Abstract: A method for controlling the front camera includes: an operation instruction for the front camera is received from an application; a trigger message is sent to a pop-up motor service to trigger the pop-up motor service to control a pop-up or retraction of the front camera; and the front camera is controlled based on the operation instruction to perform a corresponding operation.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter of the present disclosure includes: a ?? modulator including a quantization circuit unit; a splitter that divides a digital output of the quantization circuit unit into an even-numbered digital value and an odd-numbered digital value; two-system transmission paths that transmit the even-numbered digital value and the odd-numbered digital value separately; and a digital filter that processes the even-numbered digital value and the odd-numbered digital value transmitted by the two-system transmission paths, and outputs the even-numbered digital value and the odd-numbered digital value as an analog-to-digital conversion value.

Abstract: An information processing device that operates in an imaging device mounted on a mobile unit, and notifies the mobile unit of failed imaging, when imaging performed by the imaging device has failed.

Abstract: Techniques for starting an electronic communication based on a captured image are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system detects that an image has been captured by a camera on a first mobile device of a first user, where the captured image has been captured by the camera at a point in time, and, in response to detecting that the image has been captured, the computer system identifies at least one other user in the captured image. In some example embodiments, the computer system transmits a message to an electronic destination associated with the other user(s) based on the identifying of the other user(s) in the captured image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method which enables users in an environment to take multiple photos by using a main device or one or a plural of member devices that are managed via the main device.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging element, an electronic device, and a fabrication method that each enable further reduction of the element layout area. A photoelectric conversion element disposed on a first face of a semiconductor substrate is connected to a gate of an amplification transistor and a floating diffusion disposed in a second face of the semiconductor substrate through penetrating electrodes that are each connected to the photoelectric conversion element. In this pixel structure, a dielectric layer is disposed between the penetrating electrodes in the second face, and a shielded electrode is disposed on an inner side of the dielectric layer seen from a side of the second face. The dielectric layer is thicker than a gate insulating film of the transistor on the side of the second face. This disclosure is applicable to a back-side illumination solid-state imaging element, for example.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems related to automatic adjustment of screen brightness for optimized presentation to both physically present and remote audience during the multimedia collaboration session. In one aspect, a method includes detecting presence of a screen in the field of view of a camera in a meeting room; determining if exposure of the camera or brightness of the screen is to be adjusted, to yield a determination; and controlling at least one of the exposure of the camera or the brightness of the screen based on the determination such that viewing of meeting room and the screen are legible for one or more audience and the screen is legible for one or more audience present in the meeting room.

Abstract: A camera system includes a camera with a lens assembly and image processing electronics internal to the camera housing. The lens assembly and image processing electronics are sensitive to thermal gradients within the camera body. The image processing electronics are coupled to a thermal management system that transfers thermal energy away from the electronics towards a heat diffuser. The thermal management system comprises a heat controller with a heat source, an offset arm, and a heat exchange. The thermal energy moves from the heat source to the heat exchange via the offset arm. The thermal management system also manages heat transfer between auxiliary electronic components and the image processing electronics. The thermal management system is constructed of materials that react to the compressive forces created on the system during camera assembly.

Abstract: An accessory that is mountable at a camera body and is capable of carrying out communication with the camera body, includes: a creation unit that creates first information pertaining to a position of a drive target member in the accessory; an accessory-side reception unit that receives second information pertaining to the communication from the camera body; a calculation unit that calculates third information related to a time period between reception of the second information and creation of the first information by the creation unit; and an accessory-side first transmission unit that transmits the third information to the camera body.

Abstract: Provided is an image capturing apparatus that not only prevents excitation light from leaking into RGB but also corrects a difference of focal points between visible light and IR and corrects levels of visible light and IR without having a complicated structure. An image capturing apparatus 10 includes a light irradiation unit 12 that irradiates an object including a fluorescent material with excitation light and illuminating light, a four-color separation unit 16 that separates light incident upon a lens 14 into R, G, B, and IR, an image sensor 18 that performs photoelectric conversion on each separated light, a picture signal output unit 20 that generates a picture signal from an electrical signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion, a picture display 22 that displays a picture based on the picture signal, a bandpass filter 24 that does not transmit light near a wavelength band of the excitation light, and a correction filter 26.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for synthesizing out of focus blurring effects in digital images. Cameras having wide aperture lenses typically capture images with a shallow depth of field (SDOF). SDOF cameras are often used in portrait photography, since they emphasize subjects, while deemphasizing the background via blurring. Simulating this kind of blurring using a large depth of field (LDOF) camera may require a large amount of computational resources, i.e., to simulate the physical effects of using a wide aperture lens, while constructing a synthetic SDOF image. Moreover, cameras having smaller lens apertures, such as those in mobile phones, may not have the ability to accurately estimate or recreate the true color of clipped background light sources. Described herein are techniques to synthesize out of focus background blurring effects that attempt to reproduce accurate light intensity and color values for clipped background light sources in images captured by LDOF cameras.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and techniques directed to producing an all-in-focus image with a camera of a mobile device, in particular, cameras with shallow depth-of-field. User equipment includes a sensor for determining distance to an object in a camera's field-of-view. Based on a depth map of the field-of-view, a plurality of segments is inferred, each segment defining a unique focus area within the camera's field-of-view. An autofocus lens of the camera sweeps to a respective focal distance associated with each of the plurality of segments. The camera captures sample images at each focal distance swept by the autofocus lens. The user equipment produces an all-in-focus image by combining or merging portions of the captured sample images.

Abstract: A suitable drive control of a lens unit for correcting image shake of a captured image is realized. An imaging device includes a lens unit supported rotatably in at least one of a yawing direction or a pitching direction within a casing, and this lens unit is driven by a driving section in at least one of the yawing direction or the pitching direction on a basis of a shake correction driving signal. In this case, the shake correction driving signal is generated by using detection information regarding rotation applied to the casing and detection information regarding rotation occurring on the lens unit in the casing.

Abstract: A device with two cameras utilizing one photosensitive assembly includes a first camera assembly, a second camera assembly, and the photosensitive assembly. The first camera assembly and the second camera assembly are symmetrically positioned at both sides of the photosensitive assembly. The photosensitive assembly includes a driver and a connected photosensitive chip, the driver can drive the photosensitive chip to rotate, so that a photosensitive surface of the photosensitive chip is rotated between the first camera assembly and the second camera assembly. Therefore, the first camera assembly and the second camera assembly of the camera device are able to share one photosensitive chip, thereby the overall size and cost of the camera device is reduced. The present application also provides a mobile terminal having the camera device.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus has: an imaging optical system; an imaging element configured to receive light transmitted through the imaging optical system to generate an electric signal; a main body; a display device provided on a back face of the main body and capable of displaying an image generated on the basis of the electric signal generated by the imaging element; and an electronic viewfinder provided inside the main body and capable of displaying the image generated on the basis of the electric signal generated by the imaging element, wherein an eyepiece part of the electronic viewfinder is provided to a transmissive region of the display device.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device that can improve imaging quality by reducing variation in the voltage of a charge retention unit, a method of driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. A first photoelectric conversion unit generates and accumulates signal charge by receiving light that has entered a pixel, and photoelectrically converting the light. A first charge retention unit retains the generated signal charge. A first output transistor outputs the signal charge in the first charge retention unit as a pixel signal, when the pixel is selected by the first select transistor. A first voltage control transistor controls the voltage of the output end of the first output transistor. The present technology can be applied to pixels in solid-state imaging devices, for example.

Abstract: The present application discloses various systems, methods and non-transitory computer-readable mediums that include a first device and a second device to perform processing on a digital image. According to one example, a second one or more edits made using the second device are user subjective and a first one or more edits made using the first device are user agnostic. The second one or more edits are reliant on the first one or more edits for processing flexibility to achieve a desired image attribute.

Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a circuit substrate, a sensor holder, and an image sensing component connected to the circuit substrate. The circuit substrate has multiple circuit contacts. The sensor holder is disposed on the circuit substrate and on the image sensing component. The image sensing component has a sensing surface and multiple image contacts. Each image contact is electrically connected to one of the circuit contacts via multiple signal transmission elements embedded in the sensor holder. The lens assembly includes a fixed base, a movable base, and a lens group. The movable base has a receiving hole and is disposed in the fixed base. The lens group includes at least two lenses and is disposed on the movable base and is located in the receiving hole, thereby light could pass through the lens group and project onto the image sensing component.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to suppress, where a pixel signal of a large pixel and a pixel signal of a small pixel are composed to generate a WD image, degradation of image quality of the WD image. An image processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a first pixel signal output from a first pixel, a second acquisition unit that acquires a second pixel signal output from a second pixel having a size smaller than that of the first pixel, a temperature detection unit that detects temperature, a composition gain determination unit that determines a composition gain corresponding to the detected temperature, and a composition unit that composes the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal multiplied by the composition gain.

Abstract: An imaging element which outputs an image signal acquired by an imaging unit having a plurality of pixel portions is provided. The imaging element receives a target luminance value from an imaging device and executes exposure control in the imaging element on the basis of an accumulation time of the pixel portion and a gain for an output signal of the imaging unit, which correspond to the target luminance value. The imaging element instructs the imaging device to perform exposure control if a luminance value of a subject exceeds an exposure control range in the imaging element.