Abstract: An interchangeable lens includes an optical system which is variable in focal distance and in which a size of an image circle varies by the focal distance, the image circle being an effective image formation region of an optical image of a subject; a lens data storage unit which stores data indicating a correspondence between a value of the focal distance and a value of the size of the image circle; and a lens interface unit which sends data indicating the correspondence to the imaging apparatus.

Abstract: There is provided an image-capturing device including an image-capturing unit that captures a subject to output the captured image, a detection unit that physically detects a shake angle when the image-capturing unit has shaken, and a correction processing unit that calculates a correction amount based on an arrangement position of a pixel constituting the image outputted by the image-capturing unit and the shake angle detected by the detection unit, to correct the image according to the correction amount.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device having a display unit exposed on a front surface and a lens module disposed on a rear surface. The electronic device includes: a motor unit positioned at one side of the lens module and configured to provide a driving force to the lens module; and a side key positioned at the other side of the lens module which is opposite to the one side of the lens module, the side key being positioned on any one of side end parts of the electronic device. The lens module may be positioned between the side key and the motor unit.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including a phase difference pixel that includes a photoelectric conversion unit formed in a semiconductor substrate, a light blocking film that is provided in an insulating layer stacked on the semiconductor substrate, and shields substantially a half of the phase difference pixel from light, with the boundary being the pupil position, and a polarizing structure that polarizes light passing through an opening portion not shielded from light by the light blocking film. The present technology can be applied to solid-state imaging devices capable of image plane phase difference autofocusing, for example.

Abstract: Provided is a method for synchronizing data between different types of devices for collecting and processing data with respect to a moving object, comprising: sampling first type data with respect to a motion of the object from one device; sampling second type data with respect to a motion of the object from another device having a larger sampling interval than the device; and generating data corresponding to a sampling time of the first type data by combining second type data respectively sampled before and after the sampling time of the first type data in a sampling interval of the second type data, to generate data synchronized with the sampling time of the first type data with respect to the second type data.

Abstract: There is provided a system including a memory and a processor to receive images. The processor is further to train independent detectors for identifying first objects in the images based on individual attributes including a first attribute and a second attribute. The processor is also to train joint detectors for identifying first objects in the images based on composite attributes including a composite attributes each including the first attribute and the second attribute. The processor is to analyze features of the images to determine a difference between a first training performance of the independent detectors and a second training performance of the joint detectors. Lastly, the processor is to select, based on the analyzing, between using the independent detectors and using the joint detectors for identifying second objects in the images using a third attribute and a fourth attribute in the attribute database.

Abstract: It is inconvenient for a user that a UI for inputting a virtual focus position at the time of refocus and a UI for inputting a focus position at the time of image capturing exist separately from and independently of each other. An image processing device comprising a generation unit configured to generate combined image data obtained in a case of capturing an image with a second set value different from a first set value used in capturing an image with an image capturing device by using a plurality of pieces of captured image data obtained by the image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device is capable of capturing image data from a plurality of viewpoint positions and includes an operation unit for setting a set value of an image capturing parameter, and wherein the first and second set values are set via the operation unit.

Abstract: An image sensing device includes: a pixel suitable for generating a pixel signal based on a first driving voltage; a ramp signal generation block based on a variable resistance, the ramp signal generation block being suitable for generating a ramp signal whose slope is controlled by a resistance value varied according to an analog gain; a noise compensation block based on a fixed resistance suitable for sensing a noise component included in the first driving voltage to generate a noise signal and reflecting the noise signal in the ramp signal; and a digital processing block suitable for generating a digital signal based on the pixel signal and the ramp signal.

Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided. An electronic device wirelessly connects to another electronic device including a camera unit, receives image data from the other electronic device, displays an image using the image data, receives a user input for changing a photographic composition, and transmits, to the other electronic device, a control signal formed based on the user input.

Abstract: An image capturing device/system is provided with attention directing functions for directing attentions of imaging targets. In particular, the image capturing device may include a presentation device, such as a visual or an audio presentation device. The presentation device may be provided on a side of the image capturing device facing the imaging targets when the image capturing device captures the images of the imaging targets. The presentation device may be configured to display or output a presentation before and/or during an image capturing process to direct the attentions of the imaging targets toward the image capturing device.

Abstract: A camera system including an interchangeable lens and a camera body, in which the camera body includes: a Roll blur correction range setting unit that sets a blur correction range in Roll directions of the camera body to be ?1 when the interchangeable lens mounted on the camera body cannot perform blur correction (in the Pitch directions and the Yaw directions) or that sets the range to be ?2 (??1) when the interchangeable lens can perform blur correction; a Pitch-Yaw blur correction range setting unit that sets blur correction ranges in the Pitch and Yaw directions of the camera on the basis of the set blur correction range in the Roll direction; and a blur correction ratio calculation unit that calculates a blur correction ratio of each of the interchangeable lens and the camera body when both of them perform blur correction.

Abstract: An auto-tracking imaging apparatus according to a preferred aspect of the invention includes: an imaging optical system that is formed of a central optical system, which is a wide-angle optical system disposed on a common optical axis, and an annular optical system which is a telephoto optical system disposed on the common optical axis; a directional sensor that respectively pupil-divides rays incident through the wide-angle and telephoto optical systems so as to selectively receive the rays; a panning/tilting mechanism; an object detection section that detects a tracking target object on the basis of at least a wide-angle image in wide-angle and telephoto images acquired from the directional sensor by an image acquisition section; and a panning/tilting control section that controls the panning/tilting mechanism on the basis of information about a position of the object, which is detected by the object detection section, in the image.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing method therefor, and an electronic apparatus enabling sensitivity correction in which a sensitivity difference between solid-state imaging devices is suppressed. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which one microlens is formed for a plurality of pixels in a manner such that a boundary of the microlens coincides with boundaries of the pixels. The correction circuit corrects a sensitivity difference between the pixels inside the pixel unit based on a correction coefficient. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a solid-state imaging device and the like.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method can combine images, while maintaining continuity without causing discomfort, that capture the surrounding area of an automobile. An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires first and second images respectively capturing surrounding areas of an automobile including first and second areas, an outline detector that performs outline detection on the first and second images and generates first and second outlines respectively, a determiner that determines whether the first and second outlines each include an outline of the same object, and a area selector that performs area setting and perspective conversion on the first or second image when the first and second outlines are determined to include an outline of the same object, so that in a combined image generated by combining at least the first and second images, the first and second outlines are continuous at the same object.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a triaxial stabilizer for mobile phone, comprising a handheld part, a fixing device for mobile phone, and three motors which are arranged at top of the handheld part and are orthogonal in a space, wherein the three motors are respectively an X-axis motor, a Y-axis motor, and a Z-axis motor, wherein the Z-axis motor has a stator connected with the handheld part and has a rotor connected with a stator of the Y-axis motor, the Y-axis motor has a rotor connected with a stator of the X-axis motor, and the X-axis motor has a rotor connected with the fixing device for mobile phone. The triaxial stabilizer for mobile phone according to the present invention may quickly stabilize the mobile phone and control its shooting direction during moving shooting.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes an interval shooting processing unit and an operation management control unit. It controls interval shooting to repeatedly execute photography processing that is set at a photographing interval that is set. The operation management control unit causes the contents of the power savings processing operation to change depending on the time required in photography processing, or the time required in recovery to a photography capable state. The image capture apparatus can thereby perform proper power savings control irrespective of the photography method of interval shooting.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus configured to output an image signal based on an optical signal photoelectrically converted by an image pickup element provided with two-dimensionally arranged pixels includes: a clipper configured to limit output voltage of the image signal based on the optical signal; a gain upper limit setter configured to set a gain upper limit to be applied to the optical signal; a determiner configured to determine whether or not a condition to cause occurrence of a smear in a shot image is satisfied; and a controller configured to limit an output voltage of the optical signal by using the clipper when the determiner determines that the condition to cause occurrence of the smear is satisfied, and to inactivate limitation of the output voltage of the optical signal by using the clipper when the determiner determines that the condition to cause occurrence of the smear is not satisfied.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a main region where an image is displayed and a sub region where a list of object regions in the image is displayed, the sub region being smaller than the main region, and a selection unit configured to receive a selection instruction to select one of the object regions from the list of object regions displayed in the sub region. The display control unit is configured to control the display unit to display an image focused on an object region selected according to the selection instruction received by the selection unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is configured to capture an object image, generate a RAW image, perform simple development on the RAW image during the image capturing operation, and store not only the developed image but also the RAW image. In a predetermined interval, in an idle state, or in predetermined enlargement processing, the image processing apparatus reads a RAW file stored in a storage medium and performs high-quality image development to generate an image having higher image quality than that obtained by the simple development. If development processing has been completed by a high-quality image development unit, the image processing apparatus replaces the image obtained by the simple development with the image obtained by the high-quality image development and reproduces the image obtained by the high-quality image development.

Abstract: A focus adjusting device which includes an edge detection unit that detects edges of a subject image for each color component forming an image including the subject image; a distribution detection unit that detects distributions of a focalized state and an unfocused state of the image based on the edges detected by the edge detection unit; and a control unit that moves a lens based on the distributions detected by the distribution detection unit, wherein the subject image is incident from an optical system having the lens, the control unit moves the lens, and thus the subject image is focused on.