There is provided a mobile object including an imaging unit configured to capture a perimeter of the mobile object, a speaker configured to be capable of controlling directivity, a determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile object is in a driving mode, and a speaker control unit configured to control the speaker in the driving mode in a manner that predetermined audio is output toward a warning target that is recognized based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and to control the speaker in a non-driving mode in a manner that the predetermined audio is output in a non-directional way.

A client device is disclosed that receives, from a server, a live video stream and a production quality live ambisonic audio stream generated during performance of a live event at a venue. The live ambisonic audio stream is generated from audio channels captured by audio capture devices disposed at the venue. The audio channels captured at the event, and modified by a producer, can be compared to audio captured by an ambisonic microphone positioned within the event space to determine the phase and relative amplitude of those channels as received by a particular ambisonic microphone channel. In this manner, raw and/or produced audio channels captured at the event can be shifted and mixed together to generate a production quality ambisonic stream.

Apparatus to acquire an image of roots of a plant located in a target rhizotron. The apparatus includes: a turntable having a rotation axis and intended to support the target rhizotron; a lightening device; a first camera having an optical axis substantially oriented toward the rotation axis; a focus sensor arranged so as to provide a measure at least one parameter of the first camera; a control module, configured to receive the measure, compare the measure to comparison data, and inform an operator accordingly, the comparison data comprising data related to reference rhizotrons different than the target rhizotron, and/or data related to one or several previously acquired images of the target rhizotron.

Alert directives and focused alert directives allow a user to provide feedback to a behavioral recognition system to always or never publish an alert for certain events. Such an approach bypasses the normal publication methods of the behavioral recognition system yet does not obstruct the system's learning procedures.

Techniques are disclosed for normalizing and publishing alerts using a behavioral recognition-based video surveillance system configured with an alert normalization module. Certain embodiments allow a user of the behavioral recognition system to provide the normalization module with a set of relative weights for alert types and a maximum publication value. Using these values, the normalization module evaluates an alert and determines whether its rareness value exceed a threshold. Upon determining that the alert exceeds the threshold, the module normalizes and publishes the alert.

A show system or in-room entertainment or show system configured to provide engaging and immersive multimedia shows or presentations in nearly any space (or room) that is defined by one or more walls. The in-room show system generally includes a controller for selectively operating a display device (e.g., a television or the like), a video projector, an audio system (e.g., one or more speakers), and other show components (e.g., one or more lights, a fan, a mechanical device, and so on). Media content is predefined for the room, and the controller operates (such as in response to a triggering switch or remote control device that may take the form of a show prop activated by someone in the room) to serve the media content to tell a story and/or magically transform the space into a multidimensional and immersive entertainment space.

An electronic apparatus includes a display and a processor for controlling the display. In response to the electronic apparatus operating in a first operating mode, the processor displays a content screen including a background image layer with a rear background image of the electronic apparatus and an object layer with a graphic object in the display. In response to receiving a convert command to convert to a second operating mode, the processor decreases a resolution of the content screen displayed in the display and adds a content layer including a content image enlarged gradually from a region of the content screen to the an entirety of the content screen.

Alert directives and focused alert directives allow a user to provide feedback to a behavioral recognition system to always or never publish an alert for certain events. Such an approach bypasses the normal publication methods of the behavioral recognition system yet does not obstruct the system's learning procedures.

The drone implemented border patrol solution is projected to be more effective at preventing successful border penetrations over very long distances than any attempted solution. It requires functionally zero infrastructure investment. It can be deployed in six months or less and it costs less than $100,000 a mile to implement (vs. 15 million a mile for a physical wall, or 4 million a mile for a virtual fence (a 97% price reduction)).

The drone implemented border patrol solution is projected to be more effective at preventing successful border penetrations over very long distances than any attempted solution. It requires functionally zero infrastructure investment. It can be deployed in six months or less and it costs less than $100,000 a mile to implement (vs. 15 million a mile for a physical wall, or 4 million a mile for a virtual fence (a 97% price reduction)).