Abstract: An Augmented-Reality which performs operations that include: accessing a data object that comprises image data, location data, and orientation data; applying a transformation to the data object to produce a rectified data object; generating a point cloud based on the rectified data object; assigning the point cloud to a location based on at least the location data of the data object; detecting a client device at the location; and loading the point cloud to the client device in response to the detecting the client device at the location.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor. The processor acquires shape information about a variable shape of a manipulator. The processor displays on a display a CG image of a manipulator model as viewed from a virtual camera in an object space, based on the shape information. The processor executes a rotation process of rotating a viewing direction of the virtual camera by a rotation angle according to the shape information.

Abstract: A measuring system for checking a measured-image state and/or a calibration quality for a stereo measured image, comprising: a first image capturing apparatus; a second image capturing apparatus spaced apart from the first image capturing apparatus; an output apparatus; and an evaluation apparatus designed to generate a stereo measured image from the at least first measured image and the at least second measured image by way of stereo reconstruction; wherein the evaluation apparatus is designed to check a measured-image state and/or to check the calibration quality of the stereo measured image and, should the at least one capturing defect overshoot or undershoot a predetermined threshold value, to transmit a first alert to the output device, and/or, should the calibration quality overshoot or undershoot a predetermined quality limit value, to transmit a second alert to the output device.

Abstract: Some methods may involve receiving fingerprint image data. Some methods may involve determining whether the fingerprint image data was captured by a first fingerprint sensor of a device or a second fingerprint sensor of the device. Some methods may involve obtaining an enhanced version of the fingerprint image data based on a determination that the fingerprint image data was captured by the second fingerprint sensor of the device. Some methods may involve providing the enhanced version of the fingerprint image data for authentication. In some examples, obtaining the enhanced version of the fingerprint image data may involve an image enhancement machine learning model. In some examples, prior to obtaining the enhanced version of the fingerprint image data, a determination is made that the fingerprint image data captured by the second fingerprint sensor fails to satisfy a quality threshold.

Abstract: Calibration of various sensors may be difficult without specialized software to process intrinsic and extrinsic information about the sensors. Certain types of input files, such as image files, may also lack certain information, like depth information, to effectively translate regions of interest between images taken from a different perspective. Landmarks can be used to establish points for associating regions of interest between images taken from a different perspective and provided as an overlay to verify sensor calibration.

Abstract: An information content of a section of a current image of a series of images of a video signal is calculated, wherein the video signal has to be fed to an algorithm for calculating and indicating detections of objects in the video signal. If the calculated information content of the section of the current image is smaller than a threshold value, the calculation and indication of detections of objects for the section of at least the current image or the current image and further images of the series of images is suppressed.

Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, a display method, and a program that allow to easily grasp during examination that a lesion is captured how long before from now which is detected by detection processing for an image captured by an endoscope. An information processing device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire a current image captured by an endoscope; a lesion detection unit configured to sequentially perform detection processing of a lesion site on the images sequentially acquired by the image acquisition unit; and a display control unit configured to display, on a display device, a degree of lapse of time up to a current time from a capturing time of the image in which the lesion site is detected by the lesion detection unit.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for a stabilization system configured, in some embodiments, for stabilizing image capture from an aerial vehicle (e.g., a UAV). According to some embodiments, the stabilization systems employs both active and passive stabilization means. A passive stabilization assembly includes a counter-balanced suspension system that includes an elongated arm that extends into and is coupled to the body of a vehicle. The counter-balanced suspension system passively stabilizes a mounted device such as an image capture device to counter motion of the UAV while in use. In some embodiment the counter-balanced suspension system passively stabilizes a mounted image capture assembly that includes active stabilization means (e.g., a motorized gimbal and/or electronic image stabilization). In some embodiments, the active and passive stabilization means operate together to effectively stabilize a mounted image capture device to counter a wide range of motion characteristics.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a first device may receive from a second device a message comprising an authentication element and credentials associating the second device with a user identifier. The first device may obtain a set of features based on data captured by a sensor of the first device when a user is near the sensor. The first device may associate the second device with the first device on a condition that is it determined by the first device that the authentication element is verified based on a verification element, that the credentials correspond to initial credentials associating the second device with the user identifier, and that the set of features matches an initial set of features, wherein the verification element, the initial credentials and the initial set of features may have been initially associated together in the first device.

Abstract: A processing method includes controlling a first camera and a second camera of a camera assembly to collect image data based on a target strategy. The image data includes first image data collected by the first camera and second image data collected by the second camera. The method further includes processing the first image data and the second image data to obtain target image data. A configuration parameter of the first camera and a configuration parameter of the second camera are different from each other.

Abstract: A motion detection method applied into an image sensor device includes: providing a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) on at least one monitoring image; for each region of interest (ROI): detecting whether at least one motion event occurs within the each ROI; and determining a priority level of the each ROI according to at least one feature information of the at least one motion event; and determining an alarm schedule of the ROIs for a user according to a plurality of priority levels of the ROIs.

Abstract: A training data generating system includes a processor. The processor acquires a plurality of medical images. The processor associates medical images with each other which are included in the plurality of medical images based on similarities of an imaging target to generate an associated image group including medical images associated with each other. The processor outputs, to a display, an application target image to be an image as an application target of representative training information based on the associated image group. The processor accepts input of representative contour information indicative of a contour of a specific region in the application target image as the representative training information. The processor applies contour information, as training information, to each medical image included in the associated image group based on the representative training information input to the application target image.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to coordinating motion-capture of a hand by a network of motion-capture sensors having overlapping fields of view. In particular, it relates to designating a first sensor among three or more motion-capture sensors as having a master frame of reference, observing motion of a hand as it passes through overlapping fields of view of the respective motion-capture sensors, synchronizing capture of images of the hand within the overlapping fields of view by pairs of the motion-capture devices, and using the pairs of the hand images captured by the synchronized motion-capture devices to automatically calibrate the motion-capture sensors to the master frame of reference frame.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes an exit layer including a phosphor; a plurality of first light sources and a plurality of second light sources; wherein, the first light sources and the second light sources are arranged in plural unit cells; the plurality of the first light sources is controllable separately from the plurality of the second light sources; the first and second light sources are arranged spaced apart from the exit layer; the phosphor converts at least a portion of the first lights into first converted lights; if the first and second light sources emit the first and second lights, respectively, on a line connecting corresponding positions of two adjacent unit cells of the plurality of unit cells projected on the exit layer, a variation of a total intensity of the respective lights is less than 20%.

Abstract: A method for monitoring and securing a facility without employing a manned control center, according to which a server acquires surveillance data from each of a plurality of distributed surveillance devices deployed within or adjacent to a given security sensitive facility. Then the server receives an intrusion alert from a guard, or from one or more of the plurality of surveillance devices to initiate a triggering event, if the acquired surveillance data is indicative of activity that has been detected at an indicated location. A first guard is alerted and presented with a full situational awareness image to assess the severity of the detected activity and the triggering event is terminated if found by the first guard to be of a low severity, or an interception operation initiated by self-dispatching or dispatching one or more additional guards to a close by location that holds tactical advantage relative to the indicated location if the triggering event was found by the first guard to be of a high severity.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for redundantly storing and authenticating event related video data from one or more cameras using a video recording manager device. Additional copies of event related video data are persisted across various storage devices including any combination of internal camera storage, remote storage, and one or more storage mediums associated with the video recording manager device. The stored video data is augmented with authentication metadata to preserve the authenticity such that the video data is suitable as evidence.

Abstract: Static data that represents one or more static contributing factors to a dynamic threat-level index is received for a corresponding local region and live data that represents one or more dynamic contributing factors to the dynamic threat-level index for the corresponding local region is repeatedly received. An updated dynamic threat-level index for the corresponding local region is repeatedly determined based at least in part on a previously determined updated dynamic threat-level index for the corresponding local region, at least some of the received static data for the corresponding local region, and at least some of the received live data for the corresponding local region. A dashboard is displayed that dynamically shows the updated dynamic threat-level index for each of at least some of the plurality of local regions.

Abstract: An image recording device includes a processor. The processor acquires time-series images of endoscopy, temporarily records all of the time-series images of the endoscopy in a buffer memory, retrieves the time-series images temporarily recorded in the buffer memory and identifies an appearance of a lesion from the retrieved time-series images, and records in a memory a predetermined image of the time-series images temporarily recorded in the buffer memory, according to the identified appearance of the lesion.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for controlling connected devices. For example, a messaging application implemented on a client device detects a real-world object depicted in a captured image and determines a current location of the client device. The messaging application identifies a plurality of video cameras associated with the current location and selects a first video camera from the plurality of video cameras based on one or more attributes of the real-world object depicted in the image. The messaging application receives a video feed from the first video camera that is selected and causes the video feed received from the first video camera to be displayed on top of the real-world object depicted in the captured image.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a plurality of image sensors including a first image sensor and a second image sensor; a processor; a display connected to the processor; and memory storing instructions being executable by the processor, which cause the electronic device to at least: execute a camera application; activate all of the plurality of image sensors, based on at least one of a specified event executed through the camera application, determine a first image sensor among the plurality of image sensors as an image sensor outputting image data to be displayed on the display, set a resolution of first image data acquired through the first image sensor as a first resolution, and in response to the determination, set a resolution of second image data acquired through a second image sensor among the plurality of image sensors as a second resolution lower than the first resolution.

Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes an eye gaze sensing system in conjunction with a visual display of a camera image from a surgical work site. Detected gaze of a surgeon towards the display is used as input to the system. This input may be used by the system to assign an instrument to a control input device (when the user is prompted to look at the instrument), or it may be used as input to a computer vision algorithm to aid in object differentiation and seeding information, facilitating identification/differentiation of instruments, anatomical features or regions.

Abstract: A method includes generating thermal energy at a distal end of an elongate member and transferring the thermal energy between the elongate member and a housing coupled to a proximal end of the elongate member by activating a heat pump device thermally coupled between the elongate member and the housing. The heat pump device is disposed at least partially outside the housing. In some examples, a plurality of heat pump devices each located at least partially outside the housing and along a heat path formed between the distal end of the elongate member and the housing may be activated.

Abstract: An interactive portrait system includes a camera configured to capture imagery of an environment and a controller. The controller is configured to analyze the imagery to identify a guest in the environment, instruct an output device to provide an initial output to attempt to interact with the guest, and analyze the imagery to identify a behavior of the guest during the initial output, after the initial output, or both. The controller is also configured to evaluate the behavior of the guest using one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to determine whether the guest responded to the initial output. The controller is further configured to, in response to determining that the guest responded to the initial output, instruct the output device to provide an additional output to continue to attempt to interact with the guest.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for receiving information indicative of a relative placement of an object and a camera; determining, in dependence on the information, whether a condition associated with relative placement of the object and the camera is satisfied; and causing display of an indication of at least one detected characteristic of the object if the condition is satisfied.

Abstract: This invention provides a system and method for utilizing a wireless, handheld communication device to image a scene in multiple directions, so as to include multiple parties in addition to the user, and also, optionally, to project images on a plurality of display screens. The housing of the smartphone is adapted to provide a multi-camera and multi-screen arrangement. More particularly, the housing of the smartphone is adapted to include (at least) a front-directed camera and a rear-directed camera on respective front and rear faces, and openings along the left and right side edges for small-scale cameras and associated protective windows that are directed to image the left and right areas adjacent to the phone. The side cameras can also be provided in a removable case and a hub can be used to coordinate data feeds, including those from peripheral devices.

Abstract: A method and system for capital management with custom assemblies and schedulable cost lines and assembly photo collection. As user collects photos via cloud Software as a System (SaaS) that displays photographic data relevant to the useful life and recurring costs associated with maintaining or replacing a capital asset or building component. The SaaS provides an automatic collection photo data that is relevant to a condition and maintenance of one or more related physical assets in a building, including a physical condition recorded by a maintenance technician during a performance of work associated with that building component along with photo evidence taken of the physical assets. As operation staff perform routine work on the capital assets of a building data is collected via the SaaS on these actual capital assets. The collected photographs provide a timeline of visual conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires a video generated by a surveillance camera, a generation unit (12) that generates a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video, a condition setting unit (13) that sets a surveillant condition required of a surveillant who confirms the surveillance target video content, and a video distribution unit (14) that distributes the surveillance target video content to a terminal apparatus of a surveillant satisfying the surveillant condition.

Abstract: A system may access an image that is captured by an imaging device and that depicts an operational scene illuminated by close-range light. The system may also access a depth map of the operational scene. Based on the image and the depth map, the system may generate a processed image depicting the operational scene as being illuminated by a virtual light source that is to be simulated to be illuminating the operational scene and may provide the processed image for presentation on a display screen. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing mountable to a vehicle and a sensor mounted to the housing on top of the housing. The housing includes a front panel. The front panel includes a front surface on an exterior of the housing. The front surface is concave along a vertical axis and concave along a horizontal axis orthogonal to the vertical axis. The front surface is wider than the sensor along the horizontal axis.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; a depth measurer that acquires depth information indicating a depth to a subject in an image indicated by the image data; a detector that acquires subject detection information on a region where the subject is located in the image; and a recognizer that recognizes a subject region having a shape along the subject in the image, based on the depth information and the subject detection information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that provides users with information pertaining to the audio properties at one or more points of interest. A database associated the audio properties with the points of interest is built using audio input received from devices at the points of interest. The device may determine that audio properties associated with the received audio input. The audio properties may determine a type of background noise and/or a volume of the background noise. If the type of background noise is music, the audio properties may further include a music genre, a title of a song, whether the music is recorded or there is a live band, etc. The audio properties associated with the point of interest may be updated in a database real time.

Abstract: A cooking assistance method executed by a computer includes: causing an output device to display a first image relating to a first cooking process in which a cooking operation is performed using a cooking board; obtaining a load on the cooking board at a first temporal resolution while the first image is displayed; changing the first image displayed on the output device to a second image relating to a second cooking process in which a cooking operation different from the first cooking process is performed using the cooking board; changing the first temporal resolution used to obtain the load to a second temporal resolution different from the first temporal resolution, when the first image is changed to the second image; and obtaining a load on the cooking board at the second temporal resolution while the second image is displayed.

Abstract: An image-capturing plan creating device comprises an image-capturing plan creating unit and a condition establishing unit. The image-capturing plan creating unit is configured to create an image-capturing plan based on image-capturing target information related to image-capturing targets and of image-capturing device information related to image-capturing devices. The condition establishing unit is configured to establish conditions for recreating parts of the created image-capturing plan based on the contents of changes to the created image-capturing plan. The image-capturing plan creating unit is further configured to recreate the parts of the created image-capturing plan based on the established conditions.

Abstract: An automated process for multi-feed video systems comprises receiving a plurality of video feeds from a plurality of video-capture devices. The video feeds each have a quality parameter set to an initial value. A priority feed is selected from the video feeds. A quality parameter of the priority feed is set to a priority value in response to selecting the priority feed. The video-capture devices are instructed to format the video feeds based on the quality parameter of each video feed. The quality parameter for each video feed comprises a bitrate or a resolution for the video feed. The priority feed is streamed as a video output. The video feeds are displayed for selection in an interface, and the interface comprises a map including a location of the video-capture devices.

Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating in a network using share signals in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for communicating in a network may include receiving, from a first client device associated with an A/V recording and communication device, at a backend server in network communication with the A/V recording and communication device, a share signal comprising location data and first image data captured by a first camera of the A/V recording and communication device, the share signal including a command to share the first image data with a network of users; generating a power-up command signal based on the share signal; identifying at least one second camera to power up; and transmitting the power-up command signal to the at least one second camera, by the backend server, using a network interface.

Abstract: A viewing navigation grid and imaging display especially useful for viewing recorded skin images.

Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, a system, method, and storage medium comprising a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to a microcontrol unit (MCU) wherein the MCU controls the transition between operational states. The MCU receives a system-related datum from one of the plurality of sensors. The MCU determines a control action based on the system-related datum. The MCU executes the control action on the system. The MCU sends a state change datum to a firmware wherein the state change datum indicates an operational change of the system based on the control action.

Abstract: Monitoring patients utilizing computer vision to analyze patient movements on or near a patient support apparatus such as a bed. Computer vision is employed to analyze video feed of patients to detect movements indicative of clinical parameters. Information generated by the computer vision processor can be recorded to a patient's electronic medical record. Such information can be used to make clinical assessments, diagnoses, or detect critical patient events requiring attention of caregivers. In instances where caregiver assistance is required, an alert can be communicated to one or more caregivers through a caregiver call system.

Abstract: A medical control device according to the present disclosure includes an image processing section adapted to generate a captured image on the basis of an electric signal generated by an imaging device that captures an image of a subject, and a light source control information generation section adapted to generate control information for controlling a light quantity distribution of illumination light, according to a brightness distribution of the captured image.

Abstract: Present embodiments pertain to systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing and reporting the movements in mechanical structures, machinery, and machine components using video recordings, including one or more regions of interest found in video image frames depicting an object of interest, for study of visual data indicative of the performance or condition of such structures, machinery and components by the creation of a video report file through iterative modification of a video report-in-progress referencing one or more modified visual objects associated with motion under investigation.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an animated figure display system includes an animated figure having a body and a first tracker coupled to the body. The animated figure display system includes a projection surface having a second tracker coupled to the projection surface. The projection surface moves between a first position and a second position and the projection surface is at least partially concealed behind the animated figure in the first position. The animated figure display system includes a tracking camera that detects the first tracker and the second tracker and generates location data. A controller receives the location data and generates a control signal based on the location data. A projector receives the control signal indicative of image content from the controller and projects the image content onto the body of the animated figure and the external surface of the projection surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for diagnosing small bowel cleanliness. The system may comprise: a similarity analysis unit for analyzing to select a representative image of similar small bowel images from among a plurality of small bowel images; an image classification unit for, when a series of a plurality of small bowel images in which cleanliness is to be diagnosed are received in a state where the plurality of small bowel images have been learned, classifying small bowel cleanliness according to scores by predicting the small bowel cleanliness by applying the representative image to a learning result; and a cleanliness diagnosis unit for calculating final small bowel cleanliness for the series of the plurality of small bowel images on the basis of a score for small bowel cleanliness of the representative image and the number of small bowel images similar to the representative image.

Abstract: A system has a device for capturing biological data from a subject, a machine-readable code associated with the device, an image capturing apparatus with internet connectivity, an image processing unit to interpret the captured biological data, and an internet-connected data repository for storing the interpreted biological data.

Abstract: A surveillance region identifying method is used to analyze a region feature of a surveillance region covered by a surveillance apparatus. The surveillance region identifying method includes analyzing all track information within a series of images acquired by the surveillance apparatus to acquire an appearing point and a disappearing point of each track information, utilizing cluster analysis to define a main appearing point cluster of the appearing points, computing enter vectors of all appearing points inside the main appearing point cluster, and analyzing vector angles of all enter vectors of the main appearing point cluster to define an entrance of the surveillance region.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a camera array imaging architecture that computes depth maps for objects within a scene captured by the cameras, and use a near-field sub-array of cameras to compute depth to near-field objects and a far-field sub-array of cameras to compute depth to far-field objects. In particular, a baseline distance between cameras in the near-field subarray is less than a baseline distance between cameras in the far-field sub-array in order to increase the accuracy of the depth map. Some embodiments provide an illumination near-IR light source for use in computing depth maps.

Abstract: An imaging system includes an imaging scope, a camera, an image processor, and a system controller. The imaging scope is configured to illuminate an object and capture light reflected from the object. The camera has a light sensor with a light-sensitive surface configured to receive the captured light from the imaging scope, and generate a digital image representative of the captured light. The image processor is configured to receive the digital image from the camera, and use at least one of a random sample consensus (RANSAC) technique and a Hough Transform technique to (i) identify a boundary between an active portion and an inactive portion of the digital image and (ii) generate boundary data indicative of a characteristic of the boundary. The system controller is configured to receive the boundary data from the image processor, and use the boundary data to select and/or adjust a setting of the imaging system.

Abstract: A gimbal servo control method includes obtaining a predicted flight trajectory of an aircraft within a preset time period from a current time, and adjusting an attitude of a gimbal carried by the aircraft according a predicted velocity direction of the aircraft at a point of the predicted flight trajectory.

Abstract: The present application discloses an image processing method, an image processing device, and a computer device. The image processing method includes: acquiring a first to-be-processed chromaticity data set and a second to-be-processed chromaticity data set of a preset color of a to-be-processed picture, acquiring a Gaussian probability of the preset color, identifying a picture region in the to-be-processed picture that contains the preset color of the preset scene, and acquiring a color output correction value. The method of the present application can effectively improve a color cast phenomenon and a quality of the displayed picture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method by which a computing means monitors a harbor, and a harbor monitoring method, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises the steps of: acquiring a harbor image; generating a segmentation image corresponding to the harbor image; generating a display image corresponding to the harbor image and having a first view attribute; generating a conversion segmentation image, which corresponds to the segmentation image and has a second view attribute different from the first view attribute; matching the display image so as to generate a panoramic image; matching the conversion segmentation image so as to generate a matching segmentation image; calculating ship mooring guide information on the basis of the matching segmentation image; and outputting the mooring guide information together with the panoramic image.

Abstract: A medical laser apparatus, including: an energy guide; a first energy source configured to generate energy for treating a target tissue through the energy guide; a second energy source configured to emit first and second aiming beams to a target tissue through the energy guide, the second aiming beam having at least one characteristic different from the first aiming beam; and a controller comprising hardware, the controller being configured to: receive a signal indicating an illumination mode from at least two illumination modes used by an endoscope to illuminate the target tissue; and control the second energy source to output the first or second aiming beam based on the indicated illumination mode.