04th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170026570 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OPTICALLY MULTIPLEXED IMAGING - Devices and methods for multiplexed imaging are provided. In one embodiment, an imaging device can simultaneously direct light of a same spectrum from each of a plurality of image channels onto an image sensor to create a multiplexed image on the sensor. Each image channel can collect light from different portions of an extended field of view or from the same portion with different perspectives. The device can also include one or more encoders to encode light from the channels prior to detection. The devices and methods described herein can also include disambiguating a captured multiplexed image to create images for each of the plurality of image channels. Disambiguated images can cover the extended field of view at a high spatial resolution despite using only a single small format image sensor, or can produce stereo or 3D images having the full resolution of the sensor. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026571 | 360o VIDEO MULTI-ANGLE ATTENTION-FOCUS RECORDING - A system and method of capturing view-point-encoded 360° video data with a 360° camera includes capturing a frame of video including a substantially 360° view and contemporaneously receiving position information from one or more mobile electronic devices such as cellphones linked to the camera. The position information identifies a viewpoint associated with each mobile electronic device. The camera records the captured video frame and the received position information together such that one or more of the viewpoints may be selected during later playback. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026572 | REAR CROSS TRAFFIC - QUICK LOOKS - System and method of performing various transformations between an omnidirectional image model and a rectilinear image model for use in vehicle imaging systems. In particular, a panel transform system and method for transforming an omnidirectional image from an omnidirectional camera positioned on a vehicle to a rectilinear image. The rectilinear image is then displayed to the driver for use while performing vehicle maneuvers. The panel transform system and method also provide a rectilinear image model based on the omnidirectional camera for use with existing rectilinear imaging processing systems. The rectilinear image model is determined based on a variable set of input parameters that are defined by both automatic and manual system inputs such as a steering wheel angle sensor and a user interface. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026573 | HIGH-RESOLUTION CCTV PANORAMIC CAMERA DEVICE - A high-resolution CCTV panoramic camera device is provided. The high-resolution CCTV panoramic camera device includes a plurality of lenses; a plurality of image sensors, installed to correspond to the plurality of lenses, for taking images incident through the plurality of lenses; a video signal conversion unit comprising a plurality of video processors for receiving a plurality of image signals having specific resolution, taken by and output from the plurality of image sensors, and for converting the plurality of image signals into video signals; a panoramic image synthesis unit for synthesizing the plurality of adjacent video signals output from the plurality of video processors of the video signal conversion unit to form a panoramic video image; and a video image output unit for converting the panoramic video image output from the panoramic image synthesis unit into a compressed format to be output. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026574 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which includes a camera and a touch screen and can output an image captured by the camera on the touch screen, and a control method of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a camera, a sensor, a memory, a touch screen and a controller configured to cause the touch screen to display a first image received via the camera, cause the memory to temporarily store the first image displayed on the touch screen, generate a second image comprising a conflation of at least part of the first image and a plurality of consecutive images sequentially received via the camera in response to sensing by the sensor of first movement of the mobile terminal about a subject included in the first image, and cause the memory to store the second image. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026575 | AERIAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An aerial image capturing device is provided. The aerial image capturing device includes a camera array formed of multiple camera mounted to a camera array base. Aerial image capturing device further includes a mount for mounting the aerial image capturing device to the aircraft. The camera array base is moveably coupled to the mount by an actuating device, wherein the actuating device moves the camera array base away from and toward the mount. The movement of the camera array base allows for movement of the camera to a position to capture images without interference of the aircraft in the image. It also allows for moving the camera array into a position to not interfere with the landing gear. The aerial image capturing device may further include an image actuation device that synchronizes the image capturing of all of the cameras in the camera array. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026576 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - To provide a measuring apparatus | 2017-01-26 |
20170026577 | Apparatus for video output and associated methods - An apparatus comprising a processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and computer program code configured to, with the processor, enable the apparatus at least to:
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20170026578 | NETWORK CAMERA SYSTEM AND NETWORK CAMERA THEREOF - A network camera system includes a transmitting device, a network camera, and a shunt device. The transmitting device provides a network power, receives an Ethernet signal and includes a power transforming unit for transforming an external power into the network power and a signal transforming unit for transforming the Ethernet signal into an xDSL signal. The network camera includes a casing and a main board disposed in the casing. The shunt device is connected to the main board and the transmitting device and includes a signal transceiving unit and a power transceiving unit. The signal transceiving unit transforms the xDSL signal back into the Ethernet signal for performing Ethernet signal transmission between the shunt device and the main board. The power transceiving unit is used for selectively transmitting the network power to the main board as an operating power of the network camera. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026579 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an imaging device that prevents glare resulting from light that leaks out from a subject display area of a display section in an OVF mode. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026580 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging device includes an angular velocity sensor for detecting an angular velocity of shake and a motion vector detection unit for detecting a motion vector of an object from a plurality of images successively imaged by an imaging element. A frame rate change unit changes a value of a frame rate related to an image used to detect the motion vector of the object according to the angular velocity of shake of the imaging device. The object angular velocity calculation unit calculates an angular velocity of an object with respect to the imaging device based on the angular velocity of shake of the imaging device and the motion vector of the object. A panning controller performs control to reduce a difference between the angular velocity of the object and the angular velocity of shake of the imaging device using drive control of a shift lens group. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026581 | IMAGE STABILIZING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are an image stabilizing apparatus and method thereof. The image stabilizing apparatus performs image stabilization by using both an image sensor and a motion sensor. Image distortion and movement are stably corrected by using both the position of a feature point, which is extracted by the image sensor and image processing, and the movement position of the feature point, which is predicted by the motion sensor. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026582 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a memory; a touch screen; a first camera having a first capturing angle; a second camera having a second capturing angle that is wider than the first capturing angle; and a controller. The controller is configured to: cause the touch screen to display a first preview image of the first camera, a second preview image of the second camera, or both the first and second preview images overlapping each other; cause the memory to store a first image taken by the first camera in response to a first capture command received while the first preview image is displayed; and cause the memory to store both the first image and a second image taken by the second camera when a wide-angle capturing condition is satisfied while at least one of the first preview image or the second preview image is displayed. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026583 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a recognition unit, a specification unit, and a transmission unit. The first acquisition unit acquires an image. The recognition unit recognizes an object included in the image. The specification unit causes a user to specify data to be transmitted to the object recognized by the recognition unit. The transmission unit transmits the specified data to an apparatus identified by destination information corresponding to the object, according to the specification by the specification unit. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026584 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes an image obtainer configured to obtain a captured image; a quick view image generator configured to generate a quick view image showing a region of the captured image based on a user profile determined according to a type of the captured image; and a display unit configured to display the generated quick view image according to a preset method. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026585 | Apparatus and Method for Precision Immobilization of Multiple Cameras in a Multi-Camera System - An information handling system includes a multi-camera mounting apparatus. The multi-camera mounting apparatus accommodates a plurality of camera modules in order to capture a three dimensional image. The multi-camera mounting apparatus is comprised of a uni-body bracket made of a combination of materials that have a near net-zero thermal expansion in order to maintain the cameras' locations relative to each other. Additionally, the camera modules may be affixed to the multi-camera mounting apparatus using UV-activated adhesive. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026586 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - It is possible to generate a panoramic moving image with a high combination performance while suppressing a calculation amount. The positional-shift-amount acquisition unit acquires positional shift amounts of a predetermined number of frames from a first moving image and a second moving image captured by cameras, each of the first and second moving images including a plurality of frames. The frame selection unit selects the predetermined number of frames from the plurality of frames. For example, the frame selection unit selects the predetermined number of frames on the basis of sensor output and/or image processing results. An image combination unit combines the first moving image and the second moving image on the basis of the positional shift amounts of the predetermined number of frames to obtain a panoramic image. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026587 | USB-ENABLED AUDIO-VIDEO SWITCH - A telemedicine system ( | 2017-01-26 |
20170026588 | DUAL-BAND DIVIDED-APERTURE INFRA-RED SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM - Various embodiments disclosed herein describe a divided-aperture infrared spectral imaging (DAISI) system that is adapted to acquire multiple IR images of a scene with a single-shot (also referred to as a snapshot). The plurality of acquired images having different wavelength compositions that are obtained generally simultaneously. The system includes at least two optical channels that are spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels are configured to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards an optical FPA unit comprising at least two detector arrays. One of the at least two detector arrays comprises a cooled mid-wavelength infra-red FPA. The system further comprises at least one temperature reference source or surface that is used to dynamically calibrate the two detector arrays and compensate for a temperature difference between the two detector arrays. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026589 | MULTI-SPECTRUM IMAGING - Multi-spectrum imaging systems and methods are provided to imaging in multiple spectrums, e.g., thermal IR (infrared) at 4 μm and 10 μm wavelengths, near-IR, and visible light, all on a same optical centerline. For example, an imaging system includes a first imager and a second imager. The first imager includes an array of thermal IR detectors, wherein the first imager is configured to receive incident photonic radiation and generate a thermal IR image, wherein each thermal IR detector comprises a photon absorber member that is configured to absorb thermal IR photonic radiation from the incident photonic radiation, and reflect remaining photonic radiation in the incident photonic radiation along an optical path of the imaging system. The second imager is disposed in said optical path of the imaging system, wherein the second imager is configured to receive the remaining photonic radiation reflected from the first imager and generate a second image. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026590 | RGBZ PIXEL ARRAYS, IMAGING DEVICES, CONTROLLERS & METHODS - A pixel array includes color pixels that have a layout, and depth pixels having a layout that starts from the layout of the color pixels. Photodiodes of adjacent depth pixels can be joined to form larger depth pixels, while still efficiently exploiting the layout of the color pixels. Moreover, some embodiments are constructed so as to enable freeze-frame shutter operation of the pixel array. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026591 | IMAGE SENSOR - In an image sensor, pixels each including a photoelectric converter PD converting an amount of incident light into a charge, charge storage including at least one of capacitors storing the charges, and an amplifier Tr | 2017-01-26 |
20170026592 | AUTOMATIC LENS FLARE DETECTION AND CORRECTION FOR LIGHT-FIELD IMAGES - According to various embodiments, the system and method disclosed herein process light-field image data so as to mitigate lens flare effects. A light-field image may be captured with a light-field image capture device with a microlens array and received in a data store. A plurality of flare-affected pixels may be identified in the light-field image. The flare-affected pixels may have flare-affected pixel values. Flare-corrected pixel values may be generated for the flare-affected pixels. Relative to the flare-affected pixel values, the flare-corrected pixel values may at least partially remove the lens flare effects. The flare-corrected pixel values may be used to generate a corrected light-field image in which the lens flare effects are at least partially corrected. The corrected light-field image may be displayed on a display screen. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026593 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS - According to various embodiments, an image processing device may be provided. The image processing device may include: an input circuit configured to receive input image data including pixels related to varying exposure times; an interpolation circuit configured to determine an output image based on an interpolation based on the data; and an output circuit configured to output the output image. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026594 | IMAGE SENSOR AND SENSOR MODULE - According to one aspect of the present invention, an image sensor and a sensor module have a configuration in which the image sensor outputs first brightness information representing brightness information of first image information obtained with a first exposure time and second brightness information representing brightness information of second image information obtained with a second exposure time separately from a composite image obtained by synthesizing the first image information and the second image information, updates the first and second exposure times based on an exposure time set value externally generated based on the first brightness information and the second brightness information, and changes a synthesis set value used for synthesis of the composite image based on the exposure time set value externally generated based on the first brightness information and the second brightness information. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026595 | ACTIVE PIXEL IMAGE SENSOR OPERATING IN GLOBAL SHUTTER MODE, SUBTRACTION OF THE RESET NOISE AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE READ - An active pixel image sensor comprising a matrix of pixels organized in rows and columns and a read circuit comprising a distinct read pathway for each column of pixels, comprises: a photodiode, a storage node, a transfer transistor, a storage node reset transistor, a row select transistor and a transistor mounted as voltage follower; each read pathway comprises a subtraction block connected to receive, first, voltage at the terminals of the storage node of a pixel of the corresponding column and, second, a reference voltage of value substantially equal to the reset voltage of the pixels of the matrix seen at the input of the read pathway; the sensor comprises a controller for driving the transistors of pixels and the read circuit to perform an image acquisition in global shutter mode with subtraction of the reset noise and non-destructive reading of the pixels. A method for acquiring images is provided. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026596 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING FIXED PATTERN NOISE OF IMAGE SENSOR IN DIGITAL DOMAIN - A method for reducing fixed pattern noise of an image sensor is provided. The method includes: accessing pixel data of at least one test frame in a test environment; and calculating/deriving average values of each column based on at least one portion of pixel data of the column in the at least one test frame, wherein the average values of columns are used as calibration values for calibrating image pixel data of columns when the image sensor operates in a normal light source environment. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026597 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CORRECTING DEFECTIVE PIXELS - Provided is a method of correcting a defective pixel of a digital image. In the method, the defective pixels are pre-corrected. The similarities of normal pixels and each defective pixel are calculated. The weight of each normal pixel to each defective pixel is calculated based on the similarities of the normal pixels and each defective pixel. The weight of each normal pixel to each defective pixel is normalized. The normalized weighted values of the normal pixels to each defective pixel are weighted summed to obtain the corrected pixel value of each defective pixel. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026598 | EDGELESS LARGE AREA CAMERA SYSTEM - A detecting apparatus includes a multi-tier 3D integrated ASIC comprising one or more analog tiers and one or more digital tiers, and a sensor bonded to the multi-tier 3D integrated ASIC. The detecting apparatus includes an electrical substrate and a group of FPGAs or custom data management ASICs. The detecting apparatus also includes a thermal management system, a power distribution system and one or more connectors to transfer data to a data acquisition system configured for radiation spectroscopy or imaging with zero suppressed or full frame readout. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026599 | Image Sensor Array and Arrangement Method Thereof, Image Acquisition Component and Electronic Device - An arrangement method of an image sensor array includes forming an M-row N-column non-standard rectangular pixel array with M×N image sensors, wherein the non-standard rectangular pixel array matches to optical distortion of an associated lens. The non-standard rectangular pixel array refers to that four edges of the non-standard rectangular are curves, and the M, N are an integer larger than or equal to 1. An image sensor array, an image acquisition component, and an electronic device are also described. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026600 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is an image sensor module which includes a pixel array including a plurality of sub-pixels arranged along a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, an analog to digital converter connected to the pixel array through a plurality of data lines and converting signals output from the plurality of sub-pixels into digital signals, a row decoder connected to the pixel array through a plurality of selection lines, a plurality of transfer lines, and a plurality of reset lines, and a control logic circuit controlling the analog to digital converter and the row decoder to allow a plurality of sub-frames to be sequentially outputted from the plurality of sub-pixels, wherein each of the plurality of sub-frames is generated based on signals output from different sub-pixels among the plurality of sub-pixels. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026601 | DATA TRANSFER CIRCUIT, IMAGING CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A data transfer circuit that can suppress a voltage drop in a start signal without narrowing a process margin. The data transfer circuit includes N stages of register sections that are connected in series. A register section at an n | 2017-01-26 |
20170026602 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In an example embodiment, an image processing device includes a pixel array including pixels two-dimensionally arranged and configured to capture an image, each of the pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and an image data processing circuit configured to generate image data from pixel signals output from the pixels. The image processing device further includes a color data processing circuit configured to extract color data from the image data and output extracted color data. The image processing device further includes a depth data extraction circuit configured to extract depth data from the image data and output extracted depth data. The image processing device further includes an output control circuit configured to control the output of the color data and the depth data. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026603 | FOCAL PLANE ARRAY PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A digital focal plane array includes an all-digital readout integrated circuit in combination with a detector array. The readout circuit includes unit cell electronics, orthogonal transfer structures, and data handling structures. The unit cell electronics include an analog to digital converter. Orthogonal transfer structures enable the orthogonal transfer of data among the unit cells. Data handling structures may be configured to operate the digital focal plane array as a data encryptor/decipherer. Data encrypted and deciphered by the digital focal plane array need not be image data. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026604 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor includes pixels arranged in 1×2 sharing manner by which two neighboring pixels of a same column form a pixel group. Two neighboring bit lines are connected to a multiplexer, and the output of the multiplexer is connected to a readout circuit. Neighboring transfer transistors of a same row are controlled by different transfer signals. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026605 | INTERCONNECTING SYSTEM, VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMITTER AND VIDEO SIGNAL RECEIVER FOR TRANSMITTING AN N-SYMBOL DATA SIGNAL - The present application relates to an interconnect system for transmitting a stream of N-symbol data signals, which comprises a parallel data signal line bus, a line scrambler, a line de-scrambler and a defect detector. The defect detector is configured to detect one or more defective data signal lines. The line scrambler | 2017-01-26 |
20170026606 | DISPLAY DEVICE, USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of a display device includes receiving identification (ID) information of an electronic devices connected to the display device; determining whether a remote controller includes a control setting for the electronic device based on the received ID information, wherein the remote controller controls a plurality of electronic devices associated with the display device; obtaining a control key of the remote controller corresponding to the ID information when it is determined that the remote controller does not include the control setting for the electronic device; and transmitting the obtained control key to the remote controller. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026607 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a projector, an operating method of an electronic device including a projector, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon instructions for performing the operating method. The electronic device includes a communicator configured to exchange data with an external device, a projector configured to project light; a sensor configured to measure a degree of proximity between the electronic device and an installation surface on which the electronic device is to be installed, and a controller configured to control the communicator and/or the projector based on the degree of proximity measured by the sensor. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026608 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF VIDEO FROM ACTIVE CAMERAS - A method according to one embodiment includes: receiving, by a processing system, sensor data from a sensor device carried by a user or attached to the user's sports equipment during a sporting activity; identifying, by the processing system and based on the sensor data, an event engaged in by the user during a time period; determining, based on the sensor data, a position of the user during the event; identifying a camera that is operational and has the user in view during at least a portion of the time period; and selecting video footage of the event from the identified camera. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026609 | CAMERA SYSTEM - Each of multiple cameras encodes and transmits a video signal captured, the encoding being performed with one of multiple variable bit rate encoding schemes each of which has a different average bit rate. A receiving device periodically measures the total bandwidth of the video signals received from the multiple cameras, and when the total bandwidth exceeds a first threshold value the receiving device switches the encoding scheme used by the cameras to a scheme having a lower average bit rate. In addition, when the total bandwidth falls below a second threshold value that is equal to or less than the first threshold value, the receiving device switches the encoding scheme used by the cameras to a scheme having a higher average bit rate. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026610 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A terminal device and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which sound or video on taking a photo can be saved as background data. The present invention includes a camera unit configured to capture an image, a memory configured to store the captured image, an output unit configured to display the captured image, and a controller controlling the camera unit, the memory and the output unit, the controller, if a command of driving the camera unit is inputted, controlling the camera unit to run a preview, record a sound and/or shoot a video, the controller temporarily saving the sound or the video, the controller, if a 2 | 2017-01-26 |
20170026611 | MODIFICATION OF IMAGES BASED ON ORIENTATION - An image can be sensed at a first device. The image can have a first orientation. A second orientation expected by or associated with a second device can be determined. The image can be modified so that the image has the second orientation if the first orientation differs from the second orientation. The modified image can be transmitted to the second device. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026612 | PROJECTION UNIT - A projection unit has a rotating capture module and a rotating projection module. The capture module has at least one color camera, at least one microphone and at least one depth camera and is configured to capture images of an environment. The rotating projection module is configured to project images onto at least one surface in the environment. The projection unit has a processor configured to use data captured by the rotating capture module to select the at least one surface in the environment, the selection being dependent on a field of view of at least one user in the environment and dependent on characteristics of surfaces in the environment. The processor is configured to control rotation of the rotating capture module such that the data captured by the rotating capture module is suitable for computing field of view the user, and for determining characteristics of the surfaces. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026613 | PERSONALIZED PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCE RATINGS OF REMOTE VIDEO ASSISTANT DURING REMOTE VIDEO ASSISTANT SELECTION - The present invention relates to capturing and presenting, in conjunction with video assistant selection, personalized, user-specific performance ratings for video assistants that the user has transacted/interacted with in the past. Once a user logs in or otherwise presents identifying credentials, the system or methodology accesses the user's recent remote video assistant session data (i.e., which video assistants the user previously transacted with and at least one corresponding user-specific performance rating) and presents a listing of the video assistants which the user previously interacted with along with at least one user-specific performance rating for each remote video assistant. By providing for display of the user-specific performance rating along with the video assistant identifier, the user is aware of not only which video assistants they conducted transactions/interactions with in the past, but also how the remote video assistant performed for the user during the previous transactions/interactions. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026614 | VIDEO CHAT PICTURE-IN-PICTURE - A computer-implemented technique includes initiating, at a computing device having one or more processors, a video chat session with another computing device via a network. The technique includes displaying, at the computing device, a video chat window in response to initiating the video chat session, the video chat window displaying a video stream received from the other computing device. The technique includes detecting, at the computing device, a lack of interaction between a user of the computing device and the video chat window. The technique also includes in response to detecting the lack of interaction between the user and the video chat window, at least one of automatically resizing and automatically repositioning, at the computing device, the video chat window. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026615 | METHOD FOR VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TWO TERMINALS - A method is described for bridging a live video communication between two terminals, and then terminating the live video communication after a pre-set time period has elapsed since the live video chat. Alternatively, the live video communication will be extended beyond the pre-set time period if a request to extend the live video communication is received from one of the two terminals. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026616 | SIMPLE VIDEO COMMUNICATION PLATFORM - A system offering simplified bi-directional video communication between a user and a device of a pre-configured one or more persons of interest includes a touch display with a pictorial representation of each of the one or more persons of interest. The touch display is configured to establish the bi-directional video communication with a selected one of said persons of interest in response to a single touch of the pictorial representation of the selected one of the persons of interest. In one implementation, the system includes a monitoring device positioned to monitor one or more biometric parameters of the user, and saving the biometric data on a server for processing. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026617 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME VIDEO INTERACTION BY TRANSMITTING AND DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE CORREPSONDING TO USER INPUT - The present invention discloses a network for enabling real-time interaction comprising an enquirer node and a helper node, wherein the two nodes establish a connection between each other. Among the connection they further establish a video streaming layer for transmitting the video in form of video streaming data from the enquirer node to the helper node and an interaction layer for exchanging user input between the enquirer node and the helper node; wherein the enquirer node generates the second user interface with the first UI module according to the second user input received from the helper node via the interaction layer and displays the second user interface upon the video; and wherein the helper node generates the first user interface with the second UI module according to the first user input received from the enquirer node via the interaction layer and displays the first user interface upon the video. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026618 | PERIMETER MONITORING DEVICE FOR WORK VEHICLE - A perimeter monitoring device is configured to monitor a surrounding of a work vehicle and to display a monitored result on a display device. The perimeter monitoring device comprises a vehicle information detecting part, a plurality of cameras, a bird's-eye image display unit, a plurality of obstacle detecting sensors, an obstacle processing part, and a camera image displaying unit. The vehicle information detecting part detects a speed of the work vehicle. The cameras capture image data regarding the surrounding of the work vehicle. The bird's-eye image display unit displays a bird's-eye image based on the image data. The obstacle detecting sensors detect obstacles in the surrounding. The obstacle processing part issues a warning when an obstacle is detected. The camera image displaying unit displays a camera image adjacent the bird's-eye image. The images are not displayed and the warning is not issued when the vehicle speed exceeds a threshold value. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING STREAMING MEDIA OF AN EVENT CAPTURED BY NEARBY MOBILE PHONES - Systems, processes and computer-readable media that incorporate the subject disclosure may include, for example, the establishment of wireless communications with a wireless communications device positioned for monitoring an event. A media stream including event media is received from the wireless communications device. The event media is generated by the wireless communications device obtained from the observation position. The media stream is forwarded to a media production processor. Upon selection, the media production processor uses the media stream to prepare media program coverage of the event. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026620 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD TO DETERMINE THE CONCENTRATION OF AN ANALYTE - To determine a concentration of an analyte in a sample, a matrix impregnated with one or more reagents is contacted with the sample. Individual images of the matrix are captured. A memory includes image processing module configured to generate a composed image of the matrix from the captured images. The intensity of the colour of the composed image developed on the matrix is measured, wherein the intensity of the colour provides information on the concentration of the analyte in the sample. The determined colour value is selected and compared with a set of calibrated colour values to find the concentration of an analyte present in a given sample. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless door phone includes a wireless interface for users' registered wireless devices and a visitor interface including microphone, speaker, and imaging devices for providing full duplex audio and one-way video communications between a visitor and user. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026622 | IMAGE SENSOR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image sensor device and a signal processing method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a micro lens, a filter which includes a first area for filtering a first color signal from a light signal transmitted through the micro lens, and a second area for filtering a second color signal from the transmitted signal, and a first photodiode for converting the first color signal into an electric signal, and a second photodiode for converting the second color signal into an electric signal. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026623 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus includes an image generator configured to use light emitted from a light source to generate an image; a movable member in which the image generator is disposed, the movable member being movably supported; a fixed member being fixed and configured to movably support the movable member; and a mover configured to move the movable member. The mover includes a first pair of actuators facing each other in a first direction across the image generator, and a second pair of actuators facing each other in the second direction across the image generator. The first pair of actuators causes a driving force to operate on the movable member in a direction parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second pair of actuators causes a driving force to operate on the movable member in a direction parallel to the first direction. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026624 | Wheel Assembly and Projection Device Using the Same - A wheel assembly includes a housing, a wheel, and a thermal conductive assembly. The wheel is disposed inside of an enclosure of the housing, and includes a first surface, a second surface, and a wavelength conversion layer formed on a coating area of the first surface and configured to convert wavelength of a light beam. The thermal conductive assembly includes a thermal conductive structure and a thermal conductive tube. The thermal conductive structure corresponds to an edge contour of the wheel and is disposed adjacent to an outer edge of the wheel. The thermal conductive tube is coupled to the thermal conductive structure and partially protrudes to an exterior of the housing for conducting heat generated by the wheel from the thermal conductive structure to the exterior of the housing. The distance between the thermal conductive structure and the outer edge of the wheel falls within 1-50 mm. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026625 | DETACHABLE PROJECTION MODULE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A detachable projection module and an electronic device having the same integrate an optical engine and an image processing unit into an independent detachable module, where the module case is fixedly connected to a device body of the electronic device, so that projection module can receive image signals from the electronic device and convert the received image signals into projection signals to be projected onto a surface near the device body of the electronic device. Through a dedicated or generic connector interface, the detachable projection module may be removed from one electronic device and be mounted to another electronic device, giving an electronic device capability of equipping a projection module to extend the electronic device with a secondary display or empower an electronic device, which has no display at first, with display ability. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026626 | AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems for automatic white balancing (AWB) of a digital image and methods for making and using same. In response to a white balancing trigger, the relative positions of an image sensor and a reference region for white balancing are automatically adjusted such that the image sensor can acquire an image of the reference region. A white balance parameter reflecting the color temperature of the illuminating source is then computed and used to perform white balancing so as to remove color casts. The position of the reference region can be pre-recorded or scanned-for by the image sensor. The reference region can be rendered mobile so that it can be positioned within the image sensor's field-of-vision. The imaging systems can further include a gimbal that enables the image sensor to rotate about one or more axes. The present systems and methods are suitable for use, for example, by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). | 2017-01-26 |
20170026627 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING LUMINANCE RANGE OF PICTURE SIGNAL - In a converting method relating to picture luminance according to one aspect of the present disclosure, the picture luminance is formed by luminance values in a first luminance range. In this method, a first luminance signal that indicates code values obtained by quantizing the luminance value of the picture is obtained, code values, which are associated with the code values indicated by the obtained first luminance signal by quantization for a second luminance range different in a maximum value from the first luminance range are determined as converted code values, and the first luminance signal is converted into a second luminance signal indicating the converted code values. As a result, the converting method is further improved. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026628 | LOGGING EVENTS IN MEDIA FILES - Logging events in a media file, including: providing a logger tool to allow a user to view media in multiple ways and to capture and validate key events within the media file; and tracking and logging events in the media file by adding information to the media file including locations of bars and tone, slates, content, logos, commercial blacks, quality control issues, subtitles, and captions. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026629 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC 3-D IMAGE CREATION - Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and non-transitory computer readable media that relate to stereoscopic image creation. A camera captures an initial image at an initial position. A target displacement from the initial position is determined for a desired stereoscopic effect, and an instruction is provided that specifies a direction in which to move the camera from the initial position. While the camera is in motion, an estimated displacement from the initial position is calculated. When the estimated displacement corresponds to the target displacement, the camera automatically captures a candidate image. An acceptability analysis is performed to determine whether the candidate image has acceptable image quality and acceptable similarity to the initial image. If the candidate image passes the acceptability analysis, a stereoscopic image is created based on the initial and candidate images. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026630 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ROBUST IMAGE REGISTRATION BASED ON DEEP SPARSE REPRESENTATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for providing personalized depth of field perception for omnidirectional video. A method is provided that includes generating, by a processor, a three-dimensional reconstruction of content from an omnidirectional capture device; determining a camera pose of an end user device in relation to the omnidirectional capture device content; identifying an object of interest in the content based in part on the camera pose of the end user device; generating an artificial depth of field for the content wherein the object of interest is in focus; and causing a personalized content view to be provided based on the object of interest and the artificial depth of field. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026631 | Stereoscopic format converter - A device and method for converting one stereoscopic format into another. A software-enabled matrix is used to set forth predefined relationships between one type of format as an input image and another type of format as an output image. The matrix can then be used as a look-up table that defines a correspondence between input pixels and output pixels for the desired format conversion. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026632 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Reception of the invisible light wavelength band in an incident luminous flux has not been considered. In view of this, an image sensor is provided, the image sensor including: a visible parallax pixel that is associated with a visible range light-receiving photoelectric conversion pixel having any of a plurality of types of aperture mask each including an aperture that is positioned to allow passage, to a photoelectric converting element, of a mutually different partial luminous flux of an incident luminous flux in a visible light wavelength band; and an invisible parallax pixel that is associated with an invisible range light-receiving photoelectric conversion pixel having any of a plurality of types of aperture mask each including an aperture positioned to allow passage, to the photoelectric converting element, of a mutually different partial luminous flux in an incident luminous flux in an invisible light wavelength band. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026633 | CODED ACCESS OPTICAL SENSOR - A method for performing high dynamic range optical image detection of a scene. The method comprises imaging incident light from a scene onto an object plane of an Optical Array Device, the OAD operating in time modulation mode; determining the locations of those pixels in the object plane of a first light level; detecting the optical irradiance values of those pixels of the first light level to produce a first detected image; detecting the optical irradiance values of those pixels of a second light level to produce a second detected image; and generating a high dynamic range optical irradiance map of the scene by combining the first detected image and the second detected image into a single image. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026634 | MULTI-PLANAR CAMERA APPARATUS - The present invention provides a multi-planar camera apparatus in which movable image capturing members that are connected to lateral space variators that are arranged to move laterally, horizontally and vertically in multiple planes and to cyclorotate, while capturing 3-D spatial images of the target-subject with enhanced depth angle and displaying directly through eye piece complexes or through a display unit. The multi-planar camera apparatus of the present invention is provided with a wider field of view to capture panoramic images of target-subjects. Further, the multi-planar camera of the present invention is equipped to capture 3-D spatial images of the target-subject without tilting or turning the body of the camera apparatus. Furthermore, the multi-planar camera apparatus of the present invention obliterates 3-D triangle of invisibility that forms between the image capturing members. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026635 | VIRTUAL REALITY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A virtual reality communication system includes a first computing device and a second computing device. The first computing device includes a first camera configured to capture at least one image, and a connector. The second computing device includes a second camera configured to capture the at least one image, a docking connector configured to receive the connector of the first computing device, an image processor configured to combine the at least one image of the first camera with the at least one image of the second camera by correcting color to generate a three dimensional image, and a synchronizing module configured to synchronize the at least one image captured by the first camera with the at least one image captured by the second camera and adjust an intraocular distance between the first camera and the second camera. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026636 | METHOD FOR THE POSITIONALLY ACCURATE PROJECTION OF A MARK ONTO AN OBJECT, AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a projection apparatus ( | 2017-01-26 |
20170026637 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the invention disclose a 3D display device and a driving method thereof. The 3D display device includes a display panel and a grating structure, when both eyes are parallel to a first direction, a pixel array of the display panel forms a plurality of first left-eye pixel regions corresponding to the left eye and a plurality of first right-eye pixel regions corresponding to the right eye by the grating structure; when both eyes are parallel to a second direction, the pixel array of the display panel forms a plurality of second left-eye pixel regions corresponding to the left eye and a plurality of second right-eye pixel regions corresponding to the right eye by the grating structure, the first left-eye pixel regions are the same as the second left-eye pixel regions, and the first right-eye pixel regions are the same as the second right-eye pixel regions. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026638 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM - An autostereoscopic display system including: an autostereoscopic display including a display panel having an arrangement of pixels and an optical component mounted on the display panel, the optical component including a pattern of microlenses configured to define groups of view-dependent pixels on the display panel such that light emitted from each view-dependent pixel in a group is directed to a respective viewing position relative to the display panel, wherein the optical component is mounted on the display panel using an adjustable mounting interface configured to allow adjustment of an angular orientation of the optical component relative to the display panel and a horizontal position of the optical component relative to the display panel; and a processing system connected to the autostereoscopic display, the processing system being for causing autostereoscopic media to be displayed on the autostereoscopic display. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026639 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a display section and a changing section. The display section displays an image that gives a stereoscopic perspective to an observer. The changing section changes an amount by which the stereoscopic perspective in the image displayed by the display section is enhanced according to a setting of the observer. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026640 | Management of decoded pictures in successive coded video sequences - Systems and methods may be provided for determining whether or not to output the “decoded pictures yet to be output” (DPYTBO) after decoding a random access point (RAP) picture of the second of two consecutive coded video sequences in a bitstream. The DPYTBO pictures may reside in a portion of memory coupled to a video decoder. The portion of memory may correspond to the Decoder Picture Buffer (DPB) of the video decoder. The picture resolution in the bitstream is allowed to change only at the start of a CVS. The first coded picture in a coded video sequence (CVS) may be a RAP picture. The second CVS may or may not have a picture resolution that is different from the picture resolution corresponding to the first CVS. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026641 | Method for Palette Table Initialization and Management - A method and apparatus for palette coding of a block of video data using a shared palette/palette prediction buffer are disclosed. The system receives a bitstream including compressed data associated with a current palette coded block and determines a palette predictor for the current palette coded block stored in a shared palette/palette predictor buffer. Reuse flags for entries of the current palette are used to update the current palette stored in the shared palette/palette predictor buffer. Any new signaled entry will be inserted to the shared palette/palette predictor buffer. An updated palette predictor for a next palette coded block is generated accordingly. A method of palette management and initialization for first palette-coded block in a high-level video structure is also disclosed. The high-level video structure may correspond to a slice, wavefront, sequence or picture. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026642 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026643 | ADAPTIVE TRANSFORM METHOD BASED ON IN-SCREEN PREDICTION AND APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - Disclosed is an adaptive transform method based on an in-screen prediction, and an apparatus using the method. A method for encoding an image can comprise a step of determining in-screen prediction mode groups, and a step of transforming by using a different transform method according to the in-screen prediction mode group. As a result, transforming can be performed by applying the different transform method according to the in-screen prediction mode group. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026644 | ADAPTIVE TRANSFORM METHOD BASED ON IN-SCREEN PREDICTION AND APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - Disclosed is an adaptive transform method based on an in-screen prediction, and an apparatus using the method. A method for encoding an image can comprise a step of determining in-screen prediction mode groups, and a step of transforming by using a different transform method according to the in-screen prediction mode group. As a result, transforming can be performed by applying the different transform method according to the in-screen prediction mode group. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026645 | ADAPTIVE SKIP OR ZERO BLOCK DETECTION COMBINED WITH TRANSFORM SIZE DECISION - Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of innovations in the area of encoding pictures or portions of pictures and determining whether and how certain encoding operations should be performed and flagged for performance by the decoder in the bitstream. In particular examples, various implementations for selectively encoding picture portions (e.g., blocks) in a skip mode (e.g., as in the skip mode of the H.265/HEVC standard) are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosed techniques can be used to improve encoder efficiency, decrease overall encoder resource usage, and/or improve encoder speed. Such embodiments can be used in encoder modes in which efficient, fast encoder performance is desired (e.g., during encoding of live events, such as video conferencing). | 2017-01-26 |
20170026646 | SYSTEM FOR CODING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE AND WIDE COLOR GAMUT SEQUENCES - A method of encoding a digital video data applies adaptive pre-processing to data representing high dynamic range (HDR) and/or wide color gamut (WCG) image data prior to encoding and complementary post-processing to the data after decoding in order to allow at least partial reproduction of the HDR and/or WCG data. The example methods apply one or more color space conversions, and a perceptual transfer functions to the data prior to quantization. The example methods apply inverse perceptual transfer functions and inverse color space conversions after decoding to recover the HDR and/or WCG data. The transfer functions are adaptive so that different transfer functions may be applied to video data sets including different groups of frames, frames or processing windows in a single frame. Information on the data set and information on the applied transfer function is passed as metadata from the encoder to the decoder. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026647 | CODING UNIT QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS IN VIDEO CODING - A method is provided that includes receiving a coded largest coding unit in a video decoder, wherein the coded largest coding unit includes a coded coding unit structure and a plurality of coded quantization parameters, and decoding the coded largest coding unit based on the coded coding unit structure and the plurality of coded quantization parameters. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026648 | HYBRID VIDEO DECODER AND ASSOCIATED HYBRID VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A hybrid video decoder has a hardware decoding circuit, a software decoding circuit, and a meta-data access system. The hardware decoding circuit deals with a first portion of a video decoding process for at least a portion of a frame, wherein the first portion of the video decoding process includes entropy decoding. The software decoding circuit deals with a second portion of the video decoding process. The meta-data access system manages meta data transferred between the hardware decoding circuit and the software decoding circuit. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026649 | CONTEXT INITIALIZATION BASED ON DECODER PICTURE BUFFER - Technique for initialization of encoders and decoders. In some cases, the decoder receives a slice and identifies if the slice is either a forward predicted B-slice or a backward predicted B-slice, and not both a forward and backward predicted B-slice, and based upon this identification initializes, using a P-slice technique, a context associated with the slice. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026650 | SWITCHING DISPLAY DEVICES IN VIDEO TELEPHONY - A system and method for performing video telephony (VT) is disclosed. In one example, there is provided an apparatus having a transceiver configured to receive VT data and information indicating a switch from a first display to a second display from a network. The apparatus also includes a decoder operatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to decode the VT data, a memory comprising a coded picture buffer (CPB) configured to store the decoded VT data, and a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver, the decoder, and the memory. The processor is configured to, in response to receiving the information indicating a switch from a first display to a second display, instruct the transceiver to transmit a request for an I-frame to the network. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026651 | DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING A LEADING PICTURE - An electric device for indicating a leading picture is described. The electronic device includes memory in communication with a processor and instructions stored in the memory. The electronic device encodes a first picture. The electronic device further determines whether a leading picture is present. The electronic device further generates an explicit leading picture indicator if a leading picture is present. The electronic device further sends the explicit leading picture indicator if a leading picture is present. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026652 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026653 | METHOD FOR SCALABLE TRANSMISSION OF VIDEO TRACT - The present disclosure provides a method for scalable transmission of a video track. In the method, a video source is compressed and encoded by using a scalable video coding scheme and information related to the encoding process is recorded. A video track file is generated for describing importance and address information for the respective code stream block. During the video transmission process, a code stream selection unit selects and organizes a code stream based on the video track file and an available network bandwidth for transmission. A video receiver receives and decodes the code stream and estimates the available network bandwidth and feeds information on the available network bandwidth back to the video transmitter. With the method according to the present disclosure, the smoothness of the video can be guaranteed even if the network environment deteriorates, despite some degradation in video quality. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026654 | Method and Apparatus for Image and Video Coding Using Hierarchical Sample Adaptive Band Offset - A method and apparatus for image coding using hierarchical sample adaptive band offset. The method includes decoding a signal of a portion of an image, determining a band offset type and offset of a portion of the image, utilizing the band offset type and offset to determine a sub-band, and reconstructing a pixel value according to the determined offset value. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026655 | PARAMETER SET SIGNALING - A method for decoding a video sequence is described. In one configuration, when an initial value for a sequence parameter set maximum decoder picture buffer minus 1 is not present, the value is inferred to be equal to maximum video parameter set decoded picture buffering minus 1 [target][layer]. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026656 | ENCODER, DECODER, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CODING - An encoder for encoding a video signal, comprising a video modelling module configured for determining a plurality of video modelling parameters for a plurality of video locations on a spatiotemporal grid of said video signal, said spatiotemporal grid comprising at least two spatial dimensions and a time dimension, each video modelling parameter being adapted for allowing a pre-determined video model to at least approximately reconstruct its video location, a video segmentation module configured for segmenting said video signal into a plurality of spatiotemporal video regions, based on said video modelling parameters and a vectorisation module configured for vectorising spatiotemporal surfaces of said spatiotemporal video regions; and wherein said encoder is configured for encoding said video signal based on at least a subset of said determined plurality of video modelling parameters and based on said vectorised spatiotemporal surfaces, wherein said subset is determined taking into account said spatiotemporal video regions. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING DECODING COMMAND, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DECODING COMMAND, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a method of executing a decoding command. A method of executing a decoding command includes acquiring the decoding command, determining a type of an executable operation on the basis of the acquired decoding command, and performing any one of an operation of storing context information about an encoded symbol and an operation of decoding the encoded symbol on the basis of the determination result. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026658 | ENCODING AND DECODING SELECTIVELY RETRIEVABLE REPRESENTATIONS OF VIDEO CONTENT - A system and method disposed to enable encoding, decoding and manipulation of digital video with substantially less processing load than would otherwise required. In particular, one disclosed method is directed to generating a compressed video data structure that is selectively decodable to a plurality of resolutions including the full resolution of the uncompressed stream. The desired number of data components and the content of the data components that make up the compressed video data, which determine the available video resolutions, are variable based upon the processing carried out and the resources available to decode and process the data components. During decoding, efficiency is substantially improved because only the data components necessary to generate a desired resolution are decoded. In variations, both temporal and spatial decoding are utilized to reduce frame rates, and hence, further reduce processor load. The system and method are particularly useful for real-time video editing applications. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026659 | Partial Decoding For Arbitrary View Angle And Line Buffer Reduction For Virtual Reality Video - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for partially decoding video frames when a sub-region of the video is selected for viewing. The method identifies and decodes data units and pixel blocks of video frames needed to display the sub-region while bypassing data units and pixel blocks that are identified as unnecessary for displaying the sub-region. A video encoder receives a video frame comprising a plurality of cubic surfaces in a first configuration corresponding to a full sized 360VR image. Each cubic surface corresponds to a different surface of a cube. The encoder reformats the received video frame by rearranging the plurality of cubic surfaces according to a second configuration that is different than the first configuration. The second configuration re-arranges the six surfaces of a cubic 360VR image in order to fully utilize the line buffer and allow the line buffer to be narrower than the full sized 360VR image. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026660 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD - An image decoding apparatus includes a unit configured to set an unreferenced region depending on whether information concerning a horizontal direction is defined, out of information indicating the unreferenced region. The image decoding apparatus further includes a unit configured to decode a flag that is to be set depending on whether a loop filter is related as information indicating the unreferenced region. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026661 | ENHANCED INTRA-PREDICTION CODING USING PLANAR REPRESENTATIONS - The present invention provides low complexity planar mode coding in which a value of a bottom-right pixel in a prediction block is calculated from a value of at least one pixel in at least one of an array of horizontal boundary pixels and an array of vertical boundary pixels. Linear and bi-linear interpolations on the value of the bottom-right pixel and values of at least some of the horizontal and vertical boundary pixels to derive values of remaining pixels in the prediction block. A residual between the prediction block and an original block is signaled to a decoder. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026662 | DISPARITY VECTOR PREDICTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING INTER-LAYER VIDEO, AND DISPARITY VECTOR PREDICTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING INTER-LAYER VIDEO - Provided is an inter-layer video decoding method including obtaining, from a bitstream, depth refinement information indicating whether a disparity vector of a current block of a second layer is obtainable by using a depth image of a first layer; and if the depth refinement information indicates that the depth image of the first layer is available, determining the disparity vector of the current block of the second layer, wherein the disparity vector includes a predetermined second component value and a first component value that is determined by using a base disparity vector and the depth image of the first layer. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026663 | MODIFICATION TO BLOCK SIZE FOR TRANSFORM MODE IN DISPLAY STREAM COMPRESSION - Methods and apparatuses for modification to block size for transform mode in display stream compression are disclosed. In one aspect, the method involves selecting a current block and a next block of video data, calculating a first rate-distortion (RD) cost for coding the current and next blocks with a larger block size transform (LBT) mode, and calculating a second RD cost for coding each of the current and next blocks with another coding mode different from the LBT mode. The method may further involve determining whether the first RD cost is less than a sum of the second RD costs for the current and next blocks and coding the current and next blocks with the LBT mode in response to the first RD cost being less than the sum of the second RD costs for the current and next blocks. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026664 | SIGNIFICANCE MAP ENCODING AND DECODING USING PARTITION SELECTION - Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are describe in which significance maps are encoded and decoded using non-spatially-uniform partitioning of the map into parts, wherein the bit positions within each part are associated with a given context. Example partition sets and processes for selecting from amongst predetermined partition sets and communicating the selection to the decoder are described. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026665 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING LOCAL FEATURE DESCRIPTOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for compressing a local feature descriptor includes that: at least one local feature descriptor of a target image is selected; and multi-stage vector quantization is carried out on the selected at least one local feature descriptor according to a pre-set code book, and the local feature descriptor is quantized as a feature code stream, wherein the feature code stream includes serial numbers of code words obtained by means of the multi-stage vector quantization. A device for compressing a local feature descriptor and a storage medium are also provided. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026666 | PRESENTING CONTENT WITHIN A VENUE USING CLIENT DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH USERS ATTENDING THE VENUE - A venue management system receives location information from various client devices within a venue. The venue management system identifies content for presentation within the venue and maps portions of the identified content to different client devices based on the location information received from the client devices. For example, different pixels of an image are mapped to different client devices based on location information from the client devices. The venue management system then sends portions of the content to client devices mapped to the corresponding portions, and the client devices present their mapped portion of the identified content using display devices on the client devices. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026667 | GENERATING VIDEOS WITH MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS - Videos of an event may be captured by camera (e.g., camera devices). The videos may be processed to generated virtual videos that provide different viewpoints of the event. The videos and virtual videos may be analyzed to identify panning points in the videos. A user may pause the video at the identified panning points and may be allowed to pan around the event and/or event location during the identified panning points in the videos and/or virtual videos. The pan around view may be provided by a pan around video generated based on the videos and/or the virtual videos. A user may resume viewing one of the videos and/or virtual videos after pausing playback of the pan around video. A user may also pan around an event and/or event location while the videos and/or virtual videos are playing during the panning points. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026668 | DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF VIDEO STATISTICS FOR CLOUD-BASED VIDEO ENCODING - A method receives first and second copies of a video stream by first and second video processing devices, respectively, and processes the first and the second copies of the video stream to generate first and second statistical data for the video stream, respectively. The method transmits in first and second transmissions the first and the second copies of the video stream with the first and the second statistical data respectively from the first and the second video processing device to a third video processing device, and reads the first and the second statistical data from the first and the second transmissions by the third video processing device. The method then combines the first and the second statistical data with one copy of the video stream by the third video processing device, and transmits the one copy of the video stream with the first and the second statistical data. | 2017-01-26 |
20170026669 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CONTENT COMMENTARY COMMUNITY - Systems and methods of emulating a conversation about a thematic content event are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment receives a member dialogue video from a community member who is a member of a plurality of community members, wherein the member dialogue video includes video and audio portions, and wherein the member dialogue video expresses at least one of a personal opinion and a personal viewpoint about the thematic content event; generates dialogue text from the audio portion of each received member dialogue video, wherein the dialogue text comprises words and phrases spoken by the community member in the member dialogue video; receives a modified thematic content event; compares the words and phrases of the dialogue text with the plurality of keywords; and associates at least one portion of the member dialogue video having the words and phrases of the dialogue text that match with the matching keyword of the anchor point. | 2017-01-26 |