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.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image processing apparatus capable of properly controlling sharpness of an output image and outputting the image is provided. More specifically, the image processing apparatus comprises: a setting unit configured to set an image processing condition for performing image processing to image data of an input photographic image based on an output characteristic of an output apparatus that influences sharpness of an image output from the output apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information equivalent to a distance from a focal plane in the photographic image; and an image processing unit configured to perform image processing to the image data based on the information obtained by the obtaining unit and the image processing condition set by the setting unit.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which enables a flash shooting in which a main subject such as a person is easily and beautifully picked up and a background with a natural hue is also picked up. A light emitting device is able to vary a color temperature of an illumination light. In a case where a main subject is detected at a time of shooting, shooting with causing a light emitting device to emit a light is performed with a color temperature which is set lower by a predetermined amount determined in advance from the obtained color temperature of the ambient light depending on a obtained color temperature of an ambient light, and a white balance adjustment is performed on the shot image with a color temperature obtained from an ambient light.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to display a captured image and a shake corrected image thereof on the same screen. An imaging device is provided and has a configuration provided with a correction amount calculator that calculates a correction amount for correcting image shake in a frame image, a shake corrected image generator that generates a shake corrected image in which the image shake is corrected by performing a geometrical conversion with respect to a current frame image based on the correction amount, and a synthesized image generator that generates a synthesized image in which the current frame image and the shake corrected image are disposed on the same screen.

Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a sensing unit, a camera, a display unit, and a controller configured to launch a camera application, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a splice mode on the camera application, wherein the splice mode is a mode for outputting a preview image region and a splice region to the display unit by partitioning, and wherein the controller is further configured to output a preview image currently shot through the camera to the preview image region and recommend a splice image outputted to the splice region based on the outputted preview image.

Abstract: An image sensor device includes a plurality of color filter units arranged in an array, each of the color filter units comprising an array of n*m color filters, and n and m are integers equal to or greater than 3. The plurality of color filter units includes a plurality of first color filter units, a plurality of second color filter units, and a plurality of third color filter units. The color filters of the first color filter units are transmissive to light beams within a first wavelength range, the color filters of the second color filter units are transmissive to light beams within a second wavelength range, and the color filters of the third color filter units are transmissive to light beams within a third wavelength range.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures for improved compression of array camera image data and improved power budgets for array cameras.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for setting slave identification information for an actuator movement sensing element and, more particularly, to a method for sensing a distance, by which an actuator having a lens assembly coupled thereto has moved in one direction among an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis, and transmitting the sensed distance to a master controller according to a two-wire interface scheme. The method comprises the steps of: when a slave identification information change command is received from a master controller, checking whether actuator movement distance sensing data is input from a hall sensor allocated to itself; and as a result of the checking, when actuator movement distance sensing data equal to or greater than a set value is input, setting slave identification information assigned at the time of production to be changed into slave identification information transmitted by the master controller.

Abstract: To correct aberrations in the image plane of a camera while modifying selected, modifiable camera settings that influence aberrations quickly and simply, a plurality of features with different known feature positions is provided in space. For each selected, modifiable camera setting influencing the aberration, at least two defined setting specifications are provided for modifying respective camera settings. For each setting specification, the camera captures the plurality of features. The camera determines positions of features in the image plane. Via a known mathematical method, a connection between different known feature positions in space and corresponding image positions in the image plane of the camera is determined. For each of the setting specifications of the selected modifiable camera settings, correction parameters of at least one mathematical correction model are determined for correcting the aberration.

Abstract: In a communication system, a data processing terminal transmits a request for obtaining processing information for a specific service to one of an image acquisition terminal and a data processing server; receives a response including processing information from the one of the image acquisition terminal and the data processing server, the processing information indicating processing to be executed by at least one of the image acquisition terminal and the data processing server in providing the specific service; and transmits the processing information to other one of the image acquisition terminal and the data processing server, to cause the other one of the image acquisition terminal and the data processing server to configure settings based on the processing information and execute processing on the captured image data according to the settings.

Abstract: A battery cover is applied to the electronic device and configured to couple to a housing of the electronic device, and includes a glass substrate. A non-transparent layer is disposed on a first side of the glass substrate. At least one first through-hole is disposed on the non-transparent layer opposite to a camera assembly disposed in the electronic device. A camera region is disposed on the first side of the glass substrate disposed opposite to the at least one first through-hole. A film-coated layer is disposed in the camera region of the glass substrate. An area of the camera region is greater than or equal to an area of the at least one first through-hole.

Abstract: A method of illuminating a face of a person including recording a first image imaging the face of the person, determining an eye region in the imaged face, and illuminating the face of the person, a first region corresponding to the eye region determined, of the face being illuminated such that dazzling of the eyes of the person can be reduced.

Abstract: A camera and a terminal including the same are disclosed. The camera according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first prism apparatus to reflect a first input light input in a first direction to a second direction; a second prism apparatus to reflect a second input light input in a third direction opposite to the first direction to the second direction, and output the reflected second input light to the first prism apparatus; a lens apparatus to receive the first input light from the first prism apparatus or the second input light from the second prism apparatus; and an image sensor configured to generate an image signal based on the first input light or the second input. Accordingly, it is possible to implement a slim camera that can use a single image sensor at the time of front photographing and rear photographing.

Abstract: A camera comprises a memory configured to store a plurality of respective camera settings previously used by the camera when capturing images, a memory configured to store a plurality of image characteristics derived for previous captured images, a correlation processor configured to provide a correlation between stored image characteristics and stored respective camera settings, a detection processor configured to detect live image characteristics for a current live view obtained by the camera, the correlation processor being configured to identify stored respective camera settings most closely correlating to the live image characteristics, and the camera being configured to provide the identified camera settings.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an image pickup element that captures an object image to generate image data, a sensor holder that holds the image pickup element, a sensor driver that moves the sensor holder in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a fixing mechanism that mechanically fixes the sensor holder at a predetermined position, and a controller that controls the fixing mechanism based on a signal indicating a degree of displacement of the image pickup element due to an external force.

Abstract: An image sensor system includes a timing control circuit, an image sensor and a modulation circuit. The timing control circuit is arranged to determine if a coding condition is fit according to an input signal and generate a control signal when the coding condition is fit. The input signal has a signal value updated in response to each pulse of a clock signal. The image sensor is coupled to the timing control circuit, and includes a plurality of pixels. One of the plurality of pixels receives the control signal from the timing control circuit and outputs a sensing signal. The modulation circuit is coupled to the image sensor, and arranged to receive the sensing signal and generate an output signal according to the sensing signal.

Abstract: The dynamic range of a pixel is increased by using selective photosensor resets during a frame time of image capture at a timing depending on the light intensity that the pixel will be exposed to during the frame time. Pixels that will be exposed to high light intensity are reset later in the frame than pixels that will be exposed to lower light intensity.