Abstract: An electronic device and a method thereof are provided for processing stored images to reconstruct a high-resolution image. The electronic device includes an image sensor configured to acquire an image through a plurality of pixels including a first pixel set and a second pixel set; and a processor configured to acquire at least one first image through the first pixel set; acquire at least one second image through the second pixel set; and generate at least one third image according to a selected mode for generating the at least one third image, by using the at least one first image and the at least one second image.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus capable of performing intermittent image capturing at a predetermined time interval, the image capturing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a feature amount of image data obtainable from an image capturing unit; and a setting unit configured to set the predetermined time interval according to a scene based on the feature amount; wherein the feature amount is information related to at least one of luminance of the image data, object distance to an object, a detection result of an object, and movement of an object.

Abstract: To perform high-accuracy shape measurement even when an appropriate exposure amount is not obtained by being set to an integral multiple of a flickering period of ambient light, an information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether an exposure time of an image capturing apparatus in performing three-dimensional measurement of a target object is set to an integral multiple of a flickering period of the ambient light, a control unit configured to perform control to set, when the determination unit determines that the exposure time is set to the integral multiple of the flickering period of the ambient light, the exposure time to the integral multiple of the flickering period of the ambient light, and a measurement unit configured to control a projection apparatus and the image capturing apparatus based on a control result by the control unit to the perform three-dimensional measurement of the target object.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion portion in a silicon layer having a light-receiving surface. The silicon layer includes a P-type impurity region including a base portion having an atomic boron concentration Ba that is the highest of the portions opposite the light-receiving surface with respect to a charge accumulation region and an atomic oxygen concentration Oa, and a deep portion located opposite the charge accumulation region in the depth direction with respect to the base portion and having an atomic boron concentration Bb and an atomic oxygen concentration Ob. The impurity region satisfies Ba×Oa2<Bb×Ob2.

Abstract: A video data processing method and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes obtaining a first image in a first video and separating a first part from the first image. The first video has a recording duration of a first time length. The method also includes obtaining a second image in a second video. The second video has a recording duration of a second time length. The first and second time lengths are different. Further, the method includes forming a composite image by compositing the first part of the first image and the second image, and forming a target video from a plurality of composite images, the plurality of composite images including the composite image.

Abstract: An image processing method includes obtaining a background picture including a first and second pixel, wherein the first pixel has a first intensity value in response to that a first sensing element is operated by a fixed exposure time, and the second pixel has a second intensity value in response to that a second image sensing element is operated by the fixed exposure time; extracting the first and second intensity value from the first and second pixel, respectively; performing a computing operation including computing a first exposure time and a second exposure time; and operating the first image sensing element by the first exposure time and the second image sensing element by the second exposure time after the computing operation.

Abstract: In the imaging apparatus, the image processor combines the data of the plurality of the images so as to generate data of a still image deeper in depth of field. The image processor performs alignment of two images to be combined. In a case where the alignment achieves success, the image processor combines the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where a difference between focus positions of the two images is smaller than a predetermined value, the image processor does not combine the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where the difference between the focus positions of the two images is not smaller than the predetermined value, the image processor combines the data of the two images.

Abstract: A luminance indicated by an HDR signal is appropriately displayed. A first image processing unit (22) converts, in accordance with a maximum luminance level indicated by an HDR signal input to the first image processing unit (22), a gradation performance indicated by the HDR signal into a prescribed gradation performance according to a display panel (10), and a panel control unit (27) converts, in accordance with the maximum luminance level indicated by the HDR signal and a maximum luminance displayable by the display panel (10), a gradation value indicated by the HDR signal into a gradation value displayable by the display panel (10).

Abstract: A depth camera assembly (DCA) determines distances between the DCA and objects in a local area within a field of view of the DCA. The DCA includes an illumination source that projects a known spatial pattern modulated with a temporal carrier signal into the local area. An imaging device capture the modulated pattern projected into the local area. The imaging device includes a detector that comprises different pixel groups that are each activated to captured light at different times. Hence, different pixel groups capture different phases of the temporally modulated pattern from the local area. The DCA determines times for light from the illumination source to be reflected and captured by the imaging device from the phases captured by the different pixel groups and also determines distances between the DCA and objects in the local area based on deformation of the spatial pattern captured by the imaging device.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus being capable of performing a photometry process under a suitable condition and of achieving high-speed continuous photographing. A first drive, which accumulates and reads an electric charge with an image sensor for a photometry process, and a second drive, which accumulates and reads an electric charge to obtain an image signal for a static image, are alternately repeated during continuous photographing. A photometry process is performed based on the electric charge read by the first drive. An aperture value for obtaining the image signal of an (N+1)th frame is calculated based on a result of the photometry process during accumulation for obtaining the image signal of an N-th frame. A control unit controls a diaphragm based on the calculated aperture value and a predetermined aperture value during reading of the electric charge for obtaining the image signal of the N-th frame.

Abstract: A method and a device for photographing a dynamic picture. The method includes: entering a dynamic picture photographing mode; continuously photographing a plurality of images at different shutter speeds, wherein the images includes dynamic images photographed at a first shutter speed and dynamic images photographed at a second shutter speed, the first shutter speed is greater than second shutter speed; automatically composing the static image and dynamic image to obtain a dynamic picture. According to the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, photographing the static images and the dynamic images respectively at different shutter speeds and automatically composing the static image and dynamic image to obtain the dynamic picture, a user can automatically obtain a relatively ideal dynamic picture through a terminal, no requirement is attached to photographing skill and picture processing technique of the user, entertainment and experience of the terminal user are increased.

Abstract: A method applied to a camera device includes receiving one or all of an angular velocity signal and an acceleration signal, selecting one of predetermined motion modes according to the one or all of the angular velocity signal and the acceleration signal, configuring one or more of an exposure time of a camera, an auto focus (AF) configuration of the camera, an auto white balance (AWB) configuration of the camera, and an auto exposure (AE) configuration of the camera according to the selected motion mode, and capturing an image or recording a video according to the one or more of the exposure time of the camera, the AF configuration of the camera, the AWB configuration of the camera, and the AE configuration of the camera.

Abstract: The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for widening dynamic range within an image in a light deficient environment.

Abstract: For creating a single image from two images taken at different exposure setting when a face is detected, an apparatus includes an image sensor and a processor. The processor calculates a first exposure value for the photographic subject matter. Here, the first exposure value is calculated using the photographic subject matter as a whole. The processor determines whether a face is present within the photographic subject matter. In response to the determining that a face is present, the processor calculates a second exposure value. Here, the second exposure value is calculated to correctly expose the face. The processor controls the image sensor to capture a first image using the first exposure value and a second image using the second exposure value. The processor creates a third image using the first image and the second image.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for high dynamic range imaging are provided, the systems comprising: an image sensor; and a hardware processor configured to: cause the image sensor to capture first image data having a first exposure time, second image data having a second exposure time, and third image data having a third exposure time that is substantially equal to the sum of the first exposure time and the second exposure time; generate combined image data using the first image data and the second image data.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus which communicates with an external apparatus via a network, includes an imaging unit; a first image processing unit configured to change, by image processing, a brightness of a captured image output from the imaging unit; a second image processing unit configured to change, by image processing that is different from the image processing by the first image processing unit, a brightness of a captured image output from the imaging unit; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the external apparatus via the network, a single command in which first image processing information for controlling an operation of the first image processing unit and second image processing information for controlling an operation of the second image processing unit may be described; and a control unit configured to control the first image processing unit and the second image processing unit in accordance with the command received by the receiving unit.

Abstract: Disclosed examples include integrated circuits, merge circuits and methods of processing multiple-exposure image data, in which a single pre-processing circuit is used for pre-processing first input exposure data associated with a first exposure of the image, and then for pre-processing second input exposure data associated with a second exposure of the image, and the first and second pre-processed exposure data are merged to generate merged image data for tone mapping and other post-processing. An example merge circuit includes a configurable gain circuit to apply a gain to the first and/or second exposure data, as well as a configurable weighting circuit with a weight calculation circuit and a motion adaptive filter circuit to compute a first and second weight values for merging the pre-processed first and second exposure data.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an imaging device configured to obtain an image of a subject, a light source including light-emitting elements configured to emit light in different directions, and a controller configured to determine a position of the subject and a distance to the subject in the image, and control a luminance of the light-emitting elements based on the position of the subject and the distance to the subject.

Abstract: An imaging device for capturing an image of a scene, comprising: an image sensor; an optical arrangement operable to focus light from a portion of the scene onto the image sensor while preventing light from other portions of the scene from being focused onto the sensor; a controller configured to cause the optical arrangement to focus light from a sequence of portions of the scene onto the sensor so that the sensor captures the said sequence of portions of the scene; and a processor configured to use the captured portions of the scene to construct an image of the scene.

Abstract: Method for controlling a filling system for liquid or solid products, particularly food industry products, including a method for analyzing a dynamic state of the filling system including the method steps: acquisition of image sequences in at least one portion of the filling system, and evaluation of the image sequences by calculating an optical flow from an image sequence of a given number of frames; evaluating the optical flow; and outputting control signals for the filling system when the evaluation of the optical flow announces or indicates a deviation from a normal operating state.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a acquisition unit acquires a measurement luminance, an exposure control unit, and a setting unit sets a control luminance to be used for exposure controlling in an image capturing. In an interval shooting mode, if a measurement luminance of a second image capturing to be performed after a first image capturing is in a predetermined range based on, as a reference point, a control luminance of the first image capturing, the setting unit sets a control luminance of the second image capturing to be the same as the control luminance of the first image capturing. If the measurement luminance of the second image capturing is not in the predetermined range, the setting unit sets the control luminance of the second image capturing based on a calculation result by using the measurement luminance of the second image capturing and the control luminance of the first image capturing.

Abstract: An image capture device includes a light source, an image capture circuit, and a processor. The light source is used for generating emitting light. The image capture circuit is used for capturing an image corresponding to the emitting light. The processor is coupled to the light source and the image capture circuit for optionally adjusting the intensity of the emitting light of the light source according to luminance corresponding to the image and a target value.

Abstract: An alignment method for high dynamic resolution imaging searches and detects features in an image and parameterizing the features. Then differently exposed images are compared by comparing the features. Additionally the method detects features in an image, performs shape adaptive filtering using scaling pyramids, determines trajectories, calculates a range of characteristics for each unit in the image, and compares characteristics of paired units to select or eliminate the pair. Paired unit characterization selects unit pairs, selects unit pairs by statistical analysis, performs cluster analysis, calculates alignment parameters, and performs additional correction of the alignment parameters. The brightness channel is used for objects detection.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor includes first and second ranging pixels that detect an incident light beam in the solid-state image sensor by separating the incident light beam in a first and second direction, respectively. The angle between the second direction and a column direction is smaller than the angle between the first direction and the column direction. A difference in exposure timings of second ranging pixels disposed in different rows is made smaller than that of first ranging pixels disposed in different rows, by causing to vary, for each row, a time over which charge is held in the in-pixel memories, in the plurality of second ranging pixels disposed in different rows.

Abstract: An optical module that achieves an adjustable aperture with a multilayer liquid crystal diaphragm, and an electronic apparatus using the optical module are described. The optical module includes at least one diaphragm layer having a light-transmission area that is fully transmissive and a variable light-transmission area filled with material having variable transmittance; and an electrode unit for applying an adjustment voltage to the at least one diaphragm layer. Transmittance of the variable light-transmission area varies in accordance with the adjustment voltage applied by the electrode unit.

Abstract: A lens apparatus attached to and detached from an image pickup apparatus includes a diaphragm unit, a driver configured to drive the diaphragm unit, and a lens controller configured to communicate with the image pickup apparatus to which the lens apparatus is attached, and to control the driver based on aperture driving instruction information or aperture stop time request received from the image pickup apparatus. The lens controller is configured to send to the image pickup apparatus time information necessary to drive the diaphragm unit according to the aperture driving instruction information or aperture stop time request, during a period that starts when the driver starts driving the diaphragm unit and ends when the driver stops driving the diaphragm unit.

Abstract: A shutter device includes: a substrate having an opening; a first light-shielding member that moves from a first position outside the opening of the substrate to a second position outside the opening to shield the opening, the second position being different from the first position; a second light-shielding member that partly shields the opening while moving from the first position to the second position; a first moving member that has a protrusion moving along a hole provided in the substrate to move the first light-shielding member; a second moving member that is coupled to the second light-shielding member and moves together with the second light-shielding member; and a third moving member, located outside a movement range of the protrusion during the second light-shielding member being located in the first position, that is coupled to the second light-shielding member and moves together with the second light-shielding member.

Abstract: Improved exposure control processes, devices, and systems are provided for wide angle lens imaging systems that suffer from image distortion. The exposure control uses a model of the wide angle lens distortion that estimates the weights that respective pixels of the image would have when producing an undistorted version of the image signal, and then scales pixel intensity values by the respective weights to produce weighted pixel values. The weighted pixel values are provided to an exposure control pixel counting process to produce one or more exposure feedback control signals, which control exposure features of the imaging system.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the application disclose a method of previewing an image on a terminal, including: starting at least one camera of a rear dual camera of the terminal, controlling the at least one camera to enter a low-power monitor state; obtaining brightness information and color temperature information of the current scene using the at least one camera in the low-power monitor state; updating in real time automatic exposure parameters of the current scene using the obtained brightness information, and updating in real time color temperature parameters of the current scene using the obtained color temperature information; obtaining an image of the current scene using a camera upon reception of an instruction for starting the camera; correcting color temperature and brightness of the obtained image using the color temperature and automatic exposure parameters of the current scene updated in real time; and outputting the corrected image as a preview image.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an APD filter. A first program diagram is selected in a case in which the APD filter is not disposed, and a second program diagram is selected in a case in which the APD filter is disposed. A set of an imaging diaphragm value AV and an imaging shutter speed TV is determined on the basis of an exposure value obtained from a photometric value obtained from a photometric unit. The first program diagram is a multiple-stage diaphragm type program diagram. In the first program diagram, diaphragm values AV take discrete values at an interval of a first value. In the second program diagram, a part of corrected diaphragm values, which are obtained by correcting diaphragm values of the first program diagram on the basis of optical characteristics of the APD filter, are thinned out so that each interval has at least a second value.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a generation section which generates, based on a plurality of images captured at different exposure times, index information representing an index of a brightness of the plurality of images, and a detection section which detects a moving photographic subject included in the plurality of images based on the index information.

Abstract: An imaging device, comprising a shooting control section for acquiring divided image data for each of a plurality of exposures, a determination section for determining, for every pixel data of the divided image data, whether or not a pixel value is within a specified determination threshold value, an image combination section for carrying out first image combination or second image combination for every pixel data of the divided image data, an image combination control section for selecting either the first image combination or the second image combination based on a determination result by the determination section, carrying out image combination for every pixel data in the image combination section in accordance with this selection, and generating combined image data, and a first storage section for storing the combined image data that has been generated as a result of controlled by the image combination control section.

Abstract: A method of measuring a display delay time includes a step where a display pattern displayed on a first display including i (i is a natural number greater than 2) display elements is switched to a display pattern other than the display pattern at every elapse of a pattern continuation time, and j (j is a natural number, 1<j<i) display elements brought into a first display state is switched at every elapse, a step where an image of the display pattern on the first display is captured, a step where the captured image is displayed on a second display, and a step where the display delay time from capturing the image on the first display to displaying the image on the second display is measured based on a difference between the display pattern on the first display and the display pattern on the second display.

Abstract: A method for correcting flickers in a single-shot multiple-exposure image and associated apparatus is provided. The single-shot multi-exposure image includes first image data and second image data. The method includes the steps of: computing a first vertical profile for the first image data and a second vertical profile for the second image data; computing a flicker modulation function according to the first vertical profile and the second vertical profile; and multiplying each pixel in the second image data by the flicker modulation function to correct flickers.

Abstract: An image-capturing device includes: a plurality of microlenses arranged in a two-dimensional manner; a plurality of photodetectors arranged to correspond to the plurality of microlenses; an image synthesizing part that synthesizes an image at an optional image plane of a photographic optical system, based on signals from the plurality of photodetectors; and an image processing part that removes signals of other pixels from signals of pixels constituting the image synthesized in the image synthesizing part.

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator for a power fold mechanism of a rear view device for a vehicle, which is preferably for a motor vehicle. The actuator includes at least one actuator pin and at least one drive element arranged on the actuator pin to be rotatable at least partially around the actuator pin. At least one first shape memory alloy (SMA) element, in particular having the form of a SMA wire is connected to the at least one drive element. At least one retraction element is connected to the at least one first SMA element and biased by the retraction element.

Abstract: A camera for capturing video images in a series of frames includes an image sensor having an array of pixels. Each pixel receives an image and accumulates an electrical charge representative of the image during a frame. The camera also includes a pixel processor to sample a pixel output for each of the pixels of the image sensor during an intermediate portion of the frame to produce a signal representative of the image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for auto exposure value detection for High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging. An image can be captured as a captured image at a capture exposure. The exposure of a current iteration of the image can be changed by at least a fraction of an exposure value. A changed exposure image can be captured at the changed exposure value. A difference between an exposure data metric of the current iteration of the changed exposure image and an exposure data metric of a previous iteration of the image can be ascertained. The difference between the exposure data metric of the current iteration of the changed exposure image and the exposure data metric of the previous iteration of the image can be compared to a difference threshold.

Abstract: The embodiments include systems and methods for guiding a user to capture two flash images of a document page, and selectively fuse the images to produce a binary image of high quality and without loss of any content. Each individual image may have an FSR where the content is degraded/lost due to the flash light. The idea is to first guide the user to take two images such that there is no overlap of flash-spots in the document regions. The flash spots in both images are detected and assessed for quality and extent of degradation in both images. The image with lower degradation is chosen as the primary image and the other image as secondary, to minimize fusing artifacts. The region in secondary image corresponding to the FSR in the primary is aligned to the primary region using a multiscale alignment technique.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a stabilization correction or a preset correction is performed depending on whether a destabilization is recognized from at least one object contained in an image. The present invention includes a display, and a controller operably coupled to the display and configured to cause the display to display a first image, cause the display to display a second image when destabilization of at least one object included in the first image is detected, the second image being an image of which destabilization correction is performed on the at least one object, and cause the display to display a third image when no destabilization of the at least one object is detected in the first image, the third image being an image of which preset correction is performed on the first image.

Abstract: A smart refrigerator has a body having a shelf and a drawer, a door coupled to the body and has a plurality of trays. The shelf has a corresponding camera configured to capture an image of items on the shelf. The drawer has a corresponding camera configured to capture an image of items in the drawer. The trays have a corresponding camera configured to capture an image of items in the trays. The images captured by the cameras are processed to identify the type of the item and the location of the item within the smart refrigerator.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of imaging sections that images an imaging region, a parallax information generator that generates parallax information based on images by the imaging sections, and an exposure amount controller that determines an exposure amount for use in the imaging sections in a subsequent imaging operation to increase a number of parallax values contained in a parallax value group of an image portion showing a target in the imaging region, wherein the exposure amount controller executes parallax information obtaining control that obtains the parallax information corresponding to a plurality of exposure amounts generated based on the images with the exposure amounts, and executes exposure amount identifying control that identifies the exposure amount corresponding to the parallax information having a maximum number of parallax values in the obtained parallax information to determine the exposure amount for use in the imaging sections based on the identified exposure amount.

Abstract: An imaging device, comprising a dark image data imaging section for acquiring first dark image data acquired by shooting in a state where a light beam incident on the imaging surface of the image sensor is shielded, before acquiring first image data that has been read out from the image sensor, and second dark image data acquired by shooting in a state where a light beam incident on the imaging surface of the image sensor is shielded after the second image data that was finally acquired, a corrected image data generating section for generating dark corrected image data by carrying out combination processing based on a comparison result of comparing the first and second dark image data, or an averaging computation result, and a correction section for correcting fixed pattern noise within the cumulatively combined image data using the dark corrected image data.

Abstract: A scanner for obtaining and/or measuring a 3D geometry of a surface of an object includes a camera having an array of sensor elements, a first device for generating a probe light, a device for transmitting the probe light rays towards the object, a device for transmitting light rays returned from the object to the array of sensor elements, an optical system for imaging with a first depth of field on the camera the transmitted light rays, a device for varying the position of the focus plane on the object, a device for obtaining at least one image from said array of sensor elements, a device for determining the in-focus position(s) of sensor elements, and a device for transforming the in-focus data into 3D coordinates.

Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a control system, a light source, and an image sensor module. The image sensor module is configured to capture image data and process the image data to provide derived image data, such that the derived image data is downsampled from the image data. The derived image data is used by the control system to adjust one or more characteristics of light provided by the light source.

Abstract: A method of measuring a display delay includes a first step where a first display device performs a switching operation of switching a display pattern displayed on a display unit of the first display device, a second step where a first camera captures a first image and displays the first image in a live view mode, a third step where a second camera captures a second image containing the first image and records at least the first image contained in the captured second image while being correlated with information indicative of an imaging time when the second image is captured, and a fourth step where a display delay time of the first camera from the imaging of the first image to the display of the first image is deduced from the time indicated by the display pattern contained in the first image and the information indicative of the imaging time.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: an image pickup element; a focal plane shutter including: a board including an opening exposing the image pickup element; a leading shutter and a trailing shutter movable between a closed position to close the opening and an opened position to open the opening; and a leading shutter actuator and a trailing shutter actuator respectively driving the leading shutter and the trailing shutter, a drive control portion that drives the leading shutter actuator and the trailing shutter actuator; and a control portion that controls the image pickup element.

Abstract: Color correction system for an automated stage light that allows the color temperature of the light beam to be continuously adjustable to both a higher and lower Kelvin value than the natural temperature of the open beam, by filtering using a dual peak filter and also color correcting the beam.

Abstract: Techniques related to spatially adjustable flash exposures for imaging devices are discussed. Such techniques may include adjusting region transparencies of a flash filter panel adjacent to a flash module of the image device based on flash filter panel control parameters and exposing the scene by providing a flash light from the flash module and through the flash filter control panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enabling an image stabilized video. The method comprises providing data defining a vignetting effect for digital image frames captured by a video camera; determining a dislocation value for a digital image frame captured by the video camera; determining, based on the dislocation value, a region of the digital image frame to be displayed in the image stabilized video; applying a vignetting removal process at least on pixels of the digital image frame corresponding to the region to be displayed in the image stabilized video, wherein said applying being based on the data defining the vignetting effect; and reintroducing vignetting on the region of the digital image frame to be displayed in the video based on the data defining the vignetting effect and the dislocation value.