Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array including at least one pixel region for which an exposure time is set, the at least one pixel region including a plurality of counting pixels each to output a pixel signal corresponding to a counted value of the number of photons incident during a given exposure time, and a control unit to control the exposure time of the pixel array. The at least one pixel region includes a detection unit to detect an event indicating a change in the pixel signals, and a selection unit to select one of the counting pixels included in the at least one pixel region as a first counting pixel connected to the detection unit. In a case where the event is detected, the control unit determines a length of the exposure time of the at least one pixel region.

Abstract: An imaging device capable of suppressing deterioration in electrical characteristics and improving layout efficiency is provided. The imaging device includes a semiconductor layer and a plurality of pixels provided in the semiconductor layer. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a floating diffusion that converts a charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit into a voltage signal, and a transfer transistor that transfers the charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit to the floating diffusion. In one pixel and the other pixel that are adjacent to each other among the plurality of pixels, one or more of the photoelectric conversion unit, the floating diffusion, and the transfer transistor are arranged non-linearly symmetrically and point-symmetrically.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for foveated imaging. For instance, a method for foveated imaging is provided. The method may include determining a first region of interest within a first image based on a gaze of a user relative to the first image; clustering pixels of the first image into a one or more clusters of pixels based on a comparison of one or more characteristics of pixels of the first image; identifying a cluster of pixels from among the one or more clusters of pixels based on an intersection over union of the first region of interest and the cluster of pixels; generating a second region of interest based on the first region of interest and the cluster of pixels; and capturing a second image based on the second region of interest.

Abstract: A web camera mount configured to removably engage with a bottom portion of a frame on a monitor and to support a webcam may include a rear jaw assembly; a front jaw assembly adjustably engaged with the rear jaw assembly via a ratcheting assembly, wherein the front jaw assembly includes a tab extending from an inner surface thereof to engage with the bottom portion of the frame; and a mount plate operatively attached to and extending from the front jaw assembly, the mount plate sized to support the webcam thereon.

Abstract: A media application receives, from a server, an identification of a first composition type from a set of compositions to apply to an initial image captured with a user device. Responsive to one or more people being detected in the initial image, the media application generates a modified image, where the one or more people are removed from the initial image to obtain the modified image. The media application scores at least one candidate position within the modified image based on corresponding composition rules for the first composition type. The media application provides a graphical guide on a viewfinder of the user device to guide a user to capture a final image, wherein the graphical guide indicates a recommended position for the one or more people in the final image.

Abstract: An information handling system having a display magnetically couples a peripheral camera to the display with a ferromagnetic material disposed behind the display. A dock couples to the display and has a curved base on which a cylindrical housing of the peripheral camera rests. A wireless charging receiver in the cylindrical housing has a curved shape that conforms to the cylindrical housing shape proximate a curved side of the cylindrical housing. A wireless charging transmitter in the dock has a curved shape that conforms to the curved base of the dock. Alignment magnets disposed through openings in the wireless charging receiver and wireless charging transmitter bias the peripheral camera into a charging position on the dock.

Abstract: This application discloses a video recording method and an electronic device, and pertains to the field of video processing technologies. The video recording method includes: receiving, during recording of a first video based on a first recording property, a first input for a shooting preview screen corresponding to the first video; in response to the first input, obtaining a second recording property; and recording a second video based on the second recording property while retaining the recording of the first video based on the first recording property.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an actuator for driving zoom lenses, where the zoom actuator comprises a first carrier having attached thereto a first lens and movable along an optical axis; a second carrier having attached thereto a second lens and being capable of moving along the optical axis and running anterior or posterior to the first carrier; a housing enclosing the first and second carriers; a first magnet attached to the first carrier; a second magnet attached to the second carrier; a first coil unit mounted to the housing and facing the first magnet; a second coil unit mounted to the housing and facing the second magnet; and a plurality of balls; with at least one of said plurality of balls positioned between the housing and the first carrier; and at least one of said plurality of balls positioned between the housing and the second carrier.

Abstract: An image capture device includes an image capture module and a base module. The image capture module is releasably connectable to the base module. The image capture module includes an integrated image sensor and optical component for capturing image data. The base module includes a processor. The processor is configured and the base module is calibrated based on identification data provided by the image capture module when releasably connected to the base module. The image information and identification data may be wirelessly transferred from the image capture module to the base module.

Abstract: A display control apparatus, comprises: obtaining unit for obtaining an image captured by an image capturing unit; display controlling unit for performing control to display the image on a display unit; and changing unit for changing to at least one of a display format of a first display indicating a predetermined specific image capture state or a display format of a second display indicating a predetermined specific focus state. In a case where the first display and the second display are superimposed on the image, the changing unit changes at least one of the display format of the first display or the display format of the second display to make the display format of the first display and the display format of the second display different display formats.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a specific object from an image picked up by an image pickup unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether a subject is a moving object, and a setting unit configured to set a sensitivity to be used when the determination unit determines that the subject is a moving object. The setting unit sets the sensitivity depending on whether the specific object is detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A focusing calculation includes two focusing calculation methods with different focusing performance and resistance to noise on a signal for calculation. A noise removal unit and a focusing calculation unit of a CPU select a focusing calculation method from among two focusing calculation methods based on a result of performing the focusing calculation at least once using any one of two focusing calculation methods, and perform the focusing calculation using the selected focusing calculation method. More specifically, in a case where a reliability degree of the focusing calculation using any one of two focusing calculation methods is high, the one focusing calculation method is selected. On the contrary, in a case where the reliability degree of the focusing calculation using any one of two focusing calculation methods is low, the other focusing calculation method is selected.

Abstract: This application provides a shooting method. By implementing the method, a terminal device such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer can determine a shot protagonist based on a user operation when starting shooting or in a shooting process. In the shooting process, the terminal device may display, in a preview window, an image stream collected by a camera, and the terminal device may further generate a small window that specially displays the protagonist. After recording ends, a user may obtain two videos: an original video generated based on the image stream in the preview window, and a close-up video generated based on a protagonist image stream in the small window. In this way, the user can choose to use the original video and/or the close-up video to meet personalized requirements in different scenarios at different moments of the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for managing camera sharing between devices. In some embodiments, a first computer system displays a system interface with a set of camera options for a second computer system and an option to select a camera of a second computer system for generating a video feed at the first computer system. In some embodiments, a first computer system is in a first mode of operation in which video information is provided to a second computer system, and the first computer system receives an input and switches to a second mode of operation and ceases providing the video information to the second computer system. In some embodiments, a first computer system determines whether or not to automatically set a camera of a second computer system as a system camera for the first computer system based on device proximity.

Abstract: In order to bring a display state of a GUI for controlling an imaging device into an appropriate state, a display control device includes at least one processor configured to cause graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for controlling the imaging device to be displayed on a display device; transmit a control command to the imaging device via a communication interface in response to an operation input from a user via the GUIs; and change a display state of a part of the GUIs in a case where change information indicating a predetermined state change is not received from the imaging device even after a predetermined standby time elapses from transmission of the control command to the imaging device.

Abstract: A lens module with reduced height, and an electronic device carrying it, includes a lens assembly, a printed circuit board, a filter, and a photosensitive chip. The first and second opposing surfaces of the printed circuit board are each grooved to respectively hold the filter and the photosensitive chip. The existence of the first and second grooves enables a significant reduction to be made in the total height of the lens module. Moreover, the lens module adopts the FC packaging structure, not requiring a bracket, to further reduce the volume of the lens module.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a shift lens movable in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging optical system, an actuator configured to drive the shift lens in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis, a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to control the actuator. The actuator includes a first actuator configured to drive the shift lens in a first direction within the plane, and a second actuator configured to drive the shift lens in a second direction within the plane. In driving the shift lens in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, the processor controls the actuator so that the first actuator and the second actuator are not simultaneously driven.

Abstract: In the related art, it is not possible to acquire images of a moving target captured continuously. An information processing device 1 including the following is capable of acquiring images of a moving target captured continuously: a position reception part 122 that sequentially receives a plurality of pieces of position information at different times for a moving target terminal 4; an image acquisition part 132 that acquires images from a mobile terminal 2 obtained by capturing regions corresponding to the plurality of pieces of position information received by the position reception part 122; and an image transmission part 141 that transmits a single image based on the images acquired by the image acquisition part 132.

Abstract: An image capturing system includes a first control apparatus, a second control apparatus, and an image capturing apparatus. The first control apparatus includes a first transmitting unit that transmits a first control instruction based on a user's operation to the image capturing apparatus. The second control apparatus includes a second transmitting unit that transmits a second control instruction generated based on a captured image received from the image capturing apparatus to the image capturing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a third receiving unit that receives the first control instruction and the second control instruction, and a control unit that controls an image capturing process of the image capturing unit based on the first control instruction and the second control instruction. The time taken for communication of the first control instruction is longer than the time taken for communication of the second control instruction.

Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a control unit configured to perform control so as to display a setting screen on a display in response to a specific operation on the electronic device, wherein under specific circumstances, the control unit performs control so as to switch setting values that are settable on the setting screen, in response to the specific operation.