Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.

Spreadtrum Communications (shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Certainteed Corporation

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Xiaofeng Peng

Qiwei Chen

Anne B Hardy

Bruno Viana

Fuhuei Lin

Brian C LaCourse

Morteza Zandi

Hélène Laetitia Rétot

Yuchun Huang

Robert L Jenkins

Yuan Chen

Oh-Hun Kwon

Todd P Dinoia

Huan Chen

Xiaowei Luo

Nathalie Petigny

Jiali Shen

Xiaomeng Zhang

Sen Wang

Andrée Kahn-Harari

Aziz Mahfoud Familia

Hélène Loetitia Rétot

Chunting Liu

Danfeng Jie

Qingqing Zhao

Guangyao Li

A method for optimizing HDR video display processing, comprises: acquiring original video stream data; decoding the original video stream data to obtain metadata and image frame data of each image frame; in an m-th iteration, for each image frame, according to a characteristic parameter of a target display panel and the metadata, performing HDR processing on the image frame data by using an HDR video display processing algorithm, to obtain the image frame data subjected to HDR processing and corresponds to the original video stream data in the m-th iteration; and according to a playing display detection result, on the target display panel, of the image frame data that has been subjected to HDR processing and is obtained in the m-th iteration, optimizing an algorithm used in an (m+1)th iteration until the optimization of the HDR video display processing algorithm is completed.

Method and apparatus for optimizing HDR video display processing, and storage medium and terminal

A method and an apparatus for generating an HDR image with low bit width, a storage medium, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: determining a to-be-processed HDR image with high bit width; splitting the to-be-processed HDR image with high bit width to obtain N frames of split images which include a first frame to an Nth frame; performing bit width reduction processing on the N frames of split images respectively, to obtain N frames of low-bit-width images; and synthesizing the N frames of low-bit-width images to obtain the HDR image with low bit width.

Method and apparatus for generating low bit width HDR image, storage medium, and terminal

The present disclosure relates to roofing granules, such as colored solar-reflective roofing granules, and to methods for making and their use in roofing products. One aspect of the disclosure provides a collection of colored solar-reflective roofing granules, wherein substantially each roofing granule includes an inner layer of a porous ceramic material, the pore size and material of the inner layer being selected such that the inner layer is substantially reflective of infrared radiation; and disposed about and substantially surrounding the inner layer, an outer layer of a substantially colored ceramic material, the outer layer of substantially colored ceramic material being substantially transmissive to infrared radiation, the collection of colored solar-reflective roofing granules having a L* of no more than 60 and a solar reflectivity of at least 30%.

Colored solar-reflective roofing granules, roofing products including them, and methods for making them

One aspect of the disclosure is roofing shingle including a shim layer having a top surface, a first side edge, and a second side edge positioned opposite the first side edge. The roofing shingle also includes a top shingle layer at least partially laminated to the top surface of the shim layer, where the top shingle layer includes a first side edge offset a sidelap distance from the first side edge of the shim layer such that a side portion of the top surface of the shim layer is exposed, and a second side edge extending beyond the second side edge of the shim layer so as to overlap the second side edge of the shim layer by the sidelap distance.

Reduced weight, multi-layer roofing shingles and methods for installing them

An article, such as a light emitting device, can include a first material and a second material, wherein the first material is capable of emitting first radiation having a first emission maximum at a first wavelength, and the second material is capable of emitting second radiation in response to capturing the first radiation. The second material can have a second emission maximum at a second wavelength within the visible light spectrum. In an embodiment, the second material can be different from the first material. In another embodiment, a difference between the first wavelength and the second wavelength can be at least approximately 70 nm. Additionally, the second material can include a luminescent material having a formula of GdYAlGaO, where x is at least approximately 0.2 and no greater than approximately 0.99 and y is at least approximately 0.05 and no greater than approximately 0.99.

Article including a light emitting gadolinium-containing material and a process of forming the same

A method for processing an image in Bayer format is provided. The method may include: performing a binning process in a horizontal and/or vertical direction on an image which is to be processed, so that an arrangement mode of pixels in a processed image after binning is the same with that in the image to be processed, wherein the binning process may include: determining a position of an output pixel; selecting, from the image to be processed, a plurality of pixels which have the same color component with that of the output pixel, and calculating a weighted average of the plurality of pixels, so as to obtain a pixel value of the output pixel, wherein the plurality of pixels are selected from particular positions, so that the weighted average of the plurality of pixels can be calculated. According to the present disclosure, quality of image processing can be guaranteed.

Method and device for processing image in Bayer format

A scintillation device includes a ceramic scintillator body that includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material comprising gadolinium. The polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material is characterized by a pyrochlore crystallographic structure. A method of producing a ceramic scintillator body includes preparing a precursor solution including a rare earth element precursor, a hafnium precursor, and an activator (Ac) precursor. The method also includes obtaining a precipitate from the solution and calcining the precipitate to produce a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material including the rare earth element, hafnium, and the activator, and having a pyrochlore titrating the precursor solution into the precipitant solution structure.

Ceramic scintillator body and scintillation device

A ceramic scintillator body includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material having a substantially cubic crystallographic structure. The polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material has a chemical composition represented by a general formula LUGdO:Ac, where x is greater than zero and less than two, and where Ac is an activator.

The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for measuring response curve of an image sensor. The method comprises: taking at least one photograph of a Grey Scale card with an image sensor to be measured, wherein the photograph comprises a plurality of greyscale image blocks; calculating relative exposure values for each greyscale image block respectively corresponding to the greyscale blocks of the Grey Scale card; plotting a plurality of reference points based on pixel values of pixel points within each greyscale image block and the relative exposure values, and executing an interpolation calculation based on the reference points to obtain a response curve of the image sensor.

Method and apparatus for measuring response curve of an image sensor

A polycrystalline ceramic scintillator body includes a ceramic scintillating material comprising an oxide of gadolinium (Gd) and a second rare earth element (Re). The ceramic scintillating material has a composition, expressed in terms of molar percentage of oxide constituents, that includes greater than fifty-five percent (55%) GdOand a minority percentage Of ReO. The ceramic scintillating material includes an activator.

A scintillation device includes a free-standing ceramic scintillator body that includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material comprising a rare earth element, wherein the polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material is characterized substantially by a cation-deficient perovskite structure. A method of producing a free-standing ceramic scintillator body includes preparing a precursor solution including a rare earth element precursor, a hafnium precursor and an activator (Ac) precursor, obtaining a precipitate from the solution, and calcining the precipitate to obtain a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material including a rare earth hafnate doped with the activator and having a cation-deficient perovskite structure.

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