Abstract: A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having negative refractive power and a subsequent group in order from an object side to an image side. The subsequent group includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a Gp1 group including one or more lens groups and having positive refractive power as a whole, a Gn1 group including one or more lens groups and having negative refractive power as a whole, a Gp2 group including one or more lens groups and having positive refractive power as a whole, and a Gn2 group including one or more lens groups and having negative refractive power as a whole. An aperture diaphragm is disposed closer to an object side than the Gp2 group, an interval between adjacent lens groups changes at least during one of zooming and focusing, and a predetermined expression is satisfied.

Abstract: A method of compression includes compressing a captured image from a first bit-depth at which it was captured to a second bit-depth that is less than the first bit-depth. The compression comprises applying, according to a power curve, a first compression amount to a first region of the captured image having a first pixel value; and applying, according to the power curve, a second compression amount to a second part of the captured image having a higher second pixel value, wherein the first compression amount is lower than the second compression amount.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of output units outputting arithmetic operation results; a memory storing instructions; and a processor executing the instructions causing the image processing apparatus to: acquire images from a plurality of mutually different viewpoints, perform an arithmetic operation for converting the acquired images into distance information, and perform control to output arithmetic operation results from the plurality of output units, wherein the processor assigns the plurality of arithmetic operation results requiring different amounts of arithmetic operation obtained in the arithmetic operation process to the plurality of output units, and selectively switches the arithmetic operation results to be assigned in accordance with an operation condition of the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for controlling connected devices. For example, a messaging application implemented on a client device detects a real-world object depicted in a captured image and determines a current location of the client device. The messaging application identifies a plurality of video cameras associated with the current location and selects a first video camera from the plurality of video cameras based on one or more attributes of the real-world object depicted in the image. The messaging application receives a video feed from the first video camera that is selected and causes the video feed received from the first video camera to be displayed on top of the real-world object depicted in the captured image.

Abstract: There is provided a method for controlling exposure level for a digitally zoomed image included in a wide angle image First statistics concerning a luminance level in the digitally zoomed image and second statistics concerning a luminance level in the wide angle image are acquired, it is estimated whether an exposure level for the digitally zoomed image should be compensated, by using the first and second statistics, and a target exposure level for the digitally zoomed image is determined based on the estimation result.

Abstract: A decrease in event detection efficiency is suppressed. A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes a pixel array unit (101) in which a plurality of pixels each detecting a change in luminance of incident light is disposed in a two-dimensional lattice pattern, a signal processing unit (103) that generates first event data including position information about one or more pixels that detect a change in luminance, an adjustment unit (320) that adjusts an amount of data of the first event data to generate second event data, and an output unit (109) that outputs the second event data to an outside, wherein the adjustment unit includes a plurality of paths that adjusts the amount of data of the first event data by respective different methods to generate the second event data, and wherein the output unit outputs at least one of the second event data output from the plurality of respective paths to the outside.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic apparatus to obtain a first live view image corresponding to a first optical image inputted via a first optical system and a second live view image corresponding to a second optical image inputted via a second optical system having a predetermined parallax with respect to the first optical system, and perform control to display, when displaying the first live view image and the second live view image side by side, an indicator indicating a part displayed during playback display in an angle of view of the first optical system such that the indicator is superimposed on the first live view image.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens unit including one or more lenses disposed in an optical axis direction; an image sensor on which light passing through the lens unit is incident; a first module including a first driving unit configured to move the lens unit in the optical axis direction; and a second module including a second driving unit configured to move the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, wherein the first module further includes a lens holder supporting the lens unit and at least partially overlapping the second module in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction; and a housing in which the lens holder is disposed.

Abstract: A system on chip and a mobile device are provided, the mobile device including a processor that receives raw image data, processes the raw image data into floating-point format image data, and output the floating-point format image data; a memory that stores therein the floating-point format image data; and a display processing unit that receives the floating-point format image data stored in the memory therefrom, and performs high dynamic range (HDR) processing on the floating-point format image data.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques for white balancing an image are presented. In at least one embodiment, a chromaticity-based weighting function is determined based at least on an estimated scene brightness of the image and applied to exclude or minimize the impact of large colored portions or objects within an image when estimating an illuminant color.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining faces and bodies of people in an image by adaptively scaling images and by iteratively using a deep neural network for inferencing. A camera captures an image including faces and bodies of people. A face/body determiner determines faces and bodies of people appearing in the image by resizing the image into a predetermined pixel dimension as input to the deep neural network. A region cropper determines a crop region associated with a low level of confidence in detecting faces and bodies that are too small to determine with an acceptable level of confidence. The region cropper resizes the crop region into the predetermined pixel dimension as input to the deep neural network. The face and body determiner determines other faces and bodies appearing in the resized crop region. An aggregator aggregates locations of the determined faces and bodies in the image.

Abstract: Media content data of an object is received. Whether a first parameter indicated by a first description of the object in an acoustic scene and a second parameter indicated by a second description of the object in a visual scene are inconsistent is determined. Based on the first parameter indicated by the first description of the object in the acoustic scene and the second parameter indicated by the second description of the object in the visual scene being inconsistent, one of the first description of the object in the acoustic scene and the second description of the object in the visual scene is modified based on another one of the first description and the second description that is not modified, wherein the modified one of the first description and the second description is consistent with the other one of the first description and the second description that is not modified.

Abstract: An image sensor, a layout structure, and a control method are provided. The image sensor includes multiple pixel blocks arranged in rows and columns. Each pixel block includes: at least one photosensitive unit connected between a floating diffusion active region and a first reference voltage; a reset transistor with a control terminal and a second terminal; a gain control transistor with a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal; a source follower transistor with a control terminal and a second terminal; a select transistor with a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal. Two adjacent pixel blocks in the same column share the same select transistor and the same reset transistor, or two groups each composed of two adjacent pixel blocks in three adjacent pixel blocks in the same column share the same select transistor and the same reset transistor, respectively.

Abstract: A reflective module assembly is provided. The reflective module assembly includes a fixed body, a moving body configured to rotate with respect to the fixed body, a reflective member disposed in the moving body, the reflective member configured to change a direction of a path of light incident in a first optical axis direction to a second optical axis direction, three ball members spaced apart from a rotational axis of the moving body, the three ball members configured to rotatably support the moving body, and a groove arrangement disposed on at least one of the moving body and the fixed body, and configured to contact with the three ball members. The three ball members and the groove arrangement form six contact points.

Abstract: Imager readout circuit comprising: an active reset stage of the integration capacitor equipped with a first current amplifier, a buffered direct injection bias stage of the photodetector equipped with transistors forming a second current amplifier, a switching circuit comprising a coupling stage integrated in the readout circuit, the switching circuit being controlled by control signals and being configured to: during a reset phase of the integration capacitor corresponding to a first state of said control signals: couple said first current source to the integration capacitor and activate the first current amplifier while uncoupling said second current source of the photodetector and deactivating the second amplifier, during an integration phase of a current from the photodiode and corresponding to a second state of said control signals, couple said second current source to the photodetector and activate the second current amplifier while uncoupling said first current source of the integration capacitor an

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a pixel area which includes a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, a first filter which is provided in a first pixel constituting the pixel area and allows passage of visible light in a first wavelength band and infrared light in a second wavelength band, a second filter which is provided in a second pixel constituting the pixel area and allows the passage of the visible light band and the infrared light, and a first light reduction unit which reduces the infrared light having passed through the second filter. The third filter which allows the passage of the visible light and the infrared light is provided in, among pixels constituting the pixel area, each pixel other than the first pixel and the second pixel.

Abstract: Lens systems are described that may be used in small form factor cameras. An imaging lens system may include a front aperture and five lens elements, and provides a low F-number (<=2.4), wide field of view (>=82 degrees), and short total track length (TTL). Lens system parameters and relationships may be selected at least in part to reduce, compensate, or correct for optical aberrations and lens artifacts and effects across the field of view.

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including: a pixel section configured to include a plurality of pixels arranged therein; and an AD conversion unit configured to perform analog-to-digital (AD) conversion on a pixel signal on the basis of a result of comparison between a first voltage of a signal, which is obtained by adding, via capacitances, the pixel signal of the pixel and a reference signal that linearly changes in a direction opposite to the pixel signal, with a second voltage serving as a reference.

Abstract: An imaging system (10) according to the disclosure includes: a first control unit (11) configured to control, in such a way as to fix a focal position in a predetermined position, an iris imaging means for capturing an image focusing on an iris of a target person; an authentication unit (12) configured to authenticate the target person, based on an iris image of the target person being captured by the iris imaging means controlled by the first control unit (11); and a second control unit (13) configured to control the iris imaging means in such a way as to scan a focal position in a predetermined range, in order to re-authenticate the target person when authentication of the target person fails.

Abstract: An anti-shake mechanism, a camera module, and an electronic device are provided. The anti-shake mechanism includes: a support plate; a first printed circuit board; a support column fixedly installed on the first printed circuit board; a tilt angle detection mechanism, configured to detect a tilt angle of the support plate and a tilt direction of the support plate; an angle adjustment mechanism, connected between the support plate and the first printed circuit board; and a driving apparatus connected to the tilt angle detection mechanism and the angle adjustment mechanism, respectively. An end of the support column away from the first printed circuit board contacts the support plate. The driving apparatus receives an angle signal collected by the tilt angle detection mechanism, and drives the angle adjustment mechanism to enable the support plate to rotate around the support column.