Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion portion, a charge holding portion accumulating a signal charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion portion, and a floating diffusion region to which the signal charge of the charge holding portion is transferred, wherein the photoelectric conversion portion includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type formed under the first semiconductor region, the charge holding portion includes a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, and a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type formed under the third semiconductor region, and a p-n junction between the third semiconductor region and the fourth semiconductor region is positioned deeper than a p-n junction between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device and an electronic apparatus by which a phase-difference detection pixel that avoids defects such as lowering of sensitivity to incident light and lowering of phase-difference detection accuracy can be realized. A solid-state image pickup device as a first aspect of the present disclosure is a solid-state image pickup device in which a normal pixel that generates a pixel signal of an image and a phase-difference detection pixel that generates a pixel signal used in calculation of a phase-difference signal for controlling an image-surface phase difference AF function are arranged in a mixed manner, in which, in the phase-difference detection pixel, a shared on-chip lens for condensing incident light to a photoelectric converter that generates a pixel signal used in calculation of the phase-difference signal is formed for every plurality of adjacent phase-difference detection pixels.

Abstract: To improve a frame rate in a solid-state imaging element that compares a reference signal and a pixel signal. The solid-state imaging element includes a differential amplifier circuit, a transfer transistor, and a source follower circuit. The differential amplifier circuit amplifies a difference between the potentials of a pair of input nodes and outputs the difference from an output node. The transfer transistor transfers charge from a photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion layer. The auto-zero transistor short-circuits the floating diffusion layer and the output node in a predetermined period. The source follower circuit supplies a potential to one of the pair of input nodes according to a potential of the floating diffusion layer.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a photoelectric converter configured to convert received light into charges in response to the received light and provide the charges to a first node, a transfer transistor configured to provide a voltage of the first node to a floating diffusion node, a reset transistor configured to reset a voltage of the floating diffusion node to a driving voltage based on a reset signal, a source follower transistor configured to provide a unit pixel output based on the voltage of the floating diffusion node, a select transistor connected to the source follower transistor and gated with a selection signal to output the unit pixel output to the outside, and a ferroelectric capacitor connected to the floating diffusion node, wherein the ferroelectric capacitor is configured to adjust a conversion gain of the floating diffusion node based on a conversion gain mode of the ferroelectric capacitor, the conversion gain mode being a first conversion gain mode, a second conversion gain mode, or a third co

Abstract: An image sensor includes: a controller; a comparator configured to generate a comparison signal, the comparator comprising a first capacitor that samples a control voltage and a second capacitor which samples a reference voltage, a first switch that adjusts a voltage that is applied to the first capacitor, a second switch that adjusts a voltage that is applied to the second capacitor, a first feedback switch that connects a first output terminal of the comparator to a first input terminal of the comparator, and a second feedback switch that connects a second output terminal of the comparator to a second input terminal of the comparator; and a voltage generator for boosting the control voltage based on the comparison signal. The comparator generates a comparison signal by comparing a voltage of the first capacitor and a voltage of the second capacitor. The controller stores a feedback voltage corresponding to an offset voltage of the comparator.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion unit configured to output a photon detection signal in response to an incidence of a photon, a counting unit configured to count the photon detection signal output from the photoelectric conversion unit, and a counting control unit configured to control a counting operation in the counting unit. The counting control unit is configured to reset a count value and restart the counting operation from an initial value, when a count value from a start of the counting operation to a first time is less than a first threshold value and a count value from the start of the counting operation to a second time after the first time is equal to or greater than a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor. The image sensor according to an embodiment may include a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are connected through common lines, an internal amplifier configured to amplify a signal of a target pixel selected from among the plurality of pixels, switches configured to control a connection between the target pixel and floating diffusion nodes of candidate pixels having the same column address as the target pixel among the plurality of pixels, and a controller configured to output control signals for controlling the switches.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides video special effect configuration method, device, equipment and storage medium, and relates to the technical field of special effect processing. The method includes: adding a variable update node in a first special effect event combination in response to a first setting operation of a user, in which an update manner of a target variable is set on the variable update node; adding a variable trigger node in a second special effect event combination in response to a second setting operation of the user, in which a judging condition of the target variable is set on the variable trigger node; and generating a configuration file of a video special effect according to the first and second special effect event combinations. The technical solution of the present disclosure allows the production of the video special effect to better fit in the action changes of the user.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect that a setting value related to a time has been deleted, and a setting unit configured, in a case where deletion of a setting value related to a time has been detected by the detection unit, to newly generate an option corresponding to the deleted setting value and to set the option as a new setting value related to the time.

Abstract: A digital X-ray detector includes a width of a data line or a gate line extending across a dummy pixel area is smaller than a width of the data line or the gate line extending across an active area, a width of a dummy gate line or a dummy data line extending across the dummy pixel area is smaller than a width of the gate line or the data line extending across the active area, so that static electricity generated during a manufacturing process does not randomly flow into the active area, but rather flows into the dummy pixel area having the lowest capacitance, and the static electricity may be guided not to the active area but to the dummy gate line or dummy data line in the dummy pixel area, thereby minimizing line defects or block luminance deviation defects caused by the static electricity generated during the manufacturing process.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that estimate a location of a light source based on ambient light data. For example, an example process may include acquiring ambient light data from an ambient light sensor (ALS) during movement of a device in a physical environment, acquiring motion data from a motion sensor during the movement of the device, determining, based on the ambient light data and the motion data, estimates of three-dimensional (3D) locations of a light source with respect to the device during the movement of the device, and tracking a location of the device in a 3D coordinate system during the movement of the device based on the estimates of the 3D locations of the light source with respect to the device during the movement of the device.

Abstract: A sensor data processing apparatus can be coupled to multiple image sensors of different types. The apparatus adjusts frame transmission rates based on the number of sensors and type of image data sourced by the sensors to optimize utilization of bandwidth on a number of transport channels. The apparatus can be configured to transport selected frames in the image data that are identified as critical frames at a higher rate than non-selected frames in the image data.

Abstract: An imaging element includes a storage portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores image data obtained by imaging, a control portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and controls storage of the image data in the storage portion and stores attribute information of the image data in the storage portion, an output portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs the image data stored in the storage portion, and a reception portion that receives an instruction related to the attribute information, in which the output portion outputs the attribute information corresponding to the instruction received by the reception portion.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for processing visual media data are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between visual media data and a visual media file that includes one or more tracks that store one or more bitstreams of the visual media data according to a format rule; wherein the visual media file includes a base track that references one or more subpicture tracks that store coded information for one or more subpictures of the visual media data, and wherein the format rule specifies a process used to reconstruct a video unit from a sample in the base track and the one or more subpicture tracks.

Abstract: A method and a system for verifying an image interface, and an image equipment are provided. The system includes a memory, a receiving module, and a transmitting module; the receiving module connected to an image output interface of a device under test (DUT), the transmitting module connected to an image input interface of the DUT. The method includes obtaining at least one predetermined image from the memory, and generating serial data stream according to the at least one predetermined image; controlling the transmitting module to transmit the serial data stream to the image input interface; controlling the receiving module to obtain returned serial data stream from the image output interface; and determining the image interface of the DUT to be normal when the receiving module successfully obtains the returned serial data stream from the image output interface.

Abstract: A computer-implemented online conferencing transactional platform system comprising an interaction module, a video-conferencing module, and a storage device may allow multiple participants in a video-conference to access, co-browse, collaboratively edit, and sign a transactional document. An interaction module fetches an image of a transactional document and a field identifier for an interactive transactional document element to be filled out from a remotely-connected secure signature API, and displays the image of the document, along with the interactive transactional document element on a webpage interface to a moderator and a signer end user in a video-conference. The interaction module receives a filled-out transactional document in an I-frame from the secure signature API, allowing the signer end user to sign the transactional document using a secure embedded signature process.

Abstract: A conferencing system terminal device includes a display, an audio output, a user interface, a communication device, and one or more processors. The one or more processors present an audio difficulties user actuation target upon the display during an audio or video conference occurring across a network and concurrently with a presentation of conference content. Actuation of the audio difficulties user actuation target indicates that audio content associated with the audio or video conference being delivered by the audio output is impaired.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for determining that a conferencing device participating in a video conference via a conferencing server is a mobile device. The mobile device may be performing virtual background processing to generate for display a virtual background during the video conference. Based on a monitored parameter of the mobile device, a determination may be made whether the virtual background processing being performed by the mobile device should be offloaded to an edge computing device. In response to determining the virtual background processing should be offloaded, at least a portion of the virtual background processing being performed by the mobile device may be offloaded to the edge computing device, and the edge computing device may be configured to receive a video feed from the conferencing device, modify the video feed by performing the virtual background processing, and transmit the modified video feed to the conferencing server.

Abstract: The method comprising determining a set of coordinates each for two or more appearances of a target subject within a sequence of images, the set of coordinates of the two or more appearances of the target subject defining a first path; determining a set of coordinates each for two or more appearances of a related subject within a sequence of images, the related subject relating to the target subject, the set of coordinates of the two or more appearances of the related subject defining a second path; determining one or more minimum distances between the first path and the second path so as to determine at least a region of interest; determining a timestamp of a first appearance and a timestamp of a last appearance of the target subject; and determining a timestamp of a first appearance and a timestamp of a last appearance of the related subject.

Abstract: A computing system is described. The computing system is configured to receive, from a portal device of a premises monitoring system, a first request for a list of compatible pipelines for a premises analytics device of the premises monitoring system, identify a plurality of pipelines that are compatible with the premises analytics device based on a parameter, and transmit the list of compatible pipelines to the portal device. The computing system is further configured to receive, from the portal device, a second request to deploy a user selected pipeline of the plurality of pipelines referenced in the list of compatible pipelines, transmit a command, to a third-party system, to obtain a pipeline deployment based on the user selected pipeline, and receive, from the third-party system, the pipeline deployment based on the user selected pipeline. The pipeline deployment is transmitted to the premises analytics device.

Abstract: A multi-function sensor system comprises a camera and a sonar device to enable various measurements to be achieved in a single unit, or as multiple co-located units, thus reducing the cost of having such multiple functions. The camera and sonar device may be calibrated individually and as a system to provide an accurate and correlated set of optical and acoustic data.

Abstract: A medical control device according to the present disclosure includes an image processing section adapted to generate a captured image on the basis of an electric signal generated by an imaging device that captures an image of a subject, and a light source control information generation section adapted to generate control information for controlling a light quantity distribution of illumination light, according to a brightness distribution of the captured image.

Abstract: Viewing an object detected within a property perimeter includes using a fixed camera to view the object, adjusting optical zoom and/or digital zoom of the fixed camera in response to an initial image of the object from the fixed camera being of insufficient quality to fully assess the unknown object, using different zoom levels of the fixed camera to determine a satisfactory zoom level based on a relationship between zoom level, image quality, and security threat forecast, dispatching a multicopter with a camera to a location of the unknown object in response to the fixed camera being unable to reach the satisfactory zoom level, and providing an image of the unknown object from the camera of the multicopter. The multicopter may be dispatched following interpolating a forecast line to determine that the fixed camera is unable to reach the satisfactory zoom level. Dispatching the multicopter may include optimizing flight trajectory.

Abstract: A method for converting a source video content constrained to a first color space to a video content constrained to a second color space using an artificial intelligence machine-learning algorithm based on a creative profile.

Abstract: A distribution system that includes central ports connected by lines to respective remote ports includes a visual identification system that enables either identifying the central ports connected with selected remote ports, or identifying the remote ports connected with selected central ports. The visual identification system includes signal paths extending between the central and remote ports. The signal paths are connected to output devices that generate visual, auditory, or tactile feedback to identify the ports. The signal paths operate independently of the lines connecting the ports.

Abstract: An example optical switch includes a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports, a cross-connect fabric having one or more inputs, one or more outputs, and a device to selectively cross-connect the inputs with the outputs. The optical switch includes an integrated fast optical switch comprising a first input, a first output, and a second output, wherein the first input is connected to a first one of the outputs of the cross-connect fabric, and wherein the integrated fast optical switch has a switching time that is less than a switching time of the cross-connect fabric to switch the first input between the first output on a path to a first output port of the plurality of output ports and the second output on a path to a second output port of the plurality of output ports.

Abstract: A consumer product cabinet is disclosed. The consumer product cabinet may be a speaker cabinet. The cabinet may include a plurality of planar side surfaces. Each planar side surface may be attached to adjacent planar side surfaces at a predefined angle along a planar side surface height. The predefined angle may be 90 degrees. The cabinet may further include a plurality of support members. Each support member may be disposed at an intersection of the adjacent planar side surfaces. Further, each support member may be configured to generate recesses along the planar side surface height. Furthermore, the cabinet may include a plurality of replaceable exterior panels configured to removably attach to the plurality of planar side surfaces via the recesses. A recess depth may be equal or equivalent to a replaceable exterior panel thickness.

Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The display apparatus includes a display structure, a sound emitting substrate, and a plurality of electromagnetic exciters; wherein the display structure is configured to receive and display optical signals; the sound emitting substrate is attached to the display structure and is divided into a plurality of regions by a plurality of isolation zones, at least some of the plurality of regions are attached to at least one of the plurality of electromagnetic exciters; and the plurality of electromagnetic exciters are configured to generate bending waves at an area where the plurality of electromagnetic exciters are attached to the sound emitting substrate.

Abstract: A microphone array is a microphone array including two or more microphone holders 1. The two or more microphone holders 1 each hold one microphone. The two or more microphone holders 1 are separatable from each other. The two or more microphone holders 1 are combinable in two or more combination manners different from each other such that the two or more microphone holders 1 are each in contact with any one of the other microphone holders 1 and a distance between the two respective microphones held by two of the microphone holders 1 that are in contact with each other is a predetermined distance.

Abstract: Personal electronic devices are provided in the form of personal audio equipment. Devices of the present disclosure include readily-moldable ear inserts that are selectively formed to fit the shape of a user's ear and do not require heating, curing, setting, or other temperature manipulation. In some embodiments, the devices comprise wireless audio technology and wireless conductive charging.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an acoustic output apparatus. The acoustic output apparatus comprising: at least one low-frequency acoustic driver that outputs sound from at least two first sound guiding holes; at least one high-frequency acoustic driver that outputs sound from at least two second sound guiding holes; and a controller configured to cause the low-frequency acoustic driver to output sound in a first frequency range, and cause the high-frequency acoustic driver to output sound in a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range includes frequencies higher than the first frequency range.

Abstract: An in-ear electronic device comprising: an enclosure that defines an enclosed space surrounding a driver and an acoustic vent to an ambient environment surrounding the enclosure; and an acoustic frame having an outer surface coupled to the enclosure and defining an acoustic channel between a back volume chamber of the driver to the acoustic vent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic output apparatus. The acoustic output apparatus may include an acoustic output component and a supporting structure forming an acoustically open structure that allows the acoustic output component to acoustically communicate with the surroundings. The acoustic output component may include a plurality of acoustic drivers, each of which may be configured to output a sound with a frequency range. At least one of the acoustic drivers may include a magnetic system for generating a first magnetic field. The magnetic system may include a first magnetic component for generating a second magnetic field and at least one second magnetic component. A magnetic gap may be formed between the first magnetic component and the at least one second magnetic component. A magnetic field intensity of the first magnetic field in the magnetic gap may be greater than that of the second magnetic field in the magnetic gap.

Abstract: A headset charging system and a headset charging method thereof are provided. The headset charging system includes an earphone device and a charging device. The earphone device or the charging device adjusts a charge current to switch between a first current and a second current, so as to perform data transmission between the earphone device and the charging device.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed herein may include: a housing, a speaker embedded in the housing, an acoustic duct configured to transfer an output from the speaker to a user, an external hole formed in the housing to be connected to outside the electronic device, an external sound duct configured to transfer a sound introduced through the external hole to the user, and a variable hole member comprising a variable opening disposed in at least one of the external hole and the external sound duct, wherein the variable hole member may include a conductive member comprising a conductive material configured to apply an electric signal, a ventilation hole configured to allow a sound transferred from the external hole to pass therethrough, and a deformable member comprising a deformable material configured to deform based on the electric signal to close at least a portion of the ventilation hole.

Abstract: A stylus includes a housing that defines a force input surface opposite a touch input surface. A spring member in the housing includes a first arm that biases a touch sensor toward the touch input surface. The spring member also includes a second arm that biases a first force electrode toward the housing and allows the first force electrode to move toward a second force electrode when a force is applied to the force input surface. A non-binary amount of the force is determinable using a change in a mutual capacitance between the first force electrode and the second force electrode. The mutual capacitance between the first force electrode and the second force electrode may be measured upon detecting a touch using the touch sensor.

Abstract: A head-worn sound reproduction device is provided in the form of left and right earphones, which can either be clipped to each ear or mounted on other headgear. The earphones deliver high fidelity audio to a user's eardrums from near-ear range, in a lightweight form factor that is fully “non-blocking” (allows coupling in and natural hearing of ambient sound). Each earphone has a woofer component that produces bass frequencies, and a tweeter component that produces treble frequencies. The woofer outputs the bass frequencies from a position close to the ear canal, while the tweeter outputs treble frequencies from a position that is either close to the ear canal or further away. In certain embodiments, the tweeter is significantly further from the ear canal than the woofer, leading to a more expansive perceived “sound stage”, but still with a “pure” listening experience.

Abstract: An earcup for a headphone, comprising at least one earcup comprising a front opening adapted to be adjacent to the ear of a user of the headphone, a baffle disposed within the earcup to define front and rear cavities, an outer cup arranged to accommodate the rear cavities, a first inner cup arranged within the rear cavity surrounding the front opening, a transducer and an earpad extending around the periphery of the front opening of the earcup arranged to accommodate the front cavity and the ear of the user, and wherein the earcup comprises a second inner cup arranged between the outer cup and the back-volume cup for providing an acoustic barrier between outside noise and the ear of the user.

Abstract: A camera with an accumulated water treatment function and a method of treating accumulated water thereof are disclosed. The camera includes a main body, a processing module, an image capturing module, a speaker, a first microphone, and a second microphone. The processing module has an image processing unit and an audio processing unit. The image capturing module is used for capturing an environmental image. The first microphone and the speaker are arranged on different sides of the main body. The second microphone and the first microphone are arranged on different sides of the main body. The audio processing unit controls the speaker to broadcast a first audio file and uses the first microphone or the second microphone to record to generate a second audio file so as to determine the difference between the second audio file and a first preset audio file.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a speaker module. The speaker module includes an enclosure including a first housing and a second housing and a speaker driver included in the first housing. The second housing includes an adsorption cavity forming a back volume of the speaker driver, a variable structure included in at least a part of the second housing, at least one vent hole for ventilation between the adsorption cavity and an external environment, and a housing cover fixed to the variable structure. The adsorption cavity is filled with an adsorptive filler.

Abstract: Provided are a speaker and an electronic device. The speaker includes: a speaker case; a speaker body arranged in the speaker case and configured to vibrate and produce sound, the speaker body dividing the speaker case into a front sound cavity and a rear sound cavity, the speaker case being provided with a speaker hole, and the front sound cavity communicating with outside of the speaker case through the speaker hole; and a resonator arranged at the speaker case, a side of the resonator being arranged corresponding to the front sound cavity, and another side of the resonator being exposed to outside of the speaker case. By coupling the resonator in the front sound cavity of the speaker, the high frequency reproduction of the speaker is improved and the intermodulation distortion of the speaker is reduced, thereby improving the sound quality of the speaker in the electronic device.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a sound emitting apparatus includes a vibrator, a holding part, and a fixing part. The holding part is configured to hold the vibrator. The fixing part is configured to fix the holding part. A stiffness of the fixing part is lower than a stiffness of the holding part.

Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes a through hole to allow communication with an external environment, such as to send or receive acoustic signals or to be exposed to the ambient environment. In addition to the information that is being measured, light energy may also enter the environment of the sensor via the through hole, causing short-term or long-term effects on measurements or system components. A light mitigating structure is formed on or attached to a lid of the MEMS die to absorb or selectively reflect the received light in a manner that limits effects on the measurements or interest and system components.

Abstract: A device for sensing a motion of a deflectable surface includes a deflectable element having a first side beam deflectable and includes a reflective surface at a second side of the deflectable element, proposing the first side. The device includes an optical emitter for emitting an optical signal towards the reflective surface and an optical receiver for receiving a reflected optical signal from the reflective surface and for providing a reception signal based on a reflective optical signal. The device includes a control unit in communication with the optical receiver for determining information related to the motion of the deflectable element based on the reception signal.

Abstract: A method performed by an electronic hearing device with an earpiece configured to be worn in an ear, includes: engaging a hearing mode wherein a compensated output signal is based on current hearing compensation data. Performing a first fitting procedure including: obtaining first hearing compensation data via audiometric measurements; emitting an otoacoustic stimulation signal and capturing an acoustic signal including otoacoustic emissions. In response to receiving a first input signal, performing a first monitoring procedure including: emitting an otoacoustic stimulation signal and capturing an acoustic signal including otoacoustic emissions, if any. Determining a deviation value based on the second acoustic signal and the third acoustic signal; and determining whether the deviation value satisfies a first criterion. In accordance with a determination that the deviation value satisfies the first criterion, communicating a first notification signal indicative of the deviation from the hearing device.

Abstract: A bone anchored hearing implant device for enhancing the hearing capability of a user is disclosed. The device includes at least one antenna element for receiving signals provided by an external device, in particular by at least one external hearing device, at least one modulation device for demodulating the signals received by the antenna element, at least one transducer, in particular for generating vibrations depending on the demodulated signals, at least one connection circuit for transferring the demodulated signals to the transducer, at least one protection circuit for at least partly short-circuiting the connection circuit, wherein the short-circuit at least partly prevents a transfer of the demodulated signals to the transducer. Additionally a hearing device system and a signal processing method are disclosed.

Abstract: A hearing aid with an earpiece for placement in the ear canal, and a dome, are disclosed.

Abstract: A device to transmit an audio signal to a user comprises a transducer and a support. The support is configured for placement on the eardrum to drive the eardrum. The transducer is coupled to the support at a first location to decrease occlusion and a second location to drive the eardrum. The transducer may comprise one or more of an electromagnetic balanced armature transducer, a piezoelectric transducer, a magnetostrictive transducer, a photostrictive transducer, or a coil and magnet. The device may find use with open canal hearing aids.

Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.

Abstract: A display device, a sound producing control method, a method and device for determining parameters. The display device includes a plurality of exciters arranged on the display panel, the display panel producing sound on a screen through the plurality of exciters; wherein, the plurality of the exciters are formed as at least one sound producing unit, each sound producing unit includes at least two exciters, and each exciter in the same sound producing unit is connected to a same audio signal input end, in one sound producing unit, a signal filter is provided on an audio transmission line from the audio signal input end to at least one exciter, and used for low frequency compensation of a sound produced by the entire sound producing unit.