Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) display device and a display method are provided, so as to improve the problems that an existing VR display device has higher power consumption and waste of resources. The display method for the VR display device includes: in response to a first operation of a user, initiating a smartview mode (S101); controlling display in a first display region of a screen of the VR display device to be at first definition; controlling display in a second display region, other than the first display region, of the screen of the VR display device to be at second definition (S102); and supplementing and displaying black for part of pixels in the second display region (S103); the first display region is a region watched by human eyes; and the first definition is greater than the second definition.

Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises: a memory including instructions and a training database, which includes data, on at least one object, acquired on the basis of an artificial intelligence algorithm; at least one sensor; and a processor connected to the at least one sensor and the memory, wherein the processor can be configured to execute the instructions in order to acquire data on a designated area including the at least one object by using the at least one sensor, identify location information and positioning information on the at least one object on the basis of the training database, and transmit a control signal for picking the at least one object to a picking tool related to the electronic device on the basis of the identified location information and positioning information.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing an end of trip sequence when a vehicle is nearing its destination. One or more computing devices may generate and display a video indicating a projected trajectory of the vehicle and objects detected by sensors on the vehicle, on a map corresponding to a route the vehicle is currently following, where the video is generated from a perspective of a virtual camera at a default position and default pitch A determination that the vehicle has reached a threshold relative to the route of the vehicle may be made and the position and pitch of the virtual camera may be adjusted to an updated position above the vehicle and a perspective which looks downwards towards a roof of the vehicle. The video may then be generated and displayed from the perspective of the virtual camera at the updated position.

Abstract: A pharmacy packaging system configured to dispense pharmaceuticals into a pharmaceutical pouch formed by a feed roll and including a verification system. The verification system includes a camera system configured to capture images in a visible spectrum and an infrared spectrum, a first light source configured to output an infrared spectrum light, a second light source configured to output a visible spectrum light, and a processor. The processor is operable to activate the first light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a first image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the first light source. The processor is also operable to activate the second light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a second image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the second light source. The processor is further operable to generate a third image based on the first image and the second image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a conversion characteristic for converting image data based on a first color space into image data based on a second color space based on a difference between a specific color and a peripheral color of the specific color in the first color space, wherein the control unit changes a first conversion characteristic into a second conversion characteristic such that a color difference between the specific color and the peripheral color converted by the second conversion characteristic is greater than a color difference between the specific color and the peripheral color converted by the first conversion characteristic.

Abstract: A program for causing a computer to execute: receiving an instruction to change a position and a direction of a viewpoint disposed in a virtual space from a user; controlling a viewpoint to change the position and the direction of the viewpoint in response to the instruction; rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on the basis of the position and the direction of the viewpoint; and switching over between a first mode of changing the direction of the viewpoint about the position of the viewpoint and a second mode of changing the position and the direction of the viewpoint about an object of interest to which the user pays attention in the virtual space in a case of receiving an instruction to change the direction of the viewpoint from the user at a time of controlling the viewpoint.

Abstract: A program for causing a computer to execute: receiving an instruction to change a position and a direction of a viewpoint disposed in a virtual space from a user; controlling a viewpoint to change the position and the direction of the viewpoint in response to the instruction; rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on the basis of the position and the direction of the viewpoint; and switching over between a first mode of changing the direction of the viewpoint about the position of the viewpoint and a second mode of changing the position and the direction of the viewpoint about an object of interest to which the user pays attention in the virtual space in a case of receiving an instruction to change the direction of the viewpoint from the user at a time of controlling the viewpoint.

Abstract: An apparatus for outputting a content to a display, including a communicator configured to perform a data communication with the display; an input interface configured to receive an input content and metadata associated with the input content; and a processor configured to acquire image quality information applied to the content based on the metadata, to convert the input content into a converted content outputtable on the display by using content conversion information related to the acquired image quality information, and to control the communicator to output the converted content to the display.

Abstract: A method in constructing a model of a scenery comprises: receiving (200) a plurality of images depicting the scenery, wherein each image is acquired by a camera (104) from a position at a rotational angle; creating (202) a plurality of sub-models, wherein each sub-model is created by: selecting (400) a basis image; determining (402) images related to the basis image; and determining (404) the sub-model based on the basis image and the related images, wherein the sub-model defines relative positions and rotational angles of the camera (104) for the basis image and the related images and the sub-model further defines three-dimensional structures of objects depicted in the plurality of images; and separately merging (204) the defined relative positions and rotational angles of cameras (104) for the plurality of sub-models.

Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for resolving annotation conflicts in a portion of content. A portion of content is received and annotation operations are performed on it using a plurality of annotators. Each annotator in the plurality of annotators generates a set of annotations for the portion of content, thereby generating a plurality of sets of annotations for the portion of content. The plurality of sets of annotations are analyzed to identify a conflict between a first annotation and a second annotation in the plurality of sets of annotations. The conflict between the first annotation and the second annotation is resolved to generate a resultant set of annotations for the portion of content. The resultant set of annotations is stored in an annotations data structure associated with the portion of content.

Abstract: A method for assimilation in a page composition includes receiving an event trigger in a source webpage of a web application. A data collector bound to the event trigger collects data from data sources to obtain collected data. Via the data collector, a data model that includes the collected data is generated and populated into a session variable. A target page accessing the session variable may obtain data from the data model.

Abstract: An information processing method for causing a computer to process an image, wherein the image processing method causes the computer to execute an acquisition step of acquiring the image, a first production step of producing an editing image for editing at least a portion of the image and a first changing image for changing the editing image to be output, an editing step of editing the image on the produced editing image, a second production step of producing a second changing image based on an image edited at the editing step, and an output step of outputting an output image that has at least the editing image and the second changing image.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of switching video images and a surveillance system. The method includes the following steps. A first video image is displayed in a monitoring interface. Whether a target object in the first video image enters into a designated region in the first video image is determined. Whether a ratio of the targeted object to the first video image is smaller than or equal to a first threshold is determined when the target object enters into the designated region. When the ratio is smaller than or equal to the first threshold, a second video image is displayed in the monitoring interface. The designated region in the first video image is related to a geographic position, and the second video image is a video image related to the geographic position.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a depth camera comprising the steps of: S1) using a depth camera (DC) to be calibrated for acquiring a plurality of depth maps (DMS) of a physical three-dimensional reference object (PO), corresponding to different positions of the depth camera relative to the is reference object; S2) computing a three-dimensional reconstruction (3DRi) of the reference object from said depth maps, depending on values assigned to a set of calibration parameters (SCPi) of the depth camera; S3) computing an error (ERRi) between the three-dimensional reconstruction computed at step S2) and a predetermined digital model (RM) of the reference object; said steps S2) and S3) being iterated by assigning different values to said set of calibration parameters of the depth camera; and S4) choosing values (SCP) of said set of calibration parameters which minimize the error computed at step S3); said steps S2) to S4) being performed by a computer.

Abstract: A hardware device analyzes a document that includes a text-based visual representation. A correspondence information hardware storage device holds known representations of graphical images as text-based visual representations. The graphical images depict portraits of physical objects. The text-based visual representations are associated with information that each describe one of the physical objects. An identification hardware device identifies a text-based visual representation within a document. The identification hardware device matches the text-based visual representation within the document to one or more of the text-based visual representations stored in the correspondence information hardware storage device. An editing hardware device retrieves information from the correspondence information hardware storage device that is identified, by the identification hardware device, as describing a text-based visual representation component within the document.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of switching video images and a surveillance system. The method includes the following steps. A first video image is displayed under a first display mode in a monitoring interface. Whether a target object in the first video image enters into a designated region in the first video image is determined. Whether a ratio of the targeted object to the first video image is smaller than or equal to a first threshold is determined when the target object enters into the designated region. When the ratio is smaller than or equal to the first threshold, a second video image is displayed under the first display mode in the monitoring interface. The designated region in the first video image is related to a geographic position, and the second video image is a video image related to the geographic position.

Abstract: Media files may be curated for a user based on a location of a client device associated with the user. A user carrying a client device may arrive at a particular location on a given day. A computer-implemented process may include determining whether the given day and/or the particular location is “unique” to the user in some fashion, which may be based on one or more criteria used to quantify or otherwise evaluate uniqueness of the day or location. At least partly in response, media file sharing service may be queried to identify shared media files that were created at the particular location, wherein the shared media files are associated with one or more entities having social connections to the user. A curated subset of the identified media files may be automatically created and a notification may be issued to the user.

Abstract: An image acquisition device and an image processing method and system are provided. The image acquisition device includes a first dual-camera device and a second dual-camera device. The first dual-camera device includes a first camera and a third camera. The second dual-camera device includes the first camera and a second camera. The image acquisition device can acquire depth information of richer information content from more viewing angles and reduce the number of points that cannot be matched.

Abstract: A method for image processing includes determining an application picture of a target application and an actual environment for the target application as triggered by a preview event, obtaining a background picture according to the actual environment, performing an image processing on at least one of the application picture or the background picture so that a significance of the application picture is higher than a significance of the background picture, and outputting a combination of the application picture and the background picture in a preview environment.

Abstract: A device comprises an input unit, a motion acquisition unit, a matrix operation unit, and a drawing unit. The input unit implements sequential input of a first frame image and a second frame image. The motion acquisition unit acquires motion data between the first frame image and the second frame image. The matrix operation unit calculates a projection matrix to project the output frame image to the second frame image, from a first matrix including a rolling shutter distortion component, a second matrix including at least one of a parallel translation component in directions perpendicular to an image-shooting direction and a rotation component with respect to the image-shooting direction, and an auxiliary matrix including a motion component not included in the first matrix and the second matrix. The drawing unit generates the output frame image from the second frame image by using the projection matrix.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit that images a subject and that continuously creates image data on the subject; a display unit that chronologically displays live view images associated with the image data created by the imaging unit; a face detector that detects the face of a subject included in the live view image; a trimming unit that creates a face image by cutting out, from the live view images, a face area including the face of the subject detected by the face detector; and a display controller that displays the face image created by the trimming unit at a display position specified in a display area of the display unit.

Abstract: A processing device local context is determined, and a communication of the processing device is filtered at least in part according to the local context.

Abstract: The projection of interactive images such that different images are pre-edited so that when projected, the image is better suited for viewing from a particular perspective. Thus, a variety of images might be projected such that some are suitable for one perspective, some are suitable for another perspective, and so forth. For instance, one image might be edited so that when projected, the projected first image is presented for better viewing from a first perspective. Another image might be edited so that when projected, the projected second image is presented for better viewing from a second perspective.

Abstract: A display device superimposes and displays guide information on an actual image captured by a camera. The display device includes a specifying unit and a display control unit. The specifying unit specifies an overlapping part between guide information and a building in the actual image based on an image-capturing position, position information of the building existing in an image-capturing range of the camera, building shape information of the building, and position information of a facility or a road corresponding to the guide information. The display control unit superimposes and displays the guide information except for a cut-off part on the actual image. The cut-off part herein indicates the overlapping part where the building is to be displayed on a front side of the guide information.

Abstract: A method of visualizing high-cardinally data is provided. A graph is presented on a display. The graph includes a first axis, a second axis, and a plurality of value markers. The first axis includes a minimum value and a maximum value and the second axis includes a plurality of category values. A selection indicator identifying selection of a first value marker of the plurality of value markers is received. The first value marker indicates a value for a category value of the plurality of category values. A second plurality of category values is determined based on the category value. The graph and a second graph are presented on the display. The second graph includes a third axis, a fourth axis, and a second plurality of value markers. The third axis includes a second minimum value and a second maximum value.

Abstract: When display of an image that is sent from a portable terminal (101) for a portable screen is divided into screens for two vehicle mounted terminals, an image receiving unit A (21) of a vehicle mounted terminal A (102) receives image data necessary for screen display on both the vehicle mounted terminals from the portable terminal (101) and stores image data necessary for a vehicle mounted terminal B (103) in a huller memory unit (23). Thereafter, a cut-out processing unit (25) cuts out the image data for the display screen of the vehicle mounted terminal A (102) and stores the same in the buffer memory (23). Furthermore, an image transmission unit A (26) provides image data necessary for screen display by the vehicle mounted terminal B (103) when required by the vehicle mounted terminal B (103).

Abstract: A camera device is provided with: an imaging unit for generating an area image obtained by shooting an area from above; and a display image generation unit for generating a display image of a target moving in the area using a clip image which is clipped from the area image. In this case, a rotation angle of a current frame is calculated on the basis of the rotation angle of the previous frame and a reference angle of the current frame. As a result, a rapid change in an orientation of the target displayed in the display image can be suppressed.

Abstract: A method for cutting out, from a gray-scale image generated by capturing an image of a character string, each character in the character string for recognition, includes a first step of repeating projection processing for projecting a highest or lowest gray level in a line along a direction crossing the character string in the gray-scale image, onto an axis along the character string, with the lowest gray level selected when a character in the gray-scale image is darker than a background, the highest gray level selected when the character in the gray-scale image is brighter than the background, and a projection target position moved along the character string.

Abstract: A projector includes, a projecting unit that converts image data into light and projects the light at a predetermined angle of view, a projecting direction changing unit that changes the projecting direction of the projecting unit from a first projecting direction to a second projecting direction, a projection angle derivation unit that derives a projection angle between the first projecting direction and a projecting direction after changed, and an image cutting out unit that generates cut-out image data that a part of a region of an image of the inputted image data is cut out based on the angle of view and the projection angle as image data to be projected, when the projecting unit projects the image of the inputted image data stored on the storage unit across the first projecting direction and the second projecting direction.

Abstract: Large-scale images are retrieved over network communications channels for display on a client device by selecting an update image parcel relative to an operator controlled image viewpoint to display via the client device. A request is prepared for the update image parcel and associated with a request queue for subsequent issuance over a communications channel. The update image parcel is received from the communications channel and displayed as a discrete portion of the predetermined image. The update image parcel optimally has a fixed pixel array size, is received in a single and or plurality of network data packets, and were the fixed pixel array may be constrained to a resolution less than or equal to the resolution of the client device display.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device capable of obtaining a trimming image including a characteristic part of a target image without having a person to select the characteristic part of the target image. A setting unit sets a plurality of trimming candidate areas in a target image. A calculation unit calculates, with respect to each of a plurality of trimming candidate areas, a total value of edge amounts of pixels in the trimming candidate area. A determination unit determines a trimming area from among the plurality of trimming candidate areas, based on the total value of each of the plurality of trimming candidate areas. An obtaining unit obtains an image in the trimming area.

Abstract: A device for monitoring operation of a plurality of system assets includes a storage device configured to store a model of a plurality of system assets, wherein the model includes a plurality of asset images associated with the system assets, and a plurality of component connections representative of a plurality of conduits coupled to the system assets. The device also includes a processor coupled to the storage device. The processor is configured to display the plurality of asset images and to display the plurality of component connections. The processor is also configured to select an asset image, display a status of a system asset associated with the selected asset image, and automatically display a representation of at least one of a process flow entering the system asset and a process flow exiting the system asset when the asset image is selected.

Abstract: A method for embedding an image in a video sequence for a mobile terminal. Preferably, the mobile terminal is a tablet or smartphone. The method comprises the steps of choosing an image to be embedded, reading the video sequence, displaying a frame, and determining the presence of an embedding zone in the frame. The embedding zone having been previously identified or deduced according to a predefined algorithm. The method further comprises the step of applying a deformation to the image to be embedded such that the image to be embedded coincides with the form of the embedding zone. The image combining the frame and the image to be embedded is displayed/disposed in place of the embedding zone.

Abstract: A system for continuously displaying individual images to present a visual narrative is provided. The system includes a storage module that stores multiple digital images. The images include image data that corresponds to a portion of a least one panel of narrative artwork. At least one of the images includes image data that corresponds to a transition that conforms to a visual grammar. An image processor retrieves the images from the storage module and arranges the image data of the images in an ordered configuration according to a predetermined sequence. The predetermined sequence specifies an order for the images. A display module accesses the ordered image data for display as a continuous image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic maps, and provides a position searching method and apparatus based on an electronic map. The method includes: receiving a keyword of a searching object; searching the electronic map with the keyword to obtain a current geographical position; acquiring panoramic images of a plurality of scenes that are located within a geographical area around the current geo-geographical position and of a predetermined size; calculating coordinates of the searching object in one of the panoramic images according to position-related information of each scene; generating an image from an image area of the one of the panoramic images and outputting the image, wherein the image area is centered on the coordinates and of a predetermined size. The present invention can accurately position an image associated with the searching object, and has the advantages of low cost and less amount of data.

Abstract: A method and system for framework clipping are disclosed. A user interface tree of widgets corresponding to widgets requiring clipping is traversed. For each encountered widget, layer allocation operations are performed which include selecting a current, previous, or next layer to which to allocate the widget and determining whether the selected layer can accommodate the widget, where a determination that the selected layer cannot accommodate the widget results in a bit from a stencil buffer being allocated to the selected layer. A value of the selected layer is incremented to account for the widget being allocated to the selected layer A stencil test mask is generated as a combination of value of the layers previous to a current layer. The stencil test mask is written to the stencil buffer, and the layer allocation operations are repeated for each remaining widget.

Abstract: An area selection processing apparatus for displaying a selected area and an unselected area of an image are provided. The apparatus includes a first image buffer that temporarily stores a target image currently being displayed, an image convertor that converts the target image through an image conversion method, a second image buffer that temporarily stores the target image converted through the image convertor, an area selection determining unit that determines whether an area is selected for the target image, and an area selection processor that processes the target images such that the corresponding selected area of the target image stored in the first image buffer is displayed for the selected area, and the corresponding unselected area of the converted image stored in the second image buffer is displayed for the unselected area, when the area selection determining unit determines that the specific area is selected.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for executing processes involving at least one primitive in a graphics processor, utilizing a data structure. In operation, a data structure is associated with at least one primitive. Additionally, a plurality of processes involving the at least one primitive are executed in a graphics processor, utilizing the data structure. Moreover, the plurality of processes include at least one of selecting at least one surface or portion thereof to which to render, or selecting at least one of a plurality of viewports.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an image formatting utility is embodied in code, stored and executed apart from any device that it retrieves images from, that, in response to receiving an image request from a device management tool: 1) retrieves an image from a device that is a target of the image request, the image illustrating at least a portion of the device; 2) retrieves component presence and status information for the device; 3) formats the image in response to the component presence and status information; and 4) returns the formatted image to the device management tool. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit including a screen; a detection unit configured to detect a position designated by a user on the screen; and a controller configured to display, with at least a partial range of a moving image being a display range, a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of frames belonging to the display range by annularly arranging them in time series, and shift, when an operation is judged to be made along a direction in which the plurality of images are arranged based on a result of the detection by the detection unit, the display range in the moving image.

Abstract: A method of laying out an image using image recognition is provided. The method includes operations of recognizing, from an original image, a subject part of an original image corresponding to at least a partial area of the original image, cropping the subject part, and displaying the subject part in a predetermined area.

Abstract: A method of generating a junction view is disclosed. The method includes, in at least one embodiment:—acquiring a first junction from a map database;—acquiring a second junction from the map database, wherein the first and second junction are connected by way of an intermediate road segment;—determining a characteristic of the intermediate road segment between the first and second junction from the map database; and—if the characteristic of the road segment applies to a predefined condition:—adjusting the road geometry resulting in a shorter intermediate road segment; and—generating the junction view image visualizing the first and second junction using the shorter intermediate road segment. At least one embodiment of the method provides a solution to visualize in one image two decision points which will follow each other in a short time when traveling through the two decision points, i.e. two junctions.

Abstract: A method controls display data in an electronic device, with the method including: receiving an input of a page image including at least one letter; obtaining at least one text object image by cutting an area that corresponds to the at least one letter from the page image; and displaying the at least one text object image in a selective manner in response to a user input.

Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that are capable of realizing convenient cut-out processing. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an output unit, and a generator. The storage unit associates, with a position information item in an entire image having an arbitrary resolution out of entire images generated at a plurality of different resolutions with respect to a single target object and an information item of at least the one resolution of the entire image, a mark information item being an additional information item of a user, and stores the position information item and the information item of the resolution with which the mark information item is associated, as information items of a recording position and a recording resolution. The output unit outputs at least a partial image of the entire image having the arbitrary resolution to be displayed as an output target image.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a subject detecting unit detecting a subject on a material image, a working unit performing a working process on the material image such that a region of the subject puts in the block, an image generating unit clipping a subject-including region of the material image so as to have the same form and size as the block and generating a subject-including clipped image and a replacing unit setting one clipped image which is the most similar to the block in terms of color-related characteristics as the replacement image for each block of the production target image and replacing the block by the replacement image to generate a photo-mosaic image.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for rendering clipped paths by first generating clip stencil buffer state indicating pixels that are inside of the clip path. The clip stencil buffer state may also store an opacity value for each covered pixel to generate a mask that modulates the opacity of a draw path that is clipped. Clipped draw stencil buffer state is then generated indicating pixels of the draw path that should be covered based on the clip stencil buffer state and coverage of the draw path. The clipped draw path is then filled or stroked to produce the clipped draw path. The clip and draw paths may be filled or stroked without tessellating the paths. Path rendering may be accelerated when a GPU or other processor that is configured to perform operations to generate the clip stencil buffer state and the clipped draw stencil buffer state, and to fill or stroke the clipped draw path.

Abstract: Disclosed is an intelligent display method for a multimedia mobile terminal. The method includes the steps of determining a type of a camera shot existing in a sport game video; deciding a region of interest within an image frame of the sport game video when it has been determined that the camera shot is a long-distance shot, magnifying the region of interest, and displaying the region of interest on the mobile terminal, and displaying the entire image frame on the mobile terminal when it has been determined that the video shot is a non-long-distance shot. The method enables the user to watch images in a more understandable and comfortable manner.

Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating a display device are provided. A display device has a source of an original image and a display. A user input system is adapted to generate a non-directional signal in response to a user input action. A controller is provided and is adapted to detect the non-directional signal and to successively designate a different one of a set of portions of the original image in response to each non-directional signal. The controller is further adapted to cause the display to present a portion evaluation image showing the currently designated portion of the original image and to determine and area of importance in the original image based upon the currently designated portion. At least one of the portions of the set of portions of the original image is non-central with respect to the original image.

Abstract: A remote art jurying system in which art jurors independently evaluate works of art at different locations, times and places. A central database presents information about each work of art and/or the artist to an individual juror. The database provides images of the artwork along with relevant information. Each juror can access the database independent of other jurors in terms of location, or time. The system provides enhanced voting methods. The juror can review or change their votes at any time prior to final submission. They can review all works of art, by categories of art, or by scores. The juror reviews artwork thumbnail images, which can be used to select high resolution images with extended information. Selected categories of art can be enhanced by eliminating the lowest scores to balance artwork finalists across multiple categories of art.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is connected to a projector and sends image data to the projector. The image processing apparatus includes an capturing unit that captures a display screen, a storing unit that stores image data of the captured display screen, a difference image generator that generates difference image data by clipping difference between the image data of the captured display screen and image data of a display screen captured previously, a transfer method determining unit that selects either the difference image data or the image data of the display screen as image data to be sent to the projector, and an image transfer unit that transfers the image data to the projector.