Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a reading unit configured to read an image which is a captured image and gaze information associated with the image from a recording medium; a display control unit configured to control a display; and a control unit configured to perform control to enlarge or reduce the image about a position based on the gaze information read by the reading unit when enlarging or reducing the image read by the reading unit and displayed on the display by the display control unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a system configured to adjust a data rate of an image capturing device. The system comprises a computing device comprising a data processor, and a computer program product comprising a computer vision system for categorizing living beings having a pose that appear in a live video stream. The computer program product, when running on the data processor, receives a live video stream from the image capturing device at a first data rate, where the live video stream comprises a time slice with at least one frame comprising a living being having a pose; applies the computer vision system to the time slice for categorizing the living being, resulting in a category; and signals the image capturing device to set the live video stream at a second data rate, different from the first data rate and based upon the category.

Abstract: Provided are an optical anti-shaking mechanism, a lens driving device, and an imaging equipment. The optical anti-shaking mechanism includes: a movable body configured to install a sensor, a fixed body configured to support the movable body, a resilient anti-shaking frame resiliently connected to the fixed body and the movable body and configured to make the movable body overhang the fixed body, and a driving assembly including: an X-axis driving assembly configured to drive the movable body to move along an X-axis in a horizontal plane perpendicular to an optical axis, and a Y-axis driving assembly configured to drive the movable body to move along a Y-axis in the horizontal plane perpendicular to the optical axis. The translation movement of the image sensor perpendicular to the optical axis is realized, and the object of optical anti-shake of the translation movement of the image sensor is achieved.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to, for example, a method for measuring distance in order to focus at least one camera lens of a camera. In one example embodiment of the method, a wide-distance measuring system is used to measure the distance of an object and provide at least one wide measurement value, the wide-distance measuring system includes at least one microwave measuring system, and is further used to focus the camera lens, and at least one further measurement value is provided using at least one further measuring system.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that performs steps for automatically capturing images. The computing system receives an automatic image capture control signal from an application installed on a device and captures, by a camera of the device during a predetermined time interval, preview frames of an object and a background. For each of the preview frames, the computing system identifies an outline of the object in the preview frame, removes the background of the preview frame based on the outline to generate a modified preview frame, and determines a focus value of the modified preview frame. Subsequently, the computing system determines whether a predetermined amount of focus values are greater than a threshold focus value corresponding to the device and, if so, automatically captures, via the camera, an image of the object.

Abstract: To provide an image processing system that makes it easy to adjust the position and posture of a camera or the like, the image processing system includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image signal formed by an imaging unit that captures an optical image having a low-distortion region and a high-distortion region, a characteristics information acquisition unit configured to acquire characteristics information regarding characteristics of the optical image, and a display signal generation unit configured to form information indicating a boundary between the low-distortion region and the high-distortion region based on the characteristics information acquired by the characteristics information acquisition unit, and generate a display signal for superimposing the information indicating the boundary on the image signal.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift an image sensor along multiple axes. Some embodiments include a magnet and coil arrangement. Some embodiments include a position sensing arrangement. Some embodiments include a flexure arrangement. Some embodiments include a coil structure and coil carrier assembly.

Abstract: An SMA actuator (10) comprising SMA wires (31, 32) in which the wire arrangement is asymmetrical, allowing a greater range of motion from a rest position in a first direction than in a second direction, which may be opposite or orthogonal to the first direction. Where the directions are opposite, the angle between a principal axis and the wires providing motion in the first direction may be different from the angle between the principal axis and the wires providing motion in the second direction.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for image capture and image processing that support capture using a variable aperture (VA) camera. In a first aspect, a method of image processing includes determining a plurality of depths for a scene, the plurality of depths corresponding to a plurality of regions of interest; determining an aperture size for a camera based on the plurality of depths; determining a lens position for the camera based on the aperture size and the plurality of depths; and controlling the camera to adjust a variable aperture (VA) of the camera based on the aperture size and to adjust a lens associated with the variable aperture (VA) based on the lens position. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a camera actuator comprising: a housing; a mover disposed in the housing and including protrusions on one surface which protrude toward the housing; and a driving unit disposed in the housing and rotating the mover on the basis of a first direction or a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the protrusions comprise: a first protrusion disposed on the one surface; a second protrusion spaced apart from the first protrusion; and a third protrusion separated from the first protrusion by a distance greater than from the second protrusion, and wherein the housing comprises: a groove in which the first protrusion is seated on an inner surface corresponding to the one surface; a first hole through which the second protrusion passes; and a second hole through which the third protrusion passes, wherein a side surface of the second protrusion is spaced apart from the first hole, and the housing includes a protruding part disposed on a side of the

Abstract: A camera assembly may include a camera and one or more heat sinks configured to dissipate heat generated by the camera. The heat sinks being in thermal contact with a printed circuit board including the camera. A housing of the camera assembly may be configured to maintain the camera in a fixed position while the camera assembly is mounted on a medical device such as a dispensing cabinet. The camera in the fixed position may have a deterministic field of view that includes a first area in which interactions with the medical device and adjacent medical devices occurs or is expected to occur. The deterministic field of view of the camera may further exclude a second area where surveillance is unsuitable, prohibited, and/or unnecessary. Images captured by the camera may be analyzed to detect anomalous behavior such as diversion, medical error, hazardous behavior, and protocol noncompliance.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an imaging unit configured to change an imaging region by controlling at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom is provided whereby the control apparatus is configured to perform control for sequentially changing an image quality setting of an imaging unit based on a current imaging region, an imaging region associated with a preset setting, an image quality setting associated with the preset setting, and a current image quality setting.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and methods for managing image capturing illumination. The system includes a main housing assembly and illumination assembly securable to the main housing assembly. The illumination assembly includes an illumination securing assembly. The illumination securing assembly is configured to secure the illumination assembly to the main housing assembly. The illumination securing assembly is configured to enable the illumination assembly to move relative to the main housing assembly. The illumination assembly includes front and rear side illumination sources. The illumination assembly includes an illumination controller. The illumination controller is configured to control the rear and/or front side illumination sources to provide image capturing illumination and not provide image capturing illumination.

Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured for obtaining a sequence of first images captured by an image sensor; circuitry configured for obtaining image metadata dependent upon a sequence of zoom levels, wherein the sequence of zoom levels is a sequence corresponding to the sequence of first images; circuitry configured for enhancing zoom including circuitry configured for: using the image metadata to obtain the sequence of zoom levels; smoothing the sequence of zoom levels to produce a smoothed sequence of zoom levels; creating a sequence of new images from the sequence of first images based on the smoothed sequence of zoom levels, wherein the smoothed sequence of zoom levels vary a size of a crop used on the sequence of first images to produce the sequence of new images; and circuitry configured for storing, displaying or transmitting the created sequence of new images.

Abstract: A wearable apparatus includes a body having a U-shape. The body includes a curved portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the curved portion having a first end and a second end, the first side portion extending from the first end, and the second side portion extending from the second end, the body is wearable such that the curved portion is worn on a nape of a neck of a user, and that the first and second side portions are suspended from shoulders of the user. The body has a first end of the first side portion, and has a second end of the second side portion. A terminal device having an image capture function and a communication function is mountable on at least one of the first end at the first side portion and the second end at the second side portion.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided that is capable of continuing to capture an object intended as a subject by a user before a zoom operation is started, even in a case where the subject selection based on line-of-sight detection is terminated after the zoom operation has started. The electronic apparatus comprising a line-of-sight detecting unit configured to detect a line-of-sight of a user, a zoom operating member configured to perform a zoom operation, a selecting unit configured to select a subject from an image based on the line-of-sight's position, and a control unit configured to perform control so that when the zoom operation is started by the zoom operating member, subject selection based on the line-of-sight's position is stopped without stopping line-of-sight detection performed by the line-of-sight detecting unit.

Abstract: An electronic device with a camera obtains, with the camera, one or more images of a scene. The electronic device detects a respective feature within the scene. In accordance with a determination that a first mode is active on the device, the electronic device provides a first audible description of the scene. The first audible description provides information indicating a size and/or position of the respective feature relative to a first set of divisions applied to the one or more images of the scene. In accordance with a determination that the first mode is not active on the device, the electronic device provides a second audible description of the plurality of objects. The second audible description is distinct from the first audible description and does not include the information indicating the size and/or position of the respective feature relative to the first set of divisions.

Abstract: A computational pixel imaging device can include multiple digitizing counters per pixel that can be used to execute simultaneous signal-processing threads on acquired image data. The imaging device can also include infinite dynamic range sensing and perform signal down-sampling.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for automatic exposure control. The methods may include obtaining a first frame and a second frame of a current scene from a camera, wherein a ratio of a first exposure time of the first frame to a second exposure time of the second frame is a first exposure ratio; obtaining a first average luminance of a brightest region in the second frame; obtaining a second average luminance of a darkest region in the first frame; and determining a dynamic range of the current scene based on the first exposure ratio, the first average luminance, and the second average luminance.

Abstract: An electric device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure includes a camera module that takes a photograph of a subject to acquire a first camera image, and takes a photograph of the subject to acquire a second camera image with a wider angle of view than the first camera image; an image signal processor that controls the camera module to acquire a camera image; and a display module that displays an image.