Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first output unit configured to output, outside the imaging apparatus, a first image that an image sensor, an imaging region of which is divided into a plurality of regions, has captured while an exposure condition is controlled for each of the plurality of regions, and a second output unit configured to output, outside the imaging apparatus, exposure information for each of the plurality of regions, the exposure information indicating the exposure condition to be applied to the corresponding one of the plurality of regions when the first image is captured. The second output unit is configured to complete outputting exposure information for a region to be subjected to exposure correction processing in the first image, out of the plurality of regions, before the first output unit completes outputting an image of the region to be subjected to exposure correction processing.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to set an exposure condition for each of areas on an image capturing plane, a setting unit configured to set a privacy area in an image captured by the image capturing unit, a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition of the privacy area set by the setting unit as an exposure condition that enables privacy of an object in the privacy area to be protected, and a control unit configured to execute control for causing the image capturing unit to capture an image of the object based on the exposure condition decided by the decision unit.

Abstract: A device that is configured to perform image capturing using a sensor for setting an exposure condition on a region-by-region basis, the device includes an issuance unit configured to issue a plurality of shutter pulses each corresponding to a different time of a plurality of exposure times, a first generation unit configured to generate a mask signal for masking of the plurality of shutter pulses in accordance with an exposure time setting of each of regions, and a second generation unit configured to generate signals to be used for each of the regions, by masking the plurality of shutter pulses in accordance with the mask signal and combining the masked plurality of shutter pulses or the plurality of shutter pulses without being masked with a read pulse.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first output unit configured to output, outside the imaging apparatus, a first image that an image sensor, an imaging region of which is divided into a plurality of regions, has captured while an exposure condition is controlled for each of the plurality of regions, and a second output unit configured to output, outside the imaging apparatus, exposure information for each of the plurality of regions, the exposure information indicating the exposure condition to be applied to the corresponding one of the plurality of regions when the first image is captured. The second output unit is configured to complete outputting exposure information for a region to be subjected to exposure correction processing in the first image, out of the plurality of regions, before the first output unit completes outputting an image of the region to be subjected to exposure correction processing.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to set an exposure condition for each of areas on an image capturing plane, a setting unit configured to set a privacy area in an image captured by the image capturing unit, a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition of the privacy area set by the setting unit as an exposure condition that enables privacy of an object in the privacy area to be protected, and a control unit configured to execute control for causing the image capturing unit to capture an image of the object based on the exposure condition decided by the decision unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an exposure time control unit, a gain control unit, and a synchronization control unit. The exposure time control unit is configured to control exposure time of each of divided areas of an imaging area of an image sensor that is configured to convert light into an electric charge and to store the electric charge. The gain control unit is configured to control an analog gain of an output of each of the areas of the image sensor when an analog-to-digital conversion is executed on the output of each of the areas of the image sensor. The synchronization control unit is configured to synchronize and control the exposure time control unit and the gain control unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to generate a plurality of processed images by performing image processing on a plurality of input images, a determination unit configured to determine, as a reference image for encoding a processed image generated by the image processing on an input image, whether the input image corresponding to the processed image is to be used or another processed image is to be used, based on a parameter relating to the image processing, and an encoding unit configured to encode the processed image by referring to a reference image according to a determination by the determination unit.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup element is provided with a semiconductor substrate having a photosensitive region, a plurality of first electrode pads arrayed on a principal face of the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of second electrode pads arrayed in a direction along a direction in which the plurality of first electrode pads are arrayed, on the principal face of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of interconnections connecting the plurality of first electrode pads and the plurality of second electrode pads in one-to-one correspondence. The plurality of interconnections connect the first and second electrode pads so that each interconnection connects the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad in a positional relation of line symmetry with respect to a center line perpendicular to the array directions of the plurality of first and second electrode pads.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to generate a plurality of processed images by performing image processing on a plurality of input images, a determination unit configured to determine, as a reference image for encoding a processed image generated by the image processing on an input image, whether the input image corresponding to the processed image is to be used or another processed image is to be used, based on a parameter relating to the image processing, and an encoding unit configured to encode the processed image by referring to a reference image according to a determination by the determination unit.

Abstract: A camera control apparatus comprises a processor adapted to control a display to display a plurality of sensed images respectively obtained from a plurality of cameras and a transmitter adapted to transmit a command to control another camera to execute color adjustment based on an image signal of a reference region of an image of a reference camera of the images displayed as a list by the processor.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup element is provided with a semiconductor substrate having a photosensitive region, a plurality of first electrode pads arrayed on a principal face of the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of second electrode pads arrayed in a direction along a direction in which the plurality of first electrode pads are arrayed, on the principal face of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of interconnections connecting the plurality of first electrode pads and the plurality of second electrode pads in one-to-one correspondence. The plurality of interconnections connect the first and second electrode pads so that each interconnection connects the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad in a positional relation of line symmetry with respect to a center line perpendicular to the array directions of the plurality of first and second electrode pads.

Abstract: In the case of a conventional image apparatus that generates refocus image on the occasion of image display, there is a waiting time because the image apparatus generates the refocus image in response to an operation of a user and requires the time to generate the refocus image. To address this situation, an image apparatus determines ranks of targets to be in focus based on history information indicating operation history, and generates sequentially combined image data from multi-viewpoint image data obtained by capturing images from multiple viewpoints, by focusing on the targets in accordance with the determined ranks.

Abstract: A camera control apparatus comprises a processor adapted to control a display to display a plurality of sensed images respectively obtained from a plurality of cameras and a transmitter adapted to transmit a command to control another camera to execute color adjustment based on an image signal of a reference region of an image of a reference camera of the images displayed as a list by the processor.

Abstract: A camera control apparatus comprises a processor adapted to control a display to display a plurality of sensed images respectively obtained from a plurality of cameras and a transmitter adapted to transmit a command to control another camera to execute color adjustment based on an image signal of a reference region of an image of a reference camera of the images displayed as a list by the processor.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises image processing units adapted to process image data obtained from an image input unit, a first memory that stores image data that has been processed by the image processing units, a first bus that transfers the image data between the image processing units and the first memory, a second memory that stores image data transferred from the first memory, a second bus connected to the first memory and the second memory; and a control unit adapted to control the transfer of the image data stored in the first memory to the second memory via the second bus based on a signal from the image processing units indicating that image processing is not currently performed.

Abstract: A video delivery apparatus for delivering a video stream with a property according to a request from a client. The video delivery apparatus includes reception means for receiving a delivery request from one client, first estimation means for estimating a current processing load by calculating a sum total of the processing loads for other clients connected to deliver a video stream upon reception of the delivery request from the one client, second estimation means for estimating a processing load upon delivering the video stream to the one client according to the delivery request, and delivery control means for performing the delivery control of the video stream on the basis of at least one of the current processing load estimated by the first estimation means and the processing load upon delivering the video stream to the one client according to the delivery request, which is estimated by the second estimation means.

Abstract: An image processing method includes calculating a desirability score which indicates a desirability of the image, for each of a series of images captured in a time-sequential manner, based on a recognition result of the image, and selecting a plurality of images as best-shots in which desirability scores are a local maximum value in a time-sequence, from the series of images.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that provides multiple services for users who issue various requests on a network, while maintaining the real-time nature of the apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a developing unit for developing image data to time-varying image data, an image processing unit for performing image processing of the time-varying image data, a network interface for sending out the time-varying image data processed by the image processing unit onto a network, and a network control unit for controlling the time-varying image data for which multiple different image processing operations have been performed by the image processing unit, to be outputted to the network interface within one picture period.

Abstract: An image processing method includes calculating a desirability score which indicates a desirability of the image, for each of a series of images captured in a time-sequential manner, based on a recognition result of the image, and selecting a plurality of images as best-shots in which desirability scores are a local maximum value in a time-sequence, from the series of images.

Abstract: A camera control apparatus comprises a processor adapted to control a display to display a plurality of sensed images respectively obtained from a plurality of cameras and a transmitter adapted to transmit a command to control another camera to execute color adjustment based on an image signal of a reference region of an image of a reference camera of the images displayed as a list by the processor.