Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.

Abstract: A method, an image sensor, and an image processing device for crosstalk noise reduction are proposed. The method is applicable to an image sensor having a sensing array of image sensing elements and PD sensing elements and includes the following steps. A raw image generated by the sensing array is obtained. Whether to compensate image data of a current image pixel among image pixels corresponding to the image sensing elements is determined based on a first condition associated with at least one of an exposure and a system gain of the image sensor, a second condition associated with pixel coordinates of PD pixels corresponding to the PD sensing elements, and a third condition associated with sharpness information of the raw image. The image data of the current image pixel is compensated in response to the three conditions being satisfied. A processed raw image including the compensated image data is generated.

Abstract: A focus control device includes a processor including hardware. The processor sets a plurality of regions, each including a plurality of pixels, to an image acquired by an imaging section, obtains a direction determination result for each region in some or all of the plurality of regions set, by determining whether a target focusing position that is a target of an in-focus object plane position is on a NEAR side or a FAR side relative to a reference position, determines an in-focus direction by performing weighted comparison between NEAR area information and FAR area information, based on the direction determination result and weight information, and controls the in-focus object plane position based on the in-focus direction.

Abstract: The present embodiments relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a first magnet which is disposed on the housing and faces the coil; a second magnet disposed on the bobbin; and a sensor which is disposed on the housing and faces the second sensor, wherein the sensor comprises an upper surface, a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, an inner surface facing the second magnet, an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface, and both lateral surfaces connecting the inner surface with the outer surface, the upper surface and the lower surface of the sensor are fixed to the housing, and one of the side surfaces of the sensor is opened.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an image synthesis method and a smart device using the same method. The method includes: respectively capturing a first image and a second image by using a first camera and a second camera, wherein the first camera and the second camera are disposed on opposite sides of the smart device; recognizing a first object in the first image; finding a specific area in the first image, wherein the specific area is not overlapped with the first object; embedding the second image into the specific area of the first image to generate a third image.

Abstract: An assembly method of a camera module is provided. The camera module includes a first and second lens set respectively including at least one lens. The assembly steps include: providing a substrate, a lens holder, and an image sensing device, wherein the image sensing device is located in a space formed by the substrate and the lens holder, and the lens holder includes a limiting portion; disposing the second lens set in the space; assembling a barrel in the limiting portion, wherein the first lens set is disposed in the barrel, the second lens set is located between the first lens set and the image sensing device, and the first and second lens sets and the image sensing device have a common optical axis; inspecting the imaging of the image sensing device; and adjusting a position of the barrel in the limiting portion according to the inspection result.

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a vision sensor comprising, an array of pixels comprising rows and columns of pixels, wherein each pixel in the array comprises, a photosensor which is configured to output a current proportional to the intensity of light which is incident on the photosensor; a current source which is configured such that it can output a current which has a constant current level which is equal to the current level of the current output by the photosensor at a selected first instant in time, and can maintain that constant current level even if the level of the current output from the photosensor changes after said selected first instant in time; an integrator which is configured to integrate the difference between the level of current output by the current source and the level of current output by the photosensor, after the selected first instant in time; wherein the vision sensor further comprises a counter which can measure time, wherein the counter is configured such tha

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising: a first body; a second body coupled to the first body; a lens unit coupled to the second body; a circuit substrate unit located in an internal space formed by the first body and the second body and having an image sensor mounted thereon; and a focusing unit formed in the second body, and moving and fixing the lens unit or the circuit substrate unit in an optical axis direction of the lens unit, wherein a distance between the lens unit and the image sensor in the optical axis direction is adjusted through the focusing unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging apparatus that shoots a video. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that generates image data based on optical information input through an optical system; an image processor that generates video data based on the image data; and a controller that, when a shooting period in which a video is shot has a first shooting period from a start of first recording till an end of the first recording and a second shooting period from a start of second recording till an end of the second recording, generates a single file using, out of the video data, first video data corresponding to the video shot during the first shooting period and second video data corresponding to the video shot during the second shooting period.

Abstract: An information processing system that acquires first image data captured by a first camera unit disposed on a first side of a housing; acquires second image data captured by a second camera unit disposed on a second side of the housing, which is opposite to the first side of the housing; and modifies the second image data based on the first image data.

Abstract: An image sensor pixel may include multiple split photodiodes that are covered by a single microlens. The image sensor may include a charge overflow capacitor coupled to a pixel charge storage within the image sensor via a gain control transistor. The image sensor pixel may have phase detection capabilities in a first mode of operation enabled by comparing phase signals generated from the split photodiodes. The image sensor pixel also may generate and readout image signals simultaneously in both rolling shutter operations and global shutter operations in a second mode of operation. The image sensor pixel may also generate an image using a linear combination of at least two signals read out using the charge overflow capacitor and light flickering mitigation operations. The image may be a high dynamic range image that is generated from at least a low exposure signal and a high exposure signal.

Abstract: A multi-aperture camera system having an auto focusing function comprises: multiple apertures; an image sensor that creates multiple images by processing light signals introduced through the multiple apertures, respectively; and an auto focusing unit that determines a distance by which the image sensor moves relative to the multiple apertures by using the multiple images for auto focusing, wherein at least one of the multiple apertures has a central position that is misaligned with those of the remaining apertures other than the at least one aperture.

Abstract: An imaging device may have a monochrome image sensor and a bi-chromatic image sensor. A beam splitter may split incident light between the two image sensors. The monochrome image sensor may have an array of broadband image sensor pixels that generate broadband image signals. The bi-chromatic image sensor may have an array of red and blue image pixels that generate red and blue image signals. The image sensors may be coupled to processing circuitry that performs processing operations on only the broadband image signals to produce monochrome images, or on the red, blue, and broadband image signals to produce color images. Processing operations used to produce color images may include chroma-demosaicking and/or point filter operations.

Abstract: A camera module for an occupant monitoring system is disclosed. The camera module includes a housing with an interior chamber and an aperture on one surface. An image sensor is position within the chamber and aligned with the aperture. A lens is positioned between the image sensor and the aperture along an optical axis to focus light entering the aperture onto the image sensor. To reflect light into the aperture from a field of view that is not along the optical axis, the camera module includes a planar reflector that extends at an angle from the surface of the housing and over the aperture.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a white balance processing method. The white balance processing method includes processing an image to determine whether a light source is contained in a scene corresponding to the image; when the light source is contained in the scene, processing the image according to a first predetermined algorithm to acquire color temperature of the light source in the scene and performing a white balance processing on the image according to the color temperature of the light source; and when no light source is contained in the scene, performing the white balance processing on the image according to a second predetermined algorithm. The present disclosure further provides a white balance processing device, an electronic device and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup element, including: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; a first calculator that calculates a phase difference evaluation value for focus detection by a phase difference detection method based on signal from the pixel; and a second calculator that calculates a contrast evaluation value for focus detection by a contrast detection method based on signal from the pixel, wherein, when the first calculator completes calculation of the phase difference evaluation value, the phase difference evaluation value is output regardless of whether or not output of an image signal acquired by the pixel array is completed, and wherein, when the second calculator completes calculation of the contrast evaluation value, the contrast evaluation value is output regardless of whether or not output of the image signal acquired by the pixel array is completed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for depth imaging. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, by an image sensor that includes infrared pixels and color pixels, a first image of a scene while the image sensor is in a first position, moving the image sensor to a second position, wherein, in the second position, a particular infrared pixel is located where a particular color pixel was previously located when the image sensor was in the first position, obtaining, by the image sensor, a second image of the scene while the image sensor is in the second position, generating a composite image based on the first image and the second image, and determining an estimated distance to an object within the scene based on the composite image.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens module comprising a lens; an image sensor disposed below the lens module and configured to generate an image of a subject from light passing through the lens; and a logic controller configured to perform a resolution correction calculation on the image generated using aberration information estimated by comparing the image generated with a pre-constructed clear image of the subject with each other.

Abstract: A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view. The system may include a processor configured to calculate a distance of the selected region of interest relative to a location by comparing a position of the selected region of interest in the first field of view with a position of the selected region of interest in the second field of view.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for actuator control. The methods and apparatus may comprise a control circuit adapted to generate a control signal and various signal processing functions to generate a calibration code that is used to calibrate the control circuit. The apparatus for actuator control may comprise an induced voltage detection circuit to detect an induced voltage and a calibration circuit to generate the calibration code, which is used to calibrate the induced voltage detection circuit.