Abstract: Techniques to selectively capture media using a single user interface element are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a touch controller, a visual media capture component, and a storage component. The touch controller may be operative to receive a haptic engagement signal. The visual media capture component may be operative to be configured in a capture mode based on whether a haptic disengagement signal is received by the touch controller before expiration of a first timer, the capture mode one of a photo capture mode or video capture mode, the first timer started in response to receiving the haptic engagement signal, the first timer configured to expire after a first preset duration. The storage component may be operative to store visual media captured by the visual media capture component in the configured capture mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: An optical system is provided. The optical system includes an optical member driving mechanism and an image sensor. The optical member driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion and a first driving assembly. The movable portion is configured to connect an optical member, and the optical member has an optical axis. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The image sensor is disposed to correspond to the optical member, and the optical axis passes through the image sensor.

Abstract: Techniques described herein can address these and other issues by synchronizing the positioning of an adjustable lens in a camera assembly with the capture of an image frame by the image sensor and optimizing the position of the adjustable lens to reduce the amount of blur caused by translation of the camera assembly along a direction along the optical axis over the course of a frame. More specifically, techniques provide for moving the lens to a plurality of optimized positions, relative to the image sensor, over the course of a frame, to reduce motion blur in an image due to translation of the camera assembly in a direction of along the optical axis during the frame. Some embodiments may provide for “tight” synchronization in cases where the plurality of optimized positions are based on a time-dependent function that takes into account when each row of the image sensor is being exposed over the course of the frame.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described which provide a camera system. A camera is in communication with a positioning device. The positioning device has a compass, gyroscope, and emits an infrared light beam. The camera has a sensor that receives reflected and/or scattered infrared light from a moving target. The camera changes its focus, zoom, and/or angle of a field of view of the camera based on information from its sensor, and gyroscope and compass information from the positioning device and/or camera.

Abstract: An imaging element incorporates a processing circuit and a memory. The memory stores captured image data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate. The processing circuit performs processing based on the captured image data stored in the memory. An output circuit outputs output image data based on the captured image data to an outside of the imaging element at a second frame rate. The first frame rate is a frame rate higher than the second frame rate and is determined in accordance with an occurrence cycle of a flicker, and the processing circuit detects a flicker effect avoidance timing at which an effect of the flicker on imaging by the imaging element is avoided, based on the captured image data of a plurality of frames.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus having an image capturing unit comprises a storage control unit configured to store, in a memory, a single image captured by the image capturing unit, upon receiving a transition request to a standby state in which an image capturing function of the image capturing unit is deactivated, and a transmission unit configured to transmit an image stored in the memory, upon the image capturing apparatus in the standby state receiving an image acquisition request.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquire unit that acquires an image in which at least one element in a first color space has linear characteristics; and a processor. The processor is configured to adjust a white balance of the image which is acquired by the image acquire unit; control the adjustment of the white balance, on the basis of a specific color serving as a reference; convert each of a plurality of portions in the image in which the white balance has been controlled by the adjustment of the white balance, into one element in a second color space; and apply predetermined image processing to the acquired image in which the white balance has not been adjusted, by using the converted information.

Abstract: Disclosed are a power characteristic measurement device, an image system including the power characteristic measurement device and an operating method of the image system, and the power characteristic measurement device may include a comparison circuit suitable for comparing impedance of an image sensor with impedance of a modeled image sensor, and an extraction circuit suitable for extracting the impedance of the image sensor according to a comparison result of the comparison circuit.

Abstract: A specifying unit specifies a longest side among sides of a polygonal region set on an image captured by an image capturing unit. A display control unit causes a display unit to display the image on which the polygonal region and information concerning the polygonal region are superimposed. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the information at a position based on the longest side specified by the specifying unit.

Abstract: A processing apparatus configured to obtain polarization information using a plurality of images each of which is obtained in a different polarization state of light from an object includes a processor configured to select one reference image from the plurality of images and to generate difference data relating to a difference between the reference image and an image other than the reference image, and a recorder configured to record the reference image and the difference data.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus that can enhance the accuracy of detection of halation by taking into account the influence of halation on visibility of an object, and also effectively suppress the influence of halation independently of the type of a light source. An evaluation unit evaluates the luminance of the object based on an exposure level at which image data of the object is acquired. A detection unit detects t halation based on the luminance of the object, a first luminance area having a higher luminance than a first luminance threshold value, and a distribution status of another luminance area which is an area having a lower luminance than the first luminance area and is distributed around the first luminance area.

Abstract: Upload bandwidth to a remote device may vary depending on the location of a device transmitting information to the remote device. Location of an image capture device may be used to dynamically change the upload speed from the image capture device to the remote device.

Abstract: An electronic device according to certain embodiments of the disclosure includes: a front plate including a transparent area and an opaque area; a display disposed under the front plate and having a first opening corresponding to at least a part of the transparent area; a support member disposed under the display and including a first area having a second opening corresponding to at least a part of the first opening and at least one second area formed to protrude under the first area; a camera module including a camera housing that includes a first surface facing the first area and a second surface formed to extend under the first surface and facing the second area, and at least one lens that is disposed in at least one of the first opening and the second opening; and an adhesive member disposed between the camera housing and the second area.

Abstract: In a focusing position detection method, a second step is carried out. The second step includes dividing the object image into a plurality of local regions, obtaining a local value indicating the degree of focalization from the local region for each of the plurality of local regions and obtaining the focus degree on the basis of the plurality of local values. Thus, even when a plurality of object images acquired by imaging an imaging object by using an imager while changing a focal position along an optical axis are relatively dark or include a high-luminance region, it is possible to stably detect a focusing position without repeating detection operations.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, an operation unit configured to accept a user operation, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute communication functions including a client function for operating as a client and a server function for operating as a server in communicating with the external apparatus via the communication unit. Further, the control unit is configured to, in a case where the client function for operating as a client is executed and the server function for operating as a server is not executed, execute a first power saving function for disabling the communication function based on a lapse of a predetermined time without acceptance of the user operation, and, in a case where both the client and server functions are executed in parallel, not execute the first power saving function.

Abstract: A method of characterizing an imaging system includes generating a plurality of point spread function (“PSF”) samples using the imaging system, each PSF sample representing a response of an imaging system to a point illumination source, each PSF sample comprising one or more pixel values. The method also includes co-registering the pixel values contained in each of the plurality of PSF samples to form an oversampled point spread function (“PSF”) population; resampling the oversampled PSF population to uniform spacing to form a PSF image; slicing the PSF image in an evaluation direction to form a slice of the PSF image; and evaluating the slice to determine a value of a resolution metric of the imaging system that is specific to the evaluation direction.

Abstract: A device includes an image sensor configured to generate a first signal corresponding to an image having a first resolution in a first mode, a second signal corresponding to an image having a second resolution higher than the first resolution in a second mode. The image sensor is configured to generate frame information regarding a resolution, the first mode and the second mode respectively determined based on a mode signal. The device further includes a channel allocator configured to allocate the first signal and the second signal to different channels, of a plurality of channels, based on the frame information; and an image signal processor (ISP) comprising the plurality of channels, a first channel configured to process the first signal and a second channel configured to process the second signal. The ISP is configured to post-process image data processed by the plurality of channels.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for image or video shooting. The method is applied to a terminal that includes a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. The second camera is a black-and-white camera, and the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are cameras using prime lenses. The third camera is a color camera using a tele-photo lens. The method includes determining at least one camera from the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera based on a target zoom ratio as a target camera. The method further includes capturing, by using the target camera, at least one image that includes a target scene. The method further includes obtaining an output image of the target scene based on the at least one image that includes the target scene. According to the present disclosure, an approximately 5× lossless zoom effect is achieved.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that generate a virtual long exposure image from a sequence of short exposure images portraying a moving object. In various embodiments, the image transformation system aligns two digital images in the sequence of short exposure images. The image transformation system can determine a motion vector path for the moving object between the first digital image and the second digital image. The image transformation system can also blend pixels along the motion vector path to generate a blended image representative of the motion of the moving object between the first digital image and the second digital image. The image transformation system can generate additional blended images based on consecutive pairs of images in the sequence of digital images and generates a virtual long exposure image by combining the first blended image with the additional blended images.

Abstract: A subrange analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts analog image signal received from a bitline to a digital signal through an ADC comparator. The comparator is shared by a successive approximation register (SAR) ADC coupled to provide M upper output bits (UOB) of the subrange ADC and a ramp ADC coupled to provide N lower output bits (LOB). The digital-to-analog converter (DAC) of the SAR ADC comprises M buffered bit capacitors connected to the comparator. Each buffered bit capacitor comprises a bit capacitor, a bit buffer, and a bit switch controlled by one of the UOB of the SAR ADC. A ramp buffer is coupled between a ramp generator and a ramp capacitor. The ramp capacitor is further coupled to the same comparator. The implementation of ramp buffer and the bit buffers as well as their sharing of the same kind of buffer reduces differential nonlinear (DNL) error of the subrange ADC.