Abstract: A meta lens assembly includes a first meta lens, a second meta lens arranged on an image side of the first meta lens, and a third meta lens arranged on an image side of the second meta lens, the first meta lens, the second meta lens, and the third meta lens being arranged from an object side of the meta lens assembly to an image side of the meta lens assembly facing an image sensor.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a base including a support part upwardly protruded; a movable unit spaced from the base and movably disposed at an upper side of the base; and a damper contacted with the support part and the movable unit.

Abstract: Multi-cameras and in particular dual-cameras comprising a Wide camera comprising a Wide lens and a Wide image sensor, the Wide lens having a Wide effective focal length EFLW and a folded Tele camera comprising a Tele lens with a first optical axis, a Tele image sensor and an OPFE, wherein the Tele lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens element group G1, a second lens element group G2 and a third lens element group G3, wherein at least two of the lens element groups are movable relative to the image sensor along the first optical axis to bring the Tele lens to two zoom states, wherein an effective focal length (EFL) of the Tele lens is changed from EFLT,min in one zoom state to EFLT,max in the other zoom state, wherein EFLTmin>1.5×EFLW and wherein EFLTmax>1.5×EFLTmin.

Abstract: The disclosure is generally related to an apparatus is configured to mount an optical device to a phone and align the optical device with the camera of the phone. The apparatus includes a first body having an arcuate shape, the first body having an inner side, an outer side, a top, a bottom, a first end, and a second end. The bottom includes a first recess and a second recess positioned within the first recess. The apparatus includes a second body connected to the inner side of the first body. The second body is movable inwards and outwards with respect to the inner side of the first body. The apparatus includes a strap connected to the first body to connect an optical device. The apparatus includes a magnet positioned within the second recess. The magnet connects the apparatus to a ferrous element connected to the back of phone.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a cover plate, a main board, an iris camera, an infrared lamp, a polarizing member. The iris camera is coupled with the main board and arranged on a side of the main board facing the cover plate. The infrared lamp is coupled with the main board and arranged on the side of the main board facing the cover plate. The infrared lamp is spaced apart from the iris camera. The polarizing member is arranged between the infrared lamp and the cover plate to reduce an angle of infrared light emitted from the infrared lamp.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera package, a manufacturing method of a camera package, and an electronic device capable of reducing a manufacturing cost for forming a lens. The manufacturing method of the camera package according to the present disclosure includes forming a high-contact angle film around a lens forming region on an upper side of a transparent substrate that protects a solid-state imaging element, dropping a lens material in the lens forming region on the upper side of the transparent substrate, and molding the dropped lens material by a mold to form a lens. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a camera package and the like in which a lens is arranged above a solid-state imaging element.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image, a zoom drive unit that controls an angle of view of the imaging unit, a pan drive unit that rotates the imaging unit in a pan direction, a tilt drive unit that rotates the imaging unit in a tilt direction, and a control unit that controls the pan drive unit and the tilt drive unit. The control unit controls accelerations or decelerations of the pan drive unit and the tilt drive unit based on the angle of view controlled by the zoom drive unit so that an acceleration time or a deceleration time of movement of a video shot by the imaging unit is made constant.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an operation member that is rotatable by a user operation, a zoom lens configured to perform zooming in accordance with a rotation of the operating member, and a detector configured to divide an entire zoom range from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and detect a zoom position of the zoom lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A solid-state image capturing device according to the present disclosure includes an image capturing element, a light transmitting member, a support member, a sealing resin member, and a wall member. The image capturing element is mounted on a substrate. The support member is arranged in a part of an outer-peripheral portion of the image capturing element, the outer-peripheral portion surrounding a light receiving unit of the image capturing element. The light transmitting member is supported by the support member. The sealing resin member is arranged in a peripheral portion of the image capturing element. The wall member is provided between the sealing resin member and a part of the outer-peripheral portion of the image capturing element, the part excluding a part in which the support member is arranged.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus with reduced flare includes an imaging structure including a solid state imaging element (1) and a transparent substrate (2) disposed on the imaging element. The imaging apparatus includes a circuit substrate (7) including a circuit, a spacer (10) including at least one fixing portion (11) that guides the imaging structure to a desired position on the circuit substrate (7) when the imaging structure is mounted on the circuit substrate, and a light absorbing material (13) disposed on at least one side surface of the imaging structure such that that light absorbing material (13) is between the imaging structure and the at least one fixing portion.

Abstract: An actuator includes a first damper member and a second damper member that couple a movable body and an immovable body and each include a gel member in a tubular form. The gel member has a first end face and a second end face that are different from each other in cross-sectional shape. The first damper member and the second damper member are oppositely oriented in the axial direction, and are opposite from each other in position of the first end face and the second end face. Consequently, the characteristic variance due to the difference in the direction, in which the movable body moves, is reduced or removed in the actuator as a whole, even if each single damper member is involved with such characteristic variance.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling convex or concave shape of surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may present a great angle of view with smaller surface area of the front side of the optical imaging lens.

Abstract: An imaging device for use with an endoscope, the imaging device comprising: a lens arrangement operable to receive light from a scene captured by the endoscope and to form an image of the scene using the received light; an image sensor operable to capture the image of the scene formed by the lens arrangement; a birefringent device positioned along an optical path between the endoscope and the image sensor, wherein the birefringent device comprises birefringent material arranged in a plurality of concentric rings, and wherein the birefringent material of each of the concentric rings is configured such that the polarisation directions of an ordinary ray and an extraordinary ray of light from the scene which travels through the birefringent material are different for at least two of the plurality of concentric rings; and an image processor operable to process the captured image to generate an output image.

Abstract: A lens control apparatus includes an operation input unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The operation input unit is configured to accept a user operation. The communication unit is configured to perform communication with an external apparatus. The control unit is configured to perform driving control of a zoom lens in response to a zoom operation accepted by the operation input unit or a zoom control signal received by the communication unit. The control unit is also configured to selectively set a zoom position changing speed for driving control performed in response to the zoom operation and a zoom position changing speed for driving control performed in response to the zoom control signal, the zoom position changing speeds being different from each other.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an auto clean machine comprising a light source configured to emit light to illuminate at least one light region outside and in front of the auto clean machine. The control apparatus comprises: a first image sensing area, configured to sense a first brightness distribution of the light region, wherein a resolution for a first direction of the first image sensing area is higher than a resolution for a second direction of the first image sensing area; and a processor, configured to control movement of the auto clean machine according the first brightness distribution.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a correction method comprising: A) reading in data of an image of a calibration pattern recorded with an optical unit, the pattern including some structures; B) simulating a line through the image, the line extending through a reference point subdividing the line into half-lines, each intersecting the imaged structures; C) determining a first and a second sequence of measured values representing distances resulting from the intersection points on the half-lines line with respect to the reference point; D) determining a third and a fourth sequence of target values representing target distances of the intersection points; E) determining a mapping specification that at least approximately maps the target values of the third and fourth sequences to the measured values of the first and second sequences, or vice versa; and F) correcting image data of an image recorded using an optical unit using the mapping specification of step E).

Abstract: Implementations of image sensor packages may include a plurality of microlenses coupled over a color filter array (CFA), a low refractive index layer directly coupled to and over the plurality of microlenses, an adhesive directly coupled to and over the low refractive index layer, and an optically transmissive cover directly coupled to and over the adhesive. Implementations may include no gap present between the optically transmissive cover and the plurality of microlenses.

Abstract: Controlling states of a shutter, including receiving a signal indicating to adjust a shutter of a camera from an open state to a closed state; in response to the signal, mechanically adjusting the shutter of the camera module from the open state to the closed state; after adjusting the state of the shutter of the camera module from the open state to the closed state, receiving a signal indicating that a state of a pin indicates that a lock latch is engaged with the shutter to mechanically interfere with movement of the shutter from the closed state to the open state; detecting an attempt to adjust the state of the shutter of the camera module to the open state from the closed state, and in response, preventing mechanical adjustment of the state of the shutter of the camera module to the open state from the closed state.

Abstract: A lens module of enhanced stability and strength when mounted to an image-capturing device includes a voice coil motor. The voice coil motor includes a casing and a first connection plate connected to the casing. The first connection plate defines at least one first mounting hole. An electronic device using the lens module is also provided.

Abstract: A method and a device of correcting image distortion, a display device, a computer readable medium and an electronic device. The method of correcting image distortion includes: forming a correction grid on an imaging screen of a display device, the correction grid including a plurality of to-be-adjusted grid points; forming a circle on the correction grid; and moving the to-be-adjusted grid point on and outside the circle, to correct image distortion.

Abstract: A lens main body includes an inner housing, a lens element mounted on the inner housing, an adjustable functional element mounted on the inner housing, and an electrical drive arranged on the inner housing to adjust the functional element, a controller arranged on the inner housing, a securing device configured to reversibly receive an outer housing extending around the inner housing in a tubular fashion, and a first signal interface to receive control signals for the controller, arranged on the inner housing, and configured to reversibly couple to a mating interface of the outer housing. An outer housing for the lens main body, and a lens formed from the lens main body and the outer housing have an altered functional scope vis-à-vis the lens main body. In addition, a lens assembly includes, besides the lens main body, two outer housings having a different functional scope.

Abstract: To simplify a configuration of an image pickup device that performs an output of an image signal and an audio signal in a partial area of an image pickup area. An image pickup control device includes a display area update unit and a localization audio signal generation unit. The display area update unit updates a position in a frame of a display area which is an area used for display among the frames including an image signal output from an image pickup element in accordance with a motion of an image pickup device in which the image pickup element is disposed. The localization audio signal generation unit generates a localization audio signal which is an audio signal for localizing an audio image in the updated display area on the basis of audio signals output from a plurality of microphones.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical imaging system and a camera device equipped with the same. The optical imaging system includes sequentially, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having a positive refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of the first lens gradually changes from a paraxial concave surface to an edge convex surface as the image-side surface moves away from the optical axis; a second lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a convex image-side surface; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, wherein the fifth lens has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface at a paraxial position. A combined refractive power of the fourth lens and the fifth lens is a negative refractive power.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a front part, a rear part including an opening, a camera module disposed in the opening and configured to rotate depending on a slide operation of the front part. The front part is configured to slide between a first position in which the front part and the rear part are aligned, a second position in which portion of the opening is exposed in a direction toward a front surface of the front part, or a third position in which the opening is exposed in the direction toward the front surface of the front part. The camera module is configured to face a direction away from a rear surface of the front part based on the front part being in the first position and to face the direction toward the front surface of the front part based on the front part being in the third position.

Abstract: A position detecting apparatus includes a rotating member rotatable and having a first cam and a second cam, a first detector, a second detector, and a rotational position acquirer. The first cam moves the first moving unit in a first rotational range of the rotating member and a second rotational range following the first rotational range. The second cam moves the second moving unit in the second rotational range of the rotating member and a third rotational range following the second rotational range. The rotational position acquirer acquires the rotational position using the first signal in the first rotational range and in part on a first rotational range side in the second rotational range, and acquires the rotational position using the second signal in the third rotational range and in part on a third rotational range side in the second rotational range.

Abstract: Multiple single lens distortion regions and one or more boundary regions may be determined within an image. Individual single lens distortion regions may have pixel displacement defined by a single lens distortion and individual boundary regions may have pixel displacement defined by a blend of at least two lens distortions. Multiple lens distortions may be simulated within the image by shifting pixels of the image input positions to output positions based on locations of pixels within a single lens distortion region and the corresponding single lens distortion or within a boundary region and a blend of corresponding lens distortions.

Abstract: An imaging optical lens assembly includes six lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera with folded optics and a bearing suspension arrangement. In some examples, a folded optics arrangement of the camera may include one or more lens elements and light path folding elements (e.g., prisms). Some embodiments include voice coil motor (VCM) actuator arrangements.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of detecting a plane constituting a movement-enabling region. A normal direction of a plane constituting a road surface is detected on the basis of polarized images in multiple polarizing directions acquired by a polarization camera. A laser ranging sensor measures a distance to a point on the road surface so as to measure a position of the point. The plane constituting the road surface is identified on the basis of information regarding the normal direction of the plane constituting the road surface and information regarding the position of the point on the road surface.

Abstract: A modulator of a distance measuring sensor unit 102 has a photographing pattern that includes a plurality of patterns different from each other, and modulates intensity of light. A gesture detecting unit divides image data obtained by receiving light transmitted through the modulator by the image sensor; restores an image by calculation based on a developing pattern corresponding to the photographing pattern in a divided unit; and obtains an image for detecting gesture of a user. This makes it possible to obtain an image of an object in an outside world without using a lens for forming an image. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a load on a user when the user wears the apparatus.

Abstract: An active optical compressive sensing system includes an optical source to generate light for illuminating a target and a pattern generator to generate a pattern. A pattern controller controls an operation of the pattern generator to cause generation of a desired pattern. The pattern is a spatial filtering pattern that enables data compression by generating sparse scattered data. Applying the pattern allows a logarithmic resource scaling.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging module, a camera assembly and an electronic device. The imaging module includes a housing, including a light inlet; a reflective element, a mounting base, and an image sensor arranged in the housing; the reflective element being configured to redirect incident light from the light inlet to the image sensor, and the image sensor sensing the incident light outside the imaging module; the reflective element arranged on the mounting base; the mounting base being arranged with a limiting structure connected to the reflective element and configured to limit a position of the reflective element on the mounting base.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially disposed from an object side. The third lens and the sixth lens have positive refractive power, and an f-number (F No.) of the optical imaging system is 1.7 or less.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a base including a support part upwardly protruded; a movable unit spaced from the base and movably disposed at an upper side of the base; and a damper contacted with the support part and the movable unit.

Abstract: A lens module includes a printed circuit board, a lens component, and at least two electric conductors. The lens component includes a first lens and a microscope base, the first lens is formed on the microscope base, the microscope base is formed on the printed circuit board, and the first lens is electrically conductive and deforms under voltage. The first lens is electrically connected to the printed circuit board by the electric conductors. The printed circuit board outputs a voltage to the first lens through the electric conductors; the first lens deforms according to the voltage thereby changing a focal distance of light passing through the first lens. The disclosure also relates to an electronic device using the lens module. The lens module can has a zoom function and has a litter volume.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electronic device used in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), etc.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, a manufacturing method and an electronic device capable of preventing a ghost. In the image sensor, a plate-like transparent member larger than a sensor chip in size is affixed to a side of a pixel array unit of the sensor chip having the pixel array unit in which pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arrayed. The present technology can be applied to a case of capturing an image by receiving light, regardless of whether the light is visible light or not.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are directed towards a more natural way to interact with an intelligent personal assistant. An intelligent personal assistant comprises a camera that provides images of an area surrounding the assistant. The assistant monitors images provided by the camera to determine when a user is addressing the assistant. When voice input is received after determining that a user is addressing the assistant, the assistant understands that the voice input is intended for the assistant, and acts on the voice input to respond to the user.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensing device having an image sensing device and configured to detecting fingerprint data of an input object. The image sensing device includes a plurality of lenses, and a plurality of sensing elements. The plurality of sensing elements includes a first sensing element has a field of view associated with a first lens of the plurality of lenses and laterally offset from a center of the first lens, and a second sensing element has a field of view associated with a second lens of the plurality of lens and laterally offset from a center of the second lens. Further, a processing system may be coupled to the image sensing device and operate the image sensing device to acquire fingerprint image to authenticate a user.

Abstract: A camera module includes a substrate, a sensing chip, a lens module and a piezoelectric plate. The sensing chip is electrically connected with the substrate. The sensing chip includes a sensing region. The sensing chip is covered by the lens module. The sensing chip is arranged between the substrate and the lens module. When an external light beam passes through the lens module and projected on the sensing region, the sensing chip generates an image. The piezoelectric plate is arranged between the substrate and the lens module. When an electric power is provided to the piezoelectric plate, the piezoelectric plate is subjected to deformation, so that the lens group focuses on the sensing region. The present invention also provides a calibration method for the camera module.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an optical imaging lens, a camera module and a mobile phone. The optical imaging lens sequentially includes: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface; a second lens with a negative refractive power; a third lens with a positive refractive power; a fourth lens with a negative refractive power, wherein an object side surface of the fourth lens is concave at the paraxial region, and an image side surface of the fourth lens is convex at the paraxial region; a fifth lens with a negative refractive power, an image side surface of the fifth lens being concave at the paraxial region; a sixth lens with a positive refractive power; and a seventh lens with a negative refractive power.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for operating an electronic device is provided. A first image is obtained at a first position of a focus lens of a camera module of the electronic device. The first image is output through a display. A second image is obtained at a second position of the focus lens while the first image is being output. A defocus amount of the focus lens at the second position is calculated based on the first image and the second image. An on-focus region is detected based on the calculated defocus amount.

Abstract: A presence of a secondary device is detected by a primary device. The primary device is operating in a first configuration. A current placement of the secondary device is identified by the primary device. Based on the current placement of the secondary device a list of potential future placements of the secondary device is determined by the primary device. The list of potential future placements of the secondary device is prioritized by the primary device. A first candidate future placement of the secondary device is selected based on the list by the primary device.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera lens assembly, the camera lens assembly having a total effective focal length f and an entrance pupil diameter EPD, and along an optical axis from an object side to an image side sequentially including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens, wherein the first lens and the fourth lens have positive refractive powers, an image-side surface of the first lens is a concave surface, and an object-side surface of the fourth lens is a convex surface. In addition, the total effective focal length f and the entrance pupil diameter EPD satisfy: f/EPD?2.

Abstract: An aerial camera for capturing images along two or more curved scan paths, the aerial camera comprising a scanning camera associated with each scan path, each scanning camera comprising an image sensor, a lens, a scanning mirror, and a drive coupled to the scanning mirror; wherein the drive is operative to rotate the scanning mirror about a spin axis according to a spin angle, the spin axis is tilted relative to the camera optical axis, the scanning mirror is tilted relative to both the camera optical axis and the spin axis and is positioned to reflect an imaging beam into the lens, the lens is positioned to focus the imaging beam onto the image sensor, and the image sensor is operative to capture each image along the scan path by sampling the imaging beam at a corresponding spin angle.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package having an upper surface and an upward-opening recess defined in a portion of the upper surface, at least one light-emitting element in the recess, a light-transmissive member covering the opening of the recess, and an antireflection film on a lower surface of the light-transmissive member, the antireflection film located between the lower surface of the light-transmissive member and an upper surface of the package at a location where a portion of the lower surface of the light-transmissive member is bonded to the upper surface of the package via the antireflection film. A coating film is disposed on at least a portion of an outer surfaces of the light emitting device, the portion including a region where the antireflection film located between the lower surface of the light-transmissive member and the upper surface of the package is exposed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: ?5.00?f1/f2??1.70; and 2.00?R3/R4?20.00. The camera optical lens can achieve a high optical imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and systems for encoding and decoding an image. The present invention provides an intra prediction unit receives an input image, removes high frequency ingredients by low pass filtering an encoded luma pixel value in the input image during intra prediction, and generates a prediction block by predicting a chroma pixel value by using a low pass filter (LPF) LM chroma mode for applying an LM chroma mode, which is an extended chroma mode technique for generating a prediction block by predicting the chroma pixel value by applying a correlation between color planes to the luma pixel value having removed therefrom the high frequency ingredients.

Abstract: A photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fourth lens element has refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both of the two surfaces are aspheric.

Abstract: An imaging section includes a plurality of pixel output units that receive subject light that enters without going through an imaging lens and a pinhole. Output pixels of at least two of the plurality of pixel output units differ in incident angle directivity as a result of modulation of the incident angle directivity based on the incident angle of the subject light. A defective pixel detection section detects a defective pixel of the imaging section on the basis of pixel outputs of the imaging section. The defective pixel detection section discriminates a defective pixel that has produced a pixel output whose signal level is larger than or smaller than a threshold range. The image conversion section performs restoration computations by using pixel outputs generated for the respective pixels other than that of the defective pixel and a coefficient set stored in the coefficient storage section, thus generating a restored image.