Abstract: An apparatus includes a display panel. In one example, the display panel includes an array of subpixels in a first, a second, and a third colors. Subpixels in the first, second, and third colors are alternatively arranged in every three adjacent rows of the array of subpixels. Every two adjacent rows of the array of subpixels are staggered with each other. A first subpixel in one of the first, second, and third colors and a second subpixel in a same color as the first subpixel are offset by 3 units in the horizontal axis and 4 units in the vertical axis. The first and second subpixels have a minimum distance among subpixels in the same color.

Abstract: To provide a technology capable of having another object related to one object easily recognized after detection of the one object, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined detection object, a data obtaining unit configured to obtain instruction information ordering that a predetermined imaging object according to the detection object fall within an imaging range of an imaging unit, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the instruction information.

Abstract: The invention provides a luminance adjustment method and apparatus for RGBW LCD, which uses first and second EOTFs to generate a grayscale luminance lookup table for RGBW LCD, and makes the grayscale-luminance relation in lookup table corresponding to the first EOTF within the grayscale interval between 0 and grayscale threshold; the grayscale-luminance relation in lookup table corresponding to the second EOTF within the grayscale interval between grayscale threshold and 255; the curve slope of the second EOTF greater than the curve slope of the first EOTF within the interval between second luminance threshold and maximum luminance value. By adopting different EOTFs for low and high grayscale intervals, the method considers the poor dark state characteristics of LCD and characteristics of RGBW LCD having higher maximum luminance, and improves the display capability of RGBW LCD in details of high grayscale images.

Abstract: A video wall control device is provided in which a data processor is configured to determine a backlight control signal controlling an intensity of light supplied by at least one backlight unit among a plurality of backlight units based on image data obtained by capturing an image of a video wall device including a plurality of display panels and the plurality of backlight units supplying the light to each of the plurality of display panels, and signal transmission and reception circuitry configured to transmit the backlight control signal to the video wall device.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems of object recognition are disclosed. Embodiments of the inventive subject matter generates map-altered image data according to an object-specific metric map, derives a metric-based descriptor set by executing an image analysis algorithm on the map-altered image data, and retrieves digital content associated with a target object as a function of the metric-based descriptor set.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with at least one of a plurality of display apparatuses and a processor configured to generate an image signal by converting correction data regarding each pixel of the plurality of display apparatuses into a data format according to an image signal standard, and control the communicator to transmit the image signal to any one of the plurality of display apparatuses through an interface corresponding to the image signal standard.

Abstract: Color values may be compressed using a palette based encoder. Clusters of color values may be identified and encoded color values within the cluster with respect to a color value having a predefined characteristic. Clusters that have pixels or samples with constant color value may also be encoded.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of primary color pixels and a plurality of white pixels. The white pixels include a first white pixel to receive a first white pixel signal generated based on a first gamma curve and a second white pixel to receive a second white pixel signal generated based on a second gamma curve.

Abstract: A display substrate, a driving method and a display device are described. The display substrate includes pixel groups that are repeatedly arranged. Each pixel group includes two first sub-pixels, two second sub-pixels, and two third sub-pixels. A first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel are sequentially arranged in a first pixel row of each pixel group. Another third sub-pixel, another first sub-pixel, and another second sub-pixel are sequentially arranged in a second pixel row of each pixel group. A center line of any sub-pixel of the first pixel row and a center line of any sub-pixel of the second pixel row extend in a column direction and do not coincide with each other. The display substrate enables the display device to achieve a higher display resolution with a lower physical resolution.

Abstract: A method of decoding a bitstream comprising decoding the bitstream into color values and metadata items indicating information about adaptive post-processing operations performed by a decoder, performing high dynamic range (HDR) adaptation operations on the color values based on the metadata items, and performing fixed post-processing operations to reconstruct an HDR video from the color values, wherein the HDR adaptation operations convert color values into a format expected by the fixed post-processing operations.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes an application unit, a conveyance unit, a stacking member, a pressing member, and a control unit. The application unit applies a recording agent to a recording medium, which then is conveyed by the conveyance unit. The stacking member stacks sequentially conveyed recording media with a surface of the recording media to which the recording agent is applied facing up. The pressing member presses the sequentially stacked recording media. The control unit controls timing at which the pressing member contacts the recording media. The pressing member presses an upper surface of the stacked recording medium. The control unit controls the timing at which the pressing member contacts a recording medium when the recording medium has been stacked on the uppermost recording medium, based on data for applying the recording agent to a predetermined area, on the recording medium, including an area which the pressing member can contact.

Abstract: A circuit applied to a playback device includes an image format determining circuit, a control circuit, an image processing module and a blending circuit. The image format determining circuit receives an image signal and determines whether the format of the image signal is a standard dynamic range (SDR) or a high dynamic range (HDR) to generate a determination result. The control circuit generates a control signal according to the determination result. The image processing module selects an image processing setting corresponding to one of the SDR format and the HDR format, and processes the image signal according to the image processing setting to generate a processed image signal. The blending circuit superimposes an interface image onto the processed image signal to generate an output image signal to a display.

Abstract: A display apparatus (1) includes a display section (14), a gesture acceptance section (102), and a display control section (101). In providing a second scrolling display of a list, the display control section (101) identifies, among a plurality of items enumerated in the list, an item likely to have been missed by a user in a previous scrolling display and allows the display section to provide the scrolling display of the identified item at a speed different from a speed specified by a scroll gesture accepted by the gesture acceptance section (102) or in a display manner different from that of the other items.

Abstract: A processing device includes generation circuitry, storage circuitry, and interpolation circuitry. The generation circuitry generates a first index based on a numerical value of a high-order predetermined number of digits. The converted value of the reference input value corresponding to each index obtained in the generation circuitry is beforehand stored as a look-up table in the storage circuitry. The interpolation circuitry acquires the first converted value corresponding to the first index using the look-up table. And the interpolation circuitry computes the second index that adjoins the first index by carrying out increment or decrement of the first index. Furthermore, the interpolation circuitry acquires the second converted value corresponding to the second index using the look-up table of the storage circuitry. And the interpolation circuitry computes the converted value of the input value by linearity interpolation based on the shift amount from the reference input value of the first index.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes an image display panel; a planar light source including a light guide plate, a first sidelight light source, and a second sidelight light source; and a control unit. The control unit sets first luminance determination blocks in a first display surface of the image display panel and identifies a first luminance determination block to be a target of luminance correction by referring to luminance information on the light sources. The control unit sets second luminance determination blocks in a second display surface of the image display panel and identifies a second luminance determination block to be a target of luminance correction by referring to the luminance information on the light sources. The control unit controls light source lighting amounts of the respective light sources to satisfy luminance of the identified first luminance determination block and the identified second luminance determination block.

Abstract: QP control information valid for a block of samples is parsed. A QP to use for the block of samples is derived according to a first QP derivation process independent on the QP control information if residual data of the block of samples is not color transformed and according to a second QP derivation process dependent on the QP control information if the residual data of the block of samples is color transformed. The embodiments thereby decouple QP parameters for blocks of samples that are coded with color transform and those that are coded without color transform. This decoupling achieves better flexibility during encoding and results in better visual quality.

Abstract: An online content system, such as a digital magazine, includes an image scaling engine for increasing the resolution of images. The image scaling engine comprises a convolutional neural network. An input image is preprocessed for use as inputs to a convolutional neural network (CNN). The preprocessed input image pixel values are used as inputs to the CNN. The CNN comprises convolutional layers and dense layers for determining image features and increasing image resolution. The CNN is trained using backpropagation to adjust model weights and biases. Each convolutional layer of a CNN detects features in an image by comparing image subregions to a set of known kernels and determining similarities between subregions and kernels using a convolution operation. The dense layers of the CNN have full connections to all of the outputs of a previous layer to determine the specific target output result such as output image pixel values.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a data line, a gate line crossing the data line and a sub pixel connected to the data line and the gate line, a moving vector extractor configured to extract a moving vector of an input image using input data, a data generator configured to generate data of a high gamma curve called “high data” and data of a low gamma curve called “low data” corresponding to the input data using a spatiotemporal sequential pattern based on moving direction and moving speed of the moving vector, and a data driver circuit configured to covert the high data and the low data of the input data into a data voltage and provide the data line with the data voltage.

Abstract: An optical film and a digital pen system using the same are provided. The optical film includes a film layer including a fine structure, a coating layer coated on the fine structure and having an infrared ray scattering property, and a matching layer laminated above or below the film layer and having a refractive index matching a refractive index of the fine structure within a predetermined error range.

Abstract: Systems and methods of separating a digital image using a specified colour palette into a sequence of separation plates is disclosed.

Abstract: A timing controller includes: a compensator to receive an image signal and to output a compensation image signal; a dimming range adjustor to receive a backlight dimming signal and to output a dimming range signal to adjust an active section of the backlight dimming signal; a smoothing processor to output a smoothing image signal to smooth the compensation image signal in response to the dimming range signal; and a data output part to output an image data signal by adding the smoothing image signal to the image signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods for driving an electrowetting display device including a plurality of sub-pixels are presented. A reflectance level of a first sub-pixel in the plurality of sub-pixels is set to a minimum reflectance level or a threshold reflectance level. A reflectance quantization error is determined and a second reflectance level of a second sub-pixel in the plurality of sub-pixels is set to a second target reflectance level of the second sub-pixel plus a first fraction of the reflectance quantization error. A third reflectance level of a third sub-pixel in the plurality of sub-pixels is set to a third target reflectance level of the third sub-pixel plus a second fraction of the reflectance quantization error, and a fourth reflectance level of a fourth sub-pixel in the plurality of sub-pixels is set to a fourth target reflectance level of the fourth sub-pixel plus a third fraction of the reflectance quantization error.

Abstract: A method for evaluating color differences of pixels is provided. The method comprises obtaining color information of a first pixel in a color opponent space obtaining color information of a second pixel in the color opponent space, defining a half-line in the color opponent space based on the color information of the first pixel, and determining distance between color information of the second pixel and half-line in the color opponent space.

Abstract: A system and method for determining a mood for a crowd is disclosed. In example embodiments, a method includes identifying an event that includes two or more attendees, receiving at least one indicator representing emotions of attendees, determining a numerical value for each of the indicators, and aggregating the numerical values to determine an aggregate mood of the attendees of the event.

Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display panel; a light emitting unit having a plurality of light sources; an acquiring unit acquiring feature values of an input image for divided regions respectively corresponding to the light sources; and a control unit configured to control, wherein in a case where the input image is a second image not including the predetermined object image, the control unit does not implement control operation of controlling the brightness of the light sources corresponding to the dark divided regions lower than the brightness of the light sources corresponding to the other divided regions.

Abstract: A display unit is controlled to increase luminance of a white pixel of a display apparatus in a case where an image capturing apparatus is in an image capturing mode as compared with a case where the image capturing apparatus is in a reproduction mode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide automatic stage scene detection. A first image of a scene can be captured using a luminance for automatic exposure control. A brightness contrast between a center region of the first image and areas surrounding the center region of the first image can be calculated. A brightness value can be ascertained for the entire first image. Whether the luminance of the first image should be adjusted can be determined based on the brightness contrast being greater than a contrast threshold and the brightness value for the entire first image being less than a brightness value threshold. The luminance for the automatic exposure control can be adjusted for correct exposure of the center region of the first image in response to determining the luminance of the first image should be adjusted. A second image of the scene can be captured based on automatic exposure control using the adjusted luminance.

Abstract: A terminal uses a web application to control a printer on a network. The web application includes an API that permits the terminal to send instruction and inquiries to the printer over the network. The terminal submits, to the API, the printer's IP address and instructions for defining a print document or printer commands. The API then sends the print document or printer commands to the printer in accordance with the IP address. In this manner, the terminal can request status updates without sending a print job to the printer. The terminal sets the printer's ID address, identifies a type of status event inquiry, and submits the inquiry to receive the printer's current status related to the identified status event. To submit a print job, the terminal creates a print document using the API, sets the printer's ID address, and sends the print document as a print job to be printed.

Abstract: A media effects engine on a computer device applies one or more effects to an input media stream. A performance monitor monitors a performance metric associated with playing the input media stream and reduces a quality parameter associated with the effect upon detecting a drop in the performance metric below a target metric. The quality parameter manages a tradeoff between a quality of effect and an amount of hardware resources consumed to produce the effect. Thus, the effect can be adjusted to meet the capabilities of the computer device.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in a pentile pattern, the plurality of pixels having at least a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, and the display panel being configured to display colors corresponding to respective output color data of the first and second pixels, and a color data converter configured to convert input color data to generate the output color data, the color data converter including a determiner configured to receive the input color data, to determine whether the first pixel displays a white color and the second pixel displays a black color, and to generate a first determination signal based on a result of the determination, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the output color data of the first or second pixel based on the first determination signal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a virtual screen in a touch screen device are provided. The method includes detecting a touch screen input on a screen view, the screen view displaying a partial area of the virtual screen on a display unit of the electronic device, determining whether the touch screen input is a stylus input or a touch input, the stylus input being executed by a user controlling a stylus and the touch input being executed by the user using a body part of the user, processing the stylus input as a manipulation input corresponding to the virtual screen when the touch screen input is the stylus input, and moving the screen view on the virtual screen in response to a touch movement of the touch input when the touch screen input is the touch input.

Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) that performs rendering in units of tiles includes a coefficient generator that produces an interpolation coefficient based on coordinates of vertices of a primitive included in a first tile and a second tile; an interpolator that produces barycentric coordinates in respective pixels for the first tile of the primitive and pixel values in the first tile corresponding to the primitive, based on the interpolation coefficient, and a storage configured to store the interpolation coefficient. The GPU produces barycentric coordinates in and pixel values of respective pixels for a second tile of the primitive, based on the interpolation coefficient stored in the storage.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of video coding for a block of depth data or texture data coded in SSM (Single Sample Mode) are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention construct a sample candidate list comprising one or more single color candidates corresponding to one or more representative samples of one or more previous SSM-coded blocks, or one or more palette color candidates corresponding to one or more previously used colors in one or more previous palettes associated with one or more palette-coded blocks, or both. A selected sample candidate is then determined from the sample candidate list and the selected sample candidate is used to encode or decode the current block by representing the whole current block by this selected sample candidate. Spatial and/or temporal candidates from previously SSM-coded blocks can also be included in the sample candidate list.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a data driving module; data lines arranged in an active area in parallel with one another; and data wirings arranged in a fanout area, one end of each data wiring being connected with an output end of said data driving module, the other end thereof being connected with a data line of said active area, wherein the data lines in said active area are arranged to have different widths.

Abstract: A method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display, and for operating a display at a constant luminance even as some of the pixels in the display are degraded over time. The system may include extracting a time dependent parameter of a pixel for calibration. Each pixel in the display is configured to emit light when a voltage is supplied to the pixel's driving circuit, which causes a current to flow through a light emitting element. Degraded pixels are compensated by supplying their respective driving circuits with greater voltages. The display data is scaled by a compression factor less than one to reserve some voltage levels for compensating degraded pixels. As pixels become more degraded, and require additional compensation, the compression factor is decreased to reserve additional voltage levels for use in compensation.

Abstract: A method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display, and for operating a display at a constant luminance even as some of the pixels in the display are degraded over time. The system may include extracting a time dependent parameter of a pixel for calibration. Each pixel in the display is configured to emit light when a voltage is supplied to the pixel's driving circuit, which causes a current to flow through a light emitting element. Degraded pixels are compensated by supplying their respective driving circuits with greater voltages. The display data is scaled by a compression factor less than one to reserve some voltage levels for compensating degraded pixels. As pixels become more degraded, and require additional compensation, the compression factor is decreased to reserve additional voltage levels for use in compensation.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed toward driving methods and a driving circuit which are particularly suitable for bi-stable displays. In certain embodiments, methods provide the fastest and most pleasing appearance to the desired image while maintaining the optimal image quality over the life expectancy of an electrophoretic display device.

Abstract: A display substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes repeatedly arranged pixel groups. Each pixel group includes a first sub-pixel group, a second sub-pixel group, a third sub-pixel group and a fourth sub-pixel group. Each of the first sub-pixel group, the second sub-pixel group, the third sub-pixel group and the fourth sub-pixel group includes four pixel columns. The display substrate, the driving method thereof and the display device reduce the number of sub-pixels in the whole display device and hence reduce the difficulty in the manufacturing process of the display device and the cost on the premise of ensuring that the display device obtains a high resolution.

Abstract: A computing device provides graphical interactive b-spline model selection. A presented criterion fit graph includes a number of internal knots line that indicates a number of internal knots value of a determined best fit b-spline model and a polynomial degree curve for each of a set of polynomial degree values. Each polynomial degree curve shows a fit criterion value as a function of the number of internal knot values. A best fit b-spline model graph is presented next to the presented criterion fit graph that includes a knot location line at each of the knot locations of the determined best fit b-spline model and a best fit model curve computed using the coefficients of the determined best fit b-spline model. An indicator that the number of internal knots line is moved to a different number of internal knots value is received. The best fit b-spline model graph is then updated.

Abstract: An electronic device can include a first image sensor configured to capture a first image of a field of view and a second image sensor configured to capture a second image of the field of view. The electronic device can include a color filter adjacent to the second image sensor such that the field of view is viewable by the second image sensor through the color filter. The first image can have a first pixel resolution. The second image can have a second pixel resolution. The electronic device can include a controller configured to determine a third image based on luminance content of the first image and color content of the second image. The third image can have a third pixel resolution indicative of a spatial resolution of the first image and a spectral resolution of the second image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a brightness range value; and a generating unit configured to generate a display-image data on the basis of the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit, wherein the generating unit generates the display-image data on the basis of two or more of first image data, second image data, and brightness difference data such that, when the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit is within a predetermined range, a maximum gradation value of the dynamic range of the generated display-image data steadily approaches a maximum gradation value of the dynamic range of the first image data as the brightness range value obtained by the obtaining unit decreases.

Abstract: A signal converting method includes: receiving RGB signals; enhancing color of a red component, a green component, and a blue component of the RGB signals to convert the RGB signals into RGBY signals; and outputting the converted RGBY signals. The signal converting method may enhance the saturation of the red component, the green component, and the blue component of the RGBY signals, such that the components of each of the colors are more vivid and more balanced.

Abstract: A touch sensing device may include: a pre-processing unit configured to reduce common signal noise and frequency components higher than a preset cut-off frequency from a pair of signals outputted from a touch panel, in response to a driving signal; and an attenuation unit configured to attenuate a frequency of a preset frequency region in an output signal of the pre-processing unit, and output a sensing signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling a visitor to access VR representations authored by different authors of locations in a virtual universe via a computer network are provided. A plurality of VR data sets may be stored. Each VR data set comprise web or IP camera VR datasets and may be independently authored by a respective author different from the other authors. One or more VR data servers may be adapted to access and transmit the VR data sets, and each VR data set may be associated with a VR data server for access to the VR data set. A domain server may be adapted to access and transmit domain data comprising the location within the universe of each VR representation and the network address of the VR data server associated with the VR representation.

Abstract: A method for providing visual hot watch spots in content item playback on a content sharing platform is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a processing device of a content sharing platform, a duration of a content item into time interval segments. The method further includes, for each of the time interval segments, determining a score for the time interval segment in view of one or more signals indicating a popularity of the time interval segment to users viewing the content item on the content sharing platform, and providing a visual indication of the score for the time interval segment of the content item in a user interface presenting the content item.

Abstract: A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires image data represented by a color included in a first color gamut; and a conversion unit configured to convert colors of pixels of the image data into colors included in a second color gamut, wherein the conversion unit converts the color of the pixel, a brightness of which is included in a first brightness range, of the image data by a first conversion process, and converts the color of the pixel, the brightness of which is included in a second brightness range different from the first brightness range, of the first image data by a second conversion process.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a contour extraction section which extracts a contour pixel of an object from pixels in image data that has tone values of a plurality of colors for each of the pixels; and a contour processing section which executes thinning processing of adjusting a tone value of an object color of the object and trapping processing of adjusting a tone value of a background color among tone values of colors in the contour pixel of the object which is extracted by the contour extraction section or in a contour pixel of the background of the object, wherein the contour processing section links an adjustment amount of the tone value of the background color by the trapping processing to an adjustment amount of the tone value of the object color by the thinning processing.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating cartoon content includes: a cut input controller configured to control inputting of a signal of adding a cut included in the cartoon content and including a plurality of layers; an effect input controller configured to control inputting of a perspective effect applied to the plurality of layers; and a cut generator configured to generate a final cut such that the plurality of layers express the perspective effect in correspondence with a user event received from a user, wherein the cut generator generates final layers such that the plurality of layers have movement degrees and directions based on layers of the respective layers, in correspondence with the perspective effect.

Abstract: In a converting method relating to picture luminance according to one aspect of the present disclosure, the picture luminance is formed by luminance values in a first luminance range. In this method, a first luminance signal that indicates code values obtained by quantizing the luminance value of the picture is obtained, code values, which are associated with the code values indicated by the obtained first luminance signal by quantization for a second luminance range different in a maximum value from the first luminance range are determined as converted code values, and the first luminance signal is converted into a second luminance signal indicating the converted code values. As a result, the converting method is further improved.