07th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220053154 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE - The signal quality of a solid-state imaging element configured to detect address events is enhanced. The solid-state imaging element has open pixels and light-blocked pixels arrayed therein. In the solid-state imaging element, the open pixels each detect whether or not an amount of change in incident light amount exceeds a predetermined threshold, and output a detection signal indicating a result of the detection. On the other hand, in the solid-state imaging element, the light-blocked pixels each output a correction signal based on an amount of noise generated in the open pixels each configured to detect whether or not an amount of change in incident light amount exceeds the predetermined threshold and to output a detection signal indicating a result of the detection. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053155 | PRESENCE DETECTION IN TIME OF FLIGHT SENSING SYSTEMS - A method for operating a 3D sensor system includes by an array of pixels of an imaging sensor of the 3D sensor system, generating first image data representative of reflected light from an environment, the image data having a first resolution. The method includes by processing circuitry of the 3D sensor system, generating second image data based on the first image data, the second image data having a second resolution less than the first resolution; and by the processing circuitry of the imaging sensor, determining that the second image data indicates that an object is present in the environment. The method includes responsive to the determining, providing the first image data from the 3D sensor system to one or more processors configured to generate a three-dimensional image of the environment based on the first image data. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053156 | IMAGING DEVICE - Each of a plurality of pixels includes: a light receiving element ( | 2022-02-17 |
20220053157 | 360 NEIGHBOR-BASED QUALITY SELECTOR, RANGE ADJUSTER, VIEWPORT MANAGER, AND MOTION ESTIMATOR FOR GRAPHICS - An embodiment may include a display processor, memory to store a 2D frame corresponding to a projection from a 360 video, and a quality selector to select a quality factor for a block of the 2D frame based on quality information from neighboring blocks of the 2D frame, including blocks which are neighboring only in the 360 video space. The system may also include a range adjuster to adjust a search range for the 2D frame based on a search area of the 2D frame, a viewport manager to determine if a request for a viewport of the 2D frame extends beyond a first edge of the 2D frame and to fill the requested viewport with wrap-around image information, and/or a motion estimator to estimate motion information based on both color information and depth information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053158 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE HAVING TWO OUTPUT INTERFACES - There is provided a photographing device having two output interfaces that respectively used to output a first image frame and a second image frame. The first image frame is provided to a processor of the photographing device to perform the feature extraction and tag the second image frame accordingly. The tagged second image frame is for the image recording of an external back end. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053159 | All purpose video/audio recorder and media player - Functions and Features | 2022-02-17 |
20220053160 | SYSTEM AND METHODS PROVIDING SPORTS EVENT RELATED MEDIA TO INTERNET-ENABLED DEVICES SYNCHRONIZED WITH A LIVE BROADCAST OF THE SPORTS EVENT - An electronic device can be synchronized with a broadcast of a live sporting event to obtain supplemental sports data over a data network from a server storing data associated with the live sporting event. Supplemental sports data is obtained from the server for display on the electronic device following a triggering activity associated with the broadcast of the live sporting event. Supplemental sports data can be transmitted for rendering on a display associated with the electronic device. Supplemental sports data can include display of an instant replay video of a sports athlete combined with audio of a pre-recorded statement by the sports athlete associated with the instant replay video, an announcement of a score change for a sporting event monitored by the electronic device, and a display of a football widget providing updates on football game status (e.g., possession, ball location, current score) monitored by the electronic device. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053161 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE FROM CONTENT PLAY IN MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for reducing interference between content play and video recording among multiple devices located proximate to each other. Microphones of devices recording video are muted, or content play is interrupted, according to the actions of a majority of nearby devices. For example, if most devices are recording video, content play may be interrupted to prevent the video from unintentionally recording unwanted sounds from play of the content. Conversely, if most devices are not recording video, only those devices which are may have their microphones muted. Actions to reduce interference may be taken according to the current behavior of a majority of proximate devices. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053162 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a device including an emission unit configured to generate a timing signal indicating reference timing in an image capturing environment by a monitoring camera that is standalone, an acquisition unit configured to acquire video image data captured by the monitoring camera, and an identification unit configured to identify image data captured at the reference timing in the video image data based on the timing signal included in the video image data. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053163 | WIDEBAND SPLITTER - A wideband splitter includes an input port configured to receive an input signal; two or more output ports configured to output the input signal. The wideband splitter is capable of splitting the input signal and transmitting the split input signal to the output ports across a frequency band ranging from approximately 5 MHz to 3000 MHz. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053164 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory; and a processor configured to, in a case where information on surroundings is acquired and transmitted to a terminal apparatus of a user at a remote place, perform control for disabling at least part of a function of transmitting information to the terminal apparatus of the user in a case where a current time is not included in a time window for which the user is scheduled to converse with another user in schedule of the user. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053165 | COLLECTING AND SHARING LIVE VIDEO AND SCREEN FEEDS OF PARTICIPANTS IN A VIRTUAL COLLABORATION ROOM - Systems and methods for sharing data streams in a virtual collaboration room. The method includes receiving a user video data stream from a user device for display to one or more other participants in the virtual collaboration environment and receiving a user screen sharing data stream from the user device for display to the one or more other participants in the collaboration environment. The method further includes providing a participant video data stream and a participant screen sharing data stream associated with each participant of the one or more other participants in the collaboration environment to the user device, the data streams associated with each participant configured for simultaneous display with each other participant data stream at the user device and simultaneous display with the user video data stream and the user screen sharing data stream to the one or more other participants. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053166 | MODE CONTROL AND CONTENT SHARING - A system controls a teleconferencing device by detecting a current operating state of the teleconferencing device and detecting a contact with a touch-screen device associated with a selection of an audio and a visual input, a selection of an option from a list of options that performs an action in the teleconferencing device, or a transferring of a virtual object between a plurality of devices. The system continuously senses a gesture across the touch-screen device by identifying a first contact with the touch-screen, a distance of a continuous contact with the touch screen, and a last contact with the touch-screen. The process executes a command associated with the selection of an audio and a visual input, the selection of an option from a list of options that performs an action in the teleconferencing device, or the transferring of a virtual object between a plurality of devices. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053167 | Mobile Terminal And Hub Apparatus For Use In A Video Communication System - A hub apparatus ( | 2022-02-17 |
20220053168 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL 3D COMMUNICATIONS HAVING MULTIPLE PARTICIPANTS PER CAMERA - A method for conducting a three dimensional (3D) video conference between multiple participants, the method may include acquiring visual information, by a visual sensing unit related to a certain participant; identifying multiple persons that appear in the visual information; finding, out of the multiple persons, at least one relevant person; determining 3D entity representation information, for each of the at least one relevant person; and generating, for at least one participant, a representation of a virtual 3D video conference environment, based on the 3D entity representation information for each of the at least one relevant person. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053169 | METHODS FOR THE COVERT TRANSMISSION OF DATA - A method for determining an identifier of a conditional access card used in a conditional access system, in which the conditional access card autonomously modulates the timing of data packets sent by the conditional access card, to form a timing sequence that corresponds to the identifier of the card. The sequence is generated by a predefined non-linear function stored on the conditional access card, and the predefined non-linear function depends on both the identifier of the conditional access card and a non-linear random sequence that is known to the conditional access card and a monitoring station that receives transmissions from the conditional access card. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053170 | GOODS INFORMATION COLLECTION DEVICE - A goods information collection device includes: a box; a carrier plate disposed on an inner bottom surface of the box for placing goods and an image capturing device. The image capturing device is configured to collect at least one image of the goods. The goods information collection device further includes a storage for storing the image of the goods and a data processing device connected to the image capturing device and the storage. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053171 | OVERLAYING METADATA ON VIDEO STREAMS ON DEMAND FOR INTELLIGENT VIDEO ANALYSIS - In various examples, cloud computing systems may store frames of video streams and metadata generated from the frames in separate data stores, with each type of data being indexed using shared timestamps. Thus, the frames of a video stream may be stored and/or processed and corresponding metadata of the frames may be stored and/or generated across any number of devices of the cloud computing system (e.g., edge and/or core devices) while being linked by the timestamps. A client device may provide a request or query to dynamically annotate the video stream using a particular subset of the metadata. In processing the request or query, the timestamps may be used to retrieve video data representing frames of the video stream and metadata extracted from those frames across the data stores. The retrieved metadata and video data may be used to annotate the frames for display on the client device. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053172 | PROJECTION METHOD AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to the technical field of digital projection display, and discloses a projection method and a projection apparatus. The method includes: acquiring a target object image; identifying attribute information of a target object based on the target object image; acquiring preset projection content based on the attribute information of the target object; acquiring a projection path; and projecting a projection screen based on the preset projection content and controlling the projection screen to move along the projection path. In this way, the projection is more flexible and more pertinent. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053173 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A projection apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus includes a light source, an optical engine, a first sensor, and a processor. The light source provides a light beam to the optical engine. The optical engine converts the light beam into an image beam and projects the same out of the projection apparatus. The first sensor senses an ambient temperature. The processor is coupled to the optical engine, the light source, and the first sensor, records a projection time of the optical engine, selects a selected temperature range in which the ambient temperature is included from multiple temperature ranges according to the ambient temperature, and selects a selected driving program from multiple driving programs corresponding to the temperature ranges according to the selected temperature range to control the light source. A brightness of light beam is negatively related to the projection time. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053174 | REAL-TIME MAPPING OF PROJECTIONS ONTO MOVING 3D OBJECTS - A “Concurrent Projector-Camera” uses an image projection device in combination with one or more cameras to enable various techniques that provide visually flicker-free projection of images or video, while real-time image or video capture is occurring in that same space. The Concurrent Projector-Camera provides this projection in a manner that eliminates video feedback into the real-time image or video capture. More specifically, the Concurrent Projector-Camera dynamically synchronizes a combination of projector lighting (or light-control points) on-state temporal compression in combination with on-state temporal shifting during each image frame projection to open a “capture time slot” for image capture during which no image is being projected. This capture time slot represents a tradeoff between image capture time and decreased brightness of the projected image. Examples of image projection devices include LED-LCD based projection devices, DLP-based projection devices using LED or laser illumination in combination with micromirror arrays, etc. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053175 | METHOD FOR PROJECTING AN IMAGE ONTO A SURFACE AND OVERHEAD SUPPORT STRUCTURE - Overhead support structure is provided for mounting above a surface. The overhead support structure supports at least one projector for projecting an image onto a surface above which the overhead support structure is mounted, in use. At least sensor is provided to sense such a surface. The at least one image projector is arranged to project an image onto a region selected according to an output of the at least one sensor. The at least one sensor may be arranged to sense the location of an object on such a surface and the at least one projector is configurable to project an image onto a region selected according to a sensed location of one or more objects on such a surface. The selected region may be changed according to a change in the sensed location of one or more objects on such a surface. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053176 | INTERACTIVE OVERLAY HANDLING FOR IMMERSIVE TELECONFERENCING AND TELEPRESENCE FOR REMOTE TERMINALS - A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a computer system is provided for handling video streams. The method may include: receiving a 360° video stream, the 360° video stream including a multiple overlay parameter; when the multiple overlay parameter is a first value, determining that overlaying the 360° video stream with two or more overlays is permissible by the user terminal, and displaying, by the user terminal, the 360° video stream with the two or more overlays; and when the multiple overlay parameter is a second value, determining that overlaying the 360° video stream with two or more overlays is not permissible and displaying the 360° video stream with zero overlays or one overlay. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053177 | Multiplexed Multi-View Scanning Aerial Cameras - A scanning camera for capturing images along two or more curved scan paths, the scanning camera comprising a camera assembly associated with each scan path, each camera assembly comprising an image sensor and a lens; a scanning mirror; and a drive coupled to the scanning mirror; wherein the drive is operative to rotate the scanning mirror about a spin axis according to a spin angle; the spin axis is tilted relative to each camera optical axis; the scanning mirror is tilted relative to the spin axis and each camera optical axis; the scanning mirror is positioned to reflect an imaging beam into each lens in turn; and each image sensor is operative to capture each image along a respective one of the scan paths by sampling the imaging beam at a corresponding spin angle. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053178 | GAIN MAP GENERATION WITH ROTATION COMPENSATION - A method includes obtaining multiple input images of a scene based on image data captured using multiple imaging sensors. The method also includes generating a gain map identifying relative gains of the imaging sensors. The gain map is generated using the input images and translational and rotational offsets between one or more pairs of the input images. Generating the gain map may include using, for each pair of the input images, a rotation matrix based on a rotation angle between the pair of the input images. The method may further include using the gain map to process additional image data captured using the imaging sensors. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053179 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a processor. The processor switches between display of a first real space image and display of a second real space image by performing switching processing on the basis of metadata related to the switching between the display of the first real space image and the display of the second real space image, the switching processing corresponding to an angle of view of the first real space image, the first real space image being displayed on a virtual space, the second real space image being displayed on a region including a region, in the virtual space, on which the first real space image is displayed, the region on which the second real space image is displayed being larger than the region on which the first real space image is displayed. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053180 | STREAMING TO DISPLAY ARRAY - Aspects of the present invention are drawn to a server device for use with a stream of encoded A/V data and an n×m array of client devices. The server device includes a memory and a processor. The memory causes the server device to decode the A/V data to gain access to decoded video data and decoded audio data, as well as determining the configuration of the n×m array of client devices. The memory causes the server device to separate the decoded video data into n times m distinct video data payloads and encode n times m converted streams of encoded A/V data. The memory additionally causes the server device to transmit the n times m encoded subdivided streams to the n×m array of client devices, respectively, based on the determined configuration of the n×m array of client devices. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053181 | Control of Dynamic Scene Motion by Vehicle Based on Vehicle Sensor Capture - Sensors coupled to a vehicle are calibrated using a dynamic scene with sensor targets around a motorized turntable that rotates the vehicle to different orientations. The sensors capture data at each orientation along the rotation. The vehicle's computer identifies representations of the sensor targets within the data captured by the sensors, and calibrates the sensor based on these representations. The motorized turntable may confirm that rotation has stopped to the vehicle to trigger sensor capture, and the vehicle may communicate completion of sensor capture at an orientation to the motorized turntable to trigger further rotation. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053182 | IMAGE COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - Colour component prediction method is provided, which includes that: first reference sample set corresponding to colour component to be predicted of coding block in video image is acquired; when available sample number in first reference sample set is less than preset number, preset component value is taken as predicted value corresponding to the colour component to be predicted; when available sample number in first reference sample set is not less than preset number, first reference sample set is screened to obtain second reference sample set; when available sample number in second reference sample set is equal to preset number, model parameter is determined through second reference sample set, and prediction model corresponding to colour component to be predicted is obtained based on model parameter, prediction model is used for prediction processing of colour component to be predicted to obtain predicted value corresponding to colour component to be predicted. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053183 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE ON BASIS OF INTRA PREDICTION MODE, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - Disclosed are a method for decoding a video signal and a device therefore. More particularly, a method for decoding an image based on an intra prediction mode, may comprise the steps of: acquiring a most probable mode (MPM) flag for indicating whether an MPM is applied to a current block, the MPM representing a mode in which an intra prediction mode of the current block is induced from an intra predicted block neighboring the current block; configuring an MPM list, on the basis of whether intra prediction modes of a left neighboring block and an above neighboring block of the current block satisfy predefined conditions, if the MPM is applied to the current block; acquiring an MPM index for indicating, within the MPM list, a specific intra prediction mode; and generating a prediction block for the current block by using the intra prediction mode specified by the MPM index. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053184 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IMAGE DECODING ON BASIS OF INTRA PREDICTION IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEM - A method by which a decoding device performs image decoding, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block; deriving neighboring samples including left neighboring samples and upper neighboring samples of the current block; deriving reference samples for prediction of a target sample among the neighboring samples on the basis of the position of the target sample of the current block and the prediction angle of the intra prediction mode; determining an interpolation filter for the target sample; and deriving the prediction sample of the target sample on the basis of the interpolation filter and the reference samples. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: determining a first prediction mode for a first sub-block in a current block and a second intra prediction mode for a second sub-block, performing a first prediction for the first sub-block based on the first intra prediction mode, performing a second prediction for the second sub-block based on the second intra prediction mode, and obtaining a prediction sample of the current block according to a result of the first prediction and the second prediction. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053186 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING - According to the disclosure of the present document, information regarding ALF filter coefficients may be encoded/decoded by fixed order-based exponential golomb coding. In addition, information regarding a fixed filter in ALF may be binarized by fixed-length coding. Accordingly, signaling efficiency can be increased, and coding complexity can be decreased. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING UNIFORM SEGMENT SPLIT IN PICTURES - A method for decoding a picture from a bitstream. The picture comprising a number of units, and the picture being partitioned into a number of spatial segments by a partition structure. The method includes decoding one or more code words in the bitstream; determining that the partition structure is uniform based on the one or more code words; determining the number of spatial segments based on the one or more code words; determining a segment unit size; and deriving the sizes and/or locations for spatial segments in the picture from the one or more code words. Deriving the sizes and/or locations for spatial segments in the picture comprises a first loop over the number of spatial segments in a first dimension or direction. A number of remaining segment units in the first dimension or direction to be segmented is calculated inside the first loop. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053188 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS AND DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention relates to video encoding/decoding methods and device, wherein the video encoding method according to the invention comprises the following steps: acquiring information of peripheral blocks; setting the information about a current block based on the information of the peripheral blocks; and encoding the current block based on the set information, wherein the current block and the peripheral blocks may be a CU (coding unit). | 2022-02-17 |
20220053189 | TRANSFORM-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR - An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step for performing inverse first-order transform and inverse non-separable transform on a residual sample. The inverse non-separable transform is performed on the basis of a transform index indicating a predetermined transform kernel matrix, the inverse first-order transform is performed on the basis of a multiple transform selection (MTS) index indicating MTS for a horizontal transform kernel and a vertical transform kernel, and a syntax element bin string for the transform index is derived on the basis of first context information when a tree type for a split structure of a target block is not a single tree type and is derived on the basis of second context information when the tree type is the single tree type. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053190 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE USING ADAPTATION PARAMETER SET - A video decoding/decoding method and apparatus according to the present disclosure may obtain a transform coefficient of a current block, obtain an inverse-quantized transform coefficient by performing inverse-quantization on a transform coefficient based on a quantization-related parameter of an adaptation parameter set, and reconstruct a residual block of a current block based on an inverse-quantized transform coefficient. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053191 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A video encoding method and apparatus is provided. The method includes determining a chroma format of a video frame, determining, for a currently decoded first quantization matrix (QM), a size of the first QM according to the determined chroma format and a size of a luma transform block (TB) when the first QM is a chroma QM, and decoding the first QM when the size of the first QM is greater than zero. Thus, a size of a chroma QM is flexibly determined according to a chroma format and a size of a luma TB, rather than a fixed size predefined according to an identifier of the QM, thereby improving flexibility during encoding and decoding of the chroma QM. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also provided. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053192 | SINGLE-LINE CROSS COMPONENT LINEAR MODEL PREDICTION MODE - Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes cross-component prediction, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video coding includes receiving a bitstream representation of a current block of video data comprising a luma component and a chroma component, determining parameters of a linear model based on a first set of samples that are generated by down-sampling a second set of samples of the luma component, and processing, based on the parameters of the linear model, the bitstream representation to generate the current block. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE BY USING TRANSFORM ACCORDING TO BLOCK SIZE IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEM - A method for decoding an image by a decoding apparatus according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving predicted samples by performing prediction on a current block; determining whether the current block is to be divided, on the basis of a size and a maximum transform size of the current block; when the current block is determined to be divided, dividing the current block into transform blocks; deriving transform coefficients of the transform blocks; deriving residual samples by performing an inverse transform procedure for the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples and the predicted samples, wherein, when the size of the current block is larger than the maximum transform size, the current block is determined to be divided. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053194 | INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO SEQUENCE - Embodiments of this application disclose an intra prediction method for a video sequence. The method includes: obtaining a size and a split mode of a chroma coding tree node; determining, based on the size and the split mode of the chroma coding tree node, whether to allow cross-component linear model (CCLM) intra prediction to be performed on a chroma coding unit included in the chroma coding tree node; determining a prediction mode of the chroma coding unit depending on whether to allow CCLM to be performed on the chroma coding unit; and processing the chroma coding unit based on the prediction mode of the chroma coding unit to obtain prediction samples of the chroma coding unit. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053195 | LEARNING-BASED IMAGE COMPRESSION SETTING - Embodiments described herein relate to methods, devices, and computer-readable media to determine a compression setting. An input image may be obtained where the input image is associated with a user account. One or more features of the input image may be determined using a feature-detection machine-learning model. A compression setting for the input image may be determined using a user-specific machine-learning model personalized to the user account based on the one or more features in the input image. The input image may be compressed based on the compression setting. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVING MOTION VECTOR - Provided is an image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus including deriving a temporary reference motion vector for a current block included in a current picture, deriving a reference motion vector for the current block by applying clipping to the temporary reference motion vector, deriving a motion vector for the current block based on the reference motion vector, deriving a predicted block for the current block based on the motion vector for the current block, and generating a reconstructed picture for the current picture based on the predicted block for the current block, wherein a number of bits of a binary code representing the reference motion vector is less than a number of bits of a binary code representing the temporary reference motion vector. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053197 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a method of performing motion compensation by using motion vector prediction. To this end, a method of decoding an image may include: generating multiple motion vector candidate lists according to an inter-prediction direction of a current block; deriving multiple motion vectors for the current block by using the multiple motion vector candidate lists; determining multiple prediction blocks for the current block by using the multiple motion vectors; and obtaining a final prediction block for the current block based on the multiple prediction blocks. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053198 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This application relates to a video coding method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a current coding unit; obtaining target pixel gradient data through calculation according to a pixel value of a pixel in the current coding unit, the target pixel gradient data being obtained according to a difference between the pixel value of the pixel and a reference pixel value; determining a target division decision result corresponding to the current coding unit according to the target pixel gradient data; and performing video coding on the current coding unit according to the target division decision result. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053199 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREDICTION VALUE, ENCODER, AND DECODER - Methods for determining a prediction value, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. Reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block are acquired, and then filtered to obtain a reference value set of the current block. When a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value, a first constant value is calculated according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block. A difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set is determined as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set. Other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value are determined according to the reference value set. Prediction values of samples at specific positions in the current block is calculated and then filtered. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053200 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREDICTION VALUE, ENCODER, AND DECODER - Methods for determining a prediction value, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. Reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block are acquired, and then filtered to obtain a reference value set of the current block. When a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value, a first constant value is calculated according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block. A difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set is determined as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set. Other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value are determined according to the reference value set. Prediction values of samples at specific positions in the current block is calculated and then filtered. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053201 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREDICTION VALUE, ENCODER, AND DECODER - Methods for determining a prediction value, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. Reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block are acquired, and then filtered to obtain a reference value set of the current block. When a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value, a first constant value is calculated according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block. A difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set is determined as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set. Other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value are determined according to the reference value set. Prediction values of samples at specific positions in the current block is calculated and then filtered. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053202 | TEXTURE DECOMPRESSION TECHNIQUES - A texture decompression method is described. The method comprises receiving a compressed texture block, determining a partition of pixels used for the compressed texture block, wherein the partition includes one or more disjoint subsets into which data in the compressed texture block is to be unpacked, unpacking data for each subset based on the determined partition, and decompressing each of the one or more disjoint subsets to form an approximation of an original texture block. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053203 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention relates to a video encoding method, a video decoding method, and a device using the same, and the video encoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: specifying a tile and a slice by partitioning an inputted picture; performing encoding on the basis of the tile and the slice; and transmitting the encoded video information, wherein the picture is partitioned into one or more tiles and one or more slices, and the restrictions for parallel processing can be applied to the tiles and the slices. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053204 | VIDEO CODING AND DECODING - The invention relates to signalling affine mode in an encoded video stream; in particular determining a list of merge candidates corresponding to blocks neighbouring a current block; and signalling affine mode for said current block; wherein signalling said affine mode comprises decoding a context encoded flag from the data stream, and wherein the context variable for said flag is determined based on whether or not said neighbouring blocks use affine mode. Related encoding and decoding methods and devices are also disclosed. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053205 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method by which reproduction of a point cloud having no time information can be handled. Metadata that includes reproduction information necessary to reproduce encoded data obtained by encoding one frame of a point cloud by V-PCC or G-PCC and that includes reproduction feasibility information to be used to determine feasibility of reproducing the encoded data is generated. The encoded data and the metadata are stored in a file having a predetermined file structure using the ISOBMFF technology. The present technology is applicable to a data generation device that generates a file into which encoded data of a point cloud having no time information is stored, for example. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053206 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR RESOLUTION - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for processing a video signal and, more specifically, comprises the steps of: parsing, from a bitstream, an adaptive motion vector resolution (AMVR) enabled flag (sps_amvr_enabled_flag) indicating whether or not adaptive motion vector differential resolution is used; parsing, from the bitstream, an affine enabled flag (sps_affine_enabled_flag) indicating whether or not affine motion compensation is usable; on the basis of the affine enabled flag, determining whether or not the affine motion compensation is usable; when the affine motion compensation is usable, determining, on the basis of the AMVR enabled flag, whether or not the adaptive motion vector differential resolution is used; and, when the adaptive motion vector differential resolution is used, parsing, from the bitstream, an affine AMVR enabled flag (sps_affine_amvr_enabled flag) indicating whether or not the adaptive motion vector differential resolution is usable for the affine motion compensation. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING PARAMETERS IN VIDEO CODING - A method of signaling tile set parameters is disclosed. A value for a syntax element is signaled in a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit. The value for the syntax element indicates that a tile set layer syntax structure is included in the NAL unit. Values for one or more tile set parameters included in the tile set layer syntax structure are signaled. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053208 | PICTURE PREDICTION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS - A picture prediction method and a related apparatus are disclosed. A picture prediction method includes: determining K1 pixel samples in a picture block x, and determining a candidate motion information unit set corresponding to each pixel sample in the K1 pixel samples, where the candidate motion information unit set corresponding to each pixel sample includes at least one candidate motion information unit; determining a merged motion information unit set i including K1 motion information units, where each motion information unit in the merged motion information unit set i is selected from at least a part of motion information units in candidate motion information unit sets corresponding to different pixel samples in the K1 pixel samples; and predicting a pixel value of the picture block x by using a non-translational motion model and the merged motion information unit set i. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053209 | IMPROVED VIRTUAL TEMPORAL AFFINE CANDIDATES - Methods and apparatus for creating additional affine candidates. Virtual and temporal candidates are determined using neighboring spatial and temporal sub-blocks. The sub-blocks are examined in an order known to both an encoder and a decoder. Valid sub-blocks are used to compute an affine model. The candidates can be filtered and added to a candidate list conditionally based on various criteria. The candidates can be used to determine control point motion vectors and a motion flow field can be determined. Motion vectors for sub-blocks within a video coding block can be determined. Motion compensation can be performed using the improved affine candidates and encoding/decoding based on the improved affine motion compensation. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053210 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING COMPRESSED MOTION VECTORS - An image decoding method performed by the decoding apparatus according to this document comprising deriving a temporary reference motion vector for a current block based on a reference candidate block of the current block, deriving a reference motion vector by compressing the temporary reference motion vector based on a shifting operation, deriving a motion vector for the current block based on the reference motion vector, deriving prediction samples for the current block based on the motion vector for the current block, and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples for the current block, wherein a total number of bits of the binary code representing the reference motion vector is less than a total number of bits of the binary code representing the temporary reference motion vector. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053211 | METHOD FOR INTER PREDICTION METHOD, VIDEO PICTURE ENCODER AND DECODER - A method and apparatus for inter prediction. According to the position of a current block in a video picture, first motion information and second candidate motion information is determined, the motion information at least includes a motion vector; it is determined whether the distance between the motion vector of the first motion information and the motion vector of the second candidate motion information is greater than a first threshold; if the determination result is that the distance is less than or equal to the first threshold, the second candidate motion information is updated to obtain second motion information; if the determination result is that the distance is greater than the first threshold, the second candidate motion information is taken as the second motion information; and inter prediction is performed on the current block by using the first motion information and the second motion information. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053212 | CHROMA MODE VIDEO CODING - A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for encoding or decoding video data. Video data including a chroma component having a first nominal angle and first delta angles and a luma component having a second nominal angle and second delta angles is received, whereby the first delta angles are dependent on the second delta angles. First delta angle values are signaled or parsed for the first delta angles based on at least an intra prediction mode associated with the luma component. The video data is encoded or decoded based on the first delta angle values corresponding to the first delta angles. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053213 | IMAGE PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INTRA PREDICTION - An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block; deriving reference samples located around the current block; generating a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode and the reference samples; and generating residual samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction sample, wherein the step of generating the prediction sample for the current block may comprise the steps of: deriving an interpolation filter, which is to be applied to the reference sample, on the basis of the prediction mode of the current block or the size of the current block; and generating the prediction sample by applying the derived interpolation filter to the reference sample. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053214 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. In a method, prediction information for a current block is encoded. The prediction information indicates a secondary transform index, based on which a secondary transform core is determined. A first primary transform coefficient block is generated based on a primary transform core of the current block. A size of the first primary transform coefficient block is less than a size of the secondary transform core. A second primary transform coefficient block is generated based on the first primary transform coefficient block. A size of the second primary transform coefficient block equals the size of the secondary transform core. A secondary transform coefficient block is determined based on the second primary transform coefficient block and the secondary transform core. The current block is encoded based on the secondary transform coefficient block. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. An apparatus includes processing circuitry that generates a first primary transform coefficient block for a current block based on a primary transform core of the current block. The processing circuitry determines whether a secondary transform is to be applied to the first primary transform coefficient block based on a position of a non-zero transform coefficient in the first primary transform coefficient block. Based on the secondary transform being applied to the first primary transform coefficient block, the processing circuitry generates a secondary transform coefficient block based on the first primary transform coefficient block and a secondary transform core of the current block. A size of the secondary transform core is greater than a size of the first primary transform coefficient block. The processing circuitry encodes the current block based on the secondary transform coefficient block. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053216 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MEDIA FILE COMPRISING 3-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONTENT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONTENT - The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for generating and transmitting a media file containing three-dimensional (3D) video content. The present disclosure also relates to a method and a device for reconstructing and reproducing three-dimensional video content from a received media file. According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of generating a media file containing three-dimensional video content may include inserting, into a media data box in the media file, a plurality of components contained in a two-dimensional video frame in which the three-dimensional video content is compressed; inserting, into a metadata box in the media file, first tracks respectively corresponding to the components and a second track containing metadata; and inserting, into the second track, information about an entry point for each of the plurality of components. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053217 | VIDEO CODING METHOD ON BASIS OF SECONDARY TRANSFORM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A video transform method includes: receiving a quantized transform coefficient for a target block and a transform index for a non-separated secondary transform; inverse-quantizing the quantized transform coefficient; deriving an input transform coefficient size indicating the length of the inverse-quantized transform coefficient to which the non-separated secondary transform has been applied, an output transform coefficient size indicating the length of a modified transform coefficient to which the non-separated secondary transform has been applied, and a transform set mapped to the intra mode of the target block, when the transform index does not indicate that the non-separated secondary transform is not performed; and deriving the modified transform coefficient on the basis of a matrix operation on a transform kernel matrix in the transform set indicated by the transform index, and a transform coefficient list corresponding to the input transform coefficient size. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053218 | Digital Sporting Event Viewer - The device of the present invention transmits live events to remote authorized user devices. More specifically, the digital device of the present invention is placed in a seat in a venue hosting a live event, and is wirelessly connected to an electronic device of an authenticated user who paid for the seat but is remote from the venue. The device transmits the live event from the venue to the user's device, thereby enabling the user to remotely attend and participate in the live event via his or her user device. The various position and characteristics of the components of the digital device can be modified remotely by the user through a user interface present in the user device via a smartphone application. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053219 | Immersive Event Production and Distribution - Live event production and distribution networks, systems, apparatuses and methods related thereto are described herein. The described innovations may be used not only to present live events to audiences, but to do so in a way that provides audience energy and feedback to the performer(s) (e.g., a band) in a manner akin to that which they receive during a traditional live performance, thereby energizing and motivating the performers to give the best live performance they can, even in the absence of a co-located live audience. Some or all of the audience members may be represented by a visual surrogate displayed on an audience feedback screen set up to be viewable by the performers. The screen may be sized to fill a curtain window of stage on which the performers are performing, and the performers may optionally interact with one or more people in the audience during the live performance. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053220 | Event Production and Distribution Networks, Systems, Apparatuses, and Methods Related Thereto - Live event production and distribution networks, systems, apparatuses and methods related thereto are described herein. The described innovations may be used not only to present live events to audiences, but to do so in a way that provides audience energy and feedback to the performer(s) (e.g., a band) in a manner akin to that which they receive during a traditional live performance, thereby energizing and motivating the performers to give the best live performance they can, even in the absence of a co-located live audience. Some or all of the audience members may be represented by a visual surrogate displayed on an audience feedback screen set up to be viewable by the performers. The screen may be sized to fill a curtain window of stage on which the performers are performing, and the performers may optionally interact with one or more people in the audience during the live performance. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053221 | METHOD FOR MANAGING LIVE-STREAMING ROOM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for managing a live-streaming room comprises displaying a first live-streaming interface of a live-streaming room by a first terminal; detecting a first operation through the first live-streaming interface; and sending a first instruction to a live-streaming server in response to the first operation, wherein the live-streaming server is configured to send the first instruction to a second terminal, the first instruction instructs the second terminal to perform a synchronization operation with the first terminal. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE DATA STREAM - An apparatus comprises a processor ( | 2022-02-17 |
20220053223 | Grouped Zones in a System with Multiple Media Playback Protocols - A first networked device may perform operations including receiving, from a media source device, a media stream. The first networked device may be configured to use a first media playback protocol and the media source device may be configured to use a second media playback protocol. The first media playback protocol and the second media playback protocol may be incompatible. Operations may further include transmitting, to a second networked device, the media stream. The first networked device and second networked device are configured to operate in a bonded zone. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053224 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to information processing apparatus and method that allow robustness of content reproduction to be improved. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053225 | Image Sampling from Multicast Streams - Images may be periodically captured from each of a plurality of content streams comprising programs. Each of the content streams may be associated with capture parameters. The capture parameters may include information on how frequently images from the stream may be captured. The captured images may be made available to various clients for various uses, such as for display of a schedule of available programs. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053226 | FIELD OF VIEW PREDICTION IN LIVE PANORAMIC VIDEO STREAMING - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including providing a video presentation to user devices. A latency related to the video presentation is determined for each device; a high-latency user device is identified having greater latency than other, low-latency devices. Field of view information is analyzed for each of the low-latency devices; based on the analyzing, a field of view of the high-latency user device is predicted. In accordance with the predicting, a predicted viewing map for the high-latency user device is generated. The video presentation for the high-latency user device is adjusted based on the predicted viewing map. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053227 | VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, VIDEO DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - A video distribution system according to one embodiment of the invention includes one or more computer processors. The one or more computer processors execute computer-readable instructions to: in response to reception of a co-performing request for co-performing with a first user from a second user, determine whether to permit the second user's co-performing based on co-performing requester information related to the second user; generate a co-performing video in which the first user and the second user co-perform when the second user's co-performing is permitted; and distribute the co-performing video to one or more viewer users. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053228 | Information Processing Apparatus, Control Method, Information Processing Terminal, And Information Processing Method - The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method, an information processing terminal, and an information processing method capable of detecting a voice to be recognized by using a microphone in accordance with a user's intention. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053229 | GRID SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control system and related method for controlling a video device are presented. The remote control system contains a plurality of buttons arranged in a grid pattern that correspond to user selectable options displayed on a display screen arranged in the same grid pattern. The user selects options on the screen by pressing the corresponding button on the remote control. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART REMOTE SCENE CREATION - Provided is a system, method, and apparatus for creating a configuration for a control device. The method includes determining a plurality of devices controllable with the control device, wherein each device of the plurality of devices is associated with at least one device category, displaying a first set of device options corresponding to a first set of devices of the plurality of devices, displaying a second set of device options corresponding to a second set of devices of the plurality of devices, receiving a selection of a first device from the first set of device options and a second device from the second set of device options, associating the first device and the second device with a scene object, and in response to activation of the scene object via the control device, automatically generating a set of control signals configured to control the first device and the second device. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053231 | Audio Playing And Transmitting Methods And Apparatuses - The present disclosure provides audio playing and transmitting methods and apparatuses, so as to reduce a playback delay of a control apparatus. An audio playing method provided the embodiment of the present disclosure includes: receiving a first system time data packet transmitted from a smart television, wherein the first system time data packet includes a first system time of the smart television at a sound transmission start time; calculating a difference serving as a first difference between a current second system time of a control apparatus and the first system time; receiving audio data transmitted from the smart television; calculating, according to the first difference, a network delay of transmission of the audio data between the smart television and the control apparatus; and abandoning the audio data when the network delay is greater than a preset threshold. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053232 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device including a display; a first external interface configured to be connected to a first external device; a second external interface configured to be connected to a second external device; and a controller configured to display, on the display, an external source list menu including first connection port information for identifying the first external interface and second connection port information for identifying the second external interface, receive a first image content from the first external device connected to the first external interface, and display, on the external source list menu, a first moving image obtained from the first image content after receiving a first capture start signal until receiving a second capture end signal from a remote controller, wherein the first moving image is displayed on a first position corresponding to the first connection port information identifying the first external interface in the external source list menu, and receive a second image content from the second external device connected to the second external interface, and display, on the external source list menu, a second moving image obtained from the second image content after receiving a third capture start signal until receiving a fourth capture end signal from the remote controller, wherein the second moving image is displayed on a second position corresponding to the second connection port information identifying the second external interface in the external source list menu. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053233 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO OVERLAY - Systems and methods are provided for enabling in-video shopping functionality during presentation of live streaming video content. A system may initiate a video streaming support instance based on a request from a streamer device. The system may then send code to one or more client devices viewing a live video stream of the streamer device, where the code causes the client devices to present, in association with the live video stream, an interactive shopping overlay configured to listen for item information from the system. During the live video stream, in response to the system receiving an instruction from the streamer device to insert a product or other item into the interactive shopping overlay, the system may send information to the client devices that causes the interactive shopping overlay on each client device to present the specified item as a selectable item displayed over the live streaming video. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053234 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING A DISPLAY OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA ASSET - Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053235 | DOWNSTREAM PLANT CAPACITY - A transmitting and/or receiving system for cable networks. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053236 | Virtual Media Service - A virtual music service receives an identifier for a media program from a voice agent, queries a first media service and a second media service for the media program, and receives a first response from the first and/or second media service including access information for the media program. One of the first and second media services is selected according to the response based on a predetermined selection criteria. The virtual music service provides the access information for the media program from the selected media service to the media rendering device. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053237 | LEVITATING METERING APPARATUS - Example levitating meter apparatus are disclosed. An example metering system includes a meter having a display to present indicia associated with a panelist. The meter has a microphone to receive audio output from a media device and circuitry to perform media monitoring. A base includes a cavity to receive at least a portion of the meter. The meter to magnetically levitate relative to the base to decouple the meter from the base. The base and the meter structured to fix a rotational position of the meter relative to the base when the at least the portion of the meter is received by the cavity of the base and the meter levitates relative to the base. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053238 | MEDIA DELIVERY NOTIFICATION DATA ANALYSIS AND DASHBOARD DISPLAY - A facility for generating analytical information based on individual reports of multiple scheduled presentations of interstitial media assets is provided. Data files are received that each include multiple status reports regarding multiple scheduled presentations of multiple media assets by a plurality of distinct media receiver devices in multiple distinct geographical areas. Analytical information is generated regarding the multiple scheduled media presentations by the distinct media receiver devices, the analytical information including aggregated success rates for one or more subsets of the scheduled media presentations. At least some of the analytical information is presented as a dashboard display comprising a plurality of distinct panels of related information on a communicatively coupled display device. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO VISUAL CONTENT CREATION AND PUBLISHING WITHIN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems for providing content creation and content publishing in a controlled environment are disclosed herein. A media management device receives an audio track including lyrical content. Further, the media management device performs speech recognition analysis on the audio track to determine lyrical text corresponding to the lyrical content. Additionally, the media management device determines whether the audio track contains prohibited content based on comparing the lyrical text to a blacklist of prohibited information. When the audio track does not include prohibited content, the media management device publishes the audio track to a media library accessible to devices within the controlled environment. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053240 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION TECHNIQUES WITH REDUCED HABIT BIAS EFFECTS - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying content consumption data associated with media content consumption at a customer device, and generating a content selection recommendation for the customer device. Some embodiments can include determining a habit-based content selection vector for the customer device. Various embodiments can include determining the habit-based content selection vector based on a habit profile for the customer device. Some embodiments can include adjusting a content selection vector for the customer device based on the habit-based content selection vector for the customer device. Various embodiments can include generating the content selection recommendation for the customer device based on the adjusted content selection vector. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053241 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and an information processing system, each of which provides a service related to a broadcast-type moving picture content. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053242 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display configured to display content; and a controller configured to capture an image of the displayed content, transmit data of the captured image to an external server, receive content information and a playback time point of the content corresponding to the captured image from the external server, acquire a presence or absence of shopping information related to the displayed content based on the received content information and the playback time point of the content, and display the shopping information on the display according to the acquired presence of the shopping information. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053243 | EVENT-DRIVEN STREAMING MEDIA INTERACTIVITY - Aspects described herein may provide systems, methods, and device for facilitating language learning using videos. Subtitles may be displayed in a first, target language or a second, native language during display of the video. On a pause event, both the target language subtitle and the native language subtitle may be displayed simultaneously to facilitate understanding. While paused, a user may select an option to be provided with additional contextual information indicating usage and context associated with one or more words of the target language subtitle. The user may navigate through previous and next subtitles with additional contextual information while the video is paused. Other aspects may allow users to create auto-continuous video loops of definable duration, and may allow users to generate video segments by searching an entire database of subtitle text, and may allow users create, save, share, and search video loops. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053244 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING PROCESSING OF MEDIA CONTENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A media content processing management method according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: obtaining, from a network based media processing (NBMP) source, workflow information for media content processing; identifying whether to use a feedback task, based on the workflow information, obtaining, from a function repository, function information about a function of the feedback task or about a function of at least one media task for the media content processing, based on the workflow information, obtaining task information based on at least one of the workflow information and the function information, delivering the task information to each of tasks, obtaining client feedback information, and updating the task information based on the client feedback information, wherein the task information includes at least one of input information, output information, configuration information, or connection information of each of the tasks, and the connection information includes connection information of a media processing task and the feedback task, the media processing task using client assistance information from among the at least one media task. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053245 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTING VIDEO CONTENT - A system and method for augmenting a broadcast video or produced video feed, the system including: a visual analysis engine adapted for labelling features of the broadcast video or produced video feed, wherein the labelling of features is performed using machine vision; a video overlay generator adapted for generating an overlay layer based on the labelled features for overlaying on the broadcast video, and an app running on a viewing device adapted for overlaying the overlay layer onto the broadcast video. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053246 | GENERATING MEDIA CONTENT PLAYLISTS INCLUDING INTERSTITIALS COMBINED WITH MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS - A method includes identifying a plurality of media content items for a playlist, each of the plurality of media content items having an introductory segment, one or more main segments, and an ending segment; determining a length of an ending segment of a first media content item and a length of an introductory segment of a second media content item; selecting an interstitial to be added to the playlist between one or more main segments of the first media content item and one or more main segments of the second media content item; and responsive to determining that a length of the interstitial is less than a combined length of the ending segment and the introductory segment, adjusting an overlap on the interstitial of the ending segment of the first content media item and the introductory segment of the second media content item. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053247 | DYNAMIC TOPOLOGY GENERATION FOR BRANCHING NARRATIVES - A playback application is configured to dynamically generate topology for an interactive media title. The playback application obtains an initial topology and also collects various data associated with a user interacting with the feature. The playback application then modifies the initial topology, based on the collected data, to generate a dynamic topology tailored to the user. The dynamic topology describes the set of choices available to the user during playback as well as which options can be selected by the user when making a given choice. In addition, the playback application also selectively buffers different portions of the interactive media title, based on the collected data, in anticipation of the user selecting particular options for available choices. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053248 | COLLABORATIVE EVENT-BASED MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multimedia collaboration system including a collaboration server configured to ingest a first media production being produced for an event, to detect a user location of a user with respect to an event location of the event, to register the user as a local event spectator or a remote event spectator based on determining the user location relative to the event location, to receive contributor multimedia content from at least one contributor user registered as one of the event spectator or the remote event spectator and synchronize the received contributor multimedia content with the first media production of the event, and to transmit a composite multimedia output comprising the synchronized received contributor multimedia content from the at least one contributor user, to receive a user selection of at least one synchronized multimedia content of the composite multimedia output, and to transmit to a user device the at least one user selected synchronized multimedia content based on receiving the user selection from the user device. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053249 | DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING FOR HYGIENE EQUIPMENT - A data collection unit arranged to collect data indicating hygiene equipment status includes a receiving unit configured to receive inbound data from hygiene equipment; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit outbound data directly to a terminal via device-to-device, D2D, communication; wherein the outbound data is based on the inbound data. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053250 | BANDWIDTH-RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT BASED ON WAVELENGTH AND SPATIAL SWITCHING - The disclosed system implements a bandwidth-reconfigurable optical interconnect, which couples optical signals between N interconnect inputs and N interconnect outputs. The system includes an arrayed waveguide grating router (AWGR), which provides cyclic, single-wavelength, all-to-all routing between N AWGR inputs and N AWGR outputs. The system also includes a wavelength-insensitive switch, which provides all-wavelength, all-to-all connectivity between N wavelength-insensitive inputs and N wavelength-insensitive outputs. The system additionally includes a wavelength-selective input switch, which selectively directs up to L wavelengths from each of the N interconnect inputs into a corresponding input of the wavelength-insensitive switch, wherein unselected wavelengths from each of the N interconnect inputs pass into a corresponding AWGR input. Finally, the system includes a wavelength-selective output switch, which selectively directs up to L wavelengths from each of the N wavelength-insensitive outputs into a corresponding interconnect output, wherein each of the N AWGR outputs pass into a corresponding interconnect output. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053251 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device includes: a housing, where the housing is provided with an interface accommodation hole, a sound guide hole, and a sound guide channel, and the sound guide hole is located in a hole wall of the interface accommodation hole; an interface, where the interface is disposed in the housing, and at least a part of the interface is located in the interface accommodation hole; and an acoustic device, where the acoustic device is disposed in the housing, and the sound guide hole is communicated to the acoustic device through the sound guide channel. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053252 | AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE - Provided is an audio reproduction device including: first and second speaker supports that have a lid shape and are provided on a case in an openable and closable manner; a sensor that detects a first state and a second state, the first and second speaker supports being closed in the first state, the first and second speaker supports being opened and held almost horizontally in the second state; first and second speakers respectively attached on front surfaces of the first and second speaker supports such that a distance in the second state is larger than a distance in the first state; and a reproduction characteristic control unit that switches reproduction characteristics of the first and second speakers in the first state and the second state on the basis of a detection signal from the sensor. | 2022-02-17 |
20220053253 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A sound image localization effect is enhanced to ensure a preferable viewing state in which a sense of unity between an image or video and sound is generated. | 2022-02-17 |