Abstract: A first frame of image data is captured at a first illumination intensity during a first time segment. A second frame of image data is captured at a second illumination intensity during a second time segment. The first frame and the second frame are combined and outputted as a compensated frame.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining, using at least one image sensor of an electronic device, a first image frame and multiple second image frames of a scene. Each of the second image frames has an exposure time different from an exposure time of the first image frame. The method also includes generating, using at least one processor, blur kernels indicating a motion direction of the first image frame using an optical flow network. The method further includes refining, using the at least one processor, the blur kernels using a convolutional neural network. In addition, the method includes generating, using the at least one processor, a target image frame of the scene using the refined blur kernels and occlusion masks for the second image frames.

Abstract: A surveillance sensor system for a surveillance network configured to monitor an environment surrounding a device, and including a processing unit, a tridimensional sensor and a camera. The surveillance sensor system is providing to the surveillance network, a global tridimensional map, a plurality of features including associations of the features to the corresponding tridimensional data points in the global tridimensional map, and including properties determined for each feature. The surveillance sensor system is not providing the images from the camera to the surveillance network.

Abstract: A lens device and an imaging apparatus that can emit illumination light coaxial with a lens optical system are proposed herein. A lens device includes an optical system that includes a first lens and a second lens forming an optical image of a subject; a first optical member that includes a frame that includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that include two or more optical filters transmitting lights having at least some wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of polarizing filters that have different polarization directions; and a second optical member that is provided outside the optical system and closer to a subject side than the first optical member and emits illumination light, which is incident from the outside of the optical system, to the subject side via the optical system.

Abstract: A camera authentication method and a control apparatus are provided, and are applicable to an identity authentication of an on-board camera in the autonomous driving field. The method includes: obtaining one or more frames of a first image shot by a to-be-authenticated camera; determining one or more light intensity offset values of N photosensitive units based on the one or more frames of the first image; determining a matching degree between the light intensity offset values of the N photosensitive units and a preset N-dimensional vector; and if the matching degree meets a preset condition, determining that authentication of the to-be-authenticated camera succeeds, where the N photosensitive units are in a photosensitive layer of the to-be-authenticated camera, and the photosensitive layer includes M photosensitive units, where N?M. This technical solution is used to improve camera security.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for improved projecting of aimer illumination utilizing an off-axis aimer alignment. Some embodiments reduce the negative impact of light reflectivity on components of an apparatus from an aimer illumination while simultaneously enhancing the intensity level of the aimer illumination at greater ranges from a target object. One example embodiment includes an integrated molded off-axis aimer lens including a light focusing lens having an input face and an output face, an axis redirecting lens having an angled front surface, where the axis redirecting lens is oriented along a first axis, where the axis redirecting lens is aligned with the output face of the light focusing lens, and an aimer light source aligned with the input face of the light focusing lens, where the aimer light source is oriented along a second axis that differs from the first axis.

Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first photodiode and a second photodiode. The first and second photodiodes photogenerate charge in response to incident light. A first transfer transistor is coupled to the first photodiode. A first floating diffusion is coupled to the first transfer transistor. A second transfer transistor is coupled to the second photodiode. A second floating diffusion is coupled to the second transfer transistor. A dual floating diffusion transistor is coupled between the first and second floating diffusions. An overflow transistor is coupled to the second photodiode. A capacitor is coupled between a voltage source and the overflow transistor. A capacitor readout transistor is coupled between the capacitor and the second floating diffusion. An anti-blooming transistor coupled between the first photodiode and a power line.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system comprises a first camera including a first filter having a spectral response, a first meta-optic lens, and a first sensor. The system comprises a second camera including a second filter having a spectral response different than the spectral response of the first filter, a second meta-optic lens, and a second sensor. The system also comprises a processor configured to receive a representation of a first image of a scene captured by the first camera, receive a representation of a second image of the scene captured by the second camera, and generate a representation of a superposed image of the scene based on the representation of the first image and the representation of the second image, the representation of the superposed image having an aberration lesser than an aberration of the representation of the first image and an aberration of the representation of the second image.

Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of realizing a capacitative element of which a capacitance value has low bias dependence and of which capacitance density is high without lowering operating voltage is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first capacitative element stacked on the semiconductor substrate; and a second capacitative element which is stacked on an opposite side to a side of the semiconductor substrate of the first capacitative element and of which a capacitance value has bias characteristics being opposite to bias characteristics of a capacitance value of the first capacitative element, wherein the first capacitative element and the second capacitative element are connected in parallel.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a first pixel. The first pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion region disposed in a first substrate and that converts incident light into first electric charges. The first pixel includes a first readout circuit including a first converter that converts the first electric charges into a first logarithmic voltage signal. The imaging device includes at least one bonding pad on the first substrate and in electrical contact with the first converter. The at least one bonding pad overlaps at least part of the first pixel.

Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by using a punchout of the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may be dynamically changed based on stabilization performance of the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may be changed when the punchout is moving within the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may not be changed when the punchout is not moving within the video.

Abstract: The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor encased in the housing and configured to capture activity of the smart home environment; (3) a wireless radio configured to transmit video frames captured by the image sensor to an electronic device via a remote server; (4) at least one infrared transmitter configured to selectively illuminate the smart home environment; (5) one or more circuit boards encased in the housing, the one or more circuit boards including at least one processor mounted thereon; and (6) a heating component coupled to the image sensor, the heating component configured to continuously maintain the image sensor at a temperature above a threshold temperature while the image sensor is capturing the activity of the smart home environment.

Abstract: A focus detecting apparatus includes a first determining unit configured to determine an image stabilizing area based on object information, and a second determining unit configured to determine a focus detecting area based on the object information, and to determine a calculation area for focus detection based on the focus detecting area. The second determining unit determines the calculation area based on a relationship between the image stabilizing area and the focus detecting area.

Abstract: An image processing unit of a processor for an endoscope includes: an emphasis processing calculation unit performing nonlinear gradation conversion for a pixel value of a pixel of interest, using each pixel of a captured image as the pixel of interest; and a preprocessing unit setting a reference upper limit characteristic line and a reference lower limit characteristic line in order to adjust an output pixel value after the nonlinear gradation conversion and calculating a degree of variation in pixel values in a partial setting region around the pixel of interest. The emphasis processing calculation unit calculates an output ratio of the output pixel value to a maximum pixel value that can be taken by the captured image, an adjustment upper limit value and an adjustment lower limit value, and an emphasis-processed pixel value, using the adjustment upper limit value, the adjustment lower limit value, and the output ratio.

Abstract: A method for joining a camera module, including a base plate on which an image sensor is situated, and an objective mount in which an objective of the camera module is accommodated. The base plate is placed on the objective mount, and at least one spring element is laterally mounted and positioned at each of at least two connection areas that are oppositely situated with respect to the optical axis of the camera module. The base plate and the objective mount are pressed flatly against one another via the spring element.

Abstract: A method for generating a hyper-stabilized video by an electronic device includes detecting, by the electronic device, a preview of at least one image frame on a screen of the electronic device, wherein the at least one image frame is captured by one or more cameras of the electronic device; determining, by the electronic device, an optimal Central Square Field of View (CSFoV) in the at least one image frame; determining, by the electronic device, a maximum rotation angle of the electronic device for each camera of the one or more cameras based on the optimal CSFoV; determining, by the electronic device, a current rotation angle of the electronic device by using at least one sensor of the electronic device; and generating, by the electronic device, the hyper-stabilized video based on the maximum rotation angle of the electronic device for the each camera and the current rotation angle of the electronic device.

Abstract: An image processing method includes receiving a raw image of an image sensor as a first image; performing remosaicing on the first image to generate a second image in a Bayer format, the performing the remosaicing including: converting the first image into a first color image, performing false color correction on the first color image, re-correcting an over-correction caused in performing the false color correction to generate a second color image, and converting the second color image into the second image in the Bayer format; and generating a full resolution image as an output image based on the second image.

Abstract: A rearward image displaying device includes an imaging portion configured to generate a captured image by imaging, through a camera, to the rear of a vehicle; a first generating portion configured to generate a first rearward image by extracting an image from a region of a portion of the captured image; an incline detecting portion configured to detect an incline angle of the vehicle; a second generating portion configured to extract an image from a region that is another portion of the captured image, based on the incline angle, to generate a second rearward image that is different from the first rearward image; and a display controlling portion configured to displaying the first rearward image and the second rearward image on a display.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for photographing vehicles in a deployable photobooth structure that avoids corner lighting issues common with angular shaped photobooths. The walls of the photobooth are made of an opaque fabric or panels. A frame supports photographic lighting, as well as rods from which the fabric that forms the walls is hung. The photobooth itself may be hung from a ceiling and deployed downward or retracted upward to a ceiling. The photobooth may also be mobile and used in outdoor settings. If not hung, vertical support legs may be used to support the frame above the floor or ground. Low volume car photos are obtained where a user walks about the inside perimeter of the photobooth and takes a series of photographs or video. The images or video may then be manipulated by computer to provide seamless reflection free 360 degree images.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for fast focusing by directly detecting target moments. The method includes: generating a setting modulation matrix and loading the modulation matrix to an optical modulator, receiving an optical signal emitted or transmitted by a target object at a current focusing position, and modulating, by the modulation matrix, the optical signal; acquiring a geometric moment value of the target object at the current focusing position according to the modulated optical signal; calculating a central moment; and a focusing position, obtained by refocusing, serving as the current focusing position, returning the optical signal of the target object that is received at the current focusing position and emitted or transmitted by the target object, comparing the central moment corresponding to the target object at all the focusing positions, and determining the focusing position that corresponds to the minimum central moment as the focusing position.