132 results about "Image warping" patented technology

A low-latency virtual reality display system that provides rapid updates to virtual reality displays in response to a user's movements. Display images generated by rendering a 3D virtual world are modified using an image warping approximation, which allows updates to be calculated and displayed quickly. Image warping is performed using various rerendering approximations that use simplified 3D models and simplified 3D to 2D projections. An example of such a rerendering approximation is a shifting of all pixels in the display by a pixel translation vector that is calculated based on the user's movements; pixel translation may be done very quickly, possibly using hardware acceleration, and may be sufficiently realistic particularly for small changes in a user's position and orientation. Additional features include techniques to fill holes in displays generated by image warping, synchronizing full rendering with approximate rerendering, and using prediction of a user's future movements to reduce apparent latency.

A makeup simulation enables a high-quality simulation image quickly and simply. A first image generator portion 20 generates n transparency layer images in which the transparency of each pixel is normalized on the basis of n layer images in a use-reference image. A second image generator portion 30 generates n color converted layer images by applying a color conversion on a frame image using color components of the layer images. A mesh setting portion 50 sets a mesh in a facial region in each frame image and a makeup pattern image. An image deformer 60 calculates a difference between vertices of meshes in both images and deforms a makeup element image in each normalized transparency layer image based on this difference to fit in the facial region of the frame image. A synthesizer 70 synthesizes color converted layer images and each frame image by alpha blending.

The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which prevents deformation of a structural frame caused by external force or weight of the apparatus itself, when set on a surface such as a conventional desk or floor, prevents image defects such as image deformation and the like without reducing the degree of accuracy of positioning support of respective printing devices inside the image forming apparatus, and furthermore also makes precise color matching possible while also being low price, easily assembled, compact, lightweight, highly reliable, and capable of obtaining high quality images. The structural body of the image forming apparatus includes side wall portions made of resin and provided on either side of the apparatus, and at least two connectors formed from metal, for connecting the side wall portions, an image forming unit being supported by the side wall portions, and the connectors joining the side wall portions in substantially perpendicular and substantially horizontal directions.

A surveillance system includes an image deformation unit for deforming the image captured or picked up by a surveillance camera so that the appearance of a specified region within this image has the same geometric shape as that of its corresponding region on the map, and an image synthesis display unit operable to extract the specific region of the deformed image and synthesize it in the corresponding map region for on-screen visualization, obtaining the mutual relationship of a plurality of images.

A method of improving image quality of a digital image is provided. In particular, the motion blur in an image taken in a long exposure time is reduced by dividing the exposure time into several shorter periods and capturing a series of images in those shorter periods. Among the images, one reference image is selected and the remaining images are registered in reference to the reference image by image warping, for example. After identifying the pixels in each of the remaining images and the corresponding pixels in the reference image, a weighting factor is assigned to each of the pixels in the remaining images based on the similarity in the pixel values between the remaining images and reference image. A weight average operation is carried out to sum the corresponding pixels in the reference and the remaining images to generate the final image.

Enhanced resolution video sequence results from construction of enhanced resolution key frames and synthesis of enhanced resolution non-key frames. Key frames are constructed by processing a plurality of initial resolution frames in order to produce the enhanced resolution image components of the key frame. Non-key frames are synthesized using the enhanced resolution image component of the key frames and image component motion determinations from initial resolution frames using an image warping technique. Non-key frame image components are further improved by blending and error correction processes.

A method for creating a 360 degree panoramic image from multiple images includes (1) computing a gross rotation error ΔR between a first image and a calculated first image rotated to be stitched to a last image, and (2) spreading the gross rotation error ΔR to each pixel on the panoramic image. Spreading the gross rotation error ΔR includes (1) computing a rotation angle θ₀ and rotational axis n₀ from the gross rotational error ΔR, (2) determining an angle α of each pixel, and (3) determining a compensation matrix R_c for each pixel using the following formula: R_c(α)=R(α/2πθ₀). Spreading the gross rotation error ΔR further includes (4) tracing a pixel on the panoramic image to a camera optical center of the images to form a first ray, (5) determining a second ray originating from the camera optical center that would be rotated by the compensation matrix R_c to coincide with the first ray, (6) tracing the second ray to a second pixel on one of the images, and (7) painting the first pixel with color values of the second pixel.

An image display controlling system of the present invention has an image combining splitting means (2) for splitting a picked-up image input from an imaging means (1), which picks up surrounding images of a vehicle, into a plurality of images, an image deforming means (3) for executing a different deforming process to the plurality of images respectively, and an arrangement controlling means (5) for arranging the plurality of images at predetermined positions and displaying the images. According to this configuration, a wide-range image having a horizontal angle of view of 180 degree is separated into a rear center image positioned at a center of the image and side images separated from the center like a vanity with three mirrors, and a sense of depth is provided by distorting and deforming intentionally the side images in contrast to the rear center image such that the side images can look as if the side images are just looked at.

A method, system and computer readable medium for computerized processing of chest images including obtaining a digital first image of a chest (S100); producing a second image which is a mirror image (S300) of the first image; performing image warping on one of the first and second images to produce a warped image (S400) which is registered to the other of the first and second images; and subtracting the warped image from the other image to generate a subtraction image (S600). Another embodiment includes obtaining a digital first image of the chest of a subject; detecting ribcage edges on both sides of the lungs in the first chest image; determining average horizontal locations of the left and right ribcage edges at plural vertical locations; fitting the determined average horizontal locations to a straight line to derive a midline; rotating the chest image so that the midline is vertical; and shifting the rotated image to produce a lateral inclination corrected (S200) second image with the midline centered in the lateral inclination corrected image.

The present system combines image morphing technology, exercise programming, supplement sales, and motivational techniques into one product. Users begin by entering their current measurements, measurement goals and current picture into the system, preferably via a Web site. The picture is segmented into body components, and each affected segment is morphed based upon the measurements, goals, and the segment's responsiveness to weight loss in order to create a modified image representative of the user in a post-regimen condition. This system helps health and fitness businesses obtain new members and retain existing members by showing the members how they will look after following a specific regimen of diet and/or exercise. The system also predicts health risks of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke associated with the user's pre-regimen and post-regimen conditions.

The invention provides a video imaging system based on a multi-scale camera array, and a video processing method. The system comprises a control cloud platform, a video processing unit and a camera array; the camera array comprises a plurality of local cameras and at least one global reference camera; the global reference camera collects a low-resolution global reference video of a predetermined scene by using a short-focus lens, and the plurality of local cameras separately collect different local high-resolution videos in the predetermined scene by using long-focus lenses; the video processing unit is used for finding a corresponding area in the global reference camera for each local camera; aligning the local videos to the corresponding areas in the global reference video by using a nonuniform image distortion algorithm; and embedding the distorted high-resolution local videos in the low-resolution global reference video to form a global video with a relatively high resolution.

Systems and methods generate a 3D model of a surface of an object immersed in a transparent liquid within a stationary cylindrical transparent tank. First and second laser line projectors and a camera are rotated around a central axis of the cylindrical tank. The first and second laser line projectors each generate a laser line perpendicular to a plane or rotation and aligned with the center of rotation. The camera images the object. An image from the camera is captured at each of several angular positions of the camera relative to a reference position of the stationary cylindrical tank. The captured images are processed to determine, for each laser line within each image, a plurality of 3D positions where the laser line is incident upon a surface of the object. In embodiments, images are corrected with ray tracing or image warping and registration functions.

A method of atlas mapping and an apparatus for image mapping are provided. The method includes generating a four dimensional template, linearly transforming the four dimensional representation of a subject to the four dimensional template, generating attribute vectors for a plurality of points of the linearly transformed four dimensional representation of the subject and of the four dimensional template, the plurality of points consisting of a plurality of temporally successive voxels of the four dimensional representation of the subject and of the four dimensional template, evaluating the generated attribute vectors to identify points in the four dimensional template that correspond to the four dimensional representation of the subject, and deforming the four dimensional template to the four dimensional representation of the subject according to relative positions of the corresponding points of the linearly transformed four dimensional representation of the subject and of the four dimensional template.

An inkjet printing apparatus includes: an inkjet head having nozzles which eject ink; a first conveyance device which moves at least one of an image formation medium and the inkjet head during image formation by the inkjet head; a second conveyance device which conveys the image formation medium along a conveyance path after the image formation by the inkjet head; an imaging device; a test pattern printing control device which controls ejection of the inkjet head; an ejection failure nozzle detection processing device; an expansion-contraction reference mark printing control device; an expansion-contraction deformation amount measurement device; an image deformation processing device which applies image deformation processing corresponding to the amount of deformation due to expansion and contraction, to image data to be printed on the second surface,; and a print control device which carries out the printing on the second surface on a basis of the image data which has been corrected through the image deformation processing.

Apparatus provides for providing multi-mode warping of graphical user interface (GUI) objects, such as but not limited to a pointing object (e.g., cursor) and a window. In one example, the apparatus includes logic operative to provide a user interface that allows a user to select different warping modes. In one example, a user may select a pointing object warping mode and/or a window warping mode. In the pointing object warping mode, the apparatus applies a warp operation to one or more pointing objects that uses display content information to determine where to move the pointing object. In the window warping mode, the apparatus applies a warp operation to one or more windows that also uses display content information to determine where to move the window. The destination position of the GUI object is determined based on content identification information associated with display content such as name, serial number or label that identifies the display content.

The invention belongs to the technical field of image detection and recognition, and can be used in the fields related to image sequence processing, such as automatic piloting, detection and recognition of visual objects of unmanned aerial vehicles, and detection of animation video. Firstly, the input image is transformed by Image Warping (Image Warping) based on motion compensation, then the depth convolution feature maps are extracted from the winding images by depth convolution neural network, and then the depth convolution feature maps of the image sequences are fused. Finally, the fused depth convolution feature maps are used in target detection modules such as target location, target recognition or region recommendation. A main technical feature of that invention comprises two partsof a computing module of a winding image based on motion compensation in the early stage and a fusion module of a depth convolution feature map of a front image sequence and a rear image sequence in the late stage. The invention can overcome the problem that the detection accuracy of a single image is low or even cannot be detected due to partial occlusion, motion blur and large deformation of thedetection target.

A real-time low frame-rate video compression system and method that allows the user to perform face-to-face communication through an extremely low bandwidth network. The system and method employs image cropping and morphing to reduce frame rates. At the encoder side, the system is able to automatically select only a few good faces from the original sequence with high visual quality and compress and transmit them. At the decoder side, the system use image-morphing based rendering method to generate a normal frame-rate video. Experimental results show that the system is superior to more traditional video codecs for low bit-rate face-to-face communication.

An open digital watermark system and methodology having various features for unifying watermark production and processing among diverse user multimedia terminals (112), such as set top box, that may be OPIMA compliant. In accordance with specific aspects, intentional image warping is employed to combat pirating, the analog video channel used to download programming, packet signature implemented for watermark insertion by pixel replacement and use of the data stream made to reduce local data processing and storage.

The present invention is to provide a method for achieving a clear and precise optical zooming mechanism, which is applied to an electronic device equipped with a wide-angle image capturing element and a long-focus image capturing element. The wide-angle image capturing element and the long-focus image capturing element are controlled by the electronic device for capturing a wide-angle image and a long-focus image of a same spot simultaneously and respectively. The method enables the electronic device to sequentially perform an exposure and white balance adjustment process, a robust image matching algorithm and an image morphing fusion process to the wide-angle image and the long-focus image, respectively, so as to generate a clear and precise optical zooming image of the spot without having a significant skipping phenomenon occurred in an object within two zooming images.