Abstract: An image capturing apparatus is provided, including: a first camera module and a second camera module configured to capture an image of a same subject; and a controller configured to map a second image obtained from the second camera module to a first image obtained from the first camera module, and to synthesize a third image of the subject using the first image and the mapped second image, wherein an image sensor included in the first camera module has a first pixel structure in which a pixel has a square shape, and an image sensor included in the second camera module has a second pixel structure that is different from the first pixel structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for encoding and decoding a unique signature for a user in a video file, wherein the digital signature is substantially invisible to the viewer of the video, easy to detect during the coding process, does not require specialized equipment for playback of the video, and is resilient to transcoding, video editing, and high compression encoding. A numeric digital signature is converted into a binary number. The binary number is then divided into sequences, where sequence includes a subset of data bits from the binary number. Each sequence is also associated with a sequence ID that enables the data bits in the sequence to be later combined in the correct order to recreate the binary number. A watermark is created for each of the sequences and embedded within suitable areas of a color channel.

Abstract: A traffic control system can includes a plurality of traffic lights. A monitoring system can include an inbound interface component, an analytics component, and an outbound status provisioning component. The inbound interface component can be configured to receive a stream of sensor data from visual sensor(s). Each visual sensor can be configured to capture light signals of traffic lights. Each traffic light can be sensed by the visual sensor(s). The received stream of sensor data can represent a current signal status of each traffic light. The analytics component can be configured to predict at least one future signal status for each of the traffic lights based on the use of a machine learning algorithm. The outbound status provisioning component can be configured to send a message(s) to a vehicle. The sent message can influence the operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: The inventive concepts provide an auto-focus image sensor and a digital image processing device including the same. The auto-focus image sensor includes a substrate including at least one first pixel used for detecting a phase difference and at least one second pixel used for detecting an image, a deep device isolation portion disposed in the substrate to isolate the first pixel from the second pixel, and a light shielding pattern disposed on the substrate of at least the first pixel. The amount of light incident on the first pixel is smaller than the amount of light incident on the second pixel by the light shielding pattern.

Abstract: Digital integrated circuit (IC) for extracting features out of input image is disclosed. The IC contains one or more identical cellular neural networks (CNN) processing engines operatively coupled to at least one I/O data bus. Each CNN processing engine includes a CNN processing block, a first set of memory buffers for storing imagery data and a second set of memory buffers for storing filter coefficients. CNN processing block is configured to simultaneously perform 3×3 convolutions at M×M pixel locations using received imagery data and corresponding filter coefficients. Imagery data represents a (M+2)-pixel by (M+2)-pixel region of the input image. CNN processing block further performs rectification and/or 2×2 pooling operations as directed. When two or more CNN processing engines are configured on the IC, CNN processing engines are connected to one another as a loop via a clock-skew circuit for cyclic data access. M is a positive integer.

Abstract: A user terminal apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a display including a main display area which is disposed on a front surface of the user terminal apparatus, and a sub display area which extends from one side of the main display area and is disposed on at least one area of a rear surface of the user terminal apparatus, a camera configured to photograph an image, and a processor configured to display a live view acquired through the camera on one of the main display area or the sub display area, and control the display to display, in response to an orientation of the user terminal apparatus being changed, the live view on another one of the main display area or the sub display area.

Abstract: Provided is a status determination system which can easily and reliably acquire status information on a monitor screen from the monitor screen. A status determination system 1 includes: image acquisition unit 10 which captures a screen of a monitor X via an adapter device W and acquires the screen as an image; image determination unit 20 which determines whether or not the image is an image from which status information is to be acquired; color information acquisition unit 30 which acquires color information at a specific point on the image when it is determined that the image is an image front which status information is to be acquired; and status conversion unit 40 which converts the acquired color information at the specific point to the status information.

Abstract: A method for image processing. The method includes: reading an image of a flowchart; identifying, within the image, a plurality of paths corresponding to the flowchart; classifying a first path of the plurality of paths as a flowchart element by: calculating, during a solo evaluation phase, a plurality of established likelihood scores for the first path based on a plurality of properties of the first path; calculating, during a neighbor-based evaluation phase, a first plurality of provisional likelihood scores for the first path based on the plurality of established likelihood scores for the first path and a plurality of established likelihood scores for a second path of the plurality of paths; and updating, during the neighbor-based evaluation phase, the plurality of established likelihood scores for the first path based on the first plurality of provisional likelihood scores; and generating a flowchart object based on the classified first path.

Abstract: A counting apparatus may include: a count control unit suitable for controlling a counting operation of a common value and a differential value of two pixel signals according to two neighboring output signals of a comparator unit; a counting unit suitable for counting a clock during a period corresponding to the common value and the differential value, according to control of the count control unit; and a memory unit suitable for storing count information from the counting unit and operation information from the count control unit.

Abstract: A tilt correction apparatus includes a manipulation unit configured to designate a level of an effect of first tilt correction of an imaging apparatus having an optical axis as a rotary axis and a level of an effect of second tilt correction of the imaging apparatus having an axis orthogonal to the optical axis as a rotary axis, an electronic correction unit configured to execute at least one of the first tilt correction and the second tilt correction by moving an image clipping range set within an imaging screen, and a calculation unit configured to vary a ratio of a first tilt-correctable range and a ratio of a second tilt-correctable range from the electronic correction unit according to the level of the effect of the first tilt correction and the level of the effect of the second tilt correction.

Abstract: Media capture apparatus and methods for obtaining metadata. Metadata may be collected and stored in a container independent of audio and/or image (media) content. Some container implementations may be configured to store metadata for a given interval, and media content for a portion of the interval. In action camera implementations, metadata may provide a context related to time, physical conditions of a person, location, surroundings of the video capture. In event recording applications, the metadata container may provide information related to a timeline of the event, environmental conditions, proximity of other capture devices. Metadata may be utilized for processing, viewing, and/or sharing of media content. Individual capture devices may communicate and/or combine metadata to one another in order to expand metadata content. Metadata, video and/or images may be shared between users and/or devices using a container.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including an imaging area where a plurality of unit pixels are disposed to capture a color image, wherein each of the unit pixels includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; a plurality of transfer gates, each of which is disposed in each of the photoelectric conversion portions to transfer signal charges from the photoelectric conversion portion; and a floating diffusion to which the signal charges are transferred from the plurality of the photoelectric conversion portions by the plurality of the transfer gates, wherein the plurality of the photoelectric conversion portions receive light of the same color to generate the signal charges, and wherein the signal charges transferred from the plurality of the photoelectric conversion portions to the floating diffusion are added to be output as an electrical signal.

Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes: a first image pickup section that obtains a first picked-up image; a first communication section that receives a second picked-up image obtained by a second image pickup section according to a first communication standard; a second communication section that performs communication according to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard; and a display control section that displays the first picked-up image during the communication of the second communication section when communication of the first communication section is not established. Cooperative display control with respect to a plurality of picked-up images from a plurality of image pickup sections reduces a waiting time period before the picked-up images are displayed.

Abstract: An imaging device of the present invention comprises a first combination processing circuit that carries out first cumulative combination processing for every pixel of image data that has been generated by the image sensor and image data that has been stored in a memory, and updates pixel data, a second combination processing circuit that carries out second cumulative combination processing for every pixel of image data that has been generated by the image sensor and image data that has been stored in the memory, and updates pixel data, and a controller that determines whether or not level of each pixel data constituting image data is a given threshold level or greater, and in accordance with the result of determination selects to either carry out the first cumulative processing by the first combination processing circuit, or to carry out the second cumulative processing by the second combination processing circuit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image sensor and an electronic device capable of outputting image data corresponding to frames of a moving image in such a manner that the image data can be reconstructed in temporal order. An image sensor according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes: a pixel unit configured to generate a pixel signal in response to incident light; an image generating unit configured to generate image data corresponding to frames of a moving image on the basis of the generated pixel signal; a tag information generating unit configured to generate tag information to be embedded into the generated image data; an output unit configured to output the image data having the tag information embedded therein through at least one of first and second logical channels; and a control unit configured to control the pixel unit, the image generating unit, the tag information generating unit, and the output unit to operate in a Slow Movie mode or in a Super Slow Movie mode.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and a method of driving the same that can generate a digital data of a high resolution pixel signal are provided. The imaging apparatus includes: a pixel (10-1) for generating a signal by photoelectric conversion; a comparing circuit (30-1) for comparing a signal based on the pixel with a time-dependent reference signal; a counter circuit (40-1) performing a counting operating until an inversion of a magnitude relation between the signal based on the pixel and the time-dependent reference signal; and a selecting circuit (30-2) for setting a time-dependent change rate of the reference signal, according to a signal level of the signal based on the pixel.

Abstract: A tilt correction apparatus includes a manipulation unit configured to designate a level of an effect of first tilt correction of an imaging apparatus having an optical axis as a rotary axis and a level of an effect of second tilt correction of the imaging apparatus having an axis orthogonal to the optical axis as a rotary axis, an electronic correction unit configured to execute at least one of the first tilt correction and the second tilt correction by moving an image clipping range set within an imaging screen, and a calculation unit configured to vary a ratio of a first tilt-correctable range and a ratio of a second tilt-correctable range from the electronic correction unit according to the level of the effect of the first tilt correction and the level of the effect of the second tilt correction.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a first acquisition portion acquiring a captured image data outputted from an imaging portion that is provided at a vehicle and that images a surrounding of the vehicle, a second acquisition portion acquiring an inclination angle of the vehicle on a basis of a state information of the vehicle, the state information outputted from a vehicle state detection portion that is provided at the vehicle, and an output portion being configured to output an output image data to a display device, the output image data including the captured image data and an inclination angle display information indicating the inclination angle of the vehicle, the output portion changing a display method within the output image data in accordance with the inclination angle of the vehicle and outputting the output image data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a memory which stores an address of a defective pixel that satisfies a predetermined condition, among defective pixels included in an image sensor covered with color filters; and a correction circuit which corrects, among pixel data of an image obtained by exposing the image sensor, the pixel data of the defective pixel at the address stored in the memory. The defective pixel is a pixel having pixel data whose difference from a value determined using the pixel data of surrounding pixels is greater than a threshold value, and the predetermined condition includes at least one of a condition that a plurality of defective pixels among pixels corresponding to different or the same color filters are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for tracking a position based on multi sensors. The system according to the present invention includes: a space management server which divides a predetermined space into a predetermined number of spaces to generate a plurality of zones and manages information of each zone; and a zone management server which manages the information of the zone generated by the space management server and provides the space management server with zone session information of an object positioned in each zone and positional information of the corresponding object sensed by a position tracking sensor every time slot.