Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; a light source disposed on the substrate to output light; a first optical member for, when the light is input, diffusing and outputting the light; and a second optical member including a first liquid and a second liquid having a different refractive index from the first liquid, and when the diffused light is input, refracting and outputting the diffused light according to an interface which is formed between the first liquid and the second liquid and is changed according to applied voltage.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a specific area from a captured image, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the detected specific area, a light source color including a characteristic color by using a learning unit trained in advance by machine learning.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an imaging operation device, and a control method that enable better imaging. A reaction force generating unit generates a reaction force with respect to the operation direction of the operation unit, and a control unit sets the reaction force on the basis of imaging-related information during operation on the operation unit. Further, the operation unit gives an instruction on a start of image capture by the imaging device, a position detection unit detects an amount of operation with respect to the operation direction of the operation unit, and the control unit sets the reaction force according to the amount of operation. The present technology can be applied, for example, to imaging devices such as single-lens reflex cameras and compact cameras.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for capturing an image. In one aspect an electronic camera apparatus includes an image sensor with a plurality of pixel regions. The apparatus further includes an exposure controller. The exposure controller determines, for each of the plurality of pixel regions, a corresponding exposure duration and a corresponding exposure start time. Each pixel region begins to integrate incident light starting at the corresponding exposure start time and continues to integrate light for the corresponding exposure duration. In some example embodiments, at least two of the corresponding exposure durations or at least two of the corresponding exposure start times are different in the image.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an image capturing apparatus capable of capturing an image while controlling an image capturing condition on a pixel-by-pixel basis or on a region-by-region basis comprises: an identification unit configured to identify a moving object region in the image on the basis of motion information on an object; and a setting unit configured to set the image capturing condition for each pixel or each region such that an identical shutter speed is applied to pixels corresponding to the moving object region.

Abstract: The imaging device includes: a modulator configured to modulate a light intensity in accordance with a real pattern; an image sensor configured to create a sensor image in accordance with the modulated light; and a micro lens array including a plurality of micro lenses arranged to correspond to a plurality of pixels of the image sensor. The imaging device has a distribution property of a relative positional difference amount between a center position of a light receiver of each pixel of the plurality of pixels and a center position of each micro lens of the plurality of micro lenses of the micro lens array in a plane of the image sensor. This property has at least one point or more with a changing difference value of the difference amount between the adjacent pixels from a positive value to a negative value or from a negative value to a positive value.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interface to facilitate a camera sharing session between two or more users. A camera sharing session is initiated based on session configuration information comprising a user identifier of a user permitted to control image capturing at a camera communicatively coupled to a first device. A trigger request is received from the second device and in response, an image capture, which results in at least one image, is triggered at the camera and the image is transmitted to the second device.

Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel unit including pixels configured to generate a first signal corresponding to an amount of received light, and output the first signal; an AD converter configured to convert the first signal into a digital second signal by performing AD conversion processing for the first signal, and output the second signal; a transmitter/receiver configured to transmit and receive, in a time division manner, transmission data including at least the second signal in a first period, and reception data input from an outside in a second period; and a first generator configured to generate a first clock signal synchronized with the clock edge included in the reception data. The transmitter/receiver is configured to switch between the first period and the second period every horizontal line in the pixel unit, and transmit and receive the transmission data and the reception data in a time division manner.

Abstract: Sensing pixels each store a sensing voltage level. A method for driving the plurality of sensing pixels includes providing a plurality of readout scan signals to the plurality of sensing pixels, and providing a plurality of reset scan signals to the plurality of sensing pixels. One of the plurality of readout scan signals enables one of the plurality of sensing pixels to output the sensing voltage level stored in the one of the plurality of sensing pixels. One of plurality of reset scan signals resets the sensing voltage level stored in one of the plurality of sensing pixels. An nth reset scan signal of the plurality of reset scan signals is started behind an nth readout scan signal of the plurality of readout scan signals in time domain.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an interlock arrangement that may be used to attach a lens barrel to a lens carrier of a camera. In some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may restrict movement of the lens barrel relative to the lens carrier along at least an optical axis. In various examples, the interlock arrangement may include one or more grooves and one or more protrusions. For instance, a groove may be defined by the lens barrel or the lens carrier, and a protrusion may extend from the lens barrel or the lens carrier to at least partially into the groove. In some cases, the interlock arrangement may include an adhesive that at least partially fills gaps within the interlock arrangement between the lens barrel and the lens carrier. According to some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may include one or more recesses that provide inlets for the adhesive to be introduced to the gaps within the interlock arrangement.

Abstract: A food processing apparatus is provided that includes: a housing structure, a food container structure which is disposed in the housing structure, and an image capturing module, which is located on the food container structure and includes a shell, an image capturing assembly and an air curtain assembly. The shell includes an optical channel which includes a lower opening end, an upper opening end and a wall surface disposed between the lower opening end and the upper opening end. The lower opening end faces the food container structure, the image capturing assembly is disposed at the upper opening end, and the air curtain assembly is disposed on the wall surface. In this way, the air curtain assembly can blow away or block the oil fumes after the food is heated, so that the image capturing module can observe the food processing clearly without being affected by the oil fumes.

Abstract: A portable remote controlled video production apparatus and method are provided, as is a teleprompter/Interrotron integrated with a camera. A computer is mounted in a rigid cage, the computer having a local portion of remote access remote control software. A camera is fixedly mounted in the cage in communication with the computer; either the camera or the computer have camera control software running thereon. A monitor is fixedly mounted in the cage in front of the camera and parallel to the lens axis; the monitor is in communication with the computer. A beamsplitter is fixedly mounted in the cage in front of the lens reflecting light from the monitor towards a front of the cage. The camera and computer are controllable remotely via a remote portion of the remote access remote control software running on a remote computer communicating with the local portion of the remote access remote control software.

Abstract: A system and a method of calibrating a plurality of digital imaging sensors with different modality for image fusion, comprising the steps of calibrating each digital image generated by a corresponding digital imaging sensor with one or more intrinsic parameters; scaling each digital image at a scaling ratio to generate a scaled digital image which has an overlapping region of interest; cross referencing one or more scaled digital images to derive one or more extrinsic parameters; calibrating each digital imaging sensor with the extrinsic parameters; and transforming and rectifying each digital image such that the region of interest of each digital image is coplanar and aligned.

Abstract: Described herein is a sensor device. The sensor device comprises a housing and a printed circuit board encased by the housing. The printed circuit board comprises an image sensor that captures image data, an image sensor processor that processes the image data, a serializer that converts one or more data channels associated with the image data into a single data channel, and one or more exposed surfaces. The one or more exposed surfaces dissipate heat generated by the image sensor, the image sensor processor, and the serializer from the printed circuit board to the housing.

Abstract: A scanning camera for capturing images along two or more curved scan paths, the scanning camera comprising a camera assembly associated with each scan path, each camera assembly comprising an image sensor and a lens; a scanning mirror; and a drive coupled to the scanning mirror; wherein the drive is operative to rotate the scanning mirror about a spin axis according to a spin angle; the spin axis is tilted relative to each camera optical axis; the scanning mirror is tilted relative to the spin axis and each camera optical axis; the scanning mirror is positioned to reflect an imaging beam into each lens in turn; and each image sensor is operative to capture each image along a respective one of the scan paths by sampling the imaging beam at a corresponding spin angle.

Abstract: An imaging module of the invention includes an image-sensing device that has a light-receiving face, a substrate, a signal cable including a conductor, and a resin mold. A wiring of the substrate includes an electrode terminal and a cable terminal. The image-sensing device electrode is electrically connected to the electrode terminal via solder. The conductor is electrically connected to the cable terminal via solder. The resin mold coats the electrode surface, the cable terminal, the conductor, and the solder. On a plane of projection of the image-sensing device when viewed in a direction from the image-sensing device to the signal cable, the substrate, the resin mold, and the signal cable are disposed inside an outline of the image-sensing device.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a first sensor configured to image an optical subject image incident via a first lens unit includes a display panel, an eyepiece portion, a second sensor configured to image an eye of a user viewing the display panel by looking into the eyepiece portion, the second sensor being different from the first sensor, an optical path split unit configured to guide light from the display panel to outside the imaging apparatus and to guide external light to the second sensor, and a second lens unit disposed between the optical path split unit and the eyepiece portion, wherein the second sensor is disposed at a different side from a side where a grip region of the imaging apparatus is disposed with respect to an optical axis of the second lens unit.

Abstract: A characteristic of a flicker component is detected to perform object detection at a higher speed and with higher accuracy. An object detection device according to an embodiment is provided with a solid-state imaging device (200) provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the solid-state imaging device that detects, according to a light amount incident on each of the pixels, occurrence of an event in the pixel, a flicker detection unit (12) that generates flicker information on the basis of the occurrence of the event detected by the solid-state imaging device, and an object detection unit (15) that detects an object on the basis of the flicker information detected by the solid-state imaging device.

Abstract: An image sensor may include an array of image pixels. The array of image pixel may be coupled to control circuitry and readout circuitry. One or more image pixels in the array may each include a coupled-gates structure coupling a photodiode at one input terminal to a capacitor at a first output terminal and to a floating diffusion region at a second output terminal. The coupled-gates structure may include a first transistor that sets a potential barrier defining overflow portions of the photodiode-generated charge. Second and third transistors in the coupled-gates structure may be modulated to transfer the overflow charge to the capacitor and to the floating diffusion region at suitable times. The second and third transistors may form a conductive path between the capacitor and the floating diffusion region for a low conversion gain mode of operation.