Abstract: Compact folded lens systems are described that may be used in small form factor cameras. Lens systems are described that may include five lens elements with refractive power, with a light folding element such as a prism, located between a first lens element on the object side of the lens system and a second lens element, that redirects the light refracted from the first lens element from a first axis onto a second axis on which the other lens elements and a photosensor are arranged. The lens systems may include an aperture stop located behind the front vertex of the lens system, for example at the first lens element, and an optional infrared filter, for example located between the last lens element and a photosensor.

Abstract: A camera module includes an optical lens, a light-sensitive chip and an electrical support. The electrical support includes a circuit module embedded in a support body to form an integral structure, a connecting member provided on the support body to electrically connect with the circuit module, and a camera component coupled at the support body and electrically connected to the connecting member. Therefore, the electrical support not only forms a circuit board to electrically connect with the camera component but only serves as a base to support the camera component.

Abstract: An image capturing control apparatus that enables a user to recognize a transparency of OSD for recording. A system controller sets a transparency of OSD superimposed on a captured LV image and sets whether or not to record the captured image in a state combined with the OSD, as an image file. The OSD is displayed in a state superimposed on the LV image at a transparency of OSD for display, regardless of a setting concerning recording of the image file, and in a case where it is set to record the LV image in the state combined with the OSD, the OSD is displayed according to a specific operation, in a state superimposed on the LV image, at a transparency of OSD for recording, regardless of the transparency of OSD for display.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic apparatus capable of improving sensitivity while suppressing degradation of color mixture. The solid-state imaging device includes an anti-reflection portion having a moth-eye structure provided on a boundary surface on a light-receiving surface side of a photoelectric conversion region of each pixel arranged two-dimensionally, and an inter-pixel light-blocking portion provided below the boundary surface of the anti-reflection portion to block incident light. In addition, the photoelectric conversion region is a semiconductor region, and the inter-pixel light-blocking portion has a trench structure obtained by digging the semiconductor region in a depth direction at a pixel boundary. The techniques according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device of a rear surface irradiation type.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external apparatus, a speaker, a memory, and a control unit, wherein in a case where an operation is executed to change the communication apparatus to a predetermined mode in which a sound is not output from the speaker, the control unit performs control such that the communication apparatus is changed to the predetermined mode, wherein in a case where identification information about the external apparatus is stored in the memory, the control unit enables a wireless communication function in response to the execution of the operation to change the communication apparatus to the predetermined mode, and wherein in a case where the identification information about the external apparatus is not stored in the memory, even if the operation to change the communication apparatus to the predetermined mode is executed, the wireless communication function is not enabled.

Abstract: A system and method for acquiring video content using a gun camera secured to a weapon is provided. One embodiment comprises a processor system; a camera communicatively coupled to the processor system; a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor system; and at least one sensor configured to detect an interior surface of the holster, wherein the sensor communicates a signal to the processor that indicates that the gun camera and the weapon are not secured within the holster in response to no longer detecting the interior surface of the holster, and wherein the processor system activates the camera to acquire video content in response to receiving the signal from the at least one detector that indicates that the weapon has been drawn from the holster.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including: as assistant control unit that determines, on the basis of user's proficiency level information regarding imaging, an item presented to assist the imaging; and a presentation unit that presents item information, which is information regarding the item, to the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device and a display apparatus. The imaging device includes: a casing including a first accommodating cavity therein, wherein a first opening is provided at one end of the first accommodating cavity; a lens module including a rotating portion and an extension portion connected to the rotating portion, the rotating portion being accommodated in the first accommodating cavity, the extension portion extending through the first opening to an exterior of the casing; and a mounting component, which is at least partially accommodated in the first accommodating cavity and fixed to the casing, wherein the rotating portion is hinged with the mounting component via a spherical joint.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control device. The control device is configured to control a rotation mechanism to rotatably hold a camera device. The control device includes a processor configured to execute a program to: determine a mounting state of a mounting member mounted on a support mechanism supporting the rotation mechanism; determine a rotation range of the camera device coupled to the rotation mechanism based on the mounting state of the mounting member; and control a rotation of the camera device based on the rotation range.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element, comprises an attachment to which a detection apparatus including the detection element can be attached, a communication unit configured to communicate with the detection apparatus, a cleaning unit configured to clean the detection surface of the detection element, and a control unit configured to control a driving unit of the detection element included in the detection apparatus through the communication unit. When cleaning by the cleaning unit, the control unit controls the position of the detection element by driving the driving unit through the communication unit.

Abstract: The signal quality of a solid-state imaging element configured to detect address events is enhanced. The solid-state imaging element has open pixels and light-blocked pixels arrayed therein. In the solid-state imaging element, the open pixels each detect whether or not an amount of change in incident light amount exceeds a predetermined threshold, and output a detection signal indicating a result of the detection. On the other hand, in the solid-state imaging element, the light-blocked pixels each output a correction signal based on an amount of noise generated in the open pixels each configured to detect whether or not an amount of change in incident light amount exceeds the predetermined threshold and to output a detection signal indicating a result of the detection.

Abstract: Disclosed is an imaging module, including a housing, a moving element received in the housing, multiple lenses in contact with and fixed on the moving element, an image sensor provided at one side of the multiple lenses, and a drive mechanism connected to the housing and the moving element, wherein the drive mechanism is used for driving the moving element to move along the optical axis of the multiple lenses so that the multiple lenses focus on the image sensor for imaging. A camera assembly and an electronic device are further disclosed.

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array including first and second pixels, the first and second pixels receiving the same transfer gate signal and outputting first and second signal voltages, respectively, a transfer gate driver receiving first and second voltages and generating the transfer gate signal, the transfer gate signal having the first voltage as its maximum voltage and having the second voltage as its minimum voltage and a compensation module detecting a variation in the second voltage, generating a compensation voltage based on the variation in the second voltage, and performing a compensation operation.

Abstract: A stabilization degree adjustment method includes obtaining a stabilization degree adjustment instruction and adjusting a stabilization degree of a stabilization mechanism according to the stabilization degree adjustment instruction. The stabilization mechanism is configured to support a load.

Abstract: An intelligent photographing method includes extracting, by a terminal, one or more first tags from common data of a user, where the common data represents an identity feature of the user, extracting, by the terminal, one or more second tags from photographing-related data of the user, where the photographing-related data represents a photographing preference of the user, determining, by the terminal, a third tag based on the one or more first tags and the one or more second tags, and obtaining a picture and adjusting, by the terminal, picture quality of the picture based on a picture quality effect parameter set corresponding to the third tag.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, a transmission device, a control method, a program, and a transmission and reception system capable of correcting a difference between data timings in respective communication links in a case where data is transmitted by using a plurality of communication links. The reception device according to the present technology executes processing for receiving data streams that have same data structures and are transmitted from a plurality of transmission units included in a transmission device by using a plurality of lanes in parallel and execute processing for integrating the received data streams into a single system data and acquiring a packet configuring the data stream and corrects a difference between corresponding pieces of data timings in respective communication links realized by each pair of the one transmission unit and the one reception unit. The present technology is applied to data transmission between chips.

Abstract: A partial-aperture imaging system, including one or more partial-aperture units, each including) one or more partial apertures disposed over a periphery of a circular area representing a full aperture having, each partial aperture being directed towards scenery, while the total area of the partial apertures spans only a portion of the area of the full aperture; one CPM for each of the partial apertures, the CPM receiving, one at a time, from a respective partial aperture at least one point-object image and at least one complex-object image, the CPM modulating by a same random code the phases of pixels of one or more pairs of the point-object and complex-object images, to form PORIs and CORIs; an imager for optically receiving the PORI—each PORI being defined as a PSF, respectively, and at least one CORI, and for storing; and a processor to form a final image.

Abstract: An image capture device includes an image capture module and a base module. The image capture module is releasably connectable to the base module. The image capture module includes an integrated image sensor and optical component for capturing image data. The base module includes a processor. The processor is configured and the base module is calibrated based on identification data provided by the image capture module when releasably connected to the base module. The image information and identification data may be wirelessly transferred from the image capture module to the base module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a solid-state imaging element, a camera module, a drive control unit, and an imaging method for enabling reliable correction of an influence of a motion on an image. A state determination unit determines a state of a motion of an imaging unit that performs imaging to acquire an image via an optical system that collects light, and an exposure control unit performs at least control for an exposure time of the imaging unit according to a determination result by the state determination unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a communication unit, a movement unit, an imaging unit, and a control unit. The communication unit receives first information including information on a shooting position of an external apparatus. The movement unit moves the imaging apparatus to a position at which a bird's eye view of subjects is made possible. The imaging unit performs shooting at the position at which the bird's eye view of the subject is made possible. The control unit acquires second information on the subjects from an image that is shot at the position at which the bird's eye view of the subject is made possible, determines priority for shooting each of the subjects based on the first information and the second information, and controls the movement unit and the imaging unit based on the determined priority.