Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel circuit. A first S/H stage and the second S/H stage are connected in cascade between a buffer amplifier and an amplifier circuit. During a first and a second time period, a buffered output signal having a first voltage and a second voltage generated by the buffer amplifier are stored serially to the first S/H stage and the second S/H stage. The amplifier circuit senses the first voltage and the second voltage stored in the first S/H stage and the second S/H stage independently for generating a first output signal and a second output signal correspondingly. A calibrated signal is generated according to the first output signal and the second output signal.

Abstract: A camera assembly embedded in an electronic device may include a plurality of camera modules, and a supporting frame configured to support the plurality of camera modules. At least one of the plurality of camera modules includes a lens driving assembly configured to move a lens barrel, a lens housing configured to accommodate the lens barrel and the lens driving assembly, a first circuit board on which an image sensor is provided, and a conductive connecting part configured to electrically connect the first circuit board and the lens driving assembly. The supporting frame includes a metal body configured to surround at least portions of edges of the lens housing, and a short-circuit prevention part provided on a surface of the metal body facing the conductive connecting part. The short-circuit prevention part includes a non-conductive material to block electrical contact between the metal body and the conductive connecting part.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of respective focus detection signals corresponding to different pupil areas by using pixel signals acquired by pixels, and a detection unit configured to calculate an image deviation amount based on the plurality of focus detection signals and detect a defocus amount from the image deviation amount and a conversion coefficient. The detection unit calculates the conversion coefficient based on a pupil eccentric amount of an image sensor, an incident pupil distance of the image sensor, and opening information about a plurality of frames in an imaging optical system.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus, including a bobbin; a first coil mounted at an outer circumference of the bobbin; a first magnet moving the bobbin in a first direction parallel to an optical axis by interaction with the first coil; a housing supporting the first magnet; an upper elastic member disposed at a top surface of the bobbin and at a top surface of the housing; a lower elastic member disposed at a bottom surface of the bobbin and at a bottom surface of the housing; and first and second winding protrusions disposed with being opposite to each other, the first coil being wound on the first and second winding protrusions.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device, which includes a first protector covering a first surface of the electronic device, wherein the first surface includes a curved region formed by the first protector and an opening region at least partially surrounded by the curved region, a camera module disposed inside the electronic device, and a bracket supporting the camera module. The camera module includes a lens assembly including a lens, a driver controlling the lens assembly, and a planar glass protecting the lens assembly. The planar glass is disposed at the opening region of the first surface.

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: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Reflections and shadows may be detected and removed. Further, optical character recognition may be applied. As the scan progresses, a direction for capturing subsequent image frames is provided to a user as a real-time feedback.

Abstract: The system may capture an image comprising an original image size. The system may further determine an optimal size for the image based on a connection bandwidth and/or connection latency. The system may also compress the image to reduce an image size locally until the image size is less than or equal to the optimal size, before transmitting the image with the optimal size to the receiver while controlling latency in image transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure are a mobile terminal-based dual camera power supply control method and system, and a mobile terminal. The method comprises: when it is detected that a user operational instruction or other applications start a camera, determining whether the current condition is a specific using condition; if yes, starting supplying power to a camera corresponding to a camera serial number and turning on i the camera; and if no, starting supplying power to a camera corresponding to a default camera serial number and turning on the camera.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image capture device comprising, an image capture unit, an image-capture control unit for controlling PTZ, a storage unit for storing a set value of the PTZ, and region information that specifies a detection region for an object in a captured image, a reception unit for receiving a deletion instruction to delete the region information from an information processing device, and a processing unit for, when the deletion instruction to delete the region information is received by the reception unit, deleting, from the storage unit, the region information for which the deletion instruction has been received, and deleting the set value from the storage unit if the set value associated with the region information for which the deletion instruction has been received is not associated with another region information.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to hyperspectral spectroscopy, and in particular, to systems, methods and devices enabling a single-sensor hyperspectral imaging device. Hyperspectral (also known as “multispectral”) spectroscopy is an imaging technique that integrates multiples images of an object resolved at different narrow spectral bands (i.e., narrow ranges of wavelengths) into a single data structure, referred to as a three-dimensional hyperspectral data cube. Data provided by hyperspectral spectroscopy allow for the identification of individual components of a complex composition through the recognition of spectral signatures of individual components within the three-dimensional hyperspectral data cube.

Abstract: A device, method and computer program product are provided. The device includes a housing having display and back surfaces. A digital camera unit (DCU) is held in the housing and is oriented to face the display surface. The DCU includes sensor pixels to capture image data for a scene in a field of view of the DCU. The sensor pixels are arranged in a sensor matrix with a sensor pixel density. A display layer is held in the housing proximate to the display surface. The display layer includes display pixels arranged in a display matrix having a first pixel density. The display pixels are separated by gaps arranged in rows and columns. The display layer overlays the DCU such that a first subset of the sensor pixels aligns with, and are covered by, the display pixels and a second subset of the sensor pixels align with, and are exposed through, the gaps between the display pixels. The device includes a processor and memory storing program instructions accessible by the processor.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus in which, on the basis of a pre-registered setting change position and/or pre-registered setting change time, a setting of the imaging apparatus is changed to a pre-registered setting associated with the setting change position and/or the setting change time.

Abstract: One object is to provide a solid-state imaging device, a method for driving a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus capable of removing a noise gap at a connection point between the low conversion gain data and the high conversion gain data, suppressing increase of power consumption and circuit areas, providing a wide dynamic range, and thus achieving high image quality. An amplifying part for amplifying a plurality of pixel signals read out from a pixel includes an amplifier. The amplifier includes an inverting input terminal and a non-inverting input terminal. The inverting input terminal includes a first inverting input channel and a second inverting input channel. The first inverting input channel is connected to a second node, and the second inverting input channel is connected to a third node. A capacitance of a second sampling capacitor is 8C, and a capacitance of a first sampling capacitor is C.

Abstract: Provided is a video correction method comprising: extracting a common feature point from a number of video frames corresponding to a correction window size; extracting a trace of the feature point from the video frames; calculating an average value of the trace in the video frames; extracting a stabilized trace from a circular queue circular queue buffer using the trace and the average value; and applying a repositioning operation and a perspective warping operation to the video frames based on the stabilized trace to generate a stabilized video.

Abstract: A transmission mechanism includes an output member and a worm wheel shaft configured to be connected to a power device to transmit a power of the power device to the output member. The worm wheel shaft and the output member are engaged with each other through a relative movement along an axial direction. An engagement between the worm wheel shaft and the output member limits a relative rotation between the worm wheel shaft and the output member.

Abstract: An attached substance detection device according to an embodiment includes a calculation unit and a determination unit. The calculation unit calculates a score of a divided region that is provided by dividing a predetermined target region, based on an edge intensity in each pixel region of a captured image that is captured by an image-capturing device. The determination unit determines whether or not the target region is an attached substance region where an attached substance is attached to a lens of the image-capturing device, based on the score that is calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: In order to address a conventional problem that video signal processing in consideration of behavior of light in nature has not been performed, a video signal processing apparatus includes: a storage unit in which correspondence information indicating correspondence between optical signal information related to an optical signal in an environment in which an image is acquired and electrical signal information related to an electrical signal in the environment is stored; an input image accepting unit that accepts an input image; an optical signal information acquiring unit that acquires optical signal information corresponding to electrical signal information acquired from the input image, using the correspondence information; a conversion processing unit that performs conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the optical signal information acquired by the optical signal information acquiring unit; and an output unit that outputs the output image.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for dual imaging module cameras. For example, methods may include: receiving a zoom control signal, receiving an input image that was captured using a first lens assembly of a dual imaging module, and determining, based on the zoom control signal, an intermediate lens distortion profile. The intermediate lens distortion profile has values that are between corresponding values of a first lens distortion profile for the first lens assembly and a second lens distortion profile for a second lens assembly of the dual imaging module. The method may include applying a warp based on the intermediate lens distortion profile to the input image to obtain an output image and transmitting, storing, or displaying an image based on the output image. For example, the systems and methods may eliminate or mitigate discontinuities in lens distortion at a switch-over between lens assemblies of a dual imaging module.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein provide implementations for controlling flicker, for example caused by a plurality of light sources, in a multi-sensor environment. Various embodiments provided utilize a broadest illuminator source for capturing image data objects for processing. The broadest illuminator source minimizes the number of activation changes required between the various illuminator sources. One example embodiment includes activating a broadest illuminator source of a plurality of illuminator sources; determining, based on a plurality of image sensors and a sensor activation sequence, a chosen image sensor of the plurality of image sensors for an image processing operation; and activating a chosen illuminator source of the plurality of illuminator sources, the chosen illuminator source associated with the chosen image sensor.