Abstract: An imaging module according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of components. The imaging module includes a first component and a second component. The first component has a higher light transmittance. The second component has a lower light transmittance. A joint is included in the first component and the second component.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: an imaging unit including a region having a pixel group that has a plurality of first pixels, and second pixels that are fewer than the first pixels in the pixel group; and a control unit that reads out the signals based upon exposure of the second pixels during exposure of the plurality of first pixels.

Abstract: An optical system for a camera may include a lens group having a plurality of lenses, a prism, and an image sensor. The prism may be positioned, optically, between the plurality of lenses and the image sensor along the optical transmitting path of the light. The prism may include at least four surfaces, which may fold the light within the prism at least four times to guide the light from the plurality of lenses passing through the prism to the image sensor. The prism may include multiple prisms joined together using an optical cement. The prism may include one or more aperture masks inside the prism to reduce flare.

Abstract: To improve an image quality in a solid-state imaging element that performs differential amplification. A reference-side amplification transistor supplies a reference current corresponding to a predetermined reference potential. A read-side amplification transistor supplies a signal current corresponding to a difference between a potential of a gate and the reference potential from a drain to a source. A pair of reset transistors initializes the potential of the gate and the reference potential. A potential control circuit controls a potential difference between the gate and the drain to a predetermined value when the potential of the gate and the reference potential are initialized.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus to which an accessory is detachably attached includes a first processing unit communicable with the accessory by a first communication method, and a second processing unit communicable with the accessory by a second communication method. The first processing unit receives accessory information from the accessory by the first communication method. The second processing unit communicates with the accessory by the second communication method based on the accessory information. The electronic apparatus has a first power state and a second power state in which power is lower than that of the first power state. The first processing unit communicates with the accessory by the first communication method in the first power state and the second power state. The second processing unit communicates with the accessory by the second communication method in the first power state, but does not in the second power state.

Abstract: An example image capture device includes a display configured to display captured images, a camera sensor, the camera sensor being disposed to receive light through at least a portion of the display, memory configured to store captured images, and one or more processors coupled to the camera sensor, the display, and the memory. The one or more processors are configured to receive a signal from a sensor. The one or more processors are configured to determine, based at least in part on the signal, a user interface mode. The user interface mode includes a first mode having a first number of black pixels or a second mode having a second number of black pixels. The first number is greater than the second number. The one or more processors are also configured to receive image data from the camera sensor.

Abstract: A camera includes a camera focus adjustment device, a lens, and an image sensor coupled to the camera focus adjustment device. The camera focus adjustment device includes a flexure structure. The flexure structure includes an outer framework of structural members continuously interconnected by flexure notch hinges. The flexure structure also includes two inner structural members oriented in parallel and extending from the outer framework of structural members. A gap is between the two inner structural members. The camera focus adjustment device also includes a piezoelectric material within the gap and a pair of wedges within the gap. The pair of wedges is affixed to the piezoelectric material and to one inner structural member of the two inner structural members. Based on temperature-based piezoelectric activity associated with the piezoelectric material, the camera focus adjustment device is operable to move the image sensor relative to the lens.

Abstract: A camera module comprises: a first housing; a lens module disposed in the first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing; a first printed circuit board disposed in the inner space of the first housing and the second housing; an image sensor disposed on the first printed circuit board; and a shield can disposed under the first printed circuit board in the second housing, wherein the shield can comprises a rib which comes into contact with the lower surface of the first printed circuit board.

Abstract: A method for mitigating motion blur in a visual-inertial tracking system is described. In one aspect, the method includes accessing a first image generated by an optical sensor of the visual tracking system, accessing a second image generated by the optical sensor of the visual tracking system, the second image following the first image, determining a first motion blur level of the first image, determining a second motion blur level of the second image, identifying a scale change between the first image and the second image, determining a first optimal scale level for the first image based on the first motion blur level and the scale change, and determining a second optimal scale level for the second image based on the second motion blur level and the scale change.

Abstract: A shooting method is provided. By implementing the shooting method provided in embodiments of this application, a terminal electronic device such as a smartphone or a smart television can determine to change a shooting mode based on a recognized user gesture. The electronic device can recognize a user's waving or sliding gesture more accurately based on the user's hand position change track in an image frame sequence and whether there are hand movements in two directions in the position changes.

Abstract: An image capture device configured to record a digital image. The capture device includes a body having an imaging component and an orientation sensor, wherein the body is orientable by a user between at least a horizontal orientation and a vertical orientation. The device further includes a processor coupled to the orientation sensor to determine the orientation of the body, and activating the imaging component to record the digital image (a) in a landscape aspect ratio when the body is determined to be in the horizontal orientation and (b) in a portrait aspect ratio when the body is determined to be in the vertical orientation. A user interface includes an event mode that, when selected by the user, instructs the processor to activate the imaging component to record the digital image in a landscape aspect ratio when the body is determined to be in the vertical orientation.

Abstract: A camera assembly comprising a casing, a carrying component, a magnetic component, a light sensing component, and a carrying board. The casing comprises a lens accommodating groove, a housing, and a base on which the housing is disposed. The lens accommodating groove is disposed between the housing and the base. An opening of the lens accommodating groove is disposed at the housing. The carrying component comprises a carrying body and a first coil disposed on a periphery of the carrying body. The carrying component is assembled in the lens accommodating groove. The magnetic component is disposed on a periphery of the first coil and on an inner wall of the lens accommodating groove. The light sensing component comprises a light sensing member, a baseplate, and a second coil.

Abstract: Examples of an image processing device includes a first camera, a second camera having a different angle of view from the first camera, a processor configured to generate a preview image from an image captured by the first camera and an image captured by the second camera, and a display configured to display the preview image. In a case of a change in camera usage from the first camera to the second camera due to a change in a zoom magnification, a tone of an image that was captured by the second camera and is to be displayed first on the display is brought closer to a tone of an image that was captured by the first camera and was displayed last on the display, in comparison with a case where the captured images are used as-is.

Abstract: An image capture device may capture visual content based on a time-lapse video frame rate. Audio content may be captured along with the visual content based on the time-lapse video frame rate being a target time-lapse video frame rate. Capture of the audio content may be stopped based on the time-lapse video frame rate being different from the target time-lapse video frame rate.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus capable of obtaining a high-quality image according to a continuous photographing mode and a shake state. In the image capturing apparatus, a plurality of types of a continuous photographing mode which are different in continuous photographing speed are set, a motion of an object is acquired from an input image, and shake information concerning a shake of the image capturing apparatus is acquired. Exposure conditions for photographing are controlled based on a type of the continuous photographing mode, the motion of the object, and the shake information, and in a case where image combination is performed, the number of images to be combined is determined.

Abstract: A control apparatus configured to perform image stabilization using a first image stabilization unit and a second image stabilization unit includes a determining unit configured to determine a correction ratio between the first image stabilization unit and the second image stabilization unit. The determining unit determines the correction ratio between the first image stabilization unit and the second image stabilization unit such that a proportion of the second image stabilization unit in the correction ratio increases as a distance to a movable end of the first image stabilization unit decreases.

Abstract: An illumination arrangement in a mobile device is provided that uses an artificial neural network (ANN) to correct an image of a scene. The mobile device has an illumination apparatus with an LED array that emits light to illuminate a scene. The LED array has LEDs, separated by borders, that are independently driven. A camera has a sensor to capture an image of the scene. The ANN has a training mode in which the ANN is trained using a set of images captured by the camera to generate parameters. The ANN is trained offline in a cloud network. A processor uses the trained ANN in an inference mode to correct the image.

Abstract: Aspects of present disclosure relate to slide imaging. An exemplary apparatus for real time image generation includes at least an optical system, a slide port configured to hold a slide, an actuator mechanism mechanically connected to a mobile element, a user interface comprising an input interface and an output interface, at least processor configured to: receive at least a region of interest; capture, using the at least an optical system, a first image of the slide at a first position within the at least a region of interest; identify a focus pattern as a function of the first image and the first position; extrapolate a focus distance for a second position as a function of the focus pattern; and capture, using the at least an optical system, a second image of the slide at a second position and at the focus distance.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion circuit configured to output a signal corresponding to photon incidence. The photoelectric conversion apparatus further includes a first measurement circuit, a second measurement circuit, a selection circuit, and an output circuit. The first measurement circuit is configured to measure the signal output from the pixel. The second measurement circuit is configured to measure a time from when the first measurement circuit starts measuring the signal to when a measured value of the first measurement circuit reaches a first threshold value. The selection circuit is configured to switch a first measurement circuit to be connected to the second measurement circuit among a plurality of the first measurement circuits. The output circuit is configured to output a value of the measured time of the second measurement circuit.

Abstract: Power consumption is reduced in a solid-state imaging element that amplifies a voltage for each column. The solid-state imaging element includes a pixel circuit, an input transistor, a reference side current source, and a feedback circuit. The pixel circuit generates an input voltage by photoelectric conversion. The input transistor outputs an output voltage depending on a voltage between a source to which the input voltage is input and a gate from a drain. The reference side current source is connected to a reference node at a predetermined reference voltage and supplies a predetermined current. The feedback circuit feeds back a part of the current to the gate of the input transistor.