Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of detecting a flash band with high accuracy even when no flash light is falling on a part of an image. The image pickup apparatus detects a band-shaped luminance step appearing in a plurality of frame images, which are obtained through image pickup by an image pickup unit, in a video comprised of the plurality of frame images. A detection area, which is for use in detecting the luminance step, is set in a part of the frame image according to a subject included in the frame image. Luminance data is obtained on a line-by-line basis in the detection area, and based on a difference in luminance data between corresponding lines in the frame images, the luminance step is detected.

Abstract: Multiframe reconstruction combines a set of acquired images into a reconstructed image. Here, which images to acquire are selected based at least in part on the content of previously acquired images. In one approach, a set of at least three images of an object are acquired at different acquisition settings. For at least one of the images in the set, the acquisition setting for the image is determined based at least in part on the content of previously acquired images. Multiframe image reconstruction, preferably via a multi-focal display, is applied to the set of acquired images to synthesize a reconstructed image of the object.

Abstract: A device comprises a first digital camera having a first center line of sight and a second digital camera having a second center line of sight that is parallel and opposing the first camera. A method for controlling the first camera based on estimating the angular deviation between a person gaze direction and the line of sight of the first digital camera. A human face is detected in an image captured as an image file by the second digital camera, using a face detection algorithm. An angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the second center line of sight and an imaginary line from the second camera to the detected human face based on the captured image, and an angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the imaginary line from the second camera to the detected face and the human face gaze direction based on the captured image.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a camera; a touch screen configured to continuously display images captured by the camera; a memory; and a controller configured to in response to a first touch applied to the touch screen continuously displaying the images at a first touch-applied time point, store a first image displayed on the touch screen at the first touch-applied time point in the memory, display a first thumbnail image corresponding to the first image on the touch screen, in response to a second touch applied to the touch screen continuously displaying the images at a second touch-applied time point, store a second image displayed on the touch screen at the second touch-applied time point in the memory, by grouping the second image with the first image in the memory.

Abstract: A control for a power saving of an electronic device is disclosed. The device includes a camera configured to be activated and then obtain an image when no input event is received within a given time after activation of a selected function. The device further includes a control unit configured to, if the obtained image contains a specific pattern, determine whether the specific pattern corresponds to a human face pattern, and to, if the specific pattern does not correspond to the human face pattern, perform a power saving control of the electronic device.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of calculating light amount changing characteristics of an object with high accuracy and enlarging a dynamic range during photometric measurement. An image pickup device of the image pickup apparatus has a plurality of unit pixel areas arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and a first pixel and a second pixel are included in each of the unit pixel areas. When a flicker detection mode in which an image signal for use in calculating the light amount changing characteristics of the object is obtained is selected, a first accumulation period and a second accumulation period for the first pixels and the second pixels, respectively, are set such that a first barycentric position which is a barycentric position of the first accumulation period and a second barycentric position which is a barycentric position of the second accumulation period correspond to each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces. In some examples, the electronic device transitions between user interfaces for capturing photos based on data received from a first camera and a second camera. In some examples, the electronic device provides enhanced zooming capabilities that result in visual pleasing results for a displayed digital viewfinder and for captured videos. In some examples, the electronic device provides user interfaces for transitioning a digital viewfinder between a first camera with an applied digital zoom to a second camera with no digital zoom. In some examples, the electronic device prepares to capture media at various magnification levels. In some examples, the electronic device enhanced capabilities for navigating through a plurality of values.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed technology include techniques for autonomously collecting image data, and generating photo summaries based thereon. In some implementations, a plurality of images may be autonomously sampled from an available stream of image data. For example, a camera application of a smartphone or other mobile computing device may present a live preview based on a stream of data from an image capture device. The live stream of image capture data may be sampled and the most interesting photos preserved for further filtering and presentation. The preserved photos may be further winnowed as a photo session continues and an image object generated summarizing the remaining photos. Accordingly, image capture data may be autonomously collected, filtered, and formatted to enable a photographer to see what moments they missed manually capturing during a photo session.

Abstract: A first still image included in a still image file and a second still image extracted from a moving image included in a moving image file are evaluated as layout target on a template. The layout target on the template is specified out of the first still image and the second still image in accordance with the evaluation, and the still image file of the layout target is laid out on the template. The first still image and the second still image are evaluated such that the possibility that the second still image is specified becomes higher than that for the first still image.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image capture, curation, and editing system that includes a resource-efficient mobile image capture device that continuously captures images. The mobile image capture device is operable to input an image into at least one neural network and to receive at least one descriptor of the desirability of a scene depicted by the image as an output of the at least one neural network. The mobile image capture device is operable to determine, based at least in part on the at least one descriptor of the desirability of the scene of the image, whether to store a second copy of such image in a non-volatile memory of the mobile image capture device or to discard a first copy of such image from a temporary image buffer without storing the second copy of such image in the non-volatile memory.

Abstract: An exemplary method implements fixed pattern noise compensation for captured visual images of a moving scene. A current X-by-Y frame of image values captured by a camera is stored in memory where the magnitude of each image value represents a light level associated with a respective X-by-Y position in the frame. A moving average value for each image value over a number of X-by-Y frames is determined where the moving average value for each X-by-Y image value represents a level of fixed pattern noise for the moving scene. X-by-Y frames with fixed pattern noise compensated image values are generated based on subtracting from each image value of the current X-by-Y frame the corresponding moving average value.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus, including: a compression unit configured to perform compression processing on image data; an expansion unit configured to perform expansion processing on the image data that has been subjected to the compression processing based on a coding parameter used for the compression processing on the image data; and a processing unit configured to perform autofocus processing based on the image data that has been subjected to the expansion processing, the autofocus processing being adaptively performed based on the coding parameter.

Abstract: An image processing circuit comprises a first sample-and-hold circuit that samples a first data from a pixel; a second sample-and-hold circuit that samples a second data from the pixel; a voltage-to-current circuit that includes a resistor and a current source, and receives the first data and the second data to output a difference data; and a black sun spot determination circuit. The black sun spot determination circuit compares a first VSL level at a first time with a second VSL level at a second time, both from the second sample-and-hold circuit, and determines the presence of a black sun spot based on a difference between the first and second level.

Abstract: The image sensor includes a first analog-to-digital converter configured to convert a first analog pixel signal output from a first pixel in a row into first digital signals, a second analog-to-digital converter configured to convert a second analog pixel signal output from a second pixel in the row into second digital signals, a first output circuit configured to output a first bit value at a first position in the first digital signals in response to a first enable control signal, and a second output circuit configured to output a second bit value at a second position in the second digital signals in response to a second enable control signal, the second position in the second digital signals corresponding to the first position in the first digital signals, wherein the second enable control signal is activated with a delay from the activation of the first enable control signal.

Abstract: In a case where an image capturing device is in a first state and, in a state where the image capturing device is attached to a communication apparatus, it is judged that a first operation is performed, wireless communication with the communication apparatus is maintained and an operation state of the image capturing device is caused to make a transition to a second state; in a case where, in the first state and in a state where the image capturing device is not attached to the communication apparatus, it is judged that the first operation is performed, the wireless communication with the communication apparatus is not maintained; and in the first state, image capturing by the image capturing device and communication of data by the wireless communication are possible, and in the second state, power consumption is less than that of the first state.

Abstract: A method for a device to adjust a shooting parameter, includes: receiving a click signal triggered from a viewfinder displayed on a touchscreen; displaying, by taking a click position indicated by the click signal as a reference position, an adjusting control corresponding to a shooting parameter; receiving a sliding touch signal indicating a sliding touch operation on the adjusting control; and adjusting the shooting parameter according to the sliding touch signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, computer-readable mediums, and methods for detecting glare in a frame of image data. A frame of image data is preprocessed. A set of connected components in the preprocessed frame is determined. A set of statistics is calculated for one or more connected components in the set of connected components. A decision for the one or more connected components is made, using the calculated set of statistics, if the connected component is a light spot over text. Whether glare is present in the frame is determined.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device comprises a first pixel group includes a first photoelectric conversion unit that converts into electric charges reflection light pulses from an object irradiated with an irradiation light pulse, a first electric charge accumulation unit accumulating the electric charges in synchrony with turning on the irradiation light pulses, and a first reset unit resetting the electric charges; and a second pixel group includes a second photoelectric conversion unit that converts the reflection light into electric charges, a second electric charge accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charges synchronously with a switching the irradiation light pulses from on to off, and a second reset unit that releases a reset of the electric charges converted by the second photoelectric conversion unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing photometric normalization in an array camera in accordance with embodiments of this invention are disclosed. The image data of scene from a reference imaging component and alternate imaging components is received. The image data from each of the alternate imaging components is then translated to so that pixel information in the image data of each alternate imaging component corresponds to pixel information in the image data of the reference component. The shifted image data of each alternate imaging component is compared to the image data of the reference imaging component to determine gain and offset parameters for each alternate imaging component. The gain and offset parameters of each alternate imaging component is then applied to the image data of the associate imaging to generate corrected image data for each of the alternate imaging components.

Abstract: An imaging element having a layered structure including a first chip having a pixel portion in which pixels for photoelectrically converting an optical image of an object and generating a pixel signal are arranged two-dimensionally and a second chip in which a drive means of the pixel portion is arranged, and having a first output path to output the pixel signals of at least a first pixel group in the pixel portion and a second output path to output the pixel signals of a second pixel group, comprises the a conversion means for converting the pixel signals of the first and second output paths into digital signals and a control information generation means for generating control information of a photographing operation of the object by using the digital signal converted by the conversion means, wherein at least a part of the conversion means is arranged in the first chip.