Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller and a data driver. The display panel includes a pixel. The driving controller generates an age compensation value using a sensed age generated based on sensing data of the pixel and an accumulated age generated based on accumulated grayscale values of input image data, generates a final age based on the age compensation value, and compensates a grayscale value of the input image data based on a final age to generate a data signal. The data driver converts the data signal to a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the display panel.

Abstract: An image processing method including the following steps is provided. An image information of an image is received, wherein the image includes a plurality of blocks and the image information includes a plurality of pixel information of each block. A dual gamma correction is performed on a first group of blocks of the image to obtain one or more corrected blocks and the dual gamma correction is skipped on a second group of blocks of the image to obtain a plurality of uncorrected blocks. A first encoding process is performed on the one or more corrected blocks to obtain a plurality of first encoded blocks. A second encoding process different from the first encoding process is performed on the plurality of uncorrected blocks to obtain a plurality of second encoded blocks.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and displaying heat maps are provided. A heat map generation computing device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is programmed to receive trap data for a plurality of pest traps in a geographic location, the trap data including current and historical pest pressure values at each of the plurality of pest traps, receive weather data for the geographic location, receive image data for the geographic location, apply a machine learning algorithm to generate predicted future pest pressure values at each of the plurality of pest traps, generate a first heat map for a first point in time and a second heat map for a second point in time, and transmit the first and second heat maps to a mobile computing device to cause a user interface on the mobile computing device to display a time lapse heat map.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments concern methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products for determining and displaying pedigrees based on IBD data. Some implementations use a probabilistic relationship model to obtain various likelihoods of various potential relationships based on pairwise IBD data and pairwise age data. Some implementations build large pedigrees by combining smaller pedigrees. Some implementations display pedigree graphs with various features that are informative and easy to understand.

Abstract: A method for adapting text message communications in electronic financial transactions to accommodate users with color vision deficiency. During a registration process, a primary account number, a selection of an enrollment in a color vision deficiency accommodation service, a selection of a preferred critical text color, and an electronic device identifier are received from a user. During a subsequent electronic card present transaction process, the primary account number and the electronic device identifier are received from the user via a payment gateway webpage. During an adaptation process, a text of a message containing a critical text element communicated to the user regarding the transaction is adapted by presenting the critical text element in the preferred critical text color previously selected by the user. The message may be adapted within a template, or the message may be dynamically adapted by searching the message and identifying the critical text element.

Abstract: A display control device includes processing circuitry configured to store index setting information indicating combinations of a plurality of indexes and importance of each of the indexes, and visual variable setting information indicating a visual variable used when a value of the index of the importance is displayed for each importance on a heatmap, calculate values of the indexes collectively on a display basis on the heatmap, specify the combinations of the plurality of indexes and the importance of each of the indexes with reference to the index setting information, and determine a visual variable which is allocated to each of the indexes based on the visual variable setting information and the importance of each of the indexes specified.

Abstract: The medical image diagnosis support device includes an image reception unit, an information reception unit that receives information corresponding to the received image, an extraction unit that extracts one or more applications corresponding to the received information and analyzing the received image, an activation unit that activates at least one of the extracted applications, and a display control unit that displays, in a case where a result of analysis executed in the past by the activated application exists for the received image, the result of analysis on a display unit.

Abstract: The existence position of the virtual object displayed by the virtual reality or augmented reality is easily grasped. In a head-mounted information processing apparatus 100, a virtual object generation processor 122 generates a virtual object. An input operation unit 121 sets and inputs information. A camera 111 captures a real space. A display unit 130 displays a photographed image captured by the camera 111 and the virtual object generated by the virtual object generation processor 122. The controller 125 controls the virtual object generation processor 122 and the display unit 130. The controller 125 displays the virtual objects generated by the virtual object generation processor 122 in a batch within a display visual field screen of the display unit 130 in accordance with virtual object display instruction information for instructing display of the virtual object input from the input operation unit 121.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and an apparatus for generating and running a creative tutorial algorithm for creating a visual artwork may include obtaining data defining a creative objective and identifying the creative objective based on the data defining the creative objective, and obtaining information about at least one targeted artistic style and identifying the at least one targeted artistic style based on the information about the at least one targeted artistic style, and accessing a plurality of predetermined artistic styles and identifying, based on the plurality of predetermined artistic styles, at least one predetermined artistic style matching the at least one targeted artistic style, thereby specifying at least one targeted predetermined artistic style, and generating the creative tutorial algorithm. The creative tutorial algorithm is configured to include instructions on how to reproduce the creative objective in terms of the at least one targeted predetermined artistic style.

Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a multiview system, method and display for rendering multiview content, and viewer localisation system, method and device therefor. In one embodiment, a multiview system is operable to interface with a mobile device of a given viewer, and comprises: a MultiView Display (MVD); a network-interfacing content-controller; one or more emitters disposed and operable to emit a respectively encoded time-variable emission in each of distinct viewing directions; and a mobile application operable on the mobile device of the given user to capture a given one of the encoded time-variable emissions when the mobile device is located so to intersect a corresponding one of the distinct directions so to self-identify the mobile device as being substantially in line with a corresponding one of the distinct viewing directions.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes receiving region information from a stationary region detection process for a video. A processor performs a flat region ghosting artifact removal process that updates the region information with a flat region indicator utilizing the region information and the video. The processor further performs a region based luminance reduction process utilizing the updated region information with the flat region indicator for display ghosting artifact removal and burn-in protection.

Abstract: A content replacement system and method for simultaneously updating a plurality of images of visual designs on an electronic display of an electronic device using synchronized client- and server-side visual design object models by representing visual objects in visual designs using a keyed attribute and associated attribute value comprising a visual object specification.

Abstract: Augmenting a presentation includes a presenter wearing clothing having specific visual characteristics, obtaining an image of the presenter, detecting the specific visual characteristics in the image of the presenter, creating an augmented image of the presenter by adding to the image one or more virtual components that vary according to the specific visual characteristics, and presenting the augmented image to a plurality of participants of the presentation on computer screens that are viewed by the participants. The specific visual characteristics may include a special pattern, an emblem, a sticker, fashion style, and/or color. Adding one or more virtual components may include superimposing different clothing onto the image of the presenter. The different clothing may alter color, patterns, textures, fit, fashion, character type, and/or material properties of original clothing of the presenter. Adding virtual components may include adding one or more external components that are separate from the presenter.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display driving method, a display driver chip and a liquid crystal display device. The display driving method includes: within a display duration of a first bit-plane data, controlling the display device to display the first bit-plane data; when a loading duration of a single bit-plane data is longer than the display duration of the first bit-plane data, after completing the display of the first bit-plane data, controlling a pixel liquid crystal layer corresponding to the first bit-plane data in the display device to return to a target state, and completing loading of a second bit-plane data while maintaining the pixel liquid crystal layer corresponding to the first bit-plane data in the target state. Based on the above method, the cost of data driving can be effectively reduced, and the display effect of the liquid crystal display device can be improved.

Abstract: A process includes, responsive to a computer platform being in a pre-operating system mode of operation, a first controller receiving serial data from a first external communication connector of the computer platform and the first controller providing a video output based on the serial data; and routing the video output of the first controller to a display device connector. The process includes, determining whether a video driver of the computer platform is communicating with a second controller via a second external communication connector of the computer platform. The video driver is associated with an operating system mode of operation of the computer platform. The process includes, in response to determining that the video driver is communicating with the second controller, routing a video output of the second controller to the display device connector in place of the video output of the first controller.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method and a device for eliminating a brightness mura defect of a liquid crystal display, and relates to the technical field of liquid crystal displays. The method disclosed by the present application includes the following steps: acquiring an image to be displayed, wherein the image to be displayed includes a plurality of pixels; determining a compensation coefficient corresponding to each channel of each of the pixels according to an original gray scale value corresponding to each channel of each of the pixels; calculating a compensation gray scale value corresponding to each channel of each of the pixels according to the original gray scale value and the compensation coefficient corresponding to each channel of each of the pixels; and outputting and displaying the image to be displayed according to the compensation gray scale value corresponding to each channel of each of the pixels.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method of modifying an appearance of hair in an image of a head of a subject is disclosed.

Abstract: A sensor calibration system is provided that includes a sensor apparatus including an event-driven vision sensor including a sensor array configured with sensors that generate event signals upon detection of a change in incident light intensity, and a display apparatus including a display section configured to change luminance of a planar region instantaneously with a predetermined spatial resolution as per a calibration pattern of the sensors.

Abstract: A method including receiving, by a companion device from an optical display, a distortion information associated with a geometric distortion associated with rendering an image on a display of the optical display, distorting, by the companion device, the image using the distortion information, preprocessing, by the companion device, the distorted image based on compression artifacts, compressing, by the companion device, the distorted image, and communicating, by the companion device, the compressed image to the optical display

Abstract: A system controller may provide a shared clock source to multiple illumination peripherals and multiple wearable vision obstruction devices having shutters. The multiple illumination peripherals may selectably turn on and off during different timeslots and the shutters of the multiple wearable vision obstruction devices may selectably occlude and un-occlude vision of users during the different time slots. By modulating the illumination peripherals and the shutters, different users may perceiver different sensory inputs in a shared environment. For instance, users may experience brighter or dimmer illumination, or may experience different types of illumination. One user may view a movie on an LCD screen while the LCD screen appears blank to another user. In this manner, a passenger cabin of an aircraft may provide individualized sensory experiences to different passengers sharing the aircraft cabin.

Abstract: The present application discloses a target detection method and device for a high-resolution remote sensing image, which comprises: acquiring an original high-resolution remote sensing image from a sensor; acquiring target information of an area and an expanded area of the area expanding around by a predetermined distance; adaptively partitioning the original high-resolution remote sensing image to obtain different cluster areas to be detected, and obtaining an area required to be detected and an area not required to be detected; selecting a model of the area required to be detected and generating a target detection scheme; executing the target detection scheme to obtain a detection result; determining whether a computing platform has extra computing resources to detect the area not required to be detected, if so, performing dynamic partition detection for the area to obtain a detection result, and merging the detection results into a target detection result.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an image sensor including a color filter having a plurality of color channels, a memory storing a plurality of color conversion matrices and instructions, and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain noise information of a color image captured by the image sensor, select a target matrix from among the plurality of the color conversion matrices based on the obtained noise information, and generate a color converted image by applying the selected target matrix to the color image.

Abstract: A display device comprises pixels including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, a fourth sub-pixel, and a fifth sub-pixel, each sub-pixel including an emission area, wherein the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel emit light of a first color, the second sub-pixel and the fifth sub-pixel emit light of a second color, the third sub-pixel emits light of a third color, a first emission area of the first sub-pixel, a second emission area of the second sub-pixel, a fourth emission area of the fourth sub-pixel, and a fifth emission area of the fifth sub-pixel surround a third emission area of the third sub-pixel, and the third emission area of the third sub-pixel has four interior angles equal to or greater than about 180 degrees, and another four interior angles equal to or less than about 90 degrees.

Abstract: This is an approach to the prediction of soil density and subsoil crop growth. The approach may include subsoil sensor which can monitor changes in soil pressure and moisture conditions. The sensor data can be sent to a computer module which can process the data using a machine learning model predicting the soil density around a subsoil crop and the yield of the subsoil crop. A soil maintenance plan can be generated from the soil density prediction and/or the crop yield prediction. The soil maintenance plan can be sent to soil management robots, which can execute the soil maintenance plan.

Abstract: A video transmission method according to the present disclosure includes: generating a transmission signal including, in a time series, first video data having a first luminance dynamic range and second video data having a second luminance dynamic range wider than the first luminance dynamic range; and transmitting the transmission signal generated. In the generating of the transmission signal, a signal level corresponding to a luminance value is limited to a value lower than a limit value that is predetermined, in a transition period provided for switching from one of the first video data and the second video data to the other.

Abstract: A display driving method and a display device. The display driving method includes: scanning a plurality of subpixels arranged in an N×M array one row by one row or multiple rows by multiple rows to turn on each row of scanned subpixels, so that two adjacent rows of sub-pixels are simultaneously in an on-state for a duration greater than or equal to twice a unit scanning time, the unit scanning time is a time required to scan one row of sub-pixels, wherein N and M are both integers greater than 1; applying data signals to at least two rows of sub-pixels that are simultaneously in the on-state, such that at least a portion of rows of sub-pixels are applied with data signals for a duration greater than the unit scanning time.

Abstract: A system includes a unit for handling color assignment within a complex document and for maintaining a perceived brightness difference between elements on a discreet-pixel-depth-display. The unit includes a user interface to facilitate modification by a user of at least one first color to at least one second color within a previously chosen color scheme for a component of the document having principal colors and associated subordinate colors per principal color, a color handler to modify the chosen color scheme to produce an updated color scheme to match a perceived brightness of the at least one second color throughout at least a portion of the updated color scheme, a brightness handler to calculate the perceived brightness of said at least one second color and a subordinate color overrider configured to calculate an actual color to be assigned from the existing subordinate color and the new color requested by the user.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a normal image formation mode and a wide color gamut image formation mode in which an amount of a developer per unit area of a developer image of at least a color that differs from a prescribed color among a plurality of colors is increased as compared to the normal image formation mode. Image data is generated such that an image portion formed in the prescribed color in an image formed on a recording material is formed solely by a developer image of the prescribed color in the normal image formation mode, but formed by superimposing a developer image of a color that differs from the prescribed color on a developer image of the prescribed color or formed solely by a developer image of a different color in place of a developer image of the prescribed color in the wide color gamut image formation mode.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying an image are disclosed. The apparatus includes independently-controllable microLED unit cells including sets of microLEDs each emitting light and at least one lens to control an emission angle and emission profile of the light emitted by the microLED unit cells. A display controller controls an intensity distribution of the microLED unit cells in accordance with a video data signal such that a first portion of the emitted light is emitted at a first emission angle with a first emission profile and a second portion of the emitted light is emitted at a second emission angle with a second emission profile. The first and second light portions form three-dimensional stereoscopic images.

Abstract: An image processing method of holding a plurality of texture data for applying a metal representation on an image. The method includes acquiring predetermined information concerning at least one of an observation distance as a distance between a print product on which a target region is printed and an observer observing the print product, a sheet on which the target region is printed, or an environment in which the print product is observed, selecting texture data from the plurality of texture data based on the acquired predetermined information, and applying, to the target region, the texture data selected in the selecting.

Abstract: A display including a display panel and a backlight arranged behind the display panel, with a light guide with edge coupling, wherein the backlight is designed so the light intensity of the backlight is lower in a peripheral region of the display panel than in a central region of the display panel.

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: The application discloses a correction method, correction device and correction system for free full-screen splicing. According to the application, influence of reasons such as an external light source and a camera angle is eliminated based on curved surface simulation over color information data of multiple pixels, so that free full splicing may be implemented when a spliced display screen, after being used, is disassembled and transferred to another site for re-splicing.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a Bayer input image. The method also includes generating, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, multiple YUV image frames based on the Bayer input image using non-linear scaling, where the YUV image frames are associated with different exposure settings. The method further includes generating, using the at least one processing device of the electronic device, a fused image based on the YUV image frames. In addition, the method includes applying, using the at least one processing device of the electronic device, global tone-mapping to the fused image in order to generate a tone-mapped fused image, where the global tone-mapping is based on a first cubic spline curve.

Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels to receive data voltages based on converted grayscales; and a grayscale converter to: calculate first compensation offsets based on positions of the pixels and input grayscales for the pixels; convert the first compensation offsets into second compensation offsets according to a maximum luminance weight based on an input maximum luminance; and calculate the converted grayscales by applying the second compensation offsets to the input grayscales.

Abstract: A display device includes a first gain provider which controls a first gain value during a first display period in which a still image is displayed, a second gain provider which controls a second gain value during a second display period in which a moving image including a still area is displayed, and a grayscale converter which applies the first gain value or the second gain value to an input image and generates an output image. The first gain provider linearly or exponentially increases the first gain value to a maximum gain value based on a load of the still image from a first time point when the second display period changes to the first display period to a second time point at which the first gain value starts to decrease from the maximum gain value.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a display panel driver. The display panel includes pixels. The display panel driver determines an average image load of input image data, determines an operation mode based on a grayscale value of the input image data and the average image load as a first operation mode or a second operation mode, applies a first scale factor to the input image data in the first operation mode, applies a second scale factor different from the first scale factor to the input image data in the second operation mode, and drives the display panel.

Abstract: Systems and methods to achieve desired color accuracy, power consumption, and gamma correction in an array of pixels of a micro-LED display. The method and system provides an array of pixels, wherein each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix and a driving circuitry configured to provide an individual emission control signal to each sub-pixel of each pixel in the array of pixels to independently control an emission time and a duty cycle of each sub-pixel.

Abstract: A system for communicating images, comprises an imaging device configured to capture and image and generate a digital image file, the imaging device comprising a device identifier; a set of routines configured to label the digital image file, associated account information with the digital image file, associate the device identifier with the digital image file, and communicate the digital image file to a server; a server configured to receive digital image files and process the digital image file according to at least one of a label associated with the digital image file, account information associated with the digital image file, and a device identifier associated with a device that captured the digital image file.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing viewers of streamed video content with the option to view alternative video content in which alternative tone maps are applied to respective regions of interest. In some embodiments, the streamed video content is divided into slices, and alternative tone maps are applied to respective regions of interest within the slices. When a server receives a request from a client for alternative tone mappings of different regions, slices with the appropriate mapping may be assembled on demand and delivered to the client in a single video stream. Tone mappings may be used, for example, to highlight particular objects, such as players in a sporting event captured in the streamed video content.

Abstract: An object detection model generation method as well as an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium using the same are provided. The method includes: during the iterative training of the to-be-trained object detection model, the detection accuracy of the iteration nodes of the object detection model is sequentially determined according to the node order, and the mis-detected negative samples of the object detection model at the iteration nodes with the detection accuracy less than or equal to a preset threshold are enhanced. Then the object detection model is trained at the iteration node based on the enhanced negative samples and a first amount of preset training samples. After the training at the iteration nodes are completed, it returns to the step of sequentially determining the detection accuracy of the iteration nodes of the object detection model until the training of the object detection model is completed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing access to historical data over a real-time tunnel are disclosed. The method provides a mechanism for secure communication between one or more historians. In an example, attack surfaces on historians in an industrial control system operational technology (OT) network and in an information technology (IT) networks are reduced and possibly entirely eliminated by tunneling through a DMZ (de-militarized zone) or “secured network”.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to perform constrained BSDF sampling in relation to various algorithms, and specifically in relation to ray tracing algorithms. In some embodiments, a method is provided to generate samples by: determining a spherical polygon on a unit hemisphere; determining, on a unit circle, a projected area corresponding to the spherical polygon on the unit hemisphere; determining a parameterization of the projected area of the spherical polygon on the unit circle; generating samples in the projected area based on the parameterization; and generating samples in the spherical polygon. The unit circle is abase of the unit hemisphere, and the projection of the projected area is along a vector perpendicular to the unit circle. The generated samples in the spherical polygon correspond to the samples in the projected area. The method may further include evaluating a rendering equation based on the generated samples in the spherical polygon.

Abstract: Provided is a display device for providing a constant brightness for each area by including an area sensing part configured to determine a position value of an input image in the display device, and determine an area range according to the position value to output an area value, a gradation value determining part configured to output a first gradation value corresponding to a brightness of the input image according to the area value, a control part configured to output a corrected gradation value corresponding to the first gradation value, and a display part configured to display a corrected image having the corrected brightness corresponding to the corrected gradation value.

Abstract: A computer-based method for rendering modified graphical content is disclosed. The graphical content includes a plurality of cells. The method includes receiving the graphical content with metadata modifying the graphical content, rendering the graphical content upon a screen according to the metadata, and receiving user input. The method also includes in response to the user input, progressing through at least a subset of the cells, wherein the progressing includes moving a camera view from cell to cell in the at least a subset, each of the cells in the at least a subset being displayed as a focus point with surrounding area being adjusted in opacity according to the metadata.

Abstract: A processing method comprises running a first application, displaying a first interface of the first application, wherein the first interface comprises waiting information, displaying, in response to running the first application, first information about a second application according to a first instruction of the waiting information, and continuing running the first application in a background, wherein a first running state of the first application in the background is consistent with a second running state of the first application in a foreground.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for information retrieval. Embodiments of the disclosure provide a color embedding network trained using machine learning techniques to generate embedded color representations for color terms included in a text search query. For example, techniques described herein are used to represent color text in a same space as color embeddings (e.g., an embedding space created by determining a histogram of LAB based colors in a three-dimensional (3D) space). Further, techniques are described for indexing color palettes for all the searchable images in the search space. Accordingly, color terms in a text query are directly converted into a color palette and an image search system can return one or more search images with corresponding color palettes that are relevant to (e.g., within a threshold distance from) the color palette of the text query.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a camera, a transparent display including a first area corresponding to a first visual field area and a second area corresponding to a second visual field area, at least one sensor, a processor, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The electronic device may obtain motion information of the electronic device including a movement speed using the at least one sensor, may display a first user interface including at least one graphic user interface (GUI) corresponding to an application execution screen in the first area of the transparent display based on the movement speed not being greater than a first speed, and may display the at least one GUI in the second area based on the movement speed exceeding the first speed.

Abstract: The present disclosure allows reducing the variation of the luminance depending on the types of images and improving image quality by calculating a plurality of representative values, representing the luminance of pixels so that the types of images can be distinguished, calculating a weight using such representative values, and compensating image data according to the weight.

Abstract: The display device is provided with a degree-of-degradation calculating circuit that determines a degree of degradation representing a level of degradation of a compensation-target circuit element included in each of K pixel circuits which are some or all of a plurality of pixel circuits; a variation coefficient calculating circuit that calculates, as a variation coefficient, a value depending on a deviation determined based on degrees of degradation of the K pixel circuits; a reference luminance setting circuit that sets, based on the variation coefficient, reference luminance for determining display luminance of each display element after degradation compensation; and a compensation computing circuit that compensates for degradation of the compensation-target circuit elements by correcting input video signals based on the reference luminance and the degree of degradation of each of the K pixel circuits, upon generating video signals to be supplied to the plurality of pixel circuits.