Abstract: A 3D sensing device configured to sense a to-be-detected object is provided. The 3D sensing device includes a lighting module and a sensing module. The lighting module includes a lighting element, an optical element group, and a drive circuit. The drive circuit is coupled to the lighting element and configured to light the first lighting region, or the second lighting region, or both the first lighting region and the second lighting region. The drive circuit can determine an optical power of the second lighting region. The lighting module selectively emits a diffused light, or a structured light, or both the diffused light and the structured light. The sensing module is adjacent to the lighting module and configured to sense the diffused light, or the structured light, or both the diffused light and the structured light reflected by the to-be-detected object.

Abstract: An optical device, such as a camera or spot light, having first and second removably engagable components. Disengagement of the components exposes a battery compartment in the second component. The first component can include all optical components of the optical device, such as a camera or light. A magnetic mount can provide a secure and adjustable mounting for the optical device housing on a support.

Abstract: Folded cameras and dual folded-upright cameras that reduce a mobile electronic device and specifically a smartphone bump footprint and height. In some examples, the bump footprint is reduced by reducing the height of a back focal plane section of the folded camera. In some examples, the bump footprint is reduced by reducing the height of a back focal plane section and a lens subsection of the folded camera.

Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to eye-tracking in near-eye display systems. One example of an eye illuminator for eye-tracking includes a substrate transparent to visible light, an array of light sources immersed in the substrate and configured to emit infrared light, and a holographic optical element conformally coupled to a surface of the substrate and encapsulated by an encapsulation layer. The holographic optical element is configured to transmit the visible light and diffract the infrared light emitted by the array of light sources to the eye of a user for eye-tracking.

Abstract: Multi-color flash with image post-processing that uses a camera device with a multi-color flash and implements post-processing to generate images is described. In one aspect, the multi-color flash with image post-processing may be implemented by a controller configured to control a camera and flashes of at least two different colors. The controller may be configured to cause the camera to acquire a first image of a scene while the scene is being illuminated with the first flash but not the second flash, then cause the camera to acquire a second image of the scene while the scene is being illuminated with the second flash but not the first flash, and generate a final image of the scene in post-processing based on a combination of the first image and the second image.

Abstract: A light adjustment module for a camera includes a light source unit and a light adjustment unit. The light source unit includes light emitting elements disposed around a lens of the camera, and the light direction of each of the light emitting elements is parallel to the image capturing direction of the lens. The light adjustment unit is disposed above the light source unit and includes secondary optical elements, and the secondary optical elements respectively correspond to the light emitting elements. The light emitted by each of light emitting elements is deflected through the corresponding secondary optical element. Each of the secondary optical elements includes a first ring-shaped prism and a second ring-shaped prism, the width of the second ring-shaped prism is greater than the width of the first ring-shaped prism, and the second ring-shaped prism surrounds the outer circumference of the first ring-shaped prism.

Abstract: An auto white balance method is disclosed. The auto white balance method includes receiving image data to divide the image data into a plurality of partition cells, calculating an estimation value of a skin tone included in the image data, and selecting outliers for detection of a white point of the image data, based on at least some of the plurality of partition cells and the estimation value.

Abstract: A method and an ambient light color sensor adapted to determine color of ambient light comprising a memory, a processor, and a light color sensor with a plurality of channels that detect light at different wavelengths. Wherein the memory comprises a calibration matrix determined by calibrating a test light color sensing device under at least one ambient lighting condition, and a normalized gain value for each channel determined by calibrating the ambient light color sensing device to an artificial light source. Wherein the processor receives the sensor readings from the light color sensor, normalizes each received sensor reading using the normalized gain value of a respective channel, determines at least one measured light color value that quantifies color of light from the normalized sensor readings, and determines at least one calibrated light color value by correlating the at least one measured light color value through the calibration matrix.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gesture recognition apparatus. The gesture recognition apparatus may include a gesture processor and a plurality of depth cameras connecting to the gesture processor. Each of the plurality of the depth cameras may include a controller and a collector. The controller may be configured to generate and transmit an acquisition signal to the collector in response to a trigger signal. The collector may be configured to receive the acquisition signal and perform an image acquisition process in response to the acquisition signal.

Abstract: A disclosed medical device includes a first data transmission path that includes a first insulation device connecting a secondary circuit and a patient circuit such that serial data output from the secondary circuit is transmitted to the patient circuit while maintaining electrical insulation between the secondary circuit and the patient circuit; a second data transmission path that includes a second insulation device connecting the secondary circuit and the patient circuit such that the serial data transmitted from the secondary circuit to the patient circuit via the first data transmission path is fed back to the secondary circuit while maintaining electrical insulation between the secondary circuit and the patient circuit; and a comparison determination unit that is provided in the secondary circuit and compares the serial data output from the secondary circuit with the serial data fed back to the secondary circuit.

Abstract: A camera system includes a body, a support member, and a camera. The body includes an image processing circuit. The support member is configured to rotatably support the body. The camera is configured to be detachably arranged at the body and includes a holding member and a sensor. The holding member is configured to detachably hold a lens. The sensor is configured to convert an optical image formed by the lens into an electrical signal. The image processing circuit is configured to perform image processing on the electrical signal from the sensor.

Abstract: A vehicle control system including: a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surroundings status of a vehicle; and a driving controller that is configured to perform control of causing at least the vehicle to move forward or causing the vehicle to move backward on the basis of the surrounding status recognized by the recognizer; and a notification controller that is configured to notify traffic participants in the vicinity of the vehicle using an outputter in a case in which the vehicle having stopped is caused to advance in a second direction opposite to a first direction in which the vehicle has advanced before stopping by the driving controller, the driving controller is configured to cause the vehicle to advance in the second direction after the outputter is configured to perform the notification.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking device includes a cooking table having an auxiliary slit through which light passes; an induction coil for generating a magnetic field so as to inductively heat a cooking container placed on the cooking table; at least one light source disposed at the outer edge of the induction coil; an optical member for changing the traveling direction of light emitted the light source and concentrating the light, and a main slit through which light emitted from the optical member passes so as to form a flame image on the cooking container. The induction heating cooking device forms a virtual flame image on the lower surface of a cooking container at the time of operation of the induction coil, thereby enabling the heating state of the cooking container to be easily recognized.

Abstract: The reading device of the present disclosure includes a housing, a first irradiation part, an imaging device, and a first diffusion part. The housing has an opening in an upper portion with a transparent reading window member. The first irradiation part emits an infrared light. The imaging device is disposed on a bottom portion such that an optical axis is directed to a reading window member. The first diffusion part is disposed on a left side wall connecting the upper and bottom portions. The first diffusion part diffuses the infrared light. The first diffusion part is made up of a light-transmitting first diffusion plate and a light-transmitting second diffusion plate. The first diffusion plate is disposed on the bottom surface side and inclined toward the upper portion. The second diffusion plate is disposed on the upper surface side and inclined toward the bottom portion.

Abstract: An in vivo endoscope illuminates tissue using multiple sources. Light from a short-range source exits a tubular wall of the endoscope through a first illumination region that overlaps an imaging region, and the light returns through the imaging region after reflection by tissue, to form an image in a camera. Light from a long-range source exits the tubular wall through a second illumination region that does not overlap the imaging region. The endoscope of some embodiments includes a mirror, and light from an emitter for the short-range source is split and reaches the first illumination region from both sides of an optical axis of the camera. Illuminating the first illumination region with split fractions of light results in greater uniformity of illumination, than illuminating directly with an un-split beam. The energy generated by each source is changed depending on distance of the tissue to be imaged.

Abstract: A camera includes a camera controller that provides, using the data communication channel, a first communication for performing a data communication with the plurality of accessory apparatuses, and a second communication for performing a data communication individually with a specific accessory apparatus designated as a communication counterpart by the first communication, output a signal for instructing switching from the first communication to the second communication to the signal transmission channel, performs the first communication at a first communication rate commonly usable for the camera and the plurality of accessory apparatuses, and performs the second communication at a second communication rate commonly usable for the camera and the specific accessory apparatus and equal to or higher than the first communication rate.

Abstract: Scenes can be imaged under low-light conditions using flash photography. However, the flash can be irritating to individuals being photographed, especially when those individuals' eyes have adapted to the dark. Additionally, portions of images generated using a flash can appear washed-out or otherwise negatively affected by the flash. These issues can be addressed by using a flash at an invisible wavelength, e.g., an infrared and/or ultraviolet flash. At the same time a scene is being imaged, at the invisible wavelength of the invisible flash, the scene can also be imaged at visible wavelengths. This can include simultaneously using both a standard RGB camera and a modified visible-plus-invisible-wavelengths camera (e.g., an “IR-G-UV” camera). The visible and invisible image data can then be combined to generate an improved visible-light image of the scene, e.g., that approximates a visible light image of the scene, had the scene been illuminated during daytime light conditions.

Abstract: An image inspection device which can image an object with a plurality of cameras in a state in which the object is optimally illuminated and which can also be downsized is provided. The image inspection device includes a plurality of imaging parts that image the object, an illumination part that is disposed between the object and the plurality of imaging parts and radiates light toward the object and has a light-transmissive property, and a control part that controls the plurality of imaging parts and the illumination part. The illumination part includes a plurality of illumination elements which are arranged in a matrix and are allowed to be turned on independently. The control part controls the plurality of illumination elements to cause the illumination part to illuminate a region of the object corresponding to a field of view of the plurality of imaging parts.

Abstract: A light fixture integrated disposed in an ambient environment can include at least one light source. The light fixture can also include a sensor module that measures a parameter, where the parameter is used to operate the at least one light source, where the sensor module is disposed on an exposed component, where the exposed component has a substantially unobstructed line of sight with the ambient environment, where the sensor module is used to measure the parameter in the ambient environment.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for manufacturing a flash module. In some implementations, the method includes mounting at least one LED module on a top portion of a first substrate for providing light. A lens portion is mounted on a second substrate in a first region of the second substrate. The lens portion illuminates the light from the at least one LED module and the second substrate comprises the first region having a first diameter and a second region for providing a path for the illuminating light having a second diameter. The first diameter is greater than the second diameter. The second substrate is mounted on the first substrate. A substance is applied to a top portion of the second substrate from an end of the first diameter to the end of the second diameter and to a side portion of the second substrate in the second region.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a terminal display assembly and a mobile terminal. The terminal display assembly includes a display screen, a first light-transmissive cover plate, a light-shielding member and a second light-transmissive cover plate. The display screen defines a first through hole. The first light-transmissive cover plate is provided on the display screen, and defines a second through hole. The second through hole has a size larger than that of the first through hole to form a supporting surface on the display screen. The light-shielding member has a bottom wall and a side wall. The side wall forms a receiving space and is adjacent to the first light-transmissive cover plate. The bottom wall is provided on the supporting surface, and defines a third through hole. The second light-transmissive cover plate is provided within the receiving space to cover the first through hole and the third through hole.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus aims to control an illuminating part so as to obtain an image of good visibility irrespectively of a state of a zooming operation under dark environment. The image pickup apparatus has an image pickup part including a zoom lens, and a lens driving part configured to drive the zoom lens in an optical axis direction. The image pickup apparatus is capable of performing shooting by using an illuminating part configured to irradiate a subject with light. The image pickup apparatus comprises a control unit configured to control a dimming speed of the illuminating part according to drive information of the zoom lens.

Abstract: A method producing a dynamic single dimensional output image from a two dimensional image is disclosed. A camera captures a digital image. In the method, each row of pixels of the input image may be read progressively to generate lighting instructions corresponding to each row. The instructions are sent to e.g. programmable LEDs. The process continues with a first row of pixels from the input image being processed first, followed by processing of a subsequent row of pixels of the input image. Upon processing of the second row of pixels, LEDs of the LED strip are illuminated correspondingly. This process continues iteratively until the final row of pixels of the input image. If the imaged object varies visually from one side to another or from top down, the LEDs illuminated by processing of each row of pixels will vary, thereby generating a dynamic image.

Abstract: A digital camera includes an imaging control unit that images a subject by performing driving based on a rolling shutter method on an imaging sensor, and a light emission control unit that emits auxiliary light a plurality of times from a light emission device while the imaging is performed. A difference ?t between start timings of exposure started by the driving in two adjacent pixel rows is a value other than 1/n (n is an integer greater than or equal to 1) of an exposure time in which the exposure is performed. The light emission control unit controls a light emission cycle of the auxiliary light to be a time that is m (m is an integer greater than or equal to 1) times the difference.

Abstract: A video taking device comprises a video camera, an auxiliary controller and a main controller, wherein the video camera is electrically connected with the auxiliary controller and the main controller and the auxiliary controller is electrically connected with the main controller. The video camera is configured to film to generate a video stream. The auxiliary controller is configured to determine whether there is a target existing in the video stream, and to generate a switch instruction when the target exists in the video stream. The main controller is configured to switch into a first operation mode from a first standby mode and instruct the auxiliary controller to be in a second standby mode when receiving the switch instruction, and to obtain the video stream from the video camera for recognizing appearance of the target.

Abstract: An electronic device protection apparatus conformal with an electronic device including a retaining sheath having a base section disposed so as to substantially cover the rear of the electronic device, and a rim section, including an inner channel, forming a perimeter around and receiving an exterior edge of the electronic device, at least one aperture defined by and extending through one or more of the base section and the rim section, the aperture configured such that an edge of the aperture at least partially surrounds a camera and flash unit of the electronic device, and at least one hood defined by and projecting from the one or more of the base section and the rim section such that the hood and the one or more of the base section and the rim section are a unitary member, wherein the hood substantially surrounds at least a portion of the edge of the aperture and is configured so as to define a non-reflective pass through, non-reflective of flash illumination of the flash unit with respect to the camera.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting control device, the device comprising means for receiving a trigger; and means for switching operation of a lighting device from a continuous mode to a flash mode upon receipt of said trigger; wherein said lighting device comprises at least one light emitting diode; and said flash mode is at a higher brightness than said continuous mode. The invention also relates to a lighting system comprising: a lighting device comprising at least one light emitting diode; and a lighting control device; wherein the lighting control device is operable to switch operation of said lighting device between a continuous mode and a flash mode; wherein the flash is at a higher brightness than said continuous mode.

Abstract: A smart flashlight control method and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: when detecting that a photographing mode of a mobile terminal is turned on, detecting ambient light intensity of the mobile terminal; when the ambient light intensity of the mobile terminal is smaller than a first threshold, turning on a flashlight; detecting whether a target to be photographed by the mobile terminal includes a predetermined type; and when the target to be photographed includes the predetermined type, adjusting light intensity of a fill light in the mobile terminal, to achieve the best photographing effect.

Abstract: Described in detail herein are methods and systems for determining crowd traffic in a facility by detecting debris on floor mats. The system can include floor mats disposed in a facility to collect debris from objects passing over the floor mats. A computing system can detect and estimate the amount of objects causing the debris on the floor mat. The computing system can estimate the amount of objects entering and exiting the facility based on the quantity of objects passing over the floor mats.

Abstract: A motion sensor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an image sensor (101) and LED light sources (102, 103). Using an image captured by the image sensor (101) when both of the LED light sources (102, 103) are turned ON and an image captured by the image sensor (101) when only the LED light source (103) is turned ON, the distance to an object is estimated based on the luminance ratio of the object.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an image sensor, a fill light lamp, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain an automatic exposure parameter of the image sensor and control an illumination intensity of the fill light lamp based on the automatic exposure parameter.

Abstract: Optical apparatus includes an acousto-optic medium and an array of multiple piezoelectric transducers attached to the acousto-optic medium. A drive circuit is coupled to apply to the piezoelectric transducers respective drive signals including at least first and second frequency components at different, respective first and second frequencies and with different, respective phase offsets for the first and second frequency components at each of the multiple piezoelectric transducers.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a series of images of a rotating target object through multiple revolutions of the target object. The method includes grouping the images into multiple, different sets of images. The images in each of the different sets depict a common portion of the target object. At least some of the images in each set are obtained during a different revolution of the target object. The method further includes examining the images in at least a first set of the multiple sets of images using an artificial neural network for automated object-of-interest recognition by the artificial neural network.

Abstract: A controller can selectively activate an illumination source. The controller includes a processor in communication with a memory configured to store video frames. The controller is configured to selectively activate an illumination source during capture of two successive video frames in a video capture session, so the illumination source illuminates a scene while a video capture device is capturing one of the successive video frames, and the illumination source does not illuminate the scene while the video capture device is capturing the other of the two successive video frames. The controller can determine whether a difference in image quality between the two successive video frames reaches at least a threshold difference. Based on the determination of whether the difference reaches the threshold difference, the controller can determine whether to activate or deactivate the illumination source while capturing subsequent video frames during the video capture session.

Abstract: An image capturing arrangement is provided which comprises a depth (3D) sensor, a processor, an illuminating device and one or more image capturing devices. The depth sensor is configured to acquire at least a partial representation of the scene whose image is about to be taken, the processor retrieves required information from the acquired representation about distances of objects included in that scene from the sensor, and the illuminating device is configured to provide a non-uniform illumination of the scene whose image is to be captured, based on the retrieved information.

Abstract: Optical apparatus includes an acousto-optic medium and an array of multiple piezoelectric transducers attached to the acousto-optic medium. A drive circuit is coupled to apply to the piezoelectric transducers respective drive signals including at least first and second frequency components at different, respective first and second frequencies and with different, respective phase offsets for the first and second frequency components at each of the multiple piezoelectric transducers.

Abstract: The illumination apparatus includes a housing holding an optical member, a light emitter housed in the housing and including a light source configured to emit illumination light projected frontward through the optical member, an emission control substrate disposed behind the light emitter and on which electronic components for controlling emission of the light source are mounted, and a heat radiating member configured to cause heat transmitted from the light source to an outer face of the light emitter to radiate. The heat radiating member includes a lower face portion, a side face portion and a rear face portion disposed so as to respectively face a lower face and a side face of the light emitter and the emission control substrate.

Abstract: On the basis of subsidiary information associated with image data, an image for the image data is segmented into multiple subregions, and feature values are extracted for each of the subregions obtained through the segmentation. The category for each of the subregions is determined on the basis of the extracted feature values.

Abstract: A video processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input information instructing a focus position, in a first shooting, an acquisition unit configured, in a case in which the information instructing a focus position has been input by the input unit, to acquire position information indicating the instructed focus position, and time information indicating a time at which the focus position has been instructed, and a control unit configured to control a focus position in a second shooting based on the position information and the time information that have been acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A network camera capable of identifying a subject of interest in a captured image is disclosed. A network of throwable cameras is disclosed. The network can include a client device capable of receiving images and sensor data from multiple throwable cameras on the network. Also disclosed, a client device can process images captured by multiple cameras. A client device capable of identifying a subject of interest in an image captured by a network camera is disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a color recognition device and a color recognition method, and belongs to the technical field of color recognition. In an embodiment, the color recognition device includes a head portion and a main body portion; the head portion has a groove in which a sensor module configured to capture color information of the object to be detected is disposed; and the main body portion includes: a storage module configured for storing standard color parameters of a variety of colors, and a central processing unit configured for comparing color information of the object to be detected with the standard color parameters of the variety of colors stored in the storage module, to recognize color of the object to be detected.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus detects the movement of a main body by an angular velocity sensor, detects the movement of the captured object image, and detects the angular velocity. An exposure time during image capturing is set by an automatic exposure setting processing. A longest exposure time is calculated based on a maximum drive amount of an optical system including a correction lens, and the exposure time is set so as not to exceed the longest exposure time by upgrading a photographing condition. When an operation instruction for photographing is received, a drive control to relatively change a position of the object image to be captured is performed by driving the correction lens of the optical system in the period before the passage of the set exposure time.

Abstract: An image scanning system for tissue slides comprises a microscope, an image capture element, a splitter module and a shading module, wherein the microscope is used for carrying a plurality of tissue slides. The light pass through each of the tissue slides is able to enter the splitter module selectively by the shading module, and the light is guided into the image capture element via a plurality of splitters of the splitter module to make each of the tissue slides be imaged on the image capture element respectively for image scanning.

Abstract: A time-of-flight camera system is described. The time-of-flight camera system includes an illuminator to illuminate a region within the time-of-flight camera system's field of view. The time-of-flight camera system includes an image sensor to receive optical signals from the illumination for determining depth profile information within the field of view using time-of-flight measurement techniques. The image sensor has circuitry to determine one or more regions within the field of view where a received optical signal from the illuminating was weak. The illuminator is also to re-illuminate the one or more regions with stronger light than the one or more regions received during the illuminating. Each of the one or more regions being smaller than the region. The image sensor is also to receive optical signals from the re-illumination for determining depth profile information within the one or more regions.

Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to dynamic video image management. A set of dynamic image quality factors may be collected with respect to a dynamic video image. A set of display parameter values may be determined based on the set of dynamic image quality factors. The set of display parameter values may be of a set of display parameter values for a set of computing assets. The set of display parameter values may be determined to benefit the set of dynamic image quality factors with respect to the dynamic video image. The set of computing assets may be configured using the set of display parameter values. The set of computing assets may be configured to benefit the set of dynamic image quality factors with respect to the dynamic video image.

Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus including a positioning adjustment mechanism for performing positioning adjustment of an area image-captured by an image capturing unit; an image processing unit for recognizing a subject using an image signal generated in the image capturing unit; a vibration detection unit for detecting vibration of the image capturing apparatus; a control unit for determining a priority order of subject tracking processing for driving the positioning adjustment mechanism based on a subject recognition result provided from the image processing unit and image vibration correction processing for driving the positioning adjustment mechanism based on a vibration detection result of the vibration detection unit, and for limiting an adjustment amount of the positioning adjustment mechanism for the processing having no priority. Also, an image capturing method thereof and a program therefor are provided.

Abstract: A time of flight detector includes an electromagnetic radiation emitter configured to emit a beam of radiation. A first optical element receives the beam of radiation and generates a collimated beam of radiation. A second optical element defines a narrow imaging field of view sufficient to capture reflected electromagnetic radiation from the collimated beam. An electromagnetic radiation sensor then senses the captured reflected electromagnetic radiation from the collimated beam in the narrow imaging field of view. Further narrowing of the imaging field of view is accomplished by selective enabling a sub-array of photosensitive elements with the electromagnetic radiation sensor.

Abstract: The amount of light to be emitted by an auxiliary light source for capturing an image to which correction processing is applied, as well as a parameter used in the correction processing, is determined based on a degree of shadows of an object to be captured using the auxiliary light source. In this way, shadows in an image obtained through image capture using the auxiliary light source can be appropriately corrected with a simple method.

Abstract: An apparatus is described having an integrated two-dimensional image capture and three-dimensional time-of-flight depth capture system. The integrated two-dimensional image capture and three-dimensional time-of-flight depth capture system includes an illuminator to generate light for the time-of-flight depth capture system. The illuminator includes an array of light sources and a movable lens assembly. The movable lens assembly is to movably direct an emitted beam of the light to one of any of a plurality of locations within the illuminator's field of view to form an illuminated region of interest within the illuminator's field of view. The illuminated region of interest has a size that is smaller than the illuminator's field of view.

Abstract: An automatic light adjusting method applied to a camera having at least one image capturing unit and a plurality of lighting units includes driving the plurality of lighting units to output maximal illumination, driving the at least one image capturing unit to acquire a first image by a first exposure duration, calculating a plurality of first light intensity of a plurality of regions on the first image, comparing the plurality of first light intensity with a predetermined range, and determining whether to set a first ratio about the plurality of first light intensity as a lighting limitation ratio of the plurality of lighting units according to a comparison result.