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: 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 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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.

Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented method of computing a location of an object, comprising: accessing a wide field of view (wFOV) image captured by a wFOV image sensor located relative to an object, analyzing the wFOV image to identify a predefined feature, wherein the predefined feature indicates a low accuracy location of the object, capturing a high resolution image by a high resolution image sensor located relative to the object, the high resolution image depicting the predefined feature, and computing a high accuracy of location of the object according to an analysis of the predefined feature and according to a correlation between a location and orientation of the wFOV image sensor and the high resolution image sensor.

Abstract: An image sensor comprises an arrangement of pixels, the pixels including an acquisition circuit each, the acquisition circuit including: a sensor circuit configured to generate a sensor signal (VLOG) depending on a light signal illuminating a photosensor of the pixel; a storage circuit configured to store during a storage interval a stored signal (VSTORE) proportional to the sensor signal (VLOG); and a comparator circuit configured to generate after the refresh interval a comparator signal (VCOMP) depending on the sensor signal (VLOG) and the stored signal (VSTORE). A method of operating an image sensor comprises steps of generating a sensor signal (VLOG) depending on a light signal illuminating a photosensor of the pixel, storing during a storage interval a stored signal (VSTORE) proportional to the sensor signal (VLOG) and generating after the refresh interval a comparator signal (VCOMP) depending on the sensor signal (VLOG) and the stored signal (VSTORE).

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus including a pixel array comprising two or more photo-sensor elements, a first optical filter disposed on a first photo-sensor element of the pixel array and a second optical filter disposed on a second photo-sensor element of the pixel array. The first optical filter is configured such that a spectral response of the first optical filter includes a first passband in a first wavelength range and a second passband in a second wavelength range, where the first passband and the second passband are separated by a first stop band. The second optical filter is configured such that a spectral response of the second optical filter includes a third passband in the first wavelength range and a fourth passband in the second wavelength range, where the third passband and the fourth passband are separated by a second stop band.

Abstract: A camera module is provided and includes an image sensor and a printed circuit board (PCB) structure electrically coupled to the image sensor. The PCB structure may include a first layer disposed under the image sensor, a second layer disposed between the first layer and the image sensor, a first conductive pattern formed on the first layer and electrically coupled to the image sensor through one end portion of the first conductive pattern so as to transfer a signal obtained from the image sensor to an external electronic component, and a first open space formed in the second layer such that the one end portion of the first conductive pattern is exposed to a surface of the PCB structure.

Abstract: Various embodiments and configurations of optical imaging systems are described herein that utilize a metalens for narrowband deflection of target frequencies. For example, one embodiment of a multifrequency metalens includes an in-plane spatially multiplexed array of frequency-specific nanopillars or frequency-specific rows/columns of nanopillars that are intermingled with one another. In other embodiments, transmissive metalenses and/or reflective metalenses are tuned to focus color-separated visible light into red, green, and blue (RGB) channels of a digital image sensor.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one processor, and a memory functionally connected to the at least one processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, enable the electronic device to obtain a plurality of images, generate a first basic extended image based on first images among the plurality of images, identify at least one first masking area included in the first basic extended image, and generate a first inference image by modifying the at least one first masking area using at least one first inference result, based on the first images and the first basic extended image. An angle of view of the first inference image may be larger than an angle of view of each of the first images.

Abstract: A method for processing an image. The method comprises receiving intensity values for each of a plurality of images captured by an image sensor during a detection window. The method comprises identifying, using the intensity values, one or more transitions occurring during the detection window, the one or more transitions each comprising a transition between an image in which a maximum clipping criterion is not satisfied and an image in which the maximum clipping criterion is satisfied. The method comprises, based on the identified transitions, at least one of: adjusting an exposure level of the image sensor; and determining a tonemapping function having a tonemapping strength, and applying the tonemapping function to the intensity values of a current image to generate tonemapped intensity values, wherein the image sensor has a current exposure level when the current image is captured.

Abstract: A camera module comprising: a housing; a lens assembly that is fixed to the housing and comprises at least one lens; a circuit board that is arranged inside the housing and comprises a first circuit board and a second circuit board, on which image sensors arranged to face the lens are mounted, respectively; and a first shield can arranged inside the housing so as to support edges of the first and second circuit boards.