505 results about "Key images" patented technology

Methods and systems for facilitating the selecting and / or the purchasing of items are provided. Items to be purchased may be clothing items. The use of a visualization pane comprising an avatar may be used to facilitate item selection. The avatar may represent a person such as a user and clothing items may be represented on the avatar so as to provide a preview of how the clothing items would look on the user. Searching for purchasable items may be done textually or visually using key images or by a combination of both. Key images selected from a dictionary of key images may to represent search criteria. Coupon offers may be presented to a user which may be redeemable instantly or later at a store location.

A display control unit (101) displays a key image, which serves as an operation target, etc. on a display unit. An area memory unit (103) stores a reception area (area information) corresponding to the displayed key image. A detecting unit (104) senses a user's touching operation and detects its touch position. A determining unit (105) makes determinations whether the detected touch position is within the range of the reception area stored in the area memory unit (103), etc. A time measuring unit (106) measures a time period that has elapsed since the touching operation. When a touching operation is detected, an area control unit (107) expands a reception area that includes the touch position to a predetermined range. Thereafter, the area control unit (107) reduces the expanded reception area to its original size when the time measuring unit (106) measures a predetermined time period.

A system and method of searching multimedia databases using key images that returns image content ranked by degree of similarity to the key-images. A user accesses the search engine via a graphic user interface (GUI) that allows the user to enter key-images using drag-and-drop technology. The user may also enhance the description of the key-images using text based input, or used text based input to call up exemplary images. The user may also use Boolean logic to combine the key-images, and the key-images and text input, into search strings. The search strings may then be used to find matches from pre-indexed directories that have been created by analyzing content in advance.

A method of transmitting picture information of a video signal from an encoder and a method of using the picture information in a decoder are provided. When a video signal is encoded, the video signal is coded according to a specified scheme while being divided into key and non-key pictures, and a value indicating whether or not coded picture data carried in each NAL unit is key picture data is recorded in a ‘nal_ref_idc’ field in a header of the NAL unit or, alternatively, a value (adaptive_ref_pic_marking_mode_flag=1) indicating that a Memory Management Control Operation (MMCO) is present and a control operation value indicating a key picture are recorded in a header of a picture coded into a key picture.

An EL display is provided with EL segments which are individually illuminable and which include one or more complete function key images and / or fragments of complete function key images. One or more of the EL segments may thus be illuminated to present multiple, different user interfaces each having one or more complete function key images. A complete function key image presented as part of a user interface may be a complete key image that was included as part of an illuminated EL segment or may be formed by a combination of key image fragments included as part of multiple illuminated EL segments.

A system for authenticating the user of a computing device comprises an authorized user directory. Each record is uniquely associated with an authorized user and includes at least a computing device ID value that is a globally unique value assigned to the authorized user's computing device, a group of unique depictions such as photographs, an identification of a key depiction. Portions of each image form fiducials recognizable by the user. The record further includes trace pattern verification data representing continuous trace strokes between pairs of the fiducials within the key depiction. To authenticate, the group of images are displayed to the user. The user must first select the key image and secondly trace continuous trace strokes between the pairs of fiducials to match the trace pattern verification data.

The invention discloses a binocular vision positioning method and a binocular vision positioning device for robots, and a storage medium. The binocular vision positioning method includes acquiring current binocular images and current positions and posture of the robots; acquiring historical key images from key libraries if the current binocular images are key images; splicing the current binocularimages and the historical key images according to the current positions and posture and historical key positions and posture to obtain vision point cloud maps; acquiring preliminarily built laser point cloud maps; optimizing the current positions and posture according to the vision point cloud maps and the laser point cloud maps. The historical key images acquired from the key libraries and the current binocular images have overlapped visual fields, and the historical key images are related to the historical key positions and posture. The binocular vision positioning method, the binocular vision positioning device and the storage medium have the advantages that position and posture estimated values are optimized by the aid of the preliminarily built laser point cloud maps at moments corresponding to key frames, and accordingly position and posture estimation cumulative errors can be continuously corrected in long-term robot operation procedures; information of the accurate laser pointcloud maps is imported in optimization procedures, and accordingly the binocular vision positioning method and the binocular vision positioning device are high in positioning accuracy.

A system and method for searching multimedia databases using a pictorial language, input via an iconic interface and making use of trained ontologies, i.e., trained data models. An iconic graphic user interface (GUI) allows a user to specify a pictorial query that may include one or more one or more key-images and optional text input. Similarities between the query key-images and images in a multimedia database based on a pictorial edit distance are used to select the images that are the closest match to the query. The result images are returned to the user in order of their relevance to the query.

A method for producing an audio-visual slideshow for a video sequence having an audio soundtrack and a corresponding video track including a time sequence of image frames, comprising: segmenting the audio soundtrack into a plurality of audio segments; subdividing the audio segments into a sequence of audio frames; determining a corresponding audio classification for each audio frame; automatically selecting a subset of the audio segments responsive to the audio classification for the corresponding audio frames; for each of the selected audio segments automatically analyzing the corresponding image frames to select one or more key image frames; merging the selected audio segments to form an audio summary; forming an audio-visual slideshow by combining the selected key frames with the audio summary, wherein the selected key frames are displayed synchronously with their corresponding audio segment; and storing the audio-visual slideshow in a processor-accessible storage memory.

The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of performing image quality analysis on images from an imaging examination, including: displaying an imaging examination; performing a quality review of the images; performing a quality analysis on data from the imaging examination and on the images; receiving image quality analysis from the user on the data and the images and storing the image quality analysis in at least one database; saving data from the image quality analysis on at least one key image of the images, using computer-generated standardized annotation and mark-up, or graphical data input, or speech data, using a computerized tool, and saving the data as annotated image data in the at least one database; and transferring the annotated image data to at least one quality assurance database with linking to images from the imaging examination.

A shared object is newly created in a unified format with respect to past medical information that is effective in a photographing step or a report creating step. Since the shared object can include a position determination image, unique object information, body coordinates information, a photographing condition, a image creating condition, and key image information, it is possible to automatically set the same photographing condition, photographing range, a tomographic position to be photographed, and image creating condition as those in a past test by using the information described above.

Images of a plurality of keys are projected and it is recognized whether any one of the images of the keys projected is designated by an operator. When the operator designates an image, a controlling unit controls any one of: a position of a boundary between an image of an arbitrary key and an image of a key adjacent to the arbitrary key; a space between an instruction effective area of an image of an arbitrary key and an instruction effective area of an image of a key adjacent to the predetermined; and a size of an outlined arbitrary key image area.

The present invention is a method for presenting the content of images, in which, out of images that include at least moving images and can be segmented into a plurality of scenes, groups of two or more key images included in the individual scenes are extracted, and a digest screen of the images, which include the groups of key images, is organized. The method is characterized in that a scene segmenting step of generating individual segmented scenes and the following three steps for each scene are provided: a key-image extracting step, a preceding-and-following-key-image extracting step of extracting at least one still image time-oriented preceding the key image and / or at least one still image time-oriented following the key image, and a key-image weighting step of assigning a weight to the key image on the basis of a predetermined measure. Moreover, at least, a scene organizing step of disposing the preceding and following key images in the neighborhood of the corresponding key images, and enabling or disabling the display of the key images and expanding or contracting the key images according to the corresponding weights to organize a digest screen and a screen displaying step of displaying the digest screen are provided.

A system is provided wherein data processing devices are connected to a high-speed picture archiving and communications system (PACS) server network that archives and transmits medical image data. As part of a diagnostic process, medical images are processed at the data processing devices and image processing parameter (IPP) sets are created. The image processing parameters are attached to image diagnosis reports and can be used to recreate the processing of key images that are referenced in the image diagnosis reports. Users of the diagnostic reports can send the IPP sets to the PACS server network to recreate and retrieve key diagnostic images. The image data can be compressed for transmission over low bandwidth networks.

A medical report generation apparatus includes a key image selection unit that selects, as a key image representing a diagnostic characteristic feature, a slice image generated based on three-dimensional medical image data obtained by imaging a subject, a selected position input unit that inputs a selected position in the key image, a supplementary image determination unit that determines, based on the key image and the selected position, a slice image that includes the selected position and represents a cross section different from a cross section represented by the key image, as a supplementary image, in the three-dimensional medical image data, and a medical report generation unit that generates a medical report including the key image and information for identifying the supplementary image.

The invention discloses a skeletonization and template matching-based traffic police gesture identification method, which comprises the following steps of: (1) extracting key gestures of a traffic police, performing binarization on gesture sequence images, and normalizing the size of the binary images; (2) extracting the image outline of the key gestures of the traffic police, performing skeletonization by adopting outline deletion to obtain skeletons of the key gesture images of the traffic police, and storing the skeletons corresponding to various key gestures of the traffic police in a template library; and (3) extracting the key image of the current traffic police gesture sequence, performing skeletonization by adopting outline deletion to obtain the current gesture skeleton, matching the current gesture skeleton and each skeleton in the template library to find the most similar skeleton serving as the current traffic police gesture skeleton, and obtaining identification results of traffic police fingers. By the method, high reliability of the identification results can be ensured under low calculation complexity.

Some embodiments of the present invention may relate to a device and a method of enabling the stabilization of a series of retinal angiography images to provide a coherent serial display, the method comprising: locally matching a pair of overlapping images, said locally matching includes at least providing a best offset vector for the images, wherein the best offset vector is provided based upon a matching of features from overlapping portions of the images; globally matching at least a triplet of matching pairs of images, wherein pairs of globally matching images include locally matching pairs whose best offset vector sum is substantially zero; choosing a key image; and aligning all the remaining images to the key image.

An image search apparatus includes: an image feature extraction unit for extracting features of images; an image search data storage unit for storing the features of the images; a user interface unit for inputting an image search condition, and displaying a search result; and an image search execution unit for executing an image search, by using the features of the images based on the image search condition, wherein the user interface unit allows multiple key images to be inputted as the single search condition, the image search execution unit executes the search by using key images included in the single search condition, and the user interface unit displays the search result in the order of similarities to the key images.

A system is provided wherein data processing devices are connected to a high-speed picture archiving and communications system (PACS) server network that archives and transmits medical image data. As part of a diagnostic process, medical images are processed at the data processing devices and image processing parameter (IPP) sets are created. The image processing parameters are attached to image diagnosis reports and can be used to recreate the processing of key images that are referenced in the image diagnosis reports. Users of the diagnostic reports can send the IPP sets to the PACS server network to recreate and retrieve key diagnostic images. The image data can be compressed for transmission over low bandwidth networks.

The invention provides a traffic safety security device based on an intelligent mobile phone, which comprises the intelligent mobile phone and a bracket used for fixing the mobile phone through a clamping groove; the bracket is fixed on an instrument desk of an automobile cockpit and can adjust the mobile phone anteverted angle according to a scale on the base of the bracket; the operating traffic safety application of the intelligent mobile phone can continuously record the images in front of the vehicle, ambient sound, GPS coordinates, vehicle speed and the like, can monitor accelerations in three directions through an embedded triaxial acceleration sensor, and judges whether the collision accident occurs or not, as well as the accident characters, such as collision direction and the like through comparing with a ready alarming threshold value and analyzing the acceleration directions; if the accident occurs, the automatic alarming can be performed for self-rescue in a way that the mobile phone sends alarming information, automatically calls an alarming center, uploads key images and sound information. The traffic safety security device provided by the invention is simple and feasible to construct, can realize the common function of a general traffic recording meter, and extension functions of automatic alarming and self-rescue in case of risk, remotely backuping key data, and the like.

The invention provides a driving safety safeguard system based on an intelligent mobile phone. The system comprises at least one intelligent mobile phone fixed in an automobile driving room through a support as well as an alarming center, wherein the intelligent mobile phone is responsible for monitoring and determining whether collision accidents occur for the automobile, and performing alarming and self-rescue automatically when accidents occur; the alarming center comprises an alarming server and an artificial seat, and is responsible for receiving and displaying alarming information, receiving, storing and reporting images and sound data, and answering alarming calling; the intelligent mobile phone continuously records information of images, sound around, GPS (global positioning system) coordinates, vehicle speed and the like in front of the driving vehicle, monitors the instant acceleration of the vehicle, and determines whether the collision accidents occur accordingly. Once the accidents are determined to occur, automatic alarming self-rescue is carried out, and comprises alarming information sending, alarming center calling, key image and sound information uploading, and the like. The driving safety safeguard system based on the intelligent mobile phone provided by the invention is simple to implement, common functions and extended functions of automatic alarming self-rescue in danger, key data backup, and the like of a common driving vehicle recording instrument can be realized through a mode of mounting and applying the intelligent mobile phone.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a monocular depth estimation method, a device, a terminal and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining monocular video; determining a semi-dense depth map corresponding to key image frames in the monocular video according to a preset reconstruction algorithm; using the key image frame and the semi-dense depth map as inputs of apreset neural network model, and determining the dense depth map corresponding to the key image frame according to the output of the preset neural network model. The technical proposal of the embodiment of the invention effectively combines a preset reconstruction algorithm and a preset neural network model, thereby obtaining a dense and high-precision depth map.

Methods and systems for retrieving and processing medical diagnostic images are provided, comprising using picture analysis prioritization visualization and reporting system (“PAPVR system”) to determine whether each of one or more images from an image database or imaging device is of medical interest to a reviewing physician, determine whether one or more of the images is representative of the images, and provide the one or more images to a display and analysis system for review by a reviewing physician. The PAPVR system can provide the one or more images with a Key Image that is representative of the images. In addition, the PAPVR system can detect whether a patient suffers from a particular ailment, and provide a reviewing physician quantitative information that is relevant to the patient's condition.

A television display device for use with a television display for displaying television services, an input for providing at least one command to the television display device and a broadcast stream containing a stream of key files including data representing respective key images, the television display device including a memory for storing a plurality of control images and for maintaining continuously in memory at least one of said key files, an event selector for selecting an event and associating the event with a selected one of the plurality of control images, an action selector for selecting an action and associating the action with the selected control image, a display section for detecting the event and, in response, producing display information for displaying for a predetermined period the selected control image on a portion of the television display superposed on the television service being viewed and a command section for initiating the action conditional on whether or not a control command is provided by the input unit within said predetermined period, wherein, the display section, when displaying the selected control image, simultaneously displays the key image of one of the data files currently stored superposed on the television service being viewed and the command section executes the content of the key file of the displayed respective key image conditional on a key command being provided by the input unit within the predetermined period.

A key recognition method and apparatus for use on a smartphone or similar. The viewfinder display for the phone's image sensor is provided with a registration mark or icon adapted to help align and register the image of a flat key being viewed through the image sensor. An image-recognition process running on the phone is used to capture and convert the key's image to an image file stored on the phone, and the user is prompted to enter identifying information for association with the image file. When an unknown key is found, it can be viewed through the image sensor, displayed on the viewfinder screen, registered in the registration icon, and compared by the image-recognition process to previously-stored key images to try and find a match.

The invention provides a processing method and device for video images. The processing method includes: acquiring current video information; intercepting key images of current video according to the current video information, wherein the key images contain video frame images with complete subtitles; sorting the key images to generate an image library; receiving playing requests and reading the corresponding key images for playing from the image library. Through acquisition of the current video information, the key images of the current video are intercepted according to the current video information and sorted to generate the image library, and the corresponding key images are read from the image library according to the playing requests to be played, so that flow rate is saved, and a user is ensured to preview the video under the condition of network jamming and is enabled to understand a drama rapidly, conveniently and completely, bounce rate of the user under the condition of mobile video jamming is decreased, and user experience is enhanced.

The invention discloses a virtual studio implementation method capable of automatically tracking objects. The virtual studio implementation method comprises the following steps: selecting a high-resolution real camera and setting a camera position so that the real camera is capable of getting a comprehensive shot of the whole range of the activities of objects without any operation; creating a virtual scene and an image matting plane; setting the position of a virtual camera; performing chroma key image matting on a picture picked up by the real camera and mapping the images of the objects into the image matting plane to form mapped images; calculating the positions of the objects during activities in a real scene by use of an image identification module; generating a group of attitude data based on the position information and controlling the operation of the virtual camera through the attitude data; generating a scene image by an image rendering system based on the picture picked up by the virtual camera; and synchronizing the mapped images and the scene image into an image for final presentation and generating a virtual studio to play videos. The virtual studio implementation method capable of automatically tracking the objects is capable of enabling the installation and debugging of the virtual studio to be simple and fast, and also capable of greatly saving cost.

The invention discloses an information processing method applied to electronic equipment. The electronic equipment is provided with a display unit. The method comprises the steps that when a first background image is displayed on the display unit, a key image area and a non-key image area on the first background image are determined; image processing is carried out on the key image area and the non-key image area, and a second processed background image is obtained; the second processed background image is displayed on the display unit.