Abstract: Breathable membranes for lens assemblies are described. For example, a system may include a lens barrel having an inner channel extending from a first end of the lens barrel to a second end of the lens barrel. The lens barrel can include one or more inner lenses positioned within the inner channel. The lens barrel has a vent hole in a side of the lens barrel that extends from the inner channel to an exterior surface of the lens barrel. The system includes a membrane attached to the lens barrel and positioned to cover the vent hole. The membrane has pores large enough to permit nitrogen gas to flow through the membrane and the vent hole.

Abstract: The display of information associated with a particular position of a picked-up image is enabled. Image data is transmitted to external equipment. Instruction information regarding the image data is received from the external equipment. A display-use image reflecting the instruction information is generated on the basis of the instruction information. For example, the display-use image is generated by displaying details of the instruction information on an image corresponding to the image data. As another example, position information is added to the instruction information. The display-use image is then generated by displaying the details of the instruction information in an image position indicated by the position information.

Abstract: A camera module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first plate comprising a cavity in which a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid forming an interface are disposed; a common terminal disposed on the first plate; a plurality of individual terminals disposed below the first plate; a second plate disposed on the common terminal; a liquid lens comprising a third plate disposed below the individual terminals; a lens assembly comprising at least one solid lens and the liquid lens; a sensor substrate disposed below the lens assembly and having an image sensor disposed thereon; a connection substrate for electrically connecting the liquid lens and the sensor substrate; and a control unit for supplying a driving voltage applied to the common terminal and the individual terminals, wherein the control unit may sense the voltage applied between the common terminal and the individual terminals, and supply the compensated driving voltage to the common terminal and the individual ter

Abstract: A suspension assembly of a camera, with electrical traces, may be formed using one or more electroforming processes. The suspension assembly may include one or more flexure arms connecting an inner frame to an outer frame of the camera. The inner frame may be moveable relative to the outer frame to implement autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functions for the camera. The electrical traces may be formed at a first side of a substrate, using one or more electroforming processes. Next, one or more cavities in various shapes may be created in one or more dry film photoresist (DFR) layers at a second side of the substrate by exposing the DFR layers to ultraviolet light. One or more electroforming processes may be used to deposit one or more materials in to the cavities to form one or more components, e.g., a flexure arm, of the suspension assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to preventing an operation from being performed in an operation mode that is not intended by a user. In an image capturing apparatus, a moving image lever is an operation member for issuing an instruction to change an operation mode to a moving image capturing mode that is a state where a moving image is recordable. In order to avoid unintentional change of the operation mode to the moving image capturing mode due to an erroneous operation on the moving image lever, a setting is made to enable and disable an instruction that is issued by operating the moving image lever. If the setting is changed to “disable” while the image capturing apparatus is operating in the moving image capturing mode, a microcomputer changes an operation mode to a still image capturing mode.

Abstract: A system includes an image sensor coupled to a first optical distortion element, a processing unit, and an electronic display coupled to a second optical distortion element. The image sensor is configured to receive, using a plurality of sensor pixels, a portion of an incoming light field through the first optical distortion element and generate a distorted digitized image from the received portion of the incoming light field. The processing unit is configured to generate a distorted virtual image and to generate a processed distorted image by mixing the distorted virtual image and the distorted digitized image. The electronic display is configured to display, using a plurality of display pixels, the processed distorted image through the second optical distortion element. The second optical distortion element is configured to undistort the processed distorted image in order to produce a portion of an emitted light field.

Abstract: An actuator of a camera module includes: driving wires to drive a lens barrel in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; a driver to provide a driving signal in the form of a pulse to the driving wires; and a controller to generate a control signal based on a target position of the lens barrel and a present position of the lens barrel, to control the driver, and to generate resistance offsets between the driving wires based on resistance slope of each of the driving wires.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera unit with a light steering mechanism and application thereof, wherein the camera unit includes a long-focal-length camera module and a wide-angle camera module, wherein the wide-angle camera module provides a wide-angle image, and a ratio between an equivalent focal length of the long-focal-length camera module and an equivalent focal length of the wide-angle camera module is not less than 4, wherein the long-focal-length camera module includes a light steering mechanism, a long-focal-length lens and a long-focal-length photosensitive assembly, wherein the light steering mechanism is used for turning the light to pass through the long-focal-length lens to be received by the long-focal-length photosensitive assembly, wherein a height dimension of the long-focal-length camera module does not exceed 5.6 mm.

Abstract: A viewing device adapted to support an imaging device includes a panel defining an imaging aperture to facilitate a capture of an image, by a camera sensor of the imaging device, of solar phenomena, and a viewing window to facilitate a view, by one of the human eyes, of the solar phenomena. The viewing window is arranged distally from a first longitudinal end of the panel relative to the imaging aperture and is arranged laterally offset from the imaging aperture. The viewing device also includes an optical filter attached to the panel and arranged covering the viewing window to filter parasitic light rays, and an engagement member adapted to releasably engage with the imaging device and retain the imaging device with the panel such that the camera sensor is aligned with the imaging aperture. The viewing device uses an authentication identification to eliminate the risk of counterfeiting and preserve safety.

Abstract: A housing assembly for an image capture device is disclosed. The housing assembly includes: a front housing portion defining an opening; a rear housing portion that is connected (secured) to the front housing portion so as to form a watertight seal therebetween; a mounting structure, which is configured as a discrete component that is separate from the front housing portion and the rear housing portion and connected (secured) to the front housing portion adjacent to the opening; a first sealing member that is positioned between the mounting structure and the front housing portion and configured to form a watertight seal therebetween; an integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA) that is connected (secured) to the mounting structure such that the ISLA extends through the opening in the front housing portion; and a second sealing member that is positioned between the ISLA and the mounting structure and configured to form a watertight seal therebetween.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first image of a scene through a static coded aperture onto a sensor with the static coded aperture in a first position relative to the sensor, shifting the coded aperture to a second position relative to the sensor, and forming a second image of the scene through the static coded aperture onto the sensor with the static coded aperture in the second position. Two or more images can be formed in this way. The method includes forming a combined image by deconvolving the two or more images and combining data from the two or more images into the combined image. The combined image can be a more accurate representation of the scene than either of the first and second images.

Abstract: A camera has a lens mount and an image sensor for sensing images. A holder of the camera can captively hold the image sensor such that the image sensor is moveable relative to the lens mount when the image sensor is not attached to the holder. The holder is further operable to fixedly hold the image sensor such that the image sensor is unmoveable relative to the lens mount at an aligned position of the image sensor when the image sensor is attached to the holder. The image sensor may be attached to a printed circuit board. The holder may include first and second rails comprising first and second printed circuit boards, respectively. The holder is then operable to fixedly hold the image sensor by the printed circuit board being soldered to at least one of the first and second printed circuit boards.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an apparatus including multiple image sensors sharing one or more optical paths for imaging. An example method includes identifying whether a device including a first aperture, a first image sensor, a second image sensor, and an optical element is to be in a first device mode or a second device mode. The method also includes controlling the optical element based on the identified device mode. The optical element directs light from the first aperture to the first image sensor in a first optical element mode. Light from the first aperture is directed to the second image sensor when the optical element is in the second optical element mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electronic device having a collecting device and a display device. The collecting device includes a light sensing surface having a first shape to convert external light into an original image. The display device having a display area displaying a portion of the original image in a second shape. The first and second shapes are different shapes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method that permit capture of a bright image without using an expensive large-diameter lens. A mirror surface having an opening portion larger in area than an imaging element is formed at a former stage of the imaging element. The mirror surface concentrates light from a subject surface. The imaging apparatus captures an image formed by light that directly enters the imaging element and light that is reflected by the mirror surface and reconstructs a final image from the captured image. The present disclosure is applicable to an imaging apparatus.

Abstract: A display control apparatus, in which a user can easily recognize “taste of bokeh” of a captured image before the image is recorded, is disclosed. The display control apparatus controls so as to display, together with a first item that indicates either one of a setting value of an F-number or a T-number, a second item that indicates information that relates to an F-number and an amount of variance of a T-number that correspond to a current setting value.

Abstract: A reflection module includes: a holder; and a reflective member mounted on the holder and including an incident surface, a reflective surface, and an emitting surface. The holder includes a cover portion covering a portion of the emitting surface. An area of the cover portion covering the emitting surface increases in a direction toward a lower portion of the emitting surface.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods related to a Deep Learning Accelerator and memory are described. For example, a digital camera may be configured to execute instructions with matrix operands and configured with: a housing; a lens; an image sensor positioned behind the lens to generate image data of a field of view of the digital camera; random access memory to store instructions executable by the Deep Learning Accelerator and store matrices of an Artificial Neural Network; a transceiver; and a controller configured to generate, and communicate using the transceiver to a separate computer, a description of an item or event in the field of view captured in the image data, based on an output of the Artificial Neural Network receiving the image data as an input. The separate computer may selectively request a portion of image data from the digital camera based on the processing of the description.

Abstract: A camera module according to one embodiment comprises: a housing including a through hole and a lens assembly disposed in the through hole toward a first surface on which light is incident; an infrared filter attached to a second surface of the housing, positioned on the opposite side of the first surface to shield inflow of infrared rays from the incident light; and an image sensor for recognizing the light passing through the infrared filter, wherein the infrared filter comprises: an effective filtering region for transmitting visible light; an attachment region attached by an adhesive applied to the second surface of the housing, for forming the exterior of the infrared filter; and a masking region formed between the attachment region and the effective filtering region, wherein the effective filtering region is formed to protrude from a vertex region and overlaps with a region in which the image sensor is positioned and the attachment region is formed as an area capable of securing adhesion with the second

Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus including at least one or more imaging units, and more particularly, to an imaging apparatus including at least one or more imaging units which includes at least one or more modules to perform modularization so that a time-slice imaging device may be installed, performs a light weight of the imaging units to solve difficulty in a process of connecting multiple heavy digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras to each other in order to realize a time-sliced image at a certain moment, achieves assembly simplicity and storage convenience through a structure that may be stored by separating the modules and a support, and achieves popularization of an imaging apparatus capable of capturing a time slice image.