Abstract: An image sensor may optimize control of each pixel and/or each photodiode therein according to various pixel structures therein. An electronic apparatus may include the image sensor. The image sensor may include a plurality of pixels, each including a photodiode and a transfer transistor configured to transfer charges accumulated in the photodiode to a floating diffusion floating diffusion region, and transfer transistor lines respectively connected to gate electrodes of the transfer transistors of the pixels. The transfer transistor lines may receive voltages having different magnitudes.

Abstract: An adaptive 3D imaging system comprising an imaging part and a lens part detachably connected thereto; the imaging part comprising a sensor and a reflector configured to transmit a plurality of captured light field images to the sensor; wherein the lens part comprising a first camera lens positioned at a first end of the lens part, a second camera lens positioned at a second end of the lens part, an entrance pupil plane and matching device positioned between the first camera lens and the second camera lens and being adaptive to different focal lengths of the second camera lens, an internal reflection unit positioned between the first camera lens and the entrance pupil plane and matching device and configured to decompose the captured light field images and refract them into a plurality of multiple secondary images with different angular offsets. Methods and uses involving the 3D imaging system are included.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing first image data generated by a first image sensor having a first filter array that has a first filter pattern. The first filter pattern includes a first filter type corresponding to a spectrum of interest and a second filter type. The method also includes accessing second image data generated by a second image sensor having a second filter array that has a second filter pattern different from the first filter pattern. The second filter pattern includes a number of second filter types, the number of second filter types and the number of first filter types have at least one filter type in common. The method also includes determining a correspondence between one or more first pixels of the first image data and one or more second pixels of the second image data.

Abstract: A method of forming a visual representation of an object from a plurality of image frames acquired using a portable electronic device, the method comprising the steps of determining at least one parameter of motion of the portable electronic device; determining at least one capture condition for at least one first image frame of the plurality of image frames; computing, based on the at least one parameter of motion and the at least one capture condition, an indication of blur in the image frame; based on the indication of blur, conditionally taking a corrective action.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for capturing an image and a computer readable storage medium. In the method, a current motion parameter of the terminal and a current ambient light parameter are acquired, a current exposure parameter of the terminal is set based on the current motion parameter of the terminal and the current ambient light parameter, and the image is captured based on the set current exposure parameter of the terminal. The exposure parameter includes a shutter value, an aperture value and a sensitivity.

Abstract: A camera module and its molded circuit board assembly and manufacturing method are disclosed, wherein the molded circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and a molded base integrally formed with the circuit board through a molding process. The molded base forms a light window disposed corresponding to a photosensitive element of the camera module, wherein the light window is configured to have a trapezoidal or multi-stair trapezoidal shape cross section which has diameters increasing from bottom to top to facilitate demoulding, so as to prevent damage to the molded base, and to avoid stray light.

Abstract: Provided are an imaging device that make it possible to perform high-speed image capture of an observation target such as a cell, and to correct a shake caused by the movement of a stage or the like appropriately and simply. The imaging device includes a stage on which a vessel having an observation target received therein is installed, an imaging optical system that forms an image of the observation target, a horizontal driving unit that moves the stage in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction, and moves the stage forward and backward in the main scanning direction, an imaging unit that receives the image formed by the imaging optical system, and outputs an image signal of the observation target, and a shake correction unit that performs shake correction for correcting a shake caused by movement of the stage on the image signal.

Abstract: A universal security box for surveillance equipment is an apparatus houses and suspends a camera. The apparatus includes a fixed jaw, a slideable jaw, and a main fastener. The fixed jaw includes a mounting plate, a first head, a third lateral wall, a main slot, and a main interconnecting hole. The slideable jaw includes a height-adjustable plate, a second head, a plurality of interconnecting holes, and at least one locking hole. The first head and the second head clamp around a camera. The mounting plate allows the apparatus to be mounted with tree trunk, a pole, a wall, and so on. The height-adjustable plate is slidable across the mounting plate with the third lateral wall and the main slot. The main interconnecting hole and the at least one locking hole allows a desired distance between the first head and the second head with the main fastener.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertains to a lens control apparatus that can be implemented in an imaging device to provide autofocus (AF) and image stabilization (IS) functionalities. The lens control apparatus includes a casing, a lens carrier movable in said casing and configured to hold an imaging lens, a pair of focusing coils disposed within said casing and configured to enable linear motion of the lens carrier along an optical axis, and a set of actuating coils disposed within said casing and configured to pivot the lens carrier in a first direction relative to the optical axis and a second direction relative to the optical axis, said first direction and said second direction being orthogonal to each other, and wherein the lens control apparatus is capable of providing at least three degrees of freedom to the lens carrier.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a focus detector configured to detect a focus state based on an image signal acquired from an imaging part, a main object detector configured to detect a main object among objects in an image based on the image signal output from the imaging part, and a display controller configured to display on a display unit an index representing the focus state detected by the focus detector on the main object detected by the main object detector in manual focusing. The display controller controls switching of the main object in the manual focusing.

Abstract: An image sensor capable of switching between a first path configured to output an image signal read from a plurality of pixels to an external after storing the image signal in a memory, and a second path configured to output the image signal to the external without storing the image signal in the memory is configured. In a case of shooting using a supplemental light source, the image sensor is controlled so as to use the first path and to have a speed for reading the image signal from the plurality of pixels be faster than a speed for outputting the image signal from the memory to the external.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for focusing, applied in image processing field, enabling a terminal in an automatic focusing process not to suspend automatic focus function. The method includes: determining an imaging mode switched from a first picture taking device in a first imaging mode to the first picture taking device or a second picture taking device in a second imaging mode, estimating a second position of the target object in the second imaging mode according to a first position of a target object in the first imaging mode and a principle of epipolar geometry, and searching for the target object in the second imaging mode according to the estimated second position of the target object in the second imaging mode.

Abstract: A method of assembling a camera for a vehicular vision system includes providing a front housing portion, a rear housing portion and a circuit element having an imager disposed thereat. One of the front housing portion and the circuit element includes a protrusion protruding therefrom and the other of the front housing portion and the circuit element includes a receiving portion for at least partially receiving the protrusion when the circuit element is positioned at the front housing portion to align the imager with the lens. When the circuit element is positioned at the front housing portion to align the imager with the lens, the protrusion is at least partially received at the receiving portion and is attached thereat. A damper or retention feature is provided at an opposite side of the imager from the protrusion and receiving portion.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data generated by an imaging element including sharing blocks, each including multiple adjacent pixels configured to generate signals according to amounts of light received externally and one read circuit; an offset calculator configured to, based on the acquired image data and using pixel values of pixels in a sharing block of interest that is one of the multiple sharing blocks and pixel values of pixels outside the sharing block of interest, detect an offset component of a pixel value occurring in the sharing block of interest; and a corrector configured to calculate a correction amount to correct a pixel value of at least one pixel in the sharing block of interest based on the offset component and use the correction amount to correct a pixel value of at least one pixel in the sharing block of interest.

Abstract: A camera system includes a lens unit, an image sensor, a sensing unit, an adjustment unit, a memory, and a controller. The lens unit focuses reflected light to form an image. The image sensor converts the image formed by the lens unit into a digital image. The sensing unit senses an internal temperature of the camera system and an external temperature outside the camera system. The adjustment unit adjusts the lens unit. The memory stores preset adjustment amounts for adjusting the lens unit according to different internal temperatures of the camera system operating at different external temperatures. The controller receives the internal temperature and the external temperature sensed by the sensing unit, retrieves the corresponding preset adjustment amount from the memory according to the sensed temperatures, and controls the adjustment unit to adjust the lens unit according to the preset adjustment amount.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods and media for high dynamic range imaging using dead-time-limited single photon detectors are provided. In some embodiments, a system for high dynamic range imaging is provided, comprising: an image sensor comprising: a pixels comprising: a single photon detector having dead time ?d; and a counter coupled to an output of the single photon detector, wherein the counter is configured to increment in response to a signal indicative of detection of a photon output by the single photon detector; and a processor that is programmed to: read out a value stored by the counter after an exposure time has elapsed; and calculate an intensity for the pixel based on the value and the dead time ?d.

Abstract: A method for camera processing using a camera application programming interface (API) is described. A processor executing the camera API may be configured to receive instructions that specify a use case for a camera pipeline, the use case defining at least one or more processing engines of a plurality of processing engines for processing image data with the camera pipeline, wherein the plurality of processing engines includes one or more of fixed-function image signal processing nodes internal to a camera processor and one or more processing engines external to the camera processor. The processor may be further configured to route image data to the one or more processing engines specified by the instructions, and return the results of processing the image data with the one or more processing engines to the application.

Abstract: An image sensor and signal processing circuit therefor include a readout circuit, calibration circuitry that calculates a correction coefficient for an effective pixel circuit based on a calibration signal, adjustment circuitry that updates the correction coefficient based on an optical black pixel signal, and correction circuitry that applies the updated correction coefficient to the effective pixel signal and generates an output signal.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for controlling an operation of a video capture device (e.g., in a cognitive robotic device). In an embodiment, a set of conditions is obtained using a cognitive computer system. Each of the obtained conditions includes a specific individual and a potential action that may be performed by the individual. The cognitive computer system analyzes video being captured by the video capture device to determine whether the video satisfies any of the set of conditions (e.g., the individual in the video is performing the action). If the cognitive computer system determines that one of the set of conditions has been satisfied, the operation of the video capture device (e.g., capture rate of the video) is modified to account for the satisfied condition.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit, a bezel portion, and a camera module disposed beneath the bezel portion and provided with a pair of flat surfaces facing each other, wherein the camera module includes a plurality of rim guides each including first and second flat surfaces facing each other, and first and second curved surfaces connecting the first and second flat surfaces, the plurality of rim guides being laminated with forming spaces apart from one another, a plurality of lens portions formed within the plurality of rim guides, respectively, and forming a specific focal length, and an image sensor overlapping the plurality of lens portions and generating an image using light that has passed through the plurality of lens portions.