Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a circuit board, a solid-state image sensing device disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board, a cylindrical lens barrel disposed above the circuit board, a lens housed in the lens barrel, and a holding member that holds the lens barrel and the circuit board therein. The solid-state image sensing device is positioned in an enclosed space formed by the lens barrel and the circuit board. The lens barrel has a first flange portion protruding in a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the lens barrel. The holding member has a first fitting groove portion in which the first flange portion of the lens barrel is fit. A thermal expansion coefficient of the holding member is smaller than a thermal expansion coefficient of the lens barrel.

Abstract: Dual-lens assemblies and cameras including dual lens-assemblies that include a first lens barrel securing a first lens having a first optical axis and a second lens barrel securing a second lens having a second optical axis are disclosed. In one dual-lens assembly, the first optical axis is approximately parallel to and spaced from the second optical axis by a lateral offset, axial lengths of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are approximately equal, and the first lens and the second lens are oriented in opposite directions at opposing ends of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel.

Abstract: A camera module includes a multilayer base body including a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion, and a connecting portion. The first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are connected to the connecting portion. A connector element is arranged in the second mounting portion. The first mounting portion includes a cavity, and a penetration hole penetrating from the cavity to one surface of the first mounting portion. An image sensor IC is arranged in the cavity, and the lens unit is arranged on the one surface of the first mounting portion at a location at or near the penetration hole. Peripheral circuit components and conductor patterns are mounted to or incorporated in the first mounting portion.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a determiner (121b) configured to determine a focus direction based on a refocus signal generated from a first pixel signal and a second pixel signal, and a focus detector (121a) configured to perform a focus detection by a phase difference detection method based on the first and second pixel signals obtained after driving a lens in the focus direction.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens and an image sensor that converts an image formed by the lens into an electrical signal. The camera module is disposed such that the lens is exposed from an opening in a metal housing. A feeding coil to which a feeding circuit is directly or indirectly connected, is disposed, for example, in a space between the image sensor and the lens in a direction of an optical axis of the lens. The feeding coil is coupled to the metal housing by a magnetic field, so that the metal housing defines and functions as a radiating element for communication.

Abstract: At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, a remote camera control user interface may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a gesture at a location corresponding to the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to control a camera of an external device. Camera control may include control of the external device's camera features, including image capture, zoom settings, focus settings, flash settings, and timer settings, for example, and may also include access to the external device's library of previously captured images.

Abstract: A sensor adjustment system includes an exterior housing configured to hold a directional sensor inside the housing. The directional sensor is configured to obtain data outside of the housing along a boresight of the directional sensor. The system also includes one or more fasteners configured to be operably coupled with the directional sensor inside the housing. The one or more fasteners are configured to be actuated in order to change an orientation of the boresight of the directional sensor. The one or more fasteners are configured to be actuated from outside of the housing while changing the orientation of the boresight of the directional sensor inside the housing.

Abstract: For each of the signal corresponding to a signal of a photoelectric converting unit being only a part of an effective pixel and the signal corresponding to a signal obtained by adding signals of a plurality of photoelectric converting units, the difference corresponding to the signal corresponding to the signal obtained by adding the signals of the plurality of photoelectric converting units of a light-shielded pixel.

Abstract: A drive control apparatus includes a movable member; a driver configured to drive the movable member; a transmission device configured to transmit a driving force of the driver to the movable member; a first detector provided on the movable member side of the transmission device configured to detect a driving state of the movable member; a second detector provided on the driver side of the transmission device configured to detect a driving state of the driver; and a controller configured to control driving of the driver. The controller is configured to select, as information to be fed back, first drive information obtained from the first detector, or second drive information obtained from the second detector, based on the first drive information and the second drive information; and control the driving of the driver based on the selected one of the first drive information and the second drive information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image shooting apparatus includes an imaging unit, a transmission unit, and a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, with a shooting instruction. The supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image.

Abstract: Provided are a near infrared ray absorbent composition which can form a cured film having excellent heat resistance while maintaining high near infrared ray shielding properties, and a near infrared ray cut filter, a manufacturing method of a near infrared ray cut filter, a solid image pickup element, and a camera module using the near infrared ray absorbent composition. The near infrared ray absorbent composition contains a compound having a partial structure represented by M-X, and a near infrared ray absorbent compound, and a content of the compound having a partial structure represented by M-X is greater than or equal to 15 mass % with respect to a total solid content of the near infrared ray absorbent composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device, a solid-state image sensor and a camera system capable of reducing the influence of noise at a connection between chips without a special circuit for communication and reducing the cost as a result. The semiconductor device includes: a first chip; and a second chip, wherein the first chip and the second chip are bonded to have a stacked structure, the first chip has a high-voltage transistor circuit mounted thereon, the second chip has mounted thereon a low-voltage transistor circuit having lower breakdown voltage than the high-voltage transistor circuit, and wiring between the first chip and the second chip is connected through a via formed in the first chip.

Abstract: It is possible to further reduce failure of simultaneous imaging performed by a plurality of imaging terminals. A second processor repeatedly transmits a specific multi-address packet in a first duration when a communication connection of a data link level with an imaging terminal 101 is not established. When a time point at which a first communication device 103 has received a specific multi-address packet is referred to as a first time point, a first processor 102 performs imaging control in response to the specific multi-address packet that has been received at the first time point and does not perform the imaging control in response to a specific multi-address packet that is newly received in the first duration after the first time point.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus to communicate with an external apparatus over a network and mount a first storage and/or a second storage includes a receiving unit, a mounting unit, and a control unit. The receiving unit can receive a first mount command to mount the first storage and a second mount command to mount the second storage. The control unit instructs the mounting unit to mount the first storage and/or the second storage. If a mount command received is a first mount command, the control unit instructs the mounting unit to mount the first storage by a first access protocol for accessing the first storage. If the mount command received is a second mount command, the control unit instructs the mounting unit to mount the second storage by a second access protocol which is an access protocol for accessing the second storage and is different from the first access protocol.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire operation state information of connected imaging devices, and an operation instruction unit configured to give an operation instruction to the imaging device specified based on the operation state information of the imaging devices acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A pixel architecture having an in-pixel amplifier comprising an NMOS transistor and a depletion-mode NMOS load is disclosed. In one aspect, the pixel architecture comprises a pixel core including a pixel photodiode for generating an output signal in accordance with incident light. Further, the in-pixel amplifier is connected to a pixel core to amplify the output signal before it is stored in a column buffer before being read out at output of the pixel architecture. By having an in-pixel amplifier that can be used for amplification of the output signal inside the pixel architecture, a larger output value is obtained which may be stored inside the pixel architecture on a small capacitor with improved signal-to-noise performance. This in-pixel amplification can also improve the quality of stored signals for global shutter operation.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a dividing unit that divides two frame images into a plurality of divided areas; a determination unit that determines a representative point for each of the divided areas in one of the two frame images; a setting unit that, for each of the two frame images, sets image portions for detecting movement between the two frame images, based on the representative points; and a detection unit that detects movement between the two frame images based on correlation values of image signals in the set image portions, wherein for each of the divided areas, the determination unit determines a feature point of the divided area or a predetermined fixed point as the representative point of the divided area in accordance with a position of the divided area in the one frame image.

Abstract: Embodiments are provided for an imaging module configured to interface with an electronic device. According to certain aspects, the imaging module includes a support section that may secure to the electronic device and a body section that may extend beyond one or more dimensions that define the electronic device. The body section houses or secures various components that enable digital image capture, including one or more lenses, a viewfinder, and an image sensor. The body section may also articulate or rotate about an axis to increase versatility of the imaging module.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus capable of identifying desired time points without using a special device is provided. The image capture apparatus 1 includes a moving image acquiring unit 53, a calculating unit 56, and an identification area analyzing unit 57. The moving image acquiring unit 53 acquires a plurality of images captured consecutively. The calculating unit 56 calculates variation values of pixel values along a time series of the plurality of images acquired by the moving image acquiring unit 53, within a predetermined region common to the plurality of images. The identification area analyzing unit 57 identifies two time points according to a predetermined standard from among a plurality of time points in the time series, on the basis of the variation values of the pixel values calculated by the calculating unit 56.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a conversion apparatus, an imaging apparatus, an electronic apparatus, and a conversion method that are capable of reducing the scale of a circuit. The conversion apparatus includes: a comparison unit that compares an input voltage of an input signal and a ramp voltage of a ramp signal that varies with time; and a storage unit that holds a code value when a comparison result from the comparison unit is inverted, the holding of the code value by the storage unit being repeated a plurality of times, to generate a digital signal having a predetermined bit number. The predetermined bit number is divided into high-order bits and low-order bits, the low-order bits are acquired earlier than the high-order bits, and the acquired low-order bits and the high-order bits are combined with each other, to generate the digital signal having the predetermined bit number. The present technology can be applied to a portion of an image sensor, in which AD conversion is performed.