Abstract: It is proposed an image sensor comprising pixels for acquiring color information from incoming visible light, wherein said image sensor comprising three pixels being partially covered by a color splitter structure for deviating only one color channel of said incoming visible light towards one of said three pixels, and for deviating other colors of said incoming visible light towards the other pixels among said three pixels.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imager configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a controller that records an image file based on the image data on the recording medium; and an operation interface that inputs a user operation for selecting a file system from first and second file systems different from each other, the file system managing the image file in the recording medium, wherein in accordance with the user operation input in the operation interface, the controller switches a folder for storing the image file between a first folder corresponding to the first file system and a second folder corresponding to the second file system in the recording medium.

Abstract: This application discloses a method for controlling a plurality of virtual characters in an application with an augmented reality (AR) function running in the a terminal. The method includes: displaying a first user interface of the application, the first user interface comprising a plurality of virtual characters for user selection; receiving a first user selection operation on at least two virtual characters on the first user interface; displaying a second user interface of the application, the second user interface including a background picture of a real world and the at least two virtual characters located in the background picture; receiving a second user selection operation on the second user interface; and determining a target virtual character from the at least two virtual characters according to the second user selection operation and the rendering sequence.

Abstract: A camera assembly is applied to a laptop and includes: a mounting bracket coupled to a display housing of the laptop and a camera unit pivotally coupled to the mounting bracket. When an opening-closing angle of the display housing relative to a keyboard housing of the laptop is greater than a first preset angle V1, an angle between an orientation of the camera unit and the keyboard housing is maintained as a second preset angle V2.

Abstract: A graphical user interface system and method of recording/editing a video while applying special effects in real time. The interface can be associated with an electronic device including a processor in communication with a camera and a memory unit, or can receive previously prepared video. The native speed rate of the video can be changed, by modifying at least one frame in the video data to create a modified video data at a modified speed rate that is different to the native speed rate. This allows for continuous video recording from the camera or video feed at different speed rates without altering operations or settings. The interface can include time guidelines associated with selectable speed rates, to display which speed rate setting is near a touching finger or pointing device. The guidelines can be activated automatically based on finger location, and can aid in object positioning in a field-of-view.

Abstract: An EO/IR optical imaging system comprises collection optics to collect light from a scene into a collimated or near-collimated space. An imaging detector is positioned at the image plane and configured to integrate incident light (radiant flux or photons) over an image frame and readout a sequence of pixelated images at a frame rate, said detector exhibiting a saturation threshold. To prevent saturation of the imaging detector, a MEMS MMA is positioned in the collimated or near-collimated space. A secondary detector (via a pick-off) samples light from the collimated or near-collimated space multiple times per image frame. A controller responsive to the sampled light commands a percentage of the mirrors to re-direct light incident on those mirrors to a light dump and commands the remaining mirrors to re-direct light incident on those mirrors to the imaging detector.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are provided for obtaining an image. An electronic device may include cameras; a distance sensor including a light-emitting part and a light-receiving part; and a processor.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a camera module. The method includes: a) mounting an image sensor on a circuit board, b) inserting and fixing the circuit board into a housing, c) aligning an objective lens accommodated in the housing and including an electrical interface with respect to the image sensor, d) fixing the objective lens in the housing. In step b) spring contacts, which are movable with respect to the circuit board, are inserted into the housing together with the circuit board and, in a step e), i.e., after the fixation of the objective lens in the housing, are brought into contact with the electrical interface with the aid of clamping and/or fixing elements.

Abstract: Provided is an image pickup apparatus including a multi-band pass filter that selectively transmits band light in a specific band, a color filter that transmits the band light in the specific band per pixel of an image pickup device, the image pickup device that receives light transmitted by the multi-band pass filter and the color filter, and a signal processing section to which a pixel value of the image pickup device is input and which executes a signal process on the pixel value. The multi-band pass filter is configured to selectively transmit band light corresponding to a plurality of color filter elements, and the signal processing section generates a pixel value corresponding to a band, of a pixel to be processed using a raw image base pixel value signal per pixel and a spectral characteristic parameter of the image pickup apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for increasing readout speed for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors. The apparatus is useful with CMOS image sensors in all high-tech industries and used to capture images digitally. Specifically, the apparatus provides a CMOS image sensor which employs an analog network-on-chip for increasing readout speed. The apparatus includes an array of carrier signal generators which are used to modulate the pixel exposure to allow all pixels to be read and discerned simultaneously.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a control apparatus to control focal point adjustment operation of an imaging optical system includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a focal point evaluation value for each of images captured successively by the imaging optical system, a determination unit configured to determine whether an amount of change in the focal point evaluation value calculated by the calculation unit with respect to a reference value is greater than or equal to a threshold, and a control unit configured to control the focal point adjustment operation of the imaging optical system to be executed in a case where a number of times the amount of change is determined to be greater than or equal to the threshold by the determination unit is greater than or equal to a first value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for performing optical image detection using a camera module comprising a Digital MicroMirror Device, a first point Photo Detector, a second point Photo Detector, a first lens and a second lens.

Abstract: Provided is an image acquiring device for easily acquiring a hyper spectral image in a small device and enhancing wavelength resolution, the device which includes a light source portion and a sensor portion. The light source portion includes an emitter portion having a plurality of groups of emitters configured to emit light of different wavelengths, a circuit portion dividing the emitter portion into a plurality of segments and configured to control the plurality of segments independently, and a driver portion configured to control the circuit part so that the plurality of segments are driven at different strengths or at different times.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel having an image acquisition region within a display area. The display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements over the substrate. The plurality of light-emitting elements include one or more first light-emitting elements positionally within the image acquisition region. At least one first light-emitting element includes a non-transparent electrode provided with at least one through-hole configured to allow the lights from the outside pattern to pass through the display panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to an image capturing device (1) comprising an image sensor (9) making it possible to obtain both an infrared image (31) and an image in the visible range (35) by means of an array of elementary optical filters comprising first optical filters, which are at least partially transmissive in the infrared range, and second optical filters which are at least partially transmissive in the visible range. The image capturing device comprises a calculator (12) which is programmed to control the image sensor to perform two shots, one being exposed according to an ambient brightness in the infrared range for obtaining the first image and the other being exposed as a function of an ambient brightness in the visible range for obtaining the second image. The invention also relates to a system for monitoring a driver (3), comprising such an image capturing device.

Abstract: An optical wavelength band to be detected is flexibly changed. An imaging device includes a coded mask including two or more kinds of band bus filters that are arranged in a two-dimensional grating pattern and that transmit light of different wavelength bands, a light receiving unit that receives modulated light modulated by the coded mask and generates observation signal data, and an image reconstruction processing unit that reconstructs the observation signal data generated by the light receiving unit to generate image data.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instructions on non-transitory computer readable media for automatically sending images to designated recipients based on context selection criteria (e.g., one or more of location, content, or quality). The system includes a camera and a user interface to trigger the camera to capture an image. The method includes identifying context selection criteria, identifying designated recipients, receiving the image captured by the camera, determining image data for the captured image, comparing the determined image data to the identified context selection criteria to identify a match, and sending the captured image to the set of designated recipients responsive to the identified match.

Abstract: For processing a signal from an event-based sensor having an array of sensing elements facing a scene, the method comprises: receiving the signal including, for each sensing element, successive events originating from said sensing element depending on variations of incident light from the scene; analyzing the signal to detect a frequency pattern in a light profile sensed by at least one sensing element; and extracting information from the scene in response to detection of the frequency pattern.

Abstract: An image signal processor (110) according to an embodiment inputs, as an input image, a mosaic image in which pixel blocks each of which is formed of a plurality of pixels of the same color sharing one lens (40) are arrayed. The image signal processor performs interpolation processing on the entire surface of the input image based on a pixel signal of a pixel of a predetermined color included in the input image to generate a first image signal. The image signal processor generates a second image signal, which has a difference based on a relative position of a pixel of interest with respect to the lens and has a lower resolution than the first image signal, based on the input image. The image signal processor generates a conversion pixel whose position after conversion corresponds to a position of the pixel of interest.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device that makes it possible to suppress deterioration of phase difference information, and an electronic device. There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is two-dimensionally arrayed. The plurality of pixels includes a phase difference pixel for phase difference detection, the pixel array unit has an array pattern in which pixel units including neighboring pixels of a same color are regularly arrayed, and the phase difference pixel is partially not added when horizontal/vertical addition is performed on a pixel signal of a predetermined pixel in a horizontal direction and a pixel signal of a predetermined pixel in a vertical direction, in reading the plurality of pixels. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor having a phase difference pixel.