14th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160100087 | VEHICLE PHOTOGRAPHIC TUNNEL - A system and method for automatically photographing vehicles in a drive-thru structure is provided where the passage of a vehicle triggers an automated process that captures a series of vehicle images, and uploads the captured images to a web template for display and recordation. The images captured have controlled reflections from multiple angles and perspectives. A viewer is able to discern whether there are surface imperfections, scratches, and dents on a vehicle surface. Reflections are controlled in the structure or circular chamber with curved walls that are covered with a light scattering sheet material such as a white canvas or gray walls. The lighting style used to illuminate the vehicle within the structure is a sunset horizon style of lighting, where the lights are hidden below the curved wall that may be gray or white so as to use a sunset style reflection on the vehicle surface through subtractive lighting. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100088 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICES - An image capturing apparatus includes a light source to emit first light to a light translucent member, an image sensor to capture an adhering detection frame for acquiring an adhering detection image to detect a substance adhering on the light translucent member by using the first light emitted from the light source, and to capture object recognition frames for acquiring object recognition images for recognizing objects other than the substance by receiving second light, and circuitry to set a frame time of the adhering detection frame shorter than a frame time of each of the object recognition frames, and to set an exposure time of an object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame to a value that prevents overlapping of an exposure period of the adhering detection frame and an exposure period of the object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100089 | COMPONENT MOUNTER - Component mounter includes a transfer inspection device that inspects the transfer state of solder by imaging the bottom surface of a component, and a transfer inspection data creation device that creates transfer inspection data. The transfer inspection data creation device performs imaging of the bottom surface of a pre-transfer component with a camera at multiple shutter speeds, acquires the multiple pre-transfer images of different shutter speeds, obtains pre-transfer bump portion pixel values, performs imaging of the bottom surface of a post-transfer component with the camera at the same multiple shutter speeds, acquires the multiple post-transfer images of different shutter speeds, obtains post-transfer bump portion pixel values, and determines the shutter speed to be used when performing transfer inspection based on the post-transfer bump portion pixel values. Transfer inspection data is created based on the pre- and post-transfer bump portion pixel values of images captured at the determined shutter speed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100090 | AUTOMATIC UPLOAD OF PICTURES FROM A CAMERA - A system and method is disclosed for enabling user friendly interaction with a camera system. Specifically, the inventive system and method has several aspects to improve the interaction with a camera system, including voice recognition, gaze tracking, touch sensitive inputs and others. The voice recognition unit is operable for, among other things, receiving multiple different voice commands, recognizing the vocal commands, associating the different voice commands to one camera command and controlling at least some aspect of the digital camera operation in response to these voice commands. The gaze tracking unit is operable for, among other things, determining the location on the viewfinder image that the user is gazing upon. One aspect of the touch sensitive inputs provides that the touch sensitive pad is mouse-like and is operable for, among other things, receiving user touch inputs to control at least some aspect of the camera operation. Another aspect of the disclosed invention provides for gesture recognition to be used to interface with and control the camera system. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100091 | ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE WITH BUILT IN REMOTE INSPECTION AND VIRTUAL CONTROL OF SENSOR PLACEMENT - A remote controllable monitoring system includes a movable sensor to monitor characteristic(s) of electrical components of equipment housed at different locations inside of an electrical enclosure. The movable sensor is movably mounted inside of the electrical enclosure. The monitoring system can also control the power supplied to the electrical components (e.g., turn power ON or OFF). A remote device interacts with the monitoring system to provide a user with remote control over the functions of the monitoring system. The remote device can include an interactive user interface with a virtual map of the electrical components. Accordingly, the user can monitor electrical components and turn OFF power to the electrical components if a problem or perspective problem is detected, via the interactive user interface of the remote device without opening or being near the electrical enclosure. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100092 | OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE AND TRACKING METHOD THEREOF - An object tracking device and a tracking method thereof are provided. The method, adopted by an object tracking device, includes: detecting, by a first multimedia sensor, an environment to generate a first multimedia sensor output; monitoring, by a processing circuit, the first multimedia sensor output from the first multimedia sensor system; configuring, by the processing circuit, a setting for a second multimedia sensor based on the first multimedia sensor output; and monitoring, by the second multimedia sensor, the environment based on the setting to generate a second multimedia output. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100093 | LIVE VIDEO SYSTEM - A live video system is provided. The system includes a camera, a mobile device, and a wireless communication link between the camera and the mobile device, wherein video and audio captured by the camera is sent to the mobile device. The mobile device may further include a live video software application, wherein the live video software application provides instruction to a processor of the mobile device to activate a mobile network connection with a server to send video and audio captured by the camera and received by the mobile device through the mobile network connection to the server for streaming. The camera further includes local memory and may record audio and video simultaneously with the sending the audio and video to the mobile device, wherein the recording is in high definition and remains in the custody of the emergency personnel in order to maintain proper custody for evidence purposes. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100094 | VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED VIDEO RECORDING METHOD - A video recording device and an associated video recording method are provided. The video recording device includes a main capturing module, a supplementary capturing module and a controller. The main capturing module records a to-be-captured target according to a main focus parameter. The supplementary capturing module captures the to-be-captured target and generates a plurality of supplementary capturing pictures. The controller is electrically connected to the main capturing module and the supplementary capturing module. The controller selectively updates the main focus parameter according to the supplementary focus parameter. The supplementary focus parameter is obtained according to the supplementary capturing pictures. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100095 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS INTERPOSABLE DURING EXAMINATION PROCEDURE - An illumination apparatus comprises a mobile stand, an articulating arm extending outwardly from the mobile stand, an illumination unit mounted on the articulating arm, and a camera mounted on the articulating arm. The camera is mounted on the interior of the illumination unit. The illumination unit is constructed to provide a clear field of view through the illumination unit. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100096 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTO FOCUS FUNCTION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for performing an Auto Focus (AF) function in an electronic device which does not perform the AF function while performing a camcorder function are provided. The apparatus includes a camera for receiving a photographing data, a camera processing unit for performing any one of a still picture acquisition function and an AF function, a recording processing unit for performing a function for recording the photographing data, a camera driver for operating the camera under control of the camera processing unit and the recording processing unit, and a processor for controlling the camera processing unit and the recording processing unit when detecting an AF request while photographing a moving picture to focus on the photographing data automatically and to record the focused photographing data. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100097 | Method for Capturing and Storing Historic Audiovisual Data via a Digital Mirror - A method for capturing and storing historic audiovisual data via a digital mirror allows a digital display to be utilized as a digital minor. The digital display includes a touchscreen that is divided into a first portion with a live video feed and a second portion with a graphical user interface (GUI). An image-capture device and a microphone are able to capture audiovisual media data that is saved onto a data storage device. The audiovisual media data may be searched at a later time in order to view specific audiovisual media data captured at a previous time. The digital display may be activated via a plurality of display activation triggers that is intended to provide security and prevent unauthorized access to the digital display. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100098 | IMAGE PROVIDING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD - A device includes a camera and a shooting control section configured to control the camera, and the shooting control section executes, by controlling the camera, at least one of close-up shooting, front whole-body shooting, and whole-body from above shooting. The close-up shooting is to shoot a face and an upper half of a body of an object, the front whole-body shooting is to shoot a whole-body of the object from a front thereof, and the whole-body from above shooting is to shoot a whole-body of the object from a diagonally upper front thereof. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a photo sticker creating device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100099 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO CONFERENCING - Technology for a local user equipment (UE) operable to perform video conferencing with a remote UE is disclosed. The local UE can define a region of interest (ROI) within a field of view of a camera of the remote UE. The local UE can map the ROI to one or more pan, tilt, zoom and focus (PTZF) commands. The local UE can send the one or more PTZF commands to the remote UE, wherein the remote UE is configured to identify the ROI based on the one or more PTZF commands. The local UE can receive encoded video within the ROI from the remote UE. The encoded video can include the regions within the ROI at an increased zoom level while substantially maintaining a defined quality level to enable the encoded video within the ROI to be rendered and displayed at the local UE. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100100 | Method for Configuring Screen, Electronic Device and Storage Medium - Disclosed is a screen configuring method of an electronic device. The screen configuring method may include displaying a first application execution screen, obtaining a first area of the first application execution screen, displaying a camera application execution screen in the first area; obtaining an image displayed on the camera application execution screen, and reflecting the obtained image to the first application. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100101 | RECOMMENDING TRANSFORMATIONS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY - A method, computer program product, and system is described. An aspect of an image is identified. One or more other images are identified based upon, at least in part, the one or more other images including one or more other aspects similar to the identified aspect of the image. One or more image filters associated with the one or more other images, including a first image filter, are identified. The first image filter is applied to the image. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100102 | Imaging Device and Water Droplet Adhesion Determining Method - An image signal evaluator calculates a first image signal evaluation value based on an image signal captured in a state where a focusing position is adjusted to an imaging target. A water droplet adhesion determiner determines whether there is a possibility that a water droplet may be adhered onto an imaging window by comparing a first image signal evaluation value and a threshold value. In a case where it is determined that there is the possibility, an image signal evaluator calculates a second image signal evaluation value based on an image signal captured in a state where the focusing position is adjusted to a position of a close distance. The water droplet adhesion determiner determines whether a water droplet is adhered onto the imaging window by comparing the first image signal evaluation value and the second image signal evaluation value. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100103 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE THAT SYNTHESIZES A PLURALITY OF IMAGES, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processing device that is capable of synthesizing a plurality of images by accurately correcting an image shift even in a photographing scene with a lot of external disturbances, such as noise. An image processing device synthesizes a plurality of images obtained by photographing an object that moves at a predetermined speed to thereby obtain a synthesized image. Each of the plurality of images is divided into a plurality of blocks, and a motion vector is detected from each of the blocks. Selection from the motion vectors is performed based on a focal length and an exposure interval applied when the plurality of images are obtained. Synthesis processing is performed by aligning the plurality of images based on the selected motion vectors, whereby the synthesized image is obtained. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100104 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - When a place where a different panoramic image was captured is present in a direction in which a panoramic image to be displayed is captured, a marker setting unit associates a marker indicating that the different panoramic image is present in said image-captured direction with the panoramic image to be displayed. A mapping processing unit maps, as a texture, the panoramic image to be displayed, with which the marker of the different panoramic image is associated, in a three-dimensional panoramic space. A three-dimensional image generation unit generates a three-dimensional panoramic image when the three-dimensional panoramic space is viewed in a designated visual line direction, with a place where the panoramic image to be displayed is captured as a visual point position. A user interface unit accepts a user's instruction regarding the displayed three-dimensional panoramic image. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100105 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - The interchangeable lens is detachably attachable to an image capturing apparatus. The lens includes an electronic display to display information, and a lens controller to control an operation of the lens. The lens controller is capable of setting an operation state of the lens to a normal operation state where the interchangeable lens communicates with the image capturing apparatus and displays the information on the electronic display and to a first low power consumption state in which the interchangeable lens displays the information on the electronic display with a power consumption of the interchangeable lens lower than that in the normal operation state. The lens controller transfers the operation state from the normal operation state to the first low power consumption state, in response to receipt of a power lowering instruction for lowering the power consumption of the interchangeable lens from the image capturing apparatus. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100106 | SYSTEM FOR CAMERA SWITCHING ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Examples herein provide alternative systems for switching cameras on a mobile device. A method of the systems can include receiving, at control circuitry of a mobile device, user-inputted instructions to activate a first camera of the mobile device, so that the first camera is operable to capture an image. The method can also include receiving touch instructions from a touchscreen of the mobile device indicative of a user interaction with the touchscreen. The method can also include determining whether the user interaction with the touchscreen matches one of a set of user interactions with the touchscreen indicative of activating a second camera and deactivating the first camera. The method can also include activating the second camera and deactivating the first camera, where the user interaction matches the one of the set of user interactions. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100107 | MEDICAL IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - A medical image recording device includes an image pickup device. The image pickup device, which includes an optical lens and an image pickup element that generates an image signal by photoelectrically converting light introduced from a subject via the optical lens, is put an operator. An image pickup control unit displays, on a display unit, image data that is generated for each of frames that constitute a video by processing an image pickup signal. A recording control unit records the image data on a memory card. Based on an angular velocity output from an acceleration sensor, if an amount of movement calculated by the movement detection unit is within a preset range, a camera shake correction unit corrects a blur. If the amount of movement is greater than an upper limit of the range, the recording control unit stops recording of image data on the memory card. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100108 | Blending Images Using Mismatched Source and Display Electro-Optical Transfer Functions - Input video signals characterized by a source electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) are to be blended and displayed on a target display with a target EOTF which is different than the source EOTF. Given an input set of blending parameters, an output set of blending parameters is generated as follows. The input blending parameters are scaled by video signal metrics computed in the target EOTF to generate scaled blending parameters. The scaled blended parameters are mapped back to the source EOTF space to generate mapped blending parameters. Finally the mapped blending parameters are normalized to generate the output blending parameters. An output blended image is generating by blending the input video signals using the output blending parameters. Examples of generating the video signal metrics are also provided. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100109 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD - To more flexibly reproduce moving image data obtained by capturing a plurality of frames within the period of a single frame of display output while changing the exposure condition. For example, moving image data, which has been obtained by capturing a plurality of frames within the period of a single frame of display output while changing the exposure condition, is stored in a recording portion. When the moving image data is reproduced from the recording portion, a single frame is selected and output by a reproduced frame selecting portion for each period of a single frame of display output. If a user operation instructing to make the displayed image darker, in response to this user operation, a frame having an exposure condition of underexposure is selected and output from the moving image data to be reproduced from the recording portion for each period of a single frame of display output. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100110 | Apparatus, Method And Computer Program Product For Scene Synthesis - There is provided methods, apparatuses and computer program products for obtaining a media presentation as a seed media; and obtaining one or more criteria for content extraction. Information relating to media presentations among a set of media presentations is examined to find out relevance information regarding the context and/or content of the media presentations by using the seed media and the one or more criteria. On the basis of the examination, one or more media presentations among the set of media presentations corresponding with the one or more criteria are extracted. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100111 | 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. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100112 | IMAGE-DISPLAYING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE-DISPLAYING DEVICE - An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, an image data generation unit, and a display unit. The image capturing unit captures an image at a timing based on a first frame rate of the image capturing unit and outputs output data after a first period. The image data generation unit generates and outputs the image data after a lapse of a second period after the first period. The display unit displays a display image after the second period and at a timing based on a second frame rate of the display unit. The first period corresponds to an exposure time of the image capturing unit, and the second period corresponds to a processing time of the image data generation unit. A total period of the first period and the second period is less than or equal to a vertical synchronization period based on the second frame rate. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100113 | Image Sensors and Related Methods and Electronic Devices - An image sensor is provided including a pixel array, a correlated double sampling (CDS) unit, an analog-digital converting (ADC) unit, a control unit, and an overflow power voltage control unit. The pixel array includes at least one unit pixel that generates accumulated charges corresponding to incident light in a photoelectric conversion period and outputs an analog signal based on the accumulated charges in a readout period. The CDS unit generates an image signal by performing a CDS operation on the analog signal. An ADC unit converts the image signal into a digital signal. A control unit controls the pixel array, the CDS unit, and the ADC unit. An overflow power voltage control unit controls an overflow power voltage to have a low voltage level in the photoelectric conversion period and controls the overflow power voltage to have a high voltage level in the readout period. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100114 | In-Pixel Correlated Double Sampling with Fold-over Detection - Disclosed herein are improved in-pixel correlated double sampling elements for photodetectors. The novel circuits and associated methods of the invention allow for accurate correlated double sampling while avoiding the inherent sampling errors that may occur in prior art in-pixel correlated double sampling techniques when bright or saturating signals are received. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100115 | ANALOG/DIGITAL CONVERTER AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - An analog/digital converter includes; a ramp signal generation circuit that generates a ramp signal; a comparison circuit that compares potential of an input analog signal with potential of the ramp signal and outputs a comparator output signal if the potential of the ramp signal satisfies the predetermined condition; a count control circuit that divides a predetermined ramp period in which the ramp signal generation circuit outputs the ramp signal into a predetermined number n of divided ramp periods and outputs a count-stop signal; a counter circuit that counts time in the divided ramp period and outputs a count value of the counted time; and a decoder circuit that generates a digital signal according to a count value and a digital value corresponding to any one of the divided ramp periods in which the counter circuit has started counting of time and outputs the generated digital signal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100116 | Amplifier Sharing Technique for Low Power Charge Mode Readout in CMOS Image Sensors - Presented herein are novel shared amplifier charge mode readout architectures for image sensors, for example, configured to process a pair of signals comprising photointegration and reset signals from a pixel. The invention encompasses a novel 2-channel configuration wherein a single amplifier can serve the two channels in alternating phases. In the first phase, a selected pair of signals from the first channel is read out to an ADC using the amplifier while the readout components of the second channel are reset. In the second phase, a selected pair of signals from the second channel is read out an ADC using the amplifier while the readout components of the first channel are reset. This alternating arrangement allows a single amplifier to be shared between two readout channels. Level shifting may be included in the signal pathway to modulate output swing and other signal parameters. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100117 | DA CONVERTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is a digital-analog converter including a current generation section, a current source transistor bias voltage keeping section, a cascade transistor group switch section, and a conversion section. The current generation section has at least one current source transistor group including a plurality of current source transistors and generates an output current based on a value of a digital input signal. The current source transistor bias voltage keeping section has a plurality of cascade transistor groups each including cascade transistors connected in series to the current source transistors and keeps bias voltages of the current source transistors constant. The cascade transistor group switch section selects one of the plurality of cascade transistor groups. The conversion section performs current-voltage conversion of the output current supplied via the selected cascade transistor group. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100118 | Remote Control Assembly - A remote control assembly includes a base unit that may support a television. A base processor is coupled to the base unit. A base transceiver is coupled to the base unit and the base processor. An input is coupled to the base unit, the base processor and a signal source. An output is coupled to the base unit, the base processor and the television. A remote unit is provided. A remote processor is coupled to the remote unit. A remote transceiver is coupled to the remote unit and the base transceiver. A plurality of actuators coupled to the remote unit and the remote processor. A display is coupled to the remote unit and the remote processor. The display may issue a plurality of commands to the remote processor. The display displays programming options with respect to the television options without interrupting a program displayed on the television. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100119 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device and a method of controlling the same. The display device includes a display configured to display an image; and a controller configured to perform image processing on the displayed such that a radius of curvature of the displayed image and a radius of curvature of a visible image are different. The image can be enlarged to a maximum area providing in the display device by applying analogous viewing distance calculation method used in the curved display device with respect to the scaling of the image. Accordingly, the discontinuity of the image can be removed by providing continuous scaling, and the perspective, presence, viewing experience can be enhanced while adaptively correcting the brightness. The display device can display the image having the curvature that the user wants, and thus resemble the curved display device. Further, optical illusion of watching the three-dimensional image can be generated. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100120 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAME - Disclosed is a display apparatus which performs wireless communication with a target control device and a peripheral display apparatus. The display apparatus may include communication circuitry which transmits to the peripheral display apparatus a request message requesting a determination of whether an operation command of the target control device is received when the target control device is operated; and a controller configured to perform a function corresponding to the operation command of the target control device based on a response message to the request message. In the display apparatus and a control system and method for the same, the display apparatus is able to be controlled through a control device paired with a different display apparatus, and since a re-pairing process is not performed, an additional operation in which a user performs the re-pairing process may be removed, and thus user convenience may be improved. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100121 | SELECTIVE SIGN LANGUAGE LOCATION - Content substitution and/or picture-in-picture technology is used to provide a sign language window that provides a sign language interpretation of audio content in main program audio/video content. The sign language window can be selectively disabled by a user that does not wish to view the sign language video. Also, in some implementations, the user can move the sign language window to a desired location on the display. The desired location may be one of a plurality of pre-defined display locations. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100122 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A more favorably visibility-improved video is obtained. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100123 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus to play back content data including sound data includes an instruction operating portion to detect an instruction operation that instructs execution of prescribed processing, a hold operating portion to detect a hold setting operation that sets a state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion, a state control portion to set the state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion if the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion, and a video processing portion to perform processing for displaying a video. If the video processing portion performs processing for displaying the video when the hold setting operation is detected, the state control portion controls the video processing portion to suspend at least a part of processing for displaying the video. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100124 | TV SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER - An apparatus for transmitting wireless power is provided. The apparatus comprising a television system and a transmitter coupled to the television system. The transmitter is configured to emit a plurality of wireless power waves and define a pocket of energy thereby so that a receiver is able to interface with the pocket of energy and charge a device thereby, wherein the device is coupled to the receiver. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100125 | CAMERA LINK RECORDER - There is provided a camera link recorder capable of recording sounds by a clock signal synchronized with a clock signal of a camera. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100126 | TRANSFERRING MULTIPLE RECORDS INCLUDING VIDEO DATA TO/FROM HOST - In one embodiment, a magnetic tape device includes a read control configured to sequentially read records included in data sets from a tape medium into a buffer, and send the records included in the data sets to a host in response to determining that there is no C2 error during reading of the data sets. The read control is also configured to skip a predetermined error recovery process in accordance with a video special mode in response to detecting a C2 error during reading of the data sets. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100127 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes an image processor configured to convert a frame rate of an image signal to a frame rate converted image signal, a display configured to display an image based on the frame rate converted image signal, and a controller configured to control the image processor to add an object to at least one of the image signal and the frame rate converted image signal depending on a characteristic of the object. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100128 | VIDEO CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY - Video conversion technology, in which a first stream of video content is accessed and multiple, different layers are extracted from the first stream of the video content. Each of the multiple, different layers are separately processed to convert the multiple, different layers into modified layers that each have a higher resolution. The modified layers are reassembled into a second stream of the video content that has a higher resolution than the first stream of the video content. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100129 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING FRAME RATE AND IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for converting a frame rate and an image outputting apparatus thereof are provided. The frame rate conversion method includes: receiving a plurality of images having a first frame rate; generating an interpolation frame with respect to at least one image from among the plurality of images, converting the first frame rate into a second frame rate with respect to the at least on image, and converting the first frame rate into the second frame rate by generating a repetitive frame with respect to the other images except for the at least one image from among the plurality of images; and outputting a plurality of images which are converted into the second frame rate through a single screen. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100130 | COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION - A communication collaboration system may include a memory storing machine readable instructions to receive a first signal representing a first mode of communication for a user. The communication collaboration system may further include machine readable instructions to seamlessly escalate the first signal to a second signal representing a second mode of communication for the user. The second mode of communication may be different from the first mode of communication. The communication collaboration system may further include a processor to implement the machine readable instructions. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100131 | Radio Power Saving Techniques for Video Conference Applications - In video conferencing over a radio network, the radio equipment is a major power consumer especially in cellular networks such as LTE. In order to reduce the radio power consumption in video conferencing, it is important to introduce an enough radio inactive time. Several types of data buffering and bundling can be employed within a reasonable range of latency that doesn't significantly disrupt the real-time nature of video conferencing. In addition, the data transmission can be synchronized to the data reception in a controlled manner, which can result in an even longer radio inactive time and thus take advantage of radio power saving modes such as LTE C-DRX. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100132 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF, AND TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A reception apparatus configured to receive content data including a plurality of pieces of segment data includes a metadata reception unit configured to receive metadata indicating a reproduction order of the segment data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire storage information indicating whether the reception apparatus is in a storage mode for storing the content data, and a control unit configured to, if the storage information does not indicate the storage mode, perform control to transmit a request for acquiring a piece of segment data that is later in the reproduction order than a piece of the segment data to be requested to be acquired if the storage information indicates the storage mode. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100133 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE VIDEO PLATFORM - An apparatus, a system, a method and a computer program product are provided. The system includes a controller configured to broadcast a web-based meeting between a first user and a second user. The system further includes a graphical user interface configured to display the broadcasted web-based meeting. The controller is configured to receive a request from the first user through the graphical user interface. The request includes one of a text question, a recorded video question and a request from the first user to present a live video question to the second user. The controller is further configured to broadcast the request through the graphical user interface as a real time video feed of the first user, so that the first user can ask the question in real time and the second user can respond to the first user's question in real time. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100134 | METHOD FOR THE CONFIGURATION OF CAMERAS AND THE LIKE - The present invention relates to a system | 2016-04-07 |
20160100135 | METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING DEWATERING OF OIL SANDS TAILINGS - A method for monitoring dewatering of flocculated oil sands tailings involves positioning an image capture device in a flow of flocculated oil sands tailing through a pipeline for acquiring images of the flocculated oil sands tailings; collecting the images of the flocculated oil sands tailings; and analyzing the one or more images to ensure production of optimum floc structures for maximum oil sands fine tailings dewatering. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100136 | DIGITAL MICROSCOPE HAVING A SPRING-MOUNTED PIVOTABLE UNIT - A digital microscope includes a stationary stand body ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160100137 | SMART DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include components. The components may include a power source, a processor, a memory, circuitry, an input/output unit, a display unit configured to display data and/or color, and a communication unit configured to transmit and/or receive data. The electronic device may include a conductive material connecting at least two of the components to each other. At least a portion of the electronic device may be formed in one or more layers of a printed substrate, and/or at least one of the components may be formed from a conductive ink. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100138 | SPATIAL IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A spatial image projection apparatus including a receiver configured to receive an image signal; a display unit configured to display an image acquired by processing the image signal; a projection unit configured to project a spatial image to a prescribed space by reflecting light corresponding to the image displayed on the display unit. Further, the projection unit includes a plate having a first surface facing the display unit and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a protrusion arranged on the first surface or the second surface of the plate. In addition, the protrusion includes first and second slopes tilted at about 45 degrees relative to the surface of the plate, and an angle between the first and second slopes is about 90 degrees. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100139 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A DEFLECTION DEVICE FOR A PROJECTION DEVICE, A DEFLECTION DEVICE FOR A PROJECTION DEVICE, AND A PROJECTION DEVICE - A method for activating a deflection device comprising at least one deflection unit, for a projection device for projecting trajectories upon a projection surface, wherein the deflection device deflects electromagnetic radiation which is directed upon it, for producing trajectories, and the at least one deflection unit is activated by way of an activation signal delivered from a control device, for producing oscillations in each case with a turning amplitude at a direction change of the oscillation, about at least one deflection axis, wherein in the case of resonance, the oscillations have a maximal amplitude, at which the produced trajectories reach an edge of the projection surface. The activation signal is set in a manner such that the turning amplitude of the oscillations at least temporarily has a predefined value outside a region of the maximal amplitude of the oscillations, and an intensity distribution of the produced trajectories on the projection surface is achieved with a predefined intensity pattern. The document moreover relates to a deflection device as well as to a projection device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100140 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING SCREEN ADJUSTMENT - An electronic device including a projection unit, an ambient light sensor and a processing unit is provided. The projection unit has a projection lens fixed on a side surface of the electronic device. The ambient light sensor is fixed on the side surface of the electronic device. The processing unit is configured to: control the projection unit to project a screen with an average brightness of a first brightness value, and control the ambient light sensor to sense to derive a first measured brightness value; control the projection unit to project the screen with the average brightness of a second brightness value, and control the ambient light sensor to sense to derive a second measured brightness value; calculate an ambient contrast ratio according to the first measured brightness value and the second measured brightness value; and adjust a projecting setting of the projection unit according to the ambient contrast ratio. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100141 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image projection apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light with a luminance according to electric power; a color wheel configured to sequentially transmit the light through multiple color filters arranged along a circumferential direction; a light modulation element configured to form an image by modulating an intensity of the light transmitted through the color wheel according to an input signal representing input image data; and a selection controller configured to select, out of a first waveform indicating temporal change in electric power supplied to the light source in a first mode and a second waveform indicating temporal change in electric power supplied to the light source in a second mode, the second waveform when a luminance value of the input signal is equal to or less than a first threshold. A brightness of the image in the second mode is lower than that in the first mode. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100142 | SPATIAL IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A spatial image projection apparatus including a receiver configured to receive an image signal; a display unit configured to display an image acquired by processing the image signal; a projection unit configured to project a spatial image to a prescribed space by transmitting or reflecting light corresponding to the image displayed on the display unit; and an optical-path length-converter located between the display unit and the projection unit so as to change an optical-path length of the image. Further, the optical-path length-converter includes a polarizer configured to transmit only specific polarized light, among the light introduced from the display unit, toward the projection unit, and to reflect the remaining light other than the specific polarized light; and a mirror configured to transmit light, introduced from the display unit, to the polarizer, and to convert the light reflected from the polarizer into specific polarized light so as to again reflect the light to the polarizer. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100143 | Gestural Control of Visual Projectors - Hand gestures may be performed to control a visual projector. When a human hand is placed into a projection field of the visual projector, the visual projector responds to hand gestures performed by the human hand. The human hand, for example, may gesture to rotate a projected image or to correct the projected image. The visual projector may thus manipulate and/or correct the projected image in response to the gesture performed by the human hand. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100144 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR - A projection system performs projection on a projection surface using a plurality of projectors including a first projector and a second projector. The projection system projects, using the first projector, a first guide in a position a predetermined amount of a margin spaced apart from a border of a projection region where an image is projected and projects, using the second projector, a second guide distinguishable from the first guide. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100145 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH DISPLAY SECTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus that is capable of reducing degradation of image quality of the whole display screen of a display section while improving display delay with respect to an observed area. In an image pickup apparatus, an image pickup section picks up an image of an object, and a development processor generates image data by developing input data acquired by the image pickup section. A first image generation unit generates a first image by performing image processing on part of the image data. A second image generation unit performs predetermined image processing on the image data to thereby generate a second image which is different in the number of steps of image processing from the above image processing. An image synthesis section generates a third image by synthesizing the first image with the second image, and a display device displays the third image. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100146 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus acquires an image including a still image and a moving image, tracks a position of the object within an image capturing area of the image, records a luminance change within a region of the object being tracked, detects a point having a luminance change amount equal to or greater than a threshold, as a specular reflection area, calculates an object correction value, which is a color correction value of the object, based on color information of the specular reflection area, and corrects color overlap of the image based on the object correction value. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100147 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing method, including: receiving image content and metadata of the image content, the metadata content comprising flag information indicating whether to perform image processing on the image content and image processing information; determining whether to perform the image processing for each frame based on the flag information; performing, in response to determining to perform the image processing for an image frame, the image processing based on the image processing information on the image frame; and outputting the image processed image frame on which the image processing is performed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100148 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LENS SHADING COLOR CORRECTION USING BLOCK MATCHING - A system, article, and method to provide lens shading color correction using block matching. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100149 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CAPTURING AUDIO AND IMAGE DATA FOR DIGITAL PLAYBACK - The invention provides for a system and method for the simultaneous capturing and storage of digital audio data in association with still image data. The captured audio clip is instantaneously associated and embedded with the photographic image, and allows for the user to digitally play back, view, and share the still image embedded with the audio clip. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100150 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETECT A PAPER DOCUMENT USING ONE OR MORE SENSORS - A mobile device may utilize a rear facing camera and a depth sensor to capture a portion of a paper document or a book in an environment. The mobile device may identify the paper document or the book based on captured portions of the environment by two or more cameras and information received via a network adapter. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF 3D TELEVISION PROGRAM MATERIALS - Method, apparatus and computer readable media for receiving a multiprogram program transport service that includes one or more compressed video services and one or more 3D-2D conversion options, generating an uncompressed video signal by performing a decoding portion of a transcoding operation for one of the one or more of the video services, determining from the 3D-2D conversion option whether a 3D-2D conversion is to be performed, performing a scale conversion on the uncompressed video according to a specified type of 3D-2D conversion, generating a compressed video service by performing an encoding portion of a transcoding operation on the uncompressed video that has been scale converted, and generating a second multiprogram program transport service that includes the compressed video signal that has been 3D-2D converted. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100152 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM WHEREUPON IMAGE PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAM IS STORED - An image processing apparatus includes an image-frame reading section that reads one or more image frames from a moving image, a region-boundary-line-information receiving section that receives information concerning a region boundary line in the read image frames, a region dividing section that expands a division region starting from a point on the region boundary line and divides the inside and outside of the region boundary line with division lines, which connect points of brightness, an opening processing section that leaves a first division line between a pair of the region boundary lines and opens a second division line, a separating section that separates regions in the image frames in units of a region surrounded by the first division line, and a first depth-value giving section that gives, to the region surrounded by the first division line, a depth value representing a distance degree of the region. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100153 | 3D IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A three-dimensional (3D) image sensor device and an electronic apparatus including the 3D image sensor device are provided. The 3D image sensor device includes: a shutter driver that generates a driving voltage of a sine wave biased with a first bias voltage, from a loss-compensated recycling energy; an optical shutter that varies transmittance of reflective light reflected from a subject, according to the driving voltage, and modulates the reflective light to generate at least two optical modulation signals having different phases; and an image generator that generates 3D image data for the subject which includes depth information calculated based on a phase difference between the at least two optical modulation signals. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100154 | CAMERA RIG FOR SHOOTING MULTI-VIEW IMAGES AND VIDEOS AND IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD FOR USE WITH SAME - A camera rig for shooting multi-view images and videos includes a plurality of cam sockets, a plurality of cam mounts for fixing a plurality of cameras to the respective cam sockets, and an adjustment unit that adjusts the cam sockets such that all of the cameras are directed to a subject. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100155 | Optical pattern projection - Optical apparatus includes first and second diffractive optical elements (DOEs) arranged in series to diffract an input beam of radiation. The first DOE is configured to apply to the input beam a pattern with a specified divergence angle, while the second DOE is configured to split the input beam into a matrix of output beams with a specified fan-out angle. The divergence and fan-out angles are chosen so as to project the radiation onto a region in space in multiple adjacent instances of the pattern. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100156 | Smart Audio and Video Capture Systems for Data Processing Systems - A computation system comprising an orientation detection device configured to detect position information comprising a position and an orientation of the computation system, a multi-sensor system coupled to the orientation detection device, wherein the multi-sensor system is configured to capture environmental input data, wherein the multi-sensor system comprises at least one of an audio capturing system and a three-dimensional (3D) image capturing system, and wherein the environmental input data comprises at least one of audio and an image, and at least one signal processing component coupled to the orientation detection device and to the multi-sensor system, wherein the processor is configured to modify the captured environmental input data based on the position information. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100157 | Wide field-of-view stereoscopic projection system - Disclosed embodiments relate to a stereoscopic projection system and methods. An exemplary disclosed projection system includes an optical component disposed between the lenses of a lens arrangement. An exemplary lens arrangement includes a first power group, a second power group, and an aperture stop. In an embodiment, the optical component is disposed between the first power group and the aperture stop. In an exemplary embodiment, the optical component is proximate to the aperture stop. By disposing the optical component closer to or proximate to the aperture stop in the lens arrangement, various benefits may be realized, including improved contrast uniformity. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100158 | Display Device with Curved Display Function - A display device includes a flat-panel screen, an image capturing module, an eye tracking module, a screen rotating and tilting module, a flat-to-curve emulation module, and a flat-to-curve mechanical module. The display device employs the flat-to-curve emulation module to transform a rectangular flat image displayed by the flat-panel screen to a pincushion-like flat image according to a user's eye position; therefore, it may automatically provide the “emulated” curved image according to the user's eye position so that a user may perceive a visual effect like seeing a curved image. The display device further employs the flat-to-curve mechanical module to bend the flat-panel screen into a curved screen according to the user's eye position to bend the flat image displayed by the flat-panel screen into a curved image; therefore, it may automatically provide the “real” curved image according to the user's eye position to enhance the visual effect. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100159 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROJECTING A 30D VIEWABLE IMAGE - According to the present invention there is provided a method for projecting a 3-D viewable image onto a display surface, comprising the steps of, providing two or more projection systems; arranging the two or more projection systems into a first group and second group, wherein the first group and second group each comprise one or more projection systems; arranging the first and second group of projection systems such that each group of project systems can project an image on a display surface, wherein the first group of projection systems is arranged such that the first group of projection systems can project an image to a first position on the display surface and the second group of projection systems is arranged such that the second group of projection systems can project an image to a second position on the display surface, wherein the first and second positions are off-set from one another; configuring the first and second group of projection systems such that the first and second group of projection systems alternately project onto the display surface. There is further provided a corresponding projection system. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100160 | BLURRY IMAGE DETECTING METHOD AND RELATED CAMERA AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A blurry image detecting method and related camera and image processing system are provided. The blurry image detecting method includes capturing an image stream, comparing a first gradient magnitude difference between the (N−M)th image and the Nth image with a threshold, calculating a first accumulative quantity of the images with the first gradient magnitude difference greater than the threshold, and determining the Nth image is the blurry image according to a comparison result of the first gradient magnitude difference and a calculation result of the first accumulative quantity. Numeral “N” and numeral “M” respectively are positive integers, and numeral “N” is greater than numeral “M”. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100161 | DECODER, ENCODER, DECODING METHOD, ENCODING METHOD, AND CODEC SYSTEM - A method for decoding, a method for encoding, a codec system, a decoder and an encoder are provided. The method includes receiving a first flag corresponding to a coding unit block, and receiving and reading a second flag corresponding to the coding unit block and index values of each pixel of the coding unit block when a state value of the first flag is conformed with a predetermined state value. The method also includes selecting N colors corresponding to N index pixels from a neighboring area of the coding unit block according to the second flag, wherein the second flag indicates an amount of the N colors corresponding to the N index pixels and colors of each of the N colors are different. The method further includes reconstructing pixels of the coding unit block according to the N colors corresponding to the N index pixels. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100162 | Method And System For Optimizing Bitrate Selection - A method including encoding a video program into a plurality of video streams, each of the plurality of video streams being encoded at a corresponding one of a plurality of bitrates; providing, to a plurality of viewing clients, an option to select one of the plurality of video streams; determining a streaming capacity of each of the viewing clients; and determining an improved plurality of bitrates based on streaming capacities of the plurality of viewing clients. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100163 | DEBLOCK FILTERING FOR INTRA BLOCK COPYING - Techniques are described for determining boundary strength value for an intra-block copy (IBC)-coded block and for selective storage of unfiltered pixel values of a region of a picture based on whether the region will be used as reference for IBC coding. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100164 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS FOR A VIDEO COMPRISING BASE LAYER IMAGES AND ENHANCEMENT LAYER IMAGES, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND VIDEO ENCODER AND DECODER - A Video encoding method is disclosed that comprises: —receiving a video comprising a sequence of images comprising base layer images and enhancement layer images; —temporally filtering each base layer image into a temporally filtered image; —encoding the base layer images in order to produce base layer encoded video data and reconstructed base layer image; —encoding the enhancement layer images in order to produce enhancement layer encoded video data; —determining at least one parameter of a parametric filter for each reconstructed base layer image, such that applying the parametric filter with the parameter(s) to a version of the reconstructed base layer image produces a corrected base layer image which is closer to the temporally filtered image than the version of the reconstructed base layer image; —providing the base layer encoded video, the enhancement layer encoded video and the parameters. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100165 | Adapting Encoding Properties - A device, computer program and method for encoding a video signal representing a video image of a scene captured by a camera. The device comprises a controller for receiving skeletal tracking information from a skeletal tracking algorithm relating to one or more skeletal features of a user when present in the scene, wherein the controller is configured to adapt a current value of one or more motion-related properties of the encoding in dependence on the skeletal tracking information as currently relating to the scene. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100166 | Adapting Quantization - A device comprising: an encoder for encoding a video signal representing a video image of a scene captured by a camera, and a controller. The encoder comprises a quantizer for performing a quantization on the video signal as part of said encoding. The controller is configured to receive skeletal tracking information from a skeletal tracking algorithm relating to one or more skeletal features of a user present in the scene, and based thereon to define one or more regions-of-interest within the video image corresponding to one or more bodily areas of the user, and to adapt the quantization to use a finer quantization granularity within the one or more regions-of-interest than outside the one or more regions-of interest. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100167 | QP DERIVATION AND OFFSET FOR ADAPTIVE COLOR TRANSFORM IN VIDEO CODING - A device for decoding video data is configured to determine for one or more blocks of the video data that adaptive color transform is enabled; determine a quantization parameter for the one or more blocks; in response to a value of the quantization parameter being below a threshold, modify the quantization parameter to determine a modified quantization parameter; and dequantize transform coefficients based on the modified quantization parameter. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100168 | QP DERIVATION AND OFFSET FOR ADAPTIVE COLOR TRANSFORM IN VIDEO CODING - A device for decoding video data is configured to determine, based on a chroma sampling format for the video data, that adaptive color transform is enabled for one or more blocks of the video data; determine a quantization parameter for the one or more blocks based on determining that the adaptive color transform is enabled; and dequantize transform coefficients based on the determined quantization parameter. A device for decoding video data is configured to determine for one or more blocks of the video data that adaptive color transform is enabled; receive in a picture parameter set, one or more offset values in response to adaptive color transform being enabled; determine a quantization parameter for a first color component of a first color space based on a first of the one or more offset values; and dequantize transform coefficients based on the quantization parameter. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100169 | QUANTIZATION MATRIX COMPRESSION IN VIDEO CODING - A method of quantization matrix compression in a video encoder is provided that includes preprocessing a quantization matrix by performing at least one selected from down-sampling the quantization matrix and imposing 135 degree symmetry on the quantization matrix, performing zigzag scanning on the pre-processed quantization matrix to generate a one dimensional (1D) sequence, predicting the 1D sequence to generate a residual 1D sequence, and coding the residual 1D sequence using kth order exp-Golomb coding to generate a compressed quantization matrix, wherein k≧0. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100170 | CHROMA QUANTIZATION IN VIDEO CODING - A method of signaling additional chroma QP offset values that are specific to quantization groups is provided, in which each quantization group explicitly specifies its own set of chroma QP offset values. Alternatively, a table of possible sets of chroma QP offset values is specified in the header area of the picture, and each quantization group uses an index to select an entry from the table for determining its own set of chroma QP offset values. The quantization group specific chroma QP offset values are then used to determine the chroma QP values for blocks within the quantization group in addition to chroma QP offset values already specified for higher levels of the video coding hierarchy. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100171 | PALETTE INDEX BINARIZATION FOR PALETTE-BASED VIDEO CODING - An example method of coding video data includes determining, for a current block of video data, a palette that includes a plurality of entries that each corresponds to a respective color value; determining a particular entry in the palette that is predicted to correspond to a color value of a current pixel of the current block; selecting a binarization from a plurality of binarizations; and coding, using the selected binarization, an index that indicates which entry in the palette corresponds to a color value for a current pixel of the current block, wherein coding the index using a first binarization of the plurality of binarizations comprises coding a syntax element that indicates whether the index is equal to the particular entry, and wherein coding the index using a second binarization of the plurality of binarizations comprises coding the index using a variable length code without coding the syntax element. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100172 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A data processing system comprises a video processor ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160100173 | Enhanced Video Streaming - Embodiments of the invention relate to improving functioning of a computer, and associated operating efficiency. An encoded video stream is separated into a plurality of segments, each segment having separate start and end times, and each segment having an original encoding resolution and associated size. At least one of the segments is selected and re-encoded at a resolution different than the original resolution. The re-encoded segment(s) has a data size less than the originally encoded segment. Transmission of the video stream with the re-encoded segment reduced data size of the transmission and reduces network bandwidth. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100174 | Palette Mode In High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Screen Content Coding (SCC) - An encoding apparatus, decoding apparatus, and coding methods. The encoding apparatus includes a processor configured to receive a video frame including screen content, generate a block containing an index map of colors for screen content in the video frame, wherein the block includes strings of index values sharing a same escape color index value, wherein the escape color index value represents an escape color, encode each of the strings of index values in the block, and sequentially encode the escape colors after each of the strings of index values in the block has been encoded. A transmitter operably coupled to the processor is configured to transmit the strings of index values and the escape colors in a bitstream to a decoding apparatus. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100175 | RESIDUAL COLOUR TRANSFORM SIGNALLED AT SEQUENCE LEVEL FOR SPECIFIC CODING MODES - The present invention is related to video coding and decoding, in particular HEVC RExt that define the adaptive residual colour transform, Adaptive RCT, of a residue of pixels. Compared to HEVC RExt where Adaptive RCT is signalled at Coding Unit level, embodiments of the invention propose to signal it in the bitstream in association with two or more coding units forming the image. In other words, it is signalled at a level higher than the CU level, for instance at sequence or frame or slice or tile or coding tree block level. In addition, various flags at this higher level make it possible to generically define the applying or not of RCT for various respective coding modes, for instance Inter coding mode, Intra Block Copy coding mode or Intra coding mode where Chroma and Luma modes are the same. Such approach makes it possible to reduce the amount of evaluations to be performed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100176 | DIAGONAL COPY FOR PALETTE MODE CODING - Techniques are described where a current pixel that cannot be palette mode coded in copy above mode and is not coded in a copy index mode is palette mode coded based on a palette index of a diagonal pixel. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100177 | NON-UNIFORM EXPONENTIAL-GOLOMB CODES FOR PALETTE MODE CODING - In an example, a method of decoding video data using palette mode may include receiving a palette mode encoded block of video data of a picture. The method may include receiving encoded palette mode information for the palette mode encoded block of video data. The encoded palette mode information may be encoded according to a kth order non-uniform truncated exponential-Golomb (TEGk) coding scheme and includes a unary prefix code word and a suffix code word. The method may include entropy decoding the encoded palette mode information using the kth order non-uniform truncated exponential-Golomb (TEGk) coding scheme. The kth order non-uniform TEGk coding scheme is different from a kth order exponential-Golomb (EGk) coding scheme and a kth order truncated exponential-Golomb (TEGk) coding scheme. The method may include decoding the palette mode encoded block of video data using the decoded palette mode information. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100178 | METHOD OF COLOR PALETTE CODING APPLICABLE TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - The disclosure is directed to a method of color palette coding and an electronic device using the same method. The proposed method would include not limited to encoding, by using a processor, a bit stream to represent a color of a coding unit and storing the bit stream in a storage medium or transmitting the bit stream. The bit stream would include not limited to a binary bit representing a run flag, a N binary bit sequence representing up to 2 | 2016-04-07 |
20160100179 | PALETTE CODING FOR SCREEN CONTENT CODING - Sketch copy mode may be used to code blocks comprising irregular lines, syntax redundancy may be removed from blocks with special characteristics, and/or run value coding may be simplified. The parsing dependencies in palette coding design may be removed. For example, the context modeling dependency of the syntax element palette_transpose_flag may be removed, for example, by simplifying the corresponding context model. The context modeling of the syntax element palette_mode may be removed, for example, by using run-length coding without using context. The syntax parsing dependencies and/or the syntax signaling dependencies that are related with escape color signaling may be removed. A palette table generation process may handle input screen content video with high bit depths, for example, at the encoder side. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for processing a video signal, and more particularly, a method and an apparatus for processing a video signal, which encode and decode the video signal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100181 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM - An image encoding apparatus, which is configured to perform image encoding based on a gradual decoder refresh scheme, includes a pre-processor configured to receive a video signal obtained by slicing one screen into a plurality of sub-screens and perform pre-processing, and an image encoder configured to receive output of the pre-processor, perform an encoding process, and generate stream data. The image encoder is configured to acquire information of a first Intra-slice corresponding to a target Intra-slice in a first sequence with respect to the target Intra-slice in a second sequence, in which encoding is performed, after the first sequence; and is configured to estimate an Intra-slice line number and an Inter-slice line number of the second sequence not to exceed a target information amount based on the acquired information of the first Intra-slice. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100182 | METHOD FOR INDUCING A MERGE CANDIDATE BLOCK AND DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for inducing a merge candidate block and a device using same. An image decoding method involves decoding motion estimation region (MER) related information; determining whether or not a predicted target block and a spatial merge candidate block are included in the same MER; and determining the spatial merge candidate block to be an unavailable merge candidate block when the predicted target block and the spatial merge candidate block are included in the same MER. Accordingly, by parallely performing the method for inducing a merge candidate, parallel processing is enabled and the computation amount and implementation complexity are reduced. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100183 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of an aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device outputs data of the extended video after adding frame information including the brightness characteristic information to frame data when information acquired from a display device that is to be an output destination of the video includes information representing a display performance of the extended video, and when no information representing the display performance of the extended video is included, outputs the data of the standard video. The present technology can be applied to a player that reproduces content. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100184 | Method of Pulse-Code Modulation and Palette Coding for Video Coding - Methods for coding a block of video data using palette coding in a video coding are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the palette transpose flag is signaled conditionally depending on the maximum index value or the palette size. If the maximum index value or the palette size is equal to or greater than a threshold size, the palette transpose flag is signaled at an encoder side or parsed at a decoder side. Otherwise, the palette transpose flag is not signaled or parsed. In another embodiment, the last palette and the last palette size are updated by the current palette with the current palette size conditionally. For example, updating the last palette and the last palette size by the current palette with the current palette size is skipped if the current coding unit is coded using a pulse-coded modulation (PCM) mode or the current palette size is zero. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100185 | MOTION VECTOR CALCULATION METHOD - When a block (MB | 2016-04-07 |
20160100186 | Method and apparatus for vector encoding in video coding and decoding - The present invention concerns a method of encoding an image, the image comprising a plurality of coding elements made of blocks of pixels, each block of pixels being encoded according to a coding mode out of a plurality of coding modes, the method comprising for each block of pixel to be encoded determining the coding mode to be used for the encoding of a given block of pixels by sequentially evaluating some coding modes in the plurality of coding modes; wherein the method comprises evaluating Inter coding modes and fast IBC coding modes; and no residue-test is conducted between the evaluation of the Inter coding mode and the evaluation of the fast IBC mode. Accordingly, some good predictors may be found more rapidly and the whole encoding process is speed up. | 2016-04-07 |