Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a shutter button with which to give an image capturing instruction, a specific operation member, a reception unit configured to receive a line-of-sight input that is an input of a position based on a line of sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a case where a predetermined operation on the specific operation member is not performed while a specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, a specified position is not moved based on the line-of-sight input in a case where a line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input moves, and in a case where the predetermined operation on the specific operation member is performed while the specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, the specified position is moved based on the line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of capturing an image using the same. The mobile terminal controls a camera conveniently and efficiently to capture an image and performs focusing in various manners to capture an image. Accordingly, a user can obtain a desired image easily and conveniently.

Abstract: An image processing system is disclosed, comprising: an M-lens camera, a compensation device and a correspondence generator. The M-lens camera generates M lens images. The compensation device generates a projection image according to a first vertex list and the M lens images. The correspondence generator is configured to conduct calibration for vertices to define vertex mappings, horizontally and vertically scan each lens image to determine texture coordinates of its image center, determine texture coordinates of control points according to the vertex mappings, and P1 control points in each overlap region in the projection image; and, determine two adjacent control points and a coefficient blending weight for each vertex in each lens image according to the texture coordinates of the control points and the image center in each lens image to generate the first vertex list, where M>=2.

Abstract: In one example, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a photodiode, a charge sensing unit, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a controller. The controller is configured to: enable the photodiode to generate charge in response to incident light, accumulate at least a portion of the charge as residual charge until the photodiode becomes saturated by the residual charge, and transfer the remaining portion of the charge to the charge sensing unit as overflow charge if the photodiode becomes saturated by the residual charge. The controller is further configured to: generate, using the ADC, a first digital output based on the residual charge; after generating the first digital output, generate, using the ADC, a second digital output based on the overflow charge; and generate a digital representation of an intensity of the incident light based on at least one of the first digital output or the second digital output.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus performs automatic image capturing of a subject by using an image capturing unit, controls a plurality of images acquired by the automatic image capturing to be recorded in a recording unit, selects deletion candidate images from among the plurality of images recorded in the recording unit, based on a predetermined deletion condition, automatically deletes the deletion candidate images, and performs control so that information about images other than the deletion candidate images, among the plurality of images recorded in the recording unit and including the deletion candidate images before being automatically deleted, is transmitted to an external apparatus via a communication unit before the deletion candidate images are deleted so that the information is displayed on the external apparatus.

Abstract: Various embodiments include perimeter sheet spring suspension arrangements for cameras. A perimeter sheet spring suspension arrangement may be used to suspend a moveable platform of the camera from a base structure of the camera, and allow a lens group of the camera to move laterally. According to some embodiments, the perimeter sheet spring suspension arrangement may include one or more tabs that may be used as bumpers that cushion lateral movement of the moveable platform.

Abstract: A driving mechanism is provided. The driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is driven by a control signal provided by a control assembly. The driving assembly includes shape memory alloy.

Abstract: A display assistant device comprises a display, a camera, a speaker, microphones, a processor and memory. The memory stores programs comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, enable a plurality of modes of the display assistant device. The modes include a monitoring mode and an assistant mode. In the monitoring mode, the device is configured to perform a remote monitoring function in which first video captured by the camera is streamed to a remote server system for monitoring uses. The monitoring uses include transmission of the first video to remote client devices authorized to access the first video. In the assistant mode, the device is configured to perform a second plurality of functions that excludes the monitoring function and includes a video communication function in which second video captured by the camera is transmitted to second devices participating in a video communication with a first user of the device.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus (100) comprises a signal processor (130) generating image data according to an imaging result of an imaging device (110), and a data transmission status notifying part (180) controlling, when the image data has been output to the outside, a data transmission status displaying part (181) to notify that the image data has been output to the outside.

Abstract: A indicator is moved from a first position based on a line-of-sight input to a second position according to a moving operation performed on an operating member that receives a user operation different from the line-of-sight input, (a) calibration of an input position in accordance with the line of sight, on a basis of the first position and the second position, is not performed in a case where an instruction operation for executing specific processing at a position of the indicator is not performed, and (b) calibration of the input position in accordance with the line of sight is performed on a basis of the first position and the second position in a case where an instruction operation for executing the specific processing is performed in a state in which there is no additional moving operation, and a specific condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method of configuring a path of a virtual camera. The method comprises receiving user steering information to control the path of the virtual camera in a scene; determining a primary target based upon a field of view of the virtual camera; and estimating a future path and a corresponding future field of view of the virtual camera, based on the received steering information. The method further comprises determining a secondary target of the scene proximate to the estimated future path of the virtual camera based on a preferred perspective of the secondary target; and configuring the path to capture the secondary target from the preferred perspective.

Abstract: In a method, it is determined that a detachable lens is mounted on an image capture device in a first orientation. A first image of a controlled scene is captured with the detachable lens mounted in the first orientation. It is determined that the detachable lens is mounted on the image capture device in a second orientation that is rotated approximately 180 degrees from the first orientation. A second image of the controlled scene is captured with the detachable lens in the second orientation. A first image circle center of the first image is determined. A second image circle center of the second image is determined. An average image circle center is determined, based on the first image circle center and the second image circle center. The average image circle center is provided to an image stabilization algorithm when the detachable lens is mounted on the image capture device.

Abstract: An image-processing unit for an electronic device is disclosed. The image-processing unit may include a digital signal processor (DSP), a first control interface configured for receiving an AP-instruction from an application processor (AP) external to the image-processing unit, and a second control interface configured for transmitting an intermediary-instruction generated by DSP based on the AP-instruction. The image-processing unit may further include a first data interface configured for receiving sensor-data generated in response to the intermediary-instruction by a sensor external to the image-processing unit, and a second data interface configured for bi-directionally transmitting intermediary-data to the AP or receiving AP-data from the AP, wherein the intermediary-data is generated by the DSP based on the sensor-data.

Abstract: A camera lens includes a mounting housing, a lens module, an image stabilization module, first and second support shafts fixed to the mounting housing opposite to each other along one of diagonals of the mounting housing, and third and fourth support shafts fixed to the frame opposite to each other along another diagonal of the mounting housing. The mounting housing is formed by sequentially connecting first to fourth frame plates. The image stabilization module includes a frame, a movable frame, first and second image stabilization coils, and first and second magnets. The movable frame has first to fourth rotation holes. The first to fourth support shafts are respectively rotatably fit within the first to fourth rotation holes. The camera lens of the present disclosure can solve the problems of great process difficulty and high cost in the related art when the camera lens performs the optical image stabilization.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image sensing system (10), including a first pixel circuit (120), wherein the first pixel circuit includes a photosensitive device (PD); a first transmission gate (TG1), under the control of a first transmission signal and conducted during a first conduction time interval; and a collection gate (CG), coupled between the photosensitive device and the transmission gate and configured to receive a collecting signal (CX); and a control unit (14), configured to generate the collecting signal to the collection gate, wherein the collecting signal has a non-fixed voltage value.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a camera module including a lens positioned on one side of an electronic device; a display positioned on the other side of the electronic device; and a processor electrically coupled to the camera module and the display, wherein the processor is configured to acquire a preview image through the camera module, determine whether a human object corresponding to a person is included in the preview image, determine an imaging mode of the electronic device based at least on the type and change of at least one object included in the determination and the preview image, and display, through the display, at least one indicator associated with the determined photographing mode. Various other embodiments are possible.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera module, the camera module including a circuit board, an image sensor disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board, a current carrying part electrically connecting the image sensor and the circuit board, and a base disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board, wherein the base is not overlapped with the image sensor and the current carrying part in a direction of an optical axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for calibrating camera and measuring offsets for reducing distortions on images. The calibrating includes aligning an on-board image sensor and a lens barrel using a kinematic mount and affixing the onboard image sensor and the lens barrel to assemble a camera. The kinematic mount provides a predetermined number of degrees of freedom in aligning the on-board image sensor and the lens barrel. A device embeds the camera. The measuring includes receiving the camera in the kinematic mount and measuring an opposing pair of offset values as measured optical centers from the lens optical axis to the image sensor pointing reference at yaw orientations of the camera at 0 degree and 180 degrees. The method determines a total offset value by taking an average of the pair and canceling the rotationally symmetrical error. The method uses the offset value for reducing distortions on images by de-warping.

Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for temporal information synchronization of imaging devices are disclosed. The method comprises capturing media using an imaging device, generating a sequence identifier for each of the media, generating a timestamp for each of the media, determining that at least one of the media includes an unknown time tag, receiving an input including temporal information, determining a time offset between each timestamp and the temporal information, and updating the timestamp for each of the media that includes an unknown time tag using the time offset to provide an updated timestamp.

Abstract: A solid state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which color filters of a plurality of colors are arrayed with four pixels of vertical 2 pixels×horizontal 2 pixels as a same color unit that receives light of the same color, shared pixel transistors that are commonly used by a plurality of pixels are intensively arranged in one predetermined pixel in a unit of sharing, and a color of the color filter of a pixel where the shared pixel transistors are intensively arranged is a predetermined color among the plurality of colors. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a solid state imaging device such as a back-surface irradiation type CMOS image sensor.