Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus that includes a pixel array portion, a plurality of unit pixels being arranged in the pixel array portion and a driving unit controls an operation of the unit pixel, in which the unit pixel includes a photoelectric converter, a charge retention unit configured to retain a charge, a charge-voltage converter converts the charge into a voltage, a first transmitting unit transmits the charge from the photoelectric converter to the charge retention unit, a second transmitting unit transmits the charge from the photoelectric converter to the charge-voltage converter, and a third transmitting unit transmits the charge from the charge retention unit to the charge-voltage converter.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for processing one or more frames. For example, a region of interest can be determined in a first frame of a sequence of frames. The region of interest in the first frame includes an object having a size in the first frame. A portion of a second frame of the sequence of frames (occurring after the first frame in the sequence of frames) can be cropped and scaled to cause the object in the second frame to have a same size (and in some cases a same location) as the object in the first frame.

Abstract: An innovative image acquisition device is disclosed, providing an effective solution for maximizing information density, while reducing color artifacts. The device of the invention relies on selective wavelength absorption, in certain substances. The novel solution utilizes two photosite arrays, or sensors, separated by an absorption layer, of predetermined thickness. Thus, an incident light beam strikes the two sensors in different proportions, exposing one array to the unaltered incident light, while the light striking the other array is partially absorbed. Light intensity ratio, between corresponding photosites on the two sensors uniquely identifies the incident light wavelength, and subsequently its color.

Abstract: Imaging-related information such as information regarding the position or orientation of a camera is output in an appropriate manner. A control device according to the present technology includes: a determination unit that determines a usage mode of an imaging device; and a control unit that performs output control of imaging-related information related to the imaging device on the basis of the usage mode determined by the determination unit. Performing the output control of the imaging-related information on the basis of the usage mode of the imaging device makes it possible to perform control so as not to output unnecessary information according to the usage mode of the camera. For example, in a case of a fixed camera that does not move, the imaging-related information as position information of the camera is not output, and in a case of a handy camera that is assumed to move, the imaging-related information as the position information of the camera is output.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a lens apparatus to be detachably attached to an image pickup apparatus and including first and second focus lenses that are independently movable during focusing includes an acquisition unit for acquiring optical data that include information on a focus sensitivity of the first focus lens, and information on a focus sensitivity of the second focus lens, and a calculation unit for calculating a moving speed of the first focus lens using a target image plane speed acquired from the image pickup apparatus, target positions of the first and second focus lenses, current positions of the first and second focus lenses, and the optical data, and to calculate a moving speed of the second focus lens using the target positions of the first and second focus lenses, and the current positions of the first and second focus lenses.

Abstract: Oftentimes a site owner requires onsite capture devices (e.g., still or video cameras, microphones) for reasons of security, increasing revenue (e.g., streaming content to subscribed users), or otherwise. In the current state of the art various capture devices come from a variety of vendors and are often only adapted to work with software from the same manufacturer. It can be frustrating for a site owner to attempt to cobble together a capture and distribution system from individual parts and devices. Discussed herein is an approach to producing a capture and distribution system customized to an owner's particular needs and a site's particular characteristics in which capture devices are at least partially factory wired, aimed, and commissioned so to reduce both time on site to install of said capture devices and potential errors in the installation, and in a manner that in at least some cases adds value for the owner.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for processing image. The method includes: determining a first translation amount based on a first voice coil motor (VCM) value of a first image photographed by a wide-angle camera, the VCM value is a normalized value corresponding to a magnitude of a current acting on a coil of a VCM in response to successful focusing of the camera; determining a second translation amount based on a zoom multiple of the first image and the first translation amount; and obtaining a target image by translating the first image by the second translation amount and amplifying the first image. According to the present disclosure, smooth switching of zooming can be achieved, and obvious geometric jump of images in continuous focal lengths and between focal lengths is avoided, thereby providing a good zooming experience to the user.

Abstract: A vehicular camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion. A circuit board includes a circuit board substrate having electronic circuitry disposed thereat. A thermal interface elastomer material is at an inner surface of the front housing portion. The front housing portion, with the thermal interface elastomer material thereat, is disposed at the circuit board. With the lens assembly optically aligned with the imager, the circuit board is attached at the front housing portion. The rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion to encase the circuit board. The thermal interface elastomer material interfaces with electronic components of the circuit board when the circuit board is attached at the front housing portion. A connector element in electrical contact with circuitry of the circuit board is configured to connect to a vehicle wire harness.

Abstract: An electronic device and a camera assembly are disclosed. The electronic device may include the camera assembly, which in turn may include a lens assembly having at least four lenses, an image sensor, and at least one reflective member that refracts or reflects incident light at least twice, wherein at least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of a first lens from an object side among the at least four lenses is formed as an aspherical surface, wherein the object-side surface and the image-side surface are formed to be convex, wherein various conditional equations stipulation relationships between back focal length (BFL), effective focal length (EFL) and field-of-view (FOV) are satisfied.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a processor. The processor is configured to: reconstruct, by employing an image set acquired by means of an endoscope, three-dimensional information of an imaging subject; estimate, by means of an estimator, imaging-subject distances from the image set by employing a learning parameter; calculate, on the basis of the estimated imaging-subject distances and the imaging-subject distances in the three-dimensional information, a scale coefficient; convert relative dimensions of the three-dimensional information to absolute dimensions by employing the scale coefficient; and output the three-dimensional information containing the absolute dimensions.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including a first shared pixel and a second shared pixel that are adjacent to each other in a row direction. The first shared pixel includes two or more photo diodes in a first row and two or more photo diodes in a second row, and the first shared pixel includes a first floating diffusion region shared by the photo diodes of the first shared pixel. The second shared pixel includes two or more photo diodes in the first row and two or more photo diodes in the second row, and the second shared pixel includes a second floating diffusion region shared by the photo diodes of the second shared pixel.

Abstract: An image capturing device is provided. The image capturing device includes an aperture unit, an image sensor, and a first lens unit. The first lens unit includes a first light-entering end and a first light-exiting end for focusing an external light on the image sensor. The aperture unit, the first lens unit, and the image sensor are sequentially arranged in a travel direction of the external light.

Abstract: An integrated mobile device enclosure which encloses a mobile device includes features configured to enhance the capturing and/or processing of content at the mobile device. An integrated mobile device enclosure may include a body configured to enclose at least a portion of a mobile device, one or more microphones configured to capture sound external to the mobile device, and one or more lights configured to support a camera of the mobile device. The one or more microphones and the one or more lights are used with a software application running on the mobile device for content capture and/or processing. The software application in at least some cases may selectively enable or disable ones of the microphones and/or lights based on environmental information measured within a location of the mobile device.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an interface configured to connect to an external apparatus, a transmitting unit configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus connected by the interface, a processing unit configured to encode the image data with a predetermined format, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not image data to be encoded by the processing unit includes decoding information for decoding the image data, and a control unit configured to switch, based on the determination result, between processing for transmitting image data encoded by the processing unit and the decoding information to the external apparatus and processing for transmitting an image file in which image data including the decoding information is encoded to the external apparatus.

Abstract: Detecting stereoscopic camera desynchronization may include: receiving, at a processing unit, a first frame from a first camera and a second frame from a second camera, wherein the first camera provides first time data for when the first frame is captured by the first camera and the second camera provides second time data indicating when the second frame is captured by the second camera; associating, with the first image and independent of the first time data, a first timestamp; associating, with the second image and independent of the second time data, a second timestamp; and determining, by the processing unit, whether the first camera and the second camera are synchronized based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp.

Abstract: Noise is reduced in a solid-state image capturing element provided with an ADC for each column. An analog-to-digital converter increases or decreases an analog signal using an analog gain selected from among a plurality of analog gains, and converts the increased or decreased analog signal to a digital signal. An input switching section inputs, as the analog signal, one of a test signal having a predetermined level and a pixel signal to the analog-to-digital converter. In a case where a test signal is inputted, a correction value calculation section obtains, from the analog signal and the digital signal, a correction value for correcting an error in the selected analog gain, and outputs the correction value. A correction section, when inputted with the pixel signal after the correction value is outputted, corrects the digital signal using the correction value.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for generating an image to display on a display configured so that a setting for maximum display luminance can be changed, obtains an image signal and the setting, generates the image to display by executing image processing including tone conversion on the obtained image signal, and sets a tone characteristic used in tone conversion based on the setting. The tone characteristic is for allocating a signal value of the image signal to a luminance range according to the setting, and shows a relationship in which a logarithmic value of the signal value of the image signal and an absolute luminance are roughly identical in at least a portion of the luminance range, independent of the setting.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging control method, an electronic device, and a non-transitory readable storage medium. A pixel unit array of an imaging device is exposed for multiple times with the same exposure duration to generate second images, based on a preview image generated by the imaging device satisfying a first preset condition. A composited image is obtained by performing a compositing and noise reduction process on the second images.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application, an image from a camera of a user device; receiving input that selects a user-customizable effects option for activating a user-customizable effects mode; in response to receiving the input, displaying an array of a plurality of effect options together with the image proximate to the user-customizable effects option; and applying a first effect associated with a first effect option of the plurality of effect options to the image.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a magnet disposed in the housing; a first coil which is disposed in the bobbin, and is opposite to the magnet; a base disposed on the lower side of the housing; a substrate portion comprising a body portion, which is disposed on the upper surface of the base, and a terminal portion extending toward the lower side of the body portion; a terminal portion accommodating portion which is formed on a side surface of the base and accommodates at least a part of the terminal portion; and an adhesive accommodating groove which is formed in the terminal portion accommodating portion and accommodates at least a part of an adhesive contacting the terminal portion and the terminal portion accommodating portion.