Abstract: A video capture device may include multiple cameras that simultaneously capture video data. The video capture device and/or one or more remote computing resources may perform video stabilization to the video data to reduce unwanted camera shake. The video capture device may include one or more motion sensors that track the motion of the video capture device. Using the motion data, video stabilization algorithms can be executed on a first video stream to calculate stabilizing adjustments for the video stream. The stabilization adjustments can then be used to stabilize a second video stream due to the fixed positioning of a first camera that captured the first video stream and a second camera that captured the second video stream. The video capture device and/or the remote computing resources may stitch together the first and second video streams to generate a digitally stabilized panoramic video.

Abstract: An image sensor includes an array of split dual photodiode (DPD) pairs. First groupings of the array of split DPD pairs consist entirely of either first-dimension split DPD pairs or entirely of second-dimension split DPD pairs. Each first grouping of the array of split DPD pairs consisting of the first-dimension split DPD pairs is adjacent to an other first grouping of the array of split DPD pairs consisting of the second-dimension split DPD pairs. The first-dimension is orthogonal to the second-dimension. A plurality of floating diffusion (FD) regions is arranged in each first grouping of the split DPD pairs. Each one of a plurality of transfer transistors is coupled to a respective photodiode of a respective split DPD pair, and is coupled between the respective photodiode and a respective one of the plurality of FD regions.

Abstract: A method and a video management system is disclosed. The method may include receiving a video stream from a camera and displaying the video stream on a display. The method may include obtaining, via an eye tracking sensor, gaze information for an operator watching the display. The method may include generating a historical gaze heat map for the video stream for a time period based on the obtained gaze information and determining a low interest area for the video stream based on the generated historical gaze heat map. The method may include instructing the camera to decrease a bit rate of the video stream in the low interest area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device for controlling a camera arrangement (1), said control device having a front end and a back end, said control device comprising: attachment means (2) configured to attach a camera arrangement (1) to said control device; gripping means (3) configured to facilitate for a user to hold said control device; interaction means (4; 7; 8; 9) configured for controlling a camera arrangement (1) when attached to said control device; wide-angle lens means (5) arranged to be positioned on said attachment means (2) in front of a camera lens of a camera arrangement (1) when attached to said control device; and actuator means (6) configured to control said interaction means (4; 7; 8; 9) and arranged at said gripping means (3) to facilitate use thereof for a user holding said control device by said gripping means (3), wherein said attachment means (2) is arranged on said control device to fix a camera lens of a camera arrangement (1) when attached to said control device towards

Abstract: An imaging system for capturing images of the same object using a plurality of image capturing apparatuses that can communicate with each other is provided. At least one image capturing apparatus of the image capturing apparatuses transmits information of a distance to an in-focus position, or a captured image including the in-focus position, to another image capturing apparatus among the image capturing apparatuses, and each of the image capturing apparatuses determines each depth of field using the information of the distance to the in-focus position, or the captured image including the in-focus position.

Abstract: An electronic device has a power saving function that reduces an amount of consumed power in response to a non-operating period, in which there are no operations from a user, reaching a predefined amount of time. The electronic device displays a time setting screen for setting a time in a display unit and sets the time in accordance with an operation accepted when the time setting screen is being displayed in the display unit, and carries out control such that an amount of time until the power saving function is executed is extended to be longer when the time setting screen is being displayed than when the time setting screen is not being displayed.

Abstract: A display control device controls an image capturing sensor and a display. The display control device has an image data generation section and a display control section. The image data generation section generates first display data and second display data. The display control section outputs the first and second display data, the first display data that is outputted at first intervals having a first time length varying between “a” and “b” so as to be displayed on a first display region of the display within a first horizontal synchronization period having the first time length varying between “a” and “b”, and the second display data that is outputted at second intervals having a second time length of “a” so as to be displayed on the second display region of the display within a second horizontal synchronization period having the second time length of “a”.

Abstract: A range of movement of a correction unit is set based on an object distance value. According to various embodiments, the range of movement of the correction unit is set to be larger as the object distance increases. According to one embodiment, a setting unit sets the range of movement of the correction unit to be larger as the object distance increases in a range where an object distance is larger than a first threshold and is equal to or smaller than a second threshold, and the setting unit fixes the range of movement of the correction unit to be a first range of movement where the object distance is equal to or smaller than the first threshold, and to be a second range of movement where the object distance is larger than the second threshold.

Abstract: An image sensor comprising: a plurality of unit pixels, arranged in matrix, each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions for accumulating charge corresponding to a quantity of incident light; color filters, arranged for the plurality of unit pixels, respectively, that mainly pass light of wavelengths corresponding to different colors; first control signal lines arranged between every predetermined number of rows and connected to the unit pixels, included in the predetermined number of rows, corresponding to the color filters of a first color; and second control signal lines arranged between the every predetermined number of rows and connected to the unit pixels, included in the same predetermined number of rows that include the unit pixels corresponding to the color filters of the first color, corresponding to the color filters of a second color.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide an apparatus for controlling the motion of a camera component. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an actuator module. The actuator module includes a plurality of magnets. Each magnet of the plurality of magnets is poled with magnetic domains substantially aligned in the same direction throughout each magnet. The apparatus further includes a coil rigidly disposed around a lens. Each magnet of the plurality of magnets contributes to the forces to adjust focus of the lens based on Lorentz forces generated from the coil.

Abstract: In an image capturing apparatus, a first output unit outputs a plurality of sets of first data obtained by adding a synchronization code to a pixel signal. A second output unit outputs a plurality of sets of second data obtained by adding the synchronization code to the pixel signal. A first correction unit corrects a shift in timing between the plurality of sets of first data output from the first output unit. A second correction unit corrects a shift in timing between the plurality of sets of second data output from the second output unit. A third correction unit corrects a shift in timing between the plurality of sets of first data that have been corrected by the first correction unit and the plurality of sets of second data that have been corrected by the second correction unit, based on the synchronization code.

Abstract: An image sensor includes n light receiving elements including first to n-th light receiving elements, each of the light receiving elements generating photoelectric conversion signals, n sequencers including first to n-th sequencers, each of the sequencers having both a sequencer input terminal to which a k-th horizontal control signal is input, and a sequencer output terminal from which a (k+1)-th horizontal control signal is output, and n switches including first to n-th switches, each of the switches having a switch input terminal to which a signal corresponding to the photoelectric conversion signal is input, a switch control terminal to which a k-th pixel control signal is input, and a switch output terminal which is electrically connected to the switch input terminal, wherein n is a natural number of 2 or more, and k is a natural number of 1 to n.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: an obtainment unit configured to obtain an image; a setting unit configured to set, based on a shading status of a region of a first subject out of a plurality of subjects included in the image, a virtual light source for virtually emitting light on a region of a second subject in the image that is different to the first subject; and a generation unit configured to generate an image having a shading status such that light based on the set virtual light source is emitted onto the region of the second subject.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device may be configured to capture still frames during video capture, but may capture the still frames in the 4×3 aspect ratio and at higher resolution than the 16×9 aspect ratio video frames. The device may interleave high resolution, 4×3 frames and lower resolution 16×9 frames in the video sequence, and may capture the nearest higher resolution, 4×3 frame when the user indicates the capture of a still frame. Alternatively, the device may display 16×9 frames in the video sequence, and then expand to 4×3 frames when a shutter button is pressed. The device may capture the still frame and return to the 16×9 video frames responsive to a release of the shutter button.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention is a semiconductor integrated circuit including: a first image processing module; a second image processing module; a first SRAM configured to temporarily store image data for which the first image processing has been performed by the first image processing module; a second SRAM configured to store a parameter for performing the second image processing for image data that is input to the second image processing module; and a control unit. The control unit stops power supply to the first SRAM, continues to supply power to a storage area of the second SRAM in which the parameter is stored, and stops power supply to a control area for writing data to the storage area of the second SRAM based on that a condition to cause the semiconductor integrated circuit to make a transition into a power-saving mode is satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera module, the camera module including a base formed at an upper surface of a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor, and formed with an IRCF (Infrared Cut Filter) at a position corresponding to that of the image sensor, a bobbin vertically reciprocatively formed at an upper surface of the base, and having a bobbin screw thread at an upper surface, a lens barrel formed with a lens barrel screw thread at an outer surface for being screw-connected to an interior of the bobbin and mounted with at least one or more lenses, and a foreign object blocking unit formed at a screw-connected portion between the bobbin and the lens barrel to prevent sticky and adhesive foreign objects from being transmitted to an IRCF (Infrared Cut Filter) in the course of screw-connection between the lens barrel and the bobbin.

Abstract: A compact LED lighting unit, (1) for camera flash applications, comprising a reflective housing having (14) having a reflective base (15) and an open top (51); an LED (10) mounted within the reflective housing (14) and a beam shaping foil stack (12) provided over the open top of the housing (14); wherein, the foil stack (12) comprises first and second microstructured sheets (50, 52), each having an array of elongate locally parallel ridges (41) facing away from the LED, wherein the ridges of one sheet locally cross the ridges of the other sheet by an angle in the range 30 to 150 degrees.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device that includes a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit configured to accumulate charges generated by an incident light, a first holding unit and a second holding unit configured to hold the charges, an amplification unit configured to output a signal based on the charges, a first transfer switch provided between the photoelectric conversion unit and the first holding unit, a second transfer switch provided between the photoelectric conversion unit and the second holding unit, a third transfer switch provided between the first holding unit and the amplification unit, and a fourth transfer switch provided between the second holding unit and the amplification unit, and outputs a signal including a signal based on actual signal charges and a signal including a signal based on false signal charges.

Abstract: An image sensor may include a pixel array including an active pixel area including active pixels and a dark pixel area including dark pixels, an analog-to-digital conversion unit configured to generate a dark pixel data code by converting an analog output of each of the dark pixels and an active pixel data code by converting an analog output of each of the active pixels, an offset extractor configured to extract a final offset using the dark pixel data code, and a corrector configured to correct the active pixel data code using the final offset. The corrector outputs one of a correction pixel data code and a reference code as a corrected result from the active pixel data code and the reference code. The correction pixel data code is obtained by correcting the active pixel data code using the final offset.

Abstract: A camera device with a dynamic touch screen shutter, and method therefor, are provided. The camera device comprises: a sensor for providing an electronic signal corresponding to an image; a touchscreen having a region for displaying the image and receiving touch input, the region having at least one subregion; and a processor enabled to: display the image in the region; execute a shutter command to store the image in a memory when the touch input is received in the region but not in the at least one subregion when the at least one subregion contains at least one of an icon and a graphical control, the graphical control for controlling the camera device; change displaying of at least one of the icon and the graphical control; and, in response, dynamically change a position of the at least one subregion within the region.