15th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210112144 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES IN A CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM - A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to: receive a schema with a tag and a parameter, the schema representing a change to be made to a converged infrastructure environment, wherein the schema is received from a cloud-based service to the on-site converged infrastructure environment; select an executable script template from a store of executable script templates using the tag; generate an executable script from the executable script template, including populating the executable script template with the parameter; and run the executable script against a component of the converged infrastructure environment. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF VIRTUAL OR AUGMENTED REALITY WITH DATA CENTER OPERATIONS OR CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE - In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use of virtual reality and/or augmented reality with data center operations and cloud infrastructure services. The approach leverages virtual reality and/or augmented reality, and insights from various sources of data describing the operation of the data center, including data center analytics, for facilitating in-situ diagnostics, operations, monitoring, maintenance, repair, health prognostics, and remote collaboration, toward enhancing the efficiency of managing and running data centers. In accordance with an embodiment, the system can operate with VR/AR devices that can be provided as VR/AR headsets or other devices, that include sensors that measure a data center operator's position, orientation, and movement within a cloud infrastructure or data center environment, and can display a visualization associated with the physical devices of the data center environment, including where appropriate information from other sources useful in performing data center operations. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112146 | Data Processing and Transmission Method - New data processing and transmission method is disclosed. A node executing at least one of protocol layer software downloads software from protocol software server. Each node in network has a node type associated with it and node type is defined by the protocol software layer that node executes. Protocol layer selector selects the protocol layer software running in a node. Communication starts when protocol completion is achieved, and protocol completion is achieved when combination of nodes executes all protocol layers of communication standard. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112147 | TRANSFORMATION DEVICE, TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A transformation device installed in a vehicle includes a transformation section, a transmission section, a detection section and a control section. The transformation section transforms data transmitted from a first control device in a first communication protocol to data in a second communication protocol. The transmission section transmits the data transformed by the transformation section to a second control device. The detection section detects an update of one or more of the first control device and the second control device. In a case in which an update of at least one of the first control device or the second control device is detected by the detection section, the control section changes a mode of transformation by the transformation section. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112149 | TERMINAL - A terminal is provided, including: a first sub-part, a second sub-part, at least two first flipping bands and at least one second flipping band. A first end of the first band is attached to a first lengthwise edge of a screen of first sub-part, a second end of the first band is attached to a second lengthwise edge of a screen of second sub-part. A first end of the second band is attached to a first lengthwise edge of the screen of second sub-part, a second end of the second band is attached to a second lengthwise edge of the screen of first sub-part. The bands are alternately arranged. When the terminal is unfolded, the screens of the sub-parts are coplanar, the first band fits onto an outer surface of the first or second sub-part, and the second band fits onto an outer surface of the second or first sub-part. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112150 | Divided Display of Multiple Cameras - A handheld wireless transceiver (e.g. a “smart phone”) is claimed which has cameras in one, two, or three sides such as a left, front, and/or right side. The transceiver has a display divided vertically along a top portion thereof into three sections. Each section displays a version of output from a respectively positioned camera (left, middle, right). Depending on a detected distance of an object to each camera, an alert/alarm is indicated on the corresponding part of the screen to warn a user of the device of a collision with a nearby object, such as while walking. This display is required to be shown, in some embodiments, when one is “texting”. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112151 | Method and System that Mitigates Digital Address Book Data Decay [TetherTap] - A method is proposed to automatically, securely and directly notify and inform, selected contacts in the digital address book of a user's device when there is a change in the user's contact information. A system is proposed that does not require the user to store or maintain private data to any third party service server or central database repository in the cloud or not in the cloud. The proposed system employs TetherTap (“TT”) Privacy by Design (“PbD”) architecture resulting in full EU GDPR and California CCPA regulatory compliance, storing and transmitting data with default address book and peer to peer (“P2P”) communication platforms. The method proposed does not require receiver devices to be programmed with system functionality, however, it is designed to allow the receiver of an update from the user to set up and install reciprocal functionality. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112152 | Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Configuring and Displaying Widgets - A portable multifunction device displays a first widget on a touch screen and detects a first gesture on a settings icon on the first widget. In response to the first gesture, the device displays user-adjustable settings for a plurality of widgets, including settings for the first widget. The device detects one or more additional gestures to change one or more settings for one or more widgets in the plurality of widgets. In response to the additional gestures, the device changes one or more settings for other widgets, including changing one or more settings for a respective widget other than the first widget. Upon detecting a widget selection gesture and a finishing gesture on the touch screen, the device displays a second widget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112153 | MOBILE APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR MOBILE APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing system with which an unnecessary alert to an emergency contact, for example, can be prevented and an increase in the communication volume for notification can be suppressed. An in-vehicle apparatus AP which is connectable to a smartphone SP and which is mounted on a vehicle is provided with: an interface | 2021-04-15 |
20210112154 | INTUITIVE COMPUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera. The image processing tasks applied to the scene can be selected from among various alternatives by reference to resource costs, resource constraints, other stimulus information (e.g., audio), task substitutability, etc. The phone can apply more or less resources to an image processing task depending on how successfully the task is proceeding, or based on the user's apparent interest in the task. In some arrangements, data may be referred to the cloud for analysis, or for gleaning. Cognition, and identification of appropriate device response(s), can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112155 | TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a terminal and a control method thereof. Cooperation between a target sensing object in the terminal and a target object to be sensed external to the terminal may affect a received signal on the target antenna loop, and control of the terminal may be implemented according to a change of the received signal. The method includes: detecting a received signal on a target antenna loop in the terminal and acquiring a signal parameter of the received signal; and determining whether the signal parameter of the received signal matches a preset target signal parameter, and triggering control of a to-be-controlled function of the terminal when the signal parameter of the received signal matches the preset target signal parameter. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112156 | SCHEDULING FOR FOCUS TIMES WITHOUT DISTRACTION - A communication device comprising: one or more processors and one or more memories supporting communication, the device comprising a plurality of modes, including at least a normal mode and at least one focused mode, wherein the normal mode is distinct from the focused mode, and wherein, when the device is in the focused mode one or more features of the device are at least partially disabled, and wherein the one or more features of the device that are at least partially disabled in the focused mode include one or more features relating to communication supported by the device, wherein the device is configured to: support a user interface (UI) for setting one or more focused time periods, and wherein the device is further configured to switch to the at least one focused mode during the focused time periods. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112157 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA UTILIZING RESIDUAL ECHO ESTIMATE INFORMATION TO DERIVE SECONDARY ECHO REDUCTION PARAMETERS - Method, apparatus, and program code embodied in computer-readable media, for providing enhanced echo suppression in a conferencing system having at least one microphone and at least one speaker. At least one microphone input signal is received, and at least one speaker input signal is provided. At least one processor has at least one primary echo-suppressor and at least one secondary echo-suppressor. The at least one primary echo-suppressor receives (i) the microphone input signal(s) and (ii) the speaker input signal(s). The at least one primary echo-suppressor provides at least one echo-suppressed microphone signal. The at least one secondary echo-suppressor receives the at least one echo-suppressed microphone signal and provides an output signal. The at least one processor provides the at least one echo-suppressed microphone signal to the at least one secondary echo-suppressor without providing the at least one speaker input signal directly to the at least one secondary echo-suppressor. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112158 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NETWORK SETTING METHOD, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention is directed to a communication processing apparatus that makes various settings and changes concerning communication between communication terminals by a simple operation on the site using the communication terminal. The communication processing apparatus includes a first storage unit that stores, in association with each other, a call destination number in a telephone system and setting information to be set by a controller for a switch device that connects at least two communication terminals, and an instructor that instructs the controller to perform a setting of communication between the at least two communication terminals using the setting information corresponding to the call destination number acquired from the telephone system. The setting of communication by the controller includes a communication capability to connect the communication terminals, for example, a priority or a confidentiality of communication between the communication terminals. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112159 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR TESTING LOCAL LOOPS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - Automatic testing/analysis of local loops of telecommunications networks includes obtaining bits-per-tone data for a local loop of a telecommunications network and generating a bit value string from the bits-per-tone data. The bit value string is then analyzed to determine whether it includes a bit pattern indicative of an impairment of the local loop. Further approaches for automatically testing local loops of telecommunications networks include obtaining attenuation data for multiple tones carried by the local loop and determining whether the attenuation data falls below thresholds for providing a service using the local loop. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112160 | DECENTRALIZED AUTOMATIC PHONE FRAUD RISK MANAGEMENT - Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for phone fraud prevention. One of the methods includes adding a first identifier of a first phone event of a first user into a blockchain managed by one or more devices on a decentralized network. The first identifier of the first phone event is classified into a list of phone fraud identifiers. A second identifier of a second phone event involving a second user is received. The second identifier is compared with the list of phone fraud identifiers that includes the first identifier. In a case where the second identifier matches a phone fraud identifier in the list of phone fraud identifiers, the first user is notified that the second phone event involves a risk of phone fraud. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112161 | System and Method for Omnichannel User Engagement and Response - A telephone subnet crawler is used to access automated telephone response systems and index the information, contents and structure contained therein. A database of the information, contents and structure of a plurality of automated telephone response systems is created by the telephone subnet crawler. A user interface provides a waiting party with direct access to the information, contents and structure of the automated telephone response systems contained in the database. Where an automated telephone response system requires user input, the user interface calls the automated telephone response system and navigates to the node requiring user input, provides the user input and displays the results to the user. Where an automated telephone response system connects to an operator, the user interface calls the automated telephone response system, navigates to the node for an operator, and when an operator is detected, calls the user at a user provided callback number. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112162 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENTIMENT MODELING AND APPLICATION TO DETERMINE OPTIMIZED AGENT ACTION - The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system correlates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112163 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FRAUD CLUSTERING BY CONTENT AND BIOMETRICS ANALYSIS - A computer-implemented method for proactive fraudster exposure in a customer service center according to content analysis and voice biometrics analysis, is provided herein. The computer-implemented method includes: (i) collecting call interaction; (ii) storing the collected call interactions; (iii) performing a first type analysis to cluster the call interactions into ranked clusters and storing the ranked clusters in a clusters database; (iv) performing a second type analysis on a predefined amount of the highest ranked clusters, into ranked clusters and storing the ranked clusters; the first type analysis is a content analysis and the second type analysis is a voice biometrics analysis, or vice versa; (v) retrieving from the ranked clusters, a list of fraudsters; and (vi) transmitting the list of potential fraudsters to an application to display to a user said list of potential fraudsters via a display unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112164 | CALL FORWARDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING A CALL TO A TERMINAL THROUGH NEAR-FIELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - In a call forwarding system, a management apparatus of the call forwarding system determines service terminals capable of near field wireless communication within a reception range of near field wireless communication, generates a terminal list, and receives a call event message reporting the receipt of a call from a reference terminal. The management apparatus may transmit a call report message including the terminal list to the reference terminal and the service terminals. The management apparatus may forward the call initially received by the reference terminal to a terminal which transmitted a receipt request message by transmitting a call forwarding request message to the reference terminal. The management apparatus may transmit, to the reference terminal and the service terminals, a receipt report message reporting the call was forwarded. According to a change receipt message or upon non-receipt by an intended terminal, the call may be reforwarded to another terminal. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ROUTING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS WITH SEPARATE ROUTING MASTERS - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing management of routing across multiple voice or data networks with separate routing masters. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a request to establish a call between a calling party in a first network and a called party in a second network, a computing system might receive a first set of network information from a first routing database(s) that is operated by a first service provider and a second set of network information from a second routing database(s) that is operated by a second service provider separate from the first service provider; might analyze the received first and second sets of network information to generate a unified routing model for optimizing routing of the call through the first and second networks; and might establish the call through a selected optimized route based on the generated unified routing model. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112166 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND COMMUNICATING ENHANCED PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT FILES - A method for converting a facsimile includes receiving the facsimile via the public-switched telephone network, generating an enhanced portable document format (EPDF) file that includes information in addition to image information and communicating the EPDF file to an e-mail server. The EPDF file can then be communicated as an attachment to an e-mail message addressed to the intended recipient of the facsimile. A facsimile processing system includes a public-switched telephone network interface, a packet-switched network interface, a mail transfer protocol server, an input agent, a job processor and a translator. The input agent identifies and forwards the incoming facsimile to the job processor. The job processor determines when an EPDF file is desired and communicates appropriate instructions to the translator. The translator generates the EPDF file in response to the instructions and the image information from the facsimile. The translator integrates signatures and repositionable notes in outbound facsimiles. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112167 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus includes a device image processor configured to receive the plurality of device image definitions and the plurality of device offset information definitions from the device image module, read, from the device configuration definition, a plurality of device image parts defined by the plurality of received device image definitions, respectively, receive, from the device image module, the device error definition and the error offset information definition, read, from the device configuration definition, an error image part defined by the received device error definition, arrange the plurality of read device image parts on a plurality of offset positions defined by the plurality of received device offset information definitions, respectively, and arrange the read error image part on an offset position defined by the received error offset information definition, to thereby generate a composite image, and cause the software executing module to display the composite image on the display device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112168 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a CPU and a gesture detection part. The gesture detection part outputs data for a gesture corresponding to a hand action of a user present in front or in the vicinity of an apparatus body, to the CPU. The CPU detects presence or absence of the gesture and the type of the gesture in accordance with output from the gesture detection part. The CPU, upon detecting the gesture, checks details of the gesture against details of the preregistered, registered gesture, and if the detected gesture is the registered gesture, the CPU executes processing allocated to the detected, registered gesture. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112169 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an image processing apparatus in which a plurality of applications operates, the image processing apparatus comprises: a selection unit that selects, from the plurality of applications, one or more applications used for performing setting of a function; a setting unit that sets whether a setup screen for the one or more applications selected by the selection unit is displayed in a first mode or a second mode; and a display unit that displays the setup screen for the one or more applications in the first mode or the second mode based on information set by the setting unit, wherein one or more functions available in a setup screen displayed in the second mode are fewer than functions available in a setup screen displayed in the first mode. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112170 | MODULAR SCANNER SUBASSEMBLY - A modular scanner sub-assembly (SSA) is provided for use with scanners and multi-functional devices (e.g., multi-function printers). The SSA includes a tub and a flatbed imaging surface that is attached onto a top end of the tub. The modular SSA includes multiple scanner components that are operatively assembled within the tub to enable scanner functionality when the scanner or multifunction device is made operative. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112171 | APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a case where a skew of a document being conveyed is detected by a detection unit, an image reading apparatus notifies that documents having different sheet widths may be included in documents stacked on a stacking unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112172 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus to which an external apparatus is connected includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, and a power supply device configured to supply power to the image forming apparatus and the external apparatus. In a case where a value of an alternating current voltage input to the power supply device is a first value, the power supply device supplies first power to the external apparatus. In a case where the value of the alternating current voltage is a second value smaller than the first value, the power supply device supplies second power smaller than the first power to the external apparatus. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112173 | CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A method of controlling multiple imaging devices includes wirelessly communicating with the imaging devices, and displaying identifiers corresponding to each of the plurality of imaging devices, on the basis of the communication. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112174 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to accurately derive an inclination of a line image sensor. One embodiment of the present invention is an image reading apparatus including: a line image sensor in which reading elements for reading an image are arrayed in a predetermined direction; a first derivation unit configured to, based on read data acquired by reading a chart on which a plurality of dot patterns is printed with the line image sensor, derive coordinates of each of the plurality of dot patterns; a second derivation unit configured to derive an inclination angle of the line image sensor based on the coordinates derived by the first derivation unit; and a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first correction value for correcting the inclination of the line image sensor based on the inclination angle derived by the second derivation unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112175 | COLOR MANAGED EMBEDDING SYSTEM FOR EMBEDDING SIGNALS IN COLOR ARTWORK - The present disclosure relates generally to signal encoding for product packaging and other printed objects. One implementation utilizes a target reflectance value for image content combined with an encoded signal at or around 660 nm to guide color changes. Luminance change is controlled through opposing color shifts, while maintaining the target reflectance value. Other implementations are provided. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112176 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING MIXED RASTER CONTENT (MRC) FILE - The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for generating a mixed raster content (MRC) format file for a single background color image document. The method includes receiving an input document at an image capturing device. The input document is segmented into an image layer and a text layer. Then, image content in the image layer is determined. Upon an affirmative determination, a new image layer is generated by adding the determined image content to a white background image layer using a morphological operation. The text layer and the new image layer is compressed using respective compression schemes. The compressed text layer and the new image layer are integrated to generate image data in the MRC file format. The generated image data is stored in a memory device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112177 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method of an information processing device that communicates with a communication device includes accepting a connection processing instruction to connect the communication device with at least one external device, and performing processing to execute newly, in a case that the connection processing instruction is accepted and the communication device is not connected to any external device, the connection processing. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112178 | MACHINE-LEARNING COMMAND INTERACTION - Examples disclosed herein relate to receiving a query via a chat interaction, translating the received query into one of a set of predefined commands according to a trained machine-learning model, and providing a result of the one of the set of predefined commands to the chat interaction. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112179 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - To correct an image more appropriately. A controller ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210112180 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that performs a color matching process according to a color reproduction characteristic of an objective device, the image processing apparatus including: a printing unit configured to perform printing; a reading unit configured to be capable of reading a first color characteristic chart, which is printed by the objective device, and a second color characteristic chart, which is printed by the printing unit; and a processing unit configured to perform the color matching process, based on first scanned image data, which is obtained by reading the first color characteristic chart by use of the reading unit, and second scanned image data, which is obtained by reading the second color characteristic chart by use of the reading unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112181 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210112182 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device includes electronic components and a body. The electronic components include an image sensor and a processing apparatus. The body defines an internal compartment containing the electronic components. The body includes a rear housing and a chassis. The rear housing extends around a top side, a right side, a bottom side, and a left side of the body. The chassis includes an upright portion and a lateral portion extending rearward from the upright portion. The rear housing and the chassis are coupled to each other to cooperatively form the internal compartment with the upright portion of the chassis being coupled to a front end of the rear housing and the lateral portion being positioned outside of and below the internal compartment. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112183 | Camera Assembly with Waterproof Features - This application is directed to a surveillance camera system including a magnet mount for physically receiving a camera module. The camera module includes a housing having an exterior surface of a first shape. A surface of the magnet mount has a second shape that is substantially concave and complementary to the first shape, and is configured to engage the exterior surface of the housing of the camera module. A magnetic material is disposed inside the magnet mount and configured to magnetically couple to a magnetic material of the camera module. A friction pad is embedded on the surface of the magnet mount, has a substantially concave shape and protrudes beyond the second surface. The friction pad is configured to come into contact with the exterior surface of the housing of the camera module at least via a peripheral edge of the substantially concave friction pad. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112184 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Portable electronic devices having I/O assemblies that can include optical and audio components are described. An exemplary I/O assembly can include a first camera module and a second camera module that can be carried within a camera module housing. A flex connector can carry a strobe that can be positioned between the first camera module and the second camera module. A trim can enclose the first camera, the second camera and the strobe and optically isolates the optical components. An exemplary portable electronic device can include a side wall retainer that defines its perimeter, a front cover glass and a rear cover glass that cooperate to form an enclosure. The I/O assembly can be secured to the enclosure both from inside and outside of the rear cover glass. I/O assembly can also include an audio transducer that can record sound when the camera module are recording videos. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112185 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A camera module includes a fixed bracket, a camera body and an anti-shake assembly. The camera body includes a lens and an imaging sensor corresponding to the lens. The camera body is provided with a movable connecting member on an external side surface thereof arranged along a circumferential direction of the lens, the fixed bracket is provided with a movable fitting member corresponding to the movable connecting member, and the movable fitting member is movably connected with the movable connecting member. The anti-shake assembly includes a space attitude sensor and a driving module electrically connected with the space attitude sensor. The driving module is configured to be fitted with the camera body and to drive the camera body to perform an anti-shake motion relative to the fixed bracket according to shaking information obtained by the space attitude sensor. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112186 | LENS MOVING APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a housing supporting a magnet, a bobbin having an outer circumferential surface on which a first coil is disposed, the bobbin moving in the housing in a first direction, upper and lower elastic members each connected to both the housing and the bobbin, and a second coil disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first coil in the first direction, wherein the second coil generates induction voltage resulting from inductive interaction with the first coil when the bobbin moves in the first direction. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112187 | HIGH-ILLUMINATION NUMERICAL APERTURE-BASED LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROIMAGING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION - A high-illumination numerical aperture-based large field-of-view high-resolution microimaging device, and a method for iterative reconstruction, the device comprising an LED array ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210112188 | Exposure Change Control In Low Light Environments - A method includes detecting, based on sensor data from a sensor on a mobile device, an environmental brightness measurement, where the mobile device comprises a display screen configured to adjust display brightness based on environmental brightness. The method further includes determining, based on image data from a camera on the mobile device, an extent to which the detected environmental brightness measurement is caused by reflected light from the display screen. The method additionally includes setting a rate of exposure change for the camera based on the determined extent to which the detected environmental brightness measurement is caused by reflected light from the display screen. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112189 | Reducing a Flicker Effect of Multiple Light Sources in an Image - Techniques and apparatuses are described for reducing a flicker effect of multiple light sources in an image captured with an imaging device. A lighting frequency associated with each of the multiple light sources is detected and prioritized relative to a flicker effect upon the image to identify at least a first-prioritized lighting frequency and a second-prioritized lighting frequency. A first exposure-time factorization set is determined for the first-prioritized lighting frequency, and a second exposure-time factorization set is determined for the second-prioritized lighting frequency. An exposure time of the imaging device is adjusted to an exposure time identified in the first exposure-time factorization set that matches, or aligns near-to-matching, an exposure time identified in the second exposure-time factorization set. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112190 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINTLY CALIBRATING EXTERNAL PARAMETERS OF MULTIPLE CAMERAS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM - A method and apparatus for jointly calibrating external parameters of multiple cameras. The method includes: determining an overlapped area of angles of view of cameras, and obtaining a 2D verification point set in an image of the overlapped area, the 2D verification point set including at least one verification point; performing external parameter calibration for each camera separately to obtain a current external parameter of the camera; calculating coordinates of a 3D point corresponding to each verification point in a world coordinate system using the current external parameter of each camera separately, and calculating a loss function based on the coordinates of the 3D point, the loss function being used to measure an overlay error of calibration of the cameras under the current external parameter; and performing joint calibration based on the loss function to obtain a target external parameter of each camera. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112191 | IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging control device determining a group of parameters related to a shooting operation of a camera, comprising a communication circuit inputting imaging data generated by the camera and a control circuit selecting a group of parameters set in the camera from candidate groups of parameters based on the imaging data, wherein the control circuit acquires, via the communication circuit, each imaging data generated by the camera to which each candidate group of parameters is set, extracts a plurality of face images each including a human face, from the imaging data for each candidate group, calculates an evaluation value on image quality corresponding to a degree of match of automatic face recognition based on the plurality of face images for each candidate group, and selects any one group of parameters from the candidate group of parameters based on evaluation values on image quality. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112192 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IMAGES - An imaging system for producing images for a display apparatus, the imaging system including: at least one camera; means for tracking an orientation of the at least one camera; and at least one processor communicably coupled to said camera and said means. The at least one processor is configured to: create and store an N-dimensional data structure representative of an environment; for a plurality of orientations of the at least one camera, determine values of camera attributes to be employed to capture a given image from a given orientation and update the N-dimensional data structure with the determined values; access the N-dimensional data structure to find values of camera attributes for a current orientation; and control the at least one camera to employ the found values for capturing an image of real-world scene from the current orientation. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112193 | OBTAINING IMAGE DATA OF AN OBJECT IN A SCENE - A method and processor system are provided which analyze a depth map, which may be obtained from a range sensor capturing depth information of a scene, to identify where an object is located in the scene. Accordingly, a region of interest may be identified in the scene which includes the object, and image data may be selectively obtained of the region of interest, rather than of the entire scene containing the object. This image data may be acquired by an image sensor configured for capturing visible light information of the scene. By only selectively obtaining the image data within the region of interest, rather than all of the image data, improvements may be realized in the computational complexity of a possible further processing of the image data, the storage of the image data and/or the transmission of the image data. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112194 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TAKING GROUP PHOTO - A method for taking group photo includes entering a group photo mode based on a trigger instruction, identifying a plurality of targets in a current imaging frame in the group photo mode, and triggering a camera carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to shoot in response to determining a plurality of condition satisfying targets among the plurality of targets. The plurality of condition satisfying targets are ones of the plurality of targets that meet an imaging trigger condition. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112195 | USER-CONTROLLED IMAGING DEVICE - A user-controlled imaging device can include an imaging unit, a user facing imaging unit, a pupil detection and tracking unit for computing the user's viewing direction, a control unit for controlling the imaging unit corresponding to the determined direction of the user's view. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112196 | Methods and Systems for Image Capture Operation Assistance Content Display in a Hinged Electronic Device - An electronic device includes a first device housing and a second device housing. A hinge couples the first device housing to the second device housing. The first device housing is pivotable about the hinge relative to the second device housing between a closed position and an axially displaced open position. The electronic device includes a display and an imager, each coupled to one of the first device housing or the second device housing. The display and the imager are exposed when the first device housing and the second device housing are in the closed position. One or more processors operable with the imager and the display, in response to detecting an image capture operation using the imager occurring when the electronic device is in the axially displaced open position, temporarily display image capture operation assistance content on the display. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112197 | SURGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SURGERY SYSTEM - An image processing part applies an image process by software to a surgical region image, and a display control part controls a display of the surgical region image to which the image process is applied. The image processing part produces a pre-update processed image acquired by applying the image process established before updating the software to the surgical region image and a post-update processed image acquired by applying the image process established after updating the software to the surgical region image, and the display control part controls a display of at least a portion of at least either one of the pre-update processed image or the post-update processed image. The present technique is applicable to a CCU of an endoscopic surgery system. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112198 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises: obtaining distance information and subject information with respect to a captured image; specifying, based on the obtained distance information, a first subject region in which images of subjects that exist in a predetermined distance range are distributed in the captured image; specifying, based on the subject information and independently of the obtained distance information, specifying a second subject region that includes a region from which the predetermined subject has been detected in the captured image; and determining a target region for which the image processing is executed with reference to at least one of the first subject region and the second subject region, wherein a subject region varies depending on at least one of an image capture condition of the captured image and a state of the captured image. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112199 | DRIVING MECHANISM - An optical camera system includes a first lens driving mechanism, a second lens driving mechanism, and a casing. The first lens driving mechanism includes a first outer frame and a first driving assembly. The first driving assembly is configured to drive a first optical component to move relative to the first outer frame. The second lens driving mechanism includes a second outer frame and a second driving assembly. The second driving assembly is configured to drive a second optical component to move relative to the second outer frame. The casing has at least three side walls perpendicular to each other, at least two side walls of the first outer frame face two side walls of the casing, and at least two side walls of the second outer frame face two side walls of the casing. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112200 | IMAGE SENSOR DRIVING MECHANISM - An image sensor driving mechanism includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, and a driving assembly. The movable assembly includes a circuit component. The circuit component includes a circuit main body and a movable suspension arm. The circuit main body is configured to hold an image sensor. The movable suspension arm is elastically connected to the circuit main body and the fixed assembly. The image sensor is electrically connected to the fixed assembly via the circuit component. The image sensor extends in a direction that is perpendicular to the optical axis. The drive assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The movable suspension arm includes a section that extends in a different direction than the optical axis. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112201 | ZOOMABLE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSING METHOD - An image sensor includes a plurality of lens elements, each lens element of the plurality of lens elements including a plurality of scatterers arranged to concentrate light incident on the image sensor; and a sensing element configured to sense light passing through the plurality of lens elements, wherein one lens element of the plurality of lens elements has a first focal length that is different from a second focal length of another lens element of the plurality of lens elements and is separated from the sensing element by the first focal length. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112202 | CONTROL APPARATUSES, MOBILE BODIES, CONTROL METHODS, AND PROGRAMS - To perform zoom control more effectively when shooting an image with a dolly zoom effect, a control method, a control apparatus, a mobile body, and programs are provided. During moving of a photographing apparatus from a first time point to a second time point, by causing a focus lens and a zoom lens to move, the first control component causes a zoom ratio to change, and causes a focus distance to change; and where during moving of the photographing apparatus from the second time point to a third time point, by performing electronic zooming, a second control component causes the zoom ratio to change and by causing the focus lens to move, the focus distance to change. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112203 | AUTOMATED APPLICATION OF DRIFT CORRECTION TO SAMPLE STUDIED UNDER ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - Control system configured for sample tracking in an electron microscope environment registers a movement associated with a region of interest located within an active area of a sample under observation with an electron microscope. The registered movement includes at least one directional constituent. The region of interest is positioned within a field of view of the electron microscope. The control system directs an adjustment of the electron microscope control component to one or more of dynamically center and dynamically focus the view through the electron microscope of the region of interest. The adjustment comprises one or more of a magnitude element and a direction element. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112204 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A camera controller controls driving of a focus lens included in a lens group based on a result of first focus detection performed by a defocus amount detection unit. The defocus amount detection unit performs second focus detection based on image data acquired by a first image sensor which outputs image data corresponding to a subject image at a position of the focus lens that is based on the control. The camera controller evaluates, based on a result of the second focus detection, a focusing state of the image data that is based on an output of the first image sensor, and performs control to record information about the evaluated focusing state together with data corresponding to the image data. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112205 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A focus detection apparatus comprises a determination unit that determines whether a first signal output from an image sensor satisfies a predetermined condition, and outputs first information indicating a result of the determination, a calculation unit that performs filter processing on a plurality of the first signals using predetermined coefficients at a predetermined cycle and outputs a second signal, a generation unit that generates second information showing an effect of the first signal which satisfies the predetermined condition on the second signal using the coefficients and plural pieces of the first information corresponding to the plurality of the first signals used in the filter processing, and a focus detection unit that detects a focus state based on a plurality of the second signals and the second information. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112206 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CAMERA MAGNIFICATION - An electronic device includes a display, at least one camera, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display, the plurality of cameras, and the memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor, upon executing the instructions, to identify a camera magnification of the at least one camera in response to an execution of a camera application of the electronic device, to receive a first user input for adjusting the camera magnification, to display a user interface (UI) for adjusting the camera magnification in response to receiving the first user input, to calculate a scroll speed on the displayed UI by using an acceleration factor corresponding to the received first user input or a second user input in a section allocated to the identified camera magnification, and to adjust the camera magnification by using the calculated scroll speed. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112207 | METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE CAPTURE OF MOVABLE DEVICE - A method for controlling image capture includes: receiving, from a movable device, an image of a target imaging area; adjusting, by a first control apparatus, one or more first imaging parameters for imaging the target imaging area based at least in part on the image to obtain one or more first adjusted imaging parameters; adjusting, by operating on an interactive interface of a second control apparatus, one or more second imaging parameters for imaging the target imaging area based at least in part on the image to obtain one or more second adjusted imaging parameters, the interactive interface being configured to receive user interaction to control an attitude of a gimbal device configured on the movable device, the gimbal device carrying an imaging device for imaging the targeted area; and sending, by the first control apparatus and/or the second control apparatus, an instruction carrying the one or more first adjusted imaging parameters and the one or more second adjusted imaging parameters to the movable device. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112208 | DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXTRACTING OBJECT FROM VIDEO - An object extraction device for extracting an object from a video includes a tracking unit that tracks at least one object included in the video; a crop area setting unit that sets an area to be cropped in any one frame of the video based on coordinate information of the tracked object; a crop area movement determination unit that determines whether or not to move the crop area based on a location relation between the coordinate information of the tracked object and the crop area; and an extraction unit that extracts, from the video, a partial video corresponding to the crop area that is moved or not according to a result of the determination. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112209 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND INSETTING OF DIGITAL STREAMS INTO A VIDEO - Systems and methods for automatic detection and insetting of digital streams into a video. Various examples of such regions of interest to the user include, without limitation, content displayed on various electronic displays or written on electronic paper (electronic ink), content projected on various surfaces using electronic projectors, content of paper documents appearing in the video and/or content written on white (black) boards inside the video. For some content, such as whiteboards, paper documents or paintings in a museum, a participant (or curator) could have taken pictures of the regions, again stored digitally somewhere and available for download. These digital streams with content of interest to the user are obtained and then inset onto the view generated from the raw video feed, giving users the ability to view them at their native high resolution. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112210 | IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An image sensor includes a first semiconductor substrate provided with a pixel, including a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light to generate an electric charge, an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit, and a second semiconductor substrate provided with a supply unit for the pixel, the supply unit supplying the transfer unit with a transfer signal to transfer the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112211 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion device includes pixels arranged to form columns, comparator circuits for respective columns, and a control circuit that controls the comparator circuits. Each comparator circuit includes a first comparator circuit connected to a first pixel of a first color, a second comparator circuit arranged on a column adjacent to the first comparator circuit and connected to a second pixel of a second color, and a third comparator circuit arranged on a column adjacent to the second comparator circuit and connected to a third pixel of the first color. Each comparator circuit compares a pixel signal on a corresponding column with a reference signal changing with time and outputs a comparison signal indicating a different level whether a difference between these signals is smaller or larger than a threshold. The control circuit controls the threshold to change stepwise in order of the first, third, and second comparator circuits. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112212 | IMAGING PIXELS HAVING PROGRAMMABLE DYNAMIC RANGE - An image sensor may include one or more pixels having a charge overflow structure for increased dynamic range. A charge overflow structure adjacent to the photodiode may form a potential barrier. When the amount of charge in the photodiode exceeds the potential barrier, the charge may overflow from the photodiode. The overflow charge may be disposed of when a transistor is asserted and funnels the charge to a power supply voltage. The overflow charge may be stored in a storage capacitor when the transistor is deasserted. Control circuitry may cycle the transistor between an asserted state and a deasserted state during the integration time of the imaging pixel. The known percentage of time that the overflow charge is disposed of may be used to extrapolate how much overflow charge was generated, thus increasing the dynamic range of the pixel. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112213 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING A FAILURE IN A STRUCTURE IN WHICH SUBSTRATES ARE STACKED - The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method, a camera module, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a failure in an imaging device having a structure in which a plurality of substrates are stacked. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112214 | IMAGING APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, a driving method, and an electronic device, which are capable of expanding a dynamic range of the imaging apparatus without impairing an image quality. An imaging apparatus includes: a pixel array portion, a plurality of unit pixels being arranged in the pixel array portion; and a driving unit configured to control an operation of the unit pixel, in which the unit pixel includes a photoelectric converter, a charge retention unit configured to retain a charge, a charge-voltage converter configured to convert the charge into a voltage, a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the charge from the photoelectric converter to the charge retention unit, a second transmitting unit configured to transmit the charge from the photoelectric converter to the charge-voltage converter, and a third transmitting unit configured to transmit the charge from the charge retention unit to the charge-voltage converter. The present technology, for example, can be applied to an imaging apparatus. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112215 | IMAGE SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF RAPIDLY READING OUT AND PROCESSING PIXEL VOLTAGES OF PIXEL ARRAY - A method of image sensor apparatus includes: providing pixel array having pixel units arranged in M rows and N columns; providing N parallel column readout circuits each being arranged for reading out pixel data of one corresponding column; disposing a horizontal shift register in row direction coupled to the N parallel column readout circuits, to receive a pulse signal and a clock signal, sequentially shift a phase of the pulse signal according to the clock signal, and scan a corresponding column according to the shifted phase of the pulse signal; and using a column select circuit having N latches to receive a power down digital control signal transmitted from a microcontroller wherein the power down digital control signal is used to disable at least one column readout circuit to enable and select a portion of the set of N parallel column readout circuits. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112216 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An image sensor includes a pixel array configured to receive a driving signal, sense a light signal reflected from an object in response to the driving signal, and generate pixel clock signals indicating delay of the driving signal; a reference clock circuit configured to generate a reference clock signal; and a time-to-analog convert circuit configured to convert delay times between the pixel clock signals and the reference clock signal into analog values. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112217 | IMAGING APPARATUS FOR USE IN A ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM - A stereoscopic imaging apparatus for use in a robotic surgery system is disclosed and includes an elongate sheath having a bore. First and second image sensors are adjacently mounted at the distal end to capture high definition images from different perspective viewpoints for generating three-dimensional image information. The image sensors produce an unprocessed digital data signal representing the captured images. A wired signal line transmits the unprocessed digital data signals along the sheath to a proximal end to processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to perform processing operations on the unprocessed digital data signals to produce respective video signals suitable for transmission to a host system or for driving a 3D display. A secondary camera is also disclosed and includes an elongate strip of circuit substrate sized for insertion through a narrow conduit, the strip of circuit substrate connecting between an image sensor and a processing circuit substrate. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112218 | SCREEN SAVER BASED MESSAGING - Implementations generally relate to a message system. In some implementations, a method includes detecting activation of a screen saver that is displayed on a user interface associated with a television platform. The method further includes determining one or more messages to be displayed on the user interface in response to the detecting of the activation of the screen saver. The method further includes displaying the one or more messages on the user interface based on one or more predetermined policies. The method further includes removing the one or more messages from the user interface based on the one or more predetermined policies. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112219 | ANTENNA METER APP - Disclosed is an over-the-air (OTA) antenna meter application (“meter app”) that wirelessly connects to an OTA antenna meter (“meter”) installed with an OTA antenna and presents information that facilitates a user in installing the OTA antenna at the premises of a customer. For example, the meter app can help the user in pointing and peaking the OTA antenna for one or more broadcast channels, e.g., those selected by the customer. The meter app can store installation information of the OTA antenna for various installations, which can be used in generating a recommendation of, or predicting, installation information for installing the OTA antenna at a specified address. The predicted installation information can include broadcast channels that would be available for reception at the specified address and their signal strength, a specific location of installation on the premises, or whether a pre-amplifier and/or filter is required. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112220 | INMATE DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE FOR INMATE INITIATED VIDEO VISITATION SYSTEM - A secured party audio and audio/video communication system and method providing administration, management and control that includes a portable secured communication device in possession solely of a secured party positioned in a secured environment, the portable secured communication device being exclusive to the secured party and communicatively connectable only to a secured connection management system, in a secured connection management system hosting a secured communication device interface, hosting a remote communication device interface, storing in the database information related to the secured party, the portable secured communication system, and the external party, at least one of which includes a predetermined connection parameter, creating the selective communication between the portable secured communication device and only the remote communication device response to the stored database information and controlling a duration of the communication as a function of the predetermined connection parameter as stored in the database. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112221 | INTEGRATION OF VIDEOCONFERENCING WITH INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD APPLIANCES - An interactive whiteboard appliance includes the capability to integrate and manage, in a user-friendly manner, interactive electronic whiteboard sessions and videoconferencing sessions between the interactive whiteboard appliance and one or more client devices. An application manager executing on the interactive whiteboard appliance manages an interactive whiteboard application and a collaboration client executing on the interactive whiteboard appliance to maintain a videoconferencing session window on top of an interactive whiteboard session window during videoconferencing sessions. The application manager also provides graphical user interface controls displayed on the interactive whiteboard appliance that allow users to initiate and manage interactive electronic whiteboard sessions and videoconferencing sessions, including switching between interactive electronic whiteboard sessions and videoconferencing sessions. The approach may be implemented on interactive whiteboard appliances that are not natively configured to allow users to select and/or switch control between an interactive whiteboard session window and a videoconferencing session window. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112222 | FILTERING AND CORRELATING RADIO SIGNALS BASED ON A FIELD OF VIEW OF A CAMERA - Architectures and techniques are presented that can record video data and wireless communication device data. Signals from sources outside a field of view of a camera recording the video data can be filtered. Such can affect a shielding technique in which a signal shielding apparatus is adjusted in orientation based on an orientation of a camera device. Techniques are further presented to synchronize, according to time, video data and device data. Such synchronization can allow for improved correlation between visual objects (e.g., recorded by the camera) and radio objects (e.g., recorded by a transceiver). For example, visual techniques can be employed to estimate distance/locomotion of a visual object, whereas signal strength metrics can be used to estimate distance/locomotion of a radio object, and the relationship between the two can indicate a strong correlation that a particular device ID is linked to a particular visual object and vice versa. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112223 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device | 2021-04-15 |
20210112224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING HIGH QUALITY IMAGES IN A DUAL MODULATION PROJECTION SYSTEM - A novel high efficiency image projection system includes a beam-steering modulator, an amplitude modulator, and a controller. In a particular embodiment the controller generates beam-steering drive values from image data and uses the beam-steering drive values to drive the beam-steering modulator. Additionally, the controller utilizes the beam-steering drive values to generate a lightfield simulation of a lightfield projected onto the amplitude modulator by the beam-steering modulator. The controller utilizes the lightfield simulation to generate amplitude drive values for driving the amplitude modulator in order to project a high quality version of the image described by the image data. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112225 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - A projection system including at least a light source, at least a dichroic filter element and a light-adjusting diaphragm element is provided. The light source is configured to emit a first color light having a spectrum of a first wavelength range and a second color light having a spectrum of a second wavelength range. The dichroic filter element is configured to reflect or allow the first color light and the second color light to pass through. The light-adjusting diaphragm element has a filter and is located on an optical path generated after the first color light and the second color light are split. The first color light passes through the filter, which blocks at least a part of the energy of the second color light, such that a transmittance of the spectrum of the first wavelength range is greater than that of the spectrum of the second wavelength range. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112226 | VISION DEFECT DETERMINATION VIA A DYNAMIC EYE-CHARACTERISTIC-BASED FIXATION POINT - In certain embodiments, vision defect information may be generated via a dynamic eye-characteristic-based fixation point. In some embodiments, a first stimulus may be displayed at a first location on a user interface based on a fixation point for a visual test presentation. The fixation point for the visual test presentation may be adjusted during the visual test presentation based on eye characteristic information related to a user. As an example, the eye characteristic information may indicate a characteristic of an eye of the user that occurred during the visual test presentation. A second stimulus may be displayed during the visual test presentation at a second interface location on the user interface based on the adjusted fixation point for the visual test presentation. Vision defect information associated with the user may be generated based on feedback information indicating feedback related to the first stimulus and feedback related to the second stimulus. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112227 | PHOTOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONAL LIGHT REFERENCE FOR ARTICULATING DEVICES - Articulating devices and processes for obtaining photographic images with the articulating device generally include providing the articulating device with a directional light reference for use in photographically obtaining an accurate rendition of a subject being photographed. In this manner, an incidental light reference at the subject location is provided prior to capturing an image of the subject. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112228 | IMAGE DATA GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image data device includes an intermediate viewpoint image data generation unit configured to refer to at least one of multiple input image data for representing images from multiple viewpoints different from each other and generate intermediate viewpoint image data for indicating images corresponding to the viewpoints included in multiple intermediate viewpoints regularly arranged in at least one dimension direction in a straight line or curved line coordinate system of one or more dimensions. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112229 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING DEVICE AND METHODS - A handheld data acquisition system for capturing three dimensional object shape data comprising a user feedback screen and a scanner module configured such that the scanner module may be rotated with respect to the feedback screen and the user may be able to scan objects including hard-to-reach areas while still being able to view feedback about the on-going scanning process. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112230 | SEPARABLE DISTORTION DISPARITY DETERMINATION - Systems and methods for determining disparity between two images are disclosed. Such systems and methods include obtaining a first raw pixel image of a scene from a first viewpoint, obtaining a second raw pixel image of the scene from a second viewpoint (e.g., separate from the first viewpoint in a camera baseline direction such as horizontal or vertical), modifying the first and second raw pixel images using component-separated correction to create respective first and second corrected pixel images maintaining pixel scene correspondence in the camera baseline direction from between the first and second raw pixel images to between the first and second corrected pixel images, determining pixel pairs from corresponding pixels between the first and second corrected pixel images in the camera baseline direction, and determining disparity correspondence for each of the determined pixel pairs from pixel locations in the first and second raw pixel images corresponding to respective pixel locations of the pixel pairs in the first and second corrected pixel images. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112231 | EFFICIENT MULTI-VIEW CODING USING DEPTH-MAP ESTIMATE AND UPDATE - This disclosure is directed to coding a multi-view signal, which includes processing a list of plurality of motion vector candidates associated with a coding block of a current picture in a dependent view of the multi-view signal. Such processing includes estimating a first motion vector based on a second motion vector associated with a reference block in a current picture of a reference view of the multi-view signal, the reference block corresponding to the coding block of the current picture in the dependent view. The first motion vector is added into the list, and an index is used that specifies at least one candidate from the list to be used for motion-compensated prediction. The coding block in the current picture is coded by performing the motion-compensated prediction based on the at least one candidate indicated by the index. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112232 | CLIENT APPARATUS, CLIENT APPARATUS PROCESSING METHOD, SERVER, AND SERVER PROCESSING METHOD - Multiple clients (viewers) are allowed to share their VR spaces for communication with one another. A server-distributed stream including a video stream obtained by encoding a background image is received from a server. A client-transmitted stream including representative image meta information for displaying a representative image of another client is received from another client apparatus. The video stream is decoded to obtain the background image. The image data of the representative image is generated on the basis of the representative image meta information. Display image data is obtained by synthesizing the representative image on the background image. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112233 | A Method, An Apparatus and a Computer Program Product for Virtual Reality - The invention relates to a solution wherein a bitstream defining a presentation is generated, the presentation comprising an omnidirectional visual media content and a visual overlay. A first relative distance of the omnidirectional visual media content and a second relative distance of the visual overlay are indicated in the bitstream. Metadata indicative of a scale applicable to convert the first relative distance and the second relative distance to real-world distance units is also associated with the generated bitstream, wherein the scale is for deriving a binocular disparity for the visual overlay. The invention also concerns a solution for decoding the bitstream to obtain data for deriving binocular disparity for the visual overlay. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112234 | LIGHT FIELD DATA REPRESENTATION - A method for reducing the parameters defining an acquired light field ray which enables only the colour associated with the light field ray to be stored instead of 4 light field co-ordinates (x,y,i,j) and its associated colour. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112235 | INSPECTION SYSTEM - An inspection system for mounting on a user's hand. The inspection system comprising: an imaging unit comprising two sub-units, the first sub-unit being configured to provide images from a first point of view and the second sub-unit being configured to provide images from a second point of view; and a measuring unit configured to provide data relating to a physical property measured at a measurement location on the user's hand. The imaging unit has a separation sensor configured to measure the separation between the two sub-units of the imaging unit. A method of inspecting and/or servicing a machine is also disclosed. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112236 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND STREAM FOR VOLUMETRIC VIDEO FORMAT - Methods and device for encoding/decoding data representative of a 3D scene. First data representative of texture of the 3D scene visible from a first viewpoint is encoded into first tracks. The first data is arranged in first tiles of a first frame. Second data representative of depth associated with points of the 3D scene is encoded into second tracks. The second data is arranged in second tiles of a second frame, the total number of second tiles being greater than the total number of first tiles. Instructions to extract at least a part of the first data and second data from at least a part of the at least a first track and at least a second track are further encoded into one or more third tracks. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112237 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image generation technology capable of suppressing unpleasant feelings caused by fluctuation in image quality caused by the viewer's viewpoint movement. The image generation technology includes an image generation unit configured to generate a pseudo viewpoint image I | 2021-04-15 |
20210112238 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMAGE PROCESSING WITH MULTI-OBJECT MULTI-VIEW ASSOCIATION - A system, article, medium, and method of image processing uses multi-object multi-view association. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112239 | VR DISPLAY SYSTEM BASED ON MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed are an eye lens, glasses, a head-mounted display, and a VR system. The eye lens comprises: a first lens portion and a second lens portion, the first lens portion is connected to the second lens portion, and the field angle of the first lens portion and the field angle of the second lens portion form an overall field angle of the eye lens. The present invention solves the technical problem of a large number of lenses and narrow field angles caused by coaxial arrangement of multiple lenses. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112240 | ENCODING AND DECODING OF VOLUMETRIC VIDEO - There are disclosed various apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for coding volumetric video, where information of a three-dimensional scene is obtained and at least one projection plane for the scene is determined ( | 2021-04-15 |
20210112241 | WEIGHTED PREDICTION MECHANISM - An apparatus to facilitate encoding video data is disclosed. The apparatus includes rendering logic to render graphics video data as frame data, fade extractor logic to extract fade effects data to be applied to the frame data to generate frame auxiliary metadata comprising the fade effects data, weighted prediction logic to receive the frame data and the auxiliary metadata and compute one or more weighted predictions on the frame data at one or more frame sequences indicated in the fade effects data and encoding logic to encode the frame data based on the one or more weighted predictions. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112242 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A decoding-side first generation unit generating, for a target unit, a first component prediction sample. A decoding-side linear prediction unit using the first component sample and a prediction coefficient to generate a linear prediction sample of a second component. A decoding-side second generation unit using the second component linear prediction sample to generate, for the target unit, a second component prediction sample. The decoding-side linear prediction unit uses a first coefficient as the prediction coefficient when the first component sample is equal to or below a threshold value, and uses a second coefficient, different from the first, as the prediction coefficient when the first component sample is greater than the threshold value. The threshold value is set on a parameter representing a distribution or change in a reference sample of the first component and/or the second component contained in a reference unit referenced for the target unit. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112243 | CONSTRAINTS ON REFERENCE SAMPLE LOCATIONS IN THE DEDICATED BUFFER FOR INTRA PICTURE BLOCK COMPENSATION - A method for setting a block vector for intra block copy (IBC) may include setting the block vector that indicates an offset between a current block in a current picture and a reference block in the current picture to satisfy a constraint that locations of reference samples of the reference block stored in an IBC buffer do not correspond to both of a first horizontal edge of the IBC buffer and a second horizontal edge of the IBC buffer; and performing IBC based on setting the block vector to satisfy the constraint. | 2021-04-15 |
20210112244 | EFFECTIVE WEDGELET PARTITION CODING - Wedgelet separation lines of neighboring blocks are predicted from each other by aligning the wedgelet separation lines of such neighboring blocks to each other, thereby reducing the side information coding rate that may be used. | 2021-04-15 |