Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a solid-state imaging element, a camera module, a drive control unit, and an imaging method for enabling reliable correction of an influence of a motion on an image. A state determination unit determines a state of a motion of an imaging unit that performs imaging to acquire an image via an optical system that collects light, and an exposure control unit performs at least control for an exposure time of the imaging unit according to a determination result by the state determination unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image pickup device, a solid-state image pickup element, a camera module, a drive control unit, and an image pickup method that enable reliable correction of an influence of movement on an image. The drive control unit finds the movement amount in the process of relatively moving at least one of the optical system and the image pickup unit on the basis of the physically detected movement of the image pickup unit that captures an image of an object via the optical system that collects light from the object and performing optical correction of blur appearing on an image captured by the image pickup unit, and controls drive of at least one of the optical system and the image pickup unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a solid-state imaging element, a camera module, a drive control unit, and an imaging method for enabling reliable correction of an influence of a motion on an image. A state determination unit determines a state of a motion of an imaging unit that performs imaging to acquire an image via an optical system that collects light, and an exposure control unit performs at least control for an exposure time of the imaging unit according to a determination result by the state determination unit.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device, a solid-state image sensor, a camera module, a drive control unit, and an imaging method by which an effect of motion on an image can be corrected. The drive control unit controls drive of at least one of an optical system or an imaging unit by finding, on the basis of motion of the imaging unit that is physically detected, an amount of movement at the time at least one of the optical system or the imaging unit is moved relative to another to optically correct blurring appearing in the image captured by the imaging unit. A signal processing unit performs signal processing for correcting an effect of the motion of the imaging unit on the image based on position information and motion information synchronized with each coordinate on the image.

Abstract: A camera module includes an image pickup portion, a motion detector, and a coordinate transformation processor. The motion detector detects a motion of the image pickup portion while an image of a subject is captured in the image pickup portion. The coordinate transformation processor executes coordinate transformation processing for collectively transforming coordinates of the image captured by the image pickup portion in such a way that effects on the image caused by camera shake of the image pickup portion, and by a distortion of an optical system used to obtain the image, are suppressed based on the motion of the image pickup portion detected by the motion detector, and based on a correction coefficient with which the distortion of the optical system is corrected. Technology used for the camera module may be applied to a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a solid-state image sensor, a camera module, a drive control unit, and an imaging method by which an effect of motion on an image can be reliably corrected. The drive control unit controls drive of at least one of an optical system or an imaging unit by finding, on the basis of motion of the imaging unit that is physically detected, an amount of movement at the time at least one of the optical system or the imaging unit is moved relative to another to optically correct blurring appearing in the image captured by the imaging unit.

Abstract: There is provided an image-capturing device including an image-capturing unit that captures a subject to output the captured image, a detection unit that physically detects a shake angle when the image-capturing unit has shaken, and a correction processing unit that calculates a correction amount based on an arrangement position of a pixel constituting the image outputted by the image-capturing unit and the shake angle detected by the detection unit, to correct the image according to the correction amount.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera module, a solid-state image pickup element, an electronic apparatus, and an image pickup method each of which is capable of effectively correcting camera shake and a lens distortion. An image pickup portion receives light, from a subject, made incident thereto through an optical system to image the subject, and a detection portion detects a motion of the image pickup portion while the image for at least one frame is captured in the image pickup portion. Then, there is executed coordinate transformation processing for collectively transforming coordinates on the image captured by the image pickup portion in such a way that an influence which both camera shake of the image pickup portion and a distortion of the optical system exert on the image is suppressed based on the motion of the image pickup portion detected by a motion detecting portion, and a correction coefficient with which the distortion of the optical system is corrected.

Abstract: There is provided an image-capturing device including an image-capturing unit that captures a subject to output the captured image, a detection unit that physically detects a shake angle when the image-capturing unit has shaken, and a correction processing unit that calculates a correction amount based on an arrangement position of a pixel constituting the image outputted by the image-capturing unit and the shake angle detected by the detection unit, to correct the image according to the correction amount.

Abstract: A print apparatus connected to a server via a network includes an improvement-information requesting unit configured to notify the server via the network of identification information unique to a print head; an improvement-information storage unit configured to store downloaded head-characteristic-improvement information; and a print processor configured to perform a print operation by referring to the head-characteristic-improvement information stored in the improvement-information storage unit.

Abstract: A printing control device included in an image processing device for displaying an observed image on a display screen, the printing control device including: a printing instruction detecting unit for detecting whether or not there is a printing instruction to print the observed image; and a gradation correction information output control unit for outputting information on gradation correction made temporarily for observation of the observed image to one of a printing device and an external storage medium together with original image data of the observed image when a printing instruction is detected.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head (120) having ink discharge nozzles (203) for discharging droplets of inks, and a head controller (162) for controlling the liquid discharge head to discharge droplet from liquid discharge units onto the surface of recording paper (P), wherein the liquid discharge head includes the plural liquid discharge heads in a direction perpendicular to movement direction of recording paper where the recording paper is relatively moved with respect to the liquid discharge head. The head controller serves to allow discharge timings of droplets in movement direction of the recording paper to be different every one pixel in movement direction of the recording paper to eliminate stripes apt to take place when a portion or the entirety of image is printed by one scanning operation to obtain image having less defect.

Abstract: An inkjet printer device includes: an ejection portion that ejects an ink droplet onto a recording medium; a humidification portion that is provided upstream of the ejection portion in a transportation direction of the recording medium and ejects a wetting liquid droplet onto the recording medium; and a control portion that makes the ink droplet be ejected onto the recording medium from the ejection portion and the wetting liquid droplet be ejected onto the recording medium from the humidification portion, wherein the ejection portion is humidified during printing by letting the wetting liquid droplet ejected onto the recording medium evaporate from the recording medium.

Abstract: A communication terminal device of the present invention having a storage unit with an address book where a name information for specifying a communication partner, an identification number, and characteristic information of voice, are associated with one another, so as to allow bi-directional communication using voice, and having a recording unit for recording a voice of the communication partner when outgoing call is transmitted or incoming call is received if the identification number of the communication partner at a outgoing destination or a outgoing source is not included in the address book, an analysis unit for extracting the characteristic information from the voice recorded by the recording unit, and a registration unit for updating the address book by associating the identification number of the communication partner with the characteristic information included in the address book if the characteristic information extracted by the analysis unit is included in the address book.

Abstract: A droplet discharge head includes: a liquid reservoir which holds a liquid; a channel through which the liquid is guided to the liquid reservoir; and a driving element which changes the pressure in the liquid reservoir so as to discharge droplets of the liquid contained in the liquid reservoir through a nozzle, in which wall surfaces of the liquid reservoir and of the nozzle are arranged in a continuous line at a side opposite the channel with respect to the center of the nozzle as seen in a cross-sectional view through a central axis of the nozzle.

Abstract: In a liquid-ejecting method for ejecting liquid contained in a liquid chamber from a nozzle as a liquid droplet group, the ejection amount of each liquid droplet of the continuously ejected liquid-droplet group can be stabilized corresponding to a wide frequency band of a pulse signal. Also, when one pixel is formed with a plurality of liquid droplets using a head capable of deflecting the ejecting direction of the liquid droplet, the image quality is improved by reducing the landing positional displacement between plural liquid droplets for forming the one pixel.

Abstract: A maintenance method is provided for a discharging head in which multiple discharging portions are arranged in line. The maintenance method includes the steps of performing an operation of continuously discharging droplets from one discharging portion or a plurality of unadjacent discharging portions, and repeating the operation for one discharging portion or a plurality of discharging portions adjacent to the previous discharging portion or the previous discharging portions in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head in which a plurality of nozzle-incorporated ink discharge sections are arrayed, discharge direction deflection means for deflecting the discharge direction of an ink discharged from a nozzle of each ink discharge section in the direction of ink discharge section arrangement, distance detection means for detecting the distance between the ink discharge surface of the head and the ink landing surface of print paper and discharge deflection amount determination means for determining the ink discharge deflection amount (discharge angle) to be provided by the discharge direction deflection means in accordance with the results of detection by the distance detection means.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head in which a plurality of nozzle-incorporated ink discharge sections are arrayed, discharge direction deflection means for deflecting the discharge direction of an ink discharged from a nozzle of each ink discharge section in the direction of ink discharge section arrangement, distance detection means for detecting the distance between the ink discharge surface of the head and the ink landing surface of print paper, and discharge deflection amount determination means for determining the ink discharge deflection amount (discharge angle) to be provided by the discharge direction deflection means in accordance with the results of detection by the distance detection means.

Abstract: In a method of substantially correcting gradation values in a gradation correcting unit, the number of reproducible gradations is substantially reduced. Selection information of a boundary value table for multi-value error diffusion is stored, by ejection condition, in an information storing unit of a liquid ejecting head that can represent one pixel with a large number of liquid droplets. When the liquid ejecting head is mounted, selection information matching an ejection condition is read out and a boundary value table corresponding to the selection information is set for reference by a half toning unit. Consequently, the boundary value table is optimized to correct a gradation characteristic without substantially reducing the number of reproducible gradations.