Motion Correction Patents (Class 348/208.4)
  • Patent number: 11935285
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for synthesizing out of focus highlighting effects in images in real-time. Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and other cameras having wide aperture lenses typically capture images with a shallow depth of field (SDOF). So-called SDOF photography may be particularly fit for portrait photography, since it nicely emphasizes the subject, while essentially deemphasizing the background via blurring. Simulating this kind of blurring, particularly around background light sources, using a comparatively larger depth of field (LDOF) camera, may require a high dynamic range (HDR) image capture system, to accurately determine the color of background light sources, which are prone to saturation. However, small form-factor cameras having smaller lens apertures may not have the bandwidth or processing power to process full HDR images in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Cao, Philip G. Lee
  • Patent number: 11889191
    Abstract: A blur correction device includes: a sensor; a mechanical blur correction device; an electronic blur correction circuit that corrects the blurring by performing image processing on an image obtained through imaging of the imaging apparatus; and a supplementary blur correction circuit that, in a case where the mechanical blur correction device and the electronic blur correction circuit are shared and operated at a predetermined ratio during the exposure, corrects the blurring by applying, to the image, a filter that removes noise which appears in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11877060
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including: a sensor; an image acquisition unit; a storage unit that stores a reference image that is an image of a target object; a feature-point position determining unit that determines the positions of feature points indicating local feature quantities in the reference image; a feature-point distance calculating unit that repeatedly executes detection of points corresponding to the feature points in the reference image from the acquired image of the space and calculation of the distances with respect to the positions of the detected points; a judgment unit that judges whether the amount of movement is equal to or less than a predetermined allowable reference value; and a control unit that obtains the acquired image of the space and stores the image of the space if it is judged that the amount of movement is equal to or less than the allowable reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.
    Inventor: Shuichi Kurabayashi
  • Patent number: 11871105
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for field of view adjustment for image capture devices. For example, methods may include receiving a field of view selection; oversampling, using an image sensor, to obtain an image at a capture resolution that is greater than an encode resolution; determining a crop setting based on the field of view selection; cropping the image using the crop setting to obtain a cropped image; down-scaling the cropped image to obtain a scaled image at the encode resolution; encoding the scaled image at the encode resolution; and storing, displaying, or transmitting an output image based on the scaled image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Ojas Gandhi, Naveen Chinya Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 11847765
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cameras and in particular methods for noise reduction in images captured by a camera, wherein a same perspective transform may be reused for performing temporal noise filtering on a plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventor: Song Yuan
  • Patent number: 11843860
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods employing a PDAF optical system are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels include a set of pixels configurable to be imaging pixels or focus pixels. The image sensor is configured to generate image data of a scene based on received light at the plurality of pixels. The example apparatus also includes a processor coupled to the image sensor. The processor may be configured to receive first image data of a first frame of the scene, determine at least one region of interest or region of non-interest of the first frame, select, based on the determined at least one region of interest or region of non-interest, a subset of the set of pixels to be focus pixels, and cause the selected subset of the set of pixels to operate as focus pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nan Cui, Zuguang Xiao, Wenbin Wang
  • Patent number: 11838658
    Abstract: A camera control unit detects a subject using a first method, detects a subject using a second method different from the first method, displays a candidate for a correction position at which subject blur is corrected on an LCD based on each of a detection result obtained using the first method and a detection result obtained using the second method. The camera control unit and a lens control unit perform control of correcting the subject blur by driving a shift lens based on a correction position specified from among candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 11831984
    Abstract: A camera shooting program control method, the method is applied to terminal equipment, and the method includes obtaining motion parameters collected by at least one motion sensor in response to a situation that the terminal equipment enters a camera shooting program from a screen locking state, and determining a motion state of the terminal equipment according to the motion parameters collected by the at least one motion sensor; obtaining a mistaken touch rate of a display screen of the terminal equipment in response to the motion state of the terminal equipment being a moving state; and exiting the camera shooting program in response to a condition that the mistaken touch rate is greater than a preset first proportion threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongkang Fan, Suyue Liu, Xing Yu
  • Patent number: 11812066
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatus or systems for encoding and decoding sequence of images by applying a global rotation motion compensation to an input image. According to different embodiments, the input image is a reference image in a compression loop or the image to be encoded. The images to encode are omnidirectional images. As a result, applying a global rotation motion compensation to them corresponds to generate new images as if they have been captured according to a different front direction. When this new front direction is the one of a reference image, the compensation of apparent motion is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Philippe Bordes, Gagan Rath, Fabien Racape, Franck Galpin
  • Patent number: 11770612
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device housing supporting a user interface, one or more touch sensors, and at least one image capture device. One or more processors cause, in response to the user interface receiving user input initiating a video capture operation, the at least one image capture device to capture a plurality of video frames. The plurality of video frames are processed with a first video stabilization operation when the electronic device is supported by a multi-handed touch input and a second video stabilization operation when the electronic device is supported by a single-handed touch input. The first video stabilization operation crops less of each image than the second video stabilization operation since the electronic device is likely more stable when supported by the multi-handed touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Bharat Desai, Mauricio Dias Moises, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11763558
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein represent existing photo or video content within computer generated reality (CGR) environments. In some implementations, a representation of an existing photo or video is positioned within a CGR environment based on the position of the camera of the existing photo/video at the time the existing photo or video was captured. For example, a user experiencing CGR while walking along a hiking trail may see a floating representation of a photo that the user took on his or her last trip on that hiking trail. The representation may be positioned and oriented in the same position and orientation that the camera was positioned and oriented in when the photo was first captured, e.g., 5 feet above the ground, three feet north of the hiking trail welcome sign. The representation may be a version of the image itself or provide information about the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Daniele Casaburo
  • Patent number: 11750927
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing an image based on artificial intelligence includes acquiring tremor detection data with respect to the image, the tremor detection data acquired from two or more sensors; outputting stabilization data for compensating for an image shaking, the stabilization data outputted using an artificial neural network (ANN) model trained to output the stabilization data based on the tremor detection data; and compensating for the image shaking using the stabilization data. A camera module includes a lens; an image sensor to output an image captured through the lens; two or more sensors to output tremor detection data with respect to the image; a controller to output stabilization data based on the tremor detection data using an ANN model; and a stabilization unit to compensate for an image shaking using the stabilization data. The ANN model is trained to output the stabilization data based on the tremor detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DEEPX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lok Won Kim, You Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 11740484
    Abstract: An image shake correction device includes a movement restrictor that restricts movement of a movable member in directions X, Y, ?, and Z. The movement restrictor includes a movement prevention member that is fixed to a base of a support member and prevents the movable member from moving in the direction Z while sandwiching the movable member in cooperation with the support member, a hole portion formed in the support member, and an insertion member that is formed in the movable member and is inserted into the hole portion. A wide width portion of the insertion member has a size that overlaps with the base of the support member even in a state in which an abutting portion of the insertion member is positioned in any position in the hole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Shinji Otsuka, Kouhei Awazu
  • Patent number: 11721028
    Abstract: A data processing device for motion segmentation in images obtained by cameras that move in a background environment includes an input for receiving a temporal sequence of images from the cameras and a processor. The processor is adapted for, for at least two images, of the temporal sequence of images, that are obtained by at least two cameras at different points in time, determining epipoles, defining corresponding image regions of limited image disparity due to parallax around the epipoles in the at least two images, and applying a motion segmentation algorithm to the corresponding image regions. Warping is applied to the corresponding image regions to compensate for camera rotation and misalignment beyond a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: UNIVERSITEIT GENT, IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Peter Veelaert, David Van Hamme, Gianni Allebosch
  • Patent number: 11710343
    Abstract: The image processing unit selects multiple subject areas from strobe-ON image data to be corrected, and, from the selected multiple subject areas, the image processing unit acquires a feature amount such as gloss information corresponding to each subject. Subsequently, from each subject area, the image processing unit selects a part of the subject area, based on the acquired feature amount. Then, regarding the partial area of each subject area, which is selected based on the feature amount, the image processing unit estimates the auxiliary light arrival rate corresponding to each subject, based on a pixel value of the strobe-ON image data and a pixel value of strobe-OFF image data. Thereafter, based on the estimated auxiliary light arrival rate, the image processing unit corrects the brightness of each subject area of the strobe-ON image data, in order to generate corrected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuichi Nakada
  • Patent number: 11675157
    Abstract: The present embodiments relates to a lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a first magnet which is disposed on the housing and faces the coil; a second magnet disposed on the bobbin; and a sensor which is disposed on the housing and faces the second sensor, wherein the sensor includes an upper surface, a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, an inner surface facing the second magnet, an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface, and both lateral surfaces connecting the inner surface with the outer surface, the upper surface and the lower surface of the sensor are fixed to the housing, and one of the side surfaces of the sensor is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Cheol Kim, Jin Suk Han, Sang Ok Park, Tae Bong Park, Seung Taek Shin
  • Patent number: 11678053
    Abstract: Visual content is captured by an image capture device during a capture duration. The image capture devices experiences change in position during the capture duration. The trajectory of the image capture device is smoothed based on a look ahead of the trajectory. A punchout of the visual content is determined based on the smoothed trajectory. The punchout of the visual content is used to generate stabilized visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: César Douady, Thomas Derbanne, Maxim Karpushin
  • Patent number: 11664397
    Abstract: Provided is a camera module and a photosensitive component thereof and a manufacturing method thereof, said photosensitive component comprising: a circuit board, a photosensitive element, and a molding base; the molding base is integrally formed on the circuit board and photosensitive element to form a light window; a first end side corresponding to the molding base adjacent to the flexible region has a first side surface facing the light window; said first side surface comprises a first partial surface arranged adjacent to the photosensitive element and a second partial surface connected to said first portion surface; a first angle between said first partial surface and the optical axis of the camera module is greater than a second angle between the second partial surface and the optical axis; a second end side opposite to and away from the flexible region of the molding base has a second side surface facing the light window; said second side surface comprises a third partial surface arranged adjacent to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko Tanaka, Bojie Zhao, Zhewen Mei, Nan Guo
  • Patent number: 11659281
    Abstract: A blur compensation circuit of an optical image stabilization device includes a movement detection circuit configured to provide a movement detection signal corresponding to a movement of a photographing module; a position detection circuit configured to provide a position signal of an actuator for driving the photographing module; a delta-sigma conversion circuit configured to generate control data corresponding to a deviation between the movement detection signal and the position signal, perform a delta-sigma conversion on the control data, and output driving data corresponding to a result of the delta-sigma conversion; and a driving circuit configured to control driving of the actuator by the driving data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Ho Kim, Jin Kook Yun, Dong Gil Jeong, Ho Jeong Jin
  • Patent number: 11653094
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; a controller that controls an image shooting operation, based on image data resulting from a plurality of times of imaging by the image sensor, the image shooting operation generating image data indicating a synthetic image into which a plurality of captured images is synthesized; a shake detector that detects a shaking state of the imaging apparatus; and a display that displays information, wherein the controller controls the display to display shaking state information including a plurality of shaking states detected by the shake detector during the plurality of times of imaging by the image sensor in the image shooting operation for the synthetic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikio Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11640234
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of a digital content system allow a user to conveniently search and/or navigate through a collection of digital content items. In particular, a user can interact with a client device to search for and identify one or more digital content items within a collection of digital content items. For example, the digital content system may provide a photo from a collection of photos via a graphical user interface. The digital content system can receive a user input identifying a selection of one or more visual features within the photo. Based on the selected visual feature(s), the digital content system may identify photos from the collection of photos that include the identified visual feature(s) and provide access to the identified photos via the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Belhumeur, David J. Kriegman, Thomas Berg
  • Patent number: 11624936
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is movably connected to fixed portion, wherein the movable portion is used for connecting to an optical element having a main axis. The driving assembly is disposed on the fixed portion or the movable portion to move the movable portion relative to the fixed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Wu, Yi-Chieh Lin, Guan-Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 11609405
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a housing and a camera module, a first camera housing enclosing a camera assembly, the camera assembly including a second camera housing enclosing a lens carrier having at least one lens, and an image sensor. The second camera housing includes a first surface, a second surface, at least one side area surrounding a space defined between the first and second surface, and at least one corner area. The camera assembly is rotatable about the camera assembly, so that an optical axis of the lens is angled at a predetermined angle with respect to the first direction. The side area is spaced by a first gap from an inner surface of the second camera housing, and the at least one corner area is spaced by a second gap from the inner surface of the second camera housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungjin Rho, Yeonhak Kim, Chanyoung Moon
  • Patent number: 11606502
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal including a camera, a display, and a controller. The controller is configured to display, on the display, an image identified by the camera, receive a touch input moving from a start position on the display, and capture the image, identified by the camera, based on a distance from a reference location to a position of the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyerim Ku, Mijin Cho, Kyungrak Choi, Jieun Lee
  • Patent number: 11575834
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a subject detection unit configured to detect a specific subject in an input image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire camera information, an estimation unit configured to estimate a target of interest in an image using the subject information and the camera information, a first motion detection unit configured to detect background motion and subject motion, a conversion unit configured to convert the detected background motion and the detected subject motion to a first blur correction amount for correcting background blur and a second blur correction amount for correcting subject blur, respectively, and a correction amount calculation unit configured to, based on the target of interest, combine the first blur correction amount and the second blur correction amount and generate a final blur correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Narita, Kazuki Konishi
  • Patent number: 11546515
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image correction method, implemented in an image correction apparatus that corrects an image taken by a camera, the method including: obtaining a first image by taking an image of a chart including a plurality of circles, each of which includes one or more regions of interest (ROIs) in a tangential direction and a sagittal direction, through the camera; selecting and storing tangential and sagittal image blur correction data of the camera, based on image blur data in the tangential and sagittal directions of the camera measured using the obtained first image; and loading the stored tangential and sagittal image blur correction data and applying the loaded tangential and sagittal image blur correction data to correction for a second image taken by the camera. Thus, image distortion due to, in particular, tangential and sagittal image blurs is effectively corrected by taking individual characteristics of the camera into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Gramm Inc.
    Inventor: Jisoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11538175
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting a subject, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes the following. A current image and a previous image are obtained. A transformation matrix between the current image and the previous image is obtained in response to determining that the current image indicates the shaking state. The previous image is corrected based on the transformation matrix. The subject detection model is updated based on the corrected previous image. The subject detection is performed on the current image based on the updated subject detection model, to obtain a target subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuhu Jia
  • Patent number: 11523059
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus comprises: a first obtaining unit that obtains orientation information of an image capturing apparatus; a determining unit that, on the basis of the orientation information, determines a reference position of an image sensor included in the image capturing apparatus; and a calculating unit that calculates a correction amount for performing image stabilization by moving a position of the image sensor from the reference position in a plane intersecting with an optical axis. The reference position is different between when the orientation information indicates that the image capturing apparatus is in a first orientation and when the orientation information indicates that the image capturing apparatus is in a second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Kimura, Toshifumi Urakami
  • Patent number: 11516414
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device in which a subject moving within a visual field can be freely expressed with a simple configuration. This imaging device is an imaging device which acquires an image by dividing one imaging period into a plurality of periods for exposure to add for each pixel, and includes an imaging element which includes a photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate a signal charge, and a control unit configured to control an accumulation time of the signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit. The control unit changes the accumulation time in each period obtained by dividing the one imaging period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kosuke Kiyamura
  • Patent number: 11445169
    Abstract: A measurement system for a vehicle including a first camera defining a field of view having a corresponding optical axis, and a motion detection sensor mechanically fixed to the first camera such that the motion detection sensor is configured to detect motion of the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Stoneridge Electronics, A.B.
    Inventors: Milan Gavrilovic, Frans Kievith, Bárbara Martín Leung, Annette Lef, Parinaz Kasebzadeh
  • Patent number: 11438522
    Abstract: Provided is an image pickup apparatus that can determine a step-out with a high approximation accuracy and then return a lens position to an initial position. The image pickup apparatus includes: an optical element that is movable with respect to a predetermined initial position; acceleration detection means that detects a shock applied to a body of the apparatus and outputs a vector of the shock; and control means that adds up an optical axis direction component of the optical element in the vector of the shock each time the shock is detected and, when a cumulative shock that is a result of adding up exceeds a predetermined threshold, determines that the optical element has stepped out and returns the optical element to the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiro Kato, Takahiro Furukawa, Yuzuru Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 11425304
    Abstract: A method to reduce a motion blur and a rolling shutter effect, comprising, receiving a main image frame, a main timing and a main exposure from a main camera, receiving a secondary image frame, a secondary timing and a secondary exposure from a secondary camera, correcting the secondary image frame to the main image frame, determining a delta timing based on the main timing and the secondary timing, determining a delta exposure based on the main exposure and the secondary exposure, determining a discrete motion of offset sequences based on the secondary image frame, determining a row-wise motion blur kernel based on the main image frame and the discrete motion of offset sequences and determining a spatially varying kernel deconvolution based on the main image frame and the row-wise motion blur kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Zhaowei Xin, Donghui Wu
  • Patent number: 11423654
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed towards determining visual inconsistencies in frames of a video to identify continuity errors in the video. A visual inconsistency can be based on an appearance or a disappearance of an object between frames of the video. Visual inconsistencies in the video can also be identified based on a semantic analysis of an object corresponding to a frame of the video. Identified continuity errors can be used to generate an error report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Tatiana Kosiakova, Nils Meder
  • Patent number: 11412144
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for optical image stabilization. The methods and apparatus for optical image stabilization may be integrated within an electronic device. An exemplary system may include an actuator control circuit responsive to a sensor and a feedback signal from an actuator. The actuator control circuit may be configured to calibrate a gain applied to a drive signal based on a relative position between the actuator and the sensor and an output signal generated by the actuator control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Tabuchi
  • Patent number: 11412143
    Abstract: In embodiments, an electronic device may include a processor and a camera module functionally connected to the processor. The camera module may include a lens assembly including at least one lens, and an image sensor for processing light acquired through the lens assembly. The processor may be configured to identify position information of the lens assembly, to move the camera module within a first range to correct a shake in an image acquired through the image sensor when the position information of the lens assembly corresponds to a first position, and to move the camera module within a second range to correct the shake in the image acquired through the image sensor when the position information of the lens assembly corresponds to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangseok Byon, Dongsung Hur, Youngjae Hwang
  • Patent number: 11405555
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus. A detecting unit detects a first motion amount of an object from an image obtained through first shooting carried out repeatedly at predetermined intervals of time. A converting unit converts the first motion amount into a first motion blur amount that will arise in second shooting, on the basis of the predetermined intervals of time and a shutter speed used in the second shooting. A determining unit determines a first shutter speed adjustment step size on the basis of a difference between the first motion blur amount and a first target motion blur amount that is lower than the first motion blur amount. A changing unit changes the shutter speed of the second shooting at the first shutter speed adjustment step size in response to a first shutter speed changing unit being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Honda
  • Patent number: 11388340
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method, and an image processing system that can suppress an increase in load due to image stabilization. A readout area, which is an area from which an image is read out, in an imaging area formed by a plurality of pixels is set on the basis of motion prediction information for a predetermined frame after a frame to be processed, and a cutout area to cut out a partial image from a readout image read out from the set readout area of the frame to be processed is set. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an imaging device, or an image processing system, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mamoru Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11375132
    Abstract: The imaging apparatus of the present invention determines the cumulative amount of motion amounts of the object between frames of multiple pieces of image data, which are captured by a second imaging device, and starts the exposure for the image data for a first frame by the first imaging device in accordance with a result of comparison between the cumulative amount and a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hironori Kaida
  • Patent number: 11375180
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating a pair of images consisting of a dominant image to be displayed to a dominant eye and a nondominant image to be displayed to a nondominant eye causes a user to perceive a three-dimensioned image. The apparatus is configured to perform the method initiated by receiving the dominant image in a dominant image buffer. A skewing engine performs a skewing transformation; a rotating engine performs a rotating transformation; and a translating engine performs a translating and scaling transformation thereby to produce the nondominant image for storage in the nondominant image buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Yousseff El Moumni
  • Patent number: 11341623
    Abstract: Image analysis and processing may include a first sensor readout unit configured to receive first Bayer format image data, a second sensor readout unit configured to receive second Bayer format image data, a first Bayer-to-RGB unit configured to obtain first RGB format image data based on the first Bayer format image data, a second Bayer-to-RGB unit configured to obtain second RGB format image data based on the second Bayer format image data, a high dynamic range unit configured to obtain high dynamic range image data based on a combination of the first RGB format image data and the second RGB format image data, an RGB-to-YUV unit configured to obtain YUV format image data based on the high dynamic range image data, and a three-dimensional noise reduction unit configured to obtain noise reduced image data based on the YUV format image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume Matthieu Guerin, Bruno Faure, Vincent Vacquerie, Bruno César Douady
  • Patent number: 11330198
    Abstract: An image processor according to the present embodiment includes an acquirer, an output unit, and a generator. The acquirer acquires a first pixel value obtained by making a pixel value in a first image captured in a first exposure time correspond to a predetermined sensitivity and a second pixel value obtained by making a pixel value in a second image captured in a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time correspond to the predetermined sensitivity. The output unit outputs a pixel value serving as a predetermined value larger than the second pixel value when the first pixel value has been saturated and the second pixel value corresponding to the first pixel value is less than the first pixel value. The generator generates a high dynamic range image using at least the first image and the second image based on the pixel value output by the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Fumihiko Hyuga
  • Patent number: 11323689
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an imaging unit which captures an image of a subject, generates an image from a plurality of viewpoint images with different viewpoints, and displays the generated image on a display unit. A system control unit acquires a position designated using an operation unit by a user on a displayed image and detects a direction of a slide operation and an amount of movement from the designated position. An image processing unit acquires a plurality of pieces of viewpoint image data from the imaging unit and acquires distance information associated with a viewpoint image from a distance information acquisition unit. The image processing unit generates a viewpoint image if the viewpoint is moved in a direction opposite to the direction of the slide operation by the user on the basis of the plurality of viewpoint images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiko Okuzawa
  • Patent number: 11323623
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus includes a subject detection unit, a motion vector detection unit, a separation unit for separating a motion vector of a main subject and that of a background, a calculation unit for calculating a correction amount for correcting image blur, and a control unit for controlling, in a case where a second main subject is detected, so as to transition from a state in which the calculation unit calculates the correction amount based on a first motion vector of the first main subject, via a state in which the correction amount is calculated based on the third motion vector of the background, to a state in which the correction amount is calculated based on a second motion vector of the second main subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki Konishi
  • Patent number: 11317026
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide enhanced resolution imaging systems. These systems comprise: a mounting configured to secure with a vehicle; an electro-optical image capture system configured to sequentially obtain a series of frames per second; and a first jitter compensation system comprising: an angular velocity sensor system to detect velocity of change of line of sight angular displacement of the image capture system; and an image capture control circuit is configured to: receive, in real-time, angular velocity data from the angular velocity sensor system; identify, during the frame, when an angular velocity is less than an angular velocity threshold; and activate, during the frame, exposure of the image capture system to illumination for at least one of: at least a minimum integration period of time during the frame, and while the angular velocity is less than the angular velocity threshold during the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew F. DeJarnette, Patrick R. Mickel, Matthew C. Cristina, Jason A. Paxton
  • Patent number: 11315967
    Abstract: Provided is a camera module and a photosensitive component thereof and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko Tanaka, Bojie Zhao, Zhewen Mei, Nan Guo
  • Patent number: 11310426
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control device, a controlling method, and an imaging apparatus that make it possible to reduce a weight of a movable body while simplifying a structure and to improve control accuracy. A moving body that moves in two or more directions, and a controller that controls movement of the moving body are provided. The controller sets a control value directed to controlling of the movement of the moving body on the basis of an initial position of the moving body and an instructed position of the moving body. A parameter directed to setting of the control value is set on the basis of the initial position and the instructed position. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a shake correction device that corrects a hand shake of an imaging apparatus or a technique that achieves super-resolution by shifting a sensor to capturing a plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohki Watanabe, Akira Akiba, Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Tomohiro Shirane
  • Patent number: 11284014
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit to obtain a plurality of images that have been captured under different exposure conditions; an acceptance unit to receive designation of an area in a first image, the first image being one of the plurality of images; a brightness characteristics acquisition unit to obtain a brightness characteristic value of the designated area in the first image; and a combining unit to: determine a combining condition used for combining the first image and a second image according to the brightness characteristic value, the second image being any one of the plurality of images other than the first image, and combine the first image and the second image based on the combining condition to correct brightness of the designated area for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Kawaguchi, Takahiro Asai, Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11284001
    Abstract: A movable support device includes: a movable unit that includes an imager, a first flexible substrate including wirings connected to terminals other than a power supply terminal and a ground terminal among terminals of the imager, and a second flexible substrate including wirings connected to the power supply terminal and the ground terminal; and a support member that supports the movable unit to be movable in a longitudinal direction of a light receiving surface of the imager and a short direction of the light receiving surface, the first flexible substrate includes a first portion extending in one direction of the short direction and a folded portion folded at an end portion of the first portion in other direction of the short direction, and the second flexible substrate includes a second portion and a folded portion as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kouhei Awazu
  • Patent number: 11218636
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an image sensor configured to receive light that is incident on the electronic device through a lens and generate image data, a gyroscope configured to generate rotation motion data of the electronic device, and an image stabilizer configured to generate translation motion data of the electronic device based on the image data received from the image sensor and to generate a stabilized image by compensating for a motion of the electronic device while capturing the image, such as vibration of a handheld device. The stabilized image is generated based on filtered translation motion data obtained by performing a first filtering operation on the translation motion data and filtered rotation motion data obtained by performing a second filtering operation on the rotation motion data received from the gyroscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai Guo, Seung-won Choi
  • Patent number: 11202400
    Abstract: A recognition device includes an imaging device that images a tip of the lead of a lead component multiple times at different shutter speeds, and multiple pieces of captured image data corresponding to the multiple times of imaging are generated. Then, it is determined whether the tip position of the lead is recognizable based on each of the multiple pieces of captured image data, and a shutter speed between the fastest shutter speed and the slowest shutter speed among the shutter speeds at the time of imaging according to the pieces of captured image data, which are determined to be recognizable, is determined as the optimum shutter speed. By determining the optimum shutter speed in this manner, the exposure light amount at the time of imaging can be stabilized regardless of the shape of the tip of the lead, and the tip position of the lead can be appropriately recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Nagaishi