187 results about "Color index" patented technology

A color information creating part calculates the average color of captured image data in units of macro blocks, and determines to which color index the average color of each macro block corresponds. Color arrangement information formed by associating color information with the macro blocks is stored in a color index memory. A histogram creating part creates color histograms representative of the distribution of macro blocks added with color information corresponding to aimed color indexes. Based on the color arrangement information and the color histograms, a color application execution part recognizes objects, surroundings, or the situation of a driver's own vehicle without performing area splitting (shape acquisition) of an image.

Method for efficient image distribution and management Invention employs compact image data structures and packet delivery techniques for Internet applications. Images on a Web page are inefficiently stored, using a single image per file. Invention uses clustering to merge similar images into a single file in order to exploit the redundancy between images. A 30-50% image data size reduction is achieved by eliminating the redundancies of color indexes. A metadata file permits an easy extraction of images. Present invention permits a more efficient use of the cache, since a shorter list of cache references is required. Packet and transmission delays are reduced by 50% eliminating redundant TCP/IP headers and connection time. Present invention eliminates redundancy and provides valuable benefits for optimizing packet delivery in IP networks by reducing latency and minimizing the bandwidth requirements.

The invention discloses a method for coding a hybrid image efficiently. The method comprises the following steps of: applying base color and an index table coding method to interframe coding of the hybrid image; sequencing a base color value obtained by clustering matching blocks and a base color value obtained by clustering the current coding blocks during transmission of the base color; correspondingly making a difference to obtain a residual value of the base color; transmitting a difference value by using exponential Golomb coding; adaptively selecting a transmission mode of the base color by taking the minimum code rate as a principle and adopting an equal length coding method of the base color during the transmission of the base color; marking the transmission code with a bite; and obtaining a base color index of each pixel in a prediction block according to the value of each pixel in the prediction block, the base color value of the current coding block and the principle of minimum Euclidean distance during the transmission of an index map, taking the base color index of each pixel as a reference index of the current coding block, and using a bite for showing whether the index of each pixel is matched with the reference index of a corresponding position.

An apparatus is configured to perform a method for screen content encoding. The method includes deriving a palette table and a color index map based on a coding unit (CU). The method also includes encoding the palette table and encoding the color index map. The method further includes combining the encoded palette table and the encoded color index map for transmission to a receiver, where the palette table and index map are decoded to reconstruct a pixel block.

An elevator control system (18) provides elevator dispatch and door control based on passenger data received from a video processing device (12). The video processing device (12) includes a video processor (14) connected to receive video input from at least one video camera (10) and memory (16). The video processor (14) anonymously monitors passengers using color index analysis of each passenger. Based on the monitored position of each passenger, video process (14) calculates passenger data parameters such as location, direction, speed and estimated time of arrival at an elevator door, and provides one or more of the passenger data parameters to elevator control system (18). Based in part on the passenger data received, elevator controller (18) provides elevator dispatch, elevator door control, and security functions.

A method for communicating an image section between a first computer and a second computer, the first computer adapted for remotely coupling to the second computer via a network. The method comprises determining, by the first computer, a color table comparison result for an input pixel value, the color table comparison result identifying one of (i) an indexed color value of a color table, the indexed color value approximating the input pixel value, or (ii) an absence in the color table of any color value approximating the input pixel value; generating, based on the color table comparison result, encoded data comprising one of a derivative of the input pixel value or an index for the indexed color value; communicating, to the second computer, the encoded data; and updating the color table according to the color table comparison result.

The present invention intends to provide a method for liveliness detection and fitness measurement using information optically extracted from a fingertip. For liveliness detection, the present method examines the change in a color index of a finger at its touching portion measured while the finger is being pressed onto an inspection surface and while the finger is released from the same surface. If the change is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, the finger is regarded as a live finger. For fitness measurement, an index indicative of the stiffness of the blood vessel of the finger is obtained from the change in the color index of the finger at its touching portion against the change in the contact area of the finger while the finger is being pressed onto the inspection surface.

The invention relates to the technical field of production of papermaking-reconstituted tobacco, in particular to a method for regulating the color of the surface of the papermaking-reconstituted tobacco. The method comprises the steps of (1) adding pigment and brightness additives to a tobacco concentrated solution according to color indexes expected to be presented by the reconstituted tobacco after pigment regulation; (2) coating base sheets of the reconstituted tobacco with the tobacco concentrated solution obtained from the step (1); (3) processing the base sheets obtained from the step (2) in an oven and obtaining finished products of the reconstituted tobacco after water balancing is conducted under constant temperature and humidity. According to the method for regulating the color of the surface of the papermaking-reconstituted tobacco, the probability that production requirements can not be met due to unreasonable adding of pigment is reduced, and a systematic and unprecedented breakthrough is realized in regulation of the color of the surface of the reconstituted tobacco.

There is provided an idling stop device. An ECU sets a lighting color index by recognizing a lighting color of a traffic light in front of a vehicle based upon external environment captured by an onboard camera, sets a distance index based upon a distance between the traffic light and a vehicle just in front of the vehicle, and sets a brake index based upon whether a brake lamp of the vehicle just in front of the vehicle is turned on or not. The ECU adds up these indices to obtain an ISS general index, sets a basic ISS speed based upon the ISS general index, and sets an ISS start speed based upon the basic ISS speed and a mode-based coefficient set based upon an engine mode.

The invention provides an image coding method, an image decoding method, an image coding device and an image decoding device for an embedded system. The image coding method comprises the following steps of: mapping a color value or a color index of each pixel in an image in which pixels are arranged in M rows*N columns into a color unit, wherein the color unit comprises a plurality of bytes and is used for storing the color value or the color index of the pixel; storing values of M and N in a header data set; connecting the color units sequentially to form a one-dimensional color unit set; and merging the color unit set and the header data set to form image coding data. The image coding method can be widely applied to the image processing process of the embedded system, and the problem that hardware resources of the embedded system in the image processing process are limit is solved.

A method of coding a block of video data using palette coding is disclosed. According to the present invention, when a previous block is available, the system receives first information related to a previous palette set corresponding to previous palettes/triplet palette, and second information related to a previous palette predictor set corresponding to previous palette predictors/triplet-palette predictors associated with the previous block. The system then derives a current palette predictor set corresponding to current palette predictors/triplet-palette predictor associated with the current block based on the previous palette set and the previous palette predictor set by including at least one unused color or triplet of the previous palette predictor set in the current palette predictor set. A current palette set corresponding to current palettes/triplet-palette associated with the current block is derived from the current palette predictor set for palette encoding or decoding.

The invention improves the refresh rate and minimizes the memory for display when reproducing a color image. A color image encoding device has a creation device which counts the number of colors used in color image data and creates a global palette which lists corresponding indexes when the number of colors is a specified value or less, a block division device which divides the color image data into a plurality of blocks, a local palette creation device which creates a local palette which lists indexes in the global palette when the number of colors in a block is less than the number of colors in the global palette, and a color index assigning device which assigns the indexes in the global palette to the input pixels when the number of colors is the same as the number of colors in the global palette, and assigns the indexes in the local palette to the input pixels when the numbers of colors is different from the number of colors in the global palette.

A method for evaluating quality of tone-mapping image based on exposure analysis is provided, which explores the exposure properties on each area of the high dynamic range image utilizing the pre-exposure method and divides the high dynamic range image into three parts of an easy overexposed area, an easy underexposed area and an easy natural-exposed area, wherein different quality characteristics are extracted in different areas, which is capable of ensuring that the follow-up quality characteristic extraction is more targeted. The present invention takes the difference of distortion between the tone-mapping image and the conventional image into account, and extracts image characteristics such as the abnormal exposure rate, the underexposed residual energy, the overexposed residual energy and the exposure color index, so as to accurately reflect the quality degradation of the tone-mapping image.

Video data, e.g., screen content video data may be palette coded. A palette table including one or more color indices may be produced. A color index may correspond to one color. A palette index map may be created that maps one or more pixels of the v ideo data to a color index in the palette table, or a color that may be explicitly coded. A. palette index map prediction data may be generated that includes data that indicates values in the palette index map associated with at least some portions of the video data that are generated in a traverse scan order in which a scan line is scanned in an opposite direction of a preceding parallel scan line.

The invention discloses a graphic interchange format (GIF) image encryption method based on a compressed encoding and belongs to the field of digital image encryption. According to an algorithm, encryption is performed by selecting color lists of the GIF image and lempel-ziv-welch (LZW) compressed encoding data. When the color lists are encrypted, a key stream is utilized to mix up values of color components in the color lists, and thereby information of plaintext image color indexes can be hidden; when the LZW encoding data is encrypted, a dictionary used by encoding is subjected to scrambling when dictionary entries are matched according to the features of the LZW compression, so that the scrambling algorithm can self-adaptively and dynamically adjust the encryption intensity according to plaintext features, and the encryption efficiency and the safety are good. According to the GIF image encryption method based on compressed encoding, the GIF compressed encoding design encryption algorithm is combined, simultaneously the safety of the GIF image color indexes and the image compressed data is considered, the GIF image color indexes and the image compressed data are respectively encrypted, and good safety is achieved. After the encryption operation is introduced, the GIF image compressed effect is not affected, and the format compatibility of original GIF images is maintained.

A method and device for coding screen content into a bitstream by selecting a color palette table for a coding unit (CU) of screen content, creating a color index map having indices for the coding unit (CU), and encoding the selected color palette table and the color index map for the CU into a bitstream.

The disclosure is directed to a method of color palette coding and an electronic device using the same method. The proposed method would include not limited to encoding, by using a processor, a bit stream to represent a color of a coding unit and storing the bit stream in a storage medium or transmitting the bit stream. The bit stream would include not limited to a binary bit representing a run flag, a N binary bit sequence representing up to 2^N major colors in a coding unit with each of the possible values of the N binary bit sequence representing an unique major color index of N major color indices, and a M binary bit sequence representing up to 2^M extended colors with each of the possible values of the M binary bit sequence representing an unique extended color index of M extended color indices.