Abstract: A control apparatus that acquires images from a plurality of cameras performing automatic image-capturing includes a status acquisition unit that acquires an automatic image-capturing status of each of the plurality of cameras, the automatic image-capturing status including information about a current automatic image-capturing target, a recommended camera identification unit that identifies, based on the acquired automatic image-capturing status, a camera from among the plurality of cameras for which manual image-capturing is recommended, and a notification control unit configured to perform control to provide notification a result of the identification by the recommended camera identification unit.

Abstract: A shooting method includes: displaying, on the display, a shooting preview interface collected by a first camera; displaying, on the shooting preview interface, a first image composition and a second image composition that respectively correspond to a first subject and a second subject, where the first subject is different from the second subject; displaying a guide mark on the shooting preview interface, to guide a user to operate the electronic device, so that a framing range of the second camera and the first image composition meet a matching condition; and in response to meeting the matching condition, displaying a first recommended image including the first subject on the display, where the first recommended image is collected by a second camera, wherein an angle of view of the first camera is greater than an angle of view of the second camera.

Abstract: A system and method for determining occlusion are presented. The system receives camera data generated by at least one camera, which includes a first camera having a first camera field of view. The camera data is generated when a stack having a plurality of objects is in the first camera field of view, and describes a stack structure formed from at least an object structure for a first object of the plurality of objects. The system identifies a target feature of or disposed on the object structure, and determines a 2D region that is co-planar with and surrounds the target feature. The system determines a 3D region defined by connecting a location of the first camera and the 2D region. The system determines, based on the camera data and the 3D region, a size of an occluding region, and determines a value of an object recognition confidence parameter.

Abstract: An optical image stabilization module and an electronic device. The optical image stabilization module includes a first bracket, a second bracket, and a third bracket that are nested in sequence from inside to outside, and an optical lens module fixed on the first bracket. A first connection assembly is arranged between the first bracket and the second bracket, to enable the first bracket and the second bracket to form a rotational connection about a first rotation axis. A second connection assembly is arranged between the second bracket and the third bracket, to enable the second bracket and the third bracket to form a rotational connection about a second rotation axis. The first rotation axis, the second rotation axis, and an optical axis of the camera are perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to receive, at one or more processors associated with an image signal processing (ISP) pipeline for a camera, an image generated using an image sensor of the camera, wherein the image comprises a plurality of channels associated with color information of the image; process, by the one or more processors, the plurality of channels of the image to generate a plurality of luminance and/or radiance values; generate, by the one or more processors, an updated version of the image using the plurality of luminance and/or radiance values; and output the updated version of the image.

Abstract: An axicon scatter filter assembly operates on light that is approximately temporally and spatially coherent (requiring either active illumination or a very narrow field of view). The filter exploits the difference in behavior between spatially coherent and spatially incoherent light. Spatially coherent light is shaped and moved by the axicons. This allows the spatially coherent light to diverge and then be reconstructed into a rectified image. The spatially incoherent light is neither shaped nor moved by the axicons. Where the coherent light diverges, the incoherent (scattered) light does not. Thus, masks can be used to block a portion of the incoherent light while passing all of the incoherent light. The filter assembly thus removes undesired scattered light that degrades image quality. The axicons then reconstruct the original image with less scattering, which can be imaged by a lens and camera.

Abstract: Provided are a sample image analyzer and a corresponding method. The sample image analyzer includes: an object stage for supporting a sample carrier; an imaging device for capturing an image of an object in a sample on the sample carrier; a driving device for driving the object stage and the imaging device to move relative to each other; and a control device configured to control the driving device to deliver the sample carrier to a position below the imaging device, control the driving device to drive the object stage and the imaging device to move horizontally relative to each other, and to move vertically relative to each other, control the imaging device to capture, at least during the relative vertical movement, images of the object at different horizontal positions and at different vertical positions, and fuse the images of the object to obtain a target image of the object.

Abstract: A method of generating a media file, the method comprising: generating a first track of media data samples; generating at least one annotated region, the annotated region being associated with a geometry of the annotated region, the annotated region being associated with at least one region annotation describing the annotated region; wherein the annotated region is associated with the first track of media data samples; and generating a media file including the first track and the at least one annotated region, associated geometry and associated region annotation.

Abstract: An imaging device according to the present invention includes an illumination unit 20 containing a light source 21 for emitting illumination light 2, and a lens group 22 for irradiating an imaging object 1 with the illumination light 2 emitted from the light source 21, and an imaging unit 10 for imaging the imaging object 1. A part of the illumination light 2 is shielded by a light shielding component 40.

Abstract: An iris scanning device includes a first camera that captures an image of a face of a user and a second camera that captures an image of an eye of the user subsequent to the image of the face being captured. The iris scanning device includes a gimbal having a mirror mounted thereon and a facial feature detector that identifies facial features of the user based upon the image of the face. The iris scanning device further includes control circuitry that adjusts an orientation of the gimbal based upon the facial features, where the image of the eye is captured upon the orientation of the gimbal being adjusted, and where the mirror mounted on the gimbal is oriented to cause the image of the eye to be captured. An iris of the eye of the user may be located in a central region of the image of the eye.

Abstract: A processor of an imaging apparatus including an imaging element that images a subject through an imaging optical system is configured to: perform a recording control of performing one of: first processing as defined herein; and second processing as defined herein; perform an image shake correction control of correcting an image shake of a captured image output from the imaging element by moving one or both of the imaging element and a lens included in the imaging optical system; perform image processing of generating a live view image for displaying a subject image formed in the second region on a display unit; and perform a control of setting, in a case of performing the first processing, a movable range of at least one of the imaging element and the lens in the image shake correction control to be larger than in a case of performing the second processing.

Abstract: An image capturing method, applicable to an electronic device including an image capturing device and a processor, is provided. The image capturing device has a field of view (FOV). The image capturing method includes: capturing a plurality of images of the FOV by using the image capturing device, and recording a plurality of images within a capture frame in the FOV from the images, where a capturing range of the capture frame is smaller than or equal to the FOV; moving the capture frame to a perspective-moving target within the FOV in response to a setting operation on the perspective-moving target; and generating a moving-perspective video from the recorded images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera module, the module including: a PCB; an image sensor mounted on the PCB and formed with an image pickup device; a base mounted on the PCB and including a plated portion formed at a lower center with an opening mounted with an IR filter; a lower spring plate formed with a conductive material; a spacer arranged on an upper surface of the lower spring plate and forming a staircase structure by a rib wrapping a periphery of the lower spring plate to supportively apply a pressure to the lower spring plate; a lens actuator including a bobbin, and a yoke; an upper spring plate coupled to an upper surface of the lens actuator; and a cover attached to an upper surface of the upper spring plate.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a user operation for issuing an instruction for reproducing a trace recording including information about (a) at least one of a pan value, a tilt value, a zoom value, and a value related to image quality conditions in a predetermined period for a first image capturing unit and (b) tally information indicating a state of video delivery in the predetermined period of the first image capturing unit, controls at least one of the pan value, the tilt value, the zoom value, and the value related to image quality conditions for the first image capturing unit according to the trace recording during a period in a case where the trace recording is being reproduced according to the received user operation, and displays information indicating the state of video delivery of the first image capturing unit according to the tally information recorded in the trace recording.

Abstract: A driving mechanism is provided, including a base, a movable unit, a magnetic element, and a driving assembly. The movable unit is movably disposed on the base. The magnetic element is disposed on the movable unit and has plastic material. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable unit to move relative to the base, wherein the driving assembly has a coil, and the magnetic element and the movable unit move relative to the base when an electrical current is applied to the coil.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that composites a plurality of images that have been captured with different exposure amounts, the image processing apparatus comprising at least one processor and/or circuit configured to function as following units: a specification unit configured to specify a signal value indicating an upper limit value of an output dynamic range with respect to at least one of the plurality of images; and a decision unit configured to decide on composition percentages of the plurality of images based on the signal value specified by the specification unit.

Abstract: A camera module comprises: a first housing; a lens module arranged in the first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing; a substrate arranged in an inner space of the first housing and the second housing; an image sensor arranged on the substrate; and an adhesive member arranged between the first housing and the second housing, wherein the second housing includes a stepped portion on which the substrate is arranged, and a protrusion portion formed on an inner surface of the second housing to be in contact with a side surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion region disposed in a first substrate and that converts incident light into first electric charges, and a first readout circuit including a first converter that converts the first electric charges into a first logarithmic voltage signal. The first converter includes a first transistor coupled to the first photoelectric conversion region and a second transistor coupled to the first transistor. The imaging device includes a wiring layer on the first substrate and includes a first level of wirings arranged in a first arrangement overlapping the first photoelectric conversion region and in a second arrangement overlapping the first and second transistors, the second arrangement being different than the first arrangement.

Abstract: An image sensor capable of recording both spectral and polarization properties of light using a single chip device includes an at least 2048 by 2048 array of superpixels. Each superpixel includes an array of spectral pixels, and an adjacent array of polarization pixels. Each spectral pixel includes a spectral filter and a stack of photodiodes, where each photodiode has a different quantum efficiency and is, therefore, sensitive to a different wavelength of light passed by the spectral filter. Each polarization pixel includes a polarization filter and a stack of photodiodes, similar to the spectral pixel photodiode stacks.