Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for pixel image non-uniformity compensation. The method including the steps of: first, receiving an input image by an image sensor having a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes a variable capacitor; next, calculating brightness information of at least a portion of the pixels; and further, trimming the capacitances of the variable capacitors in the portion of pixels respectively according to the brightness information.

Abstract: An image recording unit obtains image data which is obtained by a photographing operation, and can reconstruct a refocus image, and photographing information, generates a parameter used to reconstruct a refocus image in relation to an object included in an image based on the obtained photographing information, and records the generated parameter in a recording medium as meta data of the image data together with the obtained image data. An image reproducing apparatus reads out the recorded image data and parameter from the recording medium, reconstructs a refocus image from the readout image data using the readout parameter, edits the reconstructed refocus image according to an editing instruction, and edits a parameter of the edited refocus image.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a video camera that can be configured to highly compress video data in a visually lossless manner. The camera can be configured to transform blue and red image data in a manner that enhances the compressibility of the data. The data can then be compressed and stored in this form. This allows a user to reconstruct the red and blue data to obtain the original raw data for a modified version of the original raw data that is visually lossless when demosacied. Additionally, the data can be processed in a manner in which the green image elements are demosaiced first and then the red and blue elements are reconstructed based on values of the demosaiced green image elements.

Abstract: A camera that has an optical unit includes: a base plate; a plurality of openings which is provided on the base plate and each of which has a substantially rectangular opening shape having long sides and short sides; and a plurality of optical components each of which covers any of the plurality of openings. The plurality of openings is disposed to be cyclically placed in one optical path through rotation of the base plate, and is disposed such that a part of a long side of each opening thereof faces a part of a short side of another opening thereof adjacent thereto.

Abstract: An image correction apparatus includes a difference computing unit which computes an absolute difference value between corresponding pixels in a first and a second image, a combining ratio computing unit which computes a combining ratio of the second image to the first image so that the combining ratio decreases as the absolute difference value of each pixel contained in a filter region defined around an attention pixel on the first image increases, and a combining unit which produces a corrected image by combining the value of the attention pixel in the first image with the value of the corresponding pixel in the second image in accordance with the combining ratio computed for the attention pixel and by taking the combined value as the value of the corresponding pixel in the corrected image.

Abstract: A mount for a video recorder set which is supported by the user's mouth.

Abstract: An imaging device, capable of shooting a combined photograph that is a single image made up of a plurality of images, and capable of live view display, comprises a first display section, a second display section, an imaging section for converting a subject image to image data, an image processing section for subjecting the image data to image processing, and a combined photograph processing section, for combining a plurality of image data subjected to image processing by the image processing section to create a single image, wherein, when a live view image is to be displayed on the first display section an image that has been subjected to processing by the combined photograph processing section is displayed, while when a live view image is to be displayed on the second display section an image that has been subjected to image processing by the image processing section is displayed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for super-resolution imaging using 3-axis OIS. A super-resolution image may be created by enabling optical image stabilization (OIS) in three axes using an OIS system on a camera of an image capturing device; capturing an image of a scene using an image sensor of the camera; shifting the image on the image sensor by a predetermined subpixel amount; capturing the subpixel shifted image; and constructing a super-resolution image of the scene using the image and the subpixel shifted image. In one particular implementation, a position sensor may measure a positional drift of the image sensor after capturing the image. Using this measured positional drift, a time sufficient to shift the image sensor by a predetermined subpixel amount may be determined. The OIS may subsequently be disabled in one or two axes for the determined time.

Abstract: A method for performing preview control in an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method may include the steps of: obtaining a specific preview image from a camera module of the electronic device, and obtaining a specific focus-related parameter corresponding to the specific preview image, wherein the specific focus-related parameter is related to focus control of the camera module; determining a specific resize parameter corresponding to the specific preview image according to a predetermined relationship between the specific resize parameter and the specific focus-related parameter; and performing a resize operation on the specific preview image according to the specific resize parameter, to control the specific preview image to be displayed in a quasi-scale-invariant manner with respect to a plurality of preview images.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an optical system; an imaging unit; an extractor that extracts a part of a first image as a reference image, the first image being received via the imaging unit; a first detector that obtains a first similar image from within the first image, the first similar image having a characteristic similar to a characteristic of the reference image; a calculator that obtains a positional relationship between the first similar image and the reference image; a second detector that obtains a second similar image from within a second image, the second image being received via the imaging unit later than the first image, the second similar image having a characteristic similar to the characteristic of the reference image; and a position detector that detects a position of a corresponding part of the second similar image in accordance with the positional relationship.

Abstract: Disclosed is a CMOS image sensor comprising a unit pixel which includes a photodetector (e.g., photodiode); an erasing transistor which, being connected to the photodetector, controls the exposure integration time of the photodetector by time division; a charge storage (e.g.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a multi-frequency ToF camera mitigates the effect of multi-path interference (MPI), and can calculate an accurate depth map despite MPI. A light source in the multi-frequency camera emits light in a temporal sequence of different frequencies. For example, the light source can emit a sequence of ten equidistant frequencies f=10 MHz, 20 MHz, 30 MHz, . . . , 100 MHz. At each frequency, a lock-in sensor within the ToF camera captures 4 frames. From these 4 frames, one or more processors compute, for each pixel in the sensor, a single complex number. The processors stack all of such complex quantities (one such complex number per pixel per frequency) and solve for the depth and intensity, using a spectral estimation technique.

Abstract: Provided herein is an imager device for fusing an image from multiple sources. The device includes a focal plane array detector for obtaining an image of a scene at a first wavelength; a display projector for projecting a projected image of the scene obtained by the focal plane array detector at a second wavelength; and a splitter/combiner element positioned to direct a line of sight of the focal plane array detector in a first direction and to direct the projected image in a second direction. The device is configured such that a normal line of sight having a third wavelength passes through the splitter/combiner element without being deflected by the splitter/combiner element. An assembly including an optical scope and an imager device for fusing an image from multiple sources is also provided. The scope may be a direct view optical scope or an indirect view optical scope.

Abstract: A method for eliminating flicker of a multi-exposure imaging system is provided. The method includes the steps of: capturing a long exposure image based on a long exposure from a scene; capturing a short exposure image based on a short exposure from the scene; obtaining an exposure ratio of the long exposure to the short exposure; generating a long accumulated value by accumulating pixel values of a portion of the long exposure image; generating a short accumulated value by accumulating pixel values of a portion of the short exposure image corresponding to the portion of the long exposure image; and generating a flicker gain according to the long average value, the short average value and the exposure ratio.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a pixel, a current source, and a signal processing circuit. The pixel outputs signal charge, obtained by imaging, as a pixel signal. The current source is connected to a transmission path for the pixel signal and has a variable current. The signal processing circuit performs signal processing on a signal depending on an output signal to the transmission path and performs control so that a current of the current source is changed in accordance with the result of signal processing.

Abstract: A method for controlling the portable device may include detecting that the second body or the third body is folded to the first body and capturing an image by at least one of a first camera unit located in the second body and a second camera unit located in the third body. In this case, the first camera unit may capture an image of a first direction, and the second camera unit may capture an image of a second direction. In this case, the image may be captured based on a first capturing mode when the portable device is in an unfolded state, the image may be captured based on a second capturing mode when the portable device is in a first folded state, and the image may be captured based on a third capturing mode when the portable device is in a second folded state.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes the image capture unit 16, the focus information acquisition unit 53, the frequency distribution calculation unit 54, and the photographing position determination unit 55. The focus information acquisition unit 53 calculates a subject focus position for each of a plurality of regions into which a photographed screen of a captured image captured by the image capture unit 16 is divided. The frequency distribution calculation unit 54 counts the number of regions that corresponds to each of the subject focus positions acquired by way of measuring. The photographing position determination unit 55 determines the focus position for photographing according to the number of regions that corresponds to each of the subject focus positions calculated by the focus information acquisition unit 53.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus and its control method for capturing a moving image. Plural movie capturing modes with different control parameters are set in accordance with an instruction from a user. One of selectable frame rates is selected in accordance with video output setting by the user. Moving image frames are generated based on the selected frame rate and a control parameter corresponding to the frame rate, and recorded as a moving image on a recording medium.

Abstract: An image sensor senses object information and converts the sensed object information into an electrical signal. An image processing apparatus uses the image sensor. The image sensor includes a column signal line connected to output terminals of a plurality of pixel sensors, a comparator circuit configured to output a signal corresponding to a comparison result of a signal output to the column signal line and a reference signal, an ADC circuit configured to convert an analog signal corresponding to an optical signal sensed by the pixel sensor selected from the plurality of pixel sensors connected to the column signal line into digital data based on the signal output from the comparator circuit and, a load circuit connected in series to the comparator circuit between the column signal line and a ground terminal, wherein the load circuit is configured as a common load device of the plurality of pixel sensors connected to the column signal line and the comparator circuit.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called smart gallery that is designed to create a short summary view of a collection of content, such as photographs and video. The content can be prioritized and presented in a smart gallery user interface that includes gallery elements that can be sized in accordance with prioritized content. Prioritization can take place based on whether content is manually captured or automatically captured. Alternately or additionally, prioritization can take place based on content analysis that looks at content quality and/or objects that appear in the content.