Abstract: A programmable logic controller or PLC (10) includes a clock element (120), a log recorder (101) that records a log together with a record time into a storage device (110) based on a clock signal output from the clock element, an image data acquirer (102) that acquires moving image data indicating a moving image captured by an imaging device from the imaging device, a frame rate measurer (103) that measures a frame rate of the moving image indicated by the moving image data based on the clock signal output from the clock element (120), a corrector (104) that corrects a time to be affixed to the moving image indicated by the moving image data based on the frame rate, and an image storage (105) that stores, into the storage device (110), new moving image (DM) data indicating a moving image affixed with the time corrected by the corrector (104).

Abstract: A passive micromechanical counter for counting and storing a number of mechanical pulses includes at least one memory cell, the memory cell having a cell input, a latching mechanism and an electromechanical coding unit, the cell input being designed to mechanically transmit the mechanical pulse to the latching mechanism, and the latching mechanism being designed to store the number of mechanical pulses transmitted by means of its discrete latching position. It is provided that an electrical digital signal can be generated by applying an electrical voltage to the electromechanical coding unit, the electrical digital signal representing the discrete latching position of the latching mechanism.

Abstract: Methods, PHYs, and computer-readable media are provided for reliably receiving data at a physical layer transceiver of an automobile in the presence of noise or interference. A non-equalized signal is received at a physical layer transceiver via a communication channel in a high noise or interference automotive environment.

Abstract: A system for encoding video for film grain synthesis is disclosed. A video encoding system includes a film grain description estimator configured to receive an input video comprising film grain and analyze the input video to generate a film grain description for the input video. The video encoding system includes a video encoder configured to receive the input video and, responsive to a determination that the input video comprises film grain, configure one or more encoder settings based on presence of the film grain to achieve a compression target for the input video. The video encoder is further configured to encode the input video comprising film grain using the encoder settings configured based on the presence of film grain to produce encoded video. The video encoding system is configured to send the encoded video and the film grain description to a video destination.

Abstract: A display panel includes an upper substrate to which external light is incident, a sealing member which is in a non-display area and couples the upper substrate to a lower display substrate. The upper display substrate includes: a base substrate; a light shielding layer and filter layer each corresponding to the non-display area and absorbing a portion of external light which is transmitted through the base substrate at the non-display area, the filter layer and the light shielding layer having different colors from each other. In a first non-display area of the base substrate which corresponds to the sealing member, only one among the filter layer and the light shielding layer is disposed. In a second non-display area of the base substrate which is adjacent to the first non-display area, both the filter layer and the light shielding layer are disposed.

Abstract: Certain aspects involve video inpainting in which content is propagated from a user-provided reference frame to other video frames depicting a scene. For example, a computing system accesses a set of video frames with annotations identifying a target region to be modified. The computing system determines a motion of the target region's boundary across the set of video frames, and also interpolates pixel motion within the target region across the set of video frames. The computing system also inserts, responsive to user input, a reference frame into the set of video frames. The reference frame can include reference color data from a user-specified modification to the target region. The computing system can use the reference color data and the interpolated motion to update color data in the target region across set of video frames.

Abstract: Systems and methods of filtering video data using a plurality of filters are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving and decoding a plurality of filters embedded in a video data bitstream at a video decoder. The method includes selecting, based on information included in the video data bitstream, a particular filter of the plurality of filters. The method further includes applying the particular filter to at least a portion of decoded video data of the video data bitstream to produce filtered decoded video data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image information encoding and decoding method and a device for same. One embodiment of an image information encoding method according to the present invention, as an image information encoding method according to another embodiment of the present invention, includes the steps of: generating a restore block; applying a deblocking filter on the restore block; applying a Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) on the restore block having the deblocking filter applied thereon; and transmitting information on the SAO application. During the applying of the SAO, the SAO is applied to chroma pixels, and during the transmitting of the information, in addition to information on whether the SAO is applied on the chroma pixels, at least one of area information, division information on the SAO coverage area, SAO type information, and SAO offset information is transmitted.

Abstract: A method and encoding system for reducing artifacts in a digital video sequence of image frames. The method acquires a current frame of the digital video sequence, and retrieves a previous frame of the digital video sequence from a frame delay. The method applies a recursive temporal filter to the current frame and the previous frame to generate a filtered frame. The method then applies a mixer to the current frame and the filtered frame to generate an output frame. The method stores the output frame in the frame delay.

Abstract: A system for recording vehicle occupants and their immediate environment includes a driver-facing camera for capturing video data, an input that receives data from one or more sensors configured to detect vehicle related data and a processor. The processor is configured to embed, based on the sensor data, at least one indicator in a portion of the video data. The indicator designates that the portion of the video data is to be obscured during playback of the video data.

Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes pixels including light emitting elements, a weight calculation unit configured to calculate a weight of one of the pixels based on an amount of current flowing therethrough and a number of light emitting elements thereof, a deterioration accumulation unit configured to accumulate a deterioration amount of the one of the pixels based on the weight and previous compensation data thereof, and a data compensation unit configured to generate compensation data to be supplied to the one of the pixels based on the deterioration amount thereof.

Abstract: A display panel includes an upper substrate to which external light is incident, a sealing member which is in a non-display area and couples the upper substrate to a lower display substrate. The upper display substrate includes: a base substrate; a light shielding layer and filter layer each corresponding to the non-display area and absorbing a portion of external light which is transmitted through the base substrate at the non-display area, the filter layer and the light shielding layer having different colors from each other. In a first non-display area of the base substrate which corresponds to the sealing member, only one among the filter layer and the light shielding layer is disposed. In a second non-display area of the base substrate which is adjacent to the first non-display area, both the filter layer and the light shielding layer are disposed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing circuit including a region type determination circuit and a filtering circuit. In the operations of the image processing circuit, the region type determination circuit receives pixel values of a plurality of pixels within a region of an image frame, and uses a high-pass filter to filter the pixel values many times to generate a plurality of filtered pixel values, and determines if the region is an edge region, a non-edge region or a mosquito noise region to generate a determination result. The filtering circuit generates a plurality of weights according to the determination result, and uses the plurality of weights to filter a center pixel of the plurality of pixels within the region to generate an adjusted pixel value.

Abstract: A photo-detection system includes: a photo-detection apparatus including a light-shielding film, an optically-coupled layer, and a photodetector including first and second photo-detection cells; and an arithmetic circuit that generates, based on first signals and second signals, third signals each representing coherence of light having entered a position of each of the first and second photo-detection cells and generates at least one selected from the group consisting of an average value of the third signals, a standard deviation of the third signals, a ratio between the standard deviation and the average value, and a ratio between an average value of a first portion of the third signals based on light having entered the positions of the first photo-detection cells and an average value of a second portion of the third signals based on light having entered the positions of the second photo-detection cells.

Abstract: A system and method for bandwidth management by controlling the bit rate of a signal stream in real time according to available link bandwidth. Applications include multiple-channel video data streams over a limited-bandwidth link such as a Digital Subscriber Line. A video signal is transrated at the head end to multiple streams having different bit rates, by a multirating device which sends the multiple streams over a network, along with metadata containing information about the data structure and parameters of the streams. At the network access edge, a demultirating device uses the metadata to select the stream with the highest video quality whose bit rate does not exceed the available bandwidth of the end-user's access link. This scheme provides multiple unicast signals to different end-users in place of a single multicast signal, supports multiple high-definition channels over a limited bandwidth link, and is compatible with standard encryption methods.

Abstract: Film grain simulation within a receiver (11) occurs by first obtaining at least one block of pre-computed transformed coefficients. The block of pre-computed transformed coefficients undergoes filtering responsive to a frequency range that characterizes a desired pattern of the film grain. In practice, the frequency range lies within a set of cut frequencies fHL, fVL, fHH and fVH of a filter in two dimensions that characterizes a desired film grain pattern. Thereafter, the filtered set of coefficients undergoes an inverse transform to yield the film grain pattern.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor circuit and a correction circuit. The processor circuit may be configured to receive a sequence of pictures. The correction circuit may be configured to (i) generate a motion score based upon target samples from a target picture and reference samples from one or more reference pictures of the sequence of pictures, (ii) generate a first weight value based upon the motion score and a first weight limit value, and (iii) generate a plurality of blended picture samples by combining the target samples and the reference samples based upon the first weight value.

Abstract: A system and method for bandwidth management by controlling the bit rate of a signal stream in real time according to available link bandwidth. Applications include multiple-channel video data streams over a limited-bandwidth link such as a Digital Subscriber Line. A video signal is transrated at the head end to multiple streams having different bit rates, by a multirating device which sends the multiple streams over a network, along with metadata containing information about the data structure and parameters of the streams. At the network access edge, a demultirating device uses the metadata to select the stream with the highest video quality whose bit rate does not exceed the available bandwidth of the end-user's access link. This scheme provides multiple unicast signals to different end-users in place of a single multicast signal, supports multiple high-definition channels over a limited bandwidth link, and is compatible with standard encryption methods.

Abstract: Buffer optimization techniques are described herein in which a graphics processing system is configured to implement and select between a plurality of buffer schemes for processing of an encoded data stream in dependence upon formats used for decoding and rendering (e.g., video format, bit depth, resolution, content type, etc.) and device capabilities such as available memory and/or processing power. Processing of an encoded data stream for display and rendering via the graphics processing system then occurs using a selected one of the buffer schemes to define buffers employed for the decoding and rendering, including at least configuring the sizes of buffers. The plurality of schemes may include at least one buffer scheme for processing the encoded content when the input format and the output format are the same, and a different buffer scheme for processing the encoded content when the input format and the output format are different.

Abstract: The present invention provides a unique intra prediction process which improves the efficiency of video coding. H.264/AVC uses reference pixels in a horizontal boundary located immediately above a target block to be predicted and reference pixels in a vertical boundary located immediately left of the target block. In the present invention, at least some of one of an array of horizontal boundary pixels and an array of vertical boundary pixels are retrieved. Then, the retrieved pixels are added to the other boundary pixels to extend the array thereof. Intra prediction is performed, based solely on the extended array of boundary pixels.

Abstract: A 2D image analyzer includes an image scaler, an image generator and a pattern finder. The image scaler is configured to scale an image according to a scaling factor. The image generator is configured to produce an overview image including a plurality of copies of the received and scaled image, wherein every copy is scaled about a different scaling factor. Thereby, the respective position can be calculable by an algorithm, which considers a gap between the scaled images in the overview image, a gap of the scaled image towards one or more borders of the overview image and/or other predefined conditions. The pattern finder is configured to perform a feature transformation and classification of the overview image in order to output a position at which an accordance of the searched pattern and the predetermined pattern is maximal. A post-processing unit for smoothening and correcting the position of local maxima in the classified overview image may also be provided.

Abstract: A storage system includes a magnetic storage medium, a magnetic write head, a channel circuit and a preamplifier. The channel circuit includes a write data input, a differentiated edge emphasis signal generator, a write data output and a differentiated edge emphasis signal output. The preamplifier includes a write data input configured to receive write data from the channel circuit write data output, an edge emphasis signal input configured to receive a differentiated edge emphasis signal from the channel circuit differentiated edge emphasis signal output, and a write current edge emphasis controller configured to generate a write current to the magnetic write head based at least in part on the write data and on the differentiated edge emphasis signal.

Abstract: According to embodiments illustrated herein there is provided a method of image compression. The method includes generating a modified image based on a compression of an image. The method further includes generating a first residual layer and a second residual layer based on a comparison of the modified image and the image. The method further includes filtering a set of pixels from the first residual layer and the second residual layer. The method further includes compressing the filtered first residual layer and the filtered second residual layer to generate a compressed first residual layer and a compressed second residual layer. Additionally, the method includes generating a second compressed image based on the modified image, the compressed first residual image and the compressed second residual image.

Abstract: A noise shaping circuit according to an example includes a forward signal path configured to generate an output signal based on an input signal, a feedback signal path configured to feed back a feedback signal based on the output signal to the forward signal path, and a dither generator configured to generate a dither signal and to couple the dither signal into the forward signal path to modify the input signal and into the feedback signal path. Employing a noise shaping circuit according to an example may improve an overall noise performance.

Abstract: A small base node such as a Home Base Node (HNB), or femto cell, may reduce its transmit power in order to prevent co-channel or adjacent channel interference, or to limit its coverage area. Once the power is set, the HNB signal to a served Home User Equipment (HUE) its transmit Common Pilot Channel (CPICH) transmit power for accurate path loss estimation. When this power is outside of the permissible range, the HNB adjusts other parameters (such as Random Access Channel (RACH) constant value) to compensate for the error in signaled CPICH power, and thus compensate in that process the error in determining path loss. Similarly, if the uplink sensitivity is adjusted, to prevent interference, parameters would also be adjusted and signaled to the HUE to reflect the link imbalance.

Abstract: A method for reducing artifacts produced by x-ray radiation directly striking a measuring pixel of a CMOS detector after crossing a scintillator, wherein, for an x-ray image recorded using the CMOS detector, artifact image points are extracted by applying a local, edge-obtaining smoothing operator that evaluates image data of neighboring image points located in the vicinity of a considered image point and comparison with the image to which the smoothing operator was applied, and their image data is corrected.

Abstract: A backlight module and a display device having the backlight module are disclosed. The backlight module includes tricolor light sources, a light combining unit, a linear reflection unit, and a two-dimension reflection unit. The light combining unit is configured to combine tricolor beams to a white light beam. The linear reflection unit includes a plurality of first micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) reflectors arranged in a line, and is configured to periodically reflect white light beams. The two-dimension reflection unit includes a plurality of second MEMS reflectors arranged in rows and columns, and the second MEMS reflectors in each row faces and interacts with a first MEMS reflector. The second MEMS reflectors are configured to periodically reflect light beams emitted from the linear reflection unit, to form a surface light source.

Abstract: Approaches are described for filtering a first image frame in a sequence of image frames. A tone-mapping pipeline applies a spatiotemporal filter to each pixel of the first image frame, based on a forward optical flow and a backward optical flow, to produce a base layer image. The tone-mapping pipeline applies a temporal filter to each pixel of the first image frame, based on the forward optical flow and the backward optical flow, to produce a temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline produces a detail layer image based on the base layer image and the temporally filtered frame.

Abstract: A method for the reduction of noise in an image including identifying neighboring pixel values in pixels proximate to a subject pixel; comparing the neighboring pixel values to a preset tolerance range; using neighboring pixel values within the tolerance range to calculate a pixel intensity correction value; and applying the pixel intensity value to the subject pixel.

Abstract: One or more implementations access a digital image containing one or more bands. Adjacent bands of the one or more bands have a difference in color resulting in a contour between the adjacent bands. The one or more implementations apply an algorithm to at least a portion of the digital image for reducing visibility of a contour. The algorithm is based on a value representing the fraction of pixels in a region of the digital image having a particular color value.

Abstract: A method of scalable video coding in which the video signal is processed and coded at various layers of spatial resolution where between each pair of spatial layers a prediction mechanism is enabled which allows a comparison at homologous layers of spatial resolution with the aim to obtain a good efficiency.

Abstract: A motion-vector-setting section (31) sets a motion vector in units of pixel in a target image. Based on the motion vector, a target-pixel-setting section (35) sets a target pixel for each image in plural images to be processed. A motion-blur-amount-setting section (33) sets a motion blur amount in units of pixel based on the motion vector and the exposure-time ratio set in units of image in the exposure-time-ratio-setting section (32). A processing-region-setting section (36) sets processing regions corresponding to the target pixel for each of the plural images based on the motion blur amount. A processing-coefficient-setting section (37) sets processing coefficients based on the motion blur amount.

Abstract: A data processing method is provided in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses share their attribute information such that an optimum data processing apparatus or an optimum combination of data processing apparatuses can optimally process input data. The method includes receiving attribute information of at least one of the data processing apparatuses, determining a data processing condition for processing input data based on the information, and transmitting the data processing condition to the at least one of the data processing apparatuses. Therefore, when the method is used, redundant processing of input data by data processing apparatuses having the same function can be prevented. At the same time, data processing can be carried out in an optimum condition.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a field sequential liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel having an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer therebetween; a backlight device under the liquid crystal panel for irradiating light to the liquid crystal panel and having three color light sources; and an image signal processor controlling a sequential lighting order and combination of the three color light sources.