Abstract: A method and device for displaying an audio cover are provided. The method includes receiving from a terminal an acquisition request that requests a target cover image. The method also includes acquiring the target cover image according to the acquisition request. The target cover image is at least one of a dynamic cover image and a static cover image corresponding to an audio file. The method further includes sending the target cover image to the terminal. The terminal is configured to display the target cover image.

Abstract: A scanner has a processor configured to output, when a document is scanned, an original image, which is the image generated by scanning the document, and an extracted image, which is an image extracted from part of the original image, as a single file.

Abstract: A display control device is disclosed herein, which includes a plurality of data generating chips and a plurality of data processing chips, corresponding to one another in a one-to-one relationship. The plurality of data generating chips are configured to receive an image signal. The image signal includes a plurality of image region signals, each corresponding to a different region of an image frame. Each data generating chip is configured to receive, and to conduct data processing to, at least one image region signal to generate image region data, and to send the image region data to a corresponding data processing chip. Each data processing chip is configured to conduct image processing to the image region data from a corresponding data generating chip to generate an image output signal, and to output the image output signal. On this basis, a display method and a display apparatus are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of processing a stereoscopic video includes determining whether a current frame of a stereoscopic video is a video segment boundary frame; determining whether an image error is included in the current frame when the current frame is the video segment boundary frame; and processing the current frame by removing, from the current frame, a post inserted object (PIO) included in the current frame when the image error is included in the current frame.

Abstract: A read circuit outputs input pixel blocks to a line buffer. An arithmetic processing circuit reads an input pixel block from the line buffer and executes rotation processing to derive an output pixel block. A controller sets an output block height to the largest integer fraction of an output band height so that the output pixel block fits within an input band in an input pixel coordinate system, extends the width of the output pixel block so that the output pixel block fits within a maximum width of the input pixel block in the input pixel coordinate system, reduces the width of the output pixel block according to the size of the output pixel block in the input pixel coordinate system and the number of pixel lines in the line buffer, and sets the size of the input pixel block based on the size of the output pixel block.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an input unit and a control unit. The input unit accepts a reference point of scaling for enlarging or reducing image data. The control unit performs inversion for inverting the image data according to the reference point in either or both of a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction. The control unit performs scaling on the inverted image data generated by performing the inversion to generate scaled image data. The control unit performs inversion on the scaled image data again to generate non-inverted scaled image data.

Abstract: An alert and tracking system implemented on a computing device with a processor is presented. The system comprises a display with a viewing portion and a raster portion comprising a plurality of rasters. The system also comprises an image receiver configured to receive a first image and a second image, wherein the first image is received before the second image is received. The system also comprises a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive the second image. The processing unit is also configured to compare the second image to the first image. The processing unit is also configured to detect a change between the second image and the first image, wherein the detected change is indicative a moving object. The processing unit is also configured to update the viewing portion to display the second image.

Abstract: According to the aspect of the present invention, an image processing device capable of absolutely removing noises in each frame forming a live image can be provided. Specifically, according to the aspect of the present invention, a target block T can be set in the original image It and it is searched out where such target block T is imaged in the superimposition target image Ot?1. According to the aspect of the present invention, a tracking of the subject image is executed per block, so that reliability thereof can be extraordinarily improved compared to the conventional method searching the destination every individual pixel.

Abstract: A display control method includes splitting an image signal into a plurality of input signal sets, generating a first color reformed data, a second color reformed data, a third color reformed data and a fourth color reformed data according to each input signal set, outputting the first color reformed data, the second color reformed data and the third color reformed data when a plurality of pixels corresponding to one input signal set is located at an odd row, and outputting the second color reformed data, the third color reformed data and the fourth color reformed data when the plurality of pixels corresponding to one input signal set is located at an even row. Each input signal set includes a plurality of input signals that correspond to a plurality of adjacent pixels.

Abstract: A method for rendering pixel, an apparatus for rendering pixel, and a display device are disclosed. The method includes steps of obtaining gray-scale values of three primary colors of an original image pixel in an RGB color space, converting the gray-scale values of three primary colors of the original image pixel into gray-scale values of three primary colors and a compensating component of a compensating image pixel, sampling from a compensating image, and setting the gray-scale values of the three primary colors and the compensating component of two adjacent compensating image pixels in each row as gray-scale values of corresponding sub pixels of a screen pixel in each row.

Abstract: A projector includes: a light source; a light modulation device that modulates light emitted from the light source; an optical projection device that projects the light modulated by the light modulation device; a light path changing element (shift element) that is disposed between the light modulation device and the optical projection device and changes a light path of the light modulated by the light modulation device through fluctuation; and a cooling device that cools the light modulation device and the light path changing element (shift element).

Abstract: A method includes generating first virtual space data for defining a first virtual space. The first virtual space includes a first avatar associated with a first user terminal; and a first virtual room including the first avatar and a first virtual screen. The method includes detecting a movement of a head mounted device (HMD) included in the first user terminal. The method includes identifying a visual field in accordance with the detected movement of the HMD. The method includes displaying, on the HMD, a visual-field image corresponding to the visual field. The method includes receiving, from a second user terminal, a visiting request signal requesting that a second avatar associated with the second user terminal visit the first virtual room. The method includes updating the first virtual space data by updating a size of the first virtual screen based on a number of avatars arranged in the first virtual room.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with a boundary calculation unit (110) to calculate a boundary position (180) being a basis for dividing a common area into a side of the first imaging device (210) and a side of the second imaging device (220), a selection unit (130) to select a bird's-eye view image wherein distortion in an image of a three-dimensional object is less as a selected image (330), out of the first bird's-eye view image (311) and the second bird's-eye view image (321) based on the boundary position (180) and a position of the three-dimensional object, and an image generation unit (140) to generate an area image (340) based on an image other than the common area in the first bird's-eye view image (311), an image other than the common area in the second bird's-eye view image (321), and an image of the common area included in the selected image (330).

Abstract: A cross fader circuit that receives first raw image data and second raw image data and outputs blended raw image data. The cross fader circuit includes a first scaling circuit, a second scaling circuit, and an alpha blender. The first scaling circuit downscales first raw image data captured by a first sensor with a first field of view to match a size of a blending window. The second scaling circuit upscales second raw image data to match the size of a canvas window that encloses the blending window. The second raw image data may be a cropped version of raw image data captured by a second sensor of a second field of view wider than the first field of view. An alpha blender circuit generates a blended raw image data matching the size of the canvas window from the downscaled first raw image data and upscaled second raw image data.

Abstract: In a data processing system, an input data array to be downscaled is split into plural parts along its horizontal extent and the different parts of the input data array are then provided to respective scalers of the data processing system and are respectively downscaled by those scalers to provide a plurality of downscaled output parts. The plural downscaled output parts are then combined (merged) to provide the desired downscaled output data array.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a first pixel including three sub-pixels for displaying three primary colors respectively; and a second pixel including three sub-pixels for displaying two colors selected among the three primary colors and a predetermined color other than the three primary colors, wherein, in the first pixel, the size of the display surface of a sub-pixel for displaying a specific color included in the three primary colors as a specific color missing from the second pixel is larger than each of the sizes of the display surfaces of the two other sub-pixels for displaying the two other primary colors respectively.

Abstract: The display device includes a detection electrode, a display pattern, a detection circuit connected to the detection electrode, a plurality of subpixel regions in which pixel electrodes are formed, pixel regions each composed of the subpixel regions, and a display region in which the pixel regions are arrayed. The pixel regions each include a first color subpixel region and a second color subpixel region. The subpixel regions are arrayed in a Y direction in the display region. First patterns having a circular or polygonal shape in a plan view are formed in the detection electrode. The detection electrode includes a first region electrically connected to the detection circuit and a second region separated from the detection circuit inside the display region. The first region extends in an X direction and a virtual line connecting centers of the adjacent first patterns extends in the X direction.

Abstract: Various corporate, industry, and regulatory guidelines, best practices and standards are used in establishing acceptable levels of accuracy for volume dimensioning systems used in commerce. A volume dimensioning system can determine at least one distortion value that is indicative of an amount of distortion present in the system and responsive to the amount of distortion, autonomously alter or adjust the units of accuracy of information reported by the system. Such alteration or adjustment of units of accuracy may be performed based on an assessment of the distortion relative to a number of distortion thresholds. Responsive to the assessment, the volume dimensioning system can adjust a unit of accuracy in a representation of volume dimensioning related information.

Abstract: A device generates an operating procedure manual for software including a captured image of a screen displayed by the software. An image acquiring hardware unit acquires a plurality of captured images of a plurality of screens displayed by software in response to a plurality of operations with respect to the software. A dividing hardware unit divides the plurality of captured images into a plurality of captured image groups, to each of which at least one captured image acquired in response to at least one operation constituting a meaningful chunk belongs. A generating hardware unit generates an operating procedure manual including, for each captured image group, a captured image belonging to that captured image group.

Abstract: An electronic device for file conversion includes a receiving end, a storage medium, a processor and a transmitting end. The receiving end is configured to receive a data source code. The processor is electrically connected to the receiving end and the storage medium, and is configured to store the data source code into the storage medium and convert the data source code, stored in the storage medium, into printing data. The transmitting end is electrically connected to the processor, and is configured to transmit the printing data to a printing apparatus via a network.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a processor to retrieve a stereo three dimensional (S3D) frame of an S3D game, the frame comprising a red-green-blue (RGB) frame and depth frame; and an interest aware disparity mapping component to: generate a depth edge frame from the depth frame; and to generate a depth distribution diagram for the depth frame based on the depth edge frame, the depth distribution diagram defining a multiplicity of camera regions for generating a mapped S3D frame for a target device based upon viewing parameters of the target device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display driving method provided includes the following steps: acquiring a current gray level value of a current frame image; determining a gray level of the current gray level value; if the current gray level value is the high gray level, then determining whether to perform an overvoltage driving according to a first gray level difference threshold value; if the current gray level value is the low gray level, then determining whether to perform the overvoltage driving according to a second gray level difference threshold value. The present invention can precisely determine whether to perform the overvoltage driving on the pixel electrode.

Abstract: Implementations relate to computer-assisted cropping of an image. A computer-executed method includes receiving user input indicative of a change in size of a crop window from a first size to a second size, where the crop window is displayed over an image in an image editing user interface. The method detects that the crop window of the second size has an aspect ratio within a threshold range of a predetermined aspect ratio. In response to the detection, the method resizes the crop window to a third size, where the crop window of the third size has a resized aspect ratio substantially the same as the predetermined aspect ratio.

Abstract: A reading apparatus includes a reading device for reading an image on a recording medium and generating image data. The reading apparatus is configured to: receive the generated image data; retrieve a first region location indicator indicating a location of a first region to be defined on an image based on the generated image data, a second region location indicator indicating a location of a second region, a first image processing indicator indicating at least one image processing determined for the first region, and a second image processing indicator indicating at least one image processing determined for the second region; determine first partial image data based on the first region location indicator; execute the at least one image processing; determine second partial image data; and execute the at least one image processing.

Abstract: A device generates an operating procedure manual for software including a captured image of a screen displayed by the software. An image acquiring hardware unit acquires a plurality of captured images of a plurality of screens displayed by software in response to a plurality of operations with respect to the software. A dividing hardware unit divides the plurality of captured images into a plurality of captured image groups, to each of which at least one captured image acquired in response to at least one operation constituting a meaningful chunk belongs. A generating hardware unit generates an operating procedure manual including, for each captured image group, a captured image belonging to that captured image group.

Abstract: The imaging device includes an image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels that generate an image signal from an object image that is formed by an imaging optical system, a scaling section that performs a scaling process on an original image that includes image signals that correspond to the plurality of pixels, and an output section that outputs an image after the scaling process as a scaled image, the scaling section performing the scaling process using a different scaling factor corresponding to the position of a pixel of interest within the scaled image, and the image sensor including pixels in a number larger than the number of pixels of the scaled image as the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: An image scaling service includes determining an image as a candidate for a scaling process, scanning the image for an initial text value, and scaling the image to a next lower resolution. The image scaling service also includes iteratively performing the scaling process until a threshold value of a readability metric is reached, the scaling process includes scanning the scaled image for a scaled text value, comparing a difference between the initial text value and the scaled text value, the difference indicative of the readability metric, and scaling the scaled image to a next lower resolution. In response to reaching the threshold value of the readability metric, the image scaling service further includes selecting from scaled images an image having a lowest resolution resulting from the scaling process before the threshold value of the readability metric was reached.

Abstract: Described herein are technologies related to an implementation of a digital-to-time converter (DTC) circuitry that utilizes a first interpolation and a second and finer interpolation to increase interpolation ranges. The DTC circuitry generates a fine-phase modulated signal generating at least two correlated signals, and generating coarse and fine interpolations of the correlated signals.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus include an imaging processing unit, a dial operation unit, a boundary setting unit, and a control unit. The imaging processing unit acquires image data having a predetermined image effect. The dial operation unit receives a dial operation to set at least one boundary line in the image data. The boundary setting unit sets the boundary line in the image data in response to the dial operation. The control unit controls the imaging processing unit so that image data having different image effects are obtained in the respective partial regions of the image data that are divided by the boundary line set by the boundary setting unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs positioning between a plurality of spectral band images obtained by capturing images inside a lumen using a plurality of rays of light having wavelength bands different from one another. The image processing apparatus includes: a spectral band image acquisition unit configured to acquire the spectral band images; a spatial frequency component extraction unit configured to extract feature data for each spatial frequency band from each pixel in at least one spectral band image of the spectral band images; a weight calculation unit configured to calculate weights for each spatial frequency band given to the at least one spectral band image, based on the feature data for each spatial frequency band extracted from each pixel in the at least one spectral band image; and a positioning unit configured to perform positioning between the spectral band images based on the weights for each spatial frequency band.

Abstract: Methods and systems for resizing an image utilizing content-aware seam operations include defining low-energy seams defining contextually less-important information and utilizing such information for interpolation based on one-dimensional manifolds. The interpolation can form new seams and/or regenerated pixels that can be combined with the image to provide a content-aware resized image exhibiting smooth and continuous features.

Abstract: A device generates an operating procedure manual for software including a captured image of a screen displayed by the software. An image acquiring hardware unit acquires a plurality of captured images of a plurality of screens displayed by software in response to a plurality of operations with respect to the software. A dividing hardware unit divides the plurality of captured images into a plurality of captured image groups, to each of which at least one captured image acquired in response to at least one operation constituting a meaningful chunk belongs. A generating hardware unit generates an operating procedure manual including, for each captured image group, a captured image belonging to that captured image group.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a first image reduction unit configured to reduce the size of an image output by an image pickup element, a memory configured to store the image reduced by the first image reduction unit, an external output unit configured to output the image stored in the memory, a display configured to display an image being shot, a second image reduction unit configured to reduce, to the display size on the display, the image reduced by the first image reduction unit, without causing the reduced image to be stored in the memory and a signal processor for the display configured to perform signal processing of the image reduced to the display size on the display.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus first sets a first partial region having a preset size and a second partial region in a given point (pixel) in an input image. In addition, the object detection apparatus calculates a first information amount in the second partial region, and sets a third partial region based on the size of the first information amount. Furthermore, the object detection apparatus calculates a score based on a salience degree that is based on a difference in statistical feature amount distribution between the first partial region and the second partial region, and based on an information amount of feature amount in the third partial region. Lastly, the object detection apparatus detects a main object by calculating scores on the respective points in the image and applying a predetermined statistical process to the scores.

Abstract: Provided are an image magnification apparatus and method for three-dimensional display images. A multi-view image magnification apparatus includes: a region designation detection unit for detecting detection regions corresponding to the magnification regions of three-dimensional display images from original view images; a magnification ratio determination unit for determining the magnification ratios of the magnification regions; and a partial multiplexing unit for multiplexing non-detection regions except for the detection regions of the original view images according to a predetermined resolution and multiplexing the detection regions according the resolution which is different from the resolution of the non-detection regions on the basis of the magnification ratios. The present invention can magnify the images without lowering the resolution in a three-dimensional display.

Abstract: Methods and systems are discussed for high definition scaling. The method may include identifying values for each of a first plurality of points in a first grid. The method may include interpolating values for each of a second plurality of points in a second grid based on a location of a point and the first plurality of points, wherein the second grid is in a first grid. The method may include interpolating a value for the point based on values for each of a subset of the second plurality of points. Interpolating by using the first plurality of points may reduce storage requirements. Directional filters may be used to preserve edge sharpness during interpolation. Iterative interpolation may ensure that a limited number of directional filters are used, thereby further reducing storage requirements.

Abstract: A method to convert two-dimensional (“2D”) image content into three-dimensional (“3D”) image content for display on a display device, comprises the steps of: analyzing the 2D image content for predefined indicators and generating a depth map for each of the predefined indicators; determining a combined depth map as a function of the generated depth maps; and generating the 3D image content for display on the display device as a function of the combined depth map.

Abstract: The systems and methods described herein relate to storing values, such as sketches, that represent time indexed data related to network traffic. The model may be indexed by multiple sets of keys and time range values. It is an advantage that the index is essentially repeated for different time intervals. Utilization of the sketches avoids prohibitively large amounts of network traffic from overwhelming the monitoring computing device(s). Further, the probabilistic representative accuracy of the sketches is dynamically configurable. The time indexed data may represent data traffic on a computer network. The time indexed data may be data packets sent on the network. In one or more embodiments the time indexed data may be sketches that represent and/or approximate the data packets. Further, it is contemplated herein that the accuracy of the sketches' representation may be dynamically configurable.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to perform: acquiring input image data representing an input image having a plurality of objects; identifying a plurality of object regions in the input image, the plurality of object regions representing respectively the plurality of objects; generating a mask image using sharpness adjustment degrees that are set for the plurality of object regions respectively; generating output image data by performing an unsharp masking process on the input image by using the mask image, the unsharp masking process being performed so as to adjust sharpness of the input image; and sending the output image data to a printing unit.

Abstract: In a digital signage device, a control unit extracts a face region and a torso region from an image of the object to be displayed, compares the extracted face region and torso region to a face region and torso region extracted from a screen image on an image display unit in use, and then calculates, on the basis of these comparison results, a first adjustment factor for adjusting the size of the face region and a second adjustment factor for adjusting the size of the torso region in the image of the object to be displayed, the respective sizes of the face region and torso region in the image of the object to be displayed being separately adjusted on the basis of the calculated first adjustment factor and second adjustment factor in order to display an adjusted image on the image display unit.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for image scaling including low resolution text areas. The method may include: determining one or more areas of text in an image to be scaled; scaling the one or more areas of text using two or more scaling algorithms to a required resolution to acquire two or more scaled versions of the text area; selecting the clearest text in a text area from two or more scaled versions of the text area; scaling the overall image to the required resolution; and merging the scaled overall image with the selected scaled version of each text area.

Abstract: Techniques are described for presenting fixed layout content in which different scaling factors are used for different portions of an original image such that a user viewing the content on a smaller screen can selectively enlarge different portions of the image while still being able to see all the content in the original page or portion of the surrounding context.

Abstract: A system and method of operation of an image processing system includes: a receive images module for receiving a first image having a first aperture and a second image having a second aperture with the first image and the second image each having a red channel and a green channel; a calculate blur difference module for calculating a red iteration count of a blur difference for the red channel of the first image and the second image, and calculating a green iteration count of the blur difference for the green channel of the first image and the second image; a calculate depth map module for forming a depth map having an element depth based on the red iteration count and the green iteration count; and a calculate display image module for forming a display image based on the first image and the depth map for displaying on a display device.

Abstract: A system and method for scaling an image includes receiving raw image data comprising input pixel values which correspond to pixels of an image sensor; and filtering pixels according to a Bayer-consistent ruleset by a first scaling factor in a first direction and a second scaling factor in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the first scaling factor is different from the second scaling factor. The system and method may also include outputting scaled image data as output pixel values, which correspond to subgroups of the input pixel values. The Bayer-consistent ruleset includes a set of filter weights and a series of scaling rules. The Bayer-consistent ruleset results in a scaled image having a high degree of Bayer-consistency.

Abstract: A method of generating a super-resolution image from a single frame of image data includes using a processor to retrieve query patches of image data from a memory, determining a search range for each patch, and generating super-resolution image data corresponding to each patch based upon the search range.

Abstract: A system and method for scaling an image includes receiving raw image data comprising input pixel values which correspond to pixels of an image sensor; and filtering pixels according to a Bayer-consistent ruleset. The system and method may also include outputting scaled image data as output pixel values, which correspond to subgroups of the input pixel values. The Bayer-consistent ruleset includes a set of filter weights and a series of scaling rules. The Bayer-consistent ruleset results in a scaled image having a high degree of Bayer-consistency.

Abstract: The invention discloses an image cropping manipulation method for use in a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device comprises a touch screen and an image processing unit. The method comprises: displaying a sub-image on the touch screen, the sub-image is cropped from a digital image; receiving a user input from the touch screen; in response to the user input, map the user input to an operation on the digital image; and performing the operation to update the sub-image.

Abstract: A combined depth map is generated for a monoscopic image based on a weighted combination of a color depth map, a spatial depth map, and a motion depth map for the image, each describing the depth of pixels in the image relative to the image plane. The color depth map determines the depth of pixels according to their color, the spatial depth map determines the depth of pixels according to their location in the image, and the motion depth map determines the depth of pixels according to their motion in the image. Each of the depth maps is associated with a weight that is used to generate the weighted combination. The weights are adaptive to account for variation between different monoscopic images.

Abstract: Content aware video resizing is described. In one example, edge detection is done on pixel values of video frames. The edges are compared and an energy is determined for lines of pixels of a second frame based on the comparison. The low energy lines are selected, and the frame is resized using the selected lines. The lines correspond to either rows or columns and the resizing may be done by adding or removing columns or by adding or removing rows.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a data receiver, an image specifier, a replacement specifier, and a data generator. The data receiver receives data. The image specifier specifies a first image contained in the data. The replacement specifier specifies replacement data for the first image on the basis of a characteristic of the data. The data generator generates data in which the first image has been replaced with an image represented by the replacement data.