Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.

Abstract: A calibration method of an optical system is provided, wherein the optical system includes a movable element that can move within an operation interval. The calibration method includes the step of establishing a relationship between the operation interval and an electrical signal coding sequence. The calibration method further includes the step of establishing a relationship between the operation interval and a sensing signal coding sequence.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display, at least part of which is included in the housing, a sliding part that includes an opening exposed to an outside area and that slides relative to the housing, and a camera module that is disposed in the opening and that rotates relative to the sliding part. The camera module is configured to rotate to face a first direction when the sliding part slides to a first position relative to the housing and to rotate to face a second direction different from the first direction when the sliding part slides to a second position relative to the housing.

Abstract: In a camera-enabled electronic device, photo capture is triggered by a press-and-hold input only if the holding duration of the press-and-hold input is greater than a predefined threshold duration. A press-and-hold input shorter in duration than the threshold triggers video capture. Thus, a short press triggers video capture, while a long press triggers photo capture.

Abstract: An electronic device is capable of assigning a function selected by a user as a function to be executed in accordance with each of a plurality of operations, and the electronic device includes: a first accepting unit configured to accept a first user operation for selecting any of a plurality of groups obtained by classifying a plurality of assignable functions; a second accepting unit configured to, after any of the plurality of groups is selected, narrow down options to a plurality of assignable functions included in the selected group among all assignable functions excluding functions not included in the selected group, and accept a second user operation for selecting a function to be respectively assigned to the plurality of operations among the options; and an assigning unit configured to assign the function selected by the second user operation to each of the plurality of operations.

Abstract: An image sensor includes; a sensor array generating a pixel signal, a ramp signal generator generating a ramp signal having a decreasing slope during a ramp signal enable period between a first time at which a counter enable signal is activated and a third time at which the ramp signal ends falling, a comparator comparing the pixel signal with the ramp signal to trigger an output signal, and counters, where at least one of the counters performs counting during an entire counter enable period extending between the first time and a second time at which the comparator triggers the output signal, but not all of the counters perform counting during at least one section of the counter enable period.

Abstract: A shutter unit includes a base plate with an aperture, a blade member, a first drive member, a second drive member, and a charge member configured to move the second drive member from a movement completion position to a movement start position against a biasing force on the second drive member, wherein while an image obtained from an image sensor is being displayed in an imaging apparatus during continuous imaging and the first drive member is engaged in order to maintain the retreat state of the blade member, the second drive member is moved to the movement start position by the charge member, and wherein before a display of the image ends, the first drive member moves toward the first direction so that the blade member moves from the retreat state to the closed state.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a converting unit that converts a first type of image into a converted image; a connecting unit that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit that sets a connection mode; and a control unit that controls so that in a case where the connection is in a first connection mode, the first type of image is outputted from the connecting unit without converting the first type of image by the converting unit, and in a case where the connection is in a second connection mode, the first type of image is converted by the converting unit, and is outputted from the connecting unit, wherein source of the image to be outputted from the connecting unit can be switched from a second type of image to the first type of image, while maintaining the connection in the second connection mode.

Abstract: An image sensor may include an imaging pixel, readout circuitry, and amplification circuitry coupled between the imaging pixel and the readout circuitry. Correlated double sampling may be used to sample a reset voltage and a signal voltage from the imaging pixel. The difference between the reset voltage and the signal voltage may reflect the amount of light received by the imaging pixel during an integration time. The amplification circuitry may amplify the difference between the reset voltage and the signal voltage. The amplification circuitry may include a source follower transistor coupled between first and second capacitors, with the second capacitor having a greater capacitance than the first capacitor. The amplification circuitry may be formed only from n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors. The amplification circuitry may consume power dynamically as opposed to consuming static power for minimal power consumption requirements.

Abstract: An image capturing device including: a lens; a lens driver configured to change a focus position by moving the lens; an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal from light having passed through the lens; a calculator configured to output a focus value determined by passing the image signal from the image sensor through a frequency filter; and a focus controller configured to control the lens driver to move the lens, based on focus values corresponding to focus positions of the lens. The focus controller may receive one or more focus values from the calculator when the lens is positioned at one or more focus positions among the focus positions, and estimate a focus value of another focus position among the focus positions based on the one or more focus positions and the one or more focus values.

Abstract: A photodiode array circuit includes a plurality of photodiode circuits, binning circuitry, and a plurality of output circuits. Each of the plurality of photodiode circuits is coupled to receive a different one of the plurality of transfer control signals as a proximate photodiode circuit, proximate in a first direction. The binning circuitry is coupled to electrically connect the plurality of photodiode circuits into groups of photodiode circuit sense nodes in response to a binning control signal. Each of the plurality of output circuits is coupled to one of the groups of photodiode circuit sense nodes. Each of the plurality of output circuits are coupled to receive the output charge from the photodiode circuits in the one of the groups of photodiode circuit sense nodes and output an output signal to a bitline in response to the output charge and an row select signal.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method that perform display control to avoid a blackout of a display unit at the time of capturing an image for recording. The apparatus includes an imaging element, a frame memory, a display unit, and a control unit, and the control unit starts exposure preparation processing of the image for recording in response to input detection of image-capturing operation on the imaging apparatus, and executes exposure processing of the image for recording in the imaging element and storage processing of the image for recording in the frame memory after completion of the exposure preparation processing. Moreover, the control unit stops exposure of an image for displaying of the imaging element with the start of the exposure preparation processing, and displays the image for displaying on the display unit until display of the image for recording is enabled, to avoid the blackout.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an imaging control method, an electronic apparatus, and a readable storage media. The imaging device includes an image sensor, a spatial attitude sensor, a processor, a liquid crystal lens, and a control circuit. The liquid crystal lens is arranged on an imaging optical path of the image sensor and coupled to the control circuit. The spatial attitude sensor is configured to acquire a spatial attitude of the imaging device, and send the spatial attitude to the processor. The processor is configured to calculate an offset vector of the imaging device according to the spatial attitude, determine a light emission direction of the liquid crystal lens according to the offset vector, acquire a first control signal according to the light emission direction, and send the first control signal to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to control the liquid crystal lens to swing focus according to the first control signal.

Abstract: A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators; and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator. The comparator includes a comparison unit, a positive feedback circuit, and a current limiting unit. The comparison unit compares the voltage of an input signal and the voltage of a reference signal, and outputs a comparison result signal. The positive feedback circuit increases the transition speed at the time when the comparison result signal is inverted. The current limiting unit limits the current flowing in the comparison unit after the inversion of the comparison result signal. The present disclosure can be applied to comparators, for example.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus capable of performing a zooming function without increasing a thickness of the image pickup apparatus, and obtaining depth information at the same time by using lens elements having different diameters, is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes lens elements, and image pickup regions respectively disposed in correspondence to the lens elements. At least two of the lens elements have different diameters. At least two of the image pickup regions have different sizes. A smallest image pickup region among the image pickup regions having a smallest size among sizes of the image pickup regions is disposed with respect to a lens element among the lens elements having a largest diameter. A largest image pickup region among the image pickup regions having a largest size among sizes of the image pickup regions is disposed with respect to a lens element among the lens elements having a smallest diameter.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a conversion characteristic for converting image data based on a first color space into image data based on a second color space based on a difference between a specific color and a peripheral color of the specific color in the first color space, wherein the control unit changes a first conversion characteristic into a second conversion characteristic such that a color difference between the specific color and the peripheral color converted by the second conversion characteristic is greater than a color difference between the specific color and the peripheral color converted by the first conversion characteristic.

Abstract: The present subject matter includes a method of focusing of an optical imaging apparatus. The method comprises causing illumination of an object using an illuminating beam to thereby cause generation of a scattered beam. A first set of luminous parameters are derived from a first detected position of a luminous representation formed by the scattered beam from the object. The illumination-beam is focused upon the object by triggering a movement of the object along an optical-axis in a first direction, the first direction being based a numerical-representation of the first set of luminous parameters. A second set of luminous parameters are derived from a second detected position of the luminous-representation of the object, the second detected position being related to the first detected position and the movement of the object. The focusing of the illumination beam is ceased based at-least on a numerical-representation of the second set of luminous parameters.

Abstract: A camera module includes: a housing including a lens module; an aperture module disposed on the lens module and configured to form an incidence hole having various sizes through a plurality of blades; and an aperture driving part including a magnet unit including a driving magnet facing a driving coil. The magnet unit is configured to linearly reciprocate. A first blade among the plurality of blades is connected to the magnet unit, and is connected to remaining blades among the plurality of blades by a gear to transmit driving force from the magnet unit to the remaining blades.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display configured to display a captured image and a representative icon, wherein the representative icon indicates a range of a focus area of the displayed image and the range encompasses a center of focus point located at an initial position within the displayed image, and a processor configured to adjust the range of the focus area of the displayed image according to a size of the representative icon.