invention displays the distribution of two-dimensional data in extremely large-volume data or big data environments, and provides interactive functionality. The present invention also provides a visualization system based on quartile graph display data.

Abstract: An image display device capable of performing a shape correction of an image displayed on an image display surface having a corner composed of a plurality of surfaces is provided. The image display device includes: an OSD processing unit that displays identification images respectively corresponding to four sides of an image; an identification image selection unit that accepts an operation of selecting the displayed identification image; a moving operation unit that accepts an operation of moving a node set at a predetermined position of the side corresponding to the selected identification image; and an image processing unit that corrects the shape of the image by moving, based on the operation accepted with the moving operation unit, the node of the side of the image displayed on an image display surface composed of a plurality of surfaces.

Abstract: Implementations generally relate to image overlay compositing. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a first image and a second image. The method further includes determining one or more attributes of each of the first image and the second image, where the one or more attributes includes one or more image types. The method further includes determining one or more compositing techniques combine the first image and the second image based on one or more of the attributes.

Abstract: Disclosed are a device and method for editing ink text data. More specifically, a device for editing digital ink data displayed on a display includes a stroke order rearrangement processing unit configured to rearrange an input order of two or more strokes on the basis of a predefined criterion to generate a rearranged input order when receiving a user input including the two or more strokes, a data generation unit configured to generate digital ink data corresponding to a rearrangement stroke reflecting the rearranged input order, and an editing unit configured to change the digital ink data displayed on the display when an editing signal is generated. Thus, a user can intuitively and easily perform the editing operation, such as update, deletion, and insertion, on digital ink data displayed on a screen, and thus feel satisfaction.

Abstract: Implementations relate to an image cache used for replacing portions of images. In some implementations, a method includes examining a received image and detecting a subject depicted in a subject portion of the received image. The method determines a likelihood that the subject portion will be used as a replacement to be inserted in place of one or more corresponding subject portions in future images examined at a later time. The subject portion, or a reference thereto, is stored in an image cache in response to the determined likelihood being greater than a predetermined threshold. The image cache is available to be searched for the subject portion and other portions of images to replace corresponding portions of future images.

Abstract: In applications that display a representation of a user, it may be reasonable to insert a pre-canned animation rather than animating a user's captured motion. For example, in a tennis swing, the ball toss and take back in a serve could be a pre-canned animation, whereas the actual forward swing may be mapped from the user's gestures. An animation of a user's gestures can be chained together into sequences with pre-canned animations, where animation blending techniques can provide for a smoother transition between the animation types. Techniques for blending animations, that may comprise determining boundaries and transition points between pre-canned animations and animations based on captured motion, may improve animation efficiency. Gesture history, including joint position, velocity, and acceleration, can be used to determine user intent, seed parameters for subsequent animations and game control, and determine the subsequent gestures to initiate.

Abstract: An object correcting method includes disposing multiple sample objects at different positions on a display screen, the sample objects having respective attributes characteristic thereof; obtaining the position of a point on the display screen specified by a user; changing the attribute of a target object by calculating an interpolated value of the attributes of the sample objects based on the positions at which the sample objects are disposed and the position of the point and replacing the value of at least one of the parameters of the attribute of the target object with the calculated interpolated value; and correcting the target object based on the changed attribute thereof.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a computerized method comprises receiving a meta-language file comprising a conversion of a script file in a natural language format, the script file including a plurality of natural language statements; interpreting, by a first computing device, the meta-language file to execute at least a first portion of the meta-language file; dynamically generating and displaying, on the first computing device, one or more visually animated graphical elements in accordance with the execution of at least the first portion of the meta-language file.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a processor circuit and a three-dimensional (3-D) typeface module that is operative on the processor circuit to provide a choice of one or more 3-D typefaces in a graphical user interface displayed on a digital display. The 3-D typeface component may be operable to determine that a selection of the 3-D typeface selection has been received and to apply the 3-D typeface to a selected set of characters in a digital document that includes editable text.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus synthesize a synthesized image by taking pixel values of pixels in a synthesized image corresponding to each point on the three dimensional projection plane as viewed from a specific viewpoint position, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first image based on the first correspondence relationship, and taking pixel values of each pixel in the synthesized image corresponding to pixels identified in the first image as being pixels representing a solid object, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the second image based on the second correspondence relationship.

Abstract: In some aspects, finer grained parallelism is achieved by segmenting programmatic workloads into smaller discretized portions, where a first element can be indicative both of a configuration or program to be executed, and a first data set to be used in such execution, while a second element can be indicative of a second data element or group. The discretized portions can cause program execute on distributed processors. Approaches to selecting processors, and allocating local memory associated with those processors are disclosed. In one example, discretized portions that share a program have an anti-affinity to cause dispersion, for initial execution assignment. Flags, such as programmer and compiler generated flags can be used in determining such allocations. Workloads can be grouped according to compatibility of memory usage requirements.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements involving portable user devices such smartphones and wearable electronic devices are disclosed, as well as other devices and sensors distributed within an ambient environment. Some arrangements enable a user to perform an object recognition process in a computationally- and time-efficient manner. Other arrangements enable users and other entities to, either individually or cooperatively, register or enroll physical objects into one or more object registries on which an object recognition process can be performed. Still other arrangements enable users and other entities to, either individually or cooperatively, associate registered or enrolled objects with one or more items of metadata. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

Abstract: Systems (100) and methods (800) for visually rendering a multi-dimensional model of a portion of a system (100) having mechanical joints (228-238).

Abstract: A method for generating three-dimensional graphics includes generating a virtual environment in a server including a first object, second object and a direct illumination source. The method includes generating a virtual point light (VPL) in the virtual environment at an intersection between a ray from the direct illumination source and the first object, and sending data corresponding to the VPL to a client computing device through a data network. The method includes generating an illumination of the second object in the virtual environment with the VPL received from the server, and displaying the illuminated second object.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for adjusting vertex positions. One or more viewport dimensions are received and a snap spacing is determined based on the one or more viewport dimensions. The vertex positions are adjusted to a grid according to the snap spacing. The precision of the vertex adjustment may increase as at least one dimension of the viewport decreases. The precision of the vertex adjustment may decrease as at least one dimension of the viewport increases.

Abstract: An architecture includes a system to create an augmented reality environment in which images are projected onto a scene and user movement within the scene is captured. In addition to primary visual stimuli, the architecture further includes introduction of a secondary form of sensory feedback into the environment to enhance user experience. The secondary sensory feedback may be tactile feedback and/or olfactory feedback. The secondary sensory feedback is provided to the user in coordination with the visual based activity occurring within the scene.

Abstract: An example system causes a computer to function as: a display reference information updating unit which updates at least any of a position and a posture of a virtual object in a virtual space based on information obtained from a real space; an image generating unit which generates an image of a virtual space including the virtual object; a display control unit which causes a display device to display an image so that the image of the virtual space is superimposed on the real space so as to be viewed by a user; and an update interrupting unit which interrupts an update of at least any of a position and a posture of the virtual object in the virtual space when predetermined conditions are met.

Abstract: A conversion between two texture compression formats comprises calculations performed at index-level for reducing handling of values with color bit-length and an amount of calculations with color values. Format conversion can thus be performed in real time upon displaying an image using the compressed texture data, without significant slowing down of a display rate of the images. It may be implemented in particular for conversion from DXT1—to ETC1 compression format, and a non-flipped or flipped orientation of an ETC1—compressed texture data block can thus be determined from said texture data block as initially compressed in DXT1 format.

Abstract: An object can be displayed on a screen of a two-dimensional coordinate system based on xyz-coordinate values of the object in a three-dimensional coordinate system, operation information of a two-dimensional coordinate system with respect to the object can be received from an input device, and whether the operation information is in accordance with a predetermined rule or not is determined. If the operation information is not in accordance with the predetermined rule, xy-coordinate values of the object can be updated in accordance with the operation information. If the operation information is in accordance with the predetermined rule, a z-coordinate value of the object can be updated in accordance with the operation information.

Abstract: A system for monitoring passengers on a vehicle includes one or more detectors for detecting passenger data including one or more passenger identification properties. A computer system receives data from the detectors and uniquely identifies each passenger based on the one or more passenger identification properties. A device receives fare data indicative of whether a passenger has paid the correct fare, and uses the fare data, passenger identity and passenger data from the computer system to indicate which passengers have paid the correct fare.

Abstract: A controller in a form of an engine controller controls an aftertreatment device for a residual substance in exhaust gas. The engine controller includes a regeneration occurrence-condition output unit that outputs regeneration occurrence-condition data indicating occurrence of a regeneration treatment of the aftertreatment device, and a regeneration division detector that detects division of the regeneration treatment by a key-off operation conducted during execution of the regeneration treatment. The regeneration occurrence-condition output unit outputs regeneration occurrence-condition data that is analyzable to show that a regeneration treatment before the division detected by the regeneration division detector and a regeneration treatment after the division are a series of regeneration treatments.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for providing friendly maintenance and recall notifications. Drivers can have personalized online driver profiles that indicate preferences for one or more notification classes, each notification class having a consistent theme or style. When a maintenance or recall condition arises, the driver can be presented with a notification that is both specific to the particular maintenance condition and associated with the notification class for which the driver has indicated a preference. Maintenance conditions can be detected by one or more sensors. Notifications for recall conditions can be sent from a remote server and received at the vehicle. A plurality of notifications related to a particular condition can be stored in a notification database, and the driver can be presented with a random notification, consistent with the driver's preferences, from the plurality of available notifications.

Abstract: A fleet manager may communicate desired driving behavior, including maximum speed, desired route, areas to avoid, and other information to operators of vehicles in the fleet. The communication may be via an application on a mobile device, vehicle computer, or other device associated with each driver or vehicle. In operation, an administrator, such as, for example, a fleet manager, may communicate instructions to one or more vehicles, for example a vehicle of a fleet of vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle safety-inspection apparatus is for a vehicle having a detectable-identification device fixedly mounted thereto at a predetermined visual inspection point of the vehicle. The vehicle safety-inspection apparatus includes a movable detector configured to detect the presence of the detectable-identification device in response to a user walking around the vehicle and positioning the movable detector proximate to the detectable-identification device during the vehicle safety-inspection of the vehicle. The movable detector is also configured to transmit a detection signal being configured to indicate the presence of the detectable-identification device that was detected. The recording assembly is configured to: (A) receive the detection signal from the detectable-identification device; (B) generate and store a detection-alarm record indicating that the detection signal was received by the recording assembly; and (C) transmit the detection-alarm record that was stored.

Abstract: System and methods are disclosed for gathering vehicle data from a vehicle engine computer installed in an engine of a vehicle and a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle and providing functionality for a third-party to install and then execute custom scripts within a telematics application to change default functionalities of the telematics application when processing the vehicle data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of analyzing flight data recorded during N flights of at least one aircraft, by means of a flight data recorder of an aircraft, the data being grouped together by flight i in a signature vector of the flight Xi of size d, the components of which correspond to data recorded during said flight i of the aircraft, a flight i being thus defined by the signature vector Xi, the method comprising the following steps: Gaussian kernel entropy component analysis of the flight signatures Xi to obtain a zone of normal flights and classifying the flight signatures Xi with respect to their distance to said zone; determining, for each flight i, an abnormality score zi defined by the distance of a flight signature Xi with respect to the zone of normal flights; detecting, as a function of the abnormality score zi, at least one abnormal flight.

Abstract: An inspection system for an integrated multimedia of a vehicle includes: a wireless connector mounted in the vehicle; and a communication terminal requesting pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through a short range wireless communication using the wireless connector, and determining at least one of whether a phonebook is transmitted, whether a call sound is transmitted and received, and whether short range wireless communication is performed, by inspecting the integrated multimedia for the vehicle in the state in which the communication terminal is paired with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication.

Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring at least one sensor of a vehicle, which has means for wireless communication, wherein measured values of the at least one sensor are compared to measured values of at least one comparison vehicle with the aid of the means for wireless communication.

Abstract: A method of providing a condition report for a vehicle using a mobile device including a display includes constructing a plurality of condition report sections using a condition report application database residing in a cloud based server service and infrastructure to process requests from the mobile device including: capturing data, on the mobile device, for constructing at least one condition report section of the plurality of condition report sections; and accessing, from the mobile device, a condition report document database and/or a condition report images database residing in the cloud based server service and infrastructure for constructing and storing the plurality of condition report sections. The method includes providing user input indicative that the plurality of condition report sections have been completed, and providing user input indicative of a decision to publish the completed condition report sections as the condition report for the vehicle.

Abstract: An electronic safe which incorporates consumer programmable buttons, along with an on-board central processing unit.

Abstract: A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes: a fingerprint recognition apparatus; a pulse sensor for detecting pulse information of a user; and a processor for determining whether the user is wearing the wearable device according to the pulse information detected by the pulse sensor. When the processor determines that the user is wearing the wearable device, the processor performs a first time of fingerprint recognition and a pulse recognition on the user according to a fingerprint image detected by the fingerprint recognition apparatus and the pulse information detected by the pulse sensor, respectively. When the processor determines that the first time of fingerprint recognition and the pulse recognition are approved, the processor controls the wearable device to enter a first working state from a locked state.

Abstract: An electronic lockbox system includes a wireless portable transponder that communicates with an electronic lockbox using a low power radio link. The portable transponder includes: a wide area network radio to communicate to a central clearinghouse computer, a motion sensor to activate its wide area network radio, and a connector to communicate with a secure memory device. The electronic lockbox sends a hail message that is intercepted by the portable transponder; the hail message includes identification information. The portable transponder responds with a message that includes a time sensitive encryption key; the lockbox authenticates this response message using its own time sensitive encryption key. If an electronic key is used to access the lockbox, the improved system effectively disables the electronic key during a showing, so that the electronic key cannot be used to access another lockbox until the correct dwelling key has been placed back into the lockbox.

Abstract: A cloud-based common access entry point locking control system and method for centrally controlling access to common access entry points from a plurality of mobile devices via a network comprising a cloud based management system, a mobile guest and host application, and a premise-based lock control system.

Abstract: An access control system removes the human element from static protection by detecting a level of static energy when the user attempts to authenticate to the access control system, and when the user's detected level of static energy exceeds a defined threshold, access is denied until the user discharges the static energy. A static energy detection mechanism in a badge reader includes two conductive plates that form a first capacitor, and the space between an electrically conductive badge and one of the conductive plates on the badge reader forms a second capacitor. Using these two capacitors, the level of static energy on the user can be measured by the sum of the voltage across these two capacitors as the user presents the badge to the badge reader. The access control system assures the user is properly grounded before allowing access to an area, equipment, etc.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are provided for communications between a vehicle and a remote device using a first vehicle communications module that communicates via a first communication channel. One exemplary method involves transmitting, by a second vehicle communications module via a second communication channel, an indication of an operating state of the first communications module, receiving, by the first communications module via the first communication channel, an acknowledgment responsive to the indication from the remote device, and changing the operating state of the first communications module in response to receiving the acknowledgment.

Abstract: Provided is a smart key system using movement pattern recognition of a mobile terminal includes a mobile terminal configured to continuously transmit position information generated when a position is moved according to manipulation of a user, and a control module configured to acquire a movement pattern of the mobile terminal using the position information received from the mobile terminal and unlock a door of a vehicle when the acquired movement pattern is matched with a previously stored preset pattern.

Abstract: A system for handling valuable documents is provided that comprises a validator 2 for validating authenticity of a valuable document, and a printer 3 for printing on a card 20 information in validator 2 and an interface 4 for connecting validator 2 and printer 3 for their intercommunication. Automatically or after a certain period of time, validator 2 transmits its stored validation information to printer 3 through interface 4. Otherwise, receiving a transmission instruction signal of validation information given upon turning a trigger switch on or receiving a retrieval instruction signal from printer 3, validator 2 transmits its stored validation information to printer 3 through interface 4 to print the validation information on card 20.

Abstract: An image sensor unit includes: a plurality of light sources each including an LED chip; a plurality of light guides that are arranged in parallel to face incident surfaces on one side in a longitudinal direction for each of the plurality of light sources and that guide light from the plurality of light sources to a bill; an image sensor that converts light from the bill to an electric signal; a sensor substrate for mounting the image sensor; and a circuit board that is provided with the plurality of light sources on a same mounting surface and that is arranged on the sensor substrate on one side in the longitudinal direction of the plurality of light guides, wherein the sensor substrate includes a connection hole on one side in the longitudinal direction of the sensor substrate, and the circuit board is connected to the sensor substrate by connecting a connecting portion including a plurality of external connection pads to the connection hole.