Abstract: High dynamic range (HDR) support is provided for legacy application programs, such as games that are configured to display standard dynamic range (SDR) frames. HDR frames may be synthesized without modifying the legacy application program. The buffer creation process of the legacy application program is intercepted and modified before creation of the SDR format buffer so that the buffer is configured to use an HDR format. A location of an intermediate buffer storing HDR rendered data is determined by intercepting and analyzing graphics driver calls in a command stream produced by the legacy application program. The HDR rendered data is combined with user interface content extracted from the SDR frames. Additionally, any post processing effects used by the legacy application program to produce the SDR frames may be predicted and applied to the HDR rendered data to synthesize the HDR frames for display on a modern HDR display device.

Abstract: Encoding can involve correcting chroma components representing the chroma of an input image according to a first component representing a mapping of the luminance component of said input image used for reducing or increasing the dynamic range of said luminance component, and a reconstructed component representing an inverse mapping of said first component. At least one correction factor according to said at least one scaled chroma components can also be obtained and transmitted. Decoding can involve scaled chroma components being obtained by multiplying chroma components of an image by at least one corrected chroma correction function depending on said at least one correction factor. Components of a reconstructed image can then be derived as a function of said scaled chroma components and a corrected matrix that depends on an inverse of a theoretical color space matrix conversion and said at least one correction factor.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display and a processor configured to obtain a low-frequency variation amount based on low-frequency information corresponding to a first frame and low-frequency information corresponding to a second frame, obtain a high-frequency variation amount based on high-frequency information corresponding to the first frame and high-frequency information corresponding to the second frame, obtain a weight based on a difference between the low-frequency variation amount and the high-frequency variation amount, apply the weight to a high-frequency frame corresponding to the second frame, obtain an output frame corresponding to the second frame, based on the second frame and a high-frequency frame to which the weight is applied, and control the display to display the obtained output frame.

Abstract: A static identification area detecting method and module, chip, electronic device and medium, which can improve the accuracy of static identification area detection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a motion content based dynamic frame rate conversion method for displaying a video by a display device, comprising: detecting motion content of the video and generating a control signal for controlling a display color depth based on the motion detection result. The video is displayed with a lower color depth at a higher frame rate than a standard configuration of the display device if the motion detection result indicates that the video contains appreciable amount of motion content; and the video is displayed with a higher color depth at a lower frame rate than the standard configuration of the display device if the motion detection result indicates that the video is relatively static. The present invention can facilitate the display device to dynamically convert its display output formats according to motion content of the video to further optimize the display quality.

Abstract: A reception device is provided. The reception device includes a high definition multimedia interface configured to receive first video data of a first high dynamic range video and first characteristic information for an electro-optical conversion of the first video data, the first characteristic information including a first value for the electro-optical conversion of the first video data when a first high dynamic range curve is to be indicated and a second value for the electro-optical conversion of the first video data when a second high dynamic range curve is to be indicated. The reception device includes reception circuitry configured to receive second video data of a second high dynamic range video and second characteristic information for electro-optical conversion of the second video data. The reception device further includes a video decoder, electro-optical conversion circuitry, and a display.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for auto-configuring a region of interest (ROI) associated with a camera. In one implementation, a method comprises receiving image frames from a camera installed in the environment, wherein the ROI is located within the view of the image frames. The method includes tracking a plurality of persons in the image frames and determining a respective trajectory of movement for each person of the plurality of persons. The method further includes comparing each of the respective trajectories to one another and identifying, based on the comparing, a common trajectory shared by more than one person of the plurality of persons, wherein the common trajectory is not fully encompassed in the ROI. The method additionally includes updating the ROI to encompass the common trajectory, and includes configuring the updated ROI to be associated with new image frames from the camera.

Abstract: An image processing device including a memory; and at least one image signal processor configured to: generate, using a first neural network, a feature value indicating whether to correct a global pixel value sensed during a unit frame interval, and generate a feature signal including the feature value; generate an image signal by merging the global pixel value with the feature signal; split a pixel value included in the image signal into a first sub-pixel value and a second sub-pixel value, split a frame feature signal included in the image signal into a first sub-feature value corresponding to the first sub-pixel value and a second sub-feature value corresponding to the second sub-pixel value, and generate a first sub-image signal including the first sub-pixel value and the first sub-feature value, and a second sub-image signal including the second sub-pixel value and the second sub-feature value; and sequentially correct the first sub-image signal and the second sub-image signal using a second neural netwo

Abstract: Training a classifier using embeddings and building a latent space is disclosed. The embeddings may be based on weights in a trained machine learning model. Also, operation of the classifier to process video segments in real-time using the using the weights and the latent space is disclosed. The embeddings and the latent space allow the classification to be performed at an overall reduced dimensionality. The latent space is designed to efficiently scale with an increasing number of queries to permit fast search through the space. Embodiments permit real-time operation on video with dynamic features. The classifier reduces the bandwidth demand of video camera-equipped devices at a network edge by setting aside, accurately, non-informative video sequences rather than uploading video too many things over the network. Applications include security cameras, robots and augmented reality glasses.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to the restoration of degraded images acquired via a behind-display camera. One example provides a method of training a machine learning model, the method comprising inputting training image pairs into the machine learning model, each training image pair comprising an undegraded image and a degraded image that represents an appearance of the undegraded image to a behind-display camera, and training the machine learning model using the training image pairs to generate frequency information that is missing from the degraded images.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises a first computer obtaining access to a digitally stored video program and causing playing the video program in a player window of a second computer, wherein the player window includes a linear graphical timeline representing the video program; the first computer receiving from the second computer location input data specifying a point in the video program and determining a time value of the point in the video program; receiving comment type input data indicating a particular comment type among a plurality of available comment types; receiving comment input data; creating and storing, in electronic digital storage coupled to the first computer, a record that associates an identifier of the video program, the time value, the comment type input data, and the comment input data; causing displaying, in the timeline at a position that is proportional to the point, a marker having a particular distinctive appearance from among a plurality of distinctive appearance

Abstract: An apparatus to measure the time constant of microbolometer-type uncooled thermal imaging camera pixels on a per-pixel basis has been developed. The apparatus utilizes a longwave infrared laser and acousto-optic modulator as a periodic light source to excite the pixels of the camera's focal plane array. The image frames captured by the camera during excitation are then processed and the data fit using the algorithms developed to find the time constant for each pixel in the array.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor calculates a characteristic amount from each frame images of a moving image. The characteristic amount indicates change in a subject. The moving image is obtained by radiographing a dynamic state of the subject. The hardware processor extracts a frame image having the characteristic amount satisfying a predetermined condition, processes the extracted frame image by applying an image processing parameter to the extracted frame image prior to a remaining frame image, and causes a display to display the processed frame image.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for rewinding media content based on detected audio events are provided. In some embodiments, a method for providing media guidance is provided, the method comprising: causing media content to be presented; receiving, using an audio input device, audio data that includes ambient sounds in an environment in which the media content is being presented; receiving a user command to rewind the media content; detecting that a portion of the audio data corresponds to an audio event that occurred during the presentation of the media content in response to receiving the user command to rewind the media content; determining a playback position in the media content based on the audio event; and causing the media content to be presented from the determined playback position.

Abstract: A video display apparatus includes: an inputter that receives an input of divided video signals representing divided images obtained by dividing an output image and acquires signal information for each of the divided video signals; a video signal processor that applies processing to the divided video signals and generates an output video signal representing an image obtained by combining the divided images; a controller that acquires the signal information from the inputter and supplies a control signal relating to the processing to the video signal processor; and a display that displays the image represented by the output video signal, and the number of kinds of signal information acquired by the controller with respect to some divided video signals among the divided video signals is greater than the number of kinds of signal information acquired by the controller with respect to the other divided video signals.

Abstract: A method of tracking an object includes performing a hybrid search over a sequence of frames. The hybrid search includes periodically performing a global search on selected frames of the sequence of frames and performing a local search on frames between the selected frames of the global search. The method also includes updating a similarity function based on a result of the hybrid search. The method further includes tracking the object based on the hybrid search.

Abstract: Image processing in accordance with the shape of a display device is performed at high speed with low power consumption, without the use of a large frame memory or a high-throughput GPU. Used is a data conversion circuit including: a latch circuit that takes in data from input data in synchronization with a writing clock signal and stores the data as writing data; a memory circuit that stores the writing data and outputs the writing data to an external circuit as readout data in synchronization with a readout clock signal; and a clock selection control circuit. The writing clock signal is one of a plurality of clock signals with different frequencies and is output in accordance with control by the clock selection control circuit.

Abstract: A device for determining a received signal as minimum values of a set of values, the device comprising a processor configured to: load a first set of values in a register; identify a maximum value of the first set of values and a minimum value of the first set of values; in the register, replace the maximum value by a value of a second set of values and simultaneously replace the minimum value by a new value, calculated based on the minimum value, to receive an updated first set of values; and repeat previous steps until all values of the updated first set of values are replaced by values of the second set of values.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for analyzing an imprint configured on a surface of an object at a source location and verifying at a destination location to determine the object's authenticity. The method includes capturing at least one image at a source location and examining and analyzing the captured image. The analysis is performed by dividing the captured image into multiple layers. For each layer area, size, threshold points, distance between threshold points and angle of lines are determined and then stored in the first database. Afterwards this data is encrypted by a source user and uploaded to a blockchain. When the object reaches the destination location the destination user performs the same operation of capturing, examining and analyzing by dividing the captured image into multiple layers in the same fashion as performed by the source user and then stored in a second database.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for rewinding media content based on detected audio events are provided. In some embodiments, a method for providing media guidance is provided, the method comprising: causing media content to be presented; receiving, using an audio input device, audio data that includes ambient sounds in an environment in which the media content is being presented; receiving a user command to rewind the media content; detecting that a portion of the audio data corresponds to an audio event that occurred during the presentation of the media content in response to receiving the user command to rewind the media content; determining a playback position in the media content based on the audio event; and causing the media content to be presented from the determpined playback position.

Abstract: Image signal processing may include flare reduction, which may include obtaining a first input frame captured by a first image capture device of an image capture apparatus, the first image capture device having a first field-of-view, and the first input frame including lens flare corresponding to a primary light source; obtaining a second input frame captured by a second image capture device of the image capture apparatus, the second image capture device having a second field-of-view partially overlapping the first field-of-view; obtaining primary light source information corresponding to the primary light source based on the first input frame and the second input frame; obtaining a processed frame by modifying the first input frame based on the primary light source information to minimize the lens flare; and outputting the processed frame.

Abstract: A system for monitoring damage progression in a composite structure includes a load sensor, acoustic emission sensors, a camera, and a monitoring device. The load sensor measures an applied load to the structure. The sensors measure acoustic emission data indicative of possible damage to the structure. The camera captures image data of the structure in a designated portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The monitoring device executes a method by which the acoustic emission data is synchronously collected with the image data and the applied load. The device automatically maps the acoustic emission data onto the image data to detect an area of damage progression in the composite structure. A failure event in the detected area of damage progression may be predicted using the mapped data, and a control action may be executed in response to the predicted failure event.

Abstract: A security camera system for safeguarding a designated area includes at least one camera for encoding and transmitting streaming video of the designated area, and a video receiver for receiving, decoding and analyzing the streaming video for relevant motion, such as movement indicative of the presence of a person. Upon detecting a motion event, the video receiver triggers an alert condition, which results in storing each video steam into memory. Each camera is provided with a PIR detector circuit for measuring infrared radiation within the designated area, the video steam and IR data being transmitted to the receiver via analog communication means to reduce implementation costs. To minimize the risk of false trigger events, the receiver monitors both pixel changes in the streaming video signals as well as measured IR radiation levels within the designated area that fall within the traditional thermal energy range of human body heat.

Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for processing one or more images. In one example, a method of processing a plurality of images comprises: obtaining a first image captured using a first aperture setting; obtaining a second image captured using a second aperture setting, the first aperture setting being associated with a smaller aperture size than an aperture size associated with the second aperture setting; detecting pixels of the first image having lens flare; and generating an output image by combining the first image and the second image, the first image and the second image being combined by replacing the pixels of the first image having the lens flare with corresponding pixels of the second image.

Abstract: A display device and a video communication terminal are provided. The display device includes a transparent display panel configured to display an image, a camera, configured to acquire an image of an object in front of the transparent display panel. According to the display device, the camera shooting component acquires the image of the local user at the front side of the transparent display panel through the transparent display panel. When the users are making a video call, the camera shooting component can acquire a front image of the local user's face through the transparent display panel.

Abstract: A server node arrangement includes a plurality of server nodes. The server node arrangement is coupled via communication network to a plurality of sources of input data, and to one or more output devices. The server node arrangement receives data content from the plurality of sources of input data, and processes the data content to supply to at least a subset of the output devices. The server node arrangement hosts one or more processes which process the data content into a form which is compatible to a native data rendering format of the subset of the output devices. The at least a subset of the output devices are operable to render the data content simultaneously. The server node arrangement provides a system which communicates content data in a more computationally efficient manner, which is capable of saving energy utilization.

Abstract: A game system in which virtual representations of real-world, physical objects may be designed or modified by game players within a virtual game universe. Real-world physical interactions of the virtual objects may be simulated by a game engine during game play within the game universe. Performance data may be collected for the virtual objects that simulates real-world performance data for corresponding physical objects. The performance data for the virtual objects may, for example, be used in evaluating performance of modifications to a physical object, or for comparing performance of two or more physical objects. Production or manufacturing decisions for respective physical objects may be made at least in part based on the performance data collected for the virtual representations of the objects.

Abstract: A system for nondestructive evaluation of a test object includes a platform, an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) to create acoustic vibrations that travel along the test object; an infrared detector positioned to record thermal images of a plurality of test areas on the test object to detect flaws in the test object as the platform and the test object move relative to each other; and a control connected to actuate the EMAT and the infrared detector, synchronize the creation of vibrations with the recording of thermal images, receive a signal from the infrared detector indicative of the thermal image of the surface of the test object, and record locations of the flaws appearing on the thermal images of the test areas, all as the platform and the test object move relative to each other.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage device, a generating circuit, and an initialization circuit. The storage device stores control device configuration information in relation to resolution information of a control device. The control device configuration information is included in list information that is a list of information on the control device. The generating circuit generates dummy list information that is a dummy of the list information using the control device configuration information. The initialization circuit initializes the control device based on the dummy list information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for rewinding media content based on detected audio events are provided. In some embodiments, a method for providing media guidance is provided, the method comprising: causing media content to be presented; receiving, using an audio input device, audio data that includes ambient sounds in an environment in which the media content is being presented; receiving a user command to rewind the media content; detecting that a portion of the audio data corresponds to an audio event that occurred during the presentation of the media content in response to receiving the user command to rewind the media content; determining a playback position in the media content based on the audio event; and causing the media content to be presented from the determined playback position.

Abstract: The invention provides devices and methods that process images. The invention processes a received signal representing information of texture and information of an image, which has the texture removed from at least one region. The image information is encoded to obtain encoded information of the image. An output signal is generated representing the texture information and the encoded image information. In another embodiment, the invention synthesizes texture based on the received texture information, decodes received image information, which is encoded, to obtain a decoded image, and then maps the synthesized texture onto the decoded image.

Abstract: A content reproducing method and system for performing seamless playback of contents between devices is provided. The contents reproducing system includes a portable device which, when a short distance communication with a remote control which is configured to control an electronic device occurs during reproducing of contents, generates data required by the electronic device for reproducing the contents that are being reproduced, and which transmits the generated data to the remote control; the remote control which receives the data from the portable device and which transmits the received data to the electronic device, in conjunction with the occurrence of the short distance communication with the portable device; and the electronic device for receiving the contents from a contents provider and reproducing the contents.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for assisting a user for capturing an image. In an embodiment, an image is focused by a user of an image capturing device. The image capturing device extracts one or more features from the image being focused. The extracted features are classified into significant features and background features. The image capturing device also extracts one or more line segments in the image. Upon extracting the features and the line segments, the image capturing device determines relation between the features and the line segments. The image capturing device provides assistance to the user for capturing the image based on the relation.

Abstract: An apparatus for implementing a game having a deterministic component and a non-deterministic component wherein a player uses the game through at least one player interface unit. Each player interface unit generates a player record indicating player-initiated events. A random number generator provides a series of pseudo-random numbers and a rules library stores indexed rules for one or more games. An interface registry stores mapping records where the mapping records are used to associate the player-initiated events to pre-selected rules in the rules library. A control means is coupled to the player interface to receive the output of the player interface unit, coupled to the interface registry, the rules library, and the random number generator.

Abstract: An audio output apparatus a display configured to display an output image; a speaker configured to output audio; and a processor configured to control the speaker to output music content as the audio, determine, based on meta data and external environment information, an image category corresponding to the music content among presorted image categories, determine at least one image corresponding to the determined image category as a background image, and control the display to display the determined at least one image as the output image.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate having a first width in a first direction and a second width in a second direction, the second width being perpendicular to and smaller than the first width, and pixel regions on the substrate, each of the pixel regions including a first light emitting portion, a second light emitting portion, a third light emitting portion, and a transmission portion arranged along the second direction, each of the first to third light emitting portions extending in the first direction.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a first filter that filters the image signal to output a first image signal, a second filter that converts the image signal corresponding to a predetermined pixel to a second image signal based on image signals corresponding to a plurality of peripheral pixels adjacent to the predetermined pixel, a third filter that filters the second image signal from the second filter to output a third image signal, a fourth filter that filters the third image signal from the third filter to output a fourth image signal, and an image synthesizer that synthesizes the first image signal from the first filter and the fourth image signal from the fourth filter.

Abstract: A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item.

Abstract: An image recording system including a component capable of displaying and processing of images such as a central processing unit (CPU)/digital signal processor (DSP) that may be installed in a network video recorder (NVR) so that the image recording system may be used to implement a video summary/video synopsis technology in an embedded NVR/digital video recorder (DVR)/set-top box (SETTOP) system having a Host CPU and a plurality of DSP cores.

Abstract: Various arrangements are present for targeting content in a television distribution system. A multiregional television channel may be transmitted to television receivers. A plurality of regional television channels may also be transmitted. Each regional television channel of the plurality of regional television channels may be broadcast to geographically smaller regions than the multiregional television channel. Content among the regional television channels may vary. Data may be transmitted to the television receivers that causes the television receivers to output for presentation as a single television channel: content from the multiregional television channel and content from a regional television channel corresponding to the television receiver's location.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a controlling method thereof, the method comprising selecting, while the terminal apparatus is in an active mode, at least one channel from among a plurality of channels, receiving a broadcast signal corresponding to the selected channel, and outputting the received broadcast signal; storing, in a memory of the terminal apparatus, replay information related to the selected channel, and, in response to a power off command, converting the terminal apparatus from the active mode to a waiting mode; and in response to a power on command to convert the terminal apparatus from the waiting mode to the active mode, receiving a broadcast signal through the selected channel based on the replay information stored in the memory, wherein, in the waiting mode, power is supplied to the memory.

Abstract: A handheld imaging device includes an image sensor for sensing an image: a Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processor for processing the sensed image; a plurality of processing units provided in the VLIW processor, the plurality of processing units connected in parallel by a crossbar switch to form a multi-core processing unit for the VLIW processor; and an image sensor interface for receiving signals from the image sensor and converting the signals to a format readable by the VLIW processor, the image sensor interface sharing a wafer substrate with the VLIW processor. A transfer of data from the image sensor interface to the VLIW processor is conducted entirely on the shared wafer substrate.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of image processing module parts, a module arbiter part, and a DMAC (Direct Memory Access Controller) part. Each of the image processing module parts includes a module core for executing a predetermined image processing. The plurality of image processing module parts is connected to the module arbiter part. The module arbiter part arbitrates memory access which is given by the plurality of image processing module parts through a bus. The DMAC part is connected between the module arbiter part and the bus, and executes memory access related to the arbitration result obtained by the module arbiter part.

Abstract: A device and method for encoding bits to symbols for a communication system are described. In one embodiment, a method for encoding bits to symbols for a communication system includes receiving a set of N-bit data to be transmitted, where N is an integer, generating side scrambling values using a polynomial, scrambling the set of N-bit data using the side scrambling values to produce scrambled data, mapping the scrambled data to a particular set of M symbols from a plurality of sets of M symbols, where M is an integer and M is smaller than N, and outputting the particular set of M symbols for transmission over a transmission medium. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided with an oscillator including: a clock circuit, a power supply current source and an oscillating circuit wherein the clock circuit generates a clock signal, the power supply current source generates a power supply current according to the clock signal, and the oscillating circuit generates an oscillation signal of a higher frequency than a frequency of the clock signal based on the power supply current and a received signal from an input terminal, the received signal having amplitude of a predetermined level or more.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device capable of performing appropriate noise removal or reduction on input images of various resolution. The image processing device includes a contour direction estimating unit (21) that estimates a contour direction in which a signal value is a constant value for each pixel, a low pass filter unit (20a) that smoothes the signal value of the pixel based on the signal value of each reference pixel serving as a pixel of a reference region according to the pixel and arranged in the contour direction of the pixel estimated by the contour direction estimating unit for each pixel, and a parameter deciding unit (20b) that decides intensity of smoothing by the low pass filter unit according to an enlargement factor obtained based on a ratio of resolution of an input image signal and resolution of an output image signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for intelligently displaying a sports game video for a multimedia mobile terminal, the method including the steps of: determining if a camera shot existing in the sports game video is a long-shot; when the camera shot is determined as a long-shot, determining a ROI within an image frame of the sports game video; and when the camera shot is determined as a non-long-shot, displaying the image frame on the mobile terminal, and, when the camera shot is determined as a long-shot, enlarging and displaying the ROI on the mobile terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for mosaicking a plurality of images captured in a low-light condition are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an image capturing module, a flash module, a computer-readable medium and a processor. The processor executes a plurality of instructions stored on the computer-readable medium. The operations include determining a spacing between each one of the plurality of images, capturing the plurality of images in accordance with the spacing, aligning the plurality of images that are captured and mosaicking the plurality of images that are aligned into a single image by, for each one of the plurality of images, replacing one or more pixels in the respective flash spot region using one or more pixels in a subsequent image that is in a same location as the respective flash spot region such that the information is recovered.

Abstract: The present application is directed to new methods for automatically and effectively combining multiple metrics to select interesting, or key, frames from a video sequence. In one aspect, the methods include selecting a reference frame from a video sequence and iteratively computing the improvement or gain in the combined metrics for candidate frames with respect to that reference frame. In another aspect, a master list of reference key frames is determined, quality metrics are calculated for each of a plurality of candidate frames associated with each reference key frame, and each reference key frame in the master list is replaced with a candidate frame that yields the greatest aggregate quality improvement over that reference key frame.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) reducing an original image to a reduced image; (b) generating a first correction value for each of pixels in the reduced image; (c) generating a second correction value for each of pixels in an intermediate image, using information on the pixel and the first correction value; (d) generating a third correction value for each of pixels in the original image, using the second correction value for the pixel in the intermediate image; and (e) correcting the original image, using the third correction value for each of the pixels in the original image. In step (d), the third correction value is generated with an amount of calculation for each of the pixels in the original image smaller than an amount of calculation for each of the pixels in the intermediate image in generating the second correction value.