67results about How to "Improve image capture" patented technology

A system, apparatus, method, and computer-readable media are provided for the capture of stereoscopic three dimensional (3D) images using multiple cameras or a single camera manipulated to deduce stereoscopic data. According to one method, a dongle or cradle is added to a mobile phone or other device to capture stereoscopic images. According to another method, the images are captured from cameras with oblique orientation such that the images may need to be rotated, cropped, or both to determine the appropriate stereoscopic 3D regions of interest. According to another method, a single camera is manipulated such that stereoscopic 3D information is deduced.

A power-saving method for an optical navigation device is proposed, wherein the image capture frame rate of a sensor is controlled according to the moving speed of the optical navigation device. The image capture frame rate is determined based on the variations of a horizontal displacement and a vertical displacement of the optical navigation device for saving power. Moreover, when the optical navigation device is in the sleeping mode, it is not necessary to generate a current to drive the sensor to monitor whether the optical navigation device moves or not. A displacement detector (e.g., a mechanical displacement trigger) is used instead to generate a current for breaking off the sleeping mode to accomplish the power-saving object.

A handheld wand comprises a probe at a distal end of the elongate handheld wand. The probe includes a light projector and a light field camera. The light projector includes a light source and a pattern generator configured to generate a light pattern. The light field camera includes a light field camera sensor, the light field camera sensor comprising an image sensor comprising an array of sensor pixels, and an array of micro-lenses disposed in front of the image sensor such that each micro-lens is disposed over a sub-array of the array of sensor pixels.

An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A surface of the display unit opposite a surface having the display screen disposed thereon faces a surface of the camera body opposite a surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. An image capture button is disposed on the surface of the camera body opposite the surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. The image capture button is exposed when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a first direction and the image capture button is covered by the display unit when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a second direction opposite the first direction.

An image capturing 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 and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power is made of plastic material, and has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with refractive power is made of plastic material, and has a convex image-side surface. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens element, the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element are aspheric.

An image capturing device for a driver assistance system having a mobile communication device includes an image sensor and a holding device for holding the mobile communication device in a vehicle. The holding device includes a device adapter for accommodating the communication device, a vehicle adapter disposed in a manner that is fixed to the vehicle, and a universal module that is disposed between the vehicle adapter and the device adapter.

An integrated imaging system is invented for creating an optimal imaging session by importing information in real time from several sources and using that information to automatically and continuously adjust the parameters of the imaging session so as to create the optimal session for the prescribed testing session.

A license plate recognition system and a license plate recognition method are provided. The license plate recognition system includes an image capturing module, a determination module and an output module. The image capturing module is utilized for capturing an image of a target object. The determination module is utilized for dividing the image of the target object into a plurality of image blocks. The determination module utilizes the plurality of image blocks to generate feature data and perform a data sorting process on the feature data to generate a first sorting result. The output module outputs the sorting result.

The invention relates to a digital camera or digital video camera comprising an circular objective, a sensor (5) for acquiring and digitising image information and means for storing the digitised image information, in which all of the image information projected by the objective and contained in an image circle is acquired, disgtised and stored for further processing. A digital camera of this type enables full use to be made of the objective capacity.

Provided are a method and apparatus for improving a dynamic range of an image. The method of improving a dynamic range of an image, which is obtained by a sensor unit of an image capture device, includes: creating an input image by using the sensor unit which has a plurality of lines and has different integration times for the individual lines; and creating an interpolated image by performing interpolation filtering on the input image by using neighboring lines of a current line which have different integration times.

An image capturing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power, a third lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave image-side surface. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric. Either or both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface have at least one inflection point formed thereon.

A timing system that includes a glyph associated with an object to be timed and at least one camera for capturing images of the glyph or associated object. A computer generates a virtual line, associates the virtual line with at least one of the images, and determines when the glyph or associated object intersects, crosses or has crossed the virtual line. A database records the identity of the glyph and the time that the glyph or associated object intersected or crossed the virtual line. The invention also relates to a related method for determining the time a glyph or object associated therewith passes a predetermined point or line.

An image capturing 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 and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface, wherein the object-side surface and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspheric. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power which is made of plastic material, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fifth lens element are aspheric, and the fifth lens element has inflection points formed on at least one surface thereof.

A differential air pressure system has a pressure bag with windows and preferred folding configuration such that when the bag is folded no window is folded. The pressure bag is supported by a lift support that is proximal to a user control panel and adjacent to or nearly adjacent to the user who is coupled to the pressure bag. A treadmill base for use with differential air pressure equipment is provided. There are various improvements provided to adapt the operations of the DAP system via the use of separate pressure volume and non-pressure volume portions of the treadmill base. Various improvements to serviceability and repairs are provided by placement of components outside of the pressure volume portion or by providing one or more pressure volume access points.

A method, a device and a computer readable for automatically identifying a Christmas tree scene and setting a camera's focus and / or exposure parameters in a way that yields images with high image quality. The Christmas tree scene identification can be performed by segmenting the image into bright and dark regions, identifying the light objects, collecting the statistics of the light objects, and classifying the scene based on the statistics of the light objects, or by collecting the pixel value statistics for the image, and classifying the scene based on the statistics of the pixel values, or by collecting the pixel value statistics for the image, filtering the image, collecting the pixel value statistics for the filtered image, and classifying the scene by comparing the statistics of the pixel values before and after filtering. The focus and exposure settings can be adjusted based on the Christmas tree scene identification results. For Christmas tree scenes, the exposure can be set based on a value that is adjusted upwards from the mean luminance of the image, or on a value that is calculated from the top luminance value. The focus can be set by identifying the lights in the image, and minimizing the light size in the image.

An image capturing 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 and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface, wherein the object-side surface and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspheric. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power which is made of plastic material, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fifth lens element are aspheric, and the fifth lens element has inflection points formed on at least one surface thereof.

A method and apparatus for processing an image in an image capturing device according to one aspect of the technique comprises, detecting whether a state of the image capturing device is in a first state for capturing an image in a first format or a second state for capturing an image in a second format, capturing an image in the second format and cropping the image captured in the second format when the second state is detected, and storing the cropped image. Accordingly, the exemplary method and apparatus provides an image capturing device that can capture an image in a certain format and can store the captured image as image data that can be displayed in a different format without a loss of image quality due to the difference between a format for capturing and a format for displaying the image.

The invention discloses a tilting photographic camera with a self-stabilizing system and a control method thereof. The tilting photographic camera is provided with an inertial navigation system and a servo drive system; the inertial navigation system includes an inertial navigation sensor (1), the The servo drive system includes a rolling servo brushless motor (2) and a pitching servo brushless motor (3), and the tilting camera also includes a control circuit system. Because the control rate of the inertial navigation control system is very fast, the present invention can quickly respond to the attitude change of the tilt camera brought about by the attitude change of the UAV itself, so that the real-time control servo system can correct the tilt camera, and then combine the physical Vibration reduction system, tilting the camera will get very good practical effect.

The optical recognition system determines the position and / or movement of an object (3) on a positioning device (2). The positioning device includes means (20, 21, 22) for driving the object in rotation and / or along a curvilinear or rectilinear path. The optical recognition system includes optical detection means, such as a digital camera (6), for detecting the position or orientation of the object, and a data processing station (7) for data supplied by the detection means. A certain number of different figures or references are distributed over the external surface of the object. The arrangement of each figure on the external surface of the object enables the detection means, associated with the data processing station, to determine the position or orientation of the object on the positioning device. The figures are formed by circular barcodes (10), wherein each circular barcode defines a precise position of the object (3) on the positioning device.

An image capture apparatus including a light guide element, an image capture device and a light emitting device. The light guide element has a first side, a second side and a light emitting portion located at the second side. The light emitting portion includes a plurality of enhanced transmission microstructures. The image capture device is disposed on the second side of the light guide element corresponding to the position of the enhanced transmission microstructures. A light beam, which is generated by the light emitting device and transmitted at least by the light guide element, is totally reflected to form a signal light beam. Thereafter, the signal light beam passes through the enhanced transmission microstructures and then is received by the image capture device.

A timing system that includes a glyph associated with an object to be timed and at least one camera for capturing images of the glyph or associated object. A computer generates a virtual line, associates the virtual line with at least one of the images, and determines when the glyph or associated object intersects, crosses or has crossed the virtual line. A database records the identity of the glyph and the time that the glyph or associated object intersected or crossed the virtual line. The invention also relates to a related method for determining the time a glyph or object associated therewith passes a predetermined point or line.

The invention relates to a color sorter, in particular to a color sorter with a novel blanking system. The structural scheme shown in the drawing 2 is adopted. The blanking system of the novel color sorter comprises a vibrator (1), a vibration hopper (2), a slideway (3), a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) (4) and a spray valve (5). Materials are vibrated by the vibrator to be flatly laid on the hopper, and slide down along the slideway, and after material images acquired by the CCD are identified by the color sorter system, unqualified materials are separated by the spray valve (5). According to the novel color sorter, the materials are vibrated by the vibrator to be flatly laid on the vibration hopper, and can not roll in the sliding process, the speed of the materials at the outlet of the slidway approximates to the speed of the materials at the outlet of the hopper, and the delay control between the material pick-up of the CCD and the action of the spray valve is not needed. The better material image acquisition effect and higher color sorting precision are realized. The impact of the blanking system of the traditional color sorter on the image acquisition effect is avoided, and the color sorting precision is improved.

The invention relates to a device and a method for monitoring and / or inspecting material webs which are moving in the direction of a material web length and / or a material web width, The method comprises the following steps: taking a first picture of a first portion of a material web at a first point in time with a camera which has a matrix chip with a binning function, and taking a second picture of a second portion of the material web at a second point in time with the camera. A first binning step level is used for the first picture here, in each case a first number of pixels of the matrix chip being grouped together using the binning function. A second binning step level is used for the second picture, in each case a second number of pixels of the matrix chip being grouped together using the binning function. The first number of pixels which are in each case grouped together is higher or lower than the second number of pixels which are in each case grouped together, as a result of which a physi

The invention provides a camera shooting module. The camera shooting module comprises a shell, a lens, a semi-reflecting and semi-transmitting lens, an image sensor and a brightness sensor; the shell comprises a containing cavity; the lens is positioned at one end of the containing cavity and used for closing the containing cavity; the semi-reflecting and semi-transmitting lens and the image sensor are fixed in the containing cavity and each coaxially arranged with the lens; the semi-reflecting and semi-transmitting lens is positioned between the lens and the image sensor and used for splitting incident light of the lens into first light and second light; the image sensor receives the first light or the second light; the brightness sensor is fixed in the containing cavity; the axis, where the brightness sensor is, and the axis, where the image sensor is, are arranged in an included angle; and the brightness sensor is used for receiving the second light or the first light.

An image capture system and method for imaging biological samples disposed in culture media supported by a plate. The system has a calibration module, an image acquisition module and an image presentation module. When the system receives a culture plate for imaging, default values for the culture plate and media are used to begin image acquisition at a given time. The captured image is then used to create a pixel by pixel map of the image. The system inspects the pixel-by-pixel map for saturated pixels and for signal to noise ratio and acquires a new image if the number of saturated pixels is at or above a predetermined threshold or the signal to noise ratio for the pixel is below a predetermined threshold. From this inspection a new value of photon flux and / or exposure time is determined and a new image is captured using the new value and the steps are repeated. Upon a determination that a predetermined threshold signal to noise ratio has been obtained for the non-saturated pixels, or when the predetermined upper threshold for the time interval for image acquisition is elapsed the system provides a final image for the given time.