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20080239065 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIGHT BEAM ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A three-dimensional light beam acquisition apparatus includes an imaging optical system and an illumination optical system. The imaging optical system includes a first optical element that allows to pass through light from a subject; a second optical element that is arranged on the optical axis of the first optical element, receives the light from the first optical element, and forms an image corresponding to received light; and an acquiring unit that acquires the image from the second optical element as light beam information. The illumination optical system includes a light source; and a third optical element that collects illumination light from the light source and irradiates the subject with the illumination light through the first optical element. | 10-02-2008 |
20080278572 | Aperture system with spatially-biased aperture shapes and positions (SBPSP) for static and dynamic 3-D defocusing-based imaging - A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, a plurality of spatially-biased apertures obstructing the lens, a sensor operable for capturing light transmitted from an object through the lens and the plurality of spatially-biased apertures, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. The spatially-biased apertures may differ in shape, size, and/or distance from the optical axis. | 11-13-2008 |
20080303895 | Stereoplexing for video and film applications - A method for multiplexing a stream of stereoscopic image source data including a series of left images and a series of right images combinable to form a series of stereoscopic images is provided. The primary application is for video applications, but film applications are also addressed. The method includes removing pixels from the stereoscopic image source data to form left images and right images and providing a series of single frames divided into portions, each single frame containing one right image in a first portion and one left image in a second portion. Multiplexing processes such as staggering, alternating, filtering, variable scaling, and sharpening from original, uncompressed right and left images may be employed alone or in combination, and selected or predetermined regions or segments from uncompressed images may have more pixels removed or combined than other regions. | 12-11-2008 |
20080303896 | Stereoplexing for film and video applications - A method for multiplexing a stream of stereoscopic image source data into a series of left images and a series of right images combinable to form a series of stereoscopic images, both the stereoscopic image source data and series of left images and series of right images conceptually defined to be within frames. The method includes compressing stereoscopic image source data at varying levels across the frame, thereby forming left images and right images, and providing a series of single frames divided into portions, each single frame containing one right image in a first portion and one left image in a second portion. Alternately, single frames may contain two right images in a first two portions of each single frame and two left images in a second two portions of each single frame, wherein each set of right and left images may be processed differently. Multiplexing processes such as staggering, alternating, filtering, variable scaling, and sharpening from original, uncompressed right and left images may be employed. | 12-11-2008 |
20080316301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPHERICAL STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHING - The present invention provides a novel imaging system for obtaining full stereoscopic spherical images of the visual environment surrounding a viewer, 360 degrees both horizontally and vertically. Displaying the images obtained by the present system, by means suitable for stereoscopic displaying, gives the viewers the ability to look everywhere around them, as well as up and down, while having stereoscopic depth perception of the displayed images. The system according to the present invention comprises an array of cameras, wherein the lenses of said cameras are situated on a curved surface, pointing out from common centers of said curved surface. The captured images of said system are arranged and processed to create sets of stereoscopic image pairs, wherein one image of each pair is designated for the observer's right eye and the second image for his left eye, thus creating a three dimensional perception. | 12-25-2008 |
20090058993 | CMOS STEREO CAMERA FOR OBTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A CMOS stereo camera for obtaining a three-dimensional image, in which two CMOS image sensors having the same characteristics are disposed on a single semiconductor substrate, is provided. The CMOS image sensors have image planes which are located on the same plane by disposing the two CMOS image sensors on the same semiconductor substrate. A digital signal processor (DSP) for processing a three-dimensional image is disposed between the CMOS image sensors. Optical axes of the CMOS image sensors are parallel with each other and orthogonal to the image planes. Since optical devices formed on the CMOS image sensors can be manufactured through the same processes, distortion of the optical axes between the two CMOS image sensors can be minimized. | 03-05-2009 |
20090237493 | SHARED COLOR SENSORS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION 3-D CAMERA - In one embodiment, an apparatus for three-dimensional (3-D) image acquisition can include: (i) first and second lenses configured to receive light from a scene; (ii) first, second, third, and fourth sensors; (iii) a first beam splitter arranged proximate to the first lens, where the first beam splitter can provide a first split beam to the first sensor, and a second split beam to the second sensor; and (iv) a second beam splitter arranged proximate to the second lens, where the second beam splitter can provide a third split beam to the third sensor, and a fourth and split beam to the fourth sensor. For example, the sensors can include charge-coupled devices (CCDs) or CMOS sensors. | 09-24-2009 |
20100053309 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention provides full-parallax images having high spatial resolution in real time. An image-capturing optical unit ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100060720 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ANALYZING IMAGE DATA - An image data analyzing apparatus includes a monocular visual depth information determiner for determining the anteroposterior relationship of regions contained in an image frame of one of a left image and a right image forming stereoscopic image data of time-division display type, a binocular visual depth information determiner for determining the anteroposterior relationship of regions contained in a plurality of images assumed to be the left image and right image, and a left-right image discriminator for outputting left-right image identification information in agreement with an assumption of the binocular visual depth information determiner if a pair of determination results show a high rate of agreement, and outputting left-right image identification information in agreement with a reverse setting of the assumption if the pair of determination results show a low rate of agreement. | 03-11-2010 |
20100182407 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH 3D SHUTTER CONTROL UNIT - A system for providing respective video signals to at least two viewers is disclosed. The system includes a control unit; and a display connected to the control unit. The control unit is operable to control the display to alternately display an image from a first video signal and an image from a second video signal, to synchronize a first shuttered filter to the display such that the first filter is shuttered when the second video signal image is displayed, and to synchronize a second shuttered filter to the display such that the second filter is shuttered when the first video signal image is displayed. In this way only the first video signal image is provided to a first viewer using the first shuttered filter and only the second video signal image is provided to a second viewer using the second shuttered filter. | 07-22-2010 |
20100188487 | CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE FOR OBTAINING A 3-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL IMAGE - The present invention relates to a charge coupled device, which is improved to obtain a distinct and clear 3-dimensional image without requiring separate equipment. The charge coupled device for obtaining a 3-dimensional image according to the present invention includes a main body ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100194862 | Apparatus Method and System for Imaging - There is provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention an optical assembly including a set of optical paths, wherein two or more optical paths receive an image from a common surface. The optical paths may direct received images onto a common image sensor generating a complex multidimensional data set, an image processing block may extrapolate each of the subset of optical paths printed on the image sensor and may generate a multidimensional data set based on the collected images. | 08-05-2010 |
20100208039 | DIMENSIONING SYSTEM - The present invention determines the dimensions and volume of an object by using a novel 3-D camera that measures the distance to every reflective point in its field of view with a single pulse of light. The distance is computed by the time of flight of the pulse to each camera pixel. The accuracy of the measurement is augmented by capture of the laser pulse shape in each camera pixel. The camera can be used on an assembly line to develop quality control data for manufactured objects or on a moving or stationary system that weighs as well as dimensions the objects. The device can also ascertain the minimum size of a box required to enclose an object. | 08-19-2010 |
20100225745 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES OF A SCENE - An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor, a lens, an adjusting mechanism, and a controller. The image sensor is configured for detecting incident light to generate a corresponding captured image. The lens is configured for guiding light of a scene toward the image sensor. The adjusting mechanism is configured for adjusting a relative position relationship between the image sensor and the lens when the image capture apparatus is capturing the scene. The controller is configured for controlling the image sensor to generate a plurality of captured images of the scene in response to different relative position relationships between the image sensor and the lens. | 09-09-2010 |
20100245546 | Image Pickup Apparatus and Video Recording and Reproduction System - [Object] To capture a high-quality 3D image having an appropriate parallax level and a small chromatic aberration. | 09-30-2010 |
20100259600 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional imaging apparatus includes: a front-side optical member formed of a non-afocal optical system, the front-side optical member forming an image of a subject; a plurality of rear-side optical members not only disposed downstream of the plane where the front-side optical member forms an image of the subject but also positioned in such a way that the optical axes of the plurality of rear-side optical members are substantially parallel to the optical axis of the front-side optical member but do not coincide therewith, the plurality of rear-side optical members refocusing a real image formed by the front-side optical member; and an imaging device that receives the light rays focused by the rear-side optical members to produce an imaged signal. | 10-14-2010 |
20100321476 | CAMERA FOR CAPTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A camera for obtaining a three-dimensional image. The camera includes a lens module for capturing a beam of light, a filter module for polarizing the beam of light into a first polarized beam of light and a second polarized beam of light, a polarization array for generating a combined beam of light, one or more imagers for capturing the first polarized beam of light and the second polarized beam of light and an output module for processing and separating the mixed polarization image to produce the three-dimensional image. The imager further comprises one or more first polarized pixels for capturing the first polarized beam of light and one or more second polarized pixels for capturing the second polarized beam of light. | 12-23-2010 |
20100321477 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing device having a plurality of image-capturing regions and a plurality of optical systems for forming images of a subject in the image-capturing regions. The optical systems includes a plurality of reflectors for reflecting rays from the subject a number of times and at least a lens provided to be closer to the image-capturing device than the reflection means closest to the subject. The reflectors and the lens are used to form, in the image-capturing regions, separate images of the subject which are captured from different viewpoints. | 12-23-2010 |
20110001801 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS - An electronic device includes a three-dimensional display device having a two-dimensionally arranged plurality of three-dimensional display elements each including a rod and an actuator which causes the rod to move vertically, a storage device which has a three-dimensional form of a desired switch stored therein, and a three-dimensional display control device which separately controls heights of the rods via the actuators of the plurality of three-dimensional display elements based on the three-dimensional form of the switch stored in the storage device and deforms an upper surface of the three-dimensional display device to match the three-dimensional form of the switch. | 01-06-2011 |
20110018974 | Stereoscopic imaging using split complementary color filters - A system for generating a stereoscopic image pair comprising a split color filter with complementary colors located at a stop associated with a lens and configured to split an image of a scene received from the lens into two complementary images having complementary colors, a color image sensor configured to simultaneously receive the two complementary images; and a data processing system configured compute an offset value for each corresponding pixel in the complementary images and generate a stereoscopic full color image pair based upon an analysis of the complementary images and the offset values. | 01-27-2011 |
20110032337 | METHOD AND CAMERA FOR THE REAL-TIME ACQUISITION OF VISUAL INFORMATION FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES - The invention relates to a method for calculating the focal stack associated with an object space from the plenoptic function thereof, using a sum transform along the length of constrained planes in discrete hypercubes, which allows the computing time to be considerably reduced. The invention also relates to a method for increasing the resolution of the focal stack obtained. In addition, the invention relates to two methods for the real-time recovery of the depths and moduli and phases of the complex amplitude of the wavefront respectively in each position of the surfaces of a three-dimensional scene and to a system adapted for carrying out the aforementioned methods. | 02-10-2011 |
20110043612 | DUAL-TUBE STEREOSCOPE - Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for dual-tube stereoscopes. Embodiments may include an elongated body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having at least one proximal opening, the distal end having first and second distal openings; a first waveguide coupled to the first distal opening; and a second waveguide coupled to the second distal opening. There may also be optics situated near the proximal end of the elongated body and configured to receive light from the first and second waveguides and to transmit the received light through the at least one proximal opening onto a single light-receiving device. Some embodiments include processing a single received digital image, comprising two sub-images, to produce two images viewable stereoscopically, for example. | 02-24-2011 |
20110050858 | 3D IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND SYMMETRIC PRISM ARRAY FOR THE SAME - The present invention discloses a 3D image capture device and a symmetric prism array for the same. The symmetric prism array comprises a plurality of right triangle prisms, wherein the longer legs of the right triangle prisms are arranged along an identical line on the incident plane, and wherein the right triangle prisms are left-right symmetric with respect to a central symmetry line, and wherein the normals of the hypotenuses of the right triangle prisms diverge from the central symmetry line. The symmetric prism array that captures light from two different directions is arranged in front of the lens of the 3D image capture device, whereby the 3D image capture device can capture images from two different directions simultaneously. After the image processing by the 3D image capture device, 3D images are presented. | 03-03-2011 |
20110085025 | Stereographic Cinematography Metadata Recording - There is disclosed a system, method, and computing device for recording a cinematic production. The system may include a video camera, a video recorder that records image signals generated by the video camera on a video recording medium, and a metadata writer. The metadata writer may store metadata relating to operating parameters of the video camera on a metadata storage medium. | 04-14-2011 |
20110085026 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION SYSTEM OF MOVING OBJECT - A detection method of a moving object is provided. The method includes: using a left lens system to capture a first and a second left image, and using a right lens system to capture a first right image and a second right image; subdividing the first right image into plural color blocks; selecting N control points on the first left image, and searching M first corresponding points in the first right image; calculating first depth information according to the control points and the first corresponding point, and calculating a possible area in the second right image to search P second corresponding points; using the first corresponding points and the second corresponding points to calculate a two-dimensional planar conversion parameter, and converting pixels in the color block to new positions to obtain a converted image; and identifying a difference area between the second right image and the converted image as an area. | 04-14-2011 |
20110085027 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an output image creation unit configured to create a plurality of consecutive output images; a detection unit configured to detect a moving subject having motion; a correction unit configured to correct a predetermined output image by substituting a subject area, where the moving subject of the predetermined output image is displayed, with an image of an area corresponding to the subject area of another different output image when the moving subject is included in the predetermined output image; and a 3D output image creation unit configured to create a 3D output image including the output image having a predetermined disparity from the predetermined output image. | 04-14-2011 |
20110090317 | STEREOVISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCUALTING DISTANCE BETWEEN OBJECT AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A stereovision system is disclosed, which comprises: at least one diffractive optical element and an optical imaging device. Each of the diffractive optical element is used for allowing a first beam containing information relating to an object to pass through and thus transforming the same into a second beam containing information relating to the object. The optical imaging device is used for receiving the second beam so as to concentrate the energy thereof for forming an M | 04-21-2011 |
20110096150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SURFACES - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the optical characterisation of a three-dimensional surface. The method and apparatus are an improvement over the known photogoniometer and Parousiameter, as it enables a more reliable characterisation of three-dimensionally shaped surfaces. The technique is particularly useful for the characterisation of surfaces with a complex optical appearance such as the human skin. | 04-28-2011 |
20110122233 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit; a first connection unit that allows a stereoscopic shooting interchangeable lens and an ordinary shooting interchangeable lens to be selectively attached thereto so that an image of a subject can be formed on the image pickup unit; a second connection unit that allows a finder including two display units corresponding to a right eye and a left eye, the finder being capable of displaying a plurality of images, and a finder including a single display unit, the finder being capable of displaying a single image, to be selectively attached thereto; and a display control unit that controls display of an image picked up by the image pickup unit on the finder, based on at least one of information on the interchangeable lens connected to the first connection unit and information on the finder connected to the second connection unit. | 05-26-2011 |
20110141243 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF AN OBJECT - A three-dimensional imaging apparatus | 06-16-2011 |
20110149045 | CAMERA AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CAMERA - The camera has a main sensor for capturing a first image of a scene having at least one object. A lens is provided for the main sensor. At least one auxiliary sensor, which is situated at a distance from the main sensor, is used to capture a second image of the scene at a viewing angle different from that of the main sensor. An evaluation device stereoscopically determines a distance to the at least one object on the basis of the first and second images. An autofocus system sets a focus of the lens in response to the determined distance. | 06-23-2011 |
20110157319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 06-30-2011 |
20110157320 | PARALLAX DETECTING APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS, AND PARALLAX DETECTING METHOD - The present invention aims to provide a parallax detecting apparatus ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110181704 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND RANGE INTER-PLANAR ESTIMATION - A system, apparatus and method of performing 3-D object profile inter-planar estimation and/or range inter-planar estimation of objects within a scene, including: providing a predefined finite set of distinct types of features, resulting in feature types, each feature type being distinguishable according to a unique bi-dimensional formation; providing a coded light pattern having multiple appearances of the feature types; projecting the coded light pattern, having axially varying intensity, on objects within a scene, the scene having at least two planes, resulting in a first plane and a second plane; capturing a 2-D image of the objects having the projected coded light pattern projected thereupon, resulting in a captured 2-D image, the captured 2-D image including reflected feature types; determining intensity values of the 2-D captured image; and performing 3-D object profile inter-planar estimation and/or range inter-planar estimation of objects within the scene based on determined intensity values. | 07-28-2011 |
20110211048 | DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING IMAGE PROCESSOR AND PRINTER - A digital camera is provided having an image sensor for imaging a scene, a processor for processing the imaged scene in accordance with a programmable scene transformation requirement, and a printer having a consumables cartridge and a printhead for printing the processed scene directly from the processor onto print media of the cartridge. | 09-01-2011 |
20110228053 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A stereoscopic imaging apparatus which uses contrast AF to obviate disadvantages of phase-difference AF, shorten processing time of contrast AF, and improve focusing accuracy. A phase-difference CCD in which object images having passed through different regions in a predetermined direction of a single photographing optical system are pupil-split and imaged subjects the object images having passed through the respective regions to photoelectric conversion to obtain a main pixel image and a sub-pixel image which have a mutual phase difference. Contrast AF is performed using only one of the main pixel image and the sub-pixel image. Which one of the main pixel image and the sub-pixel image will be used for the contrast AF is determined depending on whether the position of an AF area in the angle of view belongs to a main pixel AF area or a sub-pixel AF area. | 09-22-2011 |
20110242287 | Stereoscopic Objective - A stereoscopic objective for a camera includes a first receiving optics which directs a first beam path along a first optical axis, further a second receiving optics which directs a second beam path along a second optical axis, wherein the first optical axis and the second optical axis extend in parallel to one another or intersect one another. The object moreover includes a combination section which combines the first beam path and the second beam path and an output optics which directs the combined first and second beam paths along a common optical axis, wherein the first bream path and the second beam path spatially coincide within the second beam path. | 10-06-2011 |
20110273538 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A light beam reflected from an ocular fundus | 11-10-2011 |
20110279654 | CAMERA BODY, IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAMERA BODY, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A camera body includes a body mount, an imaging element, and a controller. If the interchangeable lens unit has a first optical system configured to form a left-eye optical image in a first region and a second optical system configured to form a right-eye optical image in a second region, the controller produces left-eye image data from an image signal corresponding to the first region, and produces right-eye image data from an image signal corresponding to the second region. If the interchangeable lens unit has a third optical system configured to form a left-eye optical image in a second region and a fourth optical system configured to form a right-eye optical image in a first region, the controller produces left-eye image data from an image signal corresponding to the second region, and produces right-eye image data from an image signal corresponding to the first region. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279655 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention provides an apparatus for stereoscopic imaging. The stereoscopic imaging apparatus includes: a first optical imaging lens group, a second optical imaging lens group, a first flat reflector, a second flat reflector, a third reflector, a single image sensor, and an image processing circuit. The first and the second optical imaging lens groups receive light from outside respectively. The first and the second flat reflectors are used to perform the first reflection of the light from their corresponding first and second optical imaging lens groups respectively. The third reflector is located between the first flat reflector and the second flat reflector, which is used to perform the second reflection of the light from the first reflection. The single image sensor receives the light of the second reflection on its imaging plane to form two parallel images. The image processing circuit processes image signals of the image sensor to form stereoscopic image signals. The present invention further comprises a method for stereoscopic imaging. By employing the apparatus and method for stereoscopic imaging, as a single image sensor is used, a stereoscopic image with good imaging effect can be obtained with low cost. | 11-17-2011 |
20110304705 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING TISSUE TOPOGRAPHY - The present invention relates to an optical device for imaging and measuring characteristics of an objects surface shape, surface spectral reflectance and structure of sub-surface layers. In particular, the invention relates to imaging of topography of human skin and skin sub-surface layers and determination of concentration of skin constituents. The present invention has applications in areas such as skin care, dermatology, cosmetics, wound management and tricology. The imaging device of the invention significantly improves photometric stereo measurements by suppressing specular reflection and allows accurate determination of the surface shape. Consequently the device allows elimination of the influence of the shape and illumination conditions on spectral measurements and allows accurate measurement of skin constituents. | 12-15-2011 |
20110310230 | THREE CHANNEL REFLECTOR IMAGING SYSTEM - A system for providing a three-dimensional representation from a single image includes a reflector apparatus for providing an image of a scene comprising three adjacent views of the scene. The apparatus defines a left light path, a center light path, and a right light path, wherein each of the left light path and the right light path comprise opposed reflective surfaces for redirecting light, whereby light passing through the left light path, light passing through the right light path, and light passing through the center light path converge at a nodal point of an imager to create an image of the scene providing three adjacent views of the scene arrayed in a three-by-one rectangular grid. A client computing device receives data from the imager and transforms the data into a stereoscopic image or an image-plus-depth rendering, and/or converts or switches back and forth between two-dimensional and three-dimensional images. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310231 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A stereoscopic imaging optical system is provided, which forms two optical images having no mutual interference, side-by-side, on a rectangle image sensor, and which is applicable to an interchangeable-lens type digital camera system. The stereoscopic imaging optical system includes a first lens system and a second lens system which are arranged in parallel, and a field diaphragm arranged on the object side relative to these lens systems. The first lens system and the second lens system form optical images of an object on a first imaging area and a second imaging area, respectively. The field diaphragm has an aperture arranged in front of the first lens system and the second lens system. The field diaphragm blocks only a portion of a light beam incident on the first lens system, which portion enters the second imaging area, and blocks only a portion of a light beam incident on the second lens system, which portion enters the first imaging area. | 12-22-2011 |
20110316981 | PROCESSOR - A processor includes: an imaging control unit which causes an imaging unit for capturing an image with changing a focused object distance, to change the focused object distance with a first change width in the case of a first focused object distance, and to change the focused object distance with a second change width that is smaller than the first change width in the case of a second focused object distance that is shorter than the first focused object distance; and an image processing unit which extracts focused object image data from captured image data for each of the focused object distances, and generates image data by shifting the extracted object image data by parallax amounts corresponding to the respective focused object distances, and by synthesizing the extracted object image data. | 12-29-2011 |
20110316982 | Camera objective and camera system - A camera objective for a camera includes a mask having a plurality of masking sections which are permeable for radiation of a first spectral range and are impermeable for radiation of a second spectral range different from the first spectral range. A camera system includes a digital camera for taking images. The camera system includes such a camera objective and an optoelectronic sensor arrangement having a plurality of sensor elements for generating exposure-dependent received signals which form a respective image. The plurality of sensor elements includes a first group of sensor elements for generating received signals in dependence only on radiation of the first spectral range and a second group of sensor elements for generating received signals in dependence on radiation of the second spectral range. | 12-29-2011 |
20110316983 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - The present invention provides an image capturing technique for obtaining, at the same time, multiple images with parallax and an image that would cause no sensitivity problem even without mechanically operating any part of its image capturing system. | 12-29-2011 |
20120002018 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A 3D image capture device includes: a light transmitting member | 01-05-2012 |
20120013715 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE - A stereoscopic imaging device includes two lens modules, two light guiding tubes, a reflection element, a motor, an image sensor, and a controller. Each light guiding tube includes a light incident end connected to a corresponding lens module and a light emitting end. The two light emitting ends of the light guiding tubes face to each other. The reflection element is positioned between the two light emitting ends. The image sensor faces the reflection element. The motor is connected to the reflection element. The controller is electrically connected to the image sensor and the motor. The controller is used for controlling the motor to drive the reflection element to rotate, thus to make the reflection element reflect the light from the two first guiding tubes to the image sensor in turn. | 01-19-2012 |
20120019625 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a parallax image generation apparatus comprises a calculation unit and a generation unit. The calculation unit is configured to calculate a distance between a target pixel value of a target pixel contained in an input image and a representative pixel value, and calculating a depth of the target pixel in a stereoscopic space in accordance with the distance. The generation unit is configured to generate, based on the depth, at least one parallax image corresponding to a view point different from that of the input image. | 01-26-2012 |
20120026298 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IMAGES FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for producing images for stereoscopic, three-dimensional viewing generated with existing mobile graphical devices, such as cameras, video recorders, PDAs, telephones, and other devices, such as the iPhone™. Two reflectors, which may be mirrors or prisms, are positioned to separate the field of view of a camera lens on the mobile graphical device into a direct field of view and an offset field of view and to record and display the separated fields in a two-paned format on the mobile graphical device. Eye lenses are used to separately view the split images. An integrated housing and cradle receive the mobile graphical device and are coupled to the reflectors and the eye lenses. An area of each pane may be provided to display control icons for three-dimensional viewing, and a control area may be provided out of view on a touch screen for user control. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026299 | VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video image processing apparatus includes: an input module to which a frame comprising a first left eye image and a first right eye image is inputted; and a display control module configured to allow a display device to display a second left eye image that includes the inputted first left eye image but excludes at least part of an image located around the first left eye image, and a second right eye image that includes the inputted first right eye image but excludes at least part of an image located around the first right eye image, the second left eye image and the second right eye image being displayed with a resolution corresponding to a screen resolution of the display device. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026300 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus can connect a 3D conversion lens. The 3D conversion lens has an optical system capable of collecting light for forming a left-eye image and light for forming a right-eye image. The imaging apparatus has an imaging device, a zoom lens operable to change a magnification of an image to be imaged on the imaging device, a driver operable to drive the zoom lens, a temperature detector operable to detect an ambient temperature of the apparatus, an attachment detector operable to detect whether the 3D conversion lens is attached to the apparatus, and a controller operable to control the driver to cause the zoom lens to move to a predetermined position, when the attachment detector detects that the 3D conversion lens is attached to the apparatus. The controller determines the predetermined position based on a detected result of the temperature detector. | 02-02-2012 |
20120033050 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device configure to generate image data from a subject image, a connecting unit configured to connect a 3D conversion lens for enabling a left-eye image and a right-eye image to be simultaneously formed on the imaging device, a measuring unit configured to obtain brightness of an image formed on the imaging device and generate measuring information representing the brightness of the image formed on the imaging device based on the obtained brightness of the image, an exposure adjusting unit configured to control exposure on the imaging device based on the measuring information, and a light amount correcting unit configured to reduce an influence of light falloff occurring in the image formed on the imaging device to the measuring information, when the 3D conversion lens is connected to the connecting unit. | 02-09-2012 |
20120033051 | AUTOFOCUS FOR STEREO IMAGES - Present embodiments contemplate systems, apparatus, and methods to determine an appropriate focal depth for a sensor based upon a pair of stereoscopic images. Particularly, certain of the embodiments contemplate determining keypoints for each image, identifying correlations between the keypoints, and deriving object distances from the correlations. These distances may then be used to select a proper focal depth for one or more sensors. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038749 | STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A stereoscopic camera module includes two lens modules, a light guide assembly, an image sensor, and a processor. Each lens module includes a shutter and at least one lens. The light guide assembly includes two inlets and an outlet, the two inlets are hermetically sealed by the two lens modules. External light rays enter into the two inlets from the two lens modules respectively and project from the outlet. The image sensor is position at the outlet of the light guide assembly and configured for capturing images. The processor is configured for controlling the shutters to open in quick succession and composing a left image and a right image alternately captured by the image sensor to a stereoscopic image. | 02-16-2012 |
20120038750 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT - Provided are an apparatus and a method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) object. The apparatus may include a photographing unit to photograph the face of a user from a plurality of directions and to output facial data, a generating unit to generate facial proportion data from the outputted facial data, a storage unit to store the facial proportion data of the user for each photographed direction, and a control unit to determine a line of sight of the user by comparing the stored facial proportion data with photographic data of the user currently taken by the photographing unit and to generate a 3D object having a vanishing point varying depending on the determined line of sight of the user. | 02-16-2012 |
20120057000 | MONOCULAR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING - A three-dimensional imaging system uses a single primary optical lens along with various configurations of apertures, refocusing facilities, and the like to obtain three offset optical channels each of which can be separately captured with an optical sensor. | 03-08-2012 |
20120062708 | Imaging, Fabrication and Measurement Systems and Methods - A fabrication system comprises one of a substrate and work piece having at least one working surface, a tool coupled to a tool holder, at least one measurement system, and a control system. The at least one working surface comprises one or more regions. A first location of the tool, tool holder, and the one of a substrate and work piece are calibrated with reference to a coordinate system. The tool is adapted to affect creation of a device within the one or more regions. The at least one measurement system is adapted to obtain location information of at least a portion of at least one of the tool, tool holder, and one of a substrate and a work piece. The control system is adapted to receive the location information, determine a second location, and provide one or more output signals to one or more adjustment devices. | 03-15-2012 |
20120086787 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS SYSTEM WITH DOUBLE OPTICAL PATHS - The present invention provides an optical imaging lens system with double optical paths, comprising: the first optical subsystem; the second optical subsystem having a back focal length equal to that of the first optical subsystem; an optical path selector selectively having a light reflection state or a light passing state; the first reflector set disposed at an image side of the first optical subsystem for directing light from the first optical subsystem to the optical path selector; and the second reflector set disposed at an image side of the second optical subsystem for directing light from the second optical subsystem to the optical path selector. In the present invention, the optical path selector can be controlled to have the light reflection state or the light passing state selectively, so that an image coming from the first optical subsystem or from the second optical subsystem is captured. | 04-12-2012 |
20120092462 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE WITH SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD - A method and an apparatus for generating an image with shallow depth of field, suitable for a three-dimensional imaging system having a left lens and a right lens, are provided. First, the left lens and the right lens are used to capture a left-eye image and a right-eye image. Next, a disparity between each of a plurality of corresponding pixels in the left and right-eye images is calculated. Then, the depth information of each pixel is estimated according to a focus of the left and right lens, a lens pitch between the left lens and the right lens, and the calculated disparity of each pixel. Finally, the pixels in the left-eye image and the right-eye image are blurred according to the focus of the left lens and the right lens and the estimated depth information of each pixel, so as to obtain the image with shallow depth of field. | 04-19-2012 |
20120105593 | MULTI-VIEW VIDEO AND STILL 3D CAPTURE SYSTEM - A camera or camcorder with a multi-view three dimensional (3D) attachment enables acquisition of 3D images and video which are then able to be displayed to a user without the need for specialized glasses. The multi-view 3D attachment captures at least 3 views of the same image from different angles simultaneously on a sensor. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105594 | BEAM SPLITTER FOR 3D CAMERA, AND 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE BEAM SPLITTER - A beam splitter and a 3D image acquisition apparatus including the beam splitter are provided. The beam splitter includes a light incident surface on which light having a first wavelength and light having a second wavelength are incident; a beam splitting surface which is inclined to the light incident surface and reflects the light having the first wavelength and transmits the light having the second wavelength; a first light exit surface through which the light having the first wavelength reflected from the beam splitting surface exits; a first reflective surface which reflects the light having the second wavelength transmitted by the beam splitting surface; a second reflective surface which reflects the light having the second wavelength reflected from the first reflective surface; and a second light exit surface through which the light having the second wavelength reflected from the second reflective surface exits. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105595 | METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for generating a three dimensional image and a three dimensional imaging system are provided. The three-dimensional imaging system includes a left lens and a right lens. First, the left lens and the right lens are used to capture a left-eye image and a right-eye image. Next, the left-eye image and the right-eye image are analyzed, so as to find a left-eye overlapped image and a right-eye overlapped image. Then, color parameters of the left-eye overlapped image and the right-eye overlapped image are respectively calculated and used to adjust the color parameters of the whole left-eye image and the whole right-eye image, such that the color parameter of the left-eye overlapped image matches that of the right-eye overlapped image. Finally, the adjusted left-eye image and right-eye image are output as a three dimensional image. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105596 | METHOD FOR COMPOSING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE WITH LONG FOCAL LENGTH AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for composing a three dimensional image with a long focal length and a three dimensional imaging system are provided. First, a zoom lens is adjusted to a first focal length to capture a first image and a fixed focal lens is used to capture a second image. Next, the zoom lens is adjusted to a second focal length to capture a third image. Then, a region occupied by the third image in the first image is positioned, a first disparity map between the first and second image in the region is calculated and magnified to obtain a second disparity map. Finally, a fourth image simulating the image captured by the fixed focal lens with the second focal length is composed by using the third image and the second disparity map, and the third and fourth image are output as a three dimensional image. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105597 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processor capable of obtaining viewpoint images which are allowed to achieve natural stereoscopic image display is provided. The image processor includes a parallax correction section correcting magnitude of parallax, depending on position on an image plane, for each of a plurality of viewpoint images, the viewpoint images having been taken from respective viewpoints different from one another, and each having a nonuniform parallax distribution in the image plane. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105598 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE - An image capture device according to the present invention includes an imaging lens | 05-03-2012 |
20120113233 | Stereoscopic Imaging Optical System, Imaging Device, and Camera - A stereoscopic imaging optical system having a function to adjust a stereo base, an imaging device that includes the stereoscopic imaging optical system, and a camera that includes the imaging device, are provided. The stereoscopic imaging optical system includes two imaging lens systems arranged in parallel, and two diaphragms arranged in the imaging lens systems, respectively. At least one of the diaphragms is decentered with respect to an optical axis to adjust the stereo base. Further, a condition (1.8≦SB | 05-10-2012 |
20120120202 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING 3 DIMENSIONAL EFFECT AND REDUCING VISUAL FATIGUE AND APPARATUS ENABLING THE SAME - A method and an apparatus for improving three dimensional (3D) effect of a 3D image collected by a 3D photographing apparatus, and reducing visual fatigue, are provided. A feature point of a left-eye image entering through a left-eye lens and of a right-eye image entering through a right-eye lens is acquired, a disparity between the left- and right-eye images is detected, a distance between the left- and right-eye lenses is controlled so that the disparity between the left- and right-eye images becomes a previously-set reference disparity, and at least one of the left- and right-eye images is shifted so that a convergence point is placed on an object located within the left- and right-eye images. | 05-17-2012 |
20120127278 | 3 DIMENSIONAL CAMCORDER - A 3D camcorder includes a lens carrier with a first and second lenses and a body component is provided. The lens carrier is rotatable in between a first state and a second state. In the 3D camcorder, the lenses are laid vertically when the lens carrier is at the first state, and the lenses are laid horizontally when the lens carrier is at the second state. The body component is connected to the lens carrier and includes an image processing circuit, for processing continuous pictures captured by the first and second lenses and generating continuous 3D images when the body component is at the second state. | 05-24-2012 |
20120133744 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A stereoscopic image generation method includes the following steps. A right-eye image is taken along a first direction. A left-eye image is taken along a second direction. A right portion of the left-eye image is trimmed off by a predetermined distance, and a left portion of the right-eye image is trimmed off by the predetermined distance, such that the trimmed left-eye image and the trimmed right-eye image have the same size. | 05-31-2012 |
20120133745 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD - Provided are an imaging device, imaging system, and image method for imaging and displaying a stereoscopic image without degrading the three-dimensional image. A control operation of the imaging device synchronizes driving timing of the shutter unit with display conversion timing of the display device based on the display conversion signal received by a receiver, and separately images the left eye image and the right eye image in the imaging unit. | 05-31-2012 |
20120140045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus for imaging a 3D image includes an opening through which an image passes and a plurality of lens components to obtain the image, and covers up the inside thereof visible through the opening by using a covering member. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140046 | Stereoscopic Image Shooting Apparatus - A compound-eye type stereoscopic image shooting apparatus has a single image sensing device and two shooting optical systems. The two shooting optical systems include a first shooting optical system for forming a first subject image composed of light in a first wavelength range alone and a second shooting optical system for forming a second subject image composed of light in a second wavelength range alone which is different from the first wavelength range. The image sensing device has an image sensing surface divided into a first image sensing area for recording the first subject image and a second image sensing area for recording the second subject image. The image sensing device has, on the image sensing surface, a wavelength filter that transmits, in the first image sensing area, light in the first wavelength range alone and, in the second image sensing area, light in the second wavelength range alone. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140047 | Stereoscopic Image Shooting Apparatus - A stereoscopic image shooting apparatus has first and second shooting optical systems, a single image sensing device, a wavelength switcher, and a controller. The shooting optical systems form left-viewpoint and right-viewpoint subject images. The image sensing device has an image sensing surface on which the subject images are formed. The wavelength switcher switches wavelengths of the light incident on the image sensing surface by the controller. By forming the left-viewpoint subject image with light in the specific wavelength range and simultaneously forming the right-viewpoint subject image with light in the wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range, a first image is formed in a first frame. By forming the right-viewpoint subject image with light in the specific wavelength range and simultaneously forming the left-viewpoint subject image with light in the wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range, a second image is formed in a second frame. | 06-07-2012 |
20120147147 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An illumination optical system of a 3-dimensional (3D) image acquisition apparatus and a 3D image acquisition apparatus including the illumination optical system. The illumination optical system of a 3D image acquisition apparatus includes a beam shaping element which outputs light having a predetermined cross-sectional shape which is proportional to a field of view of the 3D image acquisition apparatus. The beam shaping element may adjust a shape of illumination light according to its cross-sectional shape. The beam shaping element may uniformly homogenize the illumination light without causing light scattering or absorption. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147148 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device is provided that includes a lens mount, an imaging element, a system controller, a sensor and a rotation corrector. The rotation corrector is configured to reduce change in the positional relationship between the optical image and the imaging element caused by movement of the imaging device around an axis parallel to an optical axis of the lens unit. The lens unit has a first optical system that forms a first optical image from a first perspective on the imaging element and a second optical system that forms a second optical image from a second perspective on the imaging element. The system controller is configured to halt operation of the rotation corrector when the lens unit is supported by the lens mount. | 06-14-2012 |
20120154549 | Adapter and corresponding methods for adding 3D function to a 2D digital camera - A combination of a 3D optical adapter and corresponding digital process methods attached and updated to a conventional 2D digital camera so the digital camera can capture, save and transfer 3D stereoscopic digital images as well. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154550 | CORRECTION VALUE CALCULATION APPARATUS, COMPOUND EYE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CORRECTION VALUE CALCULATION APPARATUS - Provided is a correction-value-calculation apparatus including: a left-image-processing-unit acquiring relative-position of feature-point to reference-point in left-image formed by left-lens as left-pixel-position for indication-values when left-lens moves with indication-values indicating positions; a right-image-processing-unit acquiring relative-position of feature-point to reference-point in right-image formed by right-lens as right-pixel-position for indication-values when right-lens moves with indication-values; a left-lens position-detection-unit detecting relative-position of left-lens to reference position as left-lens-detection-position; a right-lens position-detection-unit detecting relative-position of right-lens to reference position as right-lens-detection-position; a characteristic generation-unit generating characteristic relationship between left-pixel-position and left-lens-detection-position and characteristic relationship between right-pixel-position and right-lens-detection-position; an adjustment-position determination-unit setting each of left-lens-detection-position and right-lens-detection-position in generated characteristic as correction-object-position and determining an adjustment-position which is position on straight line connecting left-pixel-position and right-pixel-position corresponding to correction-object-position for each correction-object-position; and a correction-value-calculation-unit calculating correction-values which are differences between left-lens-detection-position and right-lens-detection-position corresponding to adjustment-position and correction-object-position for each correction-object-position. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154551 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, STEREO IMAGING APPARATUS AND STEREO DISPLAY APPARATUS - The stereo display apparatus displays parallax images to present a stereo image. The apparatus acquires the parallax images and information on a maximum pixel shift amount and a minimum pixel shift amount of the parallax images, calculates maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts corresponding to the maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts, by using the information on the maximum and minimum pixel shift amounts and a display condition, and determines whether or not at least one of the maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts exceeds a fusional limit criterion value. The apparatus determines whether or not a difference between the maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts exceeds a fusional limit range amount if the at least one of the maximum and minimum relative parallax amounts exceeds the fusional limit criterion value. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154552 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A three-dimensional image pickup optical system for forming two different images having a parallax alternately in time sequence on a single image pickup element, includes, in order from object side: a front system including a pair of negative 1f-lens units, a pair of an optical path deflecting units, and a combining unit for combining two optical paths on the same optical axis; and a rear system including a positive 1b-lens unit which does not move for magnification-varying, a lens unit moving for magnification-varying, and a stop, in which: the front system includes a pair of light quantity control units disposed in optical paths for the eyes on the object side of the combining unit, for switching left and right subject images alternately in a time sharing manner; and power arrangement of the 1f-lens units and the 1b-lens unit is set appropriately. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162388 | Image capturing device and image capturing control method - An image capturing device includes a storage part containing parallax information having the amount of parallax of a first lens and a second lens correlated with the amount of first control for driving the first lens; a first focusing control part configured to control driving of the first lens to focus the first lens at a first detection position; a parallax compensation part configured to obtain, from the parallax information, the amount of parallax corresponding to the amount of the first control performed by the first focusing control part to cause the first lens to be focused, and to detect a second detection position obtained by reflecting the amount of parallax in the first detection position; and a second focusing control part configured to control driving of the second lens to cause the second lens to be focused at the second detection position detected by the parallax compensation part. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162389 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Example stereoscopic image photographing apparatuses and methods are disclosed. A disclosed example stereoscopic image photographing apparatus includes a shutter unit including a first region and a second region that are defined based on a gravity direction as an absolute basis regardless of an arrangement of the stereoscopic image photographing apparatus. A first image signal is generated by converting a first optical signal input through a first region of the shutter unit, and a second image signal is generated by converting a second optical signal input through the second region. In addition, a stereoscopic image is generated using the first image signal and the second image signal. Thus, a stereoscopic image with a difference between right and left views may be generated regardless of an orientation of the stereoscopic image photographing apparatus. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162390 | Method of Taking Pictures for Generating Three-Dimensional Image Data - A method of taking pictures for generating three-dimensional image data is disclosed. The method includes continuously illuminating a target object with an environmental light; using an image sensor to receive the light reflected from the target object to generate a first electrical image signal; illuminating the target object with an active light generated from an active light source unit during the period of exposure by the environmental light; using the same image sensor to receive another reflected light to generate a second electrical image signal; using an image processing unit to receive the first and second electrical image signals, convert the first electrical image signal to a two-dimensional image data, and subtract the first electrical image signal from the second electrical image signal to generate three-dimensional depth data; and combining the two-dimensional image data and the three-dimensional depth data to generate the three-dimensional image data. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162391 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SENSOR - An integrated image sensor capable of determining the distance to objects contained in a scene, including a pixel array, each pixel in the array being associated with a microlens and being formed of an assembly of sub-pixels, each including a photosensitive area. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162392 | Single-Lens 3-D Imaging Device Using Polarization Coded Aperture Masks Combined With Polarization Sensitive Sensor - A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, at least one polarization-coded aperture obstructing the lens, a polarization-sensitive sensor operable for capturing electromagnetic radiation transmitted from an object through the lens and the at least one polarization-coded aperture, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. | 06-28-2012 |
20120212587 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes first and second polarizers that polarize light from a subject in perpendicular polarization directions. Third and fourth polarizers are alternately disposed in a photodetection plane of an imaging device along a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, along which the first polarizer and the second polarizer are connected to each other, in such a way that the third and fourth polarizers extend in the second direction, and have polarization directions that are parallel to that of the first and second polarizers. An image processor processes image data produced by the imaging device such that image data from light passing through the first and third polarizers are handled as first image data for displaying stereoscopic images and image data from light passing through the second and fourth polarizers are handled as second image data for displaying the stereoscopic images. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224034 | METHOD AND MICROSCOPE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESOLUTION-ENHANCED MICROSCOPY - The invention relates to a high resolution microscope for three-dimensionally determining the position of objects, in particular individual fluorophores, and preferably for the high spatial resolution luminescence microscopy of a sample, which is marked with marker molecules that can be activated or switched using a signal such that they can be induced to emit certain luminescent radiation only in the activated state. The object is represented by means of an imaging system, preferably the microscope lens, on a surface detector consisting of individual detector elements. At least one microlens array is located in front of the detector elements, and different, preferably adjacent, detector elements receive light from microlenses having different focal lengths and from different object planes, or wherein by means of at least once microlens array, located in part in front of the detector elements, a different object plane is represented on the detector elements in the direction of the light behind the microlenses than on detector elements having no microlenses in front of the latter. | 09-06-2012 |
20120229611 | ILLUMINATOR WITH REFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT - An illumination system having a refractive optical element that compensates for dependence in irradiance of images of objects captured by a photosensor is provided. The refractive optical element may structure the light such that similar objects in the same spherical surface in the field of view of the camera have the same irradiance on the camera photosensor. The illumination system may have an image sensor, a light source, and a refractive optical element. The image sensor has a photosensor that captures images of objects in a field of view. The irradiance of images of objects having a given exitance that are captured by the photosensor may depend on angular displacement from an optical axis of the image sensor. The refractive optical structures light from the light source to illuminate the field of view to compensate for the dependence of irradiance on angular displacement from the optical axis. | 09-13-2012 |
20120236128 | CAMERA BODY, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAMERA BODY, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE RECORDING MEDIUM TO STORE PROGRAM - The camera body includes the body mount, the CMOS imaging sensor, and the identification information acquisition section. The body mount is provided so that the interchangeable lens unit can be mounted. The CMOS imaging sensor is configured to convert an optical image into an image signal. The identification information acquisition section is configured to acquire lens identification information indicating whether or not an interchangeable lens unit is compatible with three-dimensional imaging from the interchangeable lens unit mounted to the body mount. | 09-20-2012 |
20120249752 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a first lens group disposed on a subject side of a diaphragm in the vicinity of which two polarizers that polarize light from a subject are disposed, the polarizers being first and second polarizers whose polarization directions are perpendicular to each other; a second lens group disposed on the side of the diaphragm where an imaging device is present, over a photodetection surface of which third and fourth polarizers are disposed, the third and fourth polarizers having polarization directions parallel to the polarization direction of the first and second polarizers, respectively; and an image processor that produces stereoscopic images based on image data produced by converting light incident on the imaging device through the first lens group and the second lens group. The second lens group has positive refracting power, and characteristics of the first lens group and the second lens group satisfy certain conditions. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257024 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed is a stereoscopic imaging device which answers the need for system compatibility over the entire range of long-distance (telescopic) imaging to close-up imaging, and which can faithfully reproduce stereoscopic images on the display side without adjustment. To that end, stereoscopic imaging device is disclosed in which the imaging lens optical axes (phi (L), (R)) in an imaging unit provided with imaging lenses and imaging elements (S) are arranged so as to be laterally parallel, and the distance between the optical axes (D | 10-11-2012 |
20120268572 | 3D Video Camera and Associated Control Method - A 3D video camera is provided. The 3D video camera includes a first camera lens for providing a first sensing signal, a second camera lens for providing a second sensing signal, and an image processing unit for receiving the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal to generate a first eye image and a first comparison image to accordingly generate 3D depth information. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268573 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE FLUORESCENCE-OPTICAL VISUALIZATION OF AN OBJECT - An imaging system for the fluorescence-optical visualization of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object is provided. The imaging system comprising an illumination unit, which is designed and provided for emitting optical radiation in a predetermined wavelength range in order to illuminate the object and excite a fluorescent substance contained in the object, and a capturing unit, which is designed and provided for capturing an optical signal from the region of the object and for splitting the optical signal into a fluorescence signal having a first wavelength range and a signal of visible light having a second wavelength range. The optical capturing unit has an optoelectronic converter having a plurality of partial regions and serving for converting the fluorescence signal into a first electronic data signal and the signal of visible light into a second electronic data signal. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268574 | IMAGER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An imager integrated circuit intended to cooperate with an optical system configured to direct light rays from a scene to an inlet face of the circuit, the circuit being configured to perform a simultaneous stereoscopic capture of N images corresponding to N distinct views of the scene, each of the N images corresponding to light rays directed by a portion of the optical system which is different from those directing the rays corresponding to the N-1 other images, including:
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20120281072 | Focused Plenoptic Camera Employing Different Apertures or Filtering at Different Microlenses - Methods and apparatus for capturing and rendering images with focused plenoptic cameras employing different filtering at different microlenses. In a focused plenoptic camera, the main lens creates an image at the focal plane. That image is re-imaged on the sensor multiple times by an array of microlenses. Different filters that provide different levels and/or types of filtering may be combined with different ones of the microlenses. A flat captured with the camera includes multiple microimages captured according to the different filters. Multiple images may be assembled from the microimages, with each image assembled from microimages captured using a different filter. A final image may be generated by appropriately combining the images assembled from the microimages. Alternatively, a final image, or multiple images, may be assembled from the microimages by first combining the microimages and then assembling the combined microimages to produce one or more output images. | 11-08-2012 |
20120293634 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE - This 3D image capture device includes an image capturing section | 11-22-2012 |
20120300040 | IMAGING SYSTEM - A three-dimensional imaging system to reduce detected ambient light comprises a wavelength stabilized laser diode to project imaging light onto a scene, an optical bandpass filter, and a camera to receive imaging light reflected from the scene and through the optical bandpass filter, the camera configured to use the received imaging light for generating a depth map of the scene. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300041 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image capture device includes: a plurality of microlenses; an image capture element in which a plurality of element groups including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that receive light fluxes and that output image signals are arranged; a generation unit that extracts a plurality of region image signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of different partial regions upon the pupil surface of the photographic optical system, and that generates a plurality of sets of image data corresponding to the partial regions as a plurality of sets of viewpoint image data whose viewpoint positions are different with each other; and a reception unit that receives a viewpoint number selection operation to select a number of viewpoints; wherein the generation unit generates the sets of viewpoint image data by extracting the region image signals whose number is equal to a number of selected viewpoints. | 11-29-2012 |
20120307018 | SINGLE LENS 3-D CAMERA - A camera includes a lens configured to receive an optical image from two viewing angles. A filter converts the optical image into two orthogonally polarized images, each orthogonally polarized image corresponding to a different one of the viewing angles. An image detector distinguishably detects the two orthogonally polarized images in a single frame. An image processor decodes the two orthogonally polarized images in the single frame into two video signals corresponding to the two viewing angles. A method of imaging includes receiving an optical image from two viewing angles through a single lens, converting the optical image into two orthogonally polarized images, each of the orthogonally polarized images corresponding to a different one of the viewing angles, distinguishably detecting in an image detector the two orthogonally polarized images in a single frame, and decoding in an image processor the two orthogonally polarized images in the single frame into two video signals corresponding to the two viewing angles. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307019 | GRID MODULATED SINGLE LENS 3-D CAMERA - A camera includes a single lens configured to receive an optical image as two images from two viewing angles. The two images from respective viewing angles are converted into two orthogonally modulated images, each of the orthogonally modulated images corresponding to a different one of the two viewing angles. An image detector is configured to distinguishably detect the two orthogonally modulated images in a single frame. An image processor is configured to decode the two orthogonally modulated images in the single frame into two video signals corresponding to the two viewing angles. A method of imaging includes receiving an optical image from two viewing angles; converting the optical image into two orthogonally modulated images, each of the orthogonally modulated images corresponding to a different one of the viewing angles; distinguishably detecting in an image detector the two orthogonally modulated images in a single frame; and decoding in an image processor the two orthogonally modulated images in the single frame into two video output signals corresponding to the two viewing angles. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307020 | IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, IMMERSION POSITION INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, IMMERSION POSITION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - A technology is disclosed that provides an imaging control device and the like capable of actualizing immersive zoom enlargement. The technology includes: an imaging unit | 12-06-2012 |
20120314038 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE OBTAINING APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image obtaining apparatus has an optical system through which at least two parallax images are obtained, a first image creating unit that creates a first stereoscopic image from a single 2D image, a second image creating unit that creates a second stereoscopic image from the at least two parallax images; and a stereoscopic image selection unit that makes a selection between the first image creating unit and the second image creating unit. The stereoscopic image selection unit makes a selection in such a way that objects for which the first image generation unit is selected are more distant than objects for which the second image generation unit is selected. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314039 | 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS EMPLOYING INTERCHANGABLE LENS - A three-dimensional (3D) image acquisition apparatus is provided. The 3D image acquisition apparatus includes: an interchangeable lens unit comprising a lighting unit that irradiates light toward an object, a color image lens unit that forms a color image of the object, and a depth image capturing unit that comprises a depth image lens unit for obtaining depth image information relating to the object; and a main body comprising a first image sensor that converts an optical image formed by the color image lens unit into an electric signal and an image processor that forms a 3D image using the electric signal of the first image sensor and depth information of the depth image capturing unit, wherein the interchangeable lens unit is detachable from the main body. | 12-13-2012 |
20120320164 | STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA WITH POLARIZING APERTURES - A new technology using polarizing apertures for imaging both left and right perspective views onto a single sensor is presented. The polarizing apertures can be used to image each perspective view onto one or more sensors. Polarizing apertures within a single lens or within two lenses may be employed. The apertures' areas may be changed to control exposure and the design allows for interaxial separations to be varied to the reduced values required for stereoscopic cinematography. | 12-20-2012 |
20120320165 | Anamorphic stereoscopic optical apparatus and related methods - Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for reclaiming the full field of view (FOV) of the original camera lens in a stereoscopic image capture system using an anamorphic attachment. Also disclosed are apparatuses and methods of projecting stereoscopic images on a fixed size screen from a single projector that was initially designed primarily for 2D operation. An exemplary apparatus may comprise an anamorphic afocal converter configured to halve a FOV of a camera or projector into two optical paths, and convert the halved FOVs into two full FOVs of the camera or projector. Such an apparatus may further comprise reflecting elements cooperatively arranged to direct two rectified images at a camera sensor or projection screen, where one or more reflecting elements receive the first of the two full FOVs and one or more reflecting elements receive the second of the two full FOVs. | 12-20-2012 |
20120327196 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Image Communication System - In an image processing apparatus, an image pickup unit takes images of an object including the face of a person wearing the glasses by which to observe a stereoscopic image that contains a first parallax image and a second parallax image obtained when the object in a three-dimensional (3D) space is viewed from different viewpoints. A glasses identifying unit identifies the glasses included in the image of the object taken by the image pickup unit. A face detector detects a facial region the face of the person included in the image of the object taken by the image pickup unit, based on the glasses identified by the glasses identifying unit. An augmented-reality special rendering unit adds a virtual feature to the facial region of the face of the person detected by the face detector. | 12-27-2012 |
20130002828 | Context and Epsilon Stereo Constrained Correspondence Matching - A catadioptric camera having a perspective camera and multiple curved mirrors, images the multiple curved mirrors and uses the epsilon constraint to establish a vertical parallax between points in one mirror and their corresponding reflection in another. An ASIFT transform is applied to all the mirror images to establish a collection of corresponding feature points, and edge detection is applied on mirror images to identify edge pixels. A first edge pixel in a first imaged mirror is selected, its 25 nearest feature points are identified, and a rigid transform is applied to them. The rigid transform is fitted to 25 corresponding feature points in a second imaged mirror. The closes edge pixel to the expected location as determined by the fitted rigid transform is identified, and its distance to the vertical parallax is determined. If the distance is not greater than predefined maximum, then it is deemed correlate to the edge pixel in the first imaged mirror. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002829 | Method of and device for capturing 3D data of one or more airborne particles - Disclosed is a method of capturing 3D data of one or more airborne. At least one image of the one or more airborne particles is taken by a plenoptic camera of which the geometry and the optical properties of its optics are known, and the distance of a plane of focus with at least one selected particle of the one or more airborne particles from a defined reference location is determined by use of the captured image together with the known optical properties and the known geometry of the optics of the plenoptic camera. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002830 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING THE FOCAL POINT OF A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE - A stereoscopic imaging device comprising: a second focus adjusting unit that operates a second focus lens to carry out a search within a second search range and searches for a second lens position at which a subject to be imaged is brought into focus; and a photographing unit that performs a photographing of a first viewpoint image and a second viewpoint image when a photographing instruction is inputted after a process by a first focus adjusting unit and a second focus adjusting unit, wherein the second focus adjusting unit calculates the second lens position based upon a first lens position and a focus positional deviation amount stored in a storage unit, and shifts the second focus lens to the second lens position, if it is not possible to acquire the second lens position within the second search range as a result of the search. | 01-03-2013 |
20130010086 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE AND VIEWPOINT IMAGE RESTORATION METHOD - A three-dimensional imaging device ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130016188 | CAMERA MODULE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHODAANM OGASAHARA; TakayukiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP OGASAHARA; Takayuki Kanagawa JP - According to the embodiment, a camera module has a variable aperture unit and a control driver. In the variable aperture unit, switching is made between transmitting and blocking of the light incident from the imaging lens for each region. In the variable aperture unit, at least one of an area and a position of the transmissive region for transmitting light can be changed. The control driver can adjust the imaging timing of the image sensor in response to at least one of the area and the position of the transmissive region. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016189 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMAANM Hosaka; HajimeAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Hosaka; Hajime Kanagawa JP - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a first polarizing unit that has a first polarization region and a second polarization region to transmit different polarized light corresponding to different viewing point images, a second polarizing unit that includes a third polarization region to transmit only transmission light of the first polarization region, a fourth polarization region to transmit only transmission light of the second polarization region, and a total transmission region to transmit the total transmission light of the first polarization region and the second polarization region, an imaging element, and an image processing unit that executes signal processing with respect to an output signal of the imaging element. The image processing unit executes correction processing to generate a two-dimensional image and executes image conversion of the two-dimensional image to generate a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016190 | GRATING-BASED SCANNER WITH PHASE AND PITCH ADJUSTMENT - A method for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object point on a surface of an object, the method including steps of: sending a beam of light to a diffraction grating; sending a first diffracted beam and a second diffracted beam to an objective lens to form at least two spots of light, which are passed through transparent regions of a plate to produce a first fringe pattern on the surface of the object; imaging the object point illuminated by the first fringe pattern onto a photosensitive array to obtain a first electrical data value; moving the plate to a second position; sending spots through plate to produce a second fringe pattern on the surface of the object; imaging the point onto the array point to obtain a second electrical data value; and calculating the three-dimensional coordinates of the first object point. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016191 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORAANM Katayama; TatsushiAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Katayama; Tatsushi Kawasaki-shi JP - The amount of parallax of a 3D image can be adjusted by intuitive operation. A zoom lever is thrown to telephoto side to cause the graphic processing unit to generate images for the left eye and the right eye adjusted such that a position where a component is drawn is far from a center line and the zoom lever is thrown to wide angle side to cause the graphic processing unit to generate images for the left eye and the right eye adjusted such that the position where the component is drawn is near the center line. | 01-17-2013 |
20130027524 | LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A light amount adjusting apparatus includes: a two-dimensional (2D) aperture assembly that adjusts an opening area of a via hole through which light is transmitted; a three-dimensional (3D) aperture plate that forms a first opening and a second opening by blocking a part of the via hole, or moving to outside of the via hole to open the via hole; a first shielding plate that is movable to open or close the first opening; and a second shielding plate that is movable so as to close the second opening when the first shielding plate opens the first opening and to open the second opening when the first shielding plate closes the first opening. | 01-31-2013 |
20130038701 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CAPTURE A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PAIR - Described are a system, apparatus, and method to capture a stereoscopic image pair using an imaging device with a single imaging sensor. Particularly, discussed are systems and methods for capturing a first and second image through an image sensor, determining a vertical and horizontal disparity between the two images, and applying corrections for geometric distortion, vertical disparity, and convergence between the two images. Some embodiments contemplate displaying a directional indicator before the second image of the stereoscopic image pair is captured. By displaying a directional indicator, a more optimal position for the second image of the stereoscopic image pair may be found, resulting in a higher quality stereoscopic image pair. | 02-14-2013 |
20130050438 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to receive light beams split after passing through an aperture and output a plurality of stereopsis image data. When the object brightness falls within a predetermined range and the image capturing unit performs image capturing in which a plurality of stereopsis image data are output, the aperture is controlled to open much more than when the image capturing unit performs image capturing in which a plurality of stereopsis image data are not output at the same exposure. | 02-28-2013 |
20130070061 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE AND AUTOFOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE - An autofocus adjustment method for a three-dimensional imaging device, includes: a step of, when a first lens position is not found during search operation of a first focus lens of a first imaging optical system within a first search range, allowing a second focus lens of a second imaging optical system to perform search operation within the first search range, and during the search operation, searching for a second lens position at which the second focus lens focuses on the subject based on a second viewpoint image from the second imaging unit; a step of allowing the second focus lens to move to the second lens position; a step of calculating the first lens position based on the second lens position and a focus position displacement amount preliminarily stored in a storage; and a step of allowing the first focus lens to move to the first lens position thus calculated. | 03-21-2013 |
20130076869 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Provided is an imaging apparatus that includes an imaging element in which pixel portions each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, which generate image signals by photoelectrical conversion, with respect to one micro lens are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, an imaging element controller having a first mode which outputs a first left-eye image signal and/or right-eye image signal from the imaging element by composing signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and a second mode which outputs signals without performing the composing and a controller that outputs a second left-eye image signal and/or right-eye image signal by composing signals output in the second mode based on image data stored in a storage unit in response to the type of photographing of which the start has been detected. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076870 | Stereoscopic 3D Camera - A stereoscopic 3D camera that utilizes a single set of electronics to power and control two sensor/lens modules. The camera will be optically designed to mimic the human eye, including the ability to converge upon an object of interest while rotating about the nodal point of the lens/sensor module. The system as a whole will be modular and lightweight, with field changeable lens/sensor assemblies. Camera functions are controlled via multiple remote controls allowing multiple operators to simultaneously control their allocated tasks. | 03-28-2013 |
20130083172 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - There is provided an imaging apparatus including a first polarizing unit that polarizes light from an object, a lens system that condenses light from the first polarizing unit, and an imaging element array that has imaging elements arranged in a matrix of a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, has a second polarizing unit arranged on a light incident side, and converts the light condensed by the lens system into an electric signal. | 04-04-2013 |
20130088580 | CAMERA BODY, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS UNIT, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAMERA BODY, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A camera body ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130093858 | 3-DIMENSIONAL CAMERA MODULE HAVING X-PRISM AND USING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a 3-dimensional camera module having an X-prism, and a using method thereof, the camera module including: a pair of lenses condensing incident light; a pair of shutters positioned at a center axis of each lens to open/close with a time difference for interrupting or passing the condensed incident light; a pair of polarizers vertically polarizing the incident light having passed any one shutter of the pair of shutters; an X-prism shaped of a rectangular parallelepiped coupled with four prism units and coated with a reflection film for selectively reflecting the vertically polarized incident light; and an image sensor continuously receiving the vertically polarized incident light and the horizontally polarized incident light reflected to the reflection film with a time difference to generate left/right images corresponding to the vertically polarized incident light and the horizontally polarized incident light in association with the pair of shutter. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100257 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A image processing method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a parallax amount calculating step of calculating a parallax amount of each pixel of a plurality of viewpoint images constituting a multi-viewpoint image; and a parallax amount correcting step of correcting the parallax amount of each pixel, based on a zoom value of the multi-viewpoint image and the calculated parallax amount of each pixel, in such a manner that a different in parallax amount corresponding to an object distance is kept unchanged even if the zoom value is changed, when a parallax amount of each pixel of at least a portion of the multi-viewpoint image is corrected by image processing. | 04-25-2013 |
20130107016 | SCANNING 3D IMAGER | 05-02-2013 |
20130107017 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130107018 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |
20130107019 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130113895 | 3D IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND PARALLAX ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAME, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - When there is no parallax data for a video image overall nor is there parallax data for a main imaging subject but there is image capture condition data ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130113896 | ESTIMATION OF DEFOCUSED REFLECTANCE MAPS FOR THE ROBUST DETERMINATION OF "SHAPE FROM FOCUS" IN MICROSCOPIC IMAGES - Method for compensating illumination deficiencies in microscopic “shape from focus (SFF)”, wherein firstly the reflectance of the scene is estimated by way of a projector-camera system and then microscopic “shape from focus (SFF)” is applied to a stack of reflectance maps rather than to the original image data. | 05-09-2013 |
20130120539 | MICROSCOPIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCALIZATION OF POINT-LIKE OBJECTS IN A SPECIMEN - A microscopic device for three-dimensional localization of point-like objects, encompassing a detection optical system that images point-like objects, each in the form of a three-dimensional focus light distribution, into an image space; a color separation apparatus that divides the light into at least two separate light bundles of different wavelength regions; at least two image space detector units , one receiving one light bundle and the other receiving the other light bundle, each detector unit comprising a light-spot-sensing detection surface ; an evaluation unit that ascertains a lateral X-Y position and an axial Z position relative to the sharpness plane in a direction perpendicular to the sharpness plane; at least one Z-position correction value for at least one of the wavelength regions being stored in the evaluation unit, which value indicates a detection optical system longitudinal chromatic aberration in that wavelength region; and the evaluation unit correcting the Z position. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120540 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A 3D image capture device includes: a light transmitting section | 05-16-2013 |
20130128005 | TWO-PARALLEL-CHANNEL REFLECTOR WITH FOCAL LENGTH AND DISPARITY CONTROL - A two-parallel-channel reflector (TPCR) with focal length and disparity control is used after being combined with an imaging device. A left parallel channel and a right parallel channel are formed in the TPCR, so that the imaging device can synchronously perform an imaging operation on a left side view and a right side view of a scene, so as to obtain a stereoscopic image. Each parallel channel is bounded by two curved reflecting mirrors, so that captured light rays may be parallelly reflected in the channel, and an operator may adjust a convergence angle and an interocular distance between the left side view and the right side view, so as to control the focal length and disparity during imaging as require. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128006 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A first image nonalignment amount, between a first type image and a second type image captured when the focusing lens is located at an in-focus position, of any subject, that is positioned a predetermined distance from the image capturing apparatus, is obtained. A second image nonalignment amount, between the first type image and the second type image obtained when the focusing lens is located at a predetermined reference position, of the subject is obtained. Then an image shift amount, for at least one of the first type image and the second type image captured when the focusing lens is located at the in-focus position, is determined, so that the difference between the first image nonalignment amount and the second image nonalignment amount falls within a predetermined range. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128007 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - Provided is a three-dimensional image pickup system including: a pair of lens apparatus; a camera apparatus for picking up subject images formed by the pair of lens apparatus; a convergence angle changing unit for changing a convergence angle of the pair of lens apparatus; a controller for controlling the convergence angle of the pair of lens apparatus in association with an operation of focus lens units of the pair of lens apparatus; and an interlock switching unit for switching between an interlocked state in which the convergence angle is interlocked with the operation of the focus lens units and a non-interlocked state in which the convergence angle is not interlocked with the operation of the focus lens units. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128008 | SMART PSEUDOSCOPIC-TO-ORTHOSCOPIC CONVERSION (SPOC) PROTOCOL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY - A smart pseudoscopic to orthoscopic conversion (SPOC) protocol, and method for using the SPOC protocol for three-dimensional imaging, are disclosed. The method allows full control over the optical display parameters in Integral Imaging (InI) monitors. From a given collection of elemental images, a new set of synthetic elemental images (SEIs) ready to be displayed in an InI monitor can be calculated, in which the pitch, microlenses focal length, number of pixels per elemental cell, depth position of the reference plane, and grid geometry of the microlens array (MLA) can be selected to fit the conditions of the display architecture. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128009 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit for acquiring a plurality of view point images imaged from a plurality of viewpoints by a plurality of imaging optical systems each including a zoom lens; a storage unit for storing an error of the imaging optical system; an optical zoom magnification specifying unit for receiving specification instruction of an optical zoom magnification; a zoom lens driving unit for moving the zoom lens to a position corresponding to the instruction of the optical zoom magnification; and a correction unit for setting an electronic zoom magnification corresponding to the position of the zoom lens, magnifying a viewpoint image to be corrected from within the plurality of viewpoint images based on the electronic zoom magnification, and extracting a part of the magnified viewpoint image to eliminate an object point shift amount corresponding to the error from the magnified viewpoint image. | 05-23-2013 |
20130135447 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - By determining reliability by a deviation between a left image and a right image to guide a user to use a correction algorithm only when sufficient reliability is secured and presenting an image to which an automatic correction algorithm is applied to perform fine adjustment, the user may capture a higher quality 3D image. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus includes: capturing a left image and a right image received from a left lens and a right lens, respectively; calculating Sum-of-Absolute-Difference (SAD) values of the right image compared with the left image; determining a reliability indicating a deviation of a moved position of the right image compared with the left image based on a degree that positions at which smallest SAD values are obtained deviate from an average position; and guiding a user to recapture or not based on the determined reliability. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135448 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a viewpoint separating unit configured to separate multi-viewpoint image data, including images of multiple viewpoints and representing intensity distribution of light and the direction of travel of light according to positions and pixel values of pixels, into a plurality of single-viewpoint image data for each of the individual viewpoints; and a parallax control unit configured to control amount of parallax between the plurality of single-viewpoint image data obtained by separation into individual viewpoints by the viewpoint separating unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135449 | SINGLE-EYE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - Present invention provides a single-eye stereoscopic image capturing device which can reduce the discomfort of a photographer by constantly maintaining a parallax quantity of a left-eye image and a right-eye image that are stereoscopically-displayed even if a focus lens is moved. The single-eye stereoscopic image capturing device comprises, a photographic optical system, pupil division part, imaging part, focus lens driving part, parallax correction quantity calculation part, parallax correction part, and output part. | 05-30-2013 |
20130147925 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING OBJECTS FOR DISTANCE AND/OR IN THREE DIMENSIONS USING A SPIRAL POINT SPREAD FUNCTION - Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods, systems, and apparatus that include an optical detection node to pass light through the optical pathway to the optical detection node where the light is detectable. At least one focusing element is provided to pass the light along the optical pathway, and at least one optical mask is used to provide spatially-varying modulation on the light passing along the optical pathway. The light passing along the optical pathway is redirected and modified to create a spiral point spread function at the optical detection node for estimating a distance to an object that is characterized at least in part by the light passing along the optical pathway. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147926 | 3D IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - This 3D image capture device includes: a light-transmitting section | 06-13-2013 |
20130155200 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - A stereoscopic image generating device includes: a brightness calculation unit that, on an image that is photographed using a stereo adapter, obtains the brightness representative value of the first area where neither of two beams from the object is incident; a threshold value determining unit that obtains a threshold value based on the brightness representative value; and an object area extracting unit that extracts two sets of pixels having brightness value higher than the threshold value on the image, as a second area where one of the two beams is incident and a third area where the another of the two beams is incident, and produces a stereoscopic image by a pair of a first partial image that is cut out from the second area, and a second partial image that is cut out from the third area. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155201 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A digital camera includes a first optical system including a first optical axis; a second optical system including a second optical axis which is different from the first optical axis; a first image sensor and a second image sensor for detecting subject images; and a controller for performing focus control on each optical system and for instructing each image sensor to execute shooting operation. The controller instructs the first image sensor and the second image sensor to execute shooting operation at a first timing when the focus operation for the first optical system is finished or a second timing when the focus operation for the second optical system is finished, which is later. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155202 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus of includes an imaging sensor that captures a subject image formed by an attached 3D conversion lens and generates an image data, a display device that displays an image based on the generated image data, a lens adjusting unit that adjusts a lens position of an optical system included in the attached 3D conversion lens, a controller that: (i) determines that a predetermined portion of the subject image which is to be moved according to the adjustment of the lens position, is at least one of (a) within a predetermined range in the image and (b) not within the predetermined range in the image, and (ii) causes the display device to display the determined result. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155203 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An image processing system includes an acquisition unit, a candidate value estimation unit, a cutoff frequency acquisition unit and a candidate value modification unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire an image of a sample taken via an optical system. The candidate value estimation unit is configured to estimate a candidate value of a 3D shape of the sample based on the image. The cutoff frequency acquisition unit is configured to acquire a cutoff frequency of the optical system based on information of the optical system. The candidate value modification unit is configured to perform at least one of data correction and data interpolation for the candidate value based on the cutoff frequency and calculate a modified candidate value. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155204 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND MOVEMENT CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A left-eye image and a right-eye image for a stereoscopic image are obtained using a camera including a single imaging apparatus. The left-eye image is obtained by imaging objects OB | 06-20-2013 |
20130162784 | IMAGING DEVICE, AUTOFOCUS METHOD AND PROGRAM OF THE SAME - An imaging device includes a first imaging optical system; a first imaging unit that converts an optical image of a subject formed via the first imaging optical system into an electrical signal and produces an image signal of a first imaged image; a second imaging optical system; a second imaging unit that converts an optical image of the subject formed via a second imaging optical system into an electrical signal and produces an image signal of a second imaged image; and a control unit that independently control the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system and performs individually a focus adjustment of the first imaged image and the second imaged image. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169761 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An imaging apparatus can be connected to a 3D adapter having an optical system capable of condensing light for forming an image for a left-eye and light for forming an image for a right-eye and can be set into an adjusting mode for adjusting the optical system. The imaging apparatus includes an image pickup unit operable to capture an image formed based on the lights condensed by the 3D adapter, and a display unit operable to display the image captured by the image pickup unit. When the imaging apparatus is set to the adjusting mode, the display unit overlaps and displays the image for a left-eye and the right-eye image captured by the image pickup unit. | 07-04-2013 |
20130182081 | Real-Time Stereo 3D Digital/Video Imaging in a Light Microscope Using a Single Lens and a Single Camera - The methods and apparatus of the present invention provide 3D real-time viewing in a light microscope by passing light through only a portion of the objective aperture, in such a way as to produce alternating left-eye and right-eye views of the specimen. A computer with a sync pulse generator synchronizes the frame rate of the camera with the alternating left-eye and right-eye images, which are sequentially captured by the camera and reformatted into the standard side-by-side stereo file format and displayed on a 3D TV or the like, where they can be viewed in 3D in real-time. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182082 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING METHOD - A stereoscopic imaging device, wherein the aperture controller performs a second aperture control in which the larger the amount of shake detected by the shake detector becomes, the further the amount of opening of the aperture unit decreases than the amount of opening required for the first aperture control. The present invention allows to deepen a depth of focus and decrease the amount of parallax by further closing an aperture as the amount of shake becomes larger, so that a stereoscopic effect is weakened when the amount of shake is large, thereby reducing an influence on viewers. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188023 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH OPTICAL FILTERS HAVING ALTERNATING POLARIZATION FOR 3D IMAGING - An image sensor for three-dimensional (“3D”) imaging includes a first, a second, and a third pixel unit, where the second pixel unit is disposed between the first and third pixel units. Optical filters included in the pixel units are disposed on a light incident side of the image sensor to filter polarization-encoded light having a first polarization and a second polarization to photosensing regions of the pixel units. The first pixel unit includes a first optical filter having the first polarization, the second pixel unit includes a second optical filter having the second polarization, and the third pixel unit includes a third optical filter having the first polarization. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188024 | APPARATUS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING - There is provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention an optical assembly including a set of optical paths, wherein two or more optical paths receive an image from a common surface. The optical paths may direct received images onto a common image sensor generating a complex multidimensional data set, an image processing block may extrapolate each of the subset of optical paths printed on the image sensor and may generate a multidimensional data set based on the collected images. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188025 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING METHOD - A stereoscopic imaging device, wherein the aperture controller performs a second aperture control in which the larger the amount of shake detected by the shake detector becomes, the further the amount of opening of the aperture unit increases than the amount of opening required for the first aperture control. The present invention allows to shallow a depth of focus and to increase the amount of parallax by further opening an aperture as the amount of shake becomes larger, so that an influence on a parallax is reduced even when the amount of shake is large, thereby maintaining a stereoscopic effect. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188026 | DEPTH ESTIMATING IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR - A depth estimating image capture device as an embodiment of this invention includes: an image sensor | 07-25-2013 |
20130194391 | STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA - A stereoscopic camera is provided comprising: an image sensor; a lens system adapted to focus light from a scene onto the image sensor, the lens system including an aperture stop; an electronically actuatable matrix shutter including a plurality of individually addressable and actuatable shutter elements; a memory; and a processor communicating with the electronically actuatable matrix shutter and the memory. The processor may control the matrix shutter to create pairs of pupil apertures according to a plurality of exposure patterns stored in the memory. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201297 | LENSLESS COMPRESSIVE IMAGE ACQUISITION - Systems, structures, devices and methods for lensless compressive image acquisition are disclosed herein with which images may be obtained from a single detection element while performing fewer times than a number of pixels associated with the image. Advantageously such systems, structures, devices and methods may be adapted to acquiring images at wavelengths that are difficult or impossible with contemporary CCD or CMOS imagers. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201298 | APERTURE FOR INCREASING THE PARALLAX IN A SINGLE LENS THREE DIMENSIONAL CAMERA - A stereoscopic camera ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130201299 | HANDS FREE LIGHTING DEVICES - There is provided headgear having a variety of components. In one form, the headgear includes a camera device mounted to a brim thereof. Camera accessories that can be mounted to the headgear can include a switch, a control panel, a view finder, one or more lights. The headgear can also include a heat sink mounted to the brim to dissipate heat, and can be configured to block radio frequency emissions, generated by powered components of the headgear, such as the camera, a circuit board, one or more lights, or the like. The headgear can also include a 3D camera device having first and second lens devices mounted to the brim in a spaced configuration. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201300 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus that can connect with a | 08-08-2013 |
20130215236 | Estimation of Metrics Using a Plenoptic Imaging System - The spatial resolution of captured plenoptic images is enhanced. In one aspect, the plenoptic imaging process is modeled by a pupil image function (PIF), and a PIF inversion process is applied to the captured plenoptic image to produce a better resolution estimate of the object. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215237 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes an image obtainer configured to obtain a parallax image, an object extractor configured to extract at least a first object and a second object in the parallax image, a parallax amount calculator configured to calculate an amount of parallax of each of the first object and the second object, a viewing condition obtainer configured to obtain a viewing condition when a three-dimensional image is displayed, and a three-dimensional appearance determiner configured to, by using the viewing condition and the amounts of parallax of the first and second objects that are calculated by the parallax amount calculator, determine that a three-dimensional appearance is obtained when a difference between the amounts of parallax of the first and second objects is not less than a predetermined value, and determine that the three-dimensional appearance is not obtained when the difference is less than the predetermined value. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215238 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY - Provided is an imaging apparatus including an imaging lens, and an image sensor array of first and second image sensor units, wherein a single first image sensor unit includes a single first microlens and a plurality of image sensors, a single second image sensor unit includes a single second microlens and a single image sensor, light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each first image sensor unit passes through the first microlens and forms an image on the image sensors constituting the first image sensor unit, light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each second image sensor unit passes through the second microlens and forms an image on the image sensor constituting the second image sensor unit, an inter-unit light shielding layer is formed between the image sensor units, and a light shielding layer is not formed between the image sensor units constituting the first image sensor unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222552 | IMAGING PIXELS WITH DEPTH SENSING CAPABILITIES - An imager may include depth sensing pixels that receive and convert incident light into image signals. The imager may have an associated imaging lens that focuses the incident light onto the imager. Each of the depth sensing pixels may include a microlens that focuses incident light received from the imaging lens through a color filter onto first and second photosensitive regions of a substrate. The first and second photosensitive regions may provide different and asymmetrical angular responses to incident light. Depth information for each depth sensing pixel may be determined based on the difference between output signals of the first and second photosensitive regions of that depth sensing pixel. Color information for each depth sensing pixel may be determined from a summation of output signals of the first and second photosensitive regions. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222553 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup device, comprising: a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; a first microlens; and a second microlens, which is one microlens provided above n×n (n: 2 or more) of the photoelectric conversion elements laterally and longitudinally adjacent to each other, the second microlens pupil-dividing light entering the microlens for guiding to a light receiving surface of each of the n×n photoelectric conversion elements, the first microlens and the second microlens being provided in a mixed manner so that a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image can be respectively generated based on at least a first output signal corresponding to the first microlens and a second output signal corresponding to the second microlens, color filters of any of the colors being provided above the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and color filters of a same color being provided to the n×n photoelectric conversion elements corresponding to the second microlens. | 08-29-2013 |
20130242061 | CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - An embodiment of the invention provides a 3D camera module. The 3D camera module comprise a first lens, a second lens, a shutter control device, a first mirror, a second mirror and an image sensor. The first lens receives a first light beam. The second lens receives a second light beam. The shutter control device to control the first lens and the second camera and only one of the first shutter and the second shutter is turned on in one time period. The first mirror reflects the first light beam to the image sensor. The second mirror reflects the second light beam to the image sensor. The image sensor receives the first light beam and the second light beam to capture a first image and a second image and a 3D image is generated according to the first image and the second image. | 09-19-2013 |
20130258068 | Methods and Systems for Predicting Cloud Movement - A prediction system for predicting solar irradiance based on cloud characteristics is presented. The system includes a sky imager that includes a customized lens configured to capture one or more substantially planar images of the sky. The prediction system further includes an image processor coupled to the sky imager and configured to process the one or more substantially planar images. Moreover, the prediction system includes a computing system coupled to the image processor and configured to detect cloud characteristics based on the one or more substantially planar images, and predict the solar irradiance based on the cloud characteristics. Methods and non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method for predicting power output of one or more solar panels in a solar plant based on cloud characteristics are also presented. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258069 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method so as to be able to obtain disparity information, without deteriorating the image quality of the image. | 10-03-2013 |
20130271580 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - The present invention is a 3-dimensional image capturing method and a 3-dimensional image capturing apparatus for capturing a 3-dimensional image including a left eye image and a right eye image that are 2-dimensional images having parallax with each other. In the invention, an optical axis of an image capturing optical system of the image capturing apparatus is shifted between a first optical axis and a second optical axis whose image capturing ranges overlap at least partly, without moving the image captuing apparatus itself, and in the shift of the optical axis, one of the left eye image and the right eye image is captured at the timing when the optical axis of the image capturing optical system is being the first optical axis, and the other of the left eye image and the right eye image is captured at the timing when the optical axis of the image capturing optical system is being the second optical axis. | 10-17-2013 |
20130278730 | SINGLE-EYE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE, CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - Provided is a technique capable of correcting unique shading characteristics of a single-eye stereoscopic imaging device. A focal length is acquired. A one-dimensional correction table corresponding to the focal length is acquired from a plurality of stored one-dimensional correction tables. Shading correction is performed using the acquired one-dimensional correction table. An arbitrary pixel is selected from main pixels, a correction value corresponding to the position of the selected pixel is read from the acquired one-dimensional correction table for the main pixel, and shading correction is performed for the basis of the correction value and the value of the arbitrary pixel. This process is performed for all of the main pixels and the sub-pixels. A two-dimensional SD correction unit performs normal shading correction for the data subjected to the shading correction using a two-dimensional correction table. | 10-24-2013 |
20130278731 | 3D-IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND 3D-IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A 3D-image pickup optical system includes: a pair of optical systems each of which includes a magnification-varying lens unit, an aperture stop, a first lens unit and a first reflective member in a sequential order from an object side, the optical systems having optical axes offset from each other; a second lens unit that receives object light fluxes from the pair of optical systems; a second reflective member that guides the object light fluxes from the pair of optical systems to the second lens unit; and a switching unit that is disposed in an object side of the second reflective member, and alternately guides the pair of the object light fluxes respectively from the pair of optical systems to the second reflective member. | 10-24-2013 |
20130307939 | STEREOSCOPIC RELAY OPTICS - A relay optic adapter system for imaging stereoscopic images with a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such a relay optic adapter are provided herein. The relay optic adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a still or video camera, to provide a stereoscopic image to imaging plane of the device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130307940 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section in which a plurality of color pixels are arranged in a matrix form in a first direction and a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction; and a multi-lens array in which multi-lenses which allow light to be incident on the plurality of color pixels are arranged, wherein in the respective color pixels of the pixel array section, color pixels adjacent in at least one direction of the first direction and the second direction are allocated to a pixel for L in stereo and a pixel for R in stereo, and wherein the multi-lens array is disposed so that at least part of the multi-lens array allows the light to be incident on the adjacent color pixels which are different in color in the first direction. | 11-21-2013 |
20130314509 | LONG FOCAL LENGTH MONOCULAR 3D IMAGER - An optical assembly for three-dimensional image capture includes first and second optical channels that are fixed with respect to one another. Each channel is configured to direct light onto at least a portion of an image sensor. The first and second optical channels each include an aperture for receiving the light, an objective lens for focusing the light into an intermediate image on an intermediate image plane, and an eyepiece lens for collimating the intermediate image. | 11-28-2013 |
20130314510 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device, comprising: a single imaging optical system; an imaging unit; a diaphragm unit; a diaphragm control unit; an imaging control unit; a parallax information calculation unit configured to calculate parallax information based on the pair of viewpoint images outputted from the imaging unit at the first point or points of time; a plane image generation unit configured to generate a plane image based on the pair of viewpoint images outputted from the imaging unit at the second point of time; and a blurring processing unit configured to determine target pixels in the plane image which are to be subjected to blurring processing, based on the parallax information calculated by the parallax information calculation unit, and to perform blurring processing on the determined target pixels in the plane image. | 11-28-2013 |
20130329019 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT ESTIMATES DISTANCE INFORMATION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus free from the inconvenience of an increase in the number of focal positions for image pickup or reduction of the distance accuracy. An optical imaging system forms an object image and an image pickup device picks up the formed object image. A first range image is generated from a plurality of images picked up by the image pickup device and having parallax. A second range image is generated from a plurality of images picked up by the image pickup device and having different degrees of focus at respective corresponding locations therein. A synthesis coefficient is calculated according to the depth of field of a main object selected from objects shown in the object image. A synthesized range image is generated by synthesizing the generated first range image and second range image using the calculated synthesis coefficient. | 12-12-2013 |
20130335533 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD, DIAPHRAGM CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The technology relates to an image pickup unit, an image pickup device, a picture processing method, a diaphragm control method, and program that are capable of suppressing deterioration in quality of a stereoscopic picture. A parallax detection pixel | 12-19-2013 |
20130342661 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A 3D image capture device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a light-transmitting section | 12-26-2013 |
20140022358 | PRISM CAMERA METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS - Methods, system, and apparatus for generating depth maps are described. A depth map may be generated by obtaining a transformation for a prism camera having a still image capture mode and a video mode (the transformation based on the difference between the still image transfer mode and the video mode), capturing a multi-view still image with the camera, capturing multi-view video images with the camera, and generating a resolved video depth map from the transformation, the multi-view still image, and the multi-view video. The depth map may be converted to a 3D structure. Multiple resolved 3D structures from prism camera apparatus may be combined to generate volumetric reconstruction of the scene. | 01-23-2014 |
20140022359 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING METHOD - At a first point in time, the amount of opening of a diaphragm is controlled in such a manner that parallax is obtained in a plurality of images that are output as a result of imaging, whereby a parallax image is acquired. At a second point in time, the diaphragm is controlled in such a manner that the amount of opening thereof is made smaller than at the first point in time, whereby a planar image is acquired. Parallax information is calculated based upon the plurality of images acquired at the first point in time, and the planar image acquired at the second point in time is created. This stereoscopic imaging apparatus creates a stereoscopic image comprising parallax information and a planar image. | 01-23-2014 |
20140028806 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device, comprising: an imaging unit having first pixels configured to photoelectrically convert a subject image which is imaged with a photographic lens and to output a first image signal, and second pixels configured to be placed discretely between the first pixels so as to photoelectrically convert each of a plurality of subject images which come from divided pupil regions formed by dividing a pupil region of the photographic lens and to output second image signals having a phase difference; an imaging control unit; a parallax information calculation unit; a plane image generation unit; and a blurring processing unit configured to determine target pixels in the plane image which are to be subjected to blurring processing, based on the parallax information calculated by the parallax information calculation unit, and to perform blurring processing on the determined target pixels in the plane image. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036042 | Imaging System And Method For Multi-Scale Three-Dimensional Deformation Or Profile Output - An optical microscope system for 3D surface deformation and morphology measurement that can serve as a powerful tool in quality engineering and control, as well as in biological and materials research is described. The system was developed in part by combining the DAIC technique with optical microscopy. Decoding algorithms were derived for calculating the 3D displacement or profile of a micro-sized test sample from the in-plane displacement components of it first-order diffracted views. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036043 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - So as to obtain color parallax images, it has been necessary to prepare an image capturing optical system and an image capturing element that are complex, to capture the parallax images. In view of the above, provided is an image processing apparatus including: an image obtaining section; a disparity amount operation section; and an image converting section. | 02-06-2014 |
20140049618 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND STEREO IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A stereo image displaying system including an image displaying apparatus and an imaging element is provided. The image displaying apparatus displays image beams along an optic axis. The imaging element has a curved-surface. The curved-surface receives the image beams and converts the image beams into deformation images. The imaging element transmits the deformation images. Furthermore, a stereo image capturing system is also provided. | 02-20-2014 |
20140055574 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING COLOR IMAGES AND DEPTH IMAGES - An apparatus and method for capturing a color image and a depth image are utilized as a source of obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) image. The apparatus for capturing the color image and the depth image may include a filtering unit to employ a frame having a polarity which includes an external frame to support a plurality of filters which filter at least one of a visible ray and an infrared (IR) ray from a ray input via a lens, a driving unit to move the filtering unit by pushing or pulling the external frame based on a polarity of an applied signal, and a control unit to control a voltage to be applied to the driving unit based on a distance between the filtering unit and the driving unit. | 02-27-2014 |
20140055575 | ARRAY OPTICAL ELEMENT, IMAGING MEMBER, IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A lens optical system L having areas D1 and D2; an image pickup element N including a plurality of first and second pixels which include a filter having a first spectral transmittance characteristic, a plurality of third pixels which include a filter having a second spectral transmittance characteristic, and a plurality of fourth pixels which include a filter having a third spectral transmittance characteristic; and an array-form optical element K including a plurality of optical components M1 and M2 are included. The plurality of optical components M1 and M2 are arrayed in n number of rows from first through n′th rows (n is an integer of 2 or greater) on a surface of the array-form optical element K. A position of center, in a y direction, of each of the optical components located in a k′th row (1≦k02-27-2014 | |
20140055576 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND PROGRAM TO CONTROL IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - With a conventional stereoimage capturing device, it has been difficult to simply determine the present of a depth. An image capturing device includes an image capturing element in which a first parallax pixel group and a second parallax pixel group that output a first parallax image and a second parallax image, respectively, to cause a parallax are arranged at mutually different positions. The image capturing device computes a differential pixel value of each of a plurality of second parallax output pixels in the second parallax image positioned around a target pixel that is a first parallax output pixel of the first parallax image, the differential pixel value being computed with reference to the target pixel, and generates differential data in which a direction of each of the plurality of second parallax output pixels with reference to the target pixel is associated with the corresponding differential pixel value. | 02-27-2014 |
20140063202 | CAMERA MODULE AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING POSITION THEREOF - A camera module and an apparatus for calibrating position of the camera module are provided, the camera module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a first sensor unit configured to obtain a first image; a second sensor unit configured to obtain a second image; and a third sensor unit configured to obtain a third image, wherein the second sensor unit is spaced apart from the first sensor unit at a predetermined distance, and the third sensor unit is spaced apart from the second sensor unit at a predetermined distance. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071247 | IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - An image pickup device N according to an embodiment includes: an objective lens L with first and second regions D | 03-13-2014 |
20140071248 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When image processing for performing left-right inversion of images is applied to obtained left-eye and right-eye images for binocular stereopsis, a display control apparatus outputs the left-eye image with left and right inverted so that it is displayed on a display apparatus for the right eye. Likewise, the display control apparatus outputs the right-eye image with left and right inverted so that it is displayed on the display apparatus for the left eye. The display apparatus displays these left-eye and right-eye images in such a manner that they can be viewed in binocular stereopsis. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071249 | COHERENT CAMERA - A camera includes, in part, an optical signal source generating a frequency varying optical signal, a multitude of pixels arranged along rows and columns, an optical focusing element, and an opto-electronic circuit. A portion of the optical signal generated by the optical signal is caused to reflect from a target object and then directed toward the pixels. A multitude of samples of a second portion of the optical signal are combined with the signals received by the pixels to generate a multitude of combined optical signals. The optical signals so combined are converted to electrical signals. Each electrical signal has a frequency defined by a difference between a frequency of the second portion of the optical signal and a frequency of a signal received from a pixel. The frequency differences are used to form an image of the target object. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078266 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM WITH IMAGE CONVERSION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A three dimensional image capture system includes: an image capture device configured to generate video data; a lens, coupled to the image capture device, configured to focus a left image and a right image; a microprism array, coupled to the lens, configured to horizontally deflect the left image and the right image; and an image processing unit, coupled to the image capture device, configured to calculate a depthmap from the left image and the right image in the video data, rendered by the microprism array. | 03-20-2014 |
20140092220 | IMAGE CAPTURING ELEMENT CAPTURING STEREOSCOPIC MOVING IMAGE AND PLANAR MOVING IMAGE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A plurality of pixels 2 are arranged in a square lattice form, the color filters of RGB are arranged in a Bayer arrangement and a pair of a first phase difference detection pixel 3 which acquires a captured image signals for a right eye and a second phase difference detection pixel 4 which acquires a captured image signals for a left eye are provided on discrete and periodic positions in the square lattice form, the first phase difference detection pixel 3 is provided among the respective pixels of the square lattice form at 2n+1-pixel (n=1, 2, . . . ) intervals both in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and the second phase difference detection pixel 4 of the pair is provided on a pixel having the same color filter and spaced apart from the first phase difference detection pixel by two pixels. | 04-03-2014 |
20140104397 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING PIXEL ARCHITECTURE FOR CAPTURING DEPTH IMAGE AND COLOR IMAGE - An image sensor having a pixel architecture for capturing a depth image and a color image. The image sensor may be configured in a pixel architecture in which a floating diffusion (FD) node is shared, and may operate in different pixel architectures in a depth mode and a color mode, respectively. | 04-17-2014 |
20140118505 | Stereoscopic image capture - The present application provides a single lens capture device having a single input port. The single lens capture device may include an objective lens, a fixed objective lens aperture, off-center apertures inside the objective lens, and a sensor. The sensor is operable to capture images at a rate of at least two times the rate of stereoscopic presentation. | 05-01-2014 |
20140125775 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SENSORS - An image sensor frame rate can be increased by “interlaced” mode operation whereby only half the number of lines (alternating between odd and even lines) of an image is transported to the readout circuitry. This halves the integration time but also halves the resolution of the sensor. The reduction is tolerable for motion characterization as long as sufficient image resolution remains. Accordingly, in one embodiment, an image sensor operated in an interlaced fashion is first exposed to a scene under a first form of illumination (e.g., narrowband illumination), and a first set of alternating (horizontal or vertical) lines constituting half of the pixels is read out of the array; the sensor is then exposed to the same scene under a second form of illumination (e.g., existing ambient illumination with the illumination source turned off), and a second set of alternating lines, representing the other half of the pixel array, is read out. The two images are compared and noise removed from the image obtained under narrowband illumination. As this occurs, the image sensor is capturing the next image under the first form of illumination, and the process continues. | 05-08-2014 |
20140139644 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND PROGRAM - Left- and right-eye captured images are output upon reception of light beams having passed through one imaging optical system, and the difference, between the left- and right-eye captured images, of each of subjects included in the left- and right-eye captured images is detected. An extraction image extracted from a region which includes a main subject and has a predetermined size is output for each of the left- and right-eye captured images. At this time, the region is set so that the difference, between the left- and right-eye captured images, of a subject which is different from the main subject and included in both the extraction images has a predetermined value. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139645 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged therein; a light shielding member disposed between an imaging optical system and the image sensor, the light shielding member configured to make only a light flux, which has passed through a predetermined area of the imaging optical system, incident on a first light receiving element which is a part of the plurality of light receiving elements; and an image generation device configured to generate an image of a subject from an imaging signal of the first light receiving element, in which the light shielding member is a plate-shaped member having a first light shielding material configured to shield a light flux, which has passed through an area other than the predetermined area, formed therein. | 05-22-2014 |
20140152779 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a first light-shielding member formed in a predetermined optical member included in a photographing optical system, the first light-shielding member dividing a pupil region of the photographing optical system into a first region and a second region and a second light-shielding member letting only a light beam passing through the first region enter a first light-receiving element and letting only a light beam passing through the second region enter a second light-receiving element other than the first light-receiving element. | 06-05-2014 |
20140160254 | GATED 3D CAMERA - A camera for determining distances to a scene, the camera comprising: a light source comprising a VCSEL controllable to illuminate the scene with a train of pulses of light having a characteristic spectrum; a photosurface; optics for imaging light reflected from the light pulses by the scene on the photosurface; and a shutter operable to gate the photosurface selectively on and off for light in the spectrum. | 06-12-2014 |
20140160255 | Single Camera Device And Method For 3D Video Imaging Using A Refracting Lens Array - An embodiment of the present invention may include an apparatus that captures 3D images having a lens barrel. The lens barrel may include a lens disposed at the first end of the lens barrel, an image capture element at the second end of the lens barrel, and a pair of refracting lenses positioned along the optical axis of the lens barrel. The first and second refracting lenses may be mounted to a first set and second set of positioning elements. The image capture element may capture images continuously at a predetermined frame rate, and the first and second set of positioning elements may continuously change the position of the first and second refracting lenses among a series of predetermined correlated positions based on the predetermined frame rate. | 06-12-2014 |
20140168386 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION METHOD THEREOF - A projection system includes a control module, a first image capture module, a second image capture module, an image processing module and a projection module. The first and second image capture modules are connected to the control module and include first and second sensor elements and first and second lenses, respectively. The image processing module is connected with the control module, the first image capture module and the second image capture module for transforming the image into a three-dimensional image signal. The projection module is connected with the control module for projecting. The first sensor element and the second sensor element are selectively controlled by the control module to capture images through the first lens and the second lens, respectively. The three-dimensional image signal transformed by the image processing module is processed and converted by the control module, and further projected by the projection module. | 06-19-2014 |
20140168387 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to receive light fluxes passing through different regions in a single imaging optical system and acquire two images; a ghost detection unit configured to detect a ghost from the two acquired images; a first determination unit configured to determine whether the ghost is detected from any of the two acquired images; and a control unit configured to perform at least one of an automatic focus control, an automatic exposure control and an automatic white balance control based on an image for which it is not determined that the ghost is caused out of the two images in a case where the first determination unit determines that the ghost is detected from any of the two images. | 06-19-2014 |
20140176681 | IMAGING APPARATUS - In an imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, the light-shielding member performing light shielding so that the light beam passing through the second region does not enter the first light-receiving element is provided only to the first light-receiving element. That is, no light-shielding member is provided to the second light-receiving element. Therefore, the number and types of light-shielding members can be reduced, and pupil division can be performed with a simple structure. Also, various products can be easily supported. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176682 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD - A stereoscopic image capture device comprising: a single imaging optical system; an imaging element that forms pupil-divided object images; a diaphragm that restricts a light flux that enters into the imaging element; and a diaphragm control device, wherein, when focal lengths before and after adjusting the focal length of the imaging optical system are assumed to be f1 and f2 and the F value of the diaphragm before adjusting the focal length of the imaging optical system is assumed to be FNo1, the diaphragm control device performs control such that an F value of FNo2 after adjusting the focal length of the imaging optical system becomes an F value that can be set according to a following equation: | 06-26-2014 |
20140176683 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Provided is an imaging apparatus that includes a plurality of imaging elements having a plurality of PDs, where each of the plurality of PDs photoelectrically converts a light flux having passed through a different region of an exit pupil of an imaging optical system and output a left-eye image/right-eye image. The imaging apparatus generates a composite image based on the left-eye image and the right-eye image, calculates a positional shift amount of the left-eye image relative to a position of the composite image as a parallax amount, and stores information regarding the parallax amount as a parallax map. The imaging apparatus generates a left-eye image and a right-eye image to be reproduced by shifting an object included in the composite image to a position corresponding to the parallax amount indicated by the parallax map. | 06-26-2014 |
20140192166 | Engineered Point Spread Function for Simultaneous Extended Depth of Field and 3D Ranging - Optical systems utilize waveplates to simultaneously encode information for increasing image depth of field and for providing a depth map of the imaged object or sample. These waveplates are configured to result in a focus-invariant point spread function in one focal region, and to result in point spread functions that vary as a function of range within the imaged object in a different focal region. For example, a basic compound microscope might have a specially shaped waveplate inserted at the back aperture plane of the microscope objective to manipulate the phase of the wavefront. An image formed on one side of the plane of best focus is focus invariant, and is brought into focus by a restoring algorithm. An image formed on the other side of the plane of best focus captures point spread functions comprising rings that vary with depth within the imaged object. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192167 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE - In the stereoscopic imaging device including a single imaging optical system, lens information (focal length, F-stop range) is acquired (step S | 07-10-2014 |
20140198186 | 3D IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE - A 3D image generating device is provided and includes: a lenticular plate storage chamber for storing a plurality of lenticular plates; a picture-taking device for taking a picture of an object to generate an object image; an image processing unit for capturing and processing the object image of the object to generate a front-view object image and combining the front-view object image with a rear-view image to generate a synthetic 3D image; a lenticular plate conveying unit for moving the lenticular plates inside the lenticular plate storage chamber to a printing device; a memory unit for storing at least one rear-view image; the printing device for printing the synthetic 3D image on a flat surface of the lenticular plate; and a controlling unit for controlling operation of the picture-taking device, the image processing unit, the memory unit, the printing device, and the lenticular plate conveying unit. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198187 | CAMERA WITH PLENOPTIC LENS - An image capture device includes a lens that receives light. Further, the image capture device includes an optical beam splitter that receives the light from the lens. In addition, the image capture device includes an image sensor that receives a first portion of the light from the optical beam splitter. The image capture device also includes a plenoptic lens that receives a second portion of the light from the optical beam splitter. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198188 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PRINTER, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PLAYER DEVICE - An image processing method includes: acquiring a first image and second image with a parallax, calculating a parallax indicating a shift amount of a corresponding pixel of the second image with respect to each pixel of the first image, deciding an image processing coefficient to perform edge emphasis or edge correction based on the parallax with respect to every image processing target pixel of the first image and the second image, and performing image processing on the first image and the second image using the image processing coefficient. | 07-17-2014 |
20140204183 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD FOR TAKING PICTURE BY USING A PLURALITY OF MICROLENSES - A photographing apparatus and method are provided. The photographing device includes: a main lens configured to transmit light beams reflected from a subject; a microlens array which includes a plurality of microlenses configured to filter and transmit the reflected light beams as different colors; an image sensor configured to sense the light beams that are transmitted by the plurality of microlenses; a data processor configured to collect pixels of positions corresponding to one another from a plurality of original images sensed by the image sensor to generate a plurality of sub images; a storage device configured to store the plurality of sub images; and a controller configured to detect pixels matching one another in the plurality of sub images stored in the storage device and to acquire color information and depth information of an image of the subject. Therefore, color information and depth information are restored without reducing resolution. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204184 | VARIABLE IMAGING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREFOR - Various approaches to imaging involve selecting directional and spatial resolution. According to an example embodiment, images are computed using an imaging arrangement to facilitate selective directional and spatial aspects of the detection and processing of light data. Light passed through a main lens is directed to photosensors via a plurality of microlenses. The separation between the microlenses and photosensors is set to facilitate directional and/or spatial resolution in recorded light data, and facilitating refocusing power and/or image resolution in images computed from the recorded light data. In one implementation, the separation is varied between zero and one focal length of the microlenses to respectively facilitate spatial and directional resolution (with increasing directional resolution, hence refocusing power, as the separation approaches one focal length). | 07-24-2014 |
20140210951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for reconstructing 3D information. The present invention calculates a normalized cross correlation value using luminance information included in two or more stereo images, calculates a normalized edge correlation value using local edge information, and extracts disparity surface information from a composite disparity image generated based on two types of matching costs. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210952 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image sensor includes: a plurality of pixels arranged and formed in a two-dimensional array so that adjacent ones of the pixels constitute paired pixels and entrance pupils of a first pixel and a second pixel constituting the paired pixels are provided eccentrically in opposite directions to each other with respect to centers of the respective pixels; an incident angle of light from a subject in the first pixel is an incident angle θcA as defined herein; the incident angle in the second pixel is an incident angle −θcB as defined herein; and light sensitivity characteristics of the first pixel and the second pixel with respect to the incident angles of the first pixel and the second pixel are flat characteristics within an incident angle range of the θcA to the −θcB. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210953 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, PARALLAX ADJUSTMENT DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image display apparatus, includes: a stereoscopic image obtaining unit which obtains a plurality of images having different points of view; a display unit which displays the plurality of images; a photographic subject selecting unit which selects a specific photographic subject in any one of the plurality of images; and a display controller which displays a line where a parallax amount of a first viewpoint image and a second viewpoint image among the plurality of images is zero and an anteroposterior relationship of the line where the parallax amount is zero and a position of the specific photographic subject in an optical axis direction in photographing a stereoscopic image in a partial display region of the display unit as a pseudo overhead view of the photographic subject which is seen from an upper side with respect to the optical axis in photographing the stereoscopic image. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210954 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an imaging device which can accurately obtain two captured image signals having a phase difference therebetween. An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels including two types of pixels, such as a first pixel that receives one of a pair of light beams which pass through different pupil regions of an imaging optical system and a second pixel that receives the other of the pair of light beams. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a square lattice shape. A light receiving region of the first pixel deviates from the center of the first pixel to the right side. A light receiving region of the second pixel deviates from the center of the second pixel to the left side. | 07-31-2014 |
20140218486 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A plurality of viewpoint images are acquired and images for three-dimensional image display are generated without causing a reduction in polarization performance. Provided are: a first polarization means which has a first polarization region and a second polarization region that each allows different polarized light to be transmitted therethrough; a second polarization means which is made up of a third polarization region that allows only the transmitted light of either one of the first polarization region or the second polarization region to be transmitted therethrough, and a total transmission region that allows the transmitted light of the first polarization region and the second polarization region to be transmitted therethrough; an imaging element into which the transmitted light of the second polarization means is input; and an image processing unit which executes signal processing for an output signal of the imaging element. The image processing unit generates parallax information in which subject distance is reflected by applying a first viewpoint image that is based on the transmitted light of the total transmission region of the second polarization means, and a second viewpoint image that is based on the transmitted light of the third polarization region of the second polarization means, and generates a left-eye-purpose image and a right-eye-purpose image for three-dimensional image display by means of image conversion processing of the first viewpoint image for which the parallax information is applied. | 08-07-2014 |
20140232833 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PARALLAX, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A distance determining section increases a convergence point distance by a distance proportionate to an operation of an up key. The distance determining section reduces the convergence point distance by a distance proportionate to an operation of a down key. A target convergence point distance is incremented by 1 m per pressing operation of the up key. The target convergence point distance is decremented by 1 m per pressing operation of the down key. A shift amount setting section converts the target convergence point distance into a shift amount that corresponds to the target convergence point distance. The shift amount is set to an image shifting section. The image shifting section shifts each cut out region by the shift amount from a reference position and cuts out viewpoint images with the cut out regions from original left and right viewpoint images. Thus, the parallax-adjusted viewpoint images are produced. | 08-21-2014 |
20140240470 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF OPHTHALMIC SPECTACLES - A system and method for optical measurement, the system comprising a camera having a lens unit and an image sensor, the image sensor configured to generate image data based on light received onto the sensor; a prism device to receive light from two different angles and to relay the light through the lens unit onto respective two portions of the image sensor; and a processor to receive image data from the two portions of the image sensor; identify key points of the image data from the two portions; create a three-dimensional model of an object based on the image data from the two portions; and calculate based on the key points parameters of the object. | 08-28-2014 |
20140247328 | TERRAIN VISUALIZATION FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE DRIVER - A visualization technique for a vehicle and a vehicle driver combines a forward facing video camera and a forward facing time of flight camera. The outputs of the camera are combined to provide the vehicle driver with an augmented reality display, whereby topographical features can be identified in relation to the vehicle even if out of line of sight of the driver. | 09-04-2014 |
20140293015 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY - In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an optical system with multiple detectors and a processor. The optical system is configured to produce images of an optical source in a first dimension and a second dimension substantially orthogonal to the first dimension at each detector at a given time. Each image from the images is based on an interference of an emission from the optical source in a first direction and an emission from the optical source in a second direction different from the first direction. The processor is configured to calculate a position in a third dimension based on the images. The third dimension is substantially orthogonal to the first dimension and the second dimension. | 10-02-2014 |
20140300705 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE INCLUDING LENS ARRAY AND PROCESSING - Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup lens; a lens array disposed on an image formation plane of the image pickup lens; an image pickup device adapted to receive a light ray passing through the image pickup lens and the lens array to acquire picked up image data; and an image processing section adapted to carry out an image process for the picked up image data; the image processing section including a viewpoint image production section adapted to produce a plurality of viewpoint images based on the picked up image data, and an image synthesis processing section adapted to synthesize two or more viewpoint images from among the viewpoint images. | 10-09-2014 |
20140300706 | Apparatus and Method for Eliminating Noise in Stereo Image - Apparatus and method for eliminating noise in stereo image are disclosed, the method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprising, obtaining a first image captured by a first sensor unit and a second imaged captured by a second sensor unit; calculating a pixel difference of the second image relative to a first image based on a predetermined reference point; determining a pixel amount of the second image to be calibrated using a reference pixel difference and the pixel difference; and generating a driving signal for driving an Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) actuator using the pixel amount to be calibrated. | 10-09-2014 |
20140307060 | IMAGE SENSOR - There is a problem that fluxes of light to pass through a peripheral region of the pupil do not reach a peripheral region of an image capturing element due to vignetting. Provided is an image capturing element provided two-dimensionally and cyclically with photoelectric converting element groups each consisting of plural photoelectric converting elements for converting incident light to electric signals, wherein apertures of aperture masks provided correspondingly for the plural photoelectric converting elements included in each photoelectric converting element group are positioned to let through fluxes of light from different partial regions in a cross-sectional region of incident light, the number of photoelectric converting elements included in each photoelectric converting element group is smaller in a photoelectric converting element group arranged in a peripheral region of an entire region in which the photoelectric converting element groups are arranged than in a photoelectric converting element group arranged in a center region. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307061 | Time of Flight Camera with Rectangular Field of Illumination - Improved field-of-illumination (FOI) and field-of-view (FOV) matching for 3D time-of-flight cameras is provided using light emitters with rectangular reflectors. A better adjustment of the FOI with the camera's FOV has the following advantages: optimal use of emitted light and reduced multi-path problems. Furthermore, embodiments bring the benefit for rather low-cost customization of the illumination to match the FOI to the specified FOV. | 10-16-2014 |
20140327744 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer program product perform image processing to suppress an amount of parallax adjustment based on a posture of the image processing apparatus. The apparatus includes a parallax control unit that adjusts a position of an object in a left image and in a right image captured by an imaging device based on detected movement of the imaging device during an imaging operation. The left image and the right image are configured to be displayed together as a stereoscopic image. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327745 | Rectified Stereoscopic 3D Panoramic Picture - The invention concerns a method of generating at least a first panoramic picture and a second panoramic picture based on a series of frames acquired by one frame acquisition device while said device is panned in a main direction, a global motion value and a perspective transform being computed for each pair of consecutive frames of the series, the global motion value reflecting a displacement in the main direction between the frames of a pair of frames and the perspective transform reflecting a perspective change between the frames of a pair of frames. For each frame of the series, a first area of the frame is determined for the first panoramic picture and a second area of the frame, distinct from the first area, is determined for the second panoramic picture. The method comprises, upon acquisition of a current frame of the series of frames, determining a first frame among the already acquired frames of the series of frames, which has second area that shares at least a common area with the first area of the current frame, calculating a global transform based on the perspective transforms of the pairs of consecutive frames that have been acquired between the first frame and the current frame and determining an adapted first area by applying an inverse of the global transform to the first area of the current frame, the adapted first area being included into the first panoramic picture and the second area of the current frame being included into the second panoramic picture. | 11-06-2014 |
20140333732 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - To obtain image data including a parallax in the vertical direction and image data including a parallax in the horizontal direction, it has been necessary to prepare imaging devices individually at the positions corresponding to the respective viewpoints. Hence, provided is an image processing element including: photoelectric converting elements that are arranged two-dimensionally and convert incident light to electric signals, respectively; and aperture masks provided on the photoelectric converting elements, wherein photoelectric converting element groups each including n photoelectric converting elements are arranged cyclically where n is an integer equal to or larger than 4, and apertures in the aperture masks are positioned lopsidedly to be axisymmetric to each other with respect to each of two orthogonal axes defined on the two-dimensional arrangement of each photoelectric converting element group. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340488 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - In order to provide an image capturing apparatus with a simple configuration that can acquire a parallax image, the image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing element including photoelectric converting elements that are arranged two-dimensionally and photoelectrically convert incident light into an electrical signal, and an aperture mask including apertures provided to correspond one-to-one with the photoelectric converting elements and positioned in a manner to pass light from different partial regions in a cross-sectional region of the incident light, and a diaphragm that changes shape while maintaining a state in which width of a diaphragm aperture in an arrangement direction of the different partial regions is greater than width of the diaphragm aperture in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction. | 11-20-2014 |
20140354781 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capture apparatus derives a frequency distribution of subject distances from captured images, selects a plurality of subject distances based on peaks in the frequency of appearance, and acquires a plurality of captured images whose focus distances are the plurality of selected subject distances, enabling an image focused on a plurality of subjects at different distances to be efficiently obtained. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354782 | Stereoscopic Camera Apparatus - An apparatus for receiving an image sensor-enabled smartphone, enabling a user of the apparatus to capture and view three-dimensional images with a smartphone normally capable of only capturing and rendering two-dimensional images. The apparatus includes a first arrangement of optics, said first arrangement being aligned with an image sensing arrangement of a smartphone when the smartphone is inserted into the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a second arrangement of optics, said second arrangement of optics being aligned with a display portion of a smartphone when the smartphone is inserted into the apparatus. The first arrangement of optics enables capture and/or rendering of a stereoscopic visual data stream (3-D still images or 3-D full-motion video, among others). The second arrangement of optics enables a viewer to see a stereoscopic effect when any stereoscopic visual data stream accessible by the smartphone is rendered by the display of the smartphone aligned with the second arrangement. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354783 | Human-Perspective Stereoscopic Camera - A human-perspective stereoscopic camera is an apparatus that is used to capture stereoscopic viewing material that is from the perspective of one person's eyes. The apparatus mainly comprises a left telescopic tube, a right telescopic tube, a translational pivoting mount, a lateral movement mechanism, and a platform with a channel as a support structure. The left telescopic tube and the right telescopic tube each comprise a first cylinder, a second cylinder, and an optics assembly. The first cylinder and the second cylinder are the means for the telescopic movement. The optics assembly comprises a lens, a digital single-lens reflex camera, a camera mount, a plate, and a pole. The configuration for the components of the optics assembly allows the left telescopic tube and the right telescopic tube to capture stereoscopic viewing material from the perspective of one person's eyes. | 12-04-2014 |
20140362189 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional image apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The three-dimensional image apparatus includes a projection unit, a photographic apparatus, a display module and a control unit. In a scan mode, the control unit controls the projection unit to project a structure-light pattern onto an object to be captured in different angles relatively to the object and controls the photographic apparatus to capture a plurality of composition images corresponding to different angles of the object. The composition images are converted into a three-dimensional image in a three dimensional image format through an image conversion module, and the three-dimensional-format image may display a displaying image of the object in a specific viewing angle through the display module. The projection unit and the photographic apparatus are located at a same side of the three-dimensional image apparatus. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362190 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A depth measurement apparatus including ranging pixels each having plural photoelectric conversion devices, a reading unit shared by the photoelectric devices, and a control unit for controlling the ranging operation, wherein a signal charge accumulated in one of the photoelectric devices is output as a first signal and a second signal obtained by adding a signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device to the first signal is output. In a first mode, the photoelectric device having a stronger signal intensity is used as the first photoelectric device, and the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device is acquired by subtracting the first and second signals subjected to noise reduction. In a second mode, the photoelectric device having a weaker signal intensity is used as the first photoelectric device, and the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device is acquired by subtracting the first and second signals. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362191 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A depth measurement apparatus including ranging pixels each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units for receiving light fluxes that have respectively passed through first and second pupil regions, a reading unit that is shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, and a control unit for controlling the ranging operation, wherein a signal charge accumulated in one of the photoelectric conversion units is output as a first signal and a second signal obtained by adding a signal accumulated in the other photoelectric conversion unit to the first signal is output, the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric conversion unit is acquired based on a difference between the first and second signals, and the signal charge of the photoelectric conversion unit receiving flux with a lower transmittance is read first. | 12-11-2014 |
20140368616 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit; a first connection unit that allows a stereoscopic shooting interchangeable lens and an ordinary shooting interchangeable lens to be selectively attached thereto so that an image of a subject can be formed on the image pickup unit; a second connection unit that allows a finder including two display units corresponding to a right eye and a left eye, the finder being capable of displaying a plurality of images, and a finder including a single display unit, the finder being capable of displaying a single image, to be selectively attached thereto; and a display control unit that controls display of an image picked up by the image pickup unit on the finder, based on at least one of information on the interchangeable lens connected to the first connection unit and information on the finder connected to the second connection unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368617 | DEFOCUSING FEATURE MATCHING SYSTEM TO MEASURE CAMERA POSE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE LENS CAMERAS - A lens and aperture device for determining 3D information. An SLR camera has a lens and aperture that allows the SLR camera to determine defocused information. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368618 | IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INSTRUMENT - A means for correcting tilts and positional deviations from a stereo image is rendered unnecessary. The present invention has a solid-state imaging element | 12-18-2014 |
20140368619 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A stereoscopic imaging apparatus which uses contrast AF to obviate disadvantages of phase-difference AF, shorten processing time of contrast AF, and improve focusing accuracy. A stereoscopic imaging apparatus including a single photographing optical system, an image sensor for forming a first image which passed through a first region and a second image which passed through a second region, wherein the first region and the second region are pupil-split in a predetermined different direction in the photographing optical system, and a contrast AF controlling part for controlling the positions of a lens in the photographing optical system by using the first image and the second image. | 12-18-2014 |
20140375776 | WAVELENGTH DISCRIMINATING IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present disclosure provides wavelength discriminating imaging systems and methods that spatially separate (over different depths) the wavelength constituents of an image using a dispersive lens system or element, such that this spectral information may be exploited and used. The wavelength constituents of an image are deconstructed and identified over different depths using a dispersive lens system or element. | 12-25-2014 |
20150009299 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention includes an image acquisition device configured to acquiring multiple viewpoint images that are generated by pupil-division imaging and that are different in viewpoint, a parallax calculation device | 01-08-2015 |
20150015676 | ASTIGMATIC DEPTH FROM DEFOCUS IMAGING - A rangefinder has a depth camera and a computer. The depth camera is positioned to receive electromagnetic energy from a scene. Imaging optics and a sensor in the camera generate an input image based on electromagnetic energy. The computer receives the input image, calculates intermediate images by applying differentiation operators along different axes to the input image, creates a merit function map, and computes a depth map from the merit function map. | 01-15-2015 |
20150015677 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE - An image processing method according to the present invention acquires a first image and second image that are picked up through a single image-taking optical system, that are images after a pupil division, and that have a parallax to each other, and then performs a filtering process for each pixel of the first and second images, using first and second transform filters that correspond to the parallax for the pixel and that are of first and second transform filter groups to be respectively applied to the first and second images for the transform into third and fourth images in which the parallax amount and blur amount of the first and second images have been altered. | 01-15-2015 |
20150022644 | Adaptive Structured Light Patterns - A method of depth map optimization using an adaptive structured light pattern is provided that includes capturing, by a camera in a structured light imaging device, a first image of a scene into which a pre-determined structured light pattern is projected by a projector in the structured light imaging device, generating a first disparity map based on the captured first image and the structured light pattern, adapting the structured light pattern based on the first disparity map to generate an adaptive pattern, wherein at least one region of the structured light pattern is replaced by a different pattern, capturing, by the camera, a second image of the scene into which the adaptive pattern is projected by the projector, generating a second disparity map based on the captured second image and the adaptive pattern, and generating a depth image using the second disparity map. | 01-22-2015 |
20150035952 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A photographing apparatus includes: a light blocking unit which selectively blocks light passing through a first lens unit; a disparity direction detection unit which detects a disparity direction of a user; a photographing controller which selects light block regions where the light is blocked by the light blocking unit and controls photographing a right-eye image and a left-eye image based on the disparity direction; and a storage unit which stores the right-eye image, the left-eye image, and information with regard to the disparity direction. | 02-05-2015 |
20150042768 | Time of Flight Camera Unit and Optical Surveillance System - A time of flight, TOF, camera unit for an optical surveillance system and an optical surveillance system comprising such a TOF camera is disclosed. The TOF camera unit comprises a radiation emitting unit for illuminating a surveillance area defined by a first plane, a radiation detecting unit for receiving radiation reflected from said surveillance area and for generating a three-dimensional image from said detected radiation, and at least one mirror for at least partly deflecting said emitted radiation into at least one second plane extending across to said first plane and for deflecting the radiation reflected from said second plane to the radiation detecting unit. The TOF camera and the at least one mirror may be arranged on a common carrier element. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049173 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - An apparatus is provided for capturing a stereoscopic image comprising: a housing having a first image-capturing hole and a second image-capturing hole separated from each other by a predetermined distance, wherein the first image-capturing hole and the second image-capturing hole respectively project a first image and a second image onto a camera module of an electronic device; a first reflector mounted on one inner wall of the housing for reflecting the first image; a second reflector mounted on another inner wall of the housing for reflecting the second image; and a light delivery portion for sequentially delivering the first image and the second image to the camera module. | 02-19-2015 |
20150054925 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS INCLUDING AN OPTICAL MODULATOR - An optical modulator and a 3D image acquisition apparatus including an optical modulator are provided. The optical modulator is disposed in a multiple quantum well including a plurality of quantum wells and a plurality of quantum barriers, and includes at least one carrier block disposed in the multiple quantum well restricting the carrier movement between the multiple quantum wells. | 02-26-2015 |
20150054926 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image processing device comprising: an image acquisition device; a parallax acquisition device; a first data transform device; an operation processing device; and a second data transform device transforming third frequency component data and fourth frequency component data respectively corresponding to the third image and the fourth image calculated by the operation processing device into data on a real space and for respectively selecting pixels at positions corresponding to the target pixels as one pixel of the third image and one pixel of the fourth image. | 02-26-2015 |
20150062306 | System and Methods for Depth Imaging using Conventional CCD Image Sensors - Systems and methods for providing depth imaging using a CCD image sensor. In a method for visual imaging and depth imaging, steps include providing a CCD image sensor device arranged to receive light from an optical lens and having an array of pixels and corresponding pixel charge storage elements; providing a light source for transmitting light pulses responsive to a pulse control signal; providing timing signals to configure the CCD image sensor to collect and store charge from the pixel storage elements; and performing a depth calculation using a background charge, a reflected charge, and a depth charge collected in three frame periods for each pixel in the CCD image sensor. A system including a CCD image sensor for use with the embodiments is disclosed. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062307 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON - A technique is disclosed to obtain first image data including a first pixel value of a first pixel having a no-parallax opening corresponding to a reference direction, a second pixel value of a second pixel having a parallax opening that causes parallax in one direction and a third pixel value of a third pixel having a parallax opening that causes parallax in the opposite direction, to calculate, for a pixel position of the second pixel, a fourth pixel value by averaging the second pixel value at the pixel position and a hypothetical third pixel value and to calculate, for a pixel position of the third pixel, a fifth pixel value by averaging the third pixel value at the pixel position and a hypothetical second pixel value, and to use the first pixel value, the fourth pixel value and the fifth pixel value to produce 2D second image data. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062308 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive at least two parallax images that are obtained from a subject image captured via a single optical system, where the at least two parallax images include an image in a first viewpoint direction and an image in a second viewpoint direction, an average calculating unit configured to calculate, for each pixel, an arithmetic average and a geometric average between the image in the first viewpoint direction and the image in the second viewpoint direction, a ratio calculating unit configured to calculate, for each pixel, a ratio of the arithmetic average to the geometric average, and a disparity calculating unit configured to calculate, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a disparity between the image in the first viewpoint direction and the image in the second viewpoint direction based on the ratio. | 03-05-2015 |
20150070473 | Color-Encoded Fringe Pattern for Three-Dimensional Shape Measurement - This invention discloses using one or more color-encoded fringe patterns for optically, three-dimensionally measuring an object's shape. In one embodiment, a color-encoded fringe pattern comprising a plurality of fringes that are modulated in intensity is configured as follows. An individual fringe selected from the fringes comprises a colored line at a location on the fringe width. The colored line has a line width that is substantially narrower than the fringe width in order that the colored line has a substantially similar intensity over the line width. The individual fringe excluding the colored line has a fringe color that is substantially uniform over the individual fringe. The fringe color is substantially different from the line color. Fringe colors of all the fringes are substantially similar, thereby enabling a major portion of the color-encoded fringe pattern to provide a substantially-uniform illumination color for projection onto the object. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070474 | LIGHT FIELD IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING 2D IMAGE CAPTURE MODE - A dual-mode light field camera or plenoptic camera is enabled to perform both 3D light field imaging and conventional high-resolution 2D imaging, depending on the selected mode. In particular, an active system is provided that enables the microlenses to be optically or effectively turned on or turned off, allowing the camera to selectively operate as a 2D imaging camera or a 3D light field camera. | 03-12-2015 |
20150077523 | STEREO IMAGING APPARATUS AND STEREO IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - A stereo imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit which generates an image; a stereo adapter which is mounted on the front of the imaging unit, and splits light from a subject into a first light flux and a second light flux along a parallax direction and guides the first and second light fluxes so that the first and second light fluxes are incident side by side on the imaging unit in a direction perpendicular to the parallax direction; and a stereo image generating unit which, based on the image, generates stereo images. The stereo image generating unit includes: a dividing unit which divides the image into two sub-images along the direction perpendicular to the parallax direction; a horizontal direction correcting unit which corrects any rotation of the subject in the two sub-images; and a trapezoidal distortion correcting unit which corrects any trapezoidal distortion of the subject in the two sub-images. | 03-19-2015 |
20150077524 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING DEVICE - In a conventional imaging device, a light-blocking member for blocking incident luminous fluxes is provided for each pixel, for generating a parallax image. However, the light-blocking member is provided apart from the photoelectric converter element, and so unnecessary light such as diffracted light generated at the boundary between the light-blocking member and the aperture portion sometimes reaches the photoelectric converter element. In view of this, provided is an imaging sensor including: photoelectric converter elements aligned two dimensionally, and photoelectric converting incident light into an electric signal; and reflection rate adjusted films, each of which is formed on a light receiving surface of a photoelectric converter element of at least a part of the photoelectric converter elements and at least includes a first portion having a first reflection rate and a second portion having a second reflection rate different from the first reflection rate. | 03-19-2015 |
20150085083 | IMAGE-CAPTURING SYSTEM WITH DUAL LENS CAMERA - An image-capturing system with a dual lens camera provided in the present invention includes a first lens, a second lens, an actuating module, a control unit, and an image processing unit. The actuating module is utilized to rotate the first lens and the second lens. The control unit controls the actuating module to rotate the first lens and the second lens such that a first visibility region overlaps a second visibility region to define an overlapping range which has a first mode and a second mode according to a size of the overlapping region. The image processing unit stitches the first image of the first lens and the second image of the second lens for forming an ultra wide-angle image in the first mode; the image processes unit processing the first image and the second image into a stereoscopic image in the second mode. | 03-26-2015 |
20150092022 | METHOD FOR GENERATING TRANSLATION IMAGE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for generating a translation image includes first and second lenses capturing first and second images toward an object respectively, an image processing device calculating a depth of field of a pixel in the first image relative to the first lens according to a first vertical viewing angle between the pixel in the first image and the first lens, a second vertical viewing angle between a corresponding pixel in the second image and the second lens, and a distance between the first and second lenses, the image processing device calculating a horizontal viewing angle between the pixel in the first image and the first lens according to the depth of field, coordinates of the pixel in the first image, and the distance, and the image processing device generating a translation image according to the coordinates of the pixel, the depth of field, the distance, and the horizontal viewing angle. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092023 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup apparatus having not less than three optical systems, and an image pickup element which picks up an object image by the optical system, includes an object-information acquiring section which acquires information of an object, a parallax-amount computing section which computes an amount of parallax corresponding to the information of the object, and an optical-system selecting section which selects optical systems for photographing from among not less than three optical systems, based on the amount of parallax corresponding to the information of the object, that has been computed by the parallax-amount computing section. | 04-02-2015 |
20150109423 | Three-Dimensional Image Processing Apparatus, Three-Dimensional Image Processing Method, Three-Dimensional Image Processing Program, Computer-Readable Recording Medium, And Recording Device - A three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes: a distance image generating part capable of generating a distance image based on a plurality of images captured in an image capturing part; a pattern generating part for generating a first projection pattern and a second projection pattern whose fringe direction is different from that of the first projection pattern as a plurality of projection patterns obtained by changing a fringe direction of a projection pattern; and an incorrect-height determining part for making comparison in height information of a corresponding portion of an inspection target between a first distance image, generated in the distance image generating part based on a first pattern projected image, and a second distance image, generated based on a second pattern projected image, to determine height information of a portion where a difference not smaller than a predetermined value has occurred as incorrect. | 04-23-2015 |
20150116464 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire captured image data and depth map data representing a distribution of depth information of an object acquired from the captured image data; a reduction unit configured to reduce the captured image data acquired by the acquisition unit in accordance with a data amount of the depth map data; and a correction unit configured to correct the depth map data by using the reduced captured image data. | 04-30-2015 |
20150138325 | CAMERA INTEGRATED WITH LIGHT SOURCE - Disclosed is a camera integrated with a light source, and a method of operating the same. The camera includes: the light source configured to emit light; a scanning mirror configured to scan the light emitted from the light source toward an object; an optical detector configured to detect the light reflected from the object; and a controller configured to transmit a control signal for selectively adjusting a scanning angle of the scanning mirror, and to generate a depth image of the object using the reflected light detected by the optical detector. | 05-21-2015 |
20150296200 | STEREO GATED IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for improving capturing of images of a scene, and data derived from them is provided herein. The system includes a light source configured to illuminate the scene with pulsed light at a specified direction based on predefined gating parameters; two or more capturing devices configured to capture images of the scene, each one of the capturing devices from at different spatial locations, wherein at least one of the capturing is synchronized with the pulsed light, so as to result in stereoscopic fused images of the scene for the synchronized capturing; and a computer processor configured to improve the capturing by using data derived from the gated images and the gating parameters. In another embodiment, the light source is not present and at least one of the sensors' is configured to apply multiple exposures for a single readout, to yield enhanced images that are used to improve the capturing. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301351 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING A THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE TO BE STEREOSCOPICALLY VIEWED - There is provided an imaging element that photographs multiple viewing point images corresponding to images observed from different viewing points and an image processing unit separates an output signal of the imaging element, acquires the plurality of viewing point images corresponding to the images observed from the different viewing points, and generates a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display, on the basis of the plurality of acquired viewing point images. The image processing unit generates parallax information on the basis of the plurality of viewing point images obtained from the imaging element and generates a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display by 2D3D conversion processing using the generated parallax information. By this configuration, a plurality of viewing point images are acquired on the basis of one photographed image and images for three-dimensional image display are generated. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304582 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup device includes: a pixel array section including a plurality of color pixels and a plurality of main component pixels for luminance that are arranged in an array, the color pixels and the main component pixels for luminance each having a photoelectric conversion function, in which the pixel array section includes first and second pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels, and the main component pixels for luminance are assigned to the first pixel group, and the color pixels are assigned to the second pixel group. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304632 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method includes the steps of determining a first unnecessary component contained in each of a plurality of parallax images based on a plurality of pieces of relative difference information of the parallax images, generating a first image by reducing the first unnecessary component from the parallax images, generating a blurred image by adding blur to the first image, creating a mask based on the blurred image and the first image, and determining a second unnecessary component based on the first unnecessary component and the mask. | 10-22-2015 |
20150312551 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a first polarizing unit that has a first polarization region and a second polarization region to transmit different polarized light corresponding to different viewing point images, a second polarizing unit that includes a third polarization region to transmit only transmission light of the first polarization region, a fourth polarization region to transmit only transmission light of the second polarization region, and a total transmission region to transmit the total transmission light of the first polarization region and the second polarization region, an imaging element, and an image processing unit that executes signal processing with respect to an output signal of the imaging element. The image processing unit executes correction processing to generate a two-dimensional image and executes image conversion of the two-dimensional image to generate a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display. | 10-29-2015 |
20150319419 | Hardware-Oriented Dynamically Adaptive Disparity Estimation Algorithm and its Real-Time Hardware - A real-time stereo camera disparity estimation device comprises input means arranged to input measured data corresponding to rows of left and right images; a plurality of on-chip memories arranged to buffer the input measured data; a vertical rotator hardware module configured to align the rows of left and right images in a same column; a reconfigurable data allocation hardware module; a reconfigurable computation of metrics hardware module; and an adaptive disparity selection hardware module configured to select disparity values with the minimum matching costs. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319420 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH PHASE DETECTION PIXELS - An image sensor may include phase detection pixels that receive and convert incident light into pixel signals. Processing circuitry may use pixel signals from the phase detection pixels to determine an amount by which image sensor optics should be adjusted during automatic focusing operations. Phase detection pixels may include photodiodes with asymmetric angular responses. For example, the center of a photodiode in a phase detection pixel may be offset from the optical center of the microlens that covers that photodiode. A group of two, three, four, or more than four phase detection pixels may be clustered together and covered by a single microlens. Groups of these clusters may be arranged consecutively in a line. Phase data may be gathered using all of the phase detection pixels in the array, and image processing circuitry may determine which phase data to use after the data has been gathered. | 11-05-2015 |
20150325055 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a compact display apparatus providing similarly sized but much brighter virtual 3D images to a viewer, the apparatus comprising an enclosure; LED illumination based electronic display device; partially transparent and partially reflective viewing surface; and contrast/interference filter screen. The enclosure houses the LED illumination based electronic display device, filter screen and the partially transparent and partially reflective viewing surface. The filter screen is positioned close to the surface of the LED illumination based electronic display device. The LED illumination based electronic display device projects a primary real image onto the filter screen and is optically transmitted onto the partially transparent and partially reflective viewing surface. The partially transparent and partially reflective viewing surface reflects a secondary virtual 3D image perceivable on the opposite side of the partially transparent and partially reflective viewing surface to the LED illumination based electronic display device. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326848 | VARIABLE IMAGING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREFOR - Various approaches to imaging involve selecting directional and spatial resolution. According to an example embodiment, images are computed using an imaging arrangement to facilitate selective directional and spatial aspects of the detection and processing of light data. Light passed through a main lens is directed to photosensors via a plurality of microlenses. The separation between the microlenses and photosensors is set to facilitate directional and/or spatial resolution in recorded light data, and facilitating refocusing power and/or image resolution in images computed from the recorded light data. In one implementation, the separation is varied between zero and one focal length of the microlenses to respectively facilitate spatial and directional resolution (with increasing directional resolution, hence refocusing power, as the separation approaches one focal length). | 11-12-2015 |
20150334373 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes primary imaging section, secondary imaging section, and image signal processor. The image signal processor is configured to, based on the primary image signal, cut out at least a part from the secondary image signal and generate a cutout image signal; determine whether or not either one of the primary image signal and the secondary image signal has a specific pattern; calculate parallax information based on the primary image signal and the cutout image signal, and correct the parallax information when the either one image signal is determined to have the specific pattern; and generate a new secondary image signal based on the primary image signal and one of the parallax information and the corrected parallax information. | 11-19-2015 |
20150358611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PARALLAX AND STEREO CAMERA - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for adjusting stereoscopic image parallax and a stereo camera. The parallax adjusting method includes obtaining a depth range of a current scene. A preset parallax range may also be obtained according to a current viewing condition. Expected camera parameters of the current scene are calculated according to the depth range of the current scene and the preset parallax range. The stereo camera is adjusted according to the expected camera parameters and used to capture preprocessed stereoscopic images. Further, the captured preprocessed stereoscopic images are processed according to the expected camera parameters to make the preprocessed stereoscopic images suitable for being viewed under the current viewing condition. The disclosed method and apparatus can jointly adjust parameters of the stereo camera and captured stereo images to obtain images or videos with a maximum parallax as well as desired display effect under a specified condition. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358614 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION - An electronic device includes a camera module configured to capturing an image through a camera module of a wearable device, a transceiver configured to perform a functionally coupling between an electronic device and a wearable device, a display module, and a processor functionally coupled to the camera module and the display module, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the image to the electronic device to generate augmented reality using the captured image through the transceiver, receive the augmented reality on a display module of the wearable device through the transceiver, detect a user's hand gesture through the camera module, and control the display module to display a change of augmented reality information, based on the detected user's hand gesture | 12-10-2015 |
20150371387 | LOCAL ADAPTIVE HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATION - Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for performing local intensity equalization on images in a set of images exhibiting local intensity variations. For example, the local intensity equalization can be used to perform accurate region matching and alignment of the images. The images can be partitioned into regions of pixel blocks, for instance based on location, shape, and size of identified keypoints in the images. Regions depicting the same feature in the images can be equalized with respect to intensity. Region matching based on the keypoints in the intensity-equalized regions can be performed with accuracy even in images captured by asymmetric sensors or exhibiting spatially varying intensity. | 12-24-2015 |
20150381962 | METHOD AND APPARAUTS FOR IMPLEMENTING ACTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for implementing an active imaging system. A method of obtaining an image in an active imaging system including: dividing an imaging region, and determining a plurality of divided imaging regions; scanning each of the plurality of divided imaging regions based on a laser; collecting reflected light for each of the plurality of divided imaging regions, and generating a plurality of divided images by an image sensor; and generating a whole image for the imaging region based on the plurality of divided images. | 12-31-2015 |
20160014397 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME | 01-14-2016 |
20160029007 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of capturing an image through an array camera, and the mobile terminal may include a display unit, a camera arranged with a plurality of lenses along a plurality of lines to capture a plurality of images, and a controller configured to acquire a plurality of three-dimensional information on different faces of a subject using a plurality of image groups consisting of the plurality of images, and generate information on a stereoscopic shape associated with the subject using the plurality of three-dimensional information. | 01-28-2016 |
20160050406 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DEVICE - A stereoscopic imaging device including: a body having a stereoscopic image display window for providing a stereoscopic image; an image combining panel which divides an inner space of the body into a first space for providing a virtual image, and a second space for providing a real image, on the stereoscopic image display window, transparency of the image combining panel being changed by input of a power; a first display which is positioned in the first space to provide the virtual image on the stereoscopic image display window through the image combining panel; a target mechanism which is positioned in the second space to provide the real image on the stereoscopic image display window through the image combining panel; an illumination mechanism which is positioned in the second space to illuminate a beam of light onto the target mechanism; and a control unit for controlling the respective units. | 02-18-2016 |
20160054112 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY - A method includes sequentially acquiring phase-shifted images of an optical source in a plurality of predetermined positions in the z plane to form a plurality of image frame sequences; determining from the plurality of image frame sequences at least one phase-related characteristic associated with each predetermined position of the optical source in the z plane; and storing the at least one phase-related characteristic and the predetermined positions of the optical source in the z plane. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057404 | TRANSMISSIVE OPTICAL SHUTTER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A transmissive optical shutter and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The transmissive optical shutter includes a first contact layer, an epitaxial layer disposed over the first contact layer, the epitaxial layer being configured to modulate intensity of incident light having a specific wavelength, a second contact layer disposed on the epitaxial layer, a first electrode disposed on the first contact layer, at least one second electrode disposed on the second contact layer, and a substrate disposed under the first contact layer. | 02-25-2016 |
20160073089 | METHOD FOR GENERATING 3D IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for generating a 3D image and an electronic apparatus using the same method are proposed. The method includes: capturing a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of focal lengths, where there are a plurality of focal length differences between the focal lengths; selecting a reference image from the images, and taking the reference image as a 3D reference plane in a 3D space; performing an edge detection to each of the images according to a sharpness reference value to find at least one contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value in each of the images; arranging each of the images in the 3D space based on each of the focal length differences and the 3D reference plane; performing an interpolation operation between the at least one contour of each of the images to generate a 3D image. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073092 | IMAGE CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION METHOD OF A STEREO CAMERA - A calibration method of a stereo camera includes transmitting a group of system parameters of the stereo camera to a server; downloading calibration pattern corresponding to the group of system parameters from the server; calculating a plurality of camera calibration parameters corresponding to the stereo camera according to the calibration pattern; and executing an image rectification operation on a left eye image capture unit and a right eye image capture unit of the stereo camera according to the plurality of camera calibration parameters, respectively. | 03-10-2016 |
20160080727 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND DEPTH MEASUREMENT METHOD - A depth measurement apparatus for calculating depth information on an object, using one color image, including: a selection unit adapted to select, from a plurality of color planes of the color image, at least two color planes with different image formation positions; an adjusting unit adapted to adjust a luminance difference between the selected color planes; and a calculation unit adapted to calculate the depth information using a difference in blur between the adjusted color planes. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080728 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUS - Stereoscopic image processing methods and apparatus are described. Left and right eye images of a stereoscopic frame are examined to determine if one or more difference reduction operations designed to reduce the luminance and/or chrominance differences between the left and right frames is within a range used to trigger a difference reduction operation. A difference reduction operation may involve assigning portions of the left and right frames to different depth regions and/or other region categories. A decision on whether or not to perform a difference reduction operation is then performed on a per regions basis with at the difference between the left and right eye portions of at least one region being reduced when a difference reduction operation is to be performed. The difference reduction process may, and in some embodiments is, performed in a precoder which processes left and right eye images of stereoscopic frames prior to stereoscopic encoding. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085062 | MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR 3D HIGH-RESOLUTION LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY WITH AN ENLARGED MEASUREMENT REGION - A microscope for high-resolution imaging of a sample in a depth direction and transversely thereto has an excitation beam path for illuminating a sample,—an imaging beam path with an objective and two detectors,—and a phase element. The phase element is situated in a pupil of the imaging beam path and has a different influence on two halves of the pupil cross section. The imaging beam path is split into two partial imaging beam paths downstream of the pupil as seen in the imaging direction, which partial imaging beam paths each lead to one of the two detectors. The two partial imaging beam paths have imaging lengths that differ by a specific wavelength difference such that the two detectors record images of the sample from two different focal planes, which are spaced apart by a distance in the depth direction. | 03-24-2016 |
20160094831 | MIRROR MICROMECHANICAL STRUCTURE AND RELATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A mirror micromechanical structure has a mobile mass carrying a mirror element. The mass is drivable in rotation for reflecting an incident light beam with a desired angular range. The mobile mass is suspended above a cavity obtained in a supporting body. The cavity is shaped so that the supporting body does not hinder the reflected light beam within the desired angular range. In particular, the cavity extends as far as a first side edge wall of the supporting body of the mirror micromechanical structure. The cavity is open towards, and in communication with, the outside of the mirror micromechanical structure at the first side edge wall. | 03-31-2016 |
20160119608 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus including an image generating section that generates first parallax image data based on the output of the first pixel and second parallax image data based on the output of the second pixel. When the imaging element captures an image of an object point located in an unfocused region on the optical axis, a pixel value of a center pixel corresponding to the optical axis in the first parallax image data is greater than or equal to 50% of a pixel value of a peak pixel in the first parallax image data, and a pixel value of a center pixel corresponding to the optical axis in the second parallax image data is greater than or equal to 50% of a pixel value of a peak pixel in the second parallax image data. | 04-28-2016 |
20160119609 | RAYS TRIDIMENSIONAL CAPTURE CAMCORDER AND TELEVISION TO PRODUCE A REAL IMAGE FORMED IN THE FRONT AND IN THE BACK SURFACE OF SAID TELEVISION; PARALLEL RAYS FILTER DEVICES; LEVELED LIQUID CRYSTALS OR OPTICAL CELLS MOVEMENT OR PARALLEL RAYS FILTER WITH A SET OF MOVING LENSES INCLUDING MULTIFOCAL FLEXIBLE LENSES; METHODS FOR OBTAINING THESES SAID DEVICES - Invention Patent: Rays tridimensional capture camera and television television to produce a real image formed in the front and in the back surface of said television; parallel rays filter devices; leveled liquid crystals or optical cells movement or parallel rays filter with a set of moving lenses including multifocal flexible lenses; methods for obtaining these said devices. The present invention refers to a tridimensional capture of rays by a camera and rays emission with a real image formation by a television. Rays capture and emission are carried out by a parallel rays filter. Parallel rays filter devices are: leveled liquid crystals by opening of windows with the same colors in each surface. Movements of an optical cells set with vertexes in set base; or a parallel rays filter with a set of moveable lenses including multifocal flexible lenses supported on an inclined base. Filtered rays fall upon a coupled charge device (CCD). Image reproduction is reversely made into a monitor. Rays emission from this surface through a parallel rays filter raise a real image. Said real image is formed in a space in the front and in the back of said television surface. | 04-28-2016 |
20160127713 | 3D DEPTH SENSOR AND PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOF - A diffractive optical element includes: a first facet configured to perform an expansion optical function; and a second facet configured to perform a collimation optical function and a pattern generation function. | 05-05-2016 |
20160150214 | DEVICE FOR CREATING AND ENHANCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE EFFECTS - A device for creating more natural three-dimensional image effects which may be recorded, for example, by video cameras. The device has an intermittent image pathway occluder for receiving at least two image pathways which alternately and intermittently occludes the two image pathways, a horizontal imaging-shifting component for shifting at least one of the image pathways leftward or rightward, a vertical imaging-shifting component for shifting the image pathways upward and downward, and an image pathway compositing component which forms a coincident superimposed composite three-dimensional image after the image pathways have been shifted by the horizontal and vertical imaging-shifting components, and after passing through the intermittent image pathway occluder. Also, a device for enhancing the more natural three-dimensional effect of such images which are created and which may be recorded and/or displayed. | 05-26-2016 |
20160161731 | STRUCTURAL ILLUMINATION AND EVANESCENT COUPLING FOR THE EXTENSION OF IMAGING INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY - In accordance with the aspects of the present disclosure, a method and apparatus is disclosed for three-dimensional imaging interferometric microscopy (IIM), which can use at least two wavelengths to image a three-dimensional object. The apparatus can include a first, a second, and a third optical system. The first optical system is disposed to provide a substantially coherent illumination to the 3D object, wherein the illumination is characterized by a plurality of wavelengths. The second optical system includes an optical image recording device and one or more additional optical components characterized by a numerical aperture NA. The third optical system provides interferometric reintroduction of a portion of the coherent illumination as a reference beam into the second optical system. An image recording device records each sub-image formed as a result of interference between the illumination that is scattered by the 3D object and the reference beam. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165214 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MOBILE CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which includes a light projection unit for projecting infrared light having a predetermined pattern onto an object, an image acquisition unit for absorbing light having a visible-light band and transmitting light having an infrared wavelength band to acquire an image having a target pattern projected onto the object, and an image processing unit for obtaining information on 3D distance of the object using the light acquired by the image acquisition unit. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165220 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display unit, a plurality of sensors, a first control unit that controls the display apparatus, a second control unit that is connected to the plurality of sensors and transmits data including detection results of the plurality of sensors to the first control unit. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160191897 | INTEGRATED EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD (EDOF) AND LIGHT FIELD PHOTOGRAPHY - A method for light field acquisition, comprising: acquiring an image by an optical arrangement with chromatic aberrations; separating the image to a plurality of monochromatic images, each having a different color and a different point of focus according to the acquiring; transporting sharpness from each of the plurality of monochromatic images to others of the plurality of monochromatic images to construct a plurality of color images, each color image of the plurality of color images having a different point of focus; and reconstructing a light field by combining the plurality of color images. | 06-30-2016 |
20160191901 | 3D IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS WITH COVER WINDOW FIDUCIALS FOR CALIBRATION - A 3D imaging apparatus with enhanced depth of field to obtain electronic images of an object for use in generating a 3D digital model of the object. The apparatus includes a housing having mirrors positioned to receive an image from an object external to the housing and provide the image to an image sensor. The optical path between the object and the image sensor includes an aperture element having apertures for providing the image along multiple optical channels with a lens positioned within each of the optical channels. The apparatus also includes a transparent cover positioned within the optical path and having a plurality of fiducials. The depth of field of the apparatus includes the cover, allowing the fiducials to be used to calibrate the apparatus or verify and correct the existing calibration of it. | 06-30-2016 |
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20160381344 | SINGLE LENS 3-D CAMERA - A camera includes a lens configured to receive an optical image from two viewing angles. A filter converts the optical image into two orthogonally polarized images, each orthogonally polarized image corresponding to a different one of the viewing angles. An image detector distinguishably detects the two orthogonally polarized images in a single frame. An image processor decodes the two orthogonally polarized images in the single frame into two video signals corresponding to the two viewing angles. A method of imaging includes receiving an optical image from two viewing angles through a single lens, converting the optical image into two orthogonally polarized images, each of the orthogonally polarized images corresponding to a different one of the viewing angles, distinguishably detecting in an image detector the two orthogonally polarized images in a single frame, and decoding in an image processor the two orthogonally polarized images in the single frame into two video signals corresponding to the two viewing angles. | 12-29-2016 |
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