Abstract: A multi-camera unit structure includes a first camera unit, a second camera unit, a third camera unit and a calibrated-image generation unit. The second camera unit is distant from the first camera unit with a first distance in a first direction. With taking the first camera unit as an imaging reference, the first and the second camera units obtain a first DOF image of a target object. The third camera unit is distant from the first camera unit with a second distance in a second direction. The first and second directions define an included angle. With taking the first camera unit as an imaging reference, the third and the first camera units obtain a second DOF image of the target object. The calibrated-image generation unit obtains a calibrated DOF image according to the first and the second DOF images.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, first acquisition means for acquiring first teacher data including image data of a positive instance for a first target, second acquisition means for acquiring second teacher data including image data of a negative instance for the first target, and generation means for generating first dictionary data for detecting the first target based on the teacher data acquired by the first acquisition means and the second acquisition means are included, and it is characterized in that the learning means performs additional learning on second dictionary data to generate the first dictionary data, and that a number of pieces of the first teacher data acquired by the first acquisition means is smaller than a number of pieces of the second teacher data acquired by the second acquisition means.

Abstract: In various examples, sensor calibration for autonomous or semi-autonomous systems and applications is described herein. Systems and methods are disclosed that calibrate image sensors, such as cameras, using images captured by the image sensors at different time instances. For instance, a first image sensor may generate first image data representing at least two images and a second image sensor may generate second image data representing at least one image. One or more feature points may then be tracked between the images represented by the first image data and the image represented by the second image data. Additionally, the feature point(s), timestamps associated with the images, poses associated with image sensors (e.g., poses of a vehicle), and/or other information may be used to determine one or more values of one or more parameters that calibrate the first image sensor with the second image sensor.

Abstract: An imaging device comprises a pixel including a photoelectric conversion device for generating pixel signals, a floating diffusion region, a first dual conversion gain (DCG) transistor for providing additional capacitance to the floating diffusion region, and a first DCG capacitor connected to the floating diffusion region through the first DCG transistor; and an analog-digital converter (ADC) for converting the pixel signals into image data, wherein the pixel includes a first metal layer including a first DCG gate electrode of the first DCG transistor and a first electrode of the first DCG capacitor, a second metal layer including a dual conversion line that supplies a first DCG gate signal to the first DCG gate electrode, and a second electrode overlapping the first electrode, a first insulating layer between the first DCG gate electrode and the dual conversion line, and a second insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire input image data; a first output unit configured to output image data on a first region which is a region of a part of the input image data; and a second output unit configured to output image data on a second region that includes the first region, wherein the second output unit outputs information indicating the first region together with the image data on the second region.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and in a second direction; and a logic circuit configured to drive the plurality of pixels. The logic circuit is configured to: generate, based on pixel data corresponding to each of the plurality of pixels, first image data having a first resolution, after generating the first image data, to generate second image data having a second resolution based on binning pixel data corresponding to each of a plurality of binning pixels, the plurality of binning pixels binning two or more pixels adjacent to each other, among the plurality of pixels, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution; and output the first image data and the second image data. A first frames per second of the first image data is lower than a second frames per second of the second image data.

Abstract: One embodiment of a camera module may comprise: a lens barrel provided with at least one lens; a holder to which the lens barrel is coupled; a printed circuit board coupled on the bottom of the holder to face the lens; an adhering portion coupling the holder and the printed circuit board; an opening portion opening a portion of a first space formed through the coupling of the printed circuit board and the holder; and a housing coupled with the holder, wherein a second space separated from the first space may be formed through the coupling of the holder and the housing, and the opening portion may communicate the first space with the second space.

Abstract: An imaging system has an image sensor chip and processor(s). The image sensor chip has a photo-sensitive surface with photo-sensitive cells; a colour filter array with physical smallest repeating units, wherein a given physical smallest repeating unit has array(s) of a first type of colour filters, array(s) of a second type of colour filters, and array(s) of a third type of colour filters; and a controller configured to employ neural network(s) during read out of image data. The processor(s) is/are configured to: receive output image data, wherein a smallest repeating unit in a colour pattern of at least a part of the output image data is different from the given physical smallest repeating unit; and generate an output image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a communication device, comprising: a receiving unit; and a control unit configured to, in a case in which the receiving unit receives a notification satisfying a predetermined condition from the communication device, search for an annotation related to the condition from a predetermined annotation management table, and direct a camera to the annotation that matches, wherein the control unit executes a predetermined operation based on a rule set in advance in a case in which the camera is directed towards the annotation.

Abstract: An apparatus for information collection, a cargo handling method, and a monitoring system are provided in the present disclosure. The apparatus for information collection at least includes an information collecting body and a first adjusting mechanism. The information collecting body is configured to collect information of a cargo and/or a truck. The information collecting body is mounted at the first adjusting mechanism. The first adjusting mechanism is configured to drive the information collecting body to rotate around an axis.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus including a body and a multi-function interconnect mechanism connected to the body. The interconnect mechanism includes: a base plate; protrusions; and magnetic members, wherein the base plate includes: a receptacle configured to engage an accessory such that the accessory is directly connectable to the image capture apparatus via the interconnect mechanism; locating features configured to receive alignment members on an adapter to facilitate proper registration of the adapter and the interconnect mechanism; and latching features configured for engagement with latch members on the adapter to thereby connect the adapter to the interconnect mechanism. The protrusions include apertures extending therethrough and are pivotably connected to the base plate such that the interconnect mechanism is reconfigurable between collapsed and extended configurations.

Abstract: There are provided a shake correction device and an imaging apparatus capable of mechanically suppressing movement of a movable unit and efficiently radiating heat of the movable unit. A shake correction device includes: a movable unit that holds an imaging element; a fixed unit that supports the movable unit to be movable within a plane that intersects an optical axis of the imaging element; and a lock mechanism that presses a first region of a first member connected to the fixed unit against a second member of the movable unit to suppress movement of the movable unit, in which heat of the movable unit is conducted to the fixed unit from a second region of the first member different from the first region via the first region from the second member by the pressing.

Abstract: An electronic module includes a first substrate and a frame member. The frame member includes a first surface and a second surface, and an inner wall side surface in contact with the first and second surfaces. The inner wall side surface includes at least a first end face and a second end face. A normal line to the second surface is a first line, and a line parallel to the second surface, passing through a point where the first end face contacts the second end face, is a second line. An angle formed by the first line and the first end face is different from an angle formed by the first line and the second end face. A distance between the second surface and the second line with respect to the second surface is larger than or equal to 10% of a distance between the first and second surfaces.

Abstract: A wearable camera worn and used by a user includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject, an irradiation unit configured to emit light in substantially parallel to an optical axis of the imaging unit, an attachment unit for attaching the wearable camera to the user, and a movable unit that is provided at a part of the attachment unit, wherein the imaging unit and the irradiation unit are arranged at the movable unit.

Abstract: An image sensor includes: a first and a second pixel, each of which includes a first photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light that has passed through a micro lens and generates a first charge, a second photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light that has passed through the micro lens and generates a second charge, an accumulation unit that accumulates at least one of the first charge and the second charge, a first transfer unit that transfers the first charge to the accumulation unit, and a second transfer unit that transfers the second charge to the accumulation unit; and a control unit that outputs, to the first transfer unit of the first pixel and to the second transfer unit of the second pixel, a signal that causes the first charge of the first pixel and the second charge of the second pixel to be transferred to their accumulation units.

Abstract: An imaging capturing module includes an appearance member, an image capturing unit, a color change assembly, and a control unit. The appearance member has an opening. The image capturing unit is disposed on an inner side of the appearance member and corresponds to the opening. The color change assembly covers the opening. The control unit is coupled to the color change assembly and is adapted to control the color change assembly to change to a first color and a second color. When the color change assembly is the first color, the control unit controls the image capturing unit to turn on. When the color change assembly is the second color, the control unit controls the image capturing unit to turn off.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method for reconstructing an image from a coded image. The electronic device may acquire a coded image, based on light in which a phase is modulated by a first phase mask including noise or a second phase mask not including the noise, and acquire a reconstructed image by inputting the coded image to an artificial intelligence model trained to reconstruct an image. The noise may be an error that occurred according to a process of a phase mask.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device has a plurality of pixels each of which is configured to include a sensor unit that generates a pulse at a frequency corresponding to a photon reception frequency, and a counter that counts a number of the pulses. The plurality of pixels are controlled such that a signal is generated based on a difference between count values for the counter between a start time and an end time for a plurality of different accumulation periods within a full frame period, and such that an image signal that is generated during a first accumulation period is output between a time from an end of the first accumulation period until an end of a second accumulation period. In addition, the photoelectric conversion device generates a mapping parameter and performs tone mapping processing on the image signal using the mapping parameter.

Abstract: There is provided an adjustment device and an operation method of the adjustment device that enable a positional relationship between a mask and an imaging element in a lensless camera to be adjusted with high accuracy and in a simple manner. When white light as incident light passes through a mask including a transmissive region including a plurality of condenser elements and a light-shielding region and provided at a preceding stage of an imaging element, the mask is adjusted to establish an appropriate positional relationship between the mask and the imaging element on the basis of a color of light corresponding to a wavelength of an image captured by the imaging element. The present disclosure is applicable to a calibration device for a mask and an imaging element in a lensless camera.

Abstract: An image signal processing device includes: a processor configured to process a first image signal and a second image signal, the first image signal being obtained by a first imaging portion capturing excitation light that is reflected from an observation target by irradiating the observation target with the excitation light, the second image signal being obtained by a second imaging portion capturing fluorescence from the observation target when excited by irradiating the observation target with the excitation light.