Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tag and a method, performed by the tag, of transmitting a response signal to a tag search signal. Specifically, the disclosed method of transmitting a response signal includes operations of receiving, from at least one of a plurality of slave nodes, the tag search signal including identification data for identifying the tag, charging an energy storage element in the tag by using the received tag search signal, obtaining the identification data for identifying the tag from the received tag search signal, determining whether the obtained identification data matches identification information previously stored in the tag, and outputting a response signal to the tag search signal when the energy storage element is charged greater than a predetermined value and the obtained identification data matches the identification information previously stored in the tag.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus connected to an image capture apparatus receives an image capture instruction for requesting the image capture apparatus to perform image capture processing, in response to a user operation. If the image capture instruction is received, the electronic apparatus performs control to display a first image recorded by the image capture apparatus performing the image capture processing according to a capture request based on the image capture instruction from the electronic apparatus on a screen without a second image recorded by the image capture apparatus automatically performing the image capture processing according to satisfying a predetermined condition for automatic capturing. If the image capture instruction is not received, the electronic apparatus performs control to display both the first image and the second image on the screen.

Abstract: In an imaging device, a first digital signal corresponding to a first analog signal read out from a pixel, and a second digital signal corresponding to the amount of charge accumulated during a first exposure period following a period for reading the first analog signal. A difference is acquired between a first difference and a second difference wherein the first difference is a difference between a third digital signal and the second digital signal, the third digital signal is a digital signal corresponding to the amount of charge cumulatively accumulated during the first exposure period and a following second exposure period, and the second difference is a difference between the second digital signal and the first digital signal. At least one of the first exposure period or the second exposure period includes a period during which the first light source is in the on-state.

Abstract: A light detector according to an embodiment includes a light receiver and a controller. The controller is configured to set first and second light-receiving regions. The first light-receiving region includes first and second pixel regions. The second light-receiving region includes a third pixel region. An area of the third pixel region is larger than a total area of the first and second pixel regions. The light receiver is configured to, when light is applied: cause each of the first and second pixel regions within the first light-receiving region to individually output a signal; and cause the third pixel region within the second light-receiving region to output signals collectively.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for processing an image. The method includes acquiring an image about an augmented reality scene. The method further includes determining a target image part corresponding to a target object from the image. The method further includes using a machine learning model to augment information about the target object in the target image part to obtain an augmented target image part. The method further includes displaying the augmented target image part. Through the method, augmentation of an augmented reality image may be quickly achieved, the image quality is improved, the use of hardware resources is reduced, and user experience is improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for image data processing. In certain embodiments, an image processing pipeline may be configured to receive a frame of the image data having a plurality of pixels acquired using a digital image sensor. The image processing pipeline may then be configured to determine a first plurality of correction factors that may correct each pixel in the plurality of pixels for fixed pattern noise. The first plurality of correction factors may be determined based at least in part on fixed pattern noise statistics that correspond to the frame of the image data. After determining the first plurality of correction factors, the image processing pipeline may be configured to configured to apply the first plurality of correction factors to the plurality of pixels, thereby reducing the fixed pattern noise present in the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for determining image capture settings based on an audio input are disclosed. In some aspects, a device includes a memory, a camera including a lens and a sensor, and a processor coupled to the camera and the memory. The processor may be configured to receive an audio input, determine contextual information based on the audio input, determine one or more image capture settings based on the contextual information, and output the one or more image capture settings.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to be able to output an image capturing signal and a focus detection image signal, a focus detection unit configured to set, on a screen of the image sensor, a focus detection range, and to perform focus detection, in each of a plurality of focus detection frames in the focus detection range, and a focus adjustment unit configured to perform a focus adjustment, during a shooting preparation operation and a shooting operation, based on an output of the focus detection unit, for tracking a subject, wherein the focus detection unit makes the focus detection range during the shooting operation broader than the focus detection range during shooting preparation operation.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel array of 1×3 pixel circuits that include 3 photodiodes in a column. Bitlines are coupled to the 1×3 pixel circuits. The bitlines are divided into groupings of 3 bitlines per column of the 1×3 pixel circuits. Each column of the 1×3 pixel circuits includes a plurality of first banks coupled to a first bitline, a plurality of second banks coupled to a second bitline, and a plurality of third banks coupled to a third bitline of a respective grouping of the 3 bitlines. The 1×3 pixel circuits are arranged into groupings of 3 1×3 pixel circuits per nine cell pixel structures that form a plurality of 3×3 pixel structures of the pixel array.

Abstract: A mobile device includes an image sensor separated from a processing component by an open space. The image sensor includes one or more light source modules and the processing component includes one or more light sensors aligned with the one or more light source modules. Image data from the image sensor may be transmitted to the processing component via light signals exchanged between the one or more light source modules and the one or more light sensors. In some embodiments, light signals transmitted between one or more light source modules of an image sensor and one or more light sensors of the processing component are used to determine positional and angular data about the image sensor.

Abstract: A display device having an optical sensor includes a display panel including display pixels; and a sensor controller; and sensor pixels, wherein the sensor pixels include an optical sensor located on a first area of the display panel, the display pixels display a pattern including a plurality of markers in the first area, the sensor pixels image the pattern to generate a first image, the sensor controller divides the first image into sub-images corresponding to the markers, the sensor controller calculates first representative coordinates obtained by adding an integer part and a decimal part with respect to the sub-images, a unit of the integer part is the number of the sensor pixels, and each of the integer part and the decimal part independently includes a first dimensional value for a first direction and a second dimensional value for a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: An eye tracking system includes at least two cameras configured to register eye images of at least one eye. The system obtains eye images from at least one camera in a subset of the at least two cameras, determines a first pupil parameter based on a first eye image, and determines a second pupil parameter based on a second eye image. The system compares the first and second pupil parameters to obtain a test parameter and checks the test parameter against at least one operation criterion. Responsive to the checking, the system assigns a respective operation state to at least one camera in the subset. The operation state involves one of (A) operating the camera at a high frame rate, (B) operating the camera at a reduced frame rate being lower than high frame rate, (C) the camera being in a standby mode or (D) the camera being powered off.

Abstract: An information handling system improves detection of steganography data embedded in a graphics file by parsing the portable network graphics file to determine a location of a graphics file signature in the graphics file, and determining whether there is data embedded in the graphics file before the graphics signature. The embedded data may then be removed from the graphics file.

Abstract: An imaging system including an image sensor coupled to a controller to image an external scene is described. The controller includes logic storing instructions that when executed causes the imaging system to perform operations including capturing images, including a first image and a second image, of an external scene, and generating reduced representations of the images including a first reduced representation associated with the first image and a second reduced representation associated with the second image. The operations further include comparing the first reduced representation with the second reduced representation to determine a difference between the first image and the second image and identifying an occurrence of an occlusion affecting the image sensor imaging the external scene when the difference is greater than a threshold value.

Abstract: Discloses is a method for photographing a dynamic picture and a dynamic video, the method including: (a) selecting a photographing target; (b) setting a total photographing time and a camera action operation time; (c) selecting at least one camera action operation; and (d) photographing a dynamic movement by applying the camera action operation for the set time. Accordingly, various dynamic movements are photographed by selecting the photographing target, setting a time during which a camera action is operated in the total photographing time, and selecting the camera action for the set time.

Abstract: An image of a check is captured by an imaging device and a digital image of the check on a replacement background may be created. The check may be placed on any background while the image of the check is being captured. The replacement background replaces, in the digital image, the background that the check is placed on while its image is being captured. The replacement background may comprise a predetermined image or color(s). The image of the check and the replacement background may be provided into a digital image file that may be transmitted to an institution system for deposit of the check into an account.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging element and a second imaging element. The second imaging element includes a storage portion that stores first image data output from the first imaging element, and a processing portion that processes second image data. A second image indicated by the second image data has a higher resolution than a first image indicated by the first image data. The second imaging element outputs the first image data stored in the storage portion to a specific output destination in a case where a specific subject image is not detected, and outputs the second image data or combined image data obtained by combining the first image data with the second image data using the processing portion to the output destination in a case where the specific subject image is detected.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for displaying augmented reality content. The program and method provide for displaying, within a messaging application running on a device, a first user interface for viewing a media content item, receiving user input via the first user interface, the user input corresponding to a predefined touch gesture; and in response to receiving the user input, switching, within the messaging application, from the first user interface to a second user interface in which a camera of the device is activated to capture an image, and displaying, via the second user interface, a resized version of the media content item with the image.

Abstract: There is provided a projection instruction device that generates a projection image to be projected on parcel based on sensing information of the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor performs weighting on a value of a feature amount of a color image of parcel included in the sensing information based on a distance image of parcel included in the sensing information, and tracks the parcel based on the weighted value of the feature amount of the color image.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a display; an image sensor; and a processor configured to be operatively connected to the display and the image sensor. The processor may be configured to: display a first indicator at a specified position within a preview screen of the image sensor displayed on the display; identify a target on the preview screen; identify a target region corresponding to the identified target among a plurality of candidate target regions including the identified target on the basis of aesthetic scores assigned to the plurality of candidate target regions; display a second indicator corresponding to the identified target region on the preview screen; and when the second indicator is moved to the specified position, generate a photographic image corresponding to the preview screen at a specified time.

Abstract: Methods and devices related to determining image sensor settings using LiDAR are described. In an example, a method can include receiving, at a processing resource via a LiDAR sensor, first signaling indicative of location data, elevation data, and/or light energy intensity data associated with an object, receiving, at the processing resource via an image sensor, second signaling indicative of data representing an image of the object, generating, based at least in part on the first signaling, additional data representing a frame of reference for the object, transmitting to a user interface third signaling indicative of the data representing the frame of reference for the object and the data representing the image of the object, and displaying, at the user interface and based at least in part on the third signaling, another image that comprises a combination of the frame of reference and the data representing the image.

Abstract: Methods, system, and computer storage media are provided for generating physical-based materials for rendering digital objects with an appearance of a real-world material. Images depicted the real-world material, including diffuse component images and specular component images, are captured using different lighting patterns, which may include area lights. From the captured images, approximations of one or more material maps are determined using a photometric stereo technique. Based on the approximations and the captured images, a neural network system generates a set of material maps, such as a diffuse albedo material map, a normal material map, a specular albedo material map, and a roughness material map. The material maps from the neural network may be optimized based on a comparison of the input images of the real-world material and images rendered from the material maps.

Abstract: When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. The process associated with scanning can be dispensed with, which can improve attendee experiences, reduce costs associated with managing a venue, as well as other advantages. For example, instead of scanning a ticket at a point of ingress to the venue, a device of the user can self-scan the ticket, and then present indicia that indicates this process has occurred. The indicia can be presented to a guest services representative, who can verify that a valid ticket was redeemed by merely observing the indicia and without scanning.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes an imager configured to acquire image data, a processing unit configured to perform a process based on a neural network calculation model for data based on the image data acquired from the imager, and a control unit configured to switch between a first process mode of performing a first process at a first frame rate and, based on a result of the first process, a second process mode of performing a second process at a second frame rate.

Abstract: An image processor according to the present disclosure includes: an image segmentation processing section to generate a plurality of first map data on the basis of first image map data including a plurality of pixel values, the plurality of first map data having arrangement patterns of pixel values different from each other and including pixel values located at positions different from each other; an interpolation processing section to generate a plurality of second map data by determining a pixel value at a position where no pixel value is present in each of the plurality of first map data with use of interpolation processing; and a synthesis processing section to generate third map data by generating, on the basis of pixel values at positions corresponding to each other in the plurality of second map data, a pixel value at a position corresponding to the positions.

Abstract: A position estimating apparatus includes a memory that stores a reference image, an interface circuit configured to communicate with a movable apparatus, and a processor. The processor is configured to, upon receipt of at least one image captured by the movable apparatus via the interface circuit, calculate an evaluation value for each of a plurality of regions of the image, and determine a current position of the movable apparatus by comparing the regions of the captured image where the calculated evaluation value exceeds a first threshold with the reference image.

Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.

Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The system also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include receiving an image that includes textual content in at least one font. Operations also include identifying the at least one font represented in the received image using a machine learning system. The machine learning system being trained using images representing a plurality of training fonts. A portion of the training images includes text located in the foreground and being positioned over captured background imagery.

Abstract: The present invention provides an act-of-looking-aside determination device in which a determination reference range changer changes a determination reference range in an act-of-looking-aside determiner by a predetermined angle in a curve direction based on information on a curve direction detected by a curve detector, while when a line-of-sight direction of a driver detected by a line-of-sight direction detector follows a relative direction of another vehicle acquired by a relative direction acquirer as viewed from an own vehicle with respect to the other vehicle detected by an other-vehicle detector, it is not determined that the driver is looking aside even when the line-of-sight direction is out of the determination reference range not corresponding to an act of looking aside. Thus, an erroneous determination of an act of looking aside can be prevented.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a region comparison unit configured to receive first luminance information corresponding to a first image signal and second luminance information corresponding to a second image signal, and to generate third luminance information by using the first and second luminance information; a region determination unit configured to calculate a brightness level value for the first image signal by using the first luminance information; a reliability determination unit configured to calculate a reliability determination value for the first image signal by using the first luminance information; an extraction unit configured to generate a luminance correction threshold value of the first image signal by using the brightness level value and the reliability determination value; and an interpolation unit configured to output corrected luminance information for the first luminance information by using the luminance correction threshold value and the third luminance informati

Abstract: An image sensing device that can adjust parameters of an image before sending it to a processor for reducing computing power and/or storage requirement is disclosed. The image sensing device includes an array of sensing pixels; an output amplifier; an analog-to-digital converter; a first set of registers and a second set of registers; an activation circuit; and a profiling logic. The profiling logic conducts statistical analysis on output data and adjusts parameters stored in the first set of registers until results of the statistical analysis reaches a target standard, wherein the adjusted parameters are used to generate an output image by each sensing pixel of the array of sensing pixels once the target standard is reached and a notification signal is sent to an external device for notifying the failure of parameter adjustment if the target standard fails to be reached within a predetermined times of adjustment.

Abstract: An image sensor for an electronic device can adjust a scan rate of a reset pointer of a frame relative to a scan rate of a readout pointer of a previous frame. As a result, the image sensor can transition between various readout modes without interrupting image output from the image sensor.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a system for selective enhancement of skin features in an image. The system includes an interface configured to receive as input an original image, and a processing device in communication with the interface. The processing device is configured to process the original image using a neural network to detect one or more skin imperfections in the original image, generate a neural network mask of the original image for the one or more skin imperfections in the original image, generate one or more source patches based on the original image, and, replace the one or more skin imperfections in the original image with the one or more source patches to generate a patched skin image.

Abstract: An image processing method and an image processing device is provided. The processing device comprises memory and a processor configured to receive a frame of color filtered image data comprising pixels which are spatially multiplexed according to a plurality of different light exposures, resample the color values as different frames of pixels for the plurality of different light exposures, fuse the resampled frames of pixels for the plurality of different light exposures into a frame of pixels according to a HDR format and color interpolate the fused frame of pixels. The processor is configured to interpolate, for each resampled frame, missing pixel color values based on the color values of adjacent resampled pixels in a same resampled frame. The color interpolated fused frame of pixels is processed in an image processing pipeline and converted to a YUV color space.

Abstract: A color separation element and an image sensor including the same are disclosed. The color separation element includes a spacer layer, and a color separation lens array including at least one nano-post provided in the spacer layer to control a phase distribution of incident light so that light having the same wavelength of the incident light is multi-focused on a plurality of target regions; and periodic regions in which the phase distribution control layer is repeatedly arranged.

Abstract: A system and method for legible capture of vehicle identification data includes video cameras and a computer. Recording attributes such as gain, gain shutter speed, and white balance are adjusted throughout ranges to maximize the likelihood of capturing at least one frame in which characters, such as those on the license plate, are legible. Successful capture of a legible frame may trigger storage of the data, while unsuccessful capture may trigger additional scans.

Abstract: An image sensor system has a pixel array with a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprising a photodiode, a pixel buffer and a transfer gate coupled between the photodiode and an input of the pixel buffer. A voltage supply block is configured to generate a pixel supply voltage from an input voltage based on a first reference voltage and to provide the pixel supply voltage to the pixel array. A calibration processing block is configured to determine an average pixel signal based on an average of individual pixel signals at outputs of the pixels of the pixel array and to determine a correction value based on the average pixel signal and a reference pixel signal. A correction processing block is configured to determine the first reference voltage based on a combination of a second reference voltage and the correction value.

Abstract: A technique for reducing a work load during introduction of a system in the system processing an image generated by a camera. An information processing apparatus includes at least an accumulation unit, a recommended setting determination unit, and a camera control unit. The accumulation unit accumulates a score obtained through an authentication process using an image in which a person is captured and a camera setting at which a camera generates the image in a storage area. The recommended setting determination unit determines a recommended setting for the camera on the basis of a correspondence relationship between the score and the camera setting. The camera control unit controls the camera on the basis of the recommended setting.

Abstract: A circuitry for image demosaicing and contrast enhancement and an image-processing method thereof are provided. The circuitry includes a storage device that is used to temporarily store an image and is jointly used by circuits that perform color restoration and brightness reconstruction. The circuitry includes a color restoration circuit for performing image interpolation and a global mapping circuit that performs mapping to obtain brightness of an image according to restored red, green and blue information of every pixel. Further, an edge texture feature decision circuit is provided to obtain each pixel's directionality for color restoration. A brightness estimation circuit utilizes green information of the pixels as the brightness for an area. After that, a color image with the color restoration and brightness reconstruction is outputted.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for improving the speed and rendering quality of an image (e.g., a JPEG), particularly in an end-to-end encrypted environment. The image may be analyzed on the sending-client side and the image data may be broken into a thumbnail and a full-quality image, where the full-quality image data relies on the thumbnail data to render a high-quality image. The image is uploaded to a blob store, and a message is sent to the receiving client with image information. At the recipient side, the JPEG image data is retrieved from the blob store and the thumbnail is first rendered. Subsequently, as the remainder of the image data is received at the receiving client, the image is updated. Consequently, images are rendered faster, and the thumbnail can be automatically downloaded so that a user can determine if they wish to download the full image.

Abstract: An information processing device for drawing an object arranged in a three-dimensional virtual space, in an expression viewed from a virtual camera, the object including a field object associated with a two-dimensional plane defined by a first axis and a second axis, and a specific object arranged on the field object, the device including: a change processing unit changing a region of the field object falling within a viewing angle of the virtual camera; and a deformation processing unit deforming the field object, in which in a case where the region is changed by the change processing unit, the deformation processing unit makes a deformation mode of the field object different when it is determined that the specific object is positioned in the region after being changed and when it is determined that the specific object is not positioned in the region after being changed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes an intelligent communication device detecting that a person is visible to a camera of the device, determining a first biometric characteristic of the person discernable by the device, associating the first biometric characteristic with a user identifier unique to the person, determining, while the person is identifiable based on the first biometric characteristic, a second biometric characteristic of the person discernable by the device, and associating the second biometric characteristic with the user identifier.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to automatic focus selection in a multi-imager environment. Embodiments include methods, systems, and apparatuses configured for capturing by a first image sensor, a first image of a visual object with a background associated with a subject. A characteristic difference between the visual object in the first image and the background in the first image is determined and a distance determination mode is selected based on the determined characteristic difference. Accordingly, a distance to the subject is calculated based on the selected distance determination mode and a second image sensor is controlled to capture a second image of the subject, based on the calculated distance to the subject.

Abstract: A recorded experience in a virtual worlds system may be played back by one or more servers instantiating a new instance of a scene using one or more processors of the one or more servers and playing back the recorded experience in the new instance by modeling objects of a recorded initial scene state of the recorded experience in the new instance and updating the recorded initial scene state based on subsequent recorded changes over a time period, a recorded experience file includes the recorded initial scene state and the subsequent recorded changes and is stored in one or more memories of the one or more servers. One or more client devices are in communication with the one or more servers to participate in the new instance.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for acquiring images including an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of photo-sensing cells sensing light, and a color separation lens array provided above the sensor substrate, the color separation lens array including a fine structure in each of a plurality of regions respectively facing the plurality of photo-sensing cells and separating incident light based on color, the fine structure forming a phase distribution to condense light having different wavelengths on adjacent photo-sensing cells, a signal processor configured to perform, based on a point spread function corresponding to each color pixel by the color separation lens array, deconvolution on sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells to process an image signal for each color obtained by the image sensor, and an image processor configured to form a color image from the image signal for each color processed by the signal processor.

Abstract: A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly and an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is located on an image side of the imaging lens assembly. The imaging lens assembly has an optical axis and includes a plastic lens barrel and a plurality of plastic lens elements, wherein the plastic lens elements are disposed in the plastic lens barrel. The plastic lens barrel includes an object-side outer surface, a lens barrel minimum opening, an object-side outer inclined surface and a reversing inclined surface. The object-side outer surface is a surface of the plastic lens barrel facing towards an object side being closest to the object side and is annular. The reversing inclined surface expands from the lens barrel minimum opening to the image side, wherein a connecting position of the reversing inclined surface and the object-side outer inclined surface forms the lens barrel minimum opening.

Abstract: An image capture device may detect presence of drop of liquid on its optical element during capture of visual content. The image capture device may effectuate removal of the drop of liquid from the optical element.

Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs: acquiring timing information indicating a timing at which a light source irradiates a subject with infrared light; acquiring, from the memory, an infrared light image generated by imaging a scene including the subject with the infrared light according to the timing indicated by the timing information; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging a substantially same scene as the scene of the infrared light image, with visible light from a substantially same viewpoint as a viewpoint of imaging the infrared light image at a substantially same time as a time of imaging the infrared light image; detecting a flare region from the infrared light image; and estimating a depth of the flare region based on the infrared light image, the visible light image, and the flare region.

Abstract: A method for performing auto-focus in a camera is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, from a tracking system for tracking a position of a medical instrument, a signal; determining, based on the received signal, that the medical instrument is removed from a field of view of the camera; in response to determining that a continuous auto-focus mode for the camera is enabled: retrieving, from a database, a first focus distance value representing a focus distance that was most recently set with intent for the camera; and automatically updating a focus distance of the camera to the first focus distance value.

Abstract: An electronic device includes first and second image sensors, an image signal processor, and a main processor. The first and second image sensors photograph an object in first and second FOVs to generate first and second signals, respectively. The image signal processor generates first image data based on the first signal, generates second image data based on the second signal, and generates cropped image data based on cropping ROI from the second image data. The main processor generates a first video stream based on the first image data, generates a second video stream based on the cropped image data, and outputs the first video stream to a display device. The main processor stops outputting the first video stream to the display device and initiates outputting the second video stream to the display device in response to receiving a user input command.