Abstract: To prevent the resin from oozing out during the lens molding due to the capillary action. A laminated lens structure according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of lens structures including a substrate provided with an opening part, a lens inserted into the opening part to be fixed to the substrate, and a recessed part provided at an area in which a lateral face of the opening part and a surface of the substrate are intersected, and recessed more than the surface of the substrate. The lenses are arrayed in an optical axis direction by the substrates being joined. This configuration makes it possible to prevent the resin from oozing out during the lens molding due to the capillary action.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic optical lens system. The disclosed photographic optical lens system includes a stop, a lens group including at least one aspherical lens, and an image sensor configured to record an image transmitted through the lens group, wherein the photographic optical lens system satisfies the following Expression: 0.15?(DL1-L2)/OAL?0.4??<Expression> where DL1-L2 in Expression denotes a distance from a center of a first surface of a lens closest to an object (hereinafter, referred to as a first lens) to a center of a second surface of a second lens arranged directly next to the first lens, and OAL denotes a distance (a total length of the lens group) from the center of the first surface of the first lens to a center of a second surface of a lens arranged farthest from the object.

Abstract: A three-piece compact optical lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a flat panel assembly made of glass, a first lens element with a negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave near an optical axis; a stop; a second lens element with a positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex near the optical axis and an image-side surface being convex near the optical axis; and a third lens element with a positive refractive power. Such a system can not only effectively collect light at a large angle, receive a wider range of images and achieve identification effects within very short distances, but also can reduce the distance between an object and the three-piece compact optical lens system, reduce the volume effectively and maintain its miniaturization.

Abstract: A lens structure system with a lens structure and a multi-segmented transducer coupled to the lens structure. Each segment in the plurality of segments has a first conductor and a second conductor, wherein the first conductor and the second conductor are electrically coupled to the segment. The system also has circuitry for applying a voltage to selected segments in the plurality of segments with standing wave signals and traveling wave signals.

Abstract: Movement of a mobile computing device can be guided so that a current focal distance of a camera of the mobile computing device is within a focal distance range within which other mobile computing devices of a same model type captured images at a same location and in which the visual code was successfully detected. Movement of the mobile computing device can be guided so that a distance between prominent points within an image captured by the camera is within prominent points distance range calculated from a distance between the prominent points within each image captured by the other mobile computing devices. An exposure of the camera can be adjusted to be within a range of exposures at which the other mobile computing devices captured the images.

Abstract: An imaging lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having two surfaces both being convex aspheric surfaces; a second lens being aspherical and having a negative refractive power; a third lens being aspherical and having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens being aspherical and having a negative refractive power; and a fifth lens being aspherical, the fifth lens having a concave rear surface facing the image side on the optical axis, the rear surface having an inflection point at a position near its circumference, the fifth lens having a front surface facing the object side, the front surface having a smaller curvature than any other lens surface, and the fifth lens serves also as an infrared cut filter; wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditions: (1) TTL/2ih<0.85; and (2) 0.7<ih/f<1.1.

Abstract: A system and method for generating high resolution images using a plenoptic camera having a main lens in front of an array of microlenses and an image sensor, characterized in that it comprises: capturing a first set of images in a first unexcited state of operation by using a birefringent medium disposed between a said main lens and an said array of microlenses, said unexcited state of said birefringent medium providing an ordinary ray to each pixel; causing said first unexcited state to become a second excited state by applying a voltage across said birefringent medium; capturing a second set of images in said second excited state, said excited state of said birefringent medium splitting the light from said main lens into an ordinary ray and an extraordinary ray, said extraordinary ray being shifted by a distance of one half-pixel from the ordinary ray on said image sensor; subtracting pixel value associated with said first set of images from at least two times the pixel value associated with said second se

Abstract: Provided is an image processing method including: acquiring images captured in at least two directions; generating a projection image by projecting the images onto a polyhedron; moving a location of at least one pixel among pixels in the projection image to reshape the projection image into a rectangular image; and processing the rectangular image.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.

Abstract: An optical imaging module utilizes conductive lines and electric conductors to reduce the overall thickness of an image sensor element. With the configuration of a fixed lens assembly and an auto lens assembly, and a multi-lens frame, incident light passes through the fixed lens assembly and is accurately focused on the image sensor element. In the same way, incident light passes through the auto lens assembly and is accurately focused on the image sensor element. The image sensor element is thus fully imaged and can be used to form images by alternating the fixed lens assembly and the auto lens assembly according to image requirements.

Abstract: In some implementations, a 360-degree camera includes two wide-angle lenses that provide a spherical view of a scene. The 360-degree camera is configured to be connected to a computing device for rendering the captured images. The user interface provides for the ability to present several camera views simultaneously, where each camera view is operated independently from the other camera views, such that the view may be changed during display by the user by changing the orientation. A plurality of rendering processes is executed in parallel to provide the data for each of the views and the output from each process is combined for presentation on the display. Additionally, a plurality of different combinations of multiple view layouts are provided, such as a circular view inside a rectangular view, a view that splits the display into equal separate views, and three or four independent camera views displayed simultaneously.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an image sensor, an optical element arranged in front of the image sensor, an electromechanical converter attached to the optical element, and a controller configured to provide a control signal to the electromechanical converter to control a vibration of the electromechanical converter. An amplitude of the control signal has a first amplitude value when a frequency of the control signal has a first frequency value. The amplitude of the control signal has a second amplitude value smaller than the first amplitude value when the frequency of the control signal has a second frequency value that is closer to a resonant frequency of the optical member than the first frequency value.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that analyzes image content of an immersive video frame and identifies a first group of segments of the immersive video frame based on the analysis. The segments collectively span an entire space portrayed by the immersive video frame and the first group of segments spans less than the entire space. A size of a display region of an immersive video viewer is determined that spans less than the entire space and a second group of segments is determined based on the first group of segments and the size of the display region. Transport of the second group of segments, spanning less than the entire space, is facilitated via a communication network to the immersive video viewer for presentation, without requiring transmission of all of the segments. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens including in order from an object side: a positive first unit configured not to move for zooming; a negative second unit configured to move for zooming; a positive third unit configured to move for zooming; a negative fourth unit configured to move for zooming; and a positive rear unit including at least one lens unit, wherein the fourth unit is configured to move for focusing, and wherein a focal length of the fourth unit, a focal length of the rear unit at a telephoto end, a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end, amounts of movement of the second and third units from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a half angle of view at the wide angle end, an amount of displacement of an in-focus position.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a base, a printed circuit board disposed over the base, and mounted on the base, a coil disposed over the printed circuit board, and a lens barrel, which contacts the base at a lower portion of an outer surface thereof, wherein the base, the printed circuit board and the coil include respective holes, wherein the lens moving apparatus includes a blocking member, which is provided along an internal surface of the hole in the base and which protrudes in a first direction so as to prevent the lower portion of the outer surface of the lens barrel from contacting internal surfaces of the holes in the printed circuit board and/or the coil.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface. The second lens has negative refractive power. The third lens has negative refractive power. The fourth lens has negative refractive power and an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The fifth lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element having positive refractive power, a second lens element having negative refractive power, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, and a sixth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, wherein the optical imaging system has a total of six lens elements; at least one lens element among the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element, and the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques to compensate for changes in a depth of field of a camera caused by changes in orientation of the camera (e.g., tilt) and changes in the temperature of the camera. For instance, the described techniques may utilize an actuator, such as a voice-coil motor, of the camera to adjust an image distance of the camera lens to compensate for changes in the depth of field of the camera caused by changes in the orientation of the camera and/or changes in temperature of the camera. One or more models may be generated using calibrated input current values for the voice-coil motor which indicate, for various changes in orientation and temperature of the camera, input current values to cause the voice-coil motor to adjust the image distance of the camera to maintain the desired depth of field.

Abstract: Various optoelectronic modules are described and include one or more optoelectronic devices. Each optoelectronic module includes one or more optoelectronic devices. Sidewalls laterally surround each optoelectronic device and can be in direct contact with sides of the optoelectronic device or, in some cases, with an overmold surrounding the optoelectronic device. The sidewalls can be composed, for example, of a vacuum injected material that is non-transparent to light emitted by or detectable by the optoelectronic device. The module also includes a passive optical element. Depending on the implementation, the passive optical element can be on a cover for the module, directly on a top surface of the optoelectronic device, or on an overmold surrounding the optoelectronic device. Methods of fabricating such modules are described as well, and can facilitate manufacturing the modules using wafer-level processes.

Abstract: A holder assembly for a camera module comprises: a lens; a lens body containing the lens; a protrusion protruding from a side surface of the lens body; a lens holder containing the lens body and the protrusion; and a waterproof member contained in the lens holder such that the protrusion and the lens holder are bonded.

Abstract: The stereoscopic recording and evaluation of a monitoring area frequently requires high computer powers. A control device (2) for a camera apparatus (3) for the stereoscopic recording of a monitoring area is proposed. In this case, recorded monitoring images (10, 11) have their resolution reduced in particular areas by a processing module and are converted into reduced images (16, 17). The reduced images have a high-resolution section (20) and a low-resolution section (19), wherein the high-resolution section (20) is a respective section showing a distant area of the monitoring area (5), the distant area being an area of the monitoring area (5) that is further away from the camera apparatus (3) than a bounding object area (G). An evaluation module (15) is used to stereoscopically evaluate the monitoring area (5) based on the first reduced image (16) and the second reduced image (17).

Abstract: A method for facilitating parallax mitigation includes capturing a first image of a scene using a first imaging device, where the first imaging device is associated with a first optical axis. The method further includes tilting a second optical axis associated with a second imaging device to obtain a tilted optical axis. The method further includes capturing a second image of the scene using the second imaging device and the tilted optical axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for performing high dynamic range optical image detection of a scene comprising: imaging incident light from a scene onto an object plane; determining the locations of those pixels in the object plane of higher brightness; detecting the optical irradiance values of those pixels of higher brightness to produce a first detected image; detecting the optical irradiance values of those pixels of lower brightness to produce a second detected image; and generating a high dynamic range optical irradiance map of the scene by combining the first detected image and the second detected image into a single image.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes five lens elements, the five lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element having positive refractive power; a second lens element having negative refractive power; a third lens element having positive refractive power; a fourth lens element having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens element having negative refractive power.

Abstract: A server system obtains a first video sub-stream comprising a first plurality of images of a scene and obtains a second video sub-stream comprising a second plurality of images of at least a portion of the scene. Images of the second video sub-stream have a higher image resolution than images of the first video sub-stream. The first video sub-stream is transmitted to a client device for display. A selection of a region of interest in the scene is received, wherein the selection is from a first image of the first plurality of images of the first video sub-stream. The server systems locates image data of the selected region of interest from the second plurality of images, and provides the located image data of the selected region of interest to the client device for display.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an image capturing optical lens assembly including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having positive refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; a fourth lens element with refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both surfaces thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element with refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; and a sixth lens element with refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both surfaces thereof being aspheric, and the image-side surface having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.

Abstract: A camera assembly includes: a hollow lens base, having a first and second accommodation chamber from up to down, an inner diameter of the first accommodation chamber being smaller than that of the second accommodation chamber, the second accommodation chamber being configured to accommodate an image sensor, the top of the first accommodation chamber having an opening; a lens cone, arranged on the lens base and having an extension member at the bottom, an inner diameter of the extension member being greater than an outer diameter of a side wall of the first accommodation chamber; and a driving motor, connected to the lens cone and configured to control the lens cone to move reciprocally in a predetermined direction. During the reciprocal movement, an end surface of the extension member is always located below a top surface of the first accommodation chamber where the opening is provided.

Abstract: An imaging optical lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element has positive refractive power. The imaging optical lens system has a total of six lens elements.

Abstract: A multicamera panoramic imaging system having no parallax. In an example, the multicamera panoramic imaging system includes multiple discrete, imaging systems disposed in a side-by-side array, wherein a field of view of each discrete, imaging systems is conjoined with a field of view of each adjacent discrete imaging system, further wherein a stencil of chief rays at the edge of the field of view of any one of the discrete imaging systems will be substantially parallel to a stencil of chief rays at the edge of the field of view of any adjacent ones of the discrete imaging systems such that all of the substantially parallel stencils of chief rays appear to converge to a common point when viewed from object space. A method for forming an image of an object having no parallax.

Abstract: Method and system for selective culling of multi-dimensional data sets. Selective culling system introduces a feedback control method for remote users (e.g., client-side) to customize the selection, transmission, and display of datasets (e.g., on server-side) or any collection or subset of datasets.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, the present invention may relate to a method for transmitting a 360 video. The method for transmitting a 360 video may include processing a plurality of circular images captured by a camera having at least one fisheye lens; encoding a picture to which the circular images are mapped; generating signaling information about the 360 video data; encapsulating the encoded picture and the signaling information into a file, and transmitting the file.

Abstract: A method for capturing an image with audio data includes recording and storing audio data, capturing an image on request, and matching and storing the recorded audio data with the captured image, thereby allowing a user to more lively record an audio signal when an image is captured. An apparatus for capturing an image with audio data includes a camera unit configured to capture an image, an audio data recording unit configured to record audio data, and a controller configured to store an image captured by the camera unit, and match and store audio data recorded by the audio data recording unit for a predetermined period of time after the camera unit captured the image.

Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The image-side surface of the first lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The third lens element has negative power. The object-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The optical imaging lens as a whole has only the five lens elements having refractive power.

Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The second lens is formed in a shape so that surfaces on the both sides have positive curvature radii. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that surfaces on the both sides have negative curvature radii. The fourth lens is arranged to be away from the fifth lens by a specific distance on an optical axis, and the imaging lens has a specific angle of view so that specific conditional expressions are satisfied.

Abstract: Cameras with panoramic scanning range comprising a folded digital camera in which an optical path folding element (OPFE) that folds a first optical path from an object or scene into a second optical path substantially parallel with an optical axis of a lens of the folded camera, the OPFE being rotatable around the lens optical axis, and systems incorporating such cameras.

Abstract: A camera field indicating method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a camera including imaging optics, a light sensor, the imaging optics and the light sensor intermittently sensing incoming light, an extended light source provided separate from the imaging optics and the light sensor, the extended light source comprising a distributed illuminator capable of being intermittently activated when the light sensor does not need to sense incoming light such that a projection of the distributed illuminator through a duplicate lens of the extended light source matches a field of view of the light sensor.

Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave. The second lens element has an image-side surface being concave. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface being convex. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface being concave. The photographing optical lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.

Abstract: There is provided a signal processing method including calculating, by a processor, a distortion correction parameter on a basis of a correlation between a chief ray angle (CRA) for an image height inside a pixel and a relative position of a lens in an optical axis direction to an imaging element, the relative position being changed by an actuator. In addition, there is provided an imaging device including an image calculation unit that converts an image by using a distortion correction parameter calculated on a basis of a correlation between a chief ray angle for an image height inside a pixel and a relative position of a lens in an optical axis direction to an imaging element, the relative position being changed by an actuator.

Abstract: An audio and visual system and a wearable device that incorporates an audio and visual system are provided. The audio and visual system may include a camera sensor and a mask overlying the camera sensor and spaced therefrom so as to at least in part define a first cavity between the camera sensor and the mask. The mask includes a plurality of areas including a plurality of opaque areas and a plurality of areas that are acoustically transparent. The audio and visual system also includes an audio transducer in acoustic communication with the first cavity and configured to generate or receive acoustic signals via the mask. The wearable device includes the audio and visual system as well as a housing in which the audio and visual system is at least partially disposed.

Abstract: The present application discloses a camera and an integrated circuit board. The camera includes: an integrated circuit board and a plurality of image sensor boards, wherein an image sensor is mounted on each of the image sensor boards; the plurality of image sensor boards are configured for outputting acquired first image signals to the integrated circuit board; and the integrated circuit board is connected with the plurality of image sensor boards and configured for performing stitching and encoding processing on the first image signals. The present application solves the technical problem that it is difficult for camera equipment provided in the prior art to achieve panoramic shooting.

Abstract: A display device includes a container, a display panel, a circuit board, and a photographing module. The container provides an internal space in a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction. The display panel is disposed in the internal space. The display panel is configured to display an image in a third direction crossing the first direction and the second direction. The circuit board is connected to the display panel. The photographing module is disposed in the internal space and is oriented in the first direction. The photographing module includes lenses. At least a portion of the photographing module is surrounded by at least one of the display panel and the circuit board.

Abstract: A displacement sensor includes a first frame; a second frame; a first coil including a first voltage formed at the first frame applied to the first coil; a second coil formed at the first frame including a current of a second voltage flowing in the second coil corresponding to a voltage of the first frame if the first voltage is applied to the first coil; a conductor coupled to the second frame; and a detector for calculating a relative position between the first frame and the second frame by monitoring the second voltage. Further, a size of the second voltage is reduced if the second coil is moved closer to the conductor.

Abstract: A system includes a memory, one or more processors, a guest virtual machine, a hypervisor, and a client. The hypervisor receives, from the client, a first notification of stereoscopic capability. The hypervisor sends, to the guest virtual machine, a second notification of stereoscopic capability. The hypervisor receives, from the guest virtual machine, a plurality of frames included in a single composite frame. The hypervisor sends the plurality of frames to the client. The client receives the plurality of frames and identifies each one of the plurality of frames as a part of the single composite frame. The client stores the plurality of frames until each one of the frames included in the single composite frame have been received and identified. The client synchronizes with a display device to present the single composite frame.

Abstract: A micro lens array includes: a glass substrate; and a plurality of resin lenses arranged on at least one main surface of the glass substrate, wherein, among the plurality of lenses, resin lenses arranged on one main surface of the glass substrate are such that a plurality of lines of lenses arranged in a first direction is arranged side by side in a second direction different from the first direction, a core thickness, a radius of curvature, and a surface shape of a resin lens in a certain lens line are different from a core thickness, a radius of curvature, and a surface shape of a resin lens of another lens line, and the resin lenses have the same resin volume.

Abstract: A detection device for a mobile phone camera module includes a casing, a power board, a main board, a camera module data interface unit, and a connection port unit, wherein both the power board and the main board are disposed within the casing; the power board is respectively electrically connected with the camera module data interface unit and the connection port unit; the casing has multiple windows for respectively accommodating the camera module data interface unit and the connection port unit; a radiator, a power switch and an indicator light are disposed within the casing, and are electrically connected with both the main board and the power board. Furthermore, the detection device provided by the present invention provides multiple connection ports.

Abstract: Present embodiments relate to an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens may include a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through arrangement of convex or concave surfaces of the five lens elements, the length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened while providing improved optical characteristics and imaging quality.

Abstract: A vehicle control system may include a vehicle frame, a mount secured to the vehicle frame and configured for rigidly securing a smartphone therein such that motions experienced by the vehicle frame are correspondingly experienced by the smartphone, and system electronics arranged on the frame and in communication with the smartphone and vehicle controllers, the system electronics configured to receive signals from the smartphone and control directional devices of the vehicle based on the signals via the vehicle controllers. A system for preparing signals for transmission to the vehicle to control navigation may also be provided.

Abstract: An imaging device incorporated in an omnidirectional video capturing system including an imager, a memory, and a transmitter. The imager includes imaging lenses to capture images from a plurality of directions. The memory stores projective transformation data. The projective transformation data includes photographing direction data representing the plurality of directions and projection data representing image heights of the images associated with angles at which light rays enter the imaging lens. The transmitter reads the projective transformation data stored in the memory, and transmits frame data of the images and the projective transformation information to an image processing device of the omnidirectional video capturing system.

Abstract: In some implementations, a 360-degree camera includes two wide-angle lenses that provide a spherical view of a scene. The 360-degree camera is configured to be connected to a computing device (e.g., a smart phone) for rendering the captured images. In some implementations, the camera lenses in the 360-degree camera are wide-angle lenses (e.g., 208°) and corrections are performed to the projection of the 3D video data into a planar view to adjust the fisheye effect. A fisheye mapping function is selected that improves the distribution of sampling rays to present a natural view without blurred areas.

Abstract: A pixel electrode includes a first electrode, a second electrode arranged so as to face the first electrode in a first direction, and a third electrode. A counter electrode is provided in an upper portion of the pixel electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer is arranged so as to be sandwiched by the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. A length of the third electrode in a predetermined direction is shorter than a length of the first electrode and a length of the second electrode.