Abstract: A camera comprising: a camera enclosure; an optomechanical assembly fixedly coupled to the camera enclosure; an image sensor assembly movably coupled to the camera enclosure, the image sensor assembly comprising: a substrate, an image sensor coupled to the substrate, a flexible printed circuit board coupled to the substrate, a conductive stiffener plate coupled to the flexible printed circuit board, and a passive heat exchanger thermally coupled to the image sensor to dissipate heat away from the image sensor.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an image sensor package for a camera with sensor shift actuation. The camera may include one or more actuators (e.g., a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator) for moving the image sensor package relative to a lens group of the camera. The image sensor package may include an image sensor and a substrate. The image sensor may be electrically connected to a ledge surface of a lower portion of the substrate, via one or more wire bond electrical interconnects.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a camera configured to capture a set of oblique images along a scan path on an object area; a scanning mirror structure including at least one surface for receiving light from the object area, the at least one surface having at least one first mirror portion at least one second portion comprised of low reflective material arranged around a periphery of the first mirror portion, the low reflective material being less reflective than the first mirror portion; and a drive coupled to the scanning mirror structure and configured to rotate the scanning mirror structure about a rotation axis based on a scan angle. The at least one second portion can be configured to block light that would pass around the first mirror portion and be received by the camera at scan angles beyond the set of scan angles.

Abstract: A micro gimbal stabilizer (MGS) camera module includes an MGS and a camera module, where the MGS includes gimbal drive assemblies, a movable gimbal portion, and a static gimbal portion movably connected to the movable gimbal portion; a gimbal magnet is provided on the movable gimbal portion; the camera module includes a movable focusing portion, a static focusing portion, a focusing drive assembly, and a focusing feedback assembly; the static focusing portion is relatively fixed with the movable gimbal portion; and a position magnet is provided on the static focusing portion. In response to a focusing process of the camera module, the focusing position sensor is relatively fixed with the gimbal magnet and the focusing magnet, which can effectively reduce influences of magnetic fields of the gimbal magnet and the focusing magnet on the focusing position sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for acquiring images of a surface (12) with different spatial resolution, the device including a camera (16) having an optical system (18) that can be focused onto the surface, a mechanical system (20) which is designed to vary the distance between the camera (16) and the surface (12) and wherein the optical system (18) includes a liquid lens (26) having an electronically adjustable focal length.

Abstract: A photographing method and an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device may determine feature information of each of at least one photographed object included in a photographing scene, and then determine at least one target photographing mode based on the feature information. Then, the electronic device obtains at least one image of the photographing scene in response to a first photographing instruction entered by a user. An imaging effect of the at least one image corresponds to the at least one target photographing mode. The electronic device may autonomously determine a photographing mode that better matches the photographing scene. This achieves high intelligence, and can obtain a plurality of images with different imaging effects by performing photographing once, thereby saving photographing resources and improving user experience.

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixel groups arranged in a Bayer pattern; a row driver connected to a row of the pixel array; and a readout circuit configured to sample a pixel signal from the pixel array, to compare the sampled pixel signal with a ramp signal, and to generate a digital image signal based on a comparison of the pixel signal and the ramp signal. A pixel group of the plurality of pixel groups includes sixteen sub-pixels arranged in a 4×4 array, the 4×4 array includes a plurality of readout areas, and the plurality of readout areas are activated alternately with each other. In each of the plurality of readout areas in the pixel group, micro lenses are arranged asymmetrically with each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging module. A first driving member and a second driving member cooperate to drive the lens support frame to focus; and the first driving member is also for cooperating with a third driving member to drive multiple light-shielding blades to gather or separate, via the blade driving frame and the blade driving ring That is, the drive member which drives the light-shielding blade to move and drives the lens module to focus is the first driving member, so that the number of components of the imaging module can be reduced, thereby reducing the volume and weight of the imaging module, and avoiding interference between the focusing structure. A camera and an electronic device are also provided.

Abstract: In a CMOS image sensor in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix, a transistor in which a channel formation region includes an oxide semiconductor is used for each of a charge accumulation control transistor and a reset transistor which are in a pixel portion. After a reset operation of the signal charge accumulation portion is performed in all the pixels arranged in the matrix, a charge accumulation operation by the photodiode is performed in all the pixels, and a read operation of a signal from the pixel is performed per row. Accordingly, an image can be taken without a distortion.

Abstract: There is provided a neural signal detection circuit capable of outputting time difference data or neural data, and including a first temporal circuit and a second temporal circuit. The first temporal circuit is used to store detected voltage energy of a first interval and a second interval as the time difference data. The second temporal circuit is used to store detected voltage energy of the second interval as the neural data. The neural signal detection circuit is used to output the time difference data or the neural data in different operating modes.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix, the plurality of pixels respectively including photoelectric converters that convert light into signal charge and charge accumulators that accumulate the signal charge; and a control circuit. The control circuit causes pixels included in the plurality of pixels and belonging to at least one row to sequentially perform, for each row or for two or more rows at a time, a reset operation for initializing potentials of the charge accumulators, before receiving a trigger signal for giving an instruction for starting exposure, and causes, after receiving the trigger signal, the plurality of pixels to simultaneously perform an exposure operation for accumulating the signal charge in the charge accumulators without causing the pixels included in the plurality of pixels and belonging to at least one row to perform the reset operation.

Abstract: Methods and systems for determining parameters of a desired target image from hyperspectral imagery obtained from a surgical procedure are described herein.

Abstract: An image stabilization control apparatus comprises: a first detection unit that detects a subject or subjects in an input image using a learned model and outputs subject information of the detected subject or subjects; a tracking unit that tracks one subject detected by the first detection unit in a plurality of images input consecutively; a reliability calculation unit that calculates reliability of the tracking by the tracking unit based on the subject information; and a first correction amount calculation unit that calculates a first correction amount to be used for image stabilization by adjusting a provisional correction amount which is based on a difference between a position of the subject being tracked by the tracking unit and a predetermined target position in an image, according to the reliability.

Abstract: An integrated image sensor and lens assembly may include a lens barrel, a collet, and a lens mount. The lens barrel may be coupled to the collet which is coupled to the lens mount. The lens barrel and the collet may each include a fastening structure reciprocal to each other. Alternatively, the collet and the lens mount may each include a fastening structure reciprocal to each other. The optical distance between the set of lenses and the image sensor may be tuned such that the focal plane of the lenses coincides with the image plane. The fastening structures allow the lens barrel to be adjusted relative to the lens mount in order to shift the focal plane in a direction along the optical axis to compensate for focal shifts occurring during assembly/cure and/or temperature cycling.

Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit for performing analog operation including a photodiode, a first circuit, a second circuit and an operation circuit. Within a first interval, the photodiode detects first light energy to be stored in the first circuit. Within a second interval, the photodiode detects second light energy to be stored in the second circuit. Within an operation interval, the first circuit outputs a first detection signal according to the first light energy and outputs a second detection signal according to the second light energy for being calculated by the operation circuit.

Abstract: A method of operating an image sensor, the image sensor including a pixel array of a plurality of red pixels, a plurality of green pixels, a plurality of blue pixels, and a plurality of white pixels, includes selecting a first green pixel and a second green pixel arranged on a first axis parallel to a first diagonal direction, selecting a third green pixel and a fourth green pixel arranged on a second axis parallel to a second diagonal direction, generating a first green binning pixel by performing a first diagonal binning operation on the first green pixel and the second green pixel, generating a second green binning pixel by performing a second diagonal binning operation on the third green pixel and the fourth green pixel, and generating image data corresponding to the first green binning pixel and the second green binning pixel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging device capable of outputting a signal other than an event detection signal, such as a pixel signal at a gradation level. The imaging device has a stacked chip structure formed by stacking at least two semiconductor chips including a first-layer semiconductor chip and a second-layer semiconductor chip. The first-layer semiconductor chip has a pixel array unit in which an event pixel that outputs an event detection signal, and a distance measurement pixel are mixed. The second-layer semiconductor chip is provided with an analog front-end unit for an event pixel that processes the event detection signal and with an analog front-end unit for a distance measurement pixel that processes the signal from the light-receiving element, corresponding to each of the event pixel and the distance measurement pixel.

Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is used to connect the optical element. The movable portion may move relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used to drive the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion.

Abstract: A unit pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate first charges in response to a first incident light, a first transfer transistor connected between the first photoelectric conversion unit and a first node, a connecting transistor connected between a second node and the first node, a second photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate second charges in response to a second incident light, a second transfer transistor connected between a second photoelectric conversion unit and a third node, a switch transistor connected between the third node and the second node, a source follower connected to the first node, a selection transistor connected to the source follower, an overflow transistor connecting the first photoelectric conversion unit and a power supply voltage, and a comparator configured to turn on the overflow transistor.

Abstract: An object detection unit detects an object of interest from within frames of video acquired from an image capturing unit. A vector strength adjustment unit adjusts the strength of a correction vector for cancelling out shake caused by vibration applied to the image capturing unit. A cutout position determination unit determines a cutout position for cutting out an image of a predetermined size from each frame of the acquired video. The cutout position determination unit moves the cutout position in accordance with the correction vector and separately determines an object cutout position and a background cutout position according to the strength of the correction vector. An image composition unit combines image data of the object cut out from the object cutout position with image data of a background cut out from the background cutout position excluding the object.