Abstract: A portable electronic equipment comprises an image sensor configured to capture a series of frames in a time-sequential manner and a processing device coupled to the image sensor and configured to process the series of frames. The processing device is configured to perform an image segmentation for respectively each frame of at least a subset of the series, to respectively identify a section of the frame representing a given object. The image segmentation is respectively performed based on a depth map for the respective frame. The identified sections are superimposed to generate a sequence image.

Abstract: A user device includes a dual array camera in which a first camera includes a first image sensor without a color filter array to capture luminance, and a second camera includes a second image sensor with a color filter array to capture chrominance.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a way of improving the stitching procedure. The object is achieved by a method in an electronic device for creating a combined image. The method comprises obtaining (701) a first set of at least two sub-images recorded by an array camera. The method further comprises obtaining (702) a second set of at least two sub-images recorded by the array camera. A first depth map is calculated for the first set of sub-images. The first depth map comprises information about a first plane of the sub-images and a second plane of the sub-images. The first plane being at a first distance from the point where the sub-images have been recorded, and the second plane being at a second distance from the point where the sub-images have been recorded. A second depth map is calculated for the second set of sub-images. The second depth map comprises information about the first plane and the second plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shutter blade arrangement (134) for an array camera (100) comprising an array (130) of lenses (131). The shutter blade arrangement (134) comprises: at least one shutter blade (200), an array of openings (201) on said shutter blade (200), and an actuator (160) to control the at least one shutter blade (200), and wherein the at least one shutter blade (200) and said array of lenses (131) are displaceable relative each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a way of displaying content of an obscured area of a view for a user. The object is achieved by a method in an electronic device. The electronic device obtains (402) an information identifying a position of the obscured area in relation to the view. The electronic device further calculates (403) an information identifying the position of the obscured area on a display. The electronic device obtains (404) an information regarding the content of the view or part of the view when not obscured from a memory. The electronic device creates (405) an image relating to the content of the obscured area of the view. The electronic device further displays (406) the image on a place on the display that corresponds to the calculated (403) position of the obscured area in relation to the display.

Abstract: A method and a graphical user interface for processing of an object in light field data is provided. The method and graphical user interface may be used to remove an object or obstruction blocking another object or background of a captured scene. The method and graphical user interface may also be used for high precision edge detection in a light field image.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology relate to an imaging system and method in which an array camera is employed along with an image processor to make use of parallax convergence differences in color and luminance between different cameras or groups of cameras within an array camera to provide improved super resolution performance.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology relate to an imaging system and method in which an array camera is employed along with an image processor to make use of parallax convergence differences between different cameras or groups of cameras within an array camera to provide improved super resolution performance.

Abstract: Camera devices in form of a computational camera and corresponding methods are described wherein at least two different focus planes are set in an image.

Abstract: A portable electronic equipment comprises an image sensor configured to capture a series of frames in a time-sequential manner and a processing device coupled to the image sensor and configured to process the series of frames. The processing device is configured to perform an image segmentation for respectively each frame of at least a subset of the series, to respectively identify a section of the frame representing a given object. The image segmentation is respectively performed based on a depth map for the respective frame. The identified sections are superimposed to generate a sequence image.

Abstract: The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for optimizing usage of image sensors in a stereoscopic environment. The method includes: (a) providing a first image sensor, where the first image sensor is associated with a first image sensor area and a first imaging area; (b) determining a distance from the camera to an object to be captured; and (c) shifting the first imaging area along a length of the first image sensor area, where the amount of the shifting is based at least partially on the distance from the camera to the object, and where the first imaging area can shift along an entire length of the first image sensor area. The invention optimizes usage of an image sensor by permitting an increase in disparity control. Additionally, the invention reduces the closest permissible distance of an object to be captured using a stereoscopic camera.

Abstract: Method and arrangement in a base station for allocating resources to a user equipment. The method and arrangement comprises analyzing a period of time comprising a subset of the predetermined scheduling request opportunities, detecting a scheduling request from the user equipment, establishing priority level information from the detected scheduling request and the subset of the predetermined scheduling request opportunities, and allocating resources to the user equipment, according to the established priority level information. In addition, a method and arrangement in a user equipment for assisting the base station in allocating resources to the user equipment are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method in a source radio base station (14) for enabling a handover of a connection to a user equipment (13) from a source cell (11) to a target cell (17). The source radio base station (14) serves the source cell (11) and is comprised in a radio communications network (100). The source radio base station receives (802) at least a first segment of a measurement report from the user equipment (13), which measurement report indicates received signal power of signals of neighbouring cells. The source radio base station then determines (803) a transmission time of the segment of the measurement report and compares (804) the transmission time with a predefined time threshold value. When the transmission time has exceeded the time threshold value, the source radio base station determines (806) whether to perform the handover based on the at least first segment of the measurement report.

Abstract: An assembly may include information that includes a first plurality of stripes making up a first icon and a second plurality of stripes making up a second icon. The assembly may include an actuator configured to displace the information to a first position in response to a change in length of a first wire to displace the information to a second position in response to a change in length of a second wire. The assembly may include a lenticular lens configured to display the first icon to a user when the actuator is in the first position, and to display the second icon to the user when the actuator is in the second position.

Abstract: A method for changing the depth at which an image is focused is provided in a portable imaging device that includes an image recording arrangement that has a lens system, an image sensor for recording images, and a display arrangement for presentation of the recorded images. The method includes moving a movable focusing frame covering a part of a recorded image presented on the display to identify an area of interest in the presented image. The method also includes analyzing the image within the frame to obtain a setting required to focus the image within the frame and applying the obtained setting to the full presented image to focus the presented image at the depth defined by the current position of the movable focusing frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical filter arrangement that have a cut wavelength for light passing there through. The optical filter arrangement comprises a stack of a first optical layer and a second optical layer. Further, the optical filter arrangement comprises an electro active polymer material arranged between the first and second layers such that the cut wavelength is adjusted upon application of an electrical voltage to the electro active polymer material.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus with a solid state light emitting device is provided that controls one or more exposure settings for an image recording in low light conditions in response to a level of light reflected from a scene illuminated with the solid state light emitting device.

Abstract: A device display includes a light guide with an optical fiber embedded in an optically transparent material, a pixel array that has a pixel aligned with a first end of the optical fiber, and a reflective mechanism provided at a second end of the optical fiber. The reflective mechanism is capable of reflecting light, received by the pixel, back to the pixel via the optical fiber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for creating an enhanced picture by means of several consecutive exposures. The method comprises the steps of: exposing a light sensitive sensor to a series of exposures, wherein the whole light sensitive sensor in each exposure is exposed simultaneously, and all the exposures of the series are combined to form a finished picture. Preferably, the exposures are combined with a correction for sharpness enhancement. The problem of motion distortion in an image stabilization system is solved by letting each exposure of the series be exposed by means of a global shutter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand-held input device for performing an input in an electronic device, a system comprising the input device and the electronic device and a method for controlling the same, which are particularly useful for performing an input operation in three-dimensional environments, to realize a 3D interface and help a user to operate the 3D interface. The input device to be held by a user for performing an input in an electronic device comprises an obtaining section operable to obtain a signal; a feedback section operable to provide feedback to said user by a physical change in said input device; and a controller adapted to control said feedback section to provide said feedback to be sensed by said user when said obtaining section obtains said signal.