Abstract: An operating method of an image capturing device includes capturing an image; detecting a target object from the captured image; calculating modification parameters based on the detected target object; generating an adjusted image by adjusting a size of an area of the captured image according to the modification parameters; and displaying the adjusted image.

Abstract: A method and system for filtering an image frame of a video sequence from spurious motion, comprising the steps of dividing the image frame and a preceding image frame of the video sequence into blocks of pixels; determining motion vectors for the blocks of the image frame; determining inter-frame transformation parameters for the image frame based on the determined motion vectors; and generating a filtered image frame based on the determined inter-frame transformation parameters; wherein the image frame is dived into overlapping blocks.

Abstract: Certain aspects of this disclosure relate to an image signal processing system that includes a flash controller that is configured to activate a flash device prior to the start of a target image frame by using a sensor timing signal. In one embodiment, the flash controller receives a delayed sensor timing signal and determines a flash activation start time by using the delayed sensor timing signal to identify a time corresponding to the end of the previous frame, increasing that time by a vertical blanking time, and then subtracting a first offset to compensate for delay between the sensor timing signal and the delayed sensor timing signal. Then, the flash controller subtracts a second offset to determine the flash activation time, thus ensuring that the flash is activated prior to receiving the first pixel of the target frame.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera system including, a camera apparatus having, an image sensor, a correction section, a first transmission processing section, and a synchronization processing section, and a video processing apparatus having a second transmission processing section and a conversion section, wherein the video processing apparatus outputs the video data obtained by the conversion by the conversion section.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying image capture opportunities. Sensors are periodically polled, and data associated with the polled sensors is used to determine an image capture opportunity at the user-device. Data is collected from other user devices and received through the transceiver can be used to determine an image capture opportunity.

Abstract: A method of reducing flicker in video is described. The method includes the steps of: determining an initial target frame color channel statistic value (Rt,Gt,Bt) based on at least the current video frame information; for each subsequent frame, determining a current frame color channel statistic value (Rc,Gc,Bc); for each subsequent video frame, updating the target frame color channel statistic value (Rt,Gt,Bt) based on at least the current video frame information, wherein the target value changes at a slower rate than the flicker frequency of the video frame; and for each color channel of each subsequent video frame, individually adjusting the current pixel values so that the current frame color channel static value (Rc,Gc,Bc) matches the target frame color channel statistic value (Rt,Gt,Bt).

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a first gain for adjusting brightness of a first image and a second image based on the first image captured at a first exposure amount and the second image captured at a second exposure amount, a division unit configured to divide the first gain into a second gain which changes according to a position in an image and a third gain which does not change according to a position in an image, a first gain correction unit configured to perform gain correction on the second image with the second gain, and a second gain correction unit configured to perform gain correction on the second image with the third gain.

Abstract: A camera system, image processing method and computer program stored on a computer readable medium for image processing. Long and short accumulation images with longer and shorter exposure times are respectively obtained from one field. First and second long accumulation evaluation values are computed from the long accumulation image. A short accumulation evaluation value is computed from the short accumulation image. A short accumulation target exposure time and short accumulation exposure control information are acquired from the short accumulation evaluation value and a first target level. A long accumulation evaluation value is acquired by synthesizing the first and second long accumulation evaluation values. Long accumulation exposure control information is acquired from the long accumulation evaluation value and a second target level. An image is generated from the long accumulation image and the short accumulation image.

Abstract: A device for assigning a geographical position to a picture may include a photo camera module for taking the picture, a satellite positioning system receiver module for identifying geographical coordinates when the picture is taken, and a cryptographic module to sign the picture and the corresponding geographical coordinates. The device may store the signed picture and the corresponding geographical coordinates as certified geographical position of the picture.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for capturing one or more images that include a lightning strike using an image capturing device. The method is performed by one or more processors of the image capturing device. The one or more processors automatically capture a plurality of images during a period of time using the lens of the device. Each of the plurality of images is processed to detect a presence of lightning within each image. Each image is processed based, at least part, on two consecutive captured images. Images that have been determined to include the presence of lightning are stored in a memory resource of the image capturing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for processing of data captured by an image sensor in bust mode at two different quality levels. The data processed at the higher quality level is stored in a buffer memory until the higher quality processing is performed.

Abstract: A camera device with a dynamic touch screen shutter, and method therefor, are provided. The camera device comprises: a sensor for providing an electronic signal corresponding to an image; a touchscreen having a region for displaying the image and receiving touch input, the region having at least one subregion; and a processor enabled to: display the image in the region; execute a shutter command to store the image in a memory when the touch input is received in the region but not in the at least one subregion when the at least one subregion contains at least one of an icon and a graphical control, the graphical control for controlling the camera device; change displaying of at least one of the icon and the graphical control; and, in response, dynamically change a position of the at least one subregion within the region.

Abstract: Systems and methods for associating images with location and/or other information. In some cases, the systems include an image sensor, a location sensor, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is communicably coupled to a computer readable medium that includes instructions executable by the microprocessor to: receive a location from the location sensor; receive an image from the image sensor; and associate the location with the image. Some of the methods provide for capturing an object image of an object using an image sensor; capturing a location of the image sensor; and associating the location with the object image. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. The image processing method includes receiving an image, dividing the received image into a plurality of regions in a unit of a frame, acquiring information of brightness of a pixel included in each divided region, detecting a region having a flare among the divided regions by using the acquired brightness information, determining an image processing condition to be applied to the detected region having the flare, and processing the received image based on the determined image processing condition. The image processing condition applied to the region having the flare is different from an image processing condition applied to other regions.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus sequentially obtains images obtained by image capturing of a subject and detects the angle of view of each obtained image at the time of image capturing. The apparatus sequentially selects a plurality of images, of the obtained images, which are used to generate one frame. The apparatus combines the selected images to generate a moving image including an obtained composite image as a frame. If the selected images differ in angle of view at the time of image capturing, the apparatus changes all the selected images into images having the same angle of view and the same number of pixels by adjusting angles of view of selected images which differ in angle of view from one reference image of the selected images, and combines the images.

Abstract: A first imaging unit is configured to capture an image showing a subject in front. A convex reflector is located behind an imaging plane of an optical system formed by the first imaging unit and is configured to share an optical axis with the first imaging unit and mirror a subject beside the convex reflector, a convex portion of the convex reflector being oriented forward. A second imaging unit is configured to share the optical axis with the first imaging unit and capture an image mirrored by the convex reflector. An image processing unit is configured to adjust a resolution of images captured by the first and the second imaging units, obtain a mirror-reversed image from the image captured by the first imaging unit or the image captured by the second imaging unit, and blend the mirror-reversed image with the other image.

Abstract: A method for recognizing an image in an electronic device is provided so as to determine whether or not a specific object is actually within the presence of (immediate photographable vicinity) of the electronic device based on certain characteristics of one or more images of the specific object. Images of the specific object which is focused and shot at different magnifications are obtained. Characteristics of an object region and a background region between the obtained images are compared. Whether the object is real is determined depending on the comparison result. An apparatus hardware configured for operation of the method in electronic devices including but limited to mobile terminals.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes first to fifth lens unit having negative, positive, positive, negative, and positive refractive powers, in an order from an object side to an image side, an interval of each lens unit is configured to be changed in zooming, the first lens unit, in order from the object side to the image side, consists of one or two negative lenses and one positive lens, the second lens unit consists of one lens component that moves to the image side in focusing on an object at an infinite distance to a short distance object, and an interval D23, combined focal lengths D23w, f23w, and f4Rw, and a length D2 are appropriately set.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera system including, a camera apparatus having, an image sensor, a correction section, a first transmission processing section, and a synchronization processing section, and a video processing apparatus having a second transmission processing section and a conversion section, wherein the video processing apparatus outputs the video data obtained by the conversion by the conversion section.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit that acquires plural images including an image in which a main subject is in focus, by discretely moving a focus position and successively capturing the images; an image processing unit that executes image processing to at least one of a reference image and a non-reference image to bring degrees of blur thereof closer to one another, the reference image being an image in which the main subject is in focus; a detection unit that detects corresponding points of subjects in the image-processed reference image and non-reference image, a deformation unit that deforms the non-reference image before the image processing such that the positions of the corresponding points coincide, a generation unit that generates a blur-adjusted image on the basis of the reference image and the deformed non-reference image; and a recording unit that stores the blur-adjusted image at a recording medium.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a color filter unit disposed on a pixel array unit including pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix and a conversion processing unit disposed on a substrate having the pixel array unit thereon. The color filter unit has a color arrangement in which a color serving as a primary component of a luminance signal is arranged in a checkerboard pattern and a plurality of colors serving as color information components are arranged in the other area of the checkerboard pattern. The conversion processing unit converts signals that are output from the pixels of the pixel array unit and that correspond to the color arrangement of the color filter unit into signals that correspond to a Bayer arrangement and outputs the converted signals.

Abstract: At least one green filter G having a filter characteristic for transmitting a green light component is formed in all of horizontal, vertical and diagonal directions in a block consisting of six optoelectronic transducers in each of the horizontal and vertical directions. Further, at least one blue filter B and red filter R having filter characteristics for transmitting a blue light component and a red light component are formed in the horizontal and vertical directions. Even an image obtained after ½ subsampling along each of the horizontal and vertical directions will contain pixels having a green component in all of the horizontal, vertical and diagonal directions in blocks of 6×6 pixels. The precision of reproducibility in interpolation processing is thus improved.

Abstract: A color filter array includes a basic array pattern P1 constituted by a square array pattern corresponding to 3×3 pixels. In the color filter array, basic array pattern P1 is arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction repeatedly. G filters that are brightness system pixels are arranged at the four corners and the center, that is, arranged on the both diagonal lines. The G filters are in each line of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal directions of the color filter array, and the color filter array includes a square array that corresponds to 2×2 pixels that are constituted by the G filters. A ratio of the number of G pixels that help most to obtain a brightness signal of the basic array pattern P1 is greater than each ratio of the number of R pixels and the number of B pixels that correspond to the color other than G.

Abstract: A color filter array includes a basic array pattern constituted by a square array pattern that corresponds to 5×5 pixels, and the basic array pattern is repeatedly arranged in horizontal and vertical directions. In the basic array pattern, the G filters that are brightness system pixels are arranged on at least the both diagonal lines. As a result, the G filter is arranged in each line of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal directions of the color filter array, and the R and B filters are arranged in each line of the horizontal and vertical directions of the color filter array. In addition, a ratio of the number of G pixels that help most to obtain a brightness signal of the basic array pattern is greater than each ratio of the number of R pixels and the number of B pixels that correspond to the other colors, thereby executing demosaic processing effectively.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including an image generator, a translucent mirror configured to reflect at least a portion of light emitted from the image generator and to emit the reflected light toward an outside of a housing, and an image sensor configured to receive light transmitted through the translucent mirror among light incident from the outside of the housing.

Abstract: A signal processing device includes a control unit that suspends supplying of a signal to an A/D conversion unit which performs A/D conversion, during an A/D conversion period in which the A/D conversion is performed on the signal that depends on an electric charge read from a pixel; and a maintenance unit that maintains a signal value of the signal in a state where the signal is supplied by the control unit to the A/D conversion unit and that supplies the maintained signal value to the A/D conversion unit in a state where the supplying of the signal to the A/D conversion unit is suspended by the control unit.

Abstract: Time delay and integration sensor comprising a matrix of photosensitive pixels organized in rows and columns. Each pixel of a column comprises a photosensitive element, a storage node, and a first transfer transistor connecting the photosensitive element to the storage node. Each pixel of a column, except for the last one, further comprises a second transfer transistor which connects the storage node of the pixel to the photosensitive element of the next pixel of the column. The two transfer transistors are connected to be active at the same time. With such a configuration, it is possible to define a sliding group of several consecutive pixels in a column, to expose the group of pixels, to aggregate the information of the pixels of the group, and to start again after shifting the group of pixels by one pixel.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus, which comprises a plurality of photoelectric converter-containing pixels that are positioned horizontally and vertically and a gain circuit, has a gain controller that can control the gain of the gain circuit in N stages (where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2). The gain circuit outputs each of a plurality of signals given by the product of the output signal from one of the plurality of pixels and the gain in each stage of the N stages.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor, comprising an image sensor chip including a pixel region where a plurality of pixels are arranged and a peripheral region arranged around the pixel region, and a fixing portion including a substrate which supports the image sensor chip and a joint portion which joins the substrate to an external base, wherein the peripheral region includes a first portion, and a second portion which is smaller in an amount of generated heat than the first portion, the substrate includes a first side and a second side, the first portion is arranged nearer the first side than the second side, the second portion is arranged nearer the second side than the first side, and the joint portion is arranged on the first side of the substrate.

Abstract: A camera device with a dynamic touch screen shutter, and method therefor, are provided. The camera device comprises: a sensor for providing an electronic signal corresponding to an image; a memory for storing the image; a touchscreen having a region for displaying the image and receiving touch input, the region having at least one subregion; and a processor enabled to: display the image in the region; execute a shutter command to store the image in the memory when touch input is received in the region when the at least one subregion contains neither an icon and a graphical control for controlling the camera device; and, execute the shutter command to store the image in the memory when the touch input is received in the region but not in the at least one subregion when the at least one subregion contains at least one of the icon and the graphical control.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of protecting a flexible wiring plate during assembly of the image pickup apparatus, thus improving the ease of assembly and realizing cost reduction due to a decrease in the number of components. A cover member has an opening exposing an image display surface of the display which has a folded flexible wiring plate and covers the rear side of the image pickup apparatus main body. A tripod base member is disposed on a bottom and has an abutting portion and a guide portion. A folded portion of the flexible wiring plate comes into abutment with the abutting portion and covered with the tripod base member. The guide portion guides a leading end portion of the cover member on mounted on the image pickup apparatus main body, and hence the leading end portion of the cover member does not contact with the folded portion.

Abstract: A display unit is controlled to increase luminance of a white pixel of a display apparatus in a case where an image capturing apparatus is in an image capturing mode as compared with a case where the image capturing apparatus is in a reproduction mode.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a live camera sensor view and an image manager pane are displayed together in a graphical user interface (“GUI”), and the image manager pane includes a visual representation of a previously captured camera image and a visual indication of a user input to be provided by a user to cause an active input mode to directly toggle between the image manager pane and the live camera sensor view. In certain embodiments, a camera image stored locally by a device is published by the device, over a network, to a content distribution subsystem configured to automatically distribute the camera image to one or more predefined destinations. The content distribution subsystem automatically distributes the camera image to the one or more predefined destinations.

Abstract: An image capture device and a dustproofing method thereof. The image capture device comprises a switch module, optical-component adaptor module, optical-component adaptor detecting module, mask module, power detecting module and controlling module. The switch module switches the image capture device on or off and produces an on signal or off signal correspondingly. The optical-component adaptor detecting module detects whether a removable optical-component is connected with the optical-component adaptor module and produces a detecting signal. The power detecting module measures the residual power in the image capture device and produces a residual power signal. The controlling module, according to the on signal, off signal, detecting signal and the residual power signal controls the mask module to shield or un-shield the photosensor. Therefore, when the image capture device is powered off or during replacement of removable optical-components, the mask module shields the photosensor to render it dustproof.

Abstract: A dust removing device generates vibrations at least at a wavelength ? in a vibrating member by applying alternating voltages to a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element, respectively. The first piezoelectric element is provided on a first surface of the vibrating member that is on a side having a target surface. The second piezoelectric element is provided on a second surface of the vibrating member that is opposite the first surface. When the first piezoelectric element and the second piezoelectric element are projected in a direction that is normal to the target surface, a distance dL1 between a vibration generating end of the first piezoelectric element and a vibration generating end of the second piezoelectric element is expressed in the form dL1>0, where dL1?n?/2 and n is a positive integer.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing image signals which are obtained from an image pickup element in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion units are arranged correspondingly to a microlens detects whether or not the image signal from each photoelectric conversion unit corresponding to one microlens reaches a saturation level, and controls whether or not a correlation of the image signals from a plurality of photoelectric conversion units including the photoelectric conversion units is used for an operation of an image shift amount which is performed by a correlation operation unit.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens and an image pickup element. The zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a first negative lens unit, a stop, and a second positive lens unit. For zooming, the first positive lens unit is stationary, the first negative lens unit moves, and the second positive lens unit moves. A position at a telephoto end of the first negative lens unit is on the image side of a position at the wide angle end. A position at a telephoto end of the second positive lens unit is on the object side of a position at the wide angle end. For focusing, the first positive lens unit is stationary. A first positive lens unit object-side system has a negative refractive power. A first positive lens unit image-side system has a positive refractive power. The image pickup apparatus satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and at the time of zooming, the first lens unit moves, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1-1a), (1-2a), and (1-3a). 0.43<(?2T/?2W)/(?3T/?3W)<0.68??(1-1a) 0.4<(?1G/f1)/(?4G/f4)<2.3??(1-2a) 2.1<f3/fW<4.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an imaging optical system including a movable lens unit, a drive unit configured to drive the movable lens unit, and a control unit configured to cause the movable lens unit to perform a wobbling motion in an optical axis direction by alternatively outputting to the drive unit a first drive command for driving the movable lens unit at a first driving speed and a stop command for stopping driving of the movable lens unit, and to move the movable lens unit based on contrast information obtained from an image pickup unit during the wobbling motion of the movable lens unit, wherein, at least one of before and after outputting the first drive command to the drive unit, the control unit outputs to the drive unit a second drive command for driving the movable lens unit at a second driving speed lower than the first driving speed.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a lighting device, an imaging device, and a photographing system. The lighting device emits visible light. The imaging device views a subject. Prior to an image capture, the photographing system recognizes blocking of a bright light by a subject's hand or arm, where the bright spot of light and the photographing system controls the bright light to switch off and immediately capture an image.

Abstract: A wireless camera system is described. A housing enclosure contains the wireless camera, and the wireless camera collects video data. The housing enclosure also contains a first circuit board and a rechargeable battery. A first solar cell assembly is coupled to the housing enclosure. The first circuit board is in wireless communication with a base station, and the base station is configured to receive the video data. The camera operates a continuous feed of the video data. The video data is at least partially processed in a location away from the housing enclosure and made available to a remote client for viewing.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of fixing an image pickup device compactly and with high strength. A wiring substrate has an image pickup device mounted thereon. A fixing member is fixed on the image pickup device. The fixing member is provided with an abutment surface that comes into abutment with the image pickup device, an opening from which a light-incident surface of the image pickup device is exposed, and a wall portion that faces a side surface of the image pickup device. An adhesive is filled in a space formed between the side surface of the image pickup device and the wall portion.

Abstract: In order to prevent a flare phenomenon of a camera module manufactured by a wafer process, there is provided a camera module including at least one lens sheet layered on a solid-state imaging device through a glass spacer, wherein an inner side wall and upper and lower surfaces or a side wall of at least the spacer is coated with a light shielding layer made of metal or black colored resin. Here, at least a peripheral portion of a lens of the lens sheet is coated with the light shielding layer.

Abstract: A voice coil motor includes a fixing assembly and a moveable assembly. The fixing assembly includes a fixing frame and at least one magnet positioned on the fixing frame. The moveable assembly is movably received in the fixing assembly. The moveable assembly includes a moveable barrel. The moveable barrel includes a coil and resin filled in gaps of the coil. When the coil is powered on, the moveable barrel is capable of moving along an axis direction of the moveable barrel by a magnetic force generated by the at least one magnet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera module configured to prevent de-focusing during correction of hand-shake, and to prevent damages to devices during correction of hand-shake, the module including: a module part including a lens assembly formed with at least one or more lenses, an image sensor having an image pickup device for converting light concentrated through the lens to an electrical signal, and a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with the image sensor; a case supporting the module part by accommodating the module part; a driving part tilting the module part; and a rotation preventing part preventing the module part from rotating on a vertical axis.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for exchanging sets of video data each via multiple channels. In an embodiment, a first data set is distributed across the multiple channels according to a first mapping of the multiple channels each to a different respective one of multiple data types, where each of the multiple data types corresponds to a different respective dimension of a color space. In another embodiment, a second data set is distributed across the multiple channels according to a second mapping of the multiple channels each to a different respective one of the multiple data types, where the second mapping is different from the first mapping.

Abstract: Method wherein each image of the content is transformed using at least one pre-transformed image which is associated with a key image of this content wherein, from each key image and an associated pre-transformed image, a color transform is derived, and wherein each color transform is applied to a selection of images of this content which is associated with said key image. Applied to a content broadcast system comprising a server and a receiver to which are connected several types of display devices, the invention advantageously makes it possible to adapt the content to these different types.

Abstract: The present display device is a display device in which a display unit is provided with a first area (MAR) that displays a first picture and a second area (SAR) that displays a second picture, and is equipped with a first illumination unit that illuminates the first area with light and a second illumination unit that illuminates the second area with light, wherein power supply to the first illumination unit and power supply to the second illumination unit are controlled separately. Thus, it is possible to reduce power consumption.

Abstract: Embodiments are provided herein to achieve video or image sequence encoding with an improved denoising algorithm that is both efficient computationally and has acceptable overhead cost in comparison to other denoising schemes for video encoding. The embodiments include using recursive bilateral filtering as part of the denoising algorithm, which is integrated into a video encoder to overcome limitations of other encoder-integrated denoising algorithms. An embodiment method includes receiving, at a filtering and residual computation function at the encoder, a macro block comprising a plurality of pixels. The filtering and residual computation function also receives, from a motion estimation function at the encoder, a reference block. The reference block comprises a plurality of reference pixels corresponding to the macro block.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, An image processing method includes: estimating a composition of image data, for each piece of image data received in a temporal order to calculate a reliability indicating likelihood of the composition estimated; determining whether the composition estimated is different from a composition previously used which is a composition to be used for image data previously received and whether the reliability is equal to or higher than a predetermined first threshold, and updating a composition to be used to the estimated composition when the estimated composition is different from the composition previously used and compositions having the reliability equal to or higher than the first threshold are received successively equal to or more than a predetermined first number of times; and calculating an intensity at which a sharpening process of the image data is performed based on the composition to be used