Dark Channel

Dark Channel
Author: Ray Garton
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2022-08-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

COME, YE FAITHFUL Hester Thorne is the beautiful and charismatic leader of the Universal Enlightened Alliance—and the channel for a centuries-old spirit named Orrin... From across the country and around the world, thousands gather at her retreat in northern California, to hear Orrin's soothing message of peace and love. Most donate only their money but a chosen few will make a much greater contribution... COME, BE DAMNED Jordan Cross came to investigate the disappearance of a reporter who got too close to the unspeakable truth. Lauren Shroeder was looking for the husband who joined the Alliance and then kidnapped their four-year-old son. Together they would uncover the Inner Circle and a horror more devastating than anything of human invention. For behind the meditation and sensitivity workshops lay an ancient cult of evil whose terrifying secret threatened to throw open the door between hell and earth - a cult whose dark rites of passage have already begun... DARK CHANNEL EVIL HAS ITS OWN PROPHETS

Image and Graphics

Image and Graphics
Author: Yao Zhao
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2017-12-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319715895

This three-volume set LNCS 10666, 10667, and 10668 constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 9thInternational Conference on Image and Graphics, ICIG 2017, held in Shanghai, China, in September 2017. The 172 full papers were selected from 370 submissions and focus on advances of theory, techniques and algorithms as well as innovative technologies of image, video and graphics processing and fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and networking.

Image and Graphics

Image and Graphics
Author: Huchuan Lu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2023-10-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3031463145

The five-volume set LNCS 14355, 14356, 14357, 14358 and 14359 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Image and Graphics, ICIG 2023, held in Nanjing, China, during September 22–24, 2023. The 166 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 409 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: computer vision and pattern recognition; computer graphics and visualization; compression, transmission, retrieval; artificial intelligence; biological and medical image processing; color and multispectral processing; computational imaging; multi-view and stereoscopic processing; multimedia security; surveillance and remote sensing, and virtual reality. The ICIG 2023 is a biennial conference that focuses on innovative technologies of image, video and graphics processing and fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and networking. It will feature world-class plenary speakers, exhibits, and high-quality peer reviewed oral and poster presentations.

Image and Graphics

Image and Graphics
Author: Yu-Jin Zhang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2015-08-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319219693

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Image and Graphics, ICIG 2015 held in Tianjin, China, in August 2015. The 164 revised full papers and 6 special issue papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 339 submissions. The papers focus on various advances of theory, techniques and algorithms in the fields of images and graphics.

Image and Video Technology

Image and Video Technology
Author: Shin'ichi Satoh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2018-06-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319927531

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of five international workshops held in the framework of the 8th Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2017, in Wuhan, China, in November 2017: Workshop on Human Behavior Analysis; Workshop on Educational Cloud and Image/Video Enriched Cloud Services, ECIVECS; Workshop: Vision Meets Graphics, VG; Workshop on Active Electro-Optical Sensors for Aerial and Space Imaging, EO4AS; and Workshop on Computer Vision and Modern Vehicles, CVMV. The 34 revised full papers and 2 posters presented were carefully selected from 103 submissions. The papers cover the full range of state-of-the-art research in image and video technology with topics ranging from well-established areas to novel current trends.

Orion and the Dark

Orion and the Dark
Author: Emma Yarlett
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-03-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763675954

Orion is very scared of the dark—until Dark decides to pay him a visit! Orion is scared of a lot of things, but most of all he’s scared of the dark. So one night the Dark decides to take Orion on an adventure. Emma Yarlett’s second picture book combines her incredible storytelling and artwork with die-cut pages that bring the Dark to life.

Computer Vision - ACCV 2014 Workshops

Computer Vision - ACCV 2014 Workshops
Author: C.V. Jawahar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 757
Release: 2015-04-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 331916628X

The three-volume set, consisting of LNCS 9008, 9009, and 9010, contains carefully reviewed and selected papers presented at 15 workshops held in conjunction with the 12th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV 2014, in Singapore, in November 2014. The 153 full papers presented were selected from numerous submissions. LNCS 9008 contains the papers selected for the Workshop on Human Gait and Action Analysis in the Wild, the Second International Workshop on Big Data in 3D Computer Vision, the Workshop on Deep Learning on Visual Data, the Workshop on Scene Understanding for Autonomous Systems and the Workshop on Robust Local Descriptors for Computer Vision. LNCS 9009 contains the papers selected for the Workshop on Emerging Topics on Image Restoration and Enhancement, the First International Workshop on Robust Reading, the Second Workshop on User-Centred Computer Vision, the International Workshop on Video Segmentation in Computer Vision, the Workshop: My Car Has Eyes: Intelligent Vehicle with Vision Technology, the Third Workshop on E-Heritage and the Workshop on Computer Vision for Affective Computing. LNCS 9010 contains the papers selected for the Workshop on Feature and Similarity for Computer Vision, the Third International Workshop on Intelligent Mobile and Egocentric Vision and the Workshop on Human Identification for Surveillance.

Intelligent Visual Surveillance

Intelligent Visual Surveillance
Author: Zhang Zhang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2016-12-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9811034761

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Chinese Conference, IVS 2016, held in Beijing, China, in October 2016. The 19 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on low-level preprocessing, surveillance systems; tracking, robotics; identification, detection, recognition; behavior, activities, crowd analysis.

The Darkest Dark

The Darkest Dark
Author: Chris Hadfield
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2016-10-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316362824

Encouraging readers to dream the impossible, The Darkest Dark follows a young boy intrigued by space, but afraid of the dark, inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield and brought to life by Terry and Eric Fan's lush, evocative illustrations. Chris loves rockets and planets and pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploring the universe. Only one problem. At night, Chris doesn't feel so brave. He's afraid of the dark. When he watches the groundbreaking moon landing on TV, Chris learns that space is the darkest dark there is, and through that lesson discovers that the dark isn't just scary, but beautiful and exciting—especially when you have big dreams to keep you company.