1244 results about "High-definition video" patented technology

The present invention provides a system that creates virtual events within a virtual world. A virtual event may be akin to a real event, but is completely computer generated within a computer-generated world and is based on statistical measures, either real world or created. Numerous characteristics about the competitors and the competition location parameters are available before a competition event. Based on the known parameters about the location of an event and the characteristics of the participants and their historical past performances in similar events enable bettors to make informed wagers on an event that greatly enhances the satisfaction and involvement in a competition event. As such, Histories of virtual events are maintained on actual virtual performance data of competitors in the virtual world. The histories can include all relevant virtual data about a competitor and the past events the competitor competed.The virtual event may be created by an event engine, scheduled, and broadcast or simulcast in real-time through-out the real-world using existing and conventional video transport media, such as web, TV, satellite, telephone network, and cable. A video delivery system is used that will allow high quality high definition video to be broadcast worldwide with very low bandwidth requirements (<20 kb / s).Individuals throughout the real-world may place wagers (e.g., bets) on the outcome of either a pari-mutuel event or a fixed odds event, utilizing either pari-mutuel, exchange wagering or fixed odds wagering systems. The virtual event may be any type of sport, or skill based game that is usually between competitors.

An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of solid lenses that form images on the plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of optical axis control units that control the directions of the optical axes of light that is incident to each of the plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of video processing units that convert photoelectric converted signals output from each of the plurality of imaging elements to video signals; a stereo image processing unit that, by performing stereo matching processing based on the plurality of video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, determines the amount of shift for each pixel, and generates compositing parameters in which the shift amounts that exceed the pixel pitch of the plurality of imaging elements are normalized to the pixel pitch; and a video compositing processing unit that generates high-definition video by compositing the video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, based on the compositing parameters generated by the stereo image processing unit.

This invention provides a method of combining two standard video streams, into one standard video stream, in such a way that it can be encoded efficiently, and that it can enhance the TV viewing experience by presenting Stereoscopic 3D imagery, dual-view display capability, panoramic viewing, and user interactive “pan-and-scan”. The video standards for High Definition Video are used, which are governed by the ATSC and SMPTE standards bodies. Having a dual stream of standard video, which occupies now a single stream of standard video, provides a means to use the standard installed base of equipment for recording, transmission, playback and display.

An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to present a video signal and macroblock data in response to decoding one or more bins on a binary signal. The second circuit may be configured to, in parallel (i) generate the binary signal in response to a bitstream signal and an initial context information and (ii) calculate subsequent context information.

The consistency callback mechanisms employed by local file systems such as NTFS and distributed file systems such as DDS, NFS and CIFS are extended to provide a shared memory foundation for efficiently broadcasting real-time high definition video from a source object to large numbers of viewers via the Internet. Distributed applications such as video viewing client applications establish connections to a common distributed file system object, and then each application registers with the underlying distributed file system to receive notifications whenever the video source modifies the source object. The data required to update images maintained by viewing clients is included in notification messages. The distributed file system employs a network of proxy cache nodes. Proxy cache nodes receive notification messages (complete with image update data) and update their cached images of the source object and then retransmit the notification messages towards the viewing clients using IP multicast techniques. In this manner, the distributed file system's consistency mechanism efficiently employs network resources to enable the real-time distribution of video content streams.

The present disclosure provides the ability to purchase products featured in a video through use of an consumer video playback device, such as a DVD or High-Definition video player. A video disc in accordance with the present invention includes a video that is specially encoded with commands or triggers that correspond with the display of a product for advertisement or sale. The video disc may for example be a DVD, and the video may be a movie. The playback device is configured to recognize these triggers and indicate to the user that a product may be available for purchase. When a product is displayed in the video, an indicator appears on the screen which indicates to the user that this product is available for purchase.

A method and system for computing 2-D DCT / IDCT which is easy to implement with VLSI technology to achieve high throughput to meet the requirements of high definition video processing in real time is described. A direct 2-D matrix factorization approach is utilized to compute the 2-D DCT / IDCT. The 8x8 DCT / IDCT is computed through four 4x4 matrix multiplication sub-blocks. Each sub-block is half the size of the original 8x8 size and therefore requires a much lower number of multiplications. Additionally, each sub-block can be implemented independently with localized interconnection so that parallelism can be exploited and a much higher DCT / IDCT throughput can be achieved.

Example embodiments provide methods of delivering content from a content provider to a plurality of users connected to a network. In one embodiment, an indication of available content items is received at a content management server from a content provider. An indication of the available content items is provided from the content management server to the plurality of users. The content items include at least one of programming content items and advertisement content items. A content item is selected from among the available content items for delivery. A group of users from among the plurality of users is determined to receive the selected content item. The selected content item is caused to be transmitted to the group of users via multicast streams.

An adaptive digital image processor precedes an MPEG2 encoder. The processor receives a high definition video signal intended for broadcast or storage, and adaptively low-pass filters the signal. The signal is subjected to low-pass two-dimensional filtering to eliminate encoding artifacts and related noise. The video signal is then horizontally down-sampled to create a lower resolution hybrid signal. A receiver decodes and decompresses the hybrid signal. The hybrid signal is upsampled to its original resolution using existing hardware and software with a software modification.

Techniques are discussed for providing mechanisms for coding and transmitting high definition video, e.g., over low bandwidth connections. In particular, foreground-objects are identified as distinct from the background of a scene represented in a plurality of video frames received from a video source, such as a camera. In identifying foreground-objects, semantically significant and semantically insignificant movement (e.g., repetitive versus non-repetitive movement) is differentiated. Processing of the foreground-objects and background proceed at different update rates or frequencies.

Memory modules address the growing gap between main memory performance and disk drive performance in computational apparatus such as personal computers. Memory modules disclosed herein fill the need for substantially higher storage capacity in end-user add-in memory modules. Such memory modules accelerate the availability of applications, and data for those applications. An exemplary application of such memory modules is as a high capacity consumer memory product that can be used in Hi-Definition video recorders. In various embodiments, memory modules include a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and a command interpreter that includes interfaces to the memories and to various busses. The first memory acts as an accelerating buffer for the second memory, and the second memory provides non-volatile backup for the first memory. In some embodiments data transfer from the first memory to the second memory may be interrupted to provide read access to the second memory.

The invention relates to a face tracking recognition technique based on a video. The technique provided by the invention comprises the following steps: detecting the decoded video frame by frame; merging the number of faces and the position information of the faces into face activity position sequences; preprocessing the sequences; clustering the face activity position sequences into the face continuous activity region sequence of the same person by adopting a tracking algorithm; selecting an optimal face from each sequence by adopting face quality evaluation; carrying out normalization processing; carrying out Gabor conversion in a frequency region; carrying out histogram statistics on a converted image; solving a characteristic value; and finally, carrying out two-two subtraction on the characteristic values of the optimal faces in the different sequences and inputting the obtained statistic attribute characteristic value into a face recognizer for face matching, thereby recognizing the face activity tracking sequence of each person. Through the technique provided by the invention, the accuracy of sequence classification can be ensured, the times for characteristic extraction and face comparison are reduced, the problem that the faces cannot be tracked after being lost in the traditional face tracking is solved, and super real-time processing of a high-definition video is realized.

The invention provides a traffic flow surveying and handling method based on an unmanned aerial vehicle high-definition video. The method comprises the steps of video capture, wherein an unmanned aerial vehicle is made to hover over a selected urban road intersection for high-definition video shooting; image stabilization and pre-processing, wherein the high-definition video is copied, stabilization and pre-processing are carried out on images, and then an image sequence is output; detection and tracking, wherein detection and tracking are carried out on moving objects with the image sequence treated with image stabilization as source data; analysis and statistics, wherein traffic flow analysis and statistics are carried out on a target ID which is tracked down and the current coordinates of motion; output, wherein traffic flow statistical data are transmitted to a client-side graphical interface for display, and then data and statements are generated. The traffic flow surveying and handling method based on the unmanned aerial vehicle high-definition video is capable of obtaining various high-accuracy traffic data, reducing the workload of field survey remarkably, preventing the traffic from being affected, obtaining statistic data of all traffic flows in twelve directions of the intersection, and providing data support for congestion control such as intersection signal timing optimization and traffic channeling improvement.

The invention provides a vehicle violation detection system based on a high definition video technology and a method thereof. The system has a complete structure. A process is clear. A plurality of video processing algorithms are used. Simultaneously, a vehicle position, a movement track, lane information and traffic light information are combined together so as to realize violation rule determination. A strong expansibility can be possesses. When a high-definition digital video signal is accessed into the system, a lane information parameter only needs to be set and all processing is realized based on a video analysis technology. A vehicle detection apparatus or a traffic light electrical signal does not need to be accessed. Independence is strong. System performance can be increased. Installation and usage are convenient. A video quality detection module can analyze and monitor high-definition digital video quality in real time, and can directly alarm when discovering abnormity of the video acquisition quality so as to prompt management personnel to eliminate a fault. Stable operation and a preset function of the system can be maximumly guaranteed. The system and the method havecharacteristics of multifunction, intelligence and simple and convenient usage. The system and the method have a wide application prospect.

The invention relates to a train loading state high-definition monitoring and overloading detection method. The method comprises the following steps that a high-definition camera set is used for carrying out real-time monitoring, when the arrival of a train is sensed, the system automatically starts a video system, a linear array CCD (charge-coupled device) camera carries out real-time scanning, an overloading object is analyzed and alarmed, a binocular visual three-dimensional measuring camera is triggered to carry out binocular visual analysis on obtained train images, feature extraction, image matching and train limit contour comparison, then the overloading size and overloading class are obtained, meanwhile, an image analysis technique is adopted to intelligently identify the opening and closing of a box card door, the damage of a canvas and the deviation of cargos, and the abnormal conditions are alarmed and are stored into high-definition pictures. The method has the advantage that the train is monitored by the high-definition videos in the real-time way, the linear array CCD camera is combined to carry out scanning and detection, and the train contour is measured by the binocular visual three-dimensional measuring camera in the three-dimensional way, so the three-dimensional coordinates of the overloading object are obtained, the real-time overloading alarming is realized, and the overloading data and overloading class with accuracy reaching millimeter level can be accurately measured.

An apparatus and method for extending high definition multimedia signals from a source to a display over long distances (e.g., up to 300 feet) using a single cable medium having a plurality of twisted pair conductors contained therein. The extender transparently supports HDMI and / or DVI signaling, which allows encrypted video content to be displayed at the remote display (or other sink device). Display data channel control (DDC) information is sampled and transferred in packet from the local unit to a remote unit to comply with high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP).

The invention discloses a vehicle type accurate classification system and method based on real-time double-line video stream. The system comprises a vehicle body scanning camera, a high-definition capturing camera and a video vehicle detector. The method comprises the steps that the vehicle body scanning camera and the high-definition capturing camera carry out double-line video collecting on vehicles; after vision field calibration, one-to-one-corresponding logic relation of virtual pixel spaces and real physical spaces is established; the vehicles in a vision field are subjected to target separating; and accurate vehicle physical data are given, model rebuilding and three-dimensional measuring are carried out, and vehicle types are finally judged. The system and method have the advantages that two-line high-definition video stream of the vehicle body scanning camera and the high-definition capturing camera, the embedded double-channel video vehicle type detector and a three-dimensional vision vehicle body model rebuilding and fitting mode are used, various parameters of the vehicles can be provided at the same time, and the vehicles are accurately classified.

The invention discloses an optimizing control method for a single intersection signal in a saturated traffic state, which belongs to the field of traffic detection and traffic control of urban roads. The method of the invention comprises the following steps of: detecting and recognizing intersection upstream and downstream vehicle queue setting areas and intersection central area traffic events by high-definition video and carrying out analysis processing on detected traffic data; and by a way based on the combination of the setting areas and rules, carrying out optimizing control on the traffic of the single intersection in the saturated traffic state in a plurality of aspects of intersection central area event judgment, phase downstream traffic flow queue detection and corresponding control processing, phase upstream traffic flow queue detection and corresponding control processing, and the like so that the intersection traffic in the saturated traffic state is run in order, and the traffic capacity of the intersection is improved. The method of the invention can further prevent traffic jam of the intersection in the saturated traffic state, eliminate the traffic jam as soon as possible and avoid the generation of a deadlock phenomenon of the intersection traffic, thereby remitting the problem of urban traffic jam and improving the running efficiency of urban traffic.

A system and corresponding method for transferring data. Data may be selectively communicated via a USB port of a device. An indication of a device type may be received at the USB port from an external interface. USB protocol data or uncompressed high definition media data may be caused to be selectively supplied to the USB port as a function of the indication. The selected data may be transmitted via the USB port to an external interface. The uncompressed high definition media data may include at least one lane of media data or multimedia data in accordance with a DisplayPort standard. In some embodiments, either USB protocol data or multimedia data comprising audio data and uncompressed high definition video data may be caused to be selectively supplied to the USB port as a function of the indication. The indication may be a data format signal.

Systems, devices and methods are implemented for compressing high-definition video content. Consistent with one such implementation, a device is implemented for preparing a media stream containing high-definition video content for transmission over a transmission channel. A receiver unit is arranged to receive the media stream in a high-definition encoding format that does not compress the high-definition video content contained therein. A decoder unit is arranged to decode the media stream. A compression unit is arranged to compress the decoded media stream to produce a compressed media stream. An encapsulation unit is arranged to encapsulate the compressed media stream within an uncompressed video content format. An encoding unit is arranged to encode the encapsulated media stream using the high-definition format to produce a data stream and may be arranged to encrypt the data stream, e.g., using High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).

The invention discloses a system for realizing high-definition video parallel coding, which includes a image segmentation module, a subcode stream merge module, a storage module, a video modulus conversion module and several image coding modules; the video modulus conversion module is connected with at least one image coding module; the image coding module is connected with the image segmentation module and the storage module; the image segmentation module divides the current image into several sub-images; the image coding module independently encodes and compresses the divided sub-images to create subcode stream; the subcode stream merge module subsequently merges the sub-images to create and output coding stream of the current image. The method of dividing the coded image into sub-images for parallel coding of the invention avoids problem of flow bottleneck caused by over-load of some module in prior parallel method based on module flow, which can flexibly distribute sub-images with appropriate size according to processing capacity of target processor and keep high-parallelism of multiple processors, thereby upgrading performance of the whole system.

A method of transmitting video images. The method includes providing a high definition video stream, compressing the video stream using an image domain compression method, in which each pixel is coded based on a vicinity of the pixel and transmitting the compressed video stream over a fading transmission channel.

Described is a personal and portable recording, illuminating, and data transmitting device constructed for mounting on or being integral to a wearable support device. The device includes, among other features, a light, audio and video source housing; a light source, such as an adjustable LED scope spotlight; an audio / video recording device, such as a high-definition video camera capable of transmitting live or recorded signals to remote displays or recipients; and an optional infrared light. The device may include a storage device slot for receiving a removable storage device, a wireless network antenna for connecting the recording device to a wireless network, an LED light indicating when the audio / video recording device is actively wirelessly transmitting, and an energy source housing electrically coupled to the light source housing.

The invention proposes an indoor fire and flame detection method based on high-definition video images. Firstly, a background image is established and updated in video monitoring images; sample picture elements are trained by a Fisher classifier so that a color model of flames is acquired; a foreground moving image is acquired through a background differencing method; flame suspected pixels are detected through color features of the fire flames, that is, pixel points (that is, suspected flame pixel points) with the color features of the flames are found in the foreground moving image and all of the suspected flame pixel points form a flame area; pixel connection areas are combined so that an external rectangle of the suspected flame area is acquired; circularity of the connection areas in the external rectangle is calculated according to morphological characteristics of the flames and a suspected flame area is judged according to the circularity, jitter analysis and flame continuity analysis and the like in the external rectangle; and if preset requirements are met, the suspected flame area is a real flame area and an alarm signal is sent out.

Systems and methods for converting a picture frame rate between a source video at a first rate and a target video at a second rate. A system may include a phase plane correlation calculator configured to determine a first motion vector estimate. The system may further include a global motion calculator configured to determine a second motion vector estimate based on the previous frame data, the current frame data, and the first motion vector estimate. The system may also include a motion compensated interpolator for assigning a final motion vector through a quality calculation and an intermediate frame generator for generating the intermediate frame using the final motion vector.

The invention provides an accurate and rapid road violation and parking full-automatic snapshot system. The system comprises a front-end monitoring point part, a network transmission part and a centermanagement unit. The vehicle detection technologies mainly comprise the vehicle dynamic detection technology and the vehicle tracking technology. A matched vehicle tracking method is estimated by utilizing the motion detection method based on time-based motion historical images and feature-point optical flows. In order to achieve a better motion detection effect, a shadow removing method is usedand a moving vehicle is more accurately detected. The multi-feature point optical flow detection tracking mode is adopted, and the tracking accuracy is obviously improved in combination with a vehicleshielding solution. The system is powerful in function and is sufficient to meet the requirements of various application occasions. By adopting the system, the functions of the remote control on a ball machine at a front end monitoring point, the previewing of the video monitoring, the automatic detection of the illegal parking, the automatic identification of license plate numbers, the association of the high-definition video recording with illegal behavior videos, the storage and the browsing of the vehicle information, the system management, the remote maintenance and the like are realized.

The invention provides a fully-automatic face seamless synthesis-based video synthesis method. With the fully-automatic face seamless synthesis-based video synthesis method adopted, insufficient real-time property in high-definition video processing of a face detection algorithm in the prior art can be solved. The fully-automatic face seamless synthesis-based video synthesis method of the invention comprises the following steps that: a video communication application provided by an intelligent television terminal is utilized to perform video connection; an image or video file which is locally arranged or arranged in a cloud server is adopted as a background (BG) to be synthesized; face detection is respectively performed on data foreground (FG) and background (BG) data which are acquired by a camera through using the face detection algorithm, and geometric transformation coefficients are calculated through face internal key point positioning and facial contour lines or a face minimum bonding rectangle frame; and accurate registration from the foreground (FG) to the background (BG), and face region data synthesis can be accomplished. With the fully-automatic face seamless synthesis-based video synthesis method of the invention adopted, the face image of a user can be conveniently synthesized into any existing images or videos in the process of video communication, and therefore, a sense of science and technology and interestingness can be added in the video communication, and fully-automatic seamless face synthesis of non-specific people can be realized.