Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus (200), comprising: a communicating unit (202) capable of communicating with each of a plurality of image sensors configured to transmit, in respectively different packets, additional data including region information corresponding to a region set with respect to a captured image for each region and region image data indicating an image for each row corresponding to the region; and a processing unit (204) configured to process, in association with each region, the region image data acquired from each of the plurality of image sensors based on the region information included in the additional data acquired from each of the plurality of image sensors, wherein the region information includes a part of or all of identification information of the region, information indicating a position of the region, and information indicating a size of the region.

Abstract: An image sensor and an image processing system in which the image sensor includes a sensing unit configured to generate a plurality of images having different luminances with respect to a same object, a pre-processor configured to merge n images (n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) except for at least one of the plurality of images to generate a merged image, and an interface circuit configured to output the at least one image and the merged image to an external processor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image device. The image device may include a camera lens, one or more stepper motors to drive the camera lens, one or more H-bridge circuits configured to control at least one of the one or more stepper motors, and a lens-identification circuit connected with the one or more H-bridge circuits, wherein the lens-identification circuit includes an impedance network of which an impedance value corresponds to a type of the camera lens.

Abstract: A ruggedized miniaturized infrared camera system for harsh environments has an infrared camera module that is connected to a ruggedized camera mount. The camera mount has a body and a lens clamp that clamps the camera lens to the body. The camera mount and military-spec fasteners cooperate to mechanically secure the camera module from vibrations. An interface bracket is attached to the camera mount and has a central opening. A signal connector is attached to the exterior side of the bracket and configured to carry USB2 signals. Conductive pins of the signal connector extend through the central opening and are electrically coupled to a circuit board that is adjacent to the interior side of the bracket. An electrically non-conductive spacer is within the central opening and interposed between the signal connector and circuit board. Heat-conductive epoxy secures the circuit board from vibrations and creates thermal bonds that passively remove heat.

Abstract: A device includes a digital camera positioned underneath a display of the device that captures images through the display. When capturing images using the digital camera, light emitted by the display can get into the digital camera, interfering with or corrupting the captured images. An enhanced output image is generated from a captured image that mitigates the interference from the display. The enhanced output image is generated, for example, by capturing a different calibration image for each pixel type (e.g., Red, Green, and Blue) included in the display. When an image is subsequently captured, an amount of color emitted by the pixels on the display for the currently displayed image is determined and one or more subtraction images are generated and subtracted from the captured image to mitigate the interference from the display.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a preprocessing circuit and a distortion correction circuit configured to process, in a time division manner, a plurality of images generated by a plurality of image pickup units and an output buffer circuit configured to buffer the processed plurality of images in a unit of a block and add an identification tag including an address and an identification ID to the block.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a background blurring system (1) for provision of a video compression stream from a video camera (2) adapted for capturing a scene. The background blurring system identifies (1001) in a first image of the scene, at a first point in time, at least a first pixel comprised in a background of the first image. The background blurring system further determines (1002) a blurred pixel value for the at least first pixel. Moreover, the background blurring system provides (1003), subsequent the first point in time, the blurred pixel value in the video compression stream. The background blurring system furthermore identifies (1004) in a second image of the scene, at a subsequent second point in time, that the at least first pixel has altered to be comprised in a foreground of the second image.

Abstract: The invention relates to devices intended for reading and recognizing printed or written characters or for recognizing patterns, e.g., fingerprints, for document verification/authentication (e.g., passport verification). A portable hardware-software complex (PHSC) includes a housing with a visible spectrum camera and a fingerprint scanner. The housing includes a power supply unit and a processor. On the housing from the fingerprint scanner side there is a display, and on the back side of the housing there is a visible spectrum camera with two or more sources of visible spectrum radiation and UV radiation, installed to illuminate the visible spectrum camera field of view. On the back side of the body there is an infrared camera and one or more sources of infrared radiation, for illuminating the field of view of the infrared camera.

Abstract: A dynamic vision sensor may include a pixel array including at least a first photoreceptor and a second photoreceptor, the first photoreceptor and the second photoreceptor including at least one first pixel and at least one second pixel, respectively, the at least one first pixel and the at least one second pixel configured to generate at least one first photocurrent and at least one second photocurrent in response to an incident light, respectively, and the first photoreceptor and the second photoreceptor configured to a first and second log voltages based on the at least one first photocurrent and the at least one second photocurrent, respectively, processing circuitry configured to, amplify the first and second log voltages, detect a change in intensity of the light based on the amplified first log voltage, the amplified second log voltage, and a reference voltage, and output an event signal corresponding to the detected value.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a target correction amount based on a shake, a stabilization control unit configured to provide control on driving of a sensor in a direction intersecting an optical axis of a pickup optical system, based on the target correction amount, an autofocusing control unit configured to provide control on focusing based on an image signal output from the sensor, and a setting unit configured to set a limit value for the target correction amount based on a characteristic of the pickup optical system and focusing accuracy of the autofocusing unit. The setting unit is configured to change the limit value depending on the pickup condition, and is capable of setting a first limit value based on the characteristic and a second limit value based on the focusing accuracy.

Abstract: The imaging device includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens unit detachably attached to the camera body, the imaging device including, an optical system including a focus lens, an infinite rotation type focus ring, a lens drive part moving the focus lens forward and backward in an optical axis direction of the optical system, a setting part allowing a user to set a rotation range of the focus ring, a storage part assigning and storing respective different rotation amounts of the focus ring to multiple positions within a movement stroke of the focus lens in accordance with a rotation range set in the setting part, and a control part driving the lens drive part to move the focus lens depending on a rotation amount of the focus ring to a position corresponding to the rotation amount stored in the storage part.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an image shooting apparatus and a mobile terminal. The image shooting apparatus includes: a support base, an image shooting circuit board, a first image shooting assembly, and a second image shooting assembly. The support base is provided with an accommodating chamber. The image shooting circuit board is disposed in the accommodating chamber, and divides the accommodating chamber into a first accommodating chamber and a second accommodating chamber. The first image shooting assembly is disposed in the first accommodating chamber, and the second image shooting assembly is disposed in the second accommodating chamber. The first image shooting assembly includes a first lens and a first image sensor. The second image shooting assembly includes a second lens and a second image sensor.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple spatially-displaced input images of a scene based on image data captured using multiple imaging sensors. The method also includes dividing each of the input images into multiple overlapping sub-images. The method further includes generating multiple overlapping sub-image gain maps based on the sub-images. In addition, the method includes combining the sub-image gain maps to produce a final gain map identifying relative gains of the imaging sensors. An adjacent and overlapping pair of sub-image gain maps are combined by renormalizing gain values in at least one of the pair of sub-image gain maps so that average gain values in overlapping regions of the pair of sub-image gain maps are equal or substantially equal.

Abstract: A camera device includes an optics unit and a sensor unit releasably connectable to each other, and an electronic accessory releasably connectable to the optics unit by means of a threaded fitting associated with a rotation axis, wherein the optics unit comprises optics unit connectors, which in an assembled state of the camera device each is aligned and in contact with an associated electronic accessory connector of the electronic accessory thereby forming an electric connection between the electronic accessory and the sensor unit via the optics unit, wherein the optics unit connectors and the associated electronic accessory connectors form a first group consisting of at least one optics unit connector and associated electronic accessory connector arranged for power transfer and a second group consisting of at least one optics unit connector and associated electronic accessory connector arranged for signal transfer.

Abstract: A camera assembly, an image acquisition method, and a mobile terminal are provided. The image acquisition method is applied to a mobile terminal including the camera assembly provided in this disclosure, and the image acquisition method includes: acquiring first image data derived from an exposure of a filtering and photosensitive module in the camera assembly and second image data derived from an exposure of a photosensitive module in the camera assembly; generating a target image from the first image data and the second image data.

Abstract: A method operable by circuitry including an image processor, an image sensor, and another clock-dependent device, including measuring a flicker using the image sensor, adjusting a clock rate of the circuitry according to the measured flicker, and operating the clock-dependent device using the adjusted clock rate.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, and a first frame and a second frame sequentially disposed in the housing in an optical axis direction. The second frame includes a lens module configured to rotate together with the second frame about a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, intersecting an optical axis direction. The first rotation axis is formed between the housing and an opposing surface of the first frame in the optical axis direction by first ball members disposed in a direction intersecting the optical axis direction. The second rotation axis is formed between the first fame and an opposing surface of the second frame in the optical axis direction by second ball members disposed in a direction intersecting the optical axis direction and the first rotation axis direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wide-angle image providing method including: an image taking step of generating a first region image obtained by taking an image of a first region and generating a second region image obtained by taking an image of a second region adjacent to the first region by a second camera module; a distortion calibration step of correcting distortion of each of the first and second region images by a distortion calibration unit; a phase difference calibration step of correcting a phase difference of each of the first and second region images; an overlap calibration step of correcting the first and second region images while overlapping the first and second region images to be adjacent to each other by an overlap calibration unit; and a color calibration step of correcting colors of the first and second region images which have been overlapped and calibrated.

Abstract: Correlated double sampling column-level readout of an image sensor pixel may be provided by a charge transfer amplifier that is configured and operated to itself provide for both correlated-double-sampling and amplification of floating diffusion potentials read out from the pixel onto a column bus after reset of the floating diffusion (I) but before transferring photocharge to the floating diffusion (the reset potential) and (ii) after transferring photocharge to the floating diffusion (the transfer potential). A common capacitor of the charge transfer amplifier may sample both the reset potential and the transfer potential such that a change in potential (and corresponding charge change) on the capacitor represents the difference between the transfer potential and reset potential, and the magnitude of this change is amplified by the charge change being transferred between the common capacitor and a second capacitor selectively coupled to the common capacitor.

Abstract: A method for image-processing and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a RAW image packet comprising at least two RAW images, the at least two RAW images having different exposure durations; unpacking the RAW image packet and obtaining the at least two of RAW images; obtaining a High Dynamic Range (HDR) RAW image by performing an image synthesis operation on the at least two RAW images; and performing a previewing, photographing, or video-recording operation on the HDR RAW image.