摘要:
A video display device such as a television having a picture-in-picture (PIP) display and a processor. The processor, in response to user input, alters a display characteristic of the PIP with regard to an underlying video image on a primary display area of the television display. The display characteristic of the PIP that is alterable may be a transparency of the PIP, with regard to the underlying video image, and/or a color bias of the PIP. The processor may alter the display characteristic of the PIP by combining a weighted average of a PIP video image with the underlying video image and/or a color or color scheme. The display characteristic may be further alterable in response to user input by varying a relative weighting of the PIP with regard to the underlying video image and/or the color or color scheme.
摘要:
An alarm system having an alarm portion and a portable device. The portable device has a form-factor of a key. The key wirelessly receives alarm status information from the alarm portion and displays an alarm status indication in response to the received alarm status information. The key utilizes a processor connected to a memory, a display, and a status inquiry actuator. The memory stores control/display data. The processor queries the memory to retrieve corresponding control/display data in response to the received alarm status information. The processor utilizes the retrieved control/display data to produce the alarm status indication. The status inquiry actuator enables a user to make an alarm status inquiry. The processor displays the alarm status indication in response to the alarm status inquiry. The portable device utilizes a transmitter to transmit the alarm status inquiry to the alarm portion. The alarm portion then queries one or more monitoring devices to determine a current alarm monitoring status. Thereafter, the alarm portion transmits the current alarm monitoring status to the portable device.
摘要:
A system and method for virtual clothes modeling includes a unit s for obtaining a virtual image of a particular shopper, a scanner for scanning an identifying token which identifies predetermined information in a database associated with a first article of clothing, a retrieval unit for retrieving from the database a visual display of the predetermined information first article of clothing corresponding to the identifying token, and a display for displaying the virtual image the particular shopper and the visual display of the first article of clothing being worn by the particular shopper. A shopper can see how they look with an article of clothing just by scanning the token, which can also be a tag or electronic card. The shopper's image may be previously stored in the database. There is an option to browse through similar and/or complimentary items to see how variations of the selected article would look on the shopper.
摘要:
A system and method for identifying persons who are authorized to activate one or more vehicle mechanisms uses both an implicit identification of a face and an explicit identification of speech or a gesture. This system and method enables identification to be performed where a single identification is otherwise unable to perform the identification for some reason and improves the reliability and accuracy of an identification so that only authorized persons can activate the vehicle mechanisms. Vehicle mechanisms that can be activated using this multimodal identification system and method include, for example, automatic locks, automatic windows, a trunk lock, a vehicle engine, outdoor or interior lights, and a vehicle alarm.
摘要:
A system and method that detects and identifies an event from a sequence of images received. The system comprises a control unit that receives and processes the sequence of images from the camera. The control unit identifies at least one stationary image prior to the event and one stationary image subsequent to the event. The control unit compares one or more representations corresponding to one or more edges in the first stationary image with one or more representations corresponding to one or more edges in the second stationary image to determine whether an object has been deposited or removed during the event.
摘要:
A tailgating safety system for a vehicle includes a distance determiner for determining a distance of the vehicle from objects which are leading or following the vehicle. The system also includes a speedometer for determining a speed of the vehicle and an alarm. If the speed of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined speed, and the distance of the vehicle from another object is less than a predetermined distance, then the alarm is activated to advise the driver that at the speed the vehicle is traveling, the distance between the vehicle and the object is not a safe traveling distance.
摘要:
A camera-based system implements a calibration procedure for determining, for a given system user, calibration information that characterizes the manner in which the user points within the system. The system directs the user to point separately at each point in a set of two or more points at different positions on a display. The system then detects, for each of the points pointed to by the user, a location of a pointing finger of the user in an image generated by each camera in a set of cameras of the system, such that for each of the points the location of the pointing finger and the corresponding point on the display specify a line. The lines associated with the points are then used to compute a reference point or other pointing direction calibration information for the user. The calibration information for the user may be stored with user-identifying information in a database of the system, and is utilized in subsequent pointing direction determinations for that user.
摘要:
A ball-throwing machine includes a camera connected to a computer vision unit and a microphone connected to a speech-processing unit. The computer vision unit processes images from the camera to determine a user's position, and to detect user gestures from a predetermined repertoire of gestures. The speech-processing unit recognizes user vocal commands from a predetermined repertoire of commands. A computer receives information from a control panel, from the computer vision unit, from the speech-processing unit, and from a file describing the ballistic properties of the ball to be thrown. The computer accordingly determines a ball trajectory according to the user's position and parameters indicated by a combination of control-panel settings, user gestures, and user vocal commands. The computer then adjusts the direction, elevation, ball speed, and ball spin to conform to the determined trajectory, and initiates throwing of a ball accordingly.
摘要:
A system for monitoring a driver's attention to driving a vehicle includes a camera having a field of view wherein a driver's face is positioned in the field of view of the camera. The system also includes a gaze and facial pose determiner coupled to the camera which receives signals corresponding to images of the driver's face for analysis. The gaze and facial pose determiner determines whether the gaze and facial pose of the driver are oriented in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle. The system also includes an alarm responsive to the gaze and facial pose determiner for advising the driver that his gaze and facial pose are not oriented in the forward direction of travel of the vehicle.