Abstract: A camera module includes a lens, a first magnet and a second magnet mounted on a mobile body including the lens, a coil portion arranged near the first magnet and configured to move the first magnet in a first direction, and the magnetic sensor arranged near the second magnet and configured to detect the position of the second magnet in the first direction as a detection direction.

Abstract: A digital camera with a printer includes an imaging unit, a print unit that prints an image on a medium and discharges the printed medium, a display unit, a first operation member that is rotated from a first position in a first direction around a rotation axis against biasing force, and is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction by the biasing force to be returned to the first position in a case in which the first operation member is released, and a processor. The processor performs specific control in accordance with operation of the first operation member.

Abstract: A camera integrates a magnet at one end of a housing to magnetically attract and attach the camera to a front side of a peripheral display, such as to support a video conference through an information handling system interfaced with the display. Camera position at a display panel front face is detected, such as with a touchscreen of the display panel or an infrared curtain presented from the camera dock along the display panel front face. Presentation of content at the display is adjusted based upon the camera position, such as to enhance a video conference by placing a window with an active speaker proximate the camera so that an end user of camera appears to be looking the speaker in the eye.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a circuitry, a temporary memory and a permanent memory storing necessary information for executing each of a plurality types of processing. The apparatus receives a switching instruction and switches processing executed by the circuitry by varying the necessary information in response to reception of the instruction. The information is read out and loaded into a first region of the temporary memory. If the circuitry is executing at least one of the plurality types of processing when the instruction is made, the apparatus switches the circuitry to a state of being capable of executing the processing by reading out the information of the processing, loading the information into a second region of the temporary memory, and moving or copying the information related to the processing from the second region to the first region in response to the executing processing ending.

Abstract: An imaging system includes a terminal device that includes an imaging sensor, and a head mounted display device that receives an image captured by the imaging sensor from the terminal device and displays the captured image. The imaging system includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a detecting unit configured to detect the display device from the captured image; and a display control unit configured to control display of the captured image on the display device, based on a detection result of the display device using the detecting unit.

Abstract: An imaging system that has an image processing function and is capable of generating an interpolation image is provided. The imaging system has an additional function such as image processing and can generate an interpolation image by using image data output from an imaging device. The imaging device can perform filter processing in parallel during a light exposure period, and thus can perform a large amount of arithmetic operation and generate a high-quality interpolation image. The number of arithmetic operations can be further increased particularly during image capturing in a dark place, which requires a long exposure time. Accordingly, the frame rate can be substantially increased, and high-quality moving image data can be generated.

Abstract: An image recognition-based configuration/authorization method for video security systems is disclosed. The method includes detecting a code label within video captured by a security camera that is part of a security system. The method also includes carrying out image recognition on an image, within which is depicted the code label, and taken from the captured video. The carrying out image recognition includes extracting token identification data and an address for a network addressable authorization entity.

Abstract: An optical device is provided. An optical device according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: a first main body including a first hole; a second main body including a second hole and connected to the first main body in a foldable manner; a sensor module disposed to be fixed to the first hole; a lens module disposed to be movable in the optical axis direction atop the sensor module; and a transparent member disposed in the second hole, wherein the lens module is disposed in the first hole when the first main body and the second main body are folded, and at least a part of the lens module is disposed over the first hole when the first main body and the second main body are unfolded.

Abstract: Examples of an apparatus are disclosed. In some example, an apparatus includes a photodiode configured to generate a charge in response to incident light; a measurement capacitor to store at least a part of the charge to generate a voltage; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit configured to: in a first measurement period, compare the voltage at the measurement capacitor against a static threshold voltage to generate a first output; in a second measurement period, compare the voltage against a varying threshold voltage to generate a second output, wherein the varying threshold voltage varies with time according to a pre-determined pattern; and generate a final output representing an intensity of the incident light based on either the first output or the second output.

Abstract: A visual sensor having a light sensitive element and a processor, the processor being adapted to recognize whether a cap is on or off the light sensitive element by recognizing a unique identification pattern coded into the light sensitive element.

Abstract: A monitoring system includes a camera module configured to photograph a subject, a laser distance sensor configured to sense a distance to the subject, the laser distance sensor being arranged in a line with the camera module, and a processor configured to acquire a first angle and a first sensing value of the laser distance sensor in response to an event, calculate a first distance between the camera module and the subject by using the first angle and the first sensing value, calculate a second angle by using the first distance, a laser angle of view of the laser distance sensor, and a laser angle of view length of the laser distance sensor, rotate the laser distance sensor up to the second angle when a difference between the first angle and the second angle exceeds a predetermined range, and acquire a second sensing value of the laser distance sensor.

Abstract: A camera lens module includes an image sensor and a lens assembly. The image sensor includes a photosensitive chip defining a photosensitive path, wherein the lens assembly is coupled to the image sensor along the photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip. The lens assembly includes at least one optical lens module and an aperture member coupled at the optical lens module, wherein the optical lens module includes a lens barrel and at least an optical lens supported within the lens barrel. A relative position of the lens assembly with respect to the image sensor is adjustable for calibration and the relative position of the optical lens module is permanently fixed after calibration.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a plurality of operation members each operable to input a user operation; a selector configured to select one pattern from among a plurality of patterns each indicating a combination whether or not each operation member is to be set to a lock state for disabling the user operation; and a controller configured to control a lock function based on the pattern selected by the selector, the lock function causing the plurality of operation members to disable the user operation in an operation member which is in the lock state and to enable the user operation in another operation member which is not in the lock state.

Abstract: This application is directed to a surveillance camera system including a magnet mount for physically receiving a camera module. The camera module includes a housing having an exterior surface of a first shape. A surface of the magnet mount has a second shape that is substantially concave and complementary to the first shape, and is configured to engage the exterior surface of the housing of the camera module. A magnetic material is disposed inside the magnet mount and configured to magnetically couple to a magnetic material of the camera module. A friction pad is embedded on the surface of the magnet mount, has a substantially concave shape and protrudes beyond the second surface. The friction pad is configured to come into contact with the exterior surface of the housing of the camera module at least via a peripheral edge of the substantially concave friction pad.

Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent videoframe privacy monitoring management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user or background to be transmitted in the videoconference session and the processor to determine from input videoframe data and the detected sensor distance data of the user or the objects or inputting these into the intelligent videoframe privacy monitoring management system to generate optimized videoframe privacy adjustments to apply a privacy alteration to captured videoframes when the user is detected as absent, other faces, or background movement is detected.

Abstract: An image shooting method, a terminal and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The image shooting method includes: an image shooting target corresponding to a preview photo in a preview interface is recognized; when the image shooting target includes an object associated with a shooting requirement, object shooting requirement information for the shooting requirement of the object of the image shooting target is acquired; and a photo of the object of the image shooting target is shot based on the object shooting requirement information.

Abstract: In a learning device (10), an optical conversion unit (11) receives light from a learning target and uses the received light to output light according to a configuration value of a parameter. A sensing unit (13) senses the light output from the optical conversion unit (11). An estimation unit (15A) forms an estimation result for an answer to a configuration problem based on the light sensed by the sensing unit (13). An update unit (15B) calculates an update value of the parameter of the optical conversion unit (11) based on the estimation result by the estimation unit (15A), and updates the configuration value of the parameter of the optical conversion unit (11) with the calculated update value. The optical conversion unit (11) includes a plurality of optical devices in which the configuration value of the parameter is set independently of each other.

Abstract: Software executing on a mobile device collects custom metadata for an image taken by a camera of a mobile device. The image with the custom metadata is sent from the software to an external network service. The external network service processes the custom metadata to at least determine a physical location of the image. In an embodiment, the physical location is used to uniquely identify the image and perform an automated transaction on behalf of a user that operates the mobile device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a deviation analyzing system (1) for black level drift assessment of a digital camera image sensor (21). The deviation analyzing system measures (1001) for pixels of an image captured by the image sensor, a respective luminance value and corresponding chromaticity value of each pixel. The deviation analyzing system further determines (1002) a respective average chromaticity value for differing luminance levels of the measured luminance values, based on for each luminance level averaging the corresponding measured chromaticity values. Moreover, the deviation analyzing system determines (1003), when the respective average chromaticity values of a range (4) of luminance levels indicate—to a predeterminable extent—chromaticity deviations (5) from the respective average chromaticity values (6) of other luminance levels (7), that a black level setting of the image sensor is drifted from a true black level.

Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment includes an image sensor configured to output a plurality of image frames; a lens assembly disposed on the image sensor, the lens assembly forming an optical path of light incident on the image sensor from outside; a controller configured to generate a control signal to adjust at least one of the optical path of the lens assembly or the position of the image sensor relative to the lens assembly; and an image synthesizer configured to synthesize the plurality of image frames to generate a composite image, wherein the composite image has a higher resolution than the plurality of image frames, and wherein the plurality of image frames are respective image frames generated along respectively different optical paths changed by the lens assembly or respective image frames generated by change in the position of the image sensor relative to the lens assembly.