Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an interface configured to connect to an external apparatus, a transmitting unit configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus connected by the interface, a processing unit configured to encode the image data with a predetermined format, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not image data to be encoded by the processing unit includes decoding information for decoding the image data, and a control unit configured to switch, based on the determination result, between processing for transmitting image data encoded by the processing unit and the decoding information to the external apparatus and processing for transmitting an image file in which image data including the decoding information is encoded to the external apparatus.

Abstract: A mobile device and lens module including a lens barrel and a plurality of lenses sequentially stacked from an object side to an image side in the lens barrel, wherein the plurality of lenses includes one or more D-cut lenses having respective straight line rim portions, and wherein a straight line portion of a D-cut lens, of the one or more D-cut lenses, overlaps an image sensor for imaging light passing through the plurality of lenses.

Abstract: An image sensor may include an array of image pixels. The array of image pixel may be coupled to control circuitry and readout circuitry. One or more image pixels in the array may each include a coupled-gates structure coupling a photodiode at one input terminal to a capacitor at a first output terminal and to a floating diffusion region at a second output terminal. The coupled-gates structure may include a first transistor that sets a potential barrier defining overflow portions of the photodiode-generated charge. Second and third transistors in the coupled-gates structure may be modulated to transfer the overflow charge to the capacitor and to the floating diffusion region at suitable times. The second and third transistors may form a conductive path between the capacitor and the floating diffusion region for a low conversion gain mode of operation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for automatic camera calibration. One or more calibration images are captured using a camera. The calibration images depict one or more bounding boxes, and each of the bounding boxes bounds a person. For each of the bounding boxes, the person is modeled using a rectangle or a parallelepiped, and a projection of the rectangle or parallelepiped is determined. A mapping that maps foot vertices of the projection to head vertices of the projection is determined, and using the foot vertices and the mapping, estimates of the head vertices and distances between the head vertices and the estimates of the head vertices are determined. The camera is calibrated by iteratively updating, using an objective function, the camera parameters so as to reduce those distances.

Abstract: An image sensor device includes a pixel that converts a light signal into an electrical signal and outputs the converted electrical signal through a data line, a current bias element that is connected between the data line and a ground voltage, and a self-pull-down circuit that is connected between the data line and the ground voltage and pulls down the data line based on an output voltage of the data line.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes: an imaging sensor module having a printed wiring board on which an imaging element is provided; a flexible printed circuit board connected to a connecting portion of the printed wiring board; an elastic member provided on a face having the connecting portion of the printed wiring board; and an image stabilization unit having a fixing portion that fixes the flexible printed circuit board, the imaging sensor module is movable with respect to the image stabilization unit, and the elastic member holds the flexible printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electronic device for controlling a brightness of a light source and an operating method of the electronic device are provided. According to the electronic device and the operating method, an image including an ambient environment of a light source is captured, information of an exposure of the captured image is obtained, information about a brightness of the ambient environment of the light source is determined based on the information about the exposure, and a brightness of the light source is controlled based on the determined information about the brightness of the ambient environment.

Abstract: An imaging element includes: an imaging unit in which a plurality of pixel groups including a plurality of pixels that output pixel signals according to incident light are formed, and on which incident light corresponding to mutually different pieces of image information is incident; a control unit that controls, for each of the pixel groups, a period of accumulating in the plurality of pixels included in the pixel group; and a readout unit that is provided to each of the pixel groups, and reads out the pixel signals from the plurality of pixels included in the pixel group.

Abstract: Oftentimes a site owner requires onsite capture devices (e.g., still or video cameras, microphones) for reasons of security, increasing revenue (e.g., streaming content to subscribed users), or otherwise. In the current state of the art various capture devices come from a variety of vendors and are often only adapted to work with software from the same manufacturer. It can be frustrating for a site owner to attempt to cobble together a capture and distribution system from individual parts and devices. Discussed herein is an approach to producing a capture and distribution system customized to an owner's particular needs and a site's particular characteristics in which capture devices are at least partially factory wired, aimed, and commissioned so to reduce both time on site to install of said capture devices and potential errors in the installation, and in a manner that in at least some cases adds value for the owner.

Abstract: An image capture device may detect presence of an on-housing hand within a periphery of a field of view of an optical element during capture of visual content through the optical element. The image capture device may generate an alarm to indicate the presence of the on-housing hand within the periphery of the field of view of the optical element.

Abstract: A computer-implemented camera function control method of an electronic device includes receiving a user selection, the user selection corresponding to a camera function selected from a camera list which includes a plurality of camera functions of a camera application installed on the electronic device, the plurality of camera functions each being configured in a package form to be operable in an individual camera mode of the camera application; and constructing, using a package of the camera function corresponding to the user selection, a user interface for image capturing.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interface to facilitate a camera sharing session between two or more users. A camera sharing session is initiated based on session configuration information comprising a user identifier of a user permitted to control image capturing at a camera communicatively coupled to a first device. A trigger request is received from the second device and in response, an image capture, which results in at least one image, is triggered at the camera and the image is transmitted to the second device.

Abstract: An aerial camera for capturing images along two or more curved scan paths, the aerial camera comprising a scanning camera associated with each scan path, each scanning camera comprising an image sensor, a lens, a scanning mirror, and a drive coupled to the scanning mirror; wherein the drive is operative to rotate the scanning mirror about a spin axis according to a spin angle, the spin axis is tilted relative to the camera optical axis, the scanning mirror is tilted relative to both the camera optical axis and the spin axis and is positioned to reflect an imaging beam into the lens, the lens is positioned to focus the imaging beam onto the image sensor, and the image sensor is operative to capture each image along the scan path by sampling the imaging beam at a corresponding spin angle.

Abstract: A scanning camera for capturing images along three or more curved scan paths, the scanning camera comprising a camera assembly associated with each scan path, each camera assembly comprising an image sensor and a lens; a scanning mirror; and a drive coupled to the scanning mirror; wherein the drive is operative to rotate the scanning mirror about a spin axis according to a spin angle; the spin axis is tilted relative to each camera optical axis; the scanning mirror is tilted relative to the spin axis and each camera optical axis; the scanning mirror is positioned to reflect an imaging beam into each lens in turn; and each image sensor is operative to capture each image along a respective one of the scan paths by sampling the imaging beam at a corresponding spin angle.

Abstract: An image generation device includes: a voltage generator that generates a plurality of voltages each having a different voltage value; an image capturer that includes an organic photoconductive film, and performs imaging every time each of the plurality of voltages is applied; a luminance data obtainer that obtains a plurality of luminance data items corresponding to the plurality of voltages applied, each of the plurality of luminance data items being obtained from the imaging performed by the image capturer; and a color image generator that generates a color image based on the plurality of luminance data items.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor layer; and a wiring structure section between the substrate and the semiconductor layer, the wiring structure section including a plurality of stacked wiring layers and a plurality of stacked insulating films, the wiring structure section including an electrode, wherein an opening for connecting a member to the electrode is formed in the semiconductor layer and the wiring structure section; the semiconductor layer has an isolation region in which an insulating film is embedded and which surrounds the opening; the wiring structure section has a ring which is formed of the plurality of wiring layers and surround the opening; and a distance between the opening and the ring closest to the opening is larger than a distance between the opening and the isolation region closest to the opening.

Abstract: A device includes an acquiring unit acquiring a plurality of images including a first image, a second image, and a third image; a region detecting unit comparing pixel values of the first image and the third image to detect a moving object region; and a compositing unit generating a composite image by synthesizing a target image selected from a plurality of images and the second image wherein the compositing unit performs a ghost removing process for pixels of the target image corresponding to the moving object region and pixels of the second image corresponding to the moving object region to bring the pixel values of one of these images closer to the pixel values of the other image, and synthesizes the target image and the second image after the ghost removing process.

Abstract: An electronic device with image-capturing functionality is provided. The electronic device includes a device housing, a module substrate, an image-capturing element, a switch unit and a control unit. The module substrate is adapted to be slid between a first substrate position and a second substrate position. The image-capturing element is disposed on the module substrate. The control unit is coupled to the image-capturing element and the switch unit. When the module substrate is in the first substrate position, the switch unit is activated, the switch unit sends a pressed signal, and the control unit deactivates the image-capturing element according to the pressed signal. When the module substrate is in the second substrate position, the switch unit is not activated, and the control unit activates the image-capturing element. The electronic device of the embodiment protects the privacy of the user.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to correct a captured image using a gloss component based on a virtual light source sets a light-source color of the virtual light source. The apparatus generates the gloss component on a subject in the captured image using the light-source color corrected according to a color tone of the captured image. The apparatus corrects the captured image by adding the generated gloss component to the captured image.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a readout circuit of a pixel array comprising: a first analog to digital converter coupled to a first column line of the pixel array and configured to convert a reference voltage level and a captured voltage level of a first pixel based on a first conversion gain of the first pixel; and a second analog to digital converter coupled to the first column line of the pixel array and configured to convert a reference voltage level and a captured voltage level of the first pixel based on a second conversion gain of the first pixel, the first and second conversion gains being different from each other.