Abstract: A trajectory-based object search process includes receiving a user request specifying a geographic region of interest and/or a time period of interest. A set of video-derived object trajectories is identified based on the user request. At least one event is identified based on the set of video-derived object trajectories, by processing each video-derived object trajectory individually or by aggregating video-derived object trajectories, from the set of video-derived object trajectories, that overlap with respect to at least one feature. For each event, a preview image is selected that includes a thumbnail image and/or a video frame, based on the user request and using a ranking algorithm, and event metadata associated with the preview image is received. Also for each event, a video segment associated with that event is received, and the preview image and/or the video segment is caused to be displayed to a user associated with the user request.

Abstract: A system for managing and controlling a network of distributed service units, comprising service units, each includes sensors, each configured to detect operational parameters, and a secondary control unit configured to generate unstructured inputs containing digital signals related to the detected operational parameters, and a remote primary control unit communicatively connected to the secondary control units of the service units, wherein the remote primary control unit is configured to communicate with the secondary control units to receive the generated unstructured inputs, process the unstructured inputs by aggregating the unstructured inputs. The aggregation involves structuring the unstructured inputs to generate a structured data package. The remote primary control unit is further configured to transmit the structured data package to the secondary control units for a selective implementation of one or more operational adjustments based on the structured data package.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image selection method and an electronic device. In the method, an electronic device can detect feedback information related to a user operation. The feedback information may include an optimal image selected by a decision model and a changed optimal image. The feedback information may further include images that are deleted, browsed, added-to-favorites, or shared and operation records. The feedback information may further include a facial feature in a gallery and a proportion of images including the facial feature in the gallery. The electronic device adjusts, according to the feedback information, parameters of the decision model configured to perform image selection, to obtain an updated decision model. The electronic device can perform image selection according to the updated decision model. Through the implementation of the technical solution, a selected optimal image is more in line with user habits, thereby improving convenience.

Abstract: An imaging device including an image sensor that captures a video; and a processor configured to extract a first frame from a plurality of frames constituting the video captured by the image sensor to generate a first static image file, generate a video file constituted of a plurality of frames including the first frame from the video, and store the video file, the first static image file, and additional information indicating a position of the first frame in the video file.

Abstract: Techniques for identifying a location of a voice-controlled device within an environment. After identifying a location of the device, the device may receive a voice command from a user within the environment and may determine a response to the command based in part on the location, may determine how to output a response based in part on the location or may determine how to interact with the user based in part on the location.

Abstract: A data processing system for aggregating, tagging and distributing unstructured data as structured data in real time and methods for manufacturing and using same. A camera for capturing photographic images is deployed at a selected event and, upon capturing an image of one or more event attendees, associates the image with native metadata. The native metadata includes attendee contact information for enabling the camera to send the image to the attendee in real time. The camera likewise sends the image and native metadata to a content processing system, which separates the raw image data from the native metadata and utilizes the native metadata to identify additional derived metadata for the image. By aggregating images from multiple events and tagging the images with the native and derived metadata, the data processing system advantageously can store the unstructured images in content wrappers as structured data for facilitating later distribution.

Abstract: A user can comfortably perform an ordering operation of a print product even in a case where a bandwidth of a network is insufficient. In an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention, an instruction receiving unit receives, as inputs, an image and an instruction of image processing to be performed on the images, and a first image processing unit performs first image processing corresponding to the instruction of image processing on the image to generate a first image after the image processing based on the image and the instruction of image processing received from the instruction receiving unit via a global network.

Abstract: A multi-eye camera system includes multi-eye photographing camera heads 2 and image processing device 3 to which a plurality of the multi-eye photographing camera heads 2 are connected. Each of the multi-eye photographing camera heads 2 is provided with partial image acquiring part 24, parameter memory part 23 and image correcting part 26. Image processing device 3 is provided with input processing part 31, resizing processing part 32 and whole image memory 33.

Abstract: A method for an apparatus includes setting, as a first setting, a first item relating to a type of a detection target, setting, as a second setting, a second item relating to an AF area, executing object detection processing on an object of the type set in the first setting, executing focus detection processing based on information about the AF area set in the second setting, and storing the settings as a combination of the set first item and the set second item, wherein the stored settings are called by a user through a specific operation, and the object detection processing and the focus detection processing are executed based on the called settings.

Abstract: A display apparatus transmits a picture acquisition request for getting picture information to an external image apparatus connected through a predetermined interface to the display apparatus from the external image apparatus at predetermined intervals and gets a plurality of pieces of picture information from the external image apparatus to be displayed. The plurality of pictures may be switched at predetermined intervals, for example, to be displayed, so that the plurality of pictures may be displayed in a so-called slide show manner. A plurality of pictures for thumbnail may be produced from the plurality of pieces of picture information and be arranged together to be displayed in one picture screen of a display device.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of selecting an image having common characteristics with a previously selected image, and a recording medium storing the program are provided. In a case where an image of a child and a father captured together is included in common in a first image selected from a first image group and a second image selected from a second image group, a speech balloon 200 for notifying a user to select such an image IR1 from a target image group is displayed on a display panel 21 of a smartphone. In a case where the user selects the image IR1 of the child and the father captured together, common characteristics with a previously selected image are maintained.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The electronic apparatus includes: a display; and a processor configured to: control the display to display an image on the display, identify a screen mode of the display displaying an image among a plurality of screen modes having different aspect ratios, and provide information on content corresponding to the identified screen mode among a plurality of pieces of content.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an image sensing device, a private key generation unit, and an image encryption unit. The image sensing device includes an image generator configured to generate image data acquired by capturing as image, and a physical unclonable function (PUF) generator configured to generate physical unclonable function (PUF) data including information about at least one fixed pattern noise (FPN) data value and at least one random telegraph noise (RTN) data value. The private key (KEY) generation unit generates a private key based on the at least one FPN data value and the at least one RTN data value that are acquired from the PUF data. The image encryption unit encrypts the image data using the private key. A first transistor included in the PUF generator exhibits different properties from a second transistor that is included in the image generator and corresponds to the first transistor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an imaging method, and a program that make it possible to implement an appropriate auto white balance (AWB) lock desired by a user. As a shutter button setting for applying the AWB lock, any one of Shutter Halfway Down, Continuous Shooting, or Off can be select and set. Furthermore, a setting is configured in which an AWBL button is assigned to a custom button so that the AEB lock can be applied by either a hold operation or a toggle operation. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging device.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus, comprising: a signal processing unit reads pixel signals from a plurality of pixel circuits during a predetermined time, and stores at least first image data corresponding to a first frame which corresponds to a first exposure time, second image data corresponding to a second frame which corresponds to a second exposure time that is different from the first exposure time, and third image data corresponding to a third frame which corresponds to a third exposure time that is different from the second exposure time, a computing unit generates a first image using the image data corresponding to the first frame and third frame, and generates a second image using the image data corresponding to the second frame, wherein the exposure for the second frame is performed between the exposure for the first frame and the exposure for the third frame.

Abstract: An electronic device, computer program product, and method enable selection and presentation of media content associated with a person identified in a monitored space. The electronic device includes a device interface that is communicatively coupled to a media output device that presents media content in the monitored area. A controller of the electronic device is communicatively coupled to sensor(s) and the media output device. The controller presents a default selection of media content on the media output device. The controller monitors the sensor(s) to detect a presence of a person within or approaching the monitored area. The controller identifies the person. The controller selects, from among a plurality of available media content, media content that is associated with the identified person. The controller presents the selected media content on the media output device.

Abstract: An imaging device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an imaging section that captures a video, a static image file generation section that extracts a first frame from a plurality of frames constituting the video and generates a static image file, a video file generation section that divides the video in accordance with the generation of the static image file to generate a plurality of video files, and a storage section that stores the static image file in association with a first video file that includes the first frame among the plurality of video files.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including: a signal processing unit configured to cause a series of picture data being continuously acquired to be temporarily stored in a buffer memory area in a signal processing process, read out the series of picture data from the buffer memory area, and perform a subsequent signal processing; and a control unit configured to perform control for deleting at least a part of the picture data stored in the buffer memory area, on a basis of detecting a predetermined operation while the signal processing is being performed on the series of picture data by the signal processing unit.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a printer includes a printer unit configured to print images on paper, a connector connectable to a detachable storage medium, and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire time information from the storage medium when the storage medium is connected to connector, and then store output information in the storage medium. The output information includes device information related to a print function of the printer unit and the acquired timing information in association with each other. The printer may lack an internal clock yet still output information associated with time information.

Abstract: A data processing system for aggregating, tagging and distributing unstructured data as structured data in real time and methods for manufacturing and using same. A camera for capturing photographic images is deployed at a selected event and, upon capturing an image of one or more event attendees, associates the image with native metadata. The native metadata includes attendee contact information for enabling the camera to send the image to the attendee in real time. The camera likewise sends the image and native metadata to a content processing system, which separates the raw image data from the native metadata and utilizes the native metadata to identify additional derived metadata for the image. By aggregating images from multiple events and tagging the images with the native and derived metadata, the data processing system advantageously can store the unstructured images in content wrappers as structured data for facilitating later distribution.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a body, a camera module, at least one sensor, and a processor. The camera module is rotatably disposed on the body. The sensor is disposed in the electronic device for generating an environmental sensing signal. The processor is electrically connected to the camera module and the sensor. The processor loads and executes an application to perform: generating a display image; controlling the camera module to capture a face image and combining the face image and the display image into a live stream image when a show face function of the application is activated; and when the electronic device is in the live stream mode and the processor determines that an environment dynamic change occurs according to the environmental sensing signal, the processor transmits a notification signal to the application to notify the application to close the show face function.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of selecting whether to carry out a subject detecting process while achieving a balance, thus preventing execution thereof from increasing shutter release time lag and excessively decreasing continuous shooting speed. Based on conditions as to shooting, whether or not to carry out a detecting process for detecting an area of a subject from an image generated by a sensor is selected for each of a first image generated based on a signal from the sensor when no flash is fired, and a second image generated based on a signal from the sensor when a pre-flash is fired. The amount of main flash output is computed based on luminance information on the area of the subject from at least one of the first and second images for which it has been determined that the detecting process is to be carried out.

Abstract: Systems and methods for ossification center detection (OCD) and bone age assessment (BAA) may be provided. The method may include obtaining a bone age image of a subject. The method may include generating a normalized bone age image by preprocessing the bone age image. The method may include determining, based on the normalized bone age image, positions of a plurality of ossification centers using an ossification center localization (OCL) model. The method may include estimating, based on the normalized bone age image and information related to the positions of the plurality of ossification centers, a bone age of the subject using a bone age assessment (BAA) model.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.

Abstract: Systems and methods for full motion video search are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving one or more search terms. The search terms include one or more of a characterization of the amount of man-made features in a video image and a characterization of the amount of natural features in the video image. The method further includes searching a full motion video database based on the one or more search terms.

Abstract: A wireless transmitter adapter (206) can provide wireless data transmission capability to a battery-operated biosensor meter (100), such as a blood glucose meter, originally configured for hardwired data downloads. In some embodiments, the wireless transmitter adapter (206) can be configured to replace a bio-sensor meter's battery cover (106). The wireless transmitter adapter (206) can include wireless transmitter circuitry (700), a connector (218) configured to be received in a biosensor meter's communications port (112) to electrically couple to the meter's processor circuitry (107), and one or more electrical contacts (625a, 625b) configured to electrically couple to the biosensor meter's one or more batteries (102a, 102b) to power the wireless transmitter circuitry (700).

Abstract: Provided is an image reading system that can disperse and improve the image quality of a document. The document reading unit reads a document page by page and outputs it as image data. The area classification unit classifies the read image data into area data for each content. The blockchain creation unit creates a block in which identification information is added to the classified area data, and sequentially calculates and includes the previous hash value of the previous block, thereby creating the blockchain of the document. The image processing unit in information processing apparatus processes or deletes the area data for each received block. The block acquisition unit acquires a block processed by the information processing apparatus. The document output unit collectively reconstructs the block that is acquired into document data and outputs the document data.

Abstract: One or more implementations shown in the present specification provide an information display method. An image capturing direction of an end-user device is determined. When the end-user device captures a first image, a geographic location of the end-user device is determined. Based on the geographic location and the image capturing direction of the end-user device and a geographic location of at least one point of interest (POI), a first POI that the end-user device points to when capturing the first image is determined. Using the geographic location of the end-user device as an origin of a coordinate system, a space model is established. Based on the space model, coordinates of a virtual camera is determined. Labeled data corresponding to the first POI are rendered onto the first image by using a second image simulated by the virtual camera.

Abstract: A hobby determining unit counts the number of times of appearances of tag information by using the number of imaging days of the images, for each kind of the tag information, and determines that a first user has a hobby related to the tag information for which a ratio of the number of times of appearances of the tag information to the total number of times of appearances of all kinds of the tag information items is equal to or greater than a threshold value, or counts the number of times of appearances of the tag information by using the number of the images, and determines that a first user has a hobby related to the tag information for which the number of times of appearances of the tag information is equal to or greater than the threshold value.

Abstract: Disclosed is a magnification device with multiple orientations. This allows a blind or low vision user to select the best orientation for the task being performed. The device includes both opened and closed orientations. It is further configurable into document reading, near object inspection, far object inspection, and self-inspection modes. The camera of the device can be manipulated by the user depending upon which of these orientations is selected. Furthermore, the camera automatically adjusts itself into one of two pre-set configurations whenever the device is opened or closed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that generates a file in a prescribed image file format is provided. The information processing apparatus accepts a designation of a storage condition to be satisfied by image data to be stored in the prescribed image file format, obtains image data, and generates the file such that one or more image data included in the obtained image data and satisfying the storage condition are stored in one of the prescribed image file format and such that image data included in the obtained image data and not satisfying the storage condition is not stored in the one of the prescribed image file format.

Abstract: Metadata for one or more highlights of a video stream may be extracted from one or more card images embedded in the video stream. The highlights may be segments of the video stream, such as a broadcast of a sporting event, that are of particular interest. According to one method, video frames of the video stream are stored. One or more information cards embedded in a decoded video frame may be detected by analyzing one or more predetermined video frame regions. Image segmentation, edge detection, and/or closed contour identification may then be performed on identified video frame region(s). Further processing may include obtaining a minimum rectangular perimeter area enclosing all remaining segments, which may then be further processed to determine precise boundaries of information card(s). The card image(s) may be analyzed to obtain metadata, which may be stored in association with at least one of the video frames.

Abstract: One or more embodiments of a content system provide machine-learned storage location recommendations for storing content items. Specifically, an online content management system can train a machine-learning model to identify a storage pattern from previously stored content items in a plurality of storage locations corresponding to a user account of a user. Training the machine-learning model includes training a plurality of classifiers for the plurality of storage locations. The online content management system uses the classifiers to determine whether a content item is similar to the content items in any of the storage locations, and based on the output of the classifiers, provides graphical elements indicating recommended storage locations within a graphical user interface. The user can select a graphical element to move the content item to the corresponding storage location.

Abstract: In a case where a number of pieces of image data stored in a local storage of a communication apparatus reaches a number of pieces of image data for creating a photo album, the communication apparatus creates the photo album using the image data stored in the local storage without using image data stored in an external storage.

Abstract: A scene is assigned to each page image, and an image included in the assigned scene is pasted on each page image. A page image addition instruction region is displayed between adjacent page images. In a case where the page image addition instruction region is clicked, a new page image is displayed between two page images between which the clicked page image addition instruction region is interposed. An image included in a scene assigned to a first page image of the two page images or a scene assigned to a second page image of the two page images is pasted on the new page image.

Abstract: An image sensor includes an image information processing unit that forms integrated information in which image sensor identification information capable of identifying the image sensor and image information obtained by an analog/digital conversion unit are associated with each other, and an image information output unit that outputs the integrated information to an external unit.

Abstract: There is provided a system comprising a label database including a plurality of label, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, and a hardware processor executing the executable code to receive a media content including a plurality of segments, each segment including a plurality of frames, extract a first plurality of features from a segment, extract a second plurality of features from each frame of the segment, determine an attention weight for each frame of the segment based on the first plurality of features extracted from the segment and the second plurality of features extracted from the segment, and determine that the segment depicts one of the plurality of labels in a label database based on the first plurality of features, the second plurality of features, and the attention weight of each frame of the plurality of frames of the segment.

Abstract: This application provides a media data processing method and apparatus. A media processing device receives a media stream. The media stream includes media data recorded at a plurality of viewpoints. The device obtains metadata information of the media stream. The metadata information includes viewpoint identification information of the viewpoints. The device displays media data of a first viewpoint based on the viewpoint identification information. The device also displays indications of other viewpoints when displaying the media data of the first viewpoint, so that a user of the device can switch to display media data of other viewpoints.

Abstract: Selecting and displaying a profile photo may include determining viewer characteristics of a viewer who is triggering an action to open an image file that shows a photo image. A context associated with viewing of the profile photo and photo image characteristics of a plurality of photos may be determined. Based on the viewer characteristics, the photo image characteristics and the context associated with viewing of the profile photo, a photo from the plurality of photos may be selected. Responsive to determining that the selected photo is to be transformed, a transformed version of the photo image may be generated and displayed.

Abstract: A media system generally includes a memory device that stores an event datastore that stores a plurality of event records, each event record corresponding to a respective event and event metadata describing at least one feature of the event. The media system (a) receives a request to generate an aggregated clip comprised of one or more media segments, where each media segment depicts a respective event; (b) for each event record from at least a subset of the plurality of event records, determines an interest level of the event corresponding to the event record; (c) determines one or more events to depict in the aggregated clip based on the respective interest levels of the one or more events; (d) generates the aggregated clip based on the respective media segments that depict the one or more events; and (e) transmits the aggregated clip to a user device.

Abstract: This application provides a media data processing method and apparatus. A media processing device receives a media stream. The media stream includes media data recorded at a plurality of viewpoints. The device obtains metadata information of the media stream. The metadata information includes viewpoint identification information of the viewpoints. The device displays media data of a first viewpoint based on the viewpoint identification information. The device also displays indications of other viewpoints when displaying the media data of the first viewpoint, so that a user of the device can switch to display media data of other viewpoints.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a plurality of images, extract deep features with respect to the plurality of images using a feature extraction model, classify the plurality of images into certain groups using the extracted deep features and a classification model, display a result of the classification on the display, determine whether the feature extraction model and/or the classification model need to be updated using the result of the classification, and train and update at least one of the feature extraction model and the classification model based on a result of the determination. The electronic apparatus may estimate a deep feature of an image using a rule-based or artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm. When the deep feature of the image is estimated using the AI algorithm, the electronic apparatus may use a machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm, or the like.

Abstract: A method is provided for displaying a page. The method includes extracting, from a to-be-displayed page, page parameter information of the to-be-displayed page. The page parameter information includes at least one of a uniform resource locator (URL) of the to-be-displayed page, a type of page content, and a page domain name. The method also includes determining, according to the page parameter information of the to-be-displayed page, a display mode to display the to-be-displayed page; and displaying the to-be-displayed page according to the determined display mode.

Abstract: A system provides access to previously unassociated cameras that are concurrently at different specific locations at a single event, sending the real-time video and audio stream of said cameras to a central processing entity, transcoding and serving the real-time content to consumers in a way that associates the content as different camera angles of the same event, along with additional data from each camera owner such as twitter feeds. Also disclosed is a system for providing a user, via a client device, the ability to choose a desired feed for viewing the event and the ability to change the selected feed based a number of user-selected criteria.

Abstract: Disclosed is a robot cleaner. The A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner main body defining an external appearance of the robot cleaner, a suction unit provided in the cleaner main body for suctioning air containing dust, a dust separation unit for separating the dust from the air suctioned through the suction unit, a fan unit connected to the dust separation unit for providing suction force to the suction unit, and a housing having an air flow path for guiding the air discharged from the fan unit, wherein the housing accommodates a battery for supplying electricity to the fan unit, and wherein the air passing through the air flow path exchanges heat with the battery.

Abstract: A system and method for directing queries to the most suitable potential responders of an audience selected from a crowd-sourced population from which to request information, based on information such as query content, query context, timing, location, preferred supporting resource(s), and source of the query.

Abstract: An approach is provided for compressing video frames captured by a camera. Clusters of the video frames are determined, where the clusters have correlations to respective sets of values of meta data associated with the video frames. The meta data includes a location, focal length, and direction of the camera, and a time of day during a capture of the video frames by the camera. Based on multiple video frames within each of the clusters being compared with each other but not being compared with a video frame in another cluster, base and delta frames are determined and stored for each of the clusters. An amount of storage required for the base and delta frames is based in part on each of the correlations to the respective sets of values of the meta data.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory, a camera module, and a processor electrically connected to the memory and the camera module. The processor is configured to determine a first exposure value based on a brightness of an external object, sequentially capture a plurality of images using a first exposure value, a second exposure value having an exposure value less than the first exposure value, the first exposure value, and a third exposure value having an exposure value greater than the first exposure value, when a specified condition is satisfied, select a set of continuous images from the plurality of images, and generate a composite image using the set of continuous images.

Abstract: The embodiments provide an application diagnostics apparatus including an instrumentation engine configured to monitor one or more methods of a call chain of the application in response to a server request according to an instrumentation file specifying which methods are monitored and which methods are associated with a code extension, an extension determining unit configured to determine that at least one monitored method is associated with the code extension based on code extension identification information, a class loading unit configured to load the code extension from a resource file when the at least one monitored method associated with the code extension is called within the call chain, a code extension execution unit configured to execute one or more data collection processes, and a report generator configured to generate at least one report for display based on collected parameters.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.