Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is a camera actuator including: a housing including a first side portion and a second side portion facing each other; a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly which move in the optical axis direction within the housing; and a driving unit which moves the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, wherein the driving unit includes a first coil including a first sub-coil and a second sub-coil sequentially arranged in the optical axis direction, and the first side portion includes a first groove in which the first coil is disposed and a first reinforcing member disposed between the first sub-coil and the second sub-coil.

Abstract: A controller of an apparatus receives, via a connector of the apparatus, power, and, after receiving the power via the connector, the controller receives, from one or more sensors of the apparatus, sensor data indicative of whether or not a camera of the apparatus is inside packaging. The controller determines, from the sensor data, that the camera is inside the packaging. In response to determining from the sensor data, that the camera is inside the packaging, the controller disables one or more motors of the apparatus from moving the camera, and/or the controller disables at least one or more start-up processes of the apparatus and/or changes a start-up process of the apparatus from a full start-up process to a limited start-up process in which one or more processes of the full start-up process are not implemented and/or are disabled.

Abstract: Each of circuit boards functioning as boards includes a switch including four or more selection pins, a logic circuit, and electronic components. The logic circuit outputs an ON signal from one output terminal selected from four or more output terminals independent from each other, when receiving an ON signal input from only a predetermined one selection pin of the selection pins and receiving OFF signals input from all the other selection pins. The electronic components are activated or deactivated in accordance with signals output from the logic circuit.

Abstract: A method of artificial neural network computations, including: receiving image data having pixel values; generating, from the pixel values, a column of inputs to a set of artificial neurons; identifying a region of memory cells of the integrated circuit device having threshold voltages programmed to represent a weight matrix for the set of artificial neurons; instructing voltage drivers in the integrated circuit device to apply voltages to the region of memory cells according to the column of inputs; obtaining, based on the region of memory cells responsive to the applied voltages, a first column of data from an operation of multiplication and accumulation applied on the weight matrix and the column of inputs; and applying activation functions of the set of artificial neurons to the first column of data to generate a second column of data representative of outputs of the set of artificial neuron.

Abstract: A camera module includes an imaging unit including a holder holding a lens unit including a flange portion being at right angles to an optical axis, a front case to which the lens unit is fixed, and a rear case including a prop portion supporting the lens unit with the flange portion, the imaging unit being fixed by the flange portion put between the prop portion and the front case, the rear case including a buffer region configured to absorb a unit length of the imaging unit.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a readout circuit configured to convert electrical signals received from a pixel array into image data, and an image signal processor configured to process the image data. The image signal processor includes a clock consumer configured to generate a first clock request signal and receive a first clock signal, a block clock management unit configured to receive the first clock request signal from the clock consumer, generate a second clock request signal corresponding to the first clock request signal, and receive a clock response signal and a second clock signal corresponding to the second clock request signal, and a top clock management unit configured to receive the second clock request signal from the block clock management unit, generate the clock response signal and the second clock signal, and transmit the clock response signal and the second clock signal to the block clock management unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are related to a camera assembly having a base plate, a first image sensor module, a first lens module, a first actuator, a second image sensor module, and a second lens module. The base plate includes a first portion having an upper surface, and a second portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface of the second portion is elevated relative to the upper surface of the first portion. The first image sensor module is mounted on the upper surface of the first portion, while the second image sensor module is mounted to the lower surface of the second portion. The first lens module is disposed above the base plate for transmitting light to the first image sensor module, while the second lens module is disposed above the base plate for transmitting light to the second image sensor module.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for evaluating whether components of a sensing device are functioning properly. An example method includes obtaining a first set of measurements corresponding to a pixel from a first image frame captured by a sensor, wherein each respective measurement from the first set of measurements is associated with a different signal phase; converting the first set of measurements using an analog to digital converter (ADC) to yield a first set of digitized measurements; and determining, based on the first set of digitized measurements, a first confidence map value that corresponds to the pixel from the first image frame, wherein the first confidence map value is indicative of at least one defect in the sensor.

Abstract: Improved frame image quality in a solid-state imaging element that processes the frame using metadata is disclosed. In one example, each of a plurality of pixels is provided with a sample-and-hold circuit that holds a pixel signal. A signal processing unit generates a first digital signal by performing signal processing on each of the held pixel signals, and generates a second digital signal by performing the signal processing on each of the held pixel signals. A metadata extraction unit extracts predetermined metadata from the first digital signal.

Abstract: An image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels. Pixels are capable of detecting a change in an amount of light intensity and pixels are capable of detecting an amount of light intensity. In a first mode the sensor outputs data from the first one or more of the pixels. In a second mode the sensor outputs data from the second one or more of the pixels. At least one of the first mode and the second mode is selected by a processor based on at least one of a result of processing data output in the first mode and a result of processing data output in the second mode.

Abstract: Improved image quality in photodetection devices that count pulses with a counter is disclosed. In one example, a first sensor unit generates a first pulse signal in response to incidence of photons. A second sensor unit generates a second pulse signal in response to incidence of photons. A first counter counts a count value in synchronization with one of a plurality of signals including the first and second pulse signals, and outputs a first digital signal indicating the count value and a first carry flag indicating whether or not overflow has occurred. A second counter counts a count value in synchronization with one of the first carry flag and the second pulse signal, and outputs a second digital signal indicating the count value.

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.