Abstract:
A method of joining at least one first metal sheet and a second metal sheet by laser welding includes at least partially stacking the at least one first metal sheet and the second metal sheet on top of one another to form an overlap region and welding together the at least one first metal sheet and the second metal sheet in the overlap region along an oscillating line. Welding along an oscillating line creates a longer weld seam in comparison to welding along a straight line, thereby increasing the strength of the weld seam.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention introduce a user navigation interface that allows a user to monitor/navigate video streams captured from multiple cameras. It integrates video streams from multiple cameras with the semantic layout into a 3-D immersive environment and renders the video streams in multiple displays on a user navigation interface. It conveys the spatial distribution of the cameras as well as their fields of view and allows a user to navigate freely or switch among preset views. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.
Abstract:
Techniques for media segmentation are disclosed. A number of measures used to generate similarity values are compared. Two different approaches to calculate feature vectors based on pairwise frame similarity in combination with different kernel functions are disclosed. A supervised classification method is used with the feature vectors to assess segment boundaries.
Abstract:
Music videos are automatically produced from source audio and video signals. The music video contains edited portions of the video signal synchronized with the audio signal. An embodiment detects transition points in the audio signal and the video signal. The transition points are used to align in time the video and audio signals. The video signal is edited according to its alignment with the audio signal. The resulting edited video signal is merged with the audio signal to form a music video.
Abstract:
Systems and methods in accordance with the present invention can be applied to generate a personal media library of media segments from a media stream. A method in accordance with one embodiment can comprise receiving the media stream, identifying one or more novelty points within the media stream and creating a plurality of media segments based on said one or more novelty points. The method can further be applied to compile a playlist or substitute media stream organizing such stream as desired, eliminating redundant media clips and discarding advertisements.