Abstract: An image sensor module includes a rigid-flex board, an image sensor, and a supporting plate. The rigid-flex board defines a through hole, and includes a plurality of connecting pads adjacent to the through hole. The image sensor is positioned on one side of the rigid-flex board, and includes an image surface and a plurality of pins adjacent to the image surface. The image surface faces the through hole, and the pins are connected to the connecting pads. The supporting plate is positioned on the side of the rigid-flex board. The image sensor is positioned between the supporting plate and the rigid-flex board.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed on the semiconductor substrate in rows and columns; a column signal line formed for each of the columns; an inverting amplifier connected to the column signal line; and a feedback line, provided for each of the columns, to feed back output signal of the inverting amplifier to pixels in a corresponding column, wherein the amplifying transistor includes a gate connected to the pixel electrode and outputs signal voltage corresponding to the pixel electrode to a column signal line via the selection transistor, and one of a source and a drain of the reset transistor is connected to the pixel electrode and the other is connected to a corresponding feedback line.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an image sensor including N image sensor regions arranged thereon. N lens structures are included in a lens array disposed proximate to the image sensor. Each one of the N lens structures is arranged to focus a single image onto a respective one of the N image sensor regions. The N lens structures include a first lens structure having a red color filter, a second lens structure having a green color filter, and a third lens structure having a blue color filter. Each one of the N lens structures includes a glass wafer and a lens formed on the glass wafer. Each one of the red color filter, the green color filter, and the blue color filter is one of coated on the glass wafer underneath the lens and coated over the lens on the glass wafer.

Abstract: White balance correction is performed on RGB color signals output from an image pickup device that includes a particular color filter array in which RGB color filters are arranged on respective lines and the ratios of the numbers of RGB color filters are different between the lines. For calculation of WB gains used for the white balance correction, not all the pixels of the image pickup device but prescribed lines are used to thinning-read. The WB gains are calculated based on color signals on the thinning-read prescribed lines. As the prescribed lines to be thinning-read, lines having a small degree of color mixture are selected under an imaging condition (a lens f-number and a zoom position) with a high degree of color mixture; lines having relatively even ratios of the numbers of RGB color filters are selected under an imaging condition having a low degree of color mixture.

Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a sensor array, a primary lens, and a moveable lens array. The sensor array comprises sensors arranged in an array in which the sensors are configured to generate image data. The primary lens is configured to direct light towards the sensor array. The moveable lens array comprises a number of lenses. The moveable lens array is moveable to a plurality of positions between the primary lens and the sensor array. Each lens in the number of lenses is configured to focus the light.

Abstract: An active pixel CMOS image sensor implements full frame digital correlated double sampling (CDS) with global shutter where all the pixels in the image sensor are reset at substantially the same time and all the pixels in the image sensor integrate incident light at substantially the same time and for substantially the same time duration and correlated double sampling cancellation is performed in the digital domain. In one embodiment, the image sensing device includes an array of light sensing elements, a timing and control circuit and analog-to-digital converters. The timing and control circuit is operative to reset the light sensing elements in the array and to control the array of light sensing elements to integrate incident light. The pixel reset values are cancelled from the corresponding light dependent pixel values for each of the light sensing elements to generate correlated double sampling (CDS) corrected digital output pixel values.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus and method for dynamic range adjustment and stereography are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a first imaging device for converting a light of a subject received through a first optical system into an electric signal; a second imaging device for converting a light of the subject received through a second optical system into an electric signal; a first image signal processor for generating an image signal for live view based on the electric signal output from the first imaging device before a photographing operation of a still image; an exposure controller for controlling an exposure so as to perform a step exposure in the second imaging device before the photographing of the still image; and an exposure calculator for calculating an exposure amount in the photographing operation of the still image based on the electric signal converted in the second imaging device obtained through the step exposure.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is configured to generate a combined image by combining a plurality of photographed images. The image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the plurality of photographed images from a photographing unit, and a setting unit configured to designate, if misshooting or reshooting of a first photographed image of the plurality of photographed images is designated, misshooting or reshooting of a second photographed image of the plurality of photographed images.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for creating a multimedia message, including: receiving a request for creating the multimedia message; establishing a connection channel between a multimedia message resource pool and a module storing multimedia message content resources on a mobile terminal; storing a required multimedia message content resource into the multimedia message resource pool through the connection channel; and organizing the multimedia message content resource in the multimedia message resource pool according to preset multimedia message organization parameters, and generating the multimedia message. With the technical scheme of the present invention, it can be avoided that switching always happens between the multimedia message creation interface and the resource management interface repeatedly in the multimedia message creation process and the user operation can be simplified.

Abstract: An imaging device with (1) a substrate; (2) a substrate voltage supply that applies a first potential to the substrate during a light receiving period and applies a second potential to the substrate during a no-light receiving period; and (3) a plurality of pixels each including (a) a light conversion portion, (b) a storage portion that stores signal charges g from the light conversion portion when the first potential is applied to the substrate, (c) a first layer that is in the substrate and set apart from the storage portion by a predetermined distance and adjusts potential distribution in the substrate so that the signal charges generated in the light receiving portion when the second potential is applied to the substrate are swept to a rear surface side of the substrate, and (d) a vertical transfer portion that transfers a signal based on the signal charges in a vertical direction.

Abstract: An imaging device with a short length and small aberration is provided. A total length D of an image-forming optical system is less than 3.6 mm. A maximum incidence angle of a principle ray on an image forming plane exceeds 33°. Conditions f/fL<?1.50 or f/fL<?0.9, and D/f<1.10 are satisfied where f denotes a focal length of the entire image-forming optical system and fL denotes a focal length of a last lens.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensing device includes a light receiving layer and a shutter layer. The light receiving layer has a photoelectric conversion part arranged in a plane state and configured to convert received light into an electric signal. The shutter layer is configured to control transmission of the light to be incident on the light receiving layer. In the solid-state image sensing device, an interval between the light receiving layer and the shutter layer is less than or equal to a length of a shutter element formed in the shutter layer.

Abstract: A method and system for image and metadata management are described in which a server may communicate with multiple cameras from a single photographic session or shoot. The server may receive a digital image from one of the cameras and may attach metadata to the digital image. The digital image may also have embedded metadata as a result of the image capture process in the camera. The attached metadata may comprise session-specific metadata created in connection with the photographic session and stored in the server prior to the digital image being received. The attached metadata may comprise location-specific metadata that may be provided to the server by a photographer through a wireless device. The server may transmit the digital image and its metadata to one or both of a social media outlet and a website. The server may enable an approval and selection process of the digital image for transmission.

Abstract: An image processing section includes: a motion vector calculation section for receiving information representing the magnitude of motion of an image capturing section and calculating a motion vector by performing a matching operation between first and second frames within a search range determined based on the magnitude of motion (a first search range and a second search range different from the first search range); and an interpolation frame generating section for generating an interpolation frame in accordance with the motion vector calculation result.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device 10 includes a projector 34, a camera 36, and a processing unit 22. The projector 34 projects an image, and the camera 36 captures the image projected by the projector 34. Based on first image information for causing the projector 34 to project a predetermined image and second image information obtained by capturing the image projected by the projector 34 based on the first image information by the camera 36, the processing unit 22 determines whether the projector 34 projects the predetermined image. When determining that the projector 34 fails to project the predetermined image, the processing unit 22 suppresses output of the projector 34 for projecting the image.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a lens unit including a lens and an image sensor, a lens unit supporting unit for supporting the lens unit, a base unit for supporting the lens unit supporting unit in a manner that can tilt, a fixing base unit for supporting the base unit, a dome cover mounted to the fixing base unit, and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lens unit so that the lens unit can perform a retreat operation in an opposite direction from an object and along an optical axis direction of the lens unit when a force is applied thereto from the dome cover and even if the lens unit supporting unit leans in a tilt direction.

Abstract: A system is provided that measures the delay time of a first timing signal transmitted from a control unit to an imager and back to a phase detector. The phase detector also receives a second timing signal that is used as a reference to measure against the received/delayed first timing signal. Based on the phase detection, the system will retard or advance the first timing signal to compensate for the phase shift.

Abstract: A voice recordable terminal and its image processing method are provided. The image processing method includes determining whether or not capturing is selected when a recording function of storing voice data is performed, acquiring at least one meta image when the capturing is selected, and storing at least one voice file including the acquired meta image and the voice data.

Abstract: A webcam capable of generating special sound effects includes an image device, a sound device, a multiplexer, a microprocessor, and a universal serial bus device. The image device is used for capturing and processing an image to generate a processed image. The sound device is used for capturing and processing sound to generate processed sound. The multiplexer is coupled to the image device and the sound device for receiving the processed image and the processed sound. The microprocessor is used for controlling the image device and the sound device. The universal serial bus device is used for controlling the multiplexer to read the processed image from the image device and read the processed sound from the sound device according to a command of a host, and transmitting the processed image and the processed sound to the host.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device 1 according to an embodiment of the invention includes: pixel units P(x, y) each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element and an amplifying unit for a pixel unit and which are two-dimensionally arranged; at least one row of optical black units Pob(x, y) each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element, an amplifying unit for a pixel unit, and a light shielding film that covers the photoelectric conversion element, the photoelectric conversion element and the amplifying unit for a pixel unit being the same as those of the pixel unit P(x, y); and at least one row of optical gray units Pog(x, y) each of which includes an amplifying unit for a pixel unit which is the same as that of the pixel unit and to which a reference voltage is input. The value of the reference voltage is less than the value of the output signal from the photoelectric conversion element in a saturated state.