Abstract: A lens driving apparatus and a camera module including the same are provided. A lens driving apparatus includes a shake compensation unit configured to move in directions perpendicular to an optical axis, and ball members supporting the shake compensation unit, such that a degree of freedom for one of the ball members is different from a degree of freedom for another of the ball members.

Abstract: The invention provides a camera lens module, which include a housing, a first bracket, a lens assembly, a focus driving assembly and a stabilization detection mechanism. The stabilization detection mechanism is provided on the lens assembly and the housing for driving the lens assembly to move in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction of the lens assembly. The focus driving assembly of the present invention drives the first bracket to drive the lens assembly to move along the optical axis of the lens assembly to realize its automatic focus adjustment. The stabilization detection mechanism drives the lens assembly to move in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens assembly to achieve its anti-shake compensation.

Abstract: An actuator for a camera according to an embodiment includes a base having an inner space formed therein, a carrier provided inside the base and configured to move in at least one direction among an optical axis direction, a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the first direction; and a damper provided to the carrier or the base and configured to have a shape extending in two or more directions among the optical axis direction, the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: Various embodiments include synchronization of camera focus movement control with frame capture. In some embodiments, such synchronization may comprise synchronized focus movement control that is based at least in part on integration timing and/or region of interest (ROI) timing. According to some examples, an actuator of a camera module may be controlled such that a lens group and/or an image sensor of the camera module move towards a focus position during one or more time periods (e.g., a non-integration time period in which the image sensor is not being exposed, a non-ROI time period in which a ROI of the image sensor is not being exposed for image capture, and/or a blanking interval, etc.). Additionally, or alternatively, the actuator may be controlled such that the lens group and the image sensor do not move relative to each other in a focus direction during one or more other time periods (e.g.

Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin which is placed inside the housing and moves along an optical axis; a coil which is placed on the bobbin and to which a driving signal and a sensing signal are provided; magnets which are placed on the housing; and a position sensor which is placed on the housing. The position sensor senses the position of the bobbin by means of a magnetic field generated by means of the coil. The magnets comprise a first magnet and a second magnet. The position sensor is placed adjacent to the first magnet and/or the second magnet. The position sensor and the first magnet and/or the second magnet do not overlap in the direction from the position sensor to the optical axis.

Abstract: When displaying a plurality of gain setting values on a setting screen, an apparatus performs control so as to display each of the gain setting values in a display style that makes identifiable a noise level generated as a result of amplification of a signal based on each of the gain setting values.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for remotely controlling a camera in an environment where there is a delay. A control device is provided for controlling a remotely located camera via a network. The control device comprises a monitor for viewing an image provided by the camera. A control signal is sent from the control device to the camera with a command for controlling at least one of a function, setting, or parameter of the camera. An image displayed on the monitor of the control device is modified in accordance with the command to provide an emulated image for display prior to execution of the command at the camera.

Abstract: A plastic barrel includes an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion defines an interior space. The inner portion includes, in order from an object side to an image side, an object-side opening, a plurality of inner annular surfaces and an image-side opening. The interior space is configured for accommodating an imaging lens assembly, and the imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of plastic lens elements. The outer portion surrounds the inner portion. The outer portion includes a mounting structure. The mounting structure is disposed on a surface of the outer portion. The mounting structure is injection molded for mounting a planar conductive element and a wiring element. The mounting structure includes at least three gate traces, and the three gate traces are located on a surface of the mounting structure.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of obtaining a defocus amount for focus detection with high accuracy at high speed with a simple configuration even in a time of image stabilization. The image pickup apparatus including a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to obtain optical parameters about an image pickup optical system and an image sensor as reference information, correct the reference information based on a relative moving amount of the image sensor with respect to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system, obtain a control parameter corresponding to corrected reference information by referring to an information data set that stores the control parameter used for finding a defocus amount for focus detection in association with the reference information, and find the defocus amount based on the control parameter obtained.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging processing method and apparatus for a camera module in a night scene, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting a current shake level of the camera module in a night scene shooting mode; determining, according to the current shake level of the camera module, a number of images to be collected and a reference sensitivity corresponding to each of the images to be collected; determining an exposure duration corresponding to each of the images to be collected according to an illuminance of a current shooting scene and the reference sensitivity corresponding to each of the image to be collected; collecting images in sequence according to the reference sensitivity and the exposure duration corresponding to each of the images to be collected; and performing a synthesis processing on the collected images to generate a target image.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optoelectronic module. In one aspect, the optoelectronic module includes an insertion member including a housing insert and an imager disposed in the housing insert, and a receiving member including an interposer, a housing disposed on the interposer, and an optoelectronic device electrically connected to said interposer. The housing of the receiving member is configured to engage and receive the housing insert of the insertion member. The optoelectronic device of the receiving member is configured to align with the imager of the insertion member.

Abstract: Described are systems and methods for generating high dynamic range (“HDR”) images based on image data obtained from different image sensors for use in detecting events and monitoring inventory within a materials handling facility. The different image sensors may be aligned and calibrated and the image data from the sensors may be generated at approximately the same time but at different exposures. The image data may then be preprocessed, matched, aligned, and blended to produce an HDR image that does not include overexposed regions or underexposed regions.

Abstract: A focusing method includes acquiring a current frame image through a camera; performing through an image stabilization algorithm a uttering compensation on the current frame image acquired by the camera to form a compensated image, wherein the image stabilization algorithm is used to perform electronic anti-jittering processing; performing through a statistic value algorithm a statistic value operation on the compensated image, to obtain statistic value information of the compensated image; determining focusing data to be used to move the camera to a focus position, according to the statistic value information; and adjusting a position of the camera according to the focusing data, to achieve focusing.

Abstract: A rifle scope including a display, at least one optical sensor to capture video of a view area, and image processing circuitry coupled to the display and the at least one optical sensor. The image processing circuitry is configured to select visual elements within a sequence of frames of the video and to align the visual elements within adjacent frames of the sequence of frames to produce a video output corresponding to the view area that is stabilized relative to a target. The image processing circuit is configured to provide the video output to the display.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that capture and process frames of frame data. An image sensor captures frames of frame data representative of light incident upon the image sensor using a rolling shutter and outputs the frames of frame data. The image sensor captures at least one of the frames over a frame capture interval and then waits over a blanking interval before capturing another frame. A buffer receives and stores the frames output by the image sensor. An image signal processor retrieves the frames from the buffer and processes the frames over successive frame processing intervals to generate a video having a time interval per frame greater than the frame capture interval. At least one of the successive frame processing intervals is greater than the frame capture interval and is less than or equal to a sum of the frame capture interval and the blanking interval.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a focusing method, a focusing apparatus, a computer readable storage medium and a terminal. The focusing method includes: controlling an imaging apparatus to employ a contrast-detection autofocus mode to focus on a target object to be captured; obtaining a current focus value and a current offset value of the imaging apparatus correspondingly each time the imaging apparatus is driven to move; obtaining a plurality of focus values of validity from the obtained focus values according to the obtained offset values; and determining a maximum value from the plurality of focus values of validity.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a shake detector that detects a shake amount of at least one of an interchangeable lens and a camera body; an image stabilization unit that performs an image stabilization by moving at least one of a correction lens and an imaging device by an image stabilization amount obtained based on the shake amount; a storage unit that stores drive limit range information that indicates a relationship between an aperture value and a drive limit range corresponding to the interchangeable lens; and a controller. The drive limit range includes a range where the at least one of the correction lens and the imaging device is to be moved by the controller, and in the drive limit range, a light attenuation rate is less than or equal to a predetermined value.

Abstract: This lens-driving device is provided with: a shake correction drive unit which, utilizing the drive power of a voice coil motor, causes a moveable shake correction unit that includes a shake correction magnet unit to oscillate within a plane orthogonal to the optical axis with respect to a stationary shake correction unit that includes a shake correction magnet unit, in order to carry out shake correction; and a plurality of suspension wires for supporting the moveable shake correction unit with respect to the stationary shake correction unit. The moveable shake correction unit has a retaining member for retaining the shake correction magnet unit, and the retaining member has a wire passage part recessed inwardly in the diametrical direction and formed to have an inside diameter at the bottom which is larger than the inside diameter at the top, a suspension wire being arranged in the retaining member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lens driving device includes: a lens frame; a support frame that elastically supports the lens frame in the optical-axis direction through plate springs; a base support member that elastically supports the lens frame supported by the support frame, in a direction intersecting the optical axis, through support wires; and a driving unit that drives the lens frame in one or both of the optical-axis direction and the direction intersecting the optical axis. The plate springs include elastic arm sections, respectively, which project outward of a portion at which the support frame is attached; and wire attaching sections which are connected to the elastic arm sections, respectively. A connecting position at which the wire attaching section and the elastic arm section are attached to each other is disposed outward of a fixing position where the leading end portion of a corresponding one of the support wires is fixed to the wire attaching section.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing data provided by an image sensor and a motion sensor rigidly linked together, comprising the steps of: obtaining image sensor data and motion sensor data; processing at least one of the image sensor data and the motion sensor data; extracting motion characteristics from filtering said processed data, wherein said filtering comprises at least applying a high pass filter; and synchronizing the image sensor data and the motion sensor data provided by the rigidly linked sensors using synchronization data derived from identification of substantially similar motion characteristics in the filtered image sensor data and the filtered motion sensor data.

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

Abstract: An imaging element includes a plurality of imaging pixels each with a light receiver and a plurality of focus detection pixels each with a light receiver including an opening position different from opening positions in the imaging pixels. The imaging element includes a reading unit and a reading range setting unit. The reading unit reads pixel signals from the imaging pixels or the focus detection pixels. The reading range setting unit sets a reading range for the reading unit to read the pixel signals from the focus detection pixels.

Abstract: A method for image capture control may include computing an electronic image stabilization (EIS) compensation based on image data from an image capture device, the image data having a first region of interest (ROI). A jitter or panning shift is computed based on the EIS compensation. The first ROI is adjusted for use in at least one of the group consisting of an automatic white balance process and an automatic exposure process of the image capture device based on the jitter or panning shift.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an image sensor, an imaging method, an imaging device and an electronic device. The image sensor includes an array of photosensitive units, an array of filter units and an array of micro lenses, in which the array of photosensitive units includes focusing photosensitive units and non-focusing photosensitive units. With the image sensor, when a current ambient luminous intensity is smaller than a preset intensity, the image sensor generates an image with the first output mode, and when the current ambient luminous intensity is greater than the preset intensity, the image sensor generates an image with the second output mode. In addition, when the image sensor is used to focus, phase focusing may be performed according to output values of two parts of photosensitive pixels.

Abstract: A distance sensor includes an image capturing device positioned to capture an image of a field of view and a first plurality of projection points arranged around a first lens of the image capturing device, wherein each projection point of the first plurality of projection points is configured to emit a plurality of projection beams in different directions within the field of view. Each projection beam of each plurality of projection beams projects a visible pattern of shapes into a space surrounding the distance sensor.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a light source capable of emitting multi-types of illumination light beams, an imaging unit including an imaging element driven by a rolling shutter method, a light source control unit, a frame image control unit, and an image generation unit. The frame image control unit controls the light source control unit and the imaging unit so as to obtain an output having a frame group, in which second exposure frames Exp2 and Exp4 are respectively disposed before and after a first exposure frame Exp3, as one period. The imaging signal generation unit generates an imaging signal according to illumination light using a ratio of a period from the exposure start timing of each horizontal pixel line to the switching timing of the illumination light and a period from the switching timing of the illumination light to the exposure end timing in the first and second exposure frames.

Abstract: A focus adjustment device includes a direction judgment unit and a control unit. A direction judgment unit calculates an evaluation value based on an image signal of a focus detection region, thereby judging a drive direction of a focus lens. The control unit controls a focus adjustment operation on the basis of the drive direction. The control unit causes the direction judgment unit to repeatedly judge the drive direction, and when the focus lens is slightly driven in a first direction judged on the basis of a first evaluation value and then the focus lens is slightly driven in a second direction judged on the basis of a subsequently calculated second evaluation value, the control unit forbids the slight driving of the focus lens in the first direction even though a drive direction judged on the basis of a further subsequently calculated third evaluation value is the first direction.

Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, including: a cover member; a bobbin installed with at least one lens and having a coil unit arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a magnet arranged at a position corresponding to that of the coil unit; first and second elastic members, where one end of each of the first and second elastic members may be respectively coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bobbin and supporting movement of the bobbin in an optical axis direction; a detection unit configured to detect movement of the bobbin in a direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a damping member arranged at a connecting portion between the bobbin and the first elastic member; and a support unit provided at at least one of the bobbin and the first elastic member and maintaining an arranged position of the damping member.

Abstract: In frame rate conversion, output frames (e.g. interpolated frames) are generated for inclusion in a video sequence. A first motion-compensated image may be generated for representing an output frame, e.g. by using motion estimation based on one or more of the existing frames of the video sequence. At least part of the first motion-compensated image is smoothed to determine a smoothed motion-compensated image. Trust indications can be determined for the pixels of the first motion-compensated image to indicate levels of trust in the pixel values. The trust indications may be used to determine how to selectively combine the pixels of the first motion-compensated image and the pixels of the smoothed motion-compensated image to thereby generate the output frame.

Abstract: A method for shooting a light-painting video and a mobile terminal. The method includes steps as follows. After shooting begins, light-painting images are continuously collected by means of a camera. The light-painting images are read at intervals, and a composite image is generated from a current light-painting image and a previously collected light-painting image. Composite images are captured, the captured composite images are video-encoded, and a light-painting video is generated from the video-encoded composite images.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup element includes an image signal combining part configured to combine a first image signal read from a pixel portion at a first timing, and a second image signal read from the pixel portion at a second timing, which is different from the first timing, to generate a third image signal.

Abstract: A disclosed image processing apparatus detects a motion vector between a first image and a second image based on the correlation between the first image and the second image. When the degree of reliability of the detected motion vector is determined based on an evaluation value regarding the correlation, a difference in amount of bokeh between the first image and the second image is considered to improve accuracy of the degree of reliability of the motion vector.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to one embodiment comprises an imaging element, a photographing optical system, a blur detecting section, a blur correcting section, an imaging control section, and a projection converting section. The blur detecting section detects an image moving amount of a subject image. The blur correcting section adjusts a positional relation between the subject image and an imaging plane of the The imaging element on the basis of the image moving amount. The imaging control section acquires an equidistant projection image corresponding to the subject image by the imaging element. The projection converting section converts the equidistant projection image into an image of a different projection system.

Abstract: A focus detecting apparatus includes a receiving unit receiving designation of a position in a region of an image, a setting unit setting a first region in the image, an object detecting unit detecting a region of an object corresponding to the first region in continuously acquired images, a focus detection unit detecting a focusing state based on a signal from the image capturing unit corresponding to the detected object region, and a calculating unit calculating a predetermined index related to focusing state. If the predetermined index of a second region indicates a first state, the setting unit sets the first region based on the second region. If the predetermined index of the second region indicates a second state and the predetermined index of a third region near the second region indicates the first state, the setting unit sets the first region based on the third region.

Abstract: An electronic device having a display function and operating method therefor are provided, which display a transformed image based on image processing information, in order to reduce current normally consumed in displaying regions of an original image that are not perceivable to a user. The method includes obtaining an image to be displayed; determining image processing information of the electronic device; transforming the image based on the image processing information; and displaying the transformed image.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor in which pixels including a correction pixel region and an effective pixel region are arrayed two-dimensionally; and a creating unit configured to create uncompressed or losslessly-compressed image data from signals acquired from the effective pixel region and the correction pixel region, wherein in the case where a resizing process is to be carried out on the effective pixel region included in the image data, the creating unit does not carry out the resizing process on the correction pixel region.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera lens module. The camera lens module in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a vibration correction carrier, a rolling unit disposed in parallel to a direction vertical to an optical axis and configured to support the vibration correction carrier, a lens barrel carrier disposed on a side opposite the vibration correction carrier based on the rolling unit, and a base configured to mount the vibration correction carrier and the lens barrel carrier on the base.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that can correct distortion generated in frames caused by a rolling shutter to a degree to which the frames may be viewed.

Abstract: An image shake correcting apparatus includes a shake detecting unit to detect shake of an apparatus containing an imaging optical system. A calculating unit calculates an image shake correction amount by acquiring a shake detection signal output from the shake detecting unit. A shake correcting unit corrects an image shake in accordance with the image shake correction amount calculated by the calculating unit. The calculating unit calculates an imaging magnification of the imaging optical system, and calculates the image shake correction amount by calculating a first correction amount before change of a frequency range of a correction filter and calculates the image shake correction amount by a second correction amount after change of a frequency range, in accordance with a size of the imaging magnification.

Abstract: Image capture methods and systems with positioning and angling assistance are provided. A reference image having a first set of feature points is provided. A preview image is captured and analyzed using a feature detecting algorithm to obtain a second set of feature points. A variation is calculated according to the first set of the feature points corresponding to the reference image and the second set of the feature points corresponding to the preview image, and a present-marker is rendered on a display unit according to a preset position and the variation.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention actively align a lens stack array with an array of focal planes to construct an array camera module. In one embodiment, a method for actively aligning a lens stack array with a sensor that has a focal plane array includes: aligning the lens stack array relative to the sensor in an initial position; varying the spatial relationship between the lens stack array and the sensor; capturing images of a known target that has a region of interest using a plurality of active focal planes at different spatial relationships; scoring the images based on the extent to which the region of interest is focused in the images; selecting a spatial relationship between the lens stack array and the sensor based on a comparison of the scores; and forming an array camera subassembly based on the selected spatial relationship.

Abstract: An acquisition unit is configured to acquire first defocus information based on a sensor output corresponding to a first region in an area of a captured image, and to acquire second defocus information based on a sensor output corresponding to a second region in the area. A control unit is configured to obtain defocus information corresponding to the area using the first defocus information and the second defocus information, and to perform focus control based on the obtained defocus information. The first region has a length longer in a phase-difference detection direction than the length of the second region.

Abstract: Techniques for improved focusing of camera arrays are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and an imaging management module, and the imaging management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine, for each of a plurality of candidate displacement factors for an image array comprising a plurality of images, a corresponding sharpness, determine an optimal displacement factor comprising a candidate displacement factor corresponding to a maximized sharpness, and transform the image array based on the optimal displacement factor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a first calculation unit for calculating a shake correction amount for a moving image by using a shake signal output from shake detection unit, a second calculation unit for calculating a shake correction amount for a still image by using a shake signal output from the shake detection unit, a generation unit for generating, based on a comparison result between the shake correction amount for the moving image and the shake correction amount for the still image, evaluation values serving as indices used for extracting a still image from among frame images of the moving image, and a recording unit for recording the evaluation values in association with the frame images of the moving image.

Abstract: An acquisition unit is configured to acquire first defocus information based on a sensor output corresponding to a first region in an area of a captured image, and to acquire second defocus information based on a sensor output corresponding to a second region in the area. A control unit is configured to obtain defocus information corresponding to the area using the first defocus information and the second defocus information, and to perform focus control based on the obtained defocus information. The first region has a length longer in a phase-difference detection direction than the length of the second region.

Abstract: A method of operating an image processing system includes storing differences between first analog pixel signals and second analog pixel signals and converting the stored differences to one-bit digital signals, the first analog pixel signals being output from a plurality of pixels and corresponding to a previous frame, and the second analog pixel signals being output from the plurality of pixels and corresponding to a current frame.

Abstract: An generation section generates a first display image based on an image signal output from an image pick-up device including first and second pixel groups on which respective images are formed by a pupil-divided subject-image, and generates a second display image for use in focus verification from first and second images based on an image signal output from the first and second pixel groups. A display controller performs control to display the first display image on a display section, and to display the second display image on the display section within a display region of the first display image. An automatic focus section, in cases in which a predetermined instruction has been input, performs automatic focusing in a focus region having at least a portion that overlaps with at least a portion of a display region of the second display image.

Abstract: A computing device can capture a plurality of images using a camera of the device, each image being captured with a different focus setting of the camera. In some embodiments, the capturing the plurality of images can be performed during an autofocus process of the camera. The device can determine depth information, such as a position of relative depth, for each of the plurality of images based on the state of the camera when each image was captured. Depth information for any object(s) in focus in a respective one of the plurality of images can be determined to correspond to the depth information for the respective image.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a sharp and clear photo can be composed using a plurality of photos taken by burst shooting. The present invention includes a camera, a sensing unit configured to detect a surrounding brightness, a user input unit configured to receive a photographing command, and a controller, if the photographing command is received, taking a first number of photos by burst shooting, the controller outputting a shaking eliminated photo based on a second number of photo(s) selected from the first number of the taken photos, wherein the second number is determined based on the detected surrounding brightness.

Abstract: Techniques and tools for high dynamic range (HDR) image rendering and generation. An HDR image generating system performs motion analysis on a set of lower dynamic range (LDR) images and derives relative exposure levels for the images based on information obtained in the motion analysis. These relative exposure levels are used when integrating the LDR images to form an HDR image. An HDR image rendering system tone maps sample values in an HDR image to a respective lower dynamic range value, and calculates local contrast values. Residual signals are derived based on local contrast, and sample values for an LDR image are calculated based on the tone-mapped sample values and the residual signals. User preference information can be used during various stages of HDR image generation or rendering.