Abstract: A method for fingerprint unlocking is provided. Multiple fingerprint images are obtained, by acquiring fingerprints through adjusting adjustment parameters of a fingerprint acquisition chip of a fingerprint recognition module, in response to detecting that the fingerprint recognition module is pressed. A target fingerprint image with the best image quality is determined from the multiple of fingerprint images. A terminal is unlocked when the target fingerprint image matches a preset fingerprint image successfully. A terminal is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of easily obtaining a combined image and a developed image in a case where a construction formed of a plurality of planes is divisionally imaged.

Abstract: An image processing system may include a first image sensor, a second image sensor, and an image processing device. The image processing device may be configured to obtain a first image and a second image by respectively processing the first image data and the second image data. The image processing device may output an image based on the first image when a zoom factor of the output image is lower than a first reference value, generate a correction image by correcting locations of second reference coordinates of the second image based on first reference coordinates of the first image when the zoom factor of the output image is between the first reference value and the second reference value, and may output an image based on the second image when the zoom factor exceeds the second reference value.

Abstract: A method of performing a structure data operation includes providing input data including a processing structure and an input solid structure including a plurality of solid units, converting the input solid structure to an input boundary surface structure including attribute information on input boundary surfaces of the plurality of solid units, performing a structure data operation on the input boundary surface structure to generate an output boundary surface structure, and providing output data based on the output boundary surface structure. The structure data operation includes applying the processing structure to the input boundary surface structure.

Abstract: A camera calibration method, a camera calibration apparatus (300), an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The camera calibration method includes the following steps. At (202), a target infrared image and a Red/Green/Blue (RGB) image obtained by capturing the same scene by an infrared camera and an RGB camera are acquired when the image definition is lower than a definition threshold. At (204), feature points in the target infrared image are extracted to obtain a first feature point set, feature points in the RGB image are extracted to obtain a second feature point set, and the first feature point set and the second feature point set are subjected to matching. At (206), a transformation relation between a coordinate system of the infrared camera and a coordinate system of the RGB camera is acquired according to the matched feature points.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus which a lens unit is interchangeable, comprises an image capturing unit which captures images using an image sensor, an synthesizing unit which synthesizes a plurality of images, and a controlling unit which controls predetermined synthesis processing for creating a synthetic image by causing the synthesizing unit to synthesize a plurality of images that have been obtained by the image capturing unit performing image capturing a plurality of times, wherein, if it is judged that a lens unit that has been replaced after a first image for the synthesis processing was acquired is a lens unit having an image circle that is different from that of a lens unit that was mounted before the replacement, the controlling unit controls the image capturing unit to not capture a new image for creating the synthetic image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a projector module. In particular, the invention relates to a projector module for the use in mobile devices, wherein a most compact, stable and reliable module structure with high module efficiency can be achieved. A projector module according to the invention comprises a beam path with a laser source, designed to emit coherent electromagnetic radiation with a divergent beam profile; a collection optics, designed to collimate or focus convergently into an image plane the divergent radiation emitted by the laser source; and a diffractive optical element, DOE, designed to generate a projection pattern from the radiation collimated or converged by the collection optics; wherein a deflector, designed to deflect the divergent radiation emitted by the laser source from a first direction into a second direction deviating from the first direction, is arranged in front of the collection optics or is designed as a collection optics.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a two-dimensional image storage unit configured to store a plurality of two-dimensional image data captured by photographing an identical imaging target object under different exposure conditions; a distance image storage unit configured to store distance image data including a pixel array of a known relationship to a pixel array of the two-dimensional image data; a pixel extraction unit configured to extract, among pixels in each of the two-dimensional image data, a first pixel at which a difference in brightness between identical pixels is less than a predetermined value; and a distance image adjusting unit configured to specify a second pixel of the distance image data at a position corresponding to the first pixel in the pixel array, and to set the second pixel as a non-imaging pixel in the distance image data.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus has an image correction unit. The image correction unit has a correction parameter determination unit configured to determine a correction parameter for correcting an image capturing characteristic of image data corresponding to a target viewpoint among a plurality of pieces of image data acquired by capturing an object from a plurality of viewpoints based on an image capturing characteristic of image data of another viewpoint different from the target viewpoint and a pixel value correction unit configured to correct a pixel value of the image data corresponding to the target viewpoint based on the correction parameter. Moreover, the information processing apparatus further has an image composition unit configured to generate composed image data based on the image data whose pixel value has been corrected.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for a hyperspectral plenoptic camera. A hyperspectral plenoptic camera may be configured with a filter in the aperture plane of the camera. The filter may selectively transmit radiated wavelengths to a microlens array, which may focus and transmit the wavelengths to an image sensor based on, e.g., the location and intensity of the wavelengths. One or more lenses and/or an iris may be configured to collect, focus, and/or transmit wavelengths to and from the filter. The filter may be located between two lenses, and the distance between the two lenses may be based on a diameter of an aperture of the plenoptic camera.

Abstract: Disclosed are a self position estimation device, a self position estimation method, a program, and an image processing device that suppress imaging and movement other than a work purpose of a robot, do not need a landmark, and do not need special imaging equipment for application of the robot other than the work purpose.

Abstract: A method of processing a panoramic map based on an equirectangular projection is provided. The method comprises the following steps. A first and a second equirectangular projected panoramic images are captured through at least one lens at different time, respectively. The first and the second equirectangular projected panoramic images are perspectively transformed based on at least one horizontal angle, respectively. A plurality of first and second feature points are extracted from the first and the second equirectangular projected panoramic images, respectively. A plurality of identical feature points in the first and the second feature points are tracked. A camera pose is obtained based on the identical feature points. A plurality of 3D sparse point maps, in binary format, are established based on the at least one horizontal angle. The camera pose and the 3D sparse point maps are exported to an external system through an export channel.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: activating, on a device, a world view camera; obtaining, using the world view camera, world view image data; activating, on the device, a front view camera; obtaining, using the front view camera, front view image data; and providing, on a display of the device, a view displaying the front view image data and the world view image data. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A camera module includes a first camera, a second camera, and a driving component. The first camera and the second camera are symmetrically arranged in the camera module, connected by a shaft, and configured to photograph a non-wide-angle image; the first camera is provided with a first translation shaft, and the second camera is provided with a second translation shaft; the driving component is connected with the first translation shaft and the second translation shaft to drive the first translation shaft and the second translation shaft to move in opposite directions and drive the first camera and the second camera to rotate synchronously in two opposite directions about the shaft.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a device may include a processor and a memory. The memory may include instructions that, when executed, may cause the processor to generate a 360 degree three-dimensional composite image formed from a stabilized sequence of images of an object taken along a closed loop path about the object. In some embodiments, the instructions may cause the processor to rotate the 360 degree three-dimensional composite image about any selected point on the object. Further, in some embodiments, the instructions may cause the processor to provide an interface configured to enable a user to select a feature on the 360 degree three-dimensional composite image and to associate information with the selected feature.

Abstract: multi-aperture system for foveated imaging as well as to a corresponding multi-aperture system. The method comprises the steps of: providing an image sensor; and forming, by means of a 3D-printing technique, at least two imaging elements directly on the image sensor such that the imaging elements have a common focal plane located on the image sensor and each imaging element has a different focal length and field of view.

Abstract: Playing video in a format that matches user device includes downloading a video from a server; loading the video into a player; checking if the video contains metadata specifying resolution and crop parameters that matches user device; if metadata is found, then identifying a frame from the video and define a focus point in center of frame; limiting view of the frame and reduce/enlarge video resolution inside viewzone based on the metadata or data; displaying viewzone so that vertical dimension of the viewzone matches a vertical dimension of the user device, and the focus point remains in the center of the frame and in the center of the user device; upon user rotation of the user device, re-displaying the frame such that the focus point remains in the center of the device, and a horizontal dimension of the viewzone matches a horizontal dimension of user device; and continuing rendering subsequent frames of the video, layers and effects.

Abstract: A method of decoding a coded picture of a coded video sequence is performed by at least one processor and the method includes decoding, from a parameter set, a plurality of candidate decoded resolutions, selecting, through an index coded in a transient header structure applicable to a group of samples, a candidate decoded resolution among the plurality of candidate decoded resolutions, resampling a sample of the group of samples based on an output resolution and the selected candidate decoded resolution, and enabling prediction using the resampled sample.

Abstract: An example system includes a sensor housing defining a plurality of horizontal layers and a controller. The sensor housing includes a plurality of light-emitted diode (LED) light sources, a plurality of cameras, and a plurality of optical devices. Each camera of the plurality of cameras is positioned within a respective horizontal layer of the plurality of horizontal layers and configured to detect a respective range of wavelengths of light. The plurality of optical devices is configured to receive light reflected by the surface through a common input lens and direct the light to one of the cameras of the plurality of cameras depending on a wavelength of the light. The controller is configured to receive signals from the plurality of cameras indicative of the light reflected by the surface and determine whether there is any foreign object debris material on the surface using the signals from the plurality of cameras.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a camera module and a processor, wherein the processor may: receive a signal related to photographing; acquire, in response to the signal, by taking a single photograph, a first image related to a first exposure time and a second image related to a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time, through the camera module; compare at least one pixel included in the first image and at least one pixel included in the second image, which corresponds to the at least one pixel included in the first image; divide the at least one pixel included in the second image into a first group and a second group, on the basis of a result of the comparison; determine one of the first group and the second group; and process at least one pixel included in the determined group. In addition, various embodiments are possible.

Abstract: A method for zooming by switching between dual cameras includes: detecting, by a mobile terminal, whether the magnification of a first camera during a zooming process exceeds a predefined threshold value, and activating a second camera when the magnification exceeds the predefined threshold value; reading, by the mobile terminal, an average photographing distance difference between the first camera and the second camera pre-stored in a memory, and acquiring a first image of the first camera and a second image of the second camera; and obtaining a common focusing position range of the first camera and the second camera according to the average distance difference, fusing the first image and the second image, and outputting and displaying a fused image. A mobile terminal and a non-transitory storage apparatus performing the above-mentioned method are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for ranking media effects. For example, systems and methods described herein enable a user to select and apply one or more media effects to a media communication such as a digital photograph or video. Systems and methods described herein identify and rank media effects based on characteristics associated with the user and the user's client-computing device. Furthermore, systems and methods described herein automatically present the top-ranked media effects to the user such that the user can easily select and apply one or more media effects that are tailored specifically to the user.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a capture part acquiring image data, and a display displaying an image on a display based on the image data. First information acquired includes at least either an azimuth angle or an elevation angle as a direction of the image and at least either an angle of view of the image or angle-of-view related information calculating the angle of view. When a second direction of a second image is included within a range of a first angle of view in a first direction of a first image, the second image is associated with the first image, and the first image is displayed within the display, and display is performed in a state in which the second image to be associated with the first image is overlapped on the first image within the display as the second image or second information indicating the second image.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a failure requiring reimaging relating to an image captured using a digital microscope by evaluating the image, and a generation unit configured to, if the failure was detected by the detection unit, generate setting information for setting an imaging condition for during reimaging.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera device with an anti-shake mechanism and a deflection optical system, which does not deteriorate image performance due to movement of the lens. An optical system includes, from an object side, a reflecting part configured to deflect an optical axis, imaging lens sets, and an imaging element. Image shake of an axis perpendicular to a plane formed by an optical axis of the imaging lens sets and a reflected optical axis of the object side by the reflecting part is corrected by rotation of the reflecting part. Image shake of an axis that is parallel to the reflected optical axis of the object side is corrected by moving the imaging lens sets including the zoom optical system as a whole along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the imaging lens sets.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring sensors via surveillance cameras is disclosed. In the system, surveillance cameras generating image data of scenes, where the sensors are included in the scenes. The sensors detect information concerning the scenes and encode the information so that it can be derived from the image data. Preferably, the sensors encode the information concerning the scenes by modulating a visible light source, the signals of which are captured within the image data by the cameras. An analytics system then analyzes the image data and decodes the information from the sensors encoded within the image data. Preferably, an integrated analytics system of the cameras executes the analysis. Exemplary sensors include sensors for detecting temperature, moisture, audio/voice, and product selection in a retail premises.

Abstract: A camera module includes: a base plate; and a plurality of cameras disposed on the base plate and spaced apart from one another. The plurality of cameras include: fixed cameras that are immovable with respect to the base plate; and movable cameras that are each configured to move with respect to the base plate and rotate around a fixed camera among the fixed cameras.

Abstract: A sensor device has a sensor base with a sensor mount, for which different sensor assemblies are attachable to the sensor mount. The sensor base transmits different settings to the sensor assembly via the sensor mount interface. The transmission preferably is wireless, rather than using mechanical connectors. The sensor assembly stores the settings in control registers that determine the settings for the capture of sensor data. In one approach, the sensor base includes an application processor and software executing on the application processor determines the settings. The control registers for the sensor assembly are thus software programmable, allowing different settings to be applied to different samples of sensor data.

Abstract: A digital camera includes an image sensor that can receive a light beam from a subject in a first region (one block) and a second region (another block) and capture images in the first region and second region on different conditions and a control unit that controls image capture by applying multiple image capture conditions to a first process at least in the first region.

Abstract: A method of an electronic device including an image sensor that acquires an optical signal corresponding to an object and a controller that controls the image sensor, is provided. The method includes identifying a mode for generating an image corresponding to the object by using the optical signal, determining a setting of at least one image attribute to be used for generating the image at least based on the mode, generating image data by using pixel data corresponding to the optical signal at least based on the setting, and displaying the image corresponding to the object through a display functionally connected to the electronic device at least based on the image data.

Abstract: A device for recording images is provided, an image-recording device and an illumination device being arranged on the same side of a specimen plane in said device. The image-recording device has illumination portions, for example individual light sources, which are actuatable independently of one another in order to be able to illuminate a specimen in the specimen plane at different angles and/or from different directions. In this way, it is possible to record a plurality of images with different illuminations, which can be combined to form a results image with improved properties.

Abstract: Digital image generation through use of capture support data is described. In one example, an image capture device is configured to obtain capture support data from an imaging support system via a network through inclusion of a pre-capture system. The pre-capture system, for instance, is configured to obtain capture support data from an imaging support system via a network. The capture support data is configured for use by digital image processor along with raw image data received from an image sensor to generate a digital image, e.g., that is configured for rendering.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating hybrid tone mapping in camera systems according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting a scene having a sequence of frames, and fusing the sequence of frames into a fused raw frame. The method may further include reconstructing the scene by performing global tone mapping and local tone mapping on the fused raw frame, and outputting an image reflecting the reconstructed scene based on the tone-mapped raw frame.

Abstract: A headset includes a display assembly. The display assembly has a primary portion and a peripheral portion. The primary portion of the display assembly is configured to emit a first portion of image light, and has a first field of view (FOV). The peripheral portion of the display assembly is configured to emit a second portion of the image light over a second FOV, and the peripheral portion is canted relative to the primary portion. The emitted first portion of image light and the emitted second portion of image light create a composite FOV from the perspective of an eyebox, and a seam between the first FOV and the second FOV is located in a peripheral region of the composite FOV.

Abstract: An optimum situation determination imaging method and a device for performing the method. An optimum situation determination imaging method can include the step of an omnidirectional image processing device deciding whether or not a current imaging situation satisfies an optimum imaging situation condition, the omnidirectional image processing device performing imaging and generating a condition-satisfied omnidirectional image, wherein the optimum imaging situation condition can comprise a tilting condition of omnidirectional image processing device.

Abstract: An image sensor chip, an electronic device, and a method for operating the image sensor chip are disclosed. The image sensor chip includes a frame synchronization signal converter configured to convert a first frame synchronization signal received from a first image sensor chip to generate a second frame synchronization signal, and an image generation block coupled to the frame synchronization signal converter and configured to generate image data based on the second frame synchronization signal at the same time point as the first frame synchronization signal.

Abstract: Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention can perform parallax detection and correction in images captured using array cameras. Due to the different viewpoints of the cameras, parallax results in variations in the position of objects within the captured images of the scene. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention provide an accurate account of the pixel disparity due to parallax between the different cameras in the array, so that appropriate scene-dependent geometric shifts can be applied to the pixels of the captured images when performing super-resolution processing. In a number of embodiments, generating depth estimates considers the similarity of pixels in multiple spectral channels. In certain embodiments, generating depth estimates involves generating a confidence map indicating the reliability of depth estimates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera module and mobile terminal having the same, and more particularly, to a camera module, including: a printed circuit board in which a plurality of sensor holes separated from each other in a length direction are formed; a plurality of image sensors connected to the printed circuit board; and a lens module disposed on a top portion of each of the plurality of image sensors, wherein the image sensors are attached to positions corresponding to the plurality of sensor holes on a bottom surface of the printed circuit board, and mobile terminal having the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may improve and/or modify images captured using multiscopic image capture systems. In an example embodiment, burst image data is captured via a multiscopic image capture system. The burst image data may include at least one image pair. The at least one image pair is aligned based on at least one rectifying homography function. The at least one aligned image pair is warped based on a stereo disparity between the respective images of the image pair. The warped and aligned images are then stacked and a denoising algorithm is applied. Optionally, a high dynamic range algorithm may be applied to at least one output image of the aligned, warped, and denoised images.

Abstract: An image processing system for a vehicle can include a set of cameras generating image data of a surrounding environment of the vehicle, and a masking layer comprising a plurality of pixels. The system can detect, in first image data generated by the set of cameras, one or more light sources in a field of view of a respective camera of the set of cameras. The system can then activate a number of pixels of the masking layer to block each of the one or more light sources for the respective camera, preemptively bolstering a quality of second image data generated by the set of cameras while the masking layer blocks each of the one or more light sources.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of monitoring video from a plurality of body mounted video capturing devices, the method comprising: receiving video data from a first body mounted video capturing device of the said plurality; propagating video data received from the said first body mounted video capturing device, or video data derived therefrom, to a closed circuit television (CCTV) monitoring system by way of an input channel thereof; subsequently receiving video data from a second body mounted video capturing device of the said plurality different from the said first body mounted video capturing device; and propagating video data received from the said second body mounted video capturing device, or video data derived therefrom, to the said CCTV monitoring system by way of the same said input channel thereof.

Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting strategy modes of autonomous vehicles are described. An autonomous vehicle may include one or more notification devices that broadcast a selected strategy mode for the autonomous vehicle. The selected strategy mode may include an uncoupled strategy mode, a permissive strategy mode, an assistive strategy mode, and a preventative strategy mode. The notification devices may include visual, audio, or signal notification devices. In addition, the autonomous vehicle may broadcast other information associated with the vehicle, such as a position, a velocity, a priority, or an identity of the vehicle.

Abstract: An amplification unit contains two or more sets containing a plurality of amplification circuits, and amplifies power of an RF (Radio Frequency) signal. A combining unit contains two or more combiners corresponding to the two or more sets, combines RF signals output by the amplification circuits, and outputs a resultant RF signal. The amplification unit and the combining unit have two or more connectors which are arranged transversely. The amplification unit and the combining unit are attachable/detachable.

Abstract: System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a memory that stores at least one command associated with an image encoding and a processor electrically connected to the memory. The command executed while the processor is operated divides a content generation buffer allocated in association with a specified content generation into a plurality of partial areas, stitches a previous image and a present image with respect to at least a portion of an area in which the present image overlaps with the previous image, and performs a parallel encoding on each of the partial areas of the stitched images in a specified block size when the stitched images are stored in the content generation buffer.

Abstract: A camera module has light-field camera(s) and high resolution camera(s), the light-field camera(s) have multiple-lens arrays above an image sensor. The light-field camera(s) have a lens element at a same level as a lens element of the high resolution camera, the lens elements bearing apertures. The multiple-lens array of the light-field camera is above the image sensor at a same level as a flat transparent plate of the high resolution camera. The cameras lens cubes are made simultaneously by bonding molded lens plates and spacer plates, the lens plates and spacer plates including an upper lens plate having upper light-field camera lens elements and upper high resolution camera lens elements with applied apertures, multiple spacer plates, a microlens plate bearing an array of microlenses in the light-field cameras, the microlens plate being flat and transparent in areas of the high resolution camera.

Abstract: Two image processing systems and an image processing method are provided. One of the image processing systems includes a first unit configured to output a portion of input image data, a second unit configured to transform a coordinate of input image data, and a third unit configured to output the image data processed by the first unit and the second unit as video data to be displayed on a display. The other one of the image processing system further includes a fourth unit configured to combine input image data of a plurality of images to output one piece of image data. The image processing method includes outputting a portion of input image data, transforming a coordinate of input image data, and outputting the image data as video data to be displayed on a display.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sensor cleaning system that cleans one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle. Each sensor can have one or more corresponding sensor cleaning units that are configured to clean such sensor using a fluid (e.g., a gas or a liquid). Thus, the sensor cleaning system can include both a gas cleaning system and a liquid cleaning system. According to one aspect, the sensor cleaning system can provide individualized cleaning of the autonomous vehicle sensors. According to another aspect, a liquid cleaning system can be pressurized or otherwise powered by the gas cleaning system or other gas system.

Abstract: Techniques are described related to output and removal of decoded pictures from a decoded picture buffer (DPB). The example techniques may remove a decoded picture from the DPB prior to coding a current picture. For instance, the example techniques may remove the decoded picture if that decoded picture is not identified in the reference picture set of the current picture.

Abstract: A printable electronic document is received into a computerized device. The printable document contains original markings that can be printed on print media to produce a printed document. However, before printing, a computerized device adds first hidden markings to the printable electronic document. Such first hidden markings have a first vector graphic size. Further, the computerized device removes a pattern from the first hidden markings in the printable electronic document and adds (only to the removed pattern in the printable electronic document) second hidden markings that have the same vector graphic size as, but are out of phase with, the first hidden markings. Also, the computerized device adds geometrically shaped distraction markings to the printable electronic document. The geometrically shaped distraction markings have a second vector graphic size that is much larger than the first vector graphic size of the first and second hidden markings.