Abstract: An apparatus includes a load circuit, a power source, a power storage device, a charging circuit, and a temperature detection unit, a control unit that controls power supply to the load circuit according to a state of the apparatus. The control unit, in a first state, performs control so that power is supplied from the power source to the load circuit without power being supplied from the power storage device to the load circuit and, in a second state, performs control so that power is supplied from the power source and the power storage device to the load circuit, and the control unit sets a charging complete voltage of the power storage device via the charging circuit depending on a temperature detected by the temperature detection unit.

Abstract: An image sensor may include a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer that is subwavelength, hydrophobic, and/or antireflective. The PDMS layer may be fabricated to include a surface having a plurality of nanostructures (e.g., an array of convex protuberances and/or an array of concave recesses). The nanostructures may be formed through the use of a porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template that uses a plurality of nanopores to form the array of convex protuberances and/or the array of concave recesses. The nanostructures may each have a respective width that is less than the wavelength of incident light that is to be collected by the image sensor to increase light absorption by increasing the angle of incidence for which the image sensor is capable of collecting incident light. This may increase the quantum efficiency of the image sensor and may increase the sensitivity of the image sensor.

Abstract: A system on chip and method for operating a system on chip are provided. A system on chip includes a shared memory configured to store image data and a processor configured to: generate a first correction value by performing first image processing for a first pixel value of a first pixel of the image data received from the shared memory, generate a second correction value by performing second image processing, which is different from the first image processing, for the first pixel value of the image data received from the shared memory, generate a third correction value by performing third image processing, which is different from the first image processing and the second image processing, for the first pixel value of the image data received from the shared memory, and output a first pixel correction value that is changed from the first pixel value by comparing the first to third correction values with the first pixel value and selecting one of the first to third correction values.

Abstract: An image sensor including: a pixel array including pixels; and a logic circuit including a row decoder to drive selected pixels, a column decoder to vary exposure time periods for a portion of the selected pixels, and a readout circuit to obtain pixel signals from the selected pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes a photodiode, a first transfer transistor connected between the photodiode and a first floating diffusion region, a second transfer transistor connected between the first floating diffusion region and a second floating diffusion region, a first reset transistor and a switch transistor connected to each other in series between a power node and the first floating diffusion region, a second reset transistor connected between the power node and the second floating diffusion region, a source-follower transistor connected to the second floating diffusion region, and a select transistor connected to the source-follower transistor.

Abstract: An image sensor and a control method are provided. The image sensor includes an optical-to-electrical conversion unit, a signal readout unit, and a conversion gain determining unit, the optical-to-electrical conversion unit includes a photodiode, and the signal readout unit includes a floating diffusion node, a dual conversion gain transistor, and a first capacitor. The floating diffusion node is configured to store a charge corresponding to an electrical signal obtained by converting incident light by the photodiode. The conversion gain determining unit is configured to compare a magnitude of a cathode voltage of the photodiode with a magnitude of a reference voltage, and output a control voltage based on a comparison result, wherein the control voltage is used to control the dual conversion gain transistor to be turned on or off.

Abstract: A dual-aperture zoom camera comprising a Wide camera with a respective Wide lens and a Tele camera with a respective Tele lens, the Wide and Tele cameras mounted directly on a single printed circuit board, wherein the Wide and Tele lenses have respective effective focal lengths EFLW and EFLT and respective total track lengths TTLW and TTLT and wherein TTLW/EFLW>1.1 and TTLT/EFLT<1.0. Optionally, the dual-aperture zoom camera may further comprise an optical OIS controller configured to provide a compensation lens movement according to a user-defined zoom factor (ZF) and a camera tilt (CT) through LMV=CT*EFLZF, where EFLZF is a zoom-factor dependent effective focal length.

Abstract: A holographic projection display system includes a cluster of lighting elements arranged in a fixed lighting array. The clustered lighting elements include a first set of light diodes emitting light of a first wavelength and each having a respective emission angle towards a reflective surface, and a second set of light diodes emitting light of a second wavelength and each having a respective emission angle towards the reflective surface. A multilayer holographic optical element (HOE) assembly is attached to the lighting cluster forward of the two light diode sets. The multilayer HOE assembly includes a stacked pair of mutually parallel holographic panels, including a first holographic panel recorded with multiple holographic patterns each optically configured to diffract the light wavelength emitted by the first light diodes, and a second holographic panel recorded with multiple holographic patterns each optically configured to diffract the light wavelength emitted by the second light diodes.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes analog amplification unit for amplifying one pixel signal by a plurality of types of analog gain, digital amplification unit for amplifying the one pixel signal by a plurality of types of digital gain, and control unit for performing control so as to, in a case where a target gain is obtainable with only analog gain, perform first control for amplifying the pixel signal by a first gain and a second gain with the analog amplification unit, and, in a case where the target gain is not obtainable with only analog gain, perform second control for amplifying the pixel signal by the first gain and the second gain, using the analog amplification unit and the digital amplification unit.

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor. The image sensor including a plurality of pixels, and processing circuitry configured to, generate first image data by converting optical signals received by each of the plurality of pixels during a first exposure time into electrical signals, generate event data including information related to a change in intensity of the optical signals received by each of the plurality of pixels during the first exposure time, the event data having a frame rate greater than a frame rate of the first image data, receive the first image data and the event data, and generate output data by sequentially packing the first image data and the event data corresponding to the first exposure time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a camera holder (18) for fastening a camera (16) to a storage lift (10), comprising a holding device (20) for fastening the camera (16), a fastening device (22) for fastening the camera holder (18) to the storage lift (10), at least one fastening element (24) which connects the fastening device (22) to the holding device (20), and at least one spring element (26) which is arranged between the holding device (20) and the fastening device (22) and which elastically couples the holding device (20) and the fastening device (22) to one another. Furthermore, the invention relates to a storage lift (10) for storing stored goods, which has a camera holder (18) and a camera (16).

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a camera, a processor, and memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device obtain an image via the camera, identify at least one area in the image by performing segmentation on the image, the at least one area respectively corresponding to at least one object included in the image, obtain a brightness of the at least one area, identify at least one weight respectively corresponding to the at least one object, and control an exposure of the camera based on the brightness of the at least one area and the at least one weight.

Abstract: An image sensor is an image sensor including a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a photodiode configured to generate charges based on a light incident amount, a reset transistor configured to reset the photodiode by supplying a reset voltage to the photodiode, a first capacitor configured to hold an output voltage of the photodiode immediately after the reset, and a second capacitor configured to hold the output voltage of the photodiode after a predetermined exposure period. An image signal is obtained from the voltage held by the first capacitor and the voltage held by the second capacitor.

Abstract: A ramp signal generator includes a clock divider configured to generate a plurality of ramp clocks having different clocks, an output bit selector configured to select an output bit for reading out a pixel signal based on an analog gain of a ramp signal, a ramp clock controller configured to set a clock corresponding to the output bit, from among the plurality of ramp clocks, as a ramp clock, and a ramp offset controller configured to set an offset value corresponding to the output bit, from among a plurality of offset values, as a ramp offset value.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device has a pixel array on which a first pixel to a third pixel are arranged, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are arranged to be parallel to a first direction, wherein the first pixel is located at a position separated from the second pixel in a positive direction of the first direction, wherein the first pixel is connected to a first signal processing circuit via a first signal line, wherein the second pixel is connected to a second signal processing circuit via a second signal line, wherein the first signal processing circuit and the second signal processing circuit are arranged to be parallel to the first direction, and wherein the first signal processing circuit is located at a position separated from the second signal processing circuit in a direction having a component of a negative direction of the first direction.

Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment includes: a position sensor unit including a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit; and a control unit connected to the first and second sensor units and configured to obtain position information based on a plurality of output signals of the first and second sensor units, wherein the first sensor unit includes a plurality of first input terminals and a plurality of first output terminals, wherein the second sensor unit includes a plurality of second input terminals and a plurality of second output terminals, and wherein the control unit is connected to both the plurality of first output terminals and the plurality of second output terminals and obtains the position information through a selective operation based on the plurality of output signals of the first and second sensor units received through the plurality of first output terminals and the plurality of second output terminals.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image sensor, a data processing device, and an image sensor system capable of further improving versatility. An image sensor includes: an event detecting unit configured to detect an occurrence of an event that is a luminance change of light received by a photodiode; and a data transmitting unit configured to set event data representing details of the event as a part of payload data and transmit line information that is added to a line and relates to the event data in a frame structure in which the line information is stored in a beginning part of the payload data. In addition, a luminance detecting unit configured to detect luminance of light received by the photodiode and output a luminance signal representing a luminance value and an additional information generating unit configured to generate the line information added to a line as additional information that is additionally disposed in the event data on the basis of the event data are further included.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photographic exposure method for a self-moving device. The method includes: detecting, based on a preset rule, brightness information of a target region in an image; adjusting a exposure parameter in response to the detected brightness information not meeting a preset condition; and performing, based on the adjusted exposure parameter, exposure in a localized region during image acquisition, the localized region including at least the target region.

Abstract: An image capture device captures video frames using a capture rate. The image capture device performs face detection on the video frames using a face detection rate slower than the capture rate. Temporal filtering is applied to determine the positions and sizes of the faces within the video frames in which face detection has not been performed. Tracking filtering is applied to determine the positions and sizes of the faces within the video frames in which face detection has failed. One or more of the faces within the video frames are blurred, and the blurred video frames are transmitted to a computing device.

Abstract: A method of correcting image data of an image sensor provided herein includes collecting a process window from the image sensor; obtaining weight factors of the process window in various directions based on readout values of the second photodiodes in the process window; obtaining interpolated values of the second photodiodes at positions of the first photodiodes in the first pixel groups in the process window by using the weight factors; and estimating a corrected value Btarget of a target first photodiode by an equation I: Btarget=Gint×(Bmean/Gmean), wherein Gint is the interpolated value of the second photodiodes at a position of the target first photodiode, Bmean is a mean of readout values of first photodiodes in a corresponding first pixel group including the target first photodiode and Gmean is a mean of the interpolated values of the second photodiodes at positions of the first photodiodes in the corresponding first pixel group.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a camera includes a first frame including a first ball guide extending in a first direction transverse to an optical axis; a second frame including a second ball guide corresponding to the first ball guide and extending in a second direction transvers to the optical axis and the first direction; a ball member disposed between the first ball guide and the second ball guide; and a retainer interposed between the first frame and the second frame and including a through hole in which the ball member is disposed.