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: 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: 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 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: 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 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: 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.

Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. Different field of view punchouts, such as wide field of view punchout and linear field of view punchout, may be used to stabilize the video. Different field of view punchouts may provide different stabilization margins to stabilize the video. The video may be stabilized by switching between different field of view punchouts based on the amount of stabilization margin needed to stabilize the video.

Abstract: A camera assembly comprises a casing, a light sensing component, and a flexible circuit board. The casing comprises a lens accommodating groove, an housing, and a base on which the housing is disposed. The lens accommodating groove is disposed between the housing and the base. An opening of the lens accommodating groove is disposed at the housing. The light sensing component comprises a light sensing member and a baseplate on which the light sensing member is disposed. The light sensing member is correspondingly disposed at the bottom of the lens accommodating groove. The light sensing component is disposed on the base. The flexible circuit board comprises a first end part, a second end part, and a body part disposed between the first end part and the second end part.

Abstract: A surveillance camera system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: multiple surveillance cameras for capturing images of different surveillance regions to surveil a protection object; an event management server which is connected to the surveillance cameras through a communication network and receives a first event signal or a second event signal from at least one of the surveillance cameras; and a manager terminal for receiving event information corresponding to the second event signal from the event management server when the second event signal is generated, wherein the first event signal corresponds to a signal generated when the protection object is detected by at least one of the multiple surveillance cameras, and the second event signal corresponds to a signal generated when the protection object is detected by none of the multiple surveillance cameras during a preconfigured reference time.

Abstract: A system and a method for processing an image. The system comprises an image gateway arranged to receive an input image showing a scene composed by a combination of a plurality of image portions of the input image, wherein one or more of the plurality of image portions is associated with an exposure level deviated from an optimal exposure level; and an enhancement engine arranged to process the input image by applying an exposure/image relationship to the input image, wherein the exposure/image relationship is arranged to adjust the exposure level of each of the plurality of image portions towards the optimal exposure level; and to generate an enhanced image showing a visual representation of the scene composed by a combination of the plurality of image portions of the input image with an adjusted exposure level.

Abstract: A method of processing data in a graphics processor when performing tile-based rendering in which a render output is sub-divided into a plurality of tiles for rendering. The rendering is performed as two separate processing passes: a first processing pass that sorts primitives into respective regions of the render output and a second processing pass that renders the tiles into which the render output is sub-divided for rendering. During the first processing pass, “tile elimination” data is generated indicative of which of the rendering tiles should be rendered during the second processing pass. The tile elimination data generated in the first processing pass can then be used to control the rendering of tiles during the second processing pass.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating image data, which relate to the technical field of image processing. The method comprises: obtaining a first pixel value of each pixel in a first image based on original pixel values of the first image acquired by an image acquisition device when ambient light brightness is greater than a first preset brightness threshold; obtaining a second pixel value of each pixel by dividing the first pixel value of this pixel by a preset multiple; the second preset brightness threshold is less than the first preset brightness threshold; obtaining a third pixel value of each pixel by adding Poisson noise based on a total system gain of the image acquisition device on the basis of the second pixel value of this pixel; generating original pixel values of a target image which corresponds to the first image for which the ambient light brightness is less than the second preset brightness threshold based on respective third pixel values.