Abstract: Systems, articles and methods to provide lens shading color correction using block matching are disclosed. Example processor systems disclosed herein are to process at least one cluster of blocks of an image to determine at least one modification parameter, modify the first shade correction data based on the at least one modification parameter to determine second shade correction data, and correct a lens shade effect associated with the image based on the second shade correction data.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first photodiode, a second photodiode, a quantizer, a memory, and a controller configured to: set a first exposure period in which the first photodiode generates a first charge; set a second exposure period in which the second photodiode generates a second charge, the second exposure period being set based on the first exposure period and at least one of: a first time associated with a read out operation of the memory to a second apparatus, or a second time associated with a quantization operation by the quantizer; perform, using the quantizer, the first quantization operation of the first charge to generate a first digital output; and perform, using the quantizer, a second quantization operation of the second charge to generate a second digital output.

Abstract: A method for image capture includes determining an exposure range and setting at least one camera parameter to capture an underexposed image outside the exposure range. The underexposed image is processed using a neural network to recover image details. Image defects due to camera or object motion blur can be reduced.

Abstract: An image generation device acquires first received light data and second received light data from an image sensor. The image sensor receives invisible light and visible light separately through a filter. The first received light data indicates the received light result of the invisible light. The second received light data indicates the received light result of the visible light. In addition, the image generation device generates an image by performing demosaicing for at least one of the first received light data and the second received light data based on illuminance information. The illuminance information indicates the illuminance of the surrounding environment of the image sensor. When the illuminance is less than a first threshold value, the image generation device generates an invisible light image by performing first demosaicing for the first received light data without performing second demosaicing for the second received light data.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an interchangeable lens and a method for controlling the same capable of starting shooting in consideration of mechanical fluctuations after a diaphragm is driven, a shooting apparatus, and a camera system. An interchangeable lens includes a diaphragm, a diaphragm driving unit that drives the diaphragm, and a lens control unit that transmits diaphragm driving information including stabilization time information of the diaphragm to a shooting apparatus when the diaphragm driving unit drives the diaphragm. The present technology is applicable to lens-interchangeable digital cameras, and the like, for example.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of 1 frame as an Nth frame image; and a control unit configured to (1) record the Nth frame image in a memory, (2) enlarge an region having a predetermined aspect ratio in a horizontal direction wherein the region is a part of an image of a frame prior to the Nth frame recorded in the memory, and (3) display the enlarged region, within a period in which the Nth frame image is acquired and recorded.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprising, an image sensor capable of performing exposure control for each of a plurality of partial regions obtained by dividing an image capturing region, and a control unit configured to perform exposure control of the image sensor, wherein the control unit sets a control value of exposure control for each partial region based on a size of the partial region to decrease a response speed of exposure control for a larger partial region, and performs exposure control of the image sensor based on the set control value.

Abstract: An image capturing method and a terminal device are provided. The method includes entering a camera application to start a lens and display a viewfinder interface, converting an original image captured by the lens into a red-green-blue (RGB) image, and decreasing luminance of the RGB image to be less than first luminance or increasing the luminance of the RGB image to be greater than second luminance, to obtain a first image; converting the RGB image into N frames of high-dynamic-range (HDR) images, and fusing color information of pixels in any same location on the first image and the N frames of HDR images to obtain a final image.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a software application obtains a set of images that include an aerial cable and generates a 3D model from the set of images. The 3D model initially excludes a representation of the aerial cable. The software application processes each image of the set of images to extract pixels that potentially represent cables and determines a position in 3D space of the 3D model of a pair of attachment points for the aerial cable. The software application defines a vertical plane in 3D space of the 3D model based on the pair of cable attachment points. For each of one or more images of the set of images, the software application projects at least some of the pixels that potentially represent cables onto the vertical plane. The software application then calculates a curve representation (e.g., a catenary equation) for the aerial cable based on the pixels projected onto the vertical plane, and adds a cable model defined by the curve representation to the 3D model to represent the aerial cable.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that includes a long-time exposure distance image generation unit that captures an image with long-time exposure, calculates a parallax from a first long-time exposure image and a second long-time exposure image from a first long-time exposure camera and a second long-time exposure camera disposed at a predetermined interval, and generates a long-time exposure distance image. The image processing apparatus further includes a short-time exposure distance image generation unit that captures an image with short-time exposure, calculates a parallax from a first short-time exposure image and a second short-time exposure image from a first short-time exposure camera and a second short-time exposure camera disposed at a predetermined interval, and generates a short-time exposure distance image, and a distance image generation unit that combines the long-time exposure distance image with the short-time exposure distance image to generate a distance image.

Abstract: A vehicle takes and evaluates an image of the surroundings of the vehicle. If the result of the evaluation is that the image possibly contains a static object that could be suitable as a landmark, then the image and a position of the vehicle ascertained by the vehicle at the location at which the image is taken are transmitted to a data processing station. Image analysis of the received image allows the data processing station to establish whether the supposedly static object is suitable as a landmark. When the object has been verified as a landmark, the data processing station creates a data record describing the object, which data record is transmitted to the vehicle.

Abstract: A control section sets an exposure timing and an exposure period for imaging pixels for acquiring an imaging picture and light intensity detection pixels for detecting intensity of illumination light individually by an imaging section. A correction gain calculation section calculates a flicker correction gain for each of the imaging pixels on the basis of pixel signals generated by the imaging pixels and pixel signals generated by the light intensity detection pixels. A flicker correction section uses the flicker correction gain for each imaging pixel calculated by the correction gain calculation section to perform flicker correction of the imaging pixel. Accordingly, an imaging picture can be obtained on which the influence of fluctuation of the intensity of emission light is reduced irrespective of the positional relationship between an illumination apparatus and an imaging object.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data reading/writing method and system for in 3D image processing, a storage medium and a terminal. The method includes the following steps: dividing a 3D image horizontally based on the vertical sliding technology, the 3D image is divided into at least two subimages, a processing data of each subimage is stored in a circular buffer, after the subimage is processed, an overlapping portion data required by next subimage is retained in the circular buffer; dividing a multi-layer network of an image processing algorithm into at least two segments, the data between adjacent layers in each segment only interact through buffer, not through DDR.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology provide a method and apparatus for an image sensor. In various embodiments, the apparatus provides a driver circuit connected to a plurality of electrically distinct pixel groups to provide the pixel groups with a control signal. A delay measurement circuit is connected to the driver circuit and at least one of the pixel groups to measure a time delay of the control signal. A row control circuit is connected to the delay measurement circuit to receive the measured time delay and, in turn, deliver, via the driver circuit, the control signal to all pixel groups in a single row substantially simultaneously.

Abstract: A stabilization control apparatus that supports a plurality of shooting modes including a first shooting mode and a second shooting mode. The first and second shooting mode have different diagonal-line lengths of an available area of an image sensor. The stabilization control apparatus sets different reference positions of the image sensor depending on which of the first and second shooting modes is set. The reference position is the center of an area within which the image sensor is moved for image stabilization.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting a flicker frequency, and electronic device including the system are provided. The system includes an optical sensor, a sequence generator, a first and a second computing circuit. The optical sensor converts an incident light into a digital sequence according to a sampling frequency, which is greater than at least twice the flicker frequency. The sequence generator generates a first reference sequence and a second reference sequence that is delayed by a period from the first reference sequence, which are periodic according to the flicker frequency and the sampling frequency. The first computing circuit computes a first and a second correlation coefficient. The second computing circuit computes a detection score that indicates a probability of existence of the flicker frequency according to the first and the second correlation coefficient.

Abstract: A lens assembly for a mobile device includes an adjustable diaphragm device capable of being combined to a first lens unit, or between the first lens unit and a second lens unit. The adjustable diaphragm device includes a case having a light transmission hole being communicated with an inner space of the case, a diaphragm sheet with an aperture, and a driving mechanism disposed in the inner space of the case. The driving mechanism includes a driving member and a swing arm. One end of the swing arm is movably connected to the case and the opposite end thereof is fixedly connected to the diaphragm sheet. The driving member is movably connected to a position between two ends of the swing arm. The driving member is controlled by a control unit to move the swing arm and thus the diaphragm sheet, in order to control the amount of light.

Abstract: A processor implemented image processing method includes recognizing a target object in a first frame of an input image; adjusting an exposure of a second frame of the input image based on a brightness of the target object; and generating a synthesized image by synthesizing the first frame and the second frame.

Abstract: The image generation apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a base image, a reference image, the respective exposure values associated with the base image and the reference image, and a pseudo-exposure value different from the respective exposure values associated with the base image and the reference image; an estimation unit configured to estimate a conversion parameter; and a generation unit configured to generate a pseudo-image regarded as an image photographed with the pseudo-exposure value by converting the luminance value of the base image for each of the pixels based on the respective exposure values associated with the base image and the reference image, the pseudo-exposure value, and the conversion parameter.

Abstract: A camera module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a lighting unit for outputting an output light signal emitted at an object; a lens unit including an infrared (IR) filter and at least one sheet of a lens arranged on the IR filter, and condensing an input light signal reflected from the object; a tilting unit for shifting the optical path of the input light signal by controlling the tilt of the IR filter; an image sensor unit for generating an electric signal from the input light signal condensed by the lens unit and shifted by the tilting unit; an image control unit for extracting depth information of the object by using a phase difference between the output light signal and the input light signal received by the image sensor unit; and a detection unit for detecting tilt information of the IR filter and providing the tilt information of the IR filter to the image control unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that capture and process frames of frame data. An image sensor captures frames of frame data representative of light incident upon the image sensor using a rolling shutter and outputs the frames of frame data. The image sensor captures at least one of the frames over a frame capture interval and then waits over a blanking interval before capturing another frame. A buffer receives and stores the frames output by the image sensor. An image signal processor retrieves the frames from the buffer and processes the frames over successive frame processing intervals to generate a video having a time interval per frame greater than the frame capture interval. At least one of the successive frame processing intervals is greater than the frame capture interval and is less than or equal to a sum of the frame capture interval and the blanking interval.

Abstract: Provided are a system, method, and computer readable storage medium in which data is received from a dental imaging system. The received data is analyzed to adjust one or more imaging parameters of the dental imaging system.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an exposure control device, an exposure control method, a program, an imaging device, and a mobile body that allow for appropriate exposure control. The exposure control device includes: a wave-detection unit that calculates a wave-detection value, in a captured image taken by an imaging unit, by assigning a smaller weight to an area that is predicted to go out of an angle of view of the imaging unit within a predetermined time; and an exposure control unit that performs exposure control of the imaging unit on the basis of the wave-detection value. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging device or an imaging system provided in a mobile body such as a vehicle, a robot, or the like.

Abstract: When a three-dimensional image of a specific subject is acquired by means of an infrared camera and an external light (for example, external light such as sunlight at the time of outdoor photography) having a relatively large intensity exists, it is difficult to acquire the image. To this end, the present invention proposes an electronic device for reducing a current peak by adaptively changing optical power and an exposure time of an infrared camera according to the intensity of external light.

Abstract: Methods and/or systems and/or controllers for estimating an exposure time for an imaging device, especially for estimating exposure times that provide maximum saturation levels while keeping the image sensor operating within its linear range. The imaging device includes an external or embedded image sensor and an external or embedded light source. Such a device may be a dermatoscope, a laparoscope, an endoscope, a microscope, or any digital media devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops etc. The methods and/or systems and/or controllers can include an LED or OLED light source or any type of solid-state light source.

Abstract: An image sensor, a camera module, and an electronic device are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array and a control circuit. The pixel array includes a light sensing area and an imaging area. The light sensing area is configured to detect an illumination intensity, and the imaging area is configured to acquire an image. The control circuit is configured to receive a first instruction to control the light sensing area to detect an illumination intensity, and to receive a second instruction to control the imaging area to acquire an image.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises a first image sensor and a second image sensor which is electrically connected to the first image sensor by means of one designated interface. The second image sensor can be configured so as to: receive a first signal, for shifting from a first state to a second state, from the first image sensor; while the first image sensor detects light outside the electronic device by means of a plurality of first pixels, detect the light by means of a plurality of second pixels on the basis of the first signal; receive a second signal, for shifting from the second state to the first state, from the first image sensor; and, while the first image sensor obtains first data corresponding to the light detected by means of the plurality of first pixels, obtain second data corresponding to the light detected by means of the plurality of second pixels on the basis of the second signal.

Abstract: Content such as advertisements received into a mobile device may be more appropriately displayed on an alternative device remote from the mobile device. When ad content is received into the mobile device, the user may perform a physical gesture such as movement of the device or an associated motion sensor. The physical gesture is analyzed in the mobile device and causes the ad content to be redirected to the remote device. Additional physical gestures by the user can be interpreted in the mobile device to manipulate the content on the remote device.

Abstract: Signals representative of total photocharge integrated within respective image-sensor pixels are read out of the pixels after a first exposure interval that constitutes a first fraction of a frame interval. Signals in excess of a threshold level are read out of the pixels after an ensuing second exposure interval that constitutes a second fraction of the frame interval, leaving residual photocharge within the pixels. After a third exposure interval that constitutes a third fraction of the frame interval, signals representative of a combination of at least the residual photocharge and photocharge integrated within the pixels during the third exposure interval are read out of the pixels.

Abstract: A region extracting section 31 extracts an image of a subject region and an image of a background region from a picked up image. A region-specific exposure control amount calculating section 33 calculates a subject region exposure control amount based on the image of the subject region and a background region exposure control amount based on the image of the background region. An exposure control amount calculating section 34 sets a contribution ratio of the subject region exposure control amount and a contribution ratio of the background region exposure control amount, and calculates an exposure control amount for use in exposure adjustment by mixing the subject region exposure control amount and the background region exposure control amount at a mixing ratio based on the set contribution ratios. A control section 55 controls a shutter speed, an aperture value, and other settings based on the exposure control amount calculated by the exposure control amount calculating section 34.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus that can enhance the accuracy of detection of halation by taking into account the influence of halation on visibility of an object, and also effectively suppress the influence of halation independently of the type of a light source. An evaluation unit evaluates the luminance of the object based on an exposure level at which image data of the object is acquired. A detection unit detects t halation based on the luminance of the object, a first luminance area having a higher luminance than a first luminance threshold value, and a distribution status of another luminance area which is an area having a lower luminance than the first luminance area and is distributed around the first luminance area.

Abstract: A video analyzer measures and outputs a visual indication of a dynamic range of a video signal. The video analyzer includes a video input to receive the video signal and a cumulative distribution function generator generates a cumulative distribution function curve from a component of the video signal. A feature detector generates one or more feature vectors from the cumulative distribution function curve and a video dynamic range generator produces a visual output indicating a luminance of one or more portions of the video signal.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure lies in that in an optical device including a blade mounted on a lens or in space in a lens, it is possible to achieve miniaturization and light weight of the entire equipped device, simplification of driving and simplification of assembling, by using a shape memory alloy in a driving portion. A blade driving device includes: a base member supporting a blade; a blade; a plate member having a caliber and constituting a blade chamber; a plate member having a caliber, constituting the blade chamber and covering the blade; a ring member rotatably shaft-supported and including a connecting portion connected to the blade; an elastic member held by the base member and the ring member; a shape memory alloy held by the base member and the ring member; a holding member for holding the shape memory alloy; and a wiring for power supply.

Abstract: An image inspection learning method implemented by a computer, the method includes: generating non-defective region data obtained by extracting, from a learning image including a defective region, a non-defective region other than the defective region; inputting the learning image into an image processing program for image inspection that detects the defective region in an input image as a detection target for the defective region, and acquiring an output image; extracting a feature quantity for a predetermined region of the output image; classifying, based on the non-defective region data, the feature quantity for the predetermined region into a non-defective feature quantity corresponding to the non-defective region and a defective feature quantity corresponding to the defective region; and using the non-defective feature quantity to learn a discriminator that discriminates a region of the output image outputted from the image processing program.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method by which three-dimensional data can be generated with high accuracy on the basis of two-dimensional image data and depth image data. A color shift correction data generation unit generates color shift correction data for correcting a color shift between two-dimensional image data of a base viewpoint and two-dimensional image data of a reference viewpoint. A metadata addition unit transmits color shift correction information including the color shift correction data generated by the color shift correction data generation unit, encoded data of the two-dimensional image data of the base viewpoint and depth image data indicative of a position of each of pixels in a depthwise direction of an image pickup object and encoded data of the two-dimensional image data of the reference viewpoint and depth image data. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a synthesis apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method that make it possible to achieve synchronization between a plurality of image projections with increased accuracy. Synchronization between a plurality of projection sections is controlled so as to suppress disruption of image projection timing between the projection sections in accordance with pixel values of captured images that are obtained by allowing an imaging section to capture projection images projected to the same position by the projection sections. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to an image processing apparatus, an image projection apparatus, a control apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an image projection system, an image processing method, or a program.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an image capturing apparatus capable of capturing an image while controlling an image capturing condition on a pixel-by-pixel basis or on a region-by-region basis comprises: an identification unit configured to identify a moving object region in the image on the basis of motion information on an object; and a setting unit configured to set the image capturing condition for each pixel or each region such that an identical shutter speed is applied to pixels corresponding to the moving object region.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus is provided. The image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing element configured to capture an object image formed by light that has passed through an optical member using an electrochromic element and capable of electrically controlling a transmittance of the light. The image capturing apparatus further comprises one or more processors that execute a program stored in a memory, wherein the program, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to function as: a distribution acquisition unit configured to acquire a distribution characteristic of a transmittance of the electrochromic element based on a current value flowing to the electrochromic element; and an image processing unit configured to correct an image signal captured by the image capturing element in accordance with the distribution characteristic.

Abstract: A camera system includes an imaging device that acquires a first image by a normal exposure including only one exposure and that acquires a second image by a multiple exposure including a plurality of exposures; and an image processor that extracts a feature value of a first object in the first image and that identifies one or more locations corresponding to the feature value in the second image.

Abstract: A focal-plane shutter for electronic front curtain scanning allows blades to move in two directions across the opening in a balanced manner, rather than in one direction. The focal-plane shutter for electronic front curtain scanning includes a base plate having an opening, a first blade movable in a first direction to close the opening, a second blade movable in a second direction to close the opening and opposite to the first direction in which the first blade is movable, a first urging member that urges the first blade in the first direction to close the opening, and a second urging member that urges the second blade in the second direction to close the opening.

Abstract: A shutter apparatus includes a shutter base plate having an opening, a light shielding member movable to provide a closed state for closing the opening and an open state for opening the opening, and at least one processor or circuit configured to perform operations of a control unit configured to control the light shielding member configured to reciprocate relative to the opening so as to move the light shielding member in a first direction for a forward exposure and in a second direction opposite to the first direction for a return exposure. The control unit varies an exposure correction amount of the light shielding member between the forward exposure and the return exposure.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products (“software”) enable a virtual three-dimensional visual experience (referred to herein as “V3D”) in videoconferencing and other applications, and capturing, processing and displaying of images and image streams.

Abstract: An incoming image stream may be obtained from an image capture device operating in low-light conditions and/or a simulated long exposure image capture mode. As images are obtained, a weighting operation may be performed on the pixels of the captured images to generate and/or update an accumulative weight map, wherein the weighting is based, e.g., on the proximity of the captured pixels' values to the respective image capture device's maximum observable pixel value. As batches of images are obtained, they may be fused, e.g., according to the accumulative weight map, in a memory-efficient manner that places an upper limit on the overall memory footprint of the fusion operations, to simulate an actual long exposure image capture. In some embodiments, the weight map may be stored at a lower resolution than the obtained images and then upscaled, e.g., via the use of guided filters, before being applied in the fusion operations.

Abstract: An occupant monitoring device includes processing circuitry to detect an eye of an occupant on a vehicle and to determine an eye opening degree of the eye using an image captured by an image capturing device having an automatic exposure adjusting function for adjusting an exposure time; to determine that the eye is closed when the eye opening degree of the eye is less than a predetermined eye opening degree threshold value; to deactivate the automatic exposure adjusting function when the automatic exposure adjusting function is active and the eye is determined to be closed; to detect brightness in a vicinity of the eye using an image which is captured by the image capturing device after the automatic exposure adjusting function is deactivated; and when the eye is determined to be closed, to determine that the occupant is in a drowsy state when the brightness in the vicinity of the eye is less than a predetermined brightness threshold value, and to determine that the occupant is in an awake state when the brig

Abstract: An image-capturing device includes: an image sensor that includes an imagecapturing area where an image of a subject is captured; a setting unit that sets imagecapturing conditions to be applied to the image-capturing area; a selection unit that selects pixels to be used for interpolation from pixels present in the image-capturing area; and a generation unit that generates an image of the subject captured in the image-capturing area with signals generated through interpolation executed by using signals output from the pixels selected by the selection unit, wherein: the selection unit makes a change in selection of at least some of the pixels to be selected depending upon the image-capturing conditions set by the setting unit.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a voltage control unit. The acquisition unit acquires imaging-related information relating to imaging to be executed by an imaging apparatus including a plurality of pixel units that converts incident light into charges and accumulate the charges. The voltage control unit controls, on the basis of the acquired imaging-related information, a drive voltage for driving each of the plurality of pixel units.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing a flicker are provided. In some exemplary implementations, the systems and methods may detect a luminance variation indicator in a plurality of images captured by a camera having one or more camera parameters. The luminance variation indicator may include one of a luminance variation frequency or a luminance variation cycle. The exemplary systems and methods may determine a flicker frequency corresponding to the detected luminance variation indicator based at least in part on the camera parameters. The exemplary systems and methods may adjust at least one of the camera parameters to reduce the flicker based on the determined flicker frequency.

Abstract: A system and a method for the system, wherein the system includes a camera and a control unit for controlling the camera, which is formed by an associated image sensor for optically capturing a capturing region, wherein the control unit may switch between a first mode and a second mode as a function of a scene change in the recording space.

Abstract: A method for image capture includes determining an exposure range and setting at least one camera parameter to capture an underexposed image outside the exposure range. The underexposed image is processed using a neural network to recover image details. Image defects due to camera or object motion blur can be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed are a 3D scanning apparatus and a 3D scanning method. The 3D scanning apparatus includes a projector projecting patterns previously set onto a subject that is to be 3D scanned, a photographing unit photographing each of the patterns projected onto the subject at each of exposure levels previously set, a calculating unit calculating a depth value for each pixel of the subject based on the patterns photographed at each of the exposure levels, and a scanning unit 3D scanning the subject, which is photographed, based on the calculated depth value. The calculating unit calculates the depth value for each pixel of the subject by calculating the depth value for each pixel of the subject at each of the exposure levels and combining the depth values for the pixel, which are calculated at each of the exposure levels.