Abstract: System (1) and method (100) for detecting and repairing a defect in an electrochromic device (30) may include acquiring a thermal image of the electrochromic device (30) when the device is in an operating state. In addition, the system and method may include processing thermal imaging data representative of the thermal image to detect a defect in the electrochromic device by comparing a thermal amplitude detected at one or more pixels of the thermal image with a predetermined value, and to determine a location of the electrochromic device corresponding to the detected defect.

Abstract: Device (10) for handling money transactions, comprising a housing (11) and a screen (12; 100) enclosed in the housing (11), wherein the screen (12; 100) is arranged to be rotatable or tiltable about at least one axis (3, 4, 5; 6, 7, 8; 20, 21, 22; 23, 24, 25; 26, 27) such that a change to the tilt of the screen (12; 100) can occur manually or automatically, where the axis (3, 4, 5; 6, 7, 8; 20, 21, 22; 23, 24, 25; 26, 27) lies essentially flush with the screen's surface (1).

Abstract: A system for tracking a cinematography target can comprise a tracking device configured to identify an emitter and to track the movements of the emitter. The tracking device can comprise one or more user display devices and a first user interface input component. The user display devices can be configured to indicate whether the tracking device is currently tracking the emitter. The first user interface input component can be configured to select a particular pulse pattern from a set of pulse patterns, which particular pulse pattern the tracking device is configured to track.

Abstract: A depth camera includes an illumination module and an image detector module. The illumination module outputs structured light that illuminates a capture area. The image detector module captures an image of the structured light as reflected from object(s) within the capture area. The illumination module includes a VCSEL array and optical element(s), such as projection optics, an MLA or DOE, or combinations thereof. Projection optics receive a light pattern emitted by the VCSEL array and project the light pattern. An optical element, downstream from the projection optics, can cause a total number of features included in the structured light to be greater than the number of features included in the light pattern projected by the projection optics. In an embodiment, a pitch of an MLA is offset relative to a pitch of the VCSEL array. Various structures can include alignment elements to aid manufacture of the illumination module.

Abstract: A road calibration system and a method for calibration of a road surveillance system are disclosed. Said road surveillance system is adapted to monitor a surveillance area of a road and comprises a plurality of vehicle surveillance means. Said plurality of vehicle surveillance means are adapted to measure a position of a vehicle passing said surveillance area and are synchronized with a global timing signal. The method comprises, in order to calibrate said plurality of vehicle surveillance means such that a position determination of said plurality of vehicle surveillance means is equal, passing a calibration vehicle with a plurality of predefined calibration markers through said surveillance area. During the passage each measurement means measures a position of an assigned calibration marker at a predetermined time and compares a measured distance between the positions of said calibration markers with a reference distance between the positions of said calibration markers.

Abstract: A monitoring unit for security and automation in a premises are described. The monitoring unit uses remote configuration and control to enable monitoring of a premises. The monitoring unit provides multiple monitoring functions to respond to events within the space and alert a user at a remote device like a smartphone. An image sensor provides a wide field of view which can be segmented on the mobile device to enable specific areas to be viewed enabling the user to view the area and be alerted when an event occurs based upon a rules based configuration.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for stabilizing an imaging device and methods of using the same for a wide variety of applications including photography, video, and filming. Also provided are unmanned vehicles including aerial vehicles that contain the apparatus disclosed herein.

Abstract: A vision system for use in dark environments is disclosed. The vision system comprises photoreceptor circuits for generating photoreceptor signals, pooling mechanisms for generating pool signals, and an image processing means. The structure of the vision system is inspired from that of nocturnal flying insects. Applications are disclosed including use of the vision system on a mobile platform such as an air vehicle to enable perception and flight stability in dark environments.

Abstract: A system and method for enhancing images including an image capture device operably connected to a data processing device that captures an image of a target vehicle, and a processor-usable medium embodying computer code, said processor-usable medium being coupled to said data processing device, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor. The instructions configured for identifying a region within the image including a window of the target vehicle, applying a first image enhancement effect to the identified region, applying a second image enhancement effect to a remainder of the image not including the identified region, the second image enhancement effect different than the first image enhancement effect.

Abstract: A deployable camera system for a vehicle is provided and includes a camera movably mounted to the vehicle and a solenoid operably coupled between the camera and the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring an image for a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes an input that receives a user input and at least one imaging device that acquires an external image data of the vehicle. A sensor that includes at least one sensor is configured to confirm a state of the vehicle and a display is configured to display a region around the vehicle to be divided into a plurality of regions based on the vehicle. A controller selects a virtual projection model based on a selected region or a state change of the vehicle when at least one of the plurality of regions is selected from the user input or the state change of the vehicle is sensed by the sensor, and project the external image data onto the virtual projection model, to generate final image data that corresponds to a position of the selected region.

Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a non-movable portion, a movable portion and a mirror head. The non-movable portion is configured for attachment at an exterior portion of a vehicle and the movable portion is movable relative to the non-movable portion. The mirror head is movable relative to the movable portion, and a mirror reflective element is fixedly attached at the mirror head. A first actuator is operable to move the movable portion relative to the non-movable portion about a first axis and a second actuator is operable to move the mirror head relative to the movable portion about a second axis. The first and second actuators are cooperatively operable to move the movable portion about the first axis and to move the mirror head about the second axis, and the mirror reflective element moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a ground object detection unit configured to, in a predetermined detection region set in advance in at least a portion of the vehicle periphery, perform detection of a ground object defining a parking stall in which garage parking is to be performed; an end portion specification unit configured to specify an end portion of the ground object detected by the ground object detection unit, the end portion being located on an entrance side of the parking stall; and a target parking stall setting unit configured to set, based on the end portion on the entrance side specified by the end portion specification unit, a corner portion of a rectangular parking frame that defines a target parking stall in which the vehicle is to be parked, and set the parking frame to extend from the corner portion in the depth direction of the parking stall.

Abstract: A traffic surveillance system adapted to track and register vehicles passing a surveillance zone is described herein. The system comprises a carrying structure and a traffic surveillance device that is adapted to be mounted upon the carrying structure and comprises at least a vehicle identity registration device and a vehicle tracking device. The surveillance zone comprises gateway zones and at least one interconnecting zone. The interconnecting zone connects at least two gateway zones with each other. The vehicle identity registration device is arranged such upon the carrying structure that it defines the gateway zones in that it is adapted to record a passage of a vehicle into or out from the surveillance zone through the gateway zones and the vehicle tracking device is arranged such upon the carrying structure that it defines an essentially arc shaped interconnecting zone.

Abstract: Security keypad device for detecting tampering includes a keypad, a high power wireless module for communicating data via a local area network, a low power wireless module communicating data via a personal area network, and a cellular module for communicating data via a wide area network. The device further includes an active infrared position sensor comprising of a light source for emitting infrared light and an infrared sensor for detecting reflected infrared light. The active infrared position sensor is configured to sense the position of the device based on detecting the reflected infrared light. The device further includes an accelerometer configured to measure acceleration forces and a processor. The processor is configured to determine that the position of the device changed based on positional data from the active infrared position sensor or acceleration data from the accelerometer.

Abstract: A motion detection method is provided. The method includes steps of: recording an input video, extracting a reference frame from the input video in every reference updating cycle, extracting a target frame from the input video and determining whether an event occurs by comparing the target frame with the reference frame in every checking cycle, and comparing the number of events accumulated in every observation cycle with a threshold to determine whether the input video contains a motion during the observation cycle.

Abstract: An optical relay system including a remote telescopic image capture device for mounting on a telescopic sight that splits off the image viewed through said sight. A camera sensor converts the split off viewed image into a corresponding electrical signal. An image processor conditions the electrical signal for the transmission via RF, and a RF transceiver transmits the signal wirelessly to a remote hand-held device including a display for receiving the transmitted signal, processing and reconstructing the viewed image and displaying it to show what is being viewed through the telescopic sight.

Abstract: A monitoring unit for security and automation in a premises are described. The monitoring unit uses remote configuration and control to enable monitoring of a premises. The monitoring unit provides multiple monitoring functions to respond to events within the space and alert a user at a remote device like a smartphone. An image sensor provides a wide field of view which can be segmented on the mobile device to enable specific areas to be viewed enabling the user to view the area and be alerted when an event occurs based upon a rules based configuration.

Abstract: A system and method to capture a plurality of images and store the captured images. The system has multiple camera systems capable of transmitting image data. At least one camera system is equipped with an apparatus for determining location coordinates such as GPS. A computer system monitors location coordinates, retrieves image data from the camera systems, and stores the image data into a file. A contiguous array of location coordinates is entered and the computer system locates camera systems within the contiguous array of location coordinates; retrieves image data from the located camera systems; and files the image data taken from each of the camera systems to obtain a file of image data. The system provides the ability to serially interleave frames or video captured from multiple sources.

Abstract: An ultraviolet sensitive video camera is disclosed. The camera may have an input window and a bandpass filter. The input window may receive into the camera ultraviolet radiation reflected off of a subject. The bandpass filter may filter the ultraviolet radiation received into the camera through the input window. The bandpass filter may have a passband centered at about 254 nm and a bandwidth of about 1 nm to about 100 nm. The camera may also have an image sensor and at least one controller. The image sensor may collect the filtered ultraviolet radiation passing through the bandpass filter and generate an output based on the collected ultraviolet radiation. The at least one controller may be configured to generate video display signals based on the output of the image sensor.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a photographing function includes: a flash that emits light including a visible light wavelength range and an infrared wavelength range and radiates the light onto a subject; an infrared detector that absorbs light in the infrared wavelength range and generates a detection signal corresponding to the light; an image sensor that photoelectrically transforms incident light and generates an image signal; and a controller that controls an exposure time of the image sensor based on the detection signal.

Abstract: A system for tracking a cinematography target can comprise a tracking system configured to identify a particular emitter and to track the movements of the particular emitter. The tracking system can comprise a transmission module, an antenna array, and a motor module. The motor module can point a cinematography device towards an emitter.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on the insulating layer, a photoelectric conversion film provided on the electrode for converting received light to charges, a line connected between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a first planar electrode provided in the insulating layer and connected to the electrode, and a second planar electrode provided in the insulating layer between the first planar electrode and the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A target marking system includes a light source configured to emit a beam of thermal radiation and to impinge the beam onto a target. The system also includes a detector configured to collect radiation passing from the target to the detector along a path. The radiation passing from the target in response to impingement of the beam onto the target. The system further includes an optics assembly disposed optically upstream of the detector along the path. The optics assembly includes at least one of an afocal power changer, a camera objective, a catadioptric lens, and a zoom system configured to condition the radiation passing from the target to the detector.

Abstract: Various examples related to calibration of a scanning device are disclosed. In one example, among others, a calibration cradle includes a calibration pattern positioned within the calibration cradle and recesses to support a scanning device in a fixed position relative to the calibration pattern. In another example, a method includes positioning a scanning device in a calibration cradle, obtaining an image of a calibration pattern with a tracking sensor of the scanning device, determining an estimated pose of the scanning device, and determining an error associated with the calibration pattern using the estimated pose. In another example, a method includes capturing an image of a cone mirror a probe of a scanning device, determining a centroid of the cone mirror image, and determining an error associated with the cone mirror using the centroid.

Abstract: A method for calibrating an image capture device, comprises the steps of: applying lighting levels onto the image capture device; capturing luma values for the applied lighting levels; calculating luma gains for lens coordinates as a function of the applied lighting levels and the captured luma values, wherein each of the lens coordinates having multiple ones of the calculated luma gains; and storing the calculated luma gains to calibrate the image capture device.

Abstract: A video signal fault detection system includes a front-end device and a back-end device. The back-end device includes: a quality evaluation unit generating a quality evaluation result associated with successive image frames captured by an image capturing device of the front-end device and transmitted through a transmission channel; a recognition unit generating, based on the quality evaluation result, a recognition output indicating a non-corruption condition or a corruption type of each transmitted image frame; and an inference unit inferring, based on a predetermined lookup table and a determination output generated based on the recognition output, whether each of the transmission channel and the image capturing device is normal or not.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a multimedia quality monitoring method, and a device. The method includes: determining reference quality of multimedia according to reference video quality and reference audio quality of the multimedia; acquiring multimedia distortion quality that is after video distortion and/or audio distortion of the multimedia occur/occurs; and determining quality of the multimedia according to the reference quality of the multimedia and the multimedia distortion quality. Therefore, accuracy of a multimedia quality monitoring result is improved.

Abstract: A mechanism for facilitating dynamic phase detection with high jitter tolerance for images of media streams is described. In one embodiment, a method includes calculating stability optimization of an image of a media stream based on a plurality of pixels of two or more consecutive frames relating to a plurality of phases of the image, calculating sharpness optimization of the image, and selecting a best phase of the plurality of phases based on the stability and sharpness optimization of the image. The best phase may represent the image such that the image is displayed in a manner in accordance with human vision perceptions.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for optically transferring a digital data file to a mobile electronic device having a video capturing function uses an instruction set hosted on a system of the type having a computer and memory storage connected to a video transmitter and a video display unit. The data transferring method encodes the digital data file into a plurality of discrete elements according to a pattern protocol. A portion of the video signal transmission is dedicated to display the pattern, and the encoded digital data file is embedded in the video signal transmission. The video signal transmission is transmitted to and displayed on the video display. A user directs the mobile electronic device at the video display and captures the video display including the encoded pattern representing the digital data file. The pattern is then decoded into a copy of the digital data file.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with another communication apparatus by a first communication method, a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with the other communication apparatus by a second communication method which is different from the first communication method, a transmission unit configured to transmit, through the first communication unit, a message for requesting a connection parameter to be used for connection to the other communication apparatus through the wireless communication using the second communication unit, and a controller configured to control wireless connection through the second communication unit in accordance with a state of a service executed through the wireless communication using the second communication unit employing the connection parameter.

Abstract: A method for integrating image frames includes receiving for each pixel in at least one image frame a value representative of a sensor measurement. The method includes calculating an average difference of the value representative of the sensor measurement over a subset of the plurality of image frames. The method includes detecting motion in at least one pixel of the image frame in the plurality of image frames based on the calculated average difference of the value representative of the sensor measurement over the subset of the plurality of image frames. The method also includes generating an integrated image frame wherein each pixel having detected motion is integrated by an amount less than that of those pixels for which motion is not detected. The amount of frame integration is based on contrast levels, expected rates of motion, and noise characteristics of sensor input image data.

Abstract: An image processing device which executes image processing on an input image includes: an identifying unit identifying a first moving image area which is a portion of the input image and includes a first moving image; a camera shake amount calculating unit calculating a camera shake amount in the first moving image area; a correction unit generating a first correction image by correcting the first moving image area to reduce the camera shake amount; and a compositing unit generating a composite image by replacing the first moving image area in the input image with the first correction image.

Abstract: An image blur correction apparatus includes a vibration detection unit configured to detect vibration information of the image blur correction apparatus to output a vibration signal, a signal separation unit configured to separate the vibration signal into a first vibration signal and a second vibration signal, a first sensitivity correction unit configured to correct an amplitude of the first vibration signal, a second sensitivity correction unit configured to correct an amplitude of the second vibration signal, a first drive unit configured to drive the first optical correction unit based on an output signal from the first sensitivity correction unit, and a second drive unit configured to drive the second optical correction unit based on an output signal from the second sensitivity correction unit.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer program products for high fidelity, high dynamic range scene reconstruction with frame stacking are described herein. One system and method includes systems and software for capturing a plurality of images with the same exposure parameters, including a first exposure length. The plurality of images is then combined into a first image using a motion compensation algorithm. A second image is also captured with a second exposure length, where the second exposure length is longer than the first exposure length. Finally, the first and the second images are combined to provide a high dynamic range image.

Abstract: A wireless photographic device is provided along with a voice setup method therefor: Obtain at least one wireless network identifier according to a first voice command; synthesize and play a first machine voice according to the obtained wireless network identifier; determine, according to a second voice command, whether to utilize the obtained wireless network identifier on the wireless photographic device. The present invention discloses a simplified wireless LAN setup procedure, using only a wireless interface and a voice man-machine interface and unassisted by any auxiliary equipment. The synthesized voice feedback ensures validity of the setup data. If the man-machine interface processes only digits, alphabetic letters, and set commands, the cost for manufacturing the wireless photographic device is further reduced.

Abstract: A digital camera system having a digital camera and a remote control module is disclosed. The digital camera includes an image capture system, memory and wireless modem. The remote control module includes another wireless modem (to communicate with the digital camera's wireless modem), first and second user controls and a status display. One of the user controls can (via the wireless modems) cause the camera to capture an image. The other user control can cause the digital camera (via the wireless modems) to deliver camera status information which can then be displayed on the remote control module's status display.

Abstract: A dual sensor camera that uses two aligned sensors each having a separate lens of different focal length but the same f-number. The wider FOV image from one sensor is combined with the narrower FOV image from the other sensor to form a combined image. Up-sampling of the wide FOV image and down-sampling of the narrow FOV image is performed. The longer focal length lens may have certain aberrations introduced so that Extended Depth of Field (EDoF) processing can be used to give the narrow FOV image approximately the same depth of field as the wide FOV image so that a noticeable difference in depth of field is not see in the combined image.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes an image pickup unit that acquires a plurality of picked-up images by picking up images of a subject from mutually different viewpoints, an image comparison section that determines a specific part which is specific in the picked-up images and a part other than the specific part, and an image generating section that generates a special image by performing image processing differently for the specific part and for the part other than the specific part.

Abstract: One or more embodiments provide a method and an apparatus for operating an interchangeable-lens camera system suitable for shooting of a high quality photo or moving picture. The camera system includes a main body and a lens unit mountable on and detachable from the main body and wirelessly accessible to the main body. The lens unit estimates position information between the lens unit and the main body using beam information of the lens unit formed via beamforming and beam information of the main body. The lens unit applies the estimated position information to shooting.

Abstract: An image generation method includes: determining at least one first image capture setting and at least one second image capture setting; controlling an image capture device to generate a plurality of first successive captured images for a capture trigger event according to the at least one first image capture setting and generate a plurality of second successive captured images for the same capture trigger event according to the at least one second image capture setting. Variation of the at least one first image capture setting is constrained within a first predetermined range during generation of the first successive captured images. Difference between the at least one first image capture setting and the at least one second image capture setting is beyond the first predetermined range. Variation of the at least one second image capture setting is constrained within a second predetermined range during generation of the second successive captured images.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, the system and method of the present invention process light-field image data so as to reduce color artifacts, reduce projection artifacts, and/or increase dynamic range. These techniques operate, for example, on image data affected by sensor saturation and/or microlens modulation. Flat-field images are captured and converted to modulation images, and then applied on a per-pixel basis, according to techniques described herein.

Abstract: An itinerary generation apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium thereof are provided. The itinerary generation apparatus includes a storage unit, an interface, and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is electrically connected to the storage unit and the interface. The storage unit is stored with a piece of information related to a place. The interface is configured to receive a plurality of images, wherein each of the images has a shoot time. The processing unit determines that a portion of the images corresponds to the place according to a piece of schedule information. The processing unit retrieves the piece of information related to the place from the storage unit after determining that the portion corresponds to the place.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and method enables an automated extended depth of field capability that automates and simplifies the process of creating extended depth of field images. An embodiment automates the acquisition of an image “stack” or sequence and stores metadata at the time of image acquisition that facilitates production of a composite image having an extended depth of field from at least a portion of the images in the acquired sequence. An embodiment allows a user to specify, either at the time of image capture or at the time the composite image is created, a range of distances that the user wishes to have in focus within the composite image. An embodiment provides an on-board capability to produce a composite, extended depth of field image from the image stack. One embodiment allows the user to import the image stack into an image-processing software application that produces the composite image.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a determination unit that determines, based on a plurality of pieces of image data which is generated by continuously taking images of an area of field of view and input from an imaging unit provided outside the image processing device, whether the area of field of view of the imaging unit has been changed; an image composition unit that superimposes overlapping areas of imaging regions of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of pieces of image data along a direction in which the area of field of view of the imaging unit has been changed, to generate composite image data when the area of field of view of the imaging unit has been changed; and a display control unit that causes a display unit provided outside the imaging processing device to display a composite image corresponding to the generated composite image data.

Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising: a negative first lens unit; a positive second lens unit; a negative third lens unit; and a positive fourth lens unit, wherein in zooming, the first lens unit moves with locus of a convex to the image side and the second lens unit moves to the object side, and the conditions: 0<(DaW?DaT)/TLW<0.26 and 0<TG2G/TGa11<0.4 (DaW: optical axial interval between the first and second lens units at the wide-angle limit, DaT: optical axial interval between the first and second lens units at the telephoto limit, TLW: overall length of the lens system at the wide-angle limit, TG2G: optical axial thickness of the second lens unit, TGall: sum of optical axial thicknesses of the respective lens units) are satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus capable of capturing an image with a desired perceived noise without requiring time and effort of a user. The present invention is an image capturing apparatus including a target noise amount specifying unit configured to acquire a target noise amount as a noise amount that is targeted and an image capturing parameter determination unit configured to determine image capturing conditions based on the target noise amount, wherein the image capturing conditions are specified by one or more image capturing parameters.

Abstract: A ranging apparatus includes: an output ratio data calculation unit for calculating an output ratio data of first and second image data; a correction function calculation unit for calculating a correction function approximating the output ratio data by an N-order function (N is an integer equal to or greater than 1) having a pixel position as a variable; a correction unit for correcting at least one of the first and second image data on the basis of the correction function; and a ranging unit for calculating the defocus amount by using the picture image data corrected by the correction unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is designed to process pixel outputs of an imaging element including imaging pixels and phase-difference detecting pixels. The apparatus includes a pixel mixing unit and an image processing unit. The pixel mixing unit mixes the pixel outputs. The image processing unit corrects the pixel outputs to prevent the phase-difference detecting pixels from degrading image quality, by using at least one of information selected from a group consisting of the number of mixed pixel outputs of phase-difference detecting pixels having the same opening direction and the number of mixed pixel outputs of imaging pixels having the same opening direction.

Abstract: An image processor includes a correction signal generator configured to generate a correction signal by calculating a difference between an image and an image obtained by applying an unsharp mask generated based on a PSF corresponding to an image-pickup conditions of an image-pickup optical system to the image, and a correction signal applier configured to sharpen the image by multiplying the correction signal generated by the generator by a constant and by adding a multiplied correction signal to the image.