171 results about "Monochrome Image" patented technology

An apparatus includes, in some implementations, at least one image sensor, a plurality of metalenses, and readout and processing circuitry. The at least one image sensor includes a plurality of pixel arrays, each of the which is associated, respectively, with a different one of a plurality of optical channels configured for detection of incoming light rays of a particular wavelength or a particular range of wavelengths centered on the particular wavelength. Each of the metalenses is disposed, respectively, in a different one of the optical channels and is configured, respectively, to focus incoming light rays onto a different one of the pixel arrays. The readout and processing circuitry is operable to read out signals from the pixel arrays and to generate a respective lower-resolution image for each of the optical channels, and to process the lower-resolution images to obtain a higher-resolution monochromatic image. Methods of operation are described as well.

Some implementations related to a display device that includes a display surface and a monochromatic image generator. The generator may be designed to produce monochromatic visual information for display, incorporating a primary light source and a transflective spatial light modulator. The display device may include a spatially addressable backlight generator configured to backlight the transflective spatial light modulator. This generator may include an array of colored light sources, which are driven to selectively emit light towards a non-reflective side of the modulator, infusing colored light into the monochromatic visual information. This may result in infused color information being presented at the display surface with the monochromatic visual information. The display device may include one or more processors configured to effectuate the presentation of the infused color information.

The invention provides a display panel, a driving circuit thereof and a display device.The display panel comprises a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines and sub-pixels arranged in an array mode, the sub-pixels comprise the red sub-pixels, the green sub-pixels and the blue sub-pixels, the sub-pixels in every three rows form a pixel group, and the sub-pixels in every three rows form a pixel array. Each pixel group comprises a red sub-pixel row, a green sub-pixel row and a blue sub-pixel row, the sub-pixels in the same column and the same color in every two pixel groups are connected with the same data line, and during line-by-line scanning, the two scanning lines which are respectively connected input line scanning signals at the same time; therefore, monochromatic picture display is realized when high-speed driving and frequency doubling refreshing are adopted.

The invention relates to a dark-light-oriented color-monochromatic dual-camera unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography imaging method, and belongs to the field of low-light aerial photography imaging. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring paired low-illumination data sets at low altitude at night by using a color camera and a monochromatic camera carried by aerial photography equipment; constructing an integral structure of the aerial low-light imaging method ALICE based on the color-monochrome camera; constructing a disturbance corrector based on wavelet transform, performing rough correction on a degradation region of a low-light color image in the paired low-illumination data set to obtain a corrected image, and meanwhile, avoiding loss of specific texture information in an aerial scene; and constructing a refinement restorer based on monochromatic image guidance in ALICE, performing refinement restoration on the obtained corrected image, and performing fine restoration of exposure and details by utilizing the low-light monochromatic image guidance in the paired low-illumination data set to generate a high-quality aerial image with good exposure and rich texture details. According to the invention, a high-quality aerial image with good exposure and rich texture details can be accurately generated.

The driving assistance system includes an imaging device capable of capturing a first monochrome image in a vehicle traveling direction, a first neural network for segmentation processing, a second neural network for depth estimation processing, a determination portion determining a center of a portion cut off from the first monochrome image on the basis of the segmentation processing and the depth estimation processing, a third neural network for colorization processing of only a second cut-off monochrome image, and a display device for enlargement of the second monochrome image subjected to the colorization processing.

A micro display module includes an X-cube prism configured to combine two or more monochrome images into a polychromatic image; and at least two micro-LED (light emitting diode) display panels configured to provide the two or more monochrome images for the X-cube prism, wherein each of the micro-LED display panels is adhered to a corresponding one of surfaces of the X-cube prism.

Disclosed is a joint denoising and demosaicking method for a color RAW image guided by a monochrome image. The method comprises: constructing a synthetic image dataset of a monochrome-color binocular camera system for training and testing of network modules; constructing an aligned guidance image generation module by utilizing a structural correlation between a monochrome image and a color image, using a clean grayscale image corresponding to the RAW image as supervision, and training the aligned guidance image generation module by using a perceptual loss function to generate a high-quality aligned guidance image; using the generated aligned guidance image to guide the joint denoising and demosaicking process of the color RAW image; and training a guided denoising and demosaicking module ensure the accuracy of the color of the denoising and demosaicking result while accurately transferring the guidance image structure.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for combining a color image and a monochrome image. The technique includes inputting a first set of pixel values from the color image and a second set of pixel values from the monochrome image into a neural network. The technique also includes applying, via a first set of neural network layers, one or more downsampling operations and one or more upsampling operations to feature maps associated with the inputted pixel values to generate a first output image that includes a first set of color values for a first set of pixel locations in the monochrome image. The technique further includes applying a second set of neural network layers to the first set of color values to generate a second output image that includes a second set of color values that is larger than the first set of color values.

The application discloses a display device and a control method. For any first pixel in a liquid crystal layer, the first pixel comprises two types of sub-pixels, i.e., a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. In a first sub-field, a color image can be displayed by using the first sub-pixel, and in a second sub-field, a monochrome image can be displayed by using the second sub-pixel. In this way, the image intensity is concentrated in a single sub-field, the sensitivity of human body to color separation can be reduced, the color separation can be reduced, the display quality of the image can be improved, and since the area corresponding to the first sub-pixel is not covered by a filter layer or is covered by a transparent filter layer, the light output by a backlight module can be directly emitted, the light intensity loss can be reduced, the light transmittance of the panel can be improved, the power consumption of the display device can be reduced, and the balance between light efficiency and image quality is achieved.

Provided is an image forming apparatus for performing an image adjustment in a monochrome image formation mode. In a case where color information for subsequent images includes a color image, the image forming apparatus does not perform an image adjustment in the monochrome image formation mode. Rather, image forming apparatus performs the image adjustment in a color image formation mode in a case where a subsequent color image is formed.

A micro LED display panel (220) includes: a micro LED chip (240) disposed at a first end of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board (2203) and configured to provide a monochromatic image; and the connector (2205) is arranged at the second end of the FPC board (2203) and is used for communicating with the micro LED chip (2204) through the FPC board (2203).

A micro-LED display panel (220) includes a micro-LED chip (2204) provided at a first end of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board (2203) and configured to provide a monochrome image, and a connector (2205) provided at a second end of the FPC board (2203) and configured to communicate with the micro-LED chip (2204) by the FPC board (2203).

We provide a system and method for autofocus and automated cell counting. [Solution] A system and method for autofocus using artificial intelligence includes (i) capturing multiple monochrome images over a nominal focal range, (ii) identifying one or more connected components within each monochrome image, (iii) sorting the identified connected components based on the number of pixels associated with each connected component, (iv) generating focus quality estimates for at least some of the sorted connected components using a machine learning module, and (iv) calculating a target focal position based on the focus quality estimates of the evaluated connected components. The target focal position can be used to perform cell counting using artificial intelligence, for example, by (i) generating seed likelihood images and whole cell likelihood images based on the output of a convolutional neural network, and (ii) generating a mask indicating the quantity and / or pixel location of objects based on the seed likelihood image.

Systems and methods for autofocus using artificial intelligence include (i) capturing a plurality of monochrome images over a nominal focus range, (ii) identifying one or more connected components within each monochrome image, (iii) sorting the identified connected components based on a number of pixels associated with each connected component, (iv) generating a focus quality estimate of at least a portion of the sorted connected components using a machine learning module, and (iv) calculating a target focus position based on the focus quality estimate of the evaluated connected components. The calculated target focus position can be used to perform cell counting using artificial intelligence, such as by (i) generating a seed likelihood image and a whole cell likelihood image based on output—a convolutional neural network and (ii) generating a mask indicative quantity and / or pixel locations of objects based on the seed likelihood image.

This invention discloses a method for fabricating a four-color focal plane detector and a method for acquiring four-color images. By designing the working wavelength ranges of the substrate, the first-color filter, and the second-color filter, a 2×2 grid periodically arranged four-color micro-filter array optical device is fabricated. The four-color micro-filter array optical device is suspended and integrated onto the focal plane of the detector to form a four-color focal plane detector. The four original monochrome images output by the four-color focal plane detector are subjected to image super-resolution reconstruction to obtain four full-resolution monochrome images. The four full-resolution monochrome images are then subjected to working wavelength deintersection processing to obtain four full-resolution monochrome images with no overlap in their working wavelengths. This invention enables the fabrication method and four-color image acquisition method of the four-color focal plane detector to simultaneously acquire four full-resolution monochrome images with no overlap in their working wavelengths. It has the advantages of simple manufacturing process, compact structure, high integration, snapshot imaging capability, and low cost.

A display device is disclosed. The display device may include a communication interface, a display, and at least one processor connected to the communication interface and the display and controls the display device, wherein at least one processor, individually and / or collectively, may be configured to, on receiving a first pattern image from an electronic device through the communication interface, control the display to display the first pattern image, on receiving a control signal from the electronic device through the communication interface, control the display to display a single-color image based on the control signal, and on receiving correction information for correction of the uniformity of the display device from the electronic device through the communication interface, control the display to display content based on the correction information.

The invention discloses a driving circuit and a driving method of a display panel and a display device, a display area of the display panel is divided into a plurality of subareas, each subarea comprises at least two rows of pixels, each row of pixels corresponds to three rows of scanning lines, the first row of scanning lines corresponding to the first row of pixels are connected with N columns of pixels in a first display area, and the second row of scanning lines corresponding to the second row of pixels are connected with N columns of pixels in a second display area. The second row of scanning lines corresponding to the first row of pixels are connected with N columns of pixels in the second display area, and the third row of scanning lines corresponding to the first row of pixels are connected with N columns of pixels in the third display area; the first row of scanning lines corresponding to the second row of pixels are connected with N columns of pixels in the third display area, the second row of scanning lines corresponding to the second row of pixels are connected with N columns of pixels in the first display area, and the third row of scanning lines corresponding to the second row of pixels are connected with N columns of pixels in the second display area. According to the TRD (Triple Row Driving) pixel architecture disclosed by the invention, a dual line gate (DLG) technology can be used, and two pixels with different colors can display the same gray scale, so that single-color picture display is realized.

The embodiment of the invention provides a light engine and near-to-eye display equipment. The light engine comprises a display device and an optical color combination device, the display device comprises a plurality of single-color image display areas arranged on the same plane, a plurality of display units are arranged in each single-color image display area in an array mode, and the display units arranged in the same single-color image display area have the same emergent light color. The light emitting colors of the display units arranged in different monochromatic image display areas are different, and each monochromatic image display area is used for emitting a monochromatic image light beam; the optical color combination device comprises a plurality of light guides which are in one-to-one correspondence with the monochromatic image display areas; light incidence ports of the light guides face the corresponding monochromatic image display areas and are used for receiving monochromatic image light beams emitted by the corresponding monochromatic image display areas, and the multiple light guides are configured to guide the multiple monochromatic image light beams emitted by the multiple display unit arrays to conduct color combination to obtain color image light beams.

Disclosed are a glasses-free 3D display apparatus and a driving method therefor, which are used for realizing the 2D and 3D display of monochrome images and color images. Provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure is a glasses-free 3D display apparatus. The glasses-free 3D display apparatus comprises a display area, which comprises a color display area and a monochrome display area. The glasses-free 3D display apparatus further comprises: a display panel, which comprises a plurality of sub-pixel units which are located in the display area and are arranged in an array in a row direction and a column direction, wherein each of the plurality of sub-pixel units comprises a plurality of sub-pixels which are arranged in the row direction; and a light splitting component, which is located on a display side of the display panel, wherein the light splitting component comprises a plurality of light splitting structures which extend in the column direction, and the orthographic projections of the plurality of light splitting structures on the display panel cover the color display area and the monochrome display area.

A single-pass inkjet printing method comprising the steps: a) providing a substrate (S); b) forming on the substrate (S) at a printing speed higher than two meters per second (Pspeed) a monochromatic image (I), comprising a plurality of printed dots, by driving with a waveform (W) a plurality of piezoelectric printheads (H1..M), having one or more nozzle rows (R1..N), for jetting ink per printed dot of the plurality of printed dots; wherein the formed monochromatic image has a first print resolution (PRES,1) aligned the one or more nozzle rows (R1..N); and a second print resolution (PRES,2) substantially perpendicularly aligned the one or more nozzle rows (R1..N); and wherein the first print resolution (PRES,1) is more than two times the second print resolution (PRES,2); and where each printed dot of the plurality of printed dots has a dot size (Dsize) which is at least equal to a dot pitch (DPRES,2) according the second print resolution (PRES,2).

The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, method and imaging device, including: determining a target basic single-color temperature curve that matches the average color component ratio of a monochromatic image; when the average color component ratio is in a low error region, determining a white balance gain coefficient according to coordinate points and a preset neutral color temperature curve; when the average color component ratio is not in the low error region, determining a white balance gain coefficient according to coordinate points, a preset auxiliary color temperature curve and a neutral color temperature curve; processing the monochromatic image according to the white balance gain coefficient to obtain a target monochromatic image. The present invention can introduce a low error region calibrated on the basic single-color temperature curve, making a more accurate judgment on the preliminary estimation of the color temperature. Furthermore, by introducing the neutral color temperature curve and the auxiliary color temperature curve, the estimation of the color temperature is made more accurate, thus more effectively solving the problem of single-color color cast.

To provide an endoscope system, a generation method of a biological parameter image, and a program capable of generating a biological parameter image with high accuracy and high robustness.SOLUTION: An endoscope system includes a processor. The processor performs control of generating an alignment first image by performing positioning processing on a first endoscope image on the basis of a plurality of second endoscope images, acquiring an alignment monochrome image set including the plurality of alignment first images, calculating a degree of oxygen saturation of an observation target on the basis of the acquired alignment first image set, generating a biological parameter image on the basis of the degree of oxygen saturation, and displaying the biological parameter image on a display.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention provides a vehicle-mounted lamp control system and method and a vehicle, and relates to the technical field of vehicle lamps, and the vehicle-mounted lamp control system comprises a signal processing module, a first driving module, a second driving module and a third driving module; the signal processing module acquires one path of image information, and performs three-primary-color splitting on the image information to obtain a first monochromatic image, a second monochromatic image and a third monochromatic image; the first driving module drives the first light emitting module based on the first monochromatic image; the second driving module drives the second light emitting module based on the second monochromatic image; the third driving module drives the third light-emitting module based on the third monochromatic image. According to the vehicle-mounted lamp control system, a plurality of light-emitting modules are driven through one path of image information and one signal processing module, the number of deserializers is reduced, the cost is reduced, the number of connecting wire harnesses and video transmission wires is simplified, the overall size of a lamp is reduced, and the overall size of the lamp is reduced. And the vehicle-mounted lamp control system is suitable for miniaturization development.

A vehicle identification system includes at least one camera configured to capture a color image and a monochrome image, each in respect of at least a portion of a vehicle. At least one electronic storage medium stores program instructions executable by an at least one processor to cause it to perform establishing a first machine learning model to process the color image for first object classification feature(s) corresponding to the vehicle. An accuracy confidence of the first object classification with respect to at least one of the feature(s) is determined. A second machine learning model processes, when the determined accuracy confidence is less than a predefined threshold, a combination of the color image along with the monochrome image, or along with a depth image derived at least in part from the monochrome image, for second object classification of the at least one of the feature(s).

Techniques for generating a high resolution full color output image from lower resolution sparse color input images are disclosed. A camera generates images. The camera's sensor has a sparse Bayer pattern. While the camera is generating the images, IMU data for each image is acquired. The IMU data indicates a corresponding pose the camera was in while the camera generated each image. The images and IMU data are fed into a motion model, which performs temporal filtering on the images and uses the IMU data to generate a red-only image, a green-only image, a blue-only image, and a monochrome image. The color images are up-sampled to match the resolution of the monochrome image. A high resolution output color image is generated by combining the up-sampled images and the monochrome image.

The invention aims to disclose an image quality correction method and system based on frequency modulation dot filling and a medium, and relates to the technical field of image printing or printing quality control, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, reading an original first monochromatic image, and extracting a first coordinate matrix of pixel points of the first monochromatic image; s2, calculating a scaling ratio and a rotation angle of a second monochromatic image relative to the first monochromatic image; s3, directly assigning a pixel value of a position with a coordinate of (x, y) in the first monochromatic image to a pixel value of a position with a coordinate of (x ', y') in the second monochromatic image through direct mapping; and S4, for the pixel points which are not directly mapped, assigning values to the pixel points of which the coordinates are (x ', y') positions in the second monochromatic image through a proximity mapping algorithm, and the method has the beneficial effects that the transformed new image is mapped by using the direct mapping and the proximity mapping, so that the spatial frequency of the pixel points in the original image can be stored to the greatest extent, and the image quality is improved. And the original image is furthest approached.

Printing method with improved ink transfer comprising the steps of: identifying, on a digital prepress information, at least one monochrome image as an opaque base coat, a transparent varnish coat, and / or a metallic image, configuring some of the printing units (10) of a printing machine as lithographic printing units with a rubber sleeve (40) on a first cylinder (11) and lithographic plates (41) on a second cylinder (12); and configuring at least one of the printing units (10) as a non-lithographic printing unit with improved ink transfer by including a relief plate (42) or a relief cylindrical sleeve (43) surrounding one of the first and second cylinders (11, 12) adapted to print one of the monochrome images identified as an opaque base coat and / or as a transparent varnish coat and / or as a metallic image, and by including the rubber sleeve (40) surrounding the other of the first and second cylinders (11, 12). A corresponding printing machine for printing according to the aforementioned method is also provided.

A visual perception system includes a scanning camera, a color sensor having a color filter array (CFA), and a classifier node. The camera captures a full-color pixel image of a target object, such as a traffic signal light, and processes the pixel image through a narrow bandpass filter (BPF) such that the narrow BPF outputs a monochrome image of the target object. The color sensor and CFA receive the monochrome image. The color sensor has at least three color channels, each corresponding to a different color of spectral data in the monochrome image. The classifier node classifies constituent pixels of the monochrome image into different color bins as corresponding colors of interest using a predetermined classification decision tree. The colors of interest can be used to implement control actions, such as via an automatic driver assistance system (ADAS) control unit or indicator device.

The application discloses a line illumination modulation dichromatic tomography imaging system, belonging to the technical field of multicolor tomography imaging, comprising: a line illumination modulation module, comprising two monochromatic light sources and a modulation light path, each light beam is modulated to form a line light spot focused on the focal plane of an objective lens, the position parameter of the line light spot is located on the center of a pixel row or the intersection line of adjacent pixel rows; the distance between the position parameters of the two line light spots is an integer multiple of 0.5 pixels; an imaging module, a multi-element detector with n rows of pixels is used to continuously scan imaging along a first direction, n mixed images are obtained, each mixed image corresponds to a row of pixels, each mixed image contains the signals of 2 channels, n is a positive integer; an image demodulation module is used to subtract the mixed images of two symmetrical pixel rows, the signals of one channel are eliminated from the mixed images, monochromatic images are demodulated, and the monochromatic images contain the signals of another channel. The application realizes synchronous dichromatic tomography imaging on a single detector.