Abstract: A camera device's exposure to sunlight may be monitored. The sun exposure may be used to predict a solar event associated with the camera device, such as a critical temperature, a brightness level, or an angle of sunlight. Prior to occurrence of the solar event, one or more functions of the camera device may be enabled or disabled. For example, a cooling function of the camera device may be enabled or a characteristic of video streamed by the camera device may be modified. The function may be re-enabled or re-disabled after the solar event.

Abstract: A light-emitting data transmission method includes obtaining display layout information of a lamp, and generating a dot matrix drawing interface on a display interface corresponding to the display layout information. The lamp includes a plurality of light-emitting units, and each curtain light is mapped to a coordinate point in the dot matrix drawing interface. The method also includes obtaining bitmap graphic data generated by receiving an external editing instruction from the dot matrix drawing interface, converting the bitmap graphic data into bitmap image data in a predetermined image format, and outputting the bitmap image data to a controller, so that the controller parses the bitmap image data into the light-emitting information corresponding to each light-emitting unit. The light-emitting information is used to control the corresponding light-emitting unit to emit light, such that light emitted by the plurality of light-emitting units are combined to form a predetermined light effect.

Abstract: A method includes capturing, by a camera disposed behind a display panel of the electronic device, a plurality of images at a plurality of exposures, respectively. One or more captured images include one or more flare artifacts. The method further includes generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image by fusing the captured images. The method further includes accessing a HDR point spread function (PSF) from a memory of the electronic device. The HDR PSF may be generated, at an initial camera calibration stage, by fusing a plurality of PSFs captured at the plurality of exposures, respectively. The method further includes generating, using an image deconvolution technique, a reconstructed image with flare artifacts mitigated based on the HDR image and the HDR PSF.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an image sensor for acquiring an image including normal pixel values that are sensed during a first exposure time and short exposure pixel values that are sensed during a second exposure time that is shorter than the first exposure time; and a processor configured to acquire flag information that indicates that a selected region, among a plurality of regions of the image, is one of a motion region and a normal region by using an exposure ratio of the first exposure time and the second exposure time and by using a short exposure pixel value and normal pixel values, which are included in the selected region, and configured to output a restoration image including a restoration pixel value that is corrected from the short exposure pixel value that is included in the selected region, based on the flag information.

Abstract: An apparatus capable of communicating with a capturing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by the capturing apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire first exposure information determined by the capturing apparatus based on a luminance of a first region in the image, a first determination unit configured to determine second exposure information based on a luminance of a second region, a second determination unit configured to determine correction information based on a difference between the first exposure information and the second exposure information, and an output unit configured to output the correction information to the capturing apparatus.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which reduces the time required to achieve correct exposure while reducing deterioration of an aperture and changes in the exposure of an image. A correct exposure is calculated from a subject brightness. A setting value of the aperture is discretely calculated from the correct exposure. A first target value is calculated from a present value of the aperture and the correct exposure. A second target value closer to the setting value than the first target value, is calculated from the present value of the aperture, correct exposure, and first target value. While the aperture is driven to reach the second target value from the first target value, shutter speed and/or gain is changed. The aperture is driven at a first drive speed to reach the first target value and then driven at a second drive speed to reach the second target value.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of unit pixels each including a charge holding portion to which charges are transferred from four or more photoelectric conversion units. Sensitivity of each photoelectric conversion unit of a first group to incident light is greater than sensitivity of each photoelectric conversion unit of a second group to the incident light. After charge accumulation is started in all the photoelectric conversion units of the second group, charge accumulation is started in the photoelectric conversion units of the first group. After signals corresponding to charges accumulated in all the photoelectric conversion units of the second group are read out, signals corresponding to charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion units of the first group are read out.

Abstract: An image sensor includes organic photodetectors and an angular filter less than 20 ?m away from the photodetectors. Further, a method of manufacturing an image sensor includes the forming of organic photodetectors and of an angular filter less than 20 ?m away from the photodetectors.

Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of reducing a processing load of convolution processing in a convolutional neural network (CNN). An information processing device (1) according to the present disclosure includes a setting unit (51) and a control unit (52). The setting unit (51) sets exposure time of each of imaging pixels in an imaging unit (2), which includes a plurality of imaging pixels arrayed two-dimensionally, to exposure time corresponding to a convolution coefficient of a first layer of a CNN. The control unit (52) causes transfer of signal charges from imaging pixels, which have been exposed, to a floating diffusion (FD), thereby performing convolution processing.

Abstract: Auto exposure metering is adapted for spherical panoramic content. Using input image data, a first metering map is generated for a selected image sensor and a second metering map is generated for an unselected image sensor. Auto exposure level values for the selected image sensor and for the unselected image sensor are respectively metered using the first metering map and the second metering map, such as by adjusting luminance weights in certain locations of the respective image sensor panoramic image capture band. Hemispherical images are processed using the auto exposure metered level values and stitched together in a panoramic format to produce a spherical panoramic image. The metering maps are generated to account for areas of greatest image data importance relative to a primary orientation direction of the spherical panoramic image. This allows for effective auto exposure metering of such areas within the resulting spherical panoramic image.

Abstract: An example method includes capturing, by an image capture device, a first image having a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of channels, and the first image is captured in accordance with first exposure parameters. The method includes determining, by a controller of the image capture device, average pixel intensities for each of the plurality of channels. The method includes determining, by the controller, a weighted average of pixel intensities using the average pixel intensities. The method includes setting, by the controller, a gain that is proportional to a ratio of a desired average pixel intensity relative to the weighted average of pixel intensities. The method includes setting, by the controller, second exposure parameters for a second image based on the gain. The method includes capturing, by the image capture device, the second image in accordance with the second exposure parameters.

Abstract: A method for capturing an image of a scene using an imaging device is disclosed herein. The method includes determining a coordinate system with an origin based on an initial position of the imaging device, generating a first condition to control the position of the imaging device in the coordinated system with respect to the origin, generating a second condition to control the orientation of the imaging device, determining a position and an orientation of the imaging device, generating a first prompt message in response to the position of the imaging device satisfying the first condition, and generating a second prompt message in response to the orientation of the imaging device satisfying the second condition.

Abstract: An electronic device and one or more control methods thereof are provided. In one example, the electronic device may include a display device, one or more imaging devices, and a signal processing device. The display device may include a display panel and a non-display area at an edge of the display panel, the non-display area having one or more light-passing structures. Each of the one or more imaging devices may correspond to one of the one or more light-passing structures. Further, each of the one or more imaging devices may be disposed in an internal space of the electronic device. The signal processing device may be connected to each of the display device and the one or more imaging devices. The electronic device may increase an actual screen ratio of a rectangular image displayed on a user-oriented side of the electronic device.

Abstract: A fiber optic cable positioned along a casing string in a wellbore may be calibrated by exciting a tube wave in the wellbore and detecting, by the fiber optic cable, a reflected tube wave. The reflected tube wave may correspond to a reflection of the tube wave off an obstacle within the wellbore. The obstacle may have a known location such that a reference point along the fiber optic cable may be associated with the known location of the obstacle for calibrating the fiber optic cable. Downhole applications utilizing data collected by the calibrated fiber optic cable, including location data, may weight the data collected based at least in part on an uncertainty value associated with a particular calibrated location along the length of the fiber optic cable.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate exposed panoramic image data of an environment. For example, an example process may include obtaining panoramic image data including pixel values corresponding to light received by one or more image capture devices from multiple angles in a physical environment, generating blurred panoramic image data by adjusting the individual pixel values based on values of a subset of other values of the pixel values, selecting an area of the blurred panoramic image data, and determining an exposure for the panoramic image data based on the area of the blurred panoramic image data.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing high quality images in uncontrolled or impaired environments. In some examples of the disclosed technology, groups of cameras for high dynamic range (HDR), polarization diversity, and optional other diversity modes are arranged to concurrently image a common scene. For example, in a vehicle checkpoint application, HDR provides discernment of dark objects inside a vehicle, while polarization diversity aids in rejecting glare. Spectral diversity, infrared imaging, and active illumination can be applied for better imaging through a windshield. Preprocessed single-camera images are registered and fused. Faces or other features of interest can be detected in the fused image and identified in a library. Impairments can include weather, insufficient or interfering lighting, shadows, reflections, window glass, occlusions, or moving objects.

Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is used to output a first voltage associated with exposure intensity. The second circuit is used to output a second voltage associated with exposure time interval. The processor multiples the first voltage to a ratio between a reference voltage and the second voltage to obtain an actual light intensity, wherein the reference voltage is a voltage value outputted by the second circuit of a dummy pixel.

Abstract: A method including receiving an input data set. The input data set can include one of a feature domain set or a kernel matrix. The method also can include constructing dense embeddings using: (i) Nyström approximations on the input data set when the input data set comprises the kernel matrix, and (ii) clustered Nyström approximations on the input data set when the input data set comprises the feature domain set. The method additionally can include performing representation learning on each of the dense embeddings using a multi-layer fully-connected network for each of the dense embeddings to generate latent representations corresponding to each of the dense embeddings. The method further can include applying a fusion layer to the latent representations corresponding to the dense embeddings to generate a combined representation. The method additionally can include performing classification on the combined representation. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes first and second cameras, and first and second image signal processors (ISP). The first camera obtains a first image of an object. The second camera obtains a second image of the object. The first ISP performs a first auto focusing (AF), a first auto white balancing (AWB) and a first auto exposing (AE) for the first camera based on a first region-of-interest (ROI) in the first image, and obtains a first distance between the object and the first camera based on a result of the first AF. The second ISP calculates first disparity information associated with the first and second images based on the first distance, moves a second ROI in the second image based on the first disparity information, and performs a second AF, a second AWB and a second AE for the second camera based on the moved second ROI.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for generating High Dynamic Range (HDR) media, based on multi-stage compensation of motion in a captured scene is disclosed in the embodiments herein. Embodiments herein relates to the field of image processing devices suitable for processing two or more images of different exposures and more particularly to apparatus and methods for generating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) media, based on a multi-stage compensation of motion in a captured scene. The apparatus is configured to correct exposure alignment error and media registration error from a registered plurality of media frames comprising a plurality of exposure levels corresponding to the captured scene. The apparatus is configured to remove a plurality of false ghost artefacts in the plurality of media frames. The apparatus is configured to generate the HDR media, based on a generated ghost map.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for data processing, e.g., a display processing unit (DPU). The apparatus may receive data including a plurality of data bits, the data being associated with at least one data source. The apparatus may also determine whether at least a portion of the data corresponds to priority data, the priority data being within a region of interest (ROI). The apparatus may also detect an adjustment amount of the received data when at least a portion of the data corresponds to priority data, the data being displayed or stored based on the detected adjustment amount.

Abstract: To enable a good HDR image or video coding technology, being able to yield high dynamic range images as well as low dynamic range images, we invented a method of encoding a high dynamic range image (M_HDR), comprising the steps of: converting the high dynamic range image to an image of lower luminance dynamic range (LDR_o) by applying a) scaling the high dynamic range image to a predetermined scale of the luma axis such as [0,1], b) applying a sensitivity tone mapping which changes the brightnesses of pixel colors falling within at least a subrange comprising the darker colors in the high dynamic range image, c) applying a gamma function, and d) applying an arbitrary monotonically increasing function mapping the lumas resulting from performing the steps b and c to output lumas of the lower dynamic range image (LDR_o); and outputting in an image signal (S_im) a codification of the pixel colors of the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o), and outputting in the image signal (S_im) values encoding the f

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for capturing an image. In one aspect an electronic camera apparatus includes an image sensor with a plurality of pixel regions. The apparatus further includes an exposure controller. The exposure controller determines, for each of the plurality of pixel regions, a corresponding exposure duration and a corresponding exposure start time. Each pixel region begins to integrate incident light starting at the corresponding exposure start time and continues to integrate light for the corresponding exposure duration. In some example embodiments, at least two of the corresponding exposure durations or at least two of the corresponding exposure start times are different in the image.

Abstract: There is provided a medical dimming control apparatus including: a dimming control section configured to control a dimming in relation to an imaging of an observation target by an imaging device in accordance with a set dimming mode. The dimming mode at least includes a first dimming mode that controls the dimming at a first tracking speed and a second dimming mode that controls the dimming at a second tracking speed that is slower than the first tracking speed, and the dimming control section sets the first dimming mode on the basis of a change in an imaging-related behavior in the imaging device, and sets the second dimming mode in a case of determining that a predetermined condition is satisfied while executing the control in accordance with the first dimming mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inspection apparatus, a sensing apparatus, a sensitivity control apparatus, an inspection method, and a program that perform inspection with improved accuracy. The inspection apparatus includes a detection section for detecting a plurality of different wavelength region components of ambient light reflected from an inspection target to be inspected, and a control section for controlling the sensitivity of each of the different wavelength region components. The control section controls the sensitivity by calculating a histogram indicating the detection level in every wavelength region of light reflected from the inspection target that is detected by the detection section, and determining, based on histograms of particular spectroscopic components, whether or not the sensitivity is properly set for the detection section. The present technology is applicable, for example, to an inspection apparatus that inspects vegetation.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing section that captures first video data having a frame cycle of a first frame cycle and an exposure time for one frame shorter than the first frame cycle, an image acquisition section that acquires the first video data captured by the image capturing section, a detection section that detects a flicker of a light source in the first video data, and an image capturing frame cycle control section that controls the frame cycle of the image capturing in the image capturing section. The image capturing frame cycle control section changes the frame cycle of the first video data captured by the image capturing section from the first frame cycle to a second frame cycle, which is a frame cycle shorter than the first frame cycle, in a case where the detection section detects the flicker.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a sensor configured to pick up a plurality of images different in in-focus position in an optical axis direction, an adjustment unit configured to adjust a parameter relating to image pickup to correct influence caused by an effective F-number varied depending on an in-focus position when at least a part of the plurality of images is picked up, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize the plurality of images.

Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is used to output a first voltage associated with exposure intensity. The second circuit is used to output a second voltage associated with exposure time interval. The processor multiples the first voltage to a ratio between a reference voltage and the second voltage to obtain an actual light intensity, wherein the reference voltage is a voltage value outputted by the second circuit of a dummy pixel.

Abstract: An imaging element included in an imaging device includes a pixel array in which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels having a photoelectric conversion unit. The imaging element is able to read out multiple rows of pixel signals in parallel in a unit horizontal synchronous period. The multiple rows of pixel groups are classified into a first pixel group and a second pixel group by a plurality of rows control signals, and are periodically arranged in a vertical direction of the imaging element. The imaging element is able to acquire signals obtained by multiplying different gains by pixel signals of unit pixels of the first pixel group and pixel signals of unit pixels of the second pixel group through setting of a plurality of rows control signals.

Abstract: An optical pattern is decoded in a scene. An automatic exposure feature of a camera is disabled. A first image is acquired and the optical pattern is detected in the first image. An exposure of the optical pattern in the first image is ascertained. At least one parameter of the camera is modified based on the exposure of the optical pattern. A second image is acquired using the modified parameter. The optical pattern in decoded in the second image.

Abstract: A test device may include a performance module to determine entropy values for images, such as of a graphical user interface, to be presented on a display device of the test device. An entropy value for an image may be indicative of a distribution of data values, such as intensity or color values for pixels in the image. Patterns of entropy values over time may provide information indicative of performance of the test device. For example, a constant entropy value over time may indicate the graphical user interface is not changing. In another example, particular patterns of entry values over time may be indicative of presentation of wait indicators or other user interface elements. The entropy values may be used to determine data indicative of performance of the test device. This data may be stored locally, sent to an external device, and so forth.

Abstract: In a night shot mode, a photo is captured and processed based on a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames is obtained based on a plurality of parameters including an exposure duration, a light sensitivity, and a number of frames. These parameters are determined based on factors, such as whether the electronic device is in a handheld state or not, and whether the current photographing scene is a dark scene or a light source scene.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a camera configured to generate a detection signal by photoelectrically converting incident light, and one or more processors configured to control operations of the camera and process the detection signal, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate a plurality of input images from the detection signal, determine a first parameter applied to the camera, based on brightness information of each of the plurality of input images, detect at least one feature from each of the plurality of input images, determine whether to update the first parameter, based on a result of detecting the at least one feature, and adjust the first parameter, based on a brightness of the at least one feature upon determining to update the first parameter.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including: a photoelectric conversion unit; a charge holding portion; a charge transfer unit that transfers charges from the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge holding portion; an output unit that outputs a signal based on transferred charges; a first acquisition unit that acquires first image data based on charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit in a first exposure time period; a second acquisition unit that acquires second image data based on charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit in a second exposure time period that is a sum of exposure time periods for charges transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge holding portion for multiple times by the charge transfer unit and is longer than the first exposure time period; and a compression unit that reduces a gradation value of the second image data to generate a third image data.

Abstract: In a method of extracting features from an image, a plurality of initial key points are estimated based on an input image. A plurality of descriptors are generated based on a downscaled image that is generated by downscaling the input image. A plurality of feature points are obtained by matching the plurality of initial key points with the plurality of descriptors, respectively.

Abstract: An image recording method (100) and an image recording device (1) for recording a sequence of single images of a scene (3) are provided, wherein the scene (3) is illuminated using an illumination unit (4), a light intensity generated by the illumination unit (4) is characterized by an illumination variable (47), a setting of the illumination variable (47) is performed as long as a regulating reserve (19) of an optimum regulating range (39) of the exposure parameter (46) is present, and a setting of the illumination variable (47) is performed or repeated until the illumination variable (47) is within an optimum regulating range (30) of the illumination variable (47).

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus comprises a housing, a display unit, a backlight module and at least one image capturing device. The at least one image capturing device is located in the housing and is used for capturing an image of the display unit.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a camera captures a sequence of input images. These input images are then merged by a massively parallel processor into a merged intermediate image, which is represented in memory as floating point numbers of a greater bit depth than the bit depth of the input images, thus creating a cumulative image representing a long exposure. After finishing exposure with a desired number of input images, the merged image is tonemapped with an HDR tonemapping operator. Other embodiments are shown and discussed.

Abstract: A sensor sphere may measure light and/or other properties of an environment from a multitude of angles and/or perspectives. A rendering system may obtain measurements that the sensor sphere generates as a result of measuring light in the environment from a common position and the multitude of angles and/or perspectives. The rendering system may receive image(s) that capture the environment from a first perspective, may determine a first set of the measurements that measure the lighting from the first perspective, may determine a second set of the measurements that measure the lighting from a different second perspective, may illuminate the environment from the second perspective by adjusting the lighting of the environment according to a difference between the second set of measurements and the first set of measurements, and may render the environment from the second perspective with the adjusted lighting.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that makes it possible to display a live view video in which motion of an object is naturally expressed during continuous shooting. An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit including an image sensor, and a control circuit configured to capture a still image for storage and a display image for display on a display device, using the image capturing unit. In still image continuous shooting by the image capturing unit, the control circuit sets a capturing timing of the still image and then sets a capturing timing of the display image in a remaining time obtained by subtracting a time required to capture the still image from a period at which the still image is captured such that at least one frame of the display image can be displayed on the display device with a predetermined delay time.

Abstract: An example method includes capturing, by an image capture device, a first image having a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of channels, and the first image is captured in accordance with first exposure parameters. The method includes determining, by a controller of the image capture device, average pixel intensities for each of the plurality of channels. The method includes determining, by the controller, a weighted average of pixel intensities using the average pixel intensities. The method includes setting, by the controller, a gain that is proportional to a ratio of a desired average pixel intensity relative to the weighted average of pixel intensities. The method includes setting, by the controller, second exposure parameters for a second image based on the gain. The method includes capturing, by the image capture device, the second image in accordance with the second exposure parameters.

Abstract: Stereoscopic cameras include two wide-angle lenses, such as panoramic lenses, stacked one above the other to create 3D images and maps with very wide fields of view of the environment. The cameras may include panoramic annual lenses (PALs) that take a 360 degree view of the environment. Image processing is used, on a frame-by-frame basis, to map the apparent distance to all features within the scene. The camera may be operated to produce a video or map output in which each pixel has not only red (R), green (G), and blue (B) values, but also has depth (D) value.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices use a controllable matrix filter to selectively obscure regions of an image sensor's field of view. The controllable matrix filter is a physical component that may be placed in front of an image sensor and, in certain situations, one or more regions of the otherwise transparent matrix filter may be selectively configured to have an increased optical density such that the one or more regions become opaque thereby blocking out certain regions of the image sensor's field of view. In this way, the controllable matrix filter may be used to mask out certain regions in an image sensor's field of view that may present processing difficulties for downstream systems that utilize information from the image sensor.

Abstract: The following provides an exemplary method. An image is generated. Scan data generated by the sensing of a subject brain is received and a sequence of volumetric-images are accessed. For at least some of the voxels in at least some of the volumetric images, a change value is determined for the voxel by comparing the current-intensity value of the voxel to the adjacent-intensity value of the comparison voxel. For at least some of the plurality volumetric images, a first-aggregate is determined using at least a mean value of change values of the volumetric image and a second-aggregate is determined using at least a median value of change values of the volumetric image. At least one, but not all, of the volumetric images is determined as invalid as a result of the aggregates.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an exposure control method, an exposure control device, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: determining a target exposure for an image to be captured based on ambient light luminance; determining an exposure time for the image to be captured based on the target exposure and a preset photo-sensibility for the image to be captured; in response to determining that the exposure time for the image to be captured is greater than an upper limit, updating the exposure time for the image to be captured based on the upper limit; and performing an exposure control based on the exposure time and the photo-sensibility for the image to be captured.

Abstract: A CPU performs an amount-of-exposure control process to thereby function as a first control unit that controls the exposure time of pixels to control the amount of exposure of the pixels for each of a plurality of division regions obtained by dividing a captured image and as a second control unit that controls the light transmittance of an ND filter to adjust the difference in amount of exposure between the plurality of division regions for each of which the amount of exposure is controlled by controlling the exposure time. On a touch panel display, the captured image obtained with the amount of exposure controlled by the CPU in accordance with a combination of the exposure time and the light transmittance of the ND filter is displayed.

Abstract: An exposure compensating method applied to a camera apparatus includes acquiring a monitoring image captured by the camera apparatus via an exposure parameter, computing an estimating exposure compensating value of the monitoring image according to a triggering threshold, analyzing continuity in pixels of the monitoring image with intensity conforming to a specific condition to acquire a weighting adjustment value of a region of interest, adjusting the estimating exposure compensating value via the weighting adjustment value to generate a final exposure compensating value, and adjusting the exposure parameter by the final exposure compensating value.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor including a pixel unit in which a plurality of unit pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element is arranged in a column direction and a row direction, and a control unit configured to transmit a control signal containing a period signal for controlling driving of the sensor, wherein the control unit transmits, to the sensor, the control signal for driving a first driving mode, in which a pixel row in the pixel unit is read at a predetermined interval, and a second driving mode, in which a pixel row that is not read in the first driving mode is read at a predetermined interval, and wherein the control unit performs control in such a manner that the second driving mode is driven a plurality of times during one period for transmitting the period signal for driving the first driving mode.

Abstract: A method for controlling an illuminator illuminating a scene monitored by a camera comprises determining whether an object of interest is present in the scene; upon at least one object of interest being determined to be present in the scene, setting a saturation threshold to a first value; or upon no object of interest being determined to be present in the scene, setting the saturation threshold to a second value being lower than the first value. The method further comprises identifying saturated pixels in an image of the scene captured by the camera; determining a ratio between a saturated area comprising the saturated pixels and a total area of the image; and upon the ratio being above the saturation threshold, decreasing a degree of illumination from the illuminator.

Abstract: Auto exposure metering is adapted for spherical panoramic content. Using input image data, a first metering map is generated for a selected image sensor and a second metering map is generated for an unselected image sensor. Auto exposure level values for the selected image sensor and for the unselected image sensor are respectively metered using the first metering map and the second metering map, such as by adjusting luminance weights in certain locations of the respective image sensor panoramic image capture band. Hemispherical images are processed using the auto exposure metered level values and stitched together in a panoramic format to produce a spherical panoramic image. The metering maps are generated to account for areas of greatest image data importance relative to a primary orientation direction of the spherical panoramic image. This allows for effective auto exposure metering of such areas within the resulting spherical panoramic image.