33rd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 74 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210258440 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258441 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a display panel, a sheet conveying passage, a reading unit, a light source, a chassis, and a controller. The reading unit includes a light transmitting plate and a conveying image sensor. The conveying image sensor reads a conveyed sheet, which is a sheet to print on. The chassis has a cleaning hole in which to insert a cleaning rod for rubbing the light-transmitting plate. In a maintenance mode, the controller turns on the light source, and makes the display panel display a graph showing the pixel values of the pixels included in conveyed-and-read image data acquired by reading with the conveying image sensor. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258442 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to cause one or more settings to be unchangeable, the one or more settings being required for running software to be installed onto the information processing apparatus, the software having been determined to be operable after installed. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to allow software to be installed onto the information processing apparatus even if a requirement is determined to be unsatisfied and to provide presentation so as to indicate that the software that has been installed is unavailable. The requirement is defined to run after installation the software to be installed. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258444 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CONVEYANCE ABNORMALITY USING DEGREE OF SLIP OF MEDIUM - A medium conveying apparatus includes a processor to determine that a conveyance abnormality of a medium has occurred when a first medium sensor does not detect the medium when a motor is driven by a first predetermined amount after starting feeding of the medium, or when a second medium sensor does not detect the medium when the motor is driven by a second predetermined amount after the first medium sensor detects the medium, and calculate a degree of a slip occurred between the medium and a feed roller from when a front end of the medium passes through a position of the first medium sensor until the front end of the medium passes through a position of the second medium sensor. The processor changes the first predetermined amount or the second predetermined amount based on the degree of the slip of a medium fed in the past. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258445 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming device includes a communicator that receives a series of image data, a timer that measures a reception time of each of the series of image data, and a storage that temporarily stores the image data received before forming an image based on the series of image data. When the communicator receives image data, and subsequently does not receive the next image data within a predetermined reception time, the controller obtains the time difference between the time of the reception end of the series of image data, and the reception time of the image data last received by the communicator, determines that the last received image data may be incomplete image data when the time difference is greater than or equal to a predetermined time, and determines whether to form an image based on the image data stored in the storage according to the determination. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258446 | COST GENERATION FOR A COMMON PRINT SUBSTANCE SUPPLY - Examples for cost generation for a common print substance supply are described herein. In some examples, signals indicative of an amount of print substance consumed by a plurality of printing devices are received at a computing device. Signals indicative of a cost corresponding to the amount of print substance consumed by each printing device of the plurality of printing devices are generated at a processor of the computing device based on the received signals. The cost is also generated based on a device identifier, a customer identifier, a print media identifier, or a combination thereof. The signals indicative of the cost for each printing device are transmitted. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258447 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A CNN of an image forming apparatus includes: an encoder which compresses, for each tile image obtained by dividing an image into specific size pieces, information of the tile image; a decoder which restores the information of the tile image compressed by the encoder; and a blank sheet determination portion which determines whether the tile image corresponds to a blank sheet image. A segmentation image generation portion uses, when the blank sheet determination portion determines the tile image as being the blank sheet image, the blank sheet image for an image of a part corresponding to the tile image in a segmentation image, and uses, when the blank sheet determination portion determines the tile image as not being the blank sheet image, an output image of the decoder for an image of a part corresponding to the tile image in the segmentation image. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258448 | DEVICE, PROCESS EXECUTION SYSTEM, PROCESS EXECUTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - A device, a process execution system, a process execution method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The device requests an information processing system to perform a second process using result of a first process executed by the device, displays on a display, result of the second process acquired from the information processing system, and receives a request for the device to execute the first process again. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258449 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus of an embodiment includes an image processing unit to convert a color image to a monochrome image. The color image comprises pixels with a plurality of color components. The image processing unit is configured to generate a histogram from the monochrome image showing a color intensity gradation in the monochrome image by pixel frequency. A processor is configured to obtain a first threshold value based on the histogram, determine for each color component of each pixel in the color image whether or not each color component of the pixel is light based on the first threshold value, and generate a corrected color image by removing a background coloring from the color image by correcting each pixel for which all the color components are determined to be light. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258450 | Systems and methods to initiate and perform the painting of an area of interest on a finger - Systems and methods to initiate and perform the painting of an area of interest on a finger are herein disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, of capturing an image of the finger in response to receiving a request to paint the area of interest on the finger and using the image of the finger to ascertain an area of interest of the fingernail to be painted. One embodiment includes, in response to determining that the user is satisfied with the area of interest that has been determined, initiating the painting of the area of interest and/or depicting, in real time, the painting of the area of interest to the user. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258451 | System and Method for the Visualization and Characterization of Objects in Images - A method of visualization, characterization, and detection of objects within an image by applying a local micro-contrast convergence algorithm to a first image to produce a second image that is different from the first image, wherein all like objects converge into similar patterns or colors in the second image. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258452 | IMAGE SENSOR CIRCUITRY FOR REDUCING EFFECTS OF LASER SPECKLES - Image sensor circuitry comprising an image sensor and method for supporting reduction of laser speckle effects in a digital image. Per each pixel position (x, y) of at least a subregion of the image sensor, the image sensing circuitry: Assigns to said pixel position (x,y) a predefined pixel window (w) comprising said pixel position (x,y) and one or more of its closest neighboring pixel positions. Obtains first pixel values for each pixel located within said predefined pixel window (w), said first pixel values resulting from the same exposure and corresponding to sensed light from this exposure. Combines the obtained first pixel values into a single, second pixel value according to a predefined combination function. The digital image is provided based on the second pixel values. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258453 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes a vibration device, a vibration transmission member, a housing that holds the vibration transmission member, a movable portion, and an optical member. The vibration device vibrates the image capturing apparatus to give a user a feeling corresponding to a user operation performed on an operation portion. The vibration transmission member transmits a vibration. The movable portion holds an image sensor that moves within a first area in a direction different from an optical axis to perform image blur correction. The optical member is arranged on an object side of the image sensor and on the optical axis. While the image sensor is located in the first area, the optical member and the vibration transmission member are not in contact with each other. When the image sensor moves to a second area outside the first area, the optical and vibration transmission members are brought into contact. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258454 | WEARABLE CAMERA DEVICE - A wearable camera device attachable and detachable to a user's neck includes a central frame. First and second frames are respectively coupled to both sides of the central frame to form a loop-shaped frame part with the central frame. One or more camera modules are provided in the frame part, wherein the first and second frames are outwardly spread and thus the central frame made of an resilient material is resiliently deformed and an open portion at one end of the frame part is generated or expanded to secure a space for wearing the wearable camera device. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258455 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup unit includes an image sensor in which a sensor chip is mounted on a first substrate surface of a substrate having a long side and a short side, and electronic components are mounted on a second substrate surface opposite to the first substrate surface, and a holder having an opening and configured to hold the image sensor. The opening has an inner surface parallel to the short side of the substrate, and the image sensor is fixed to the holder with an adhesive that contacts the inner surface and an adhesion area on the second substrate surface of the substrate that is outside the electronic component. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258456 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ROTATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A favorable transmission state of rotation power from an operation ring to a rotating element is ensured, and an improvement in responsiveness associated with rotation detection is achieved. An interchangeable lens includes: an operation ring that has a tooth section extending in a rotation direction and that is operated to be rotatable; a rotating element that has a gear section provided in an outer circumferential portion and engaged with the tooth section, a rotation amount of the rotating element being detected by a rotation detection sensor; and a transmission ring that is rotated in proportion to rotation of the operation ring, and that transmits rotation power of the operation ring to the rotating element, in which the transmission ring is pressed against either the operation ring or the rotating element, and the rotating element is rotated by the rotation power transmitted from the operation ring via the transmission ring. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258457 | SELECTIVE POWER EFFICIENT THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING - An imaging method includes acquiring one or more passive light images of a scene. A region of interest in the scene is identified based on the one or more passive light images. One or more illumination zones of a plurality of illumination zones that collectively cover the region of interest is determined. Each illumination zone is sized according to active illumination emitted from a steerable illumination source. For a determined illumination zone of the one or more illumination zones, the illumination zone is individually illuminated with the active illumination from the steerable illumination source. For a pixel of a sensor array that maps to the illumination zone, a depth value of an object locus in the scene reflecting the active illumination back to the pixel is determined. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258458 | CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system includes a light source having a peak emission wavelength at room temperature in a near-infrared region, and an imaging device including a photoelectric conversion element that converts near-infrared light into an electric charge. An external quantum efficiency of the photoelectric conversion element has a first peak at a first wavelength longer than the peak emission wavelength, and the external quantum efficiency at the first wavelength is higher than the external quantum efficiency at the peak emission wavelength. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258459 | Imaging Module, Camera Assembly, and Electronic Device - Disclosed are an imaging module, a camera assembly and an electronic apparatus. The imaging module includes: a housing; a reflective element, an image sensor, a lens assembly, a moving element, and a drive mechanism all disposed in the housing. The housing has a light inlet; the reflective element is configured to redirect incident light from the light inlet to pass through the lens assembly and reach the image sensor; the moving element is disposed between the reflective element and the image sensor; the lens assembly is fixed to the moving element; the drive mechanism is configured to drive the moving element to move along an optical axis of the lens assembly; the imaging module further comprises a module circuit board fixed to the housing; wherein the module circuit board comprises a reinforcement plate communicating with a ground pin of the module circuit board such that the housing is grounded. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258460 | DUAL CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising a first camera module and a second camera module, wherein: a first magnet unit of the first camera module includes a first magnet and a second magnet, both disposed opposite to each other on a side surface of a first housing; a second magnet unit of the second camera module includes a third to a sixth magnet arranged on four respective corners of a second housing; a third magnet unit is disposed on a side surface of the first housing facing the second housing; the third magnet unit is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet; and the third magnet unit is smaller than the first magnet and is disposed on a virtual line connecting an optical axis of the first camera module and an optical axis of the second camera module. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258461 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, LENS BARREL, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - An image capturing apparatus includes a printed wiring board and an inductor. The inductor includes a winding wire portion, a pair of wire portions drawn out from the winding wire portion to a first side in a first direction, and a pair of electrodes connected to the pair of wire portions. The printed wiring board includes a pair of pads connected to the pair of electrodes, and a pair of wiring patterns extending from the pair of pads. Each of the pair of wiring patterns extends from a first portion of corresponding one of the pair of pads. The first portion is a portion extending from an end of the corresponding one of the pair of pads on a second side in the first direction to a length that is two thirds of a length of the corresponding one of the pair of pads in the first direction. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258462 | DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A SMARTPHONE OR CAMERA - A device for supporting a smartphone having a camera or supporting an action camera has a holder configured for supporting a smartphone having a camera or supporting an action camera, a handle configured to be held by a user, and components for receiving audio signals from an audio signal source and reproducing the received audio signals in the vicinity of the handle. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258463 | Camera Auto-Flash Optimization and Intelligent Slow Sync Flash Mode - Auto-flash and Slow Sync flash modes are the common flash mode settings that are used in modern cameras. Auto-flash turns the camera flash-on when the light level is lower than a preset level. The auto-flash activation light level varies among different cameras. It should be set to a value that satisfies both requirements of a good picture quality and less battery consumption. Slow sync flash mode utilizes a long exposure time to improve the background picture quality and a flashlight to illuminate the foreground. This invention describes: (1) An innovative methodology in finding optimum flashlight activation level for camera auto-flash mode that should be set by the camera manufacturers. This is the setting that camera manufactures must use at camera production/manufacturing. (2) An intelligent and adaptive Slow Sync Flash mode in which the camera senses the scene light level and adjusts the shutter speed for optimized image quality. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258464 | CONTROLLING SETTINGS OF AN IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE IN AN EYE TRACKING SYSTEM - There is provided a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for controlling the exposure settings of an rolling shutter image sensor device with global reset. This is achieved by obtaining a first image captured by the image sensor device at a current exposure setting that comprises a partial readout parameter representing a number image parts for partial readout by the image sensor device; determining an intensity value of the first image, comparing the intensity value of the first image to a desired intensity value. If the intensity values differ more than an allowed deviation, an updated number of image parts for partial readout is determined based on the current number of image parts and the intensity value of the first image. Thereafter, the current exposure setting is updated by setting the value of the partial readout parameter to the updated number of image parts. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258465 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus comprising, an image sensor capable of performing exposure control for each of a plurality of partial regions obtained by dividing an image capturing region, and a control unit configured to perform exposure control of the image sensor, wherein the control unit sets a control value of exposure control for each partial region based on a size of the partial region to decrease a response speed of exposure control for a larger partial region, and performs exposure control of the image sensor based on the set control value. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258466 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of image capturing units each configured to change its position on a circle centered on a first axis, and to rotate around a second axis that is closer to each image capturing unit of the plurality of image capturing units than the first axis and that is parallel to the first axis, a plurality of illumination units configured to emit illumination light in different directions, and a control unit configured to control the plurality of illumination units. The control unit is configured to make the plurality of illumination units emit light, according to a rotation state of the image capturing unit around the second axis. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258467 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE SHOOTING THROUGH AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an electronic device including a camera module including at least one lens, a display including a camera exposure region at least partially overlapping with the lens and a border region surrounding a periphery of the camera exposure region in a direction corresponding to an optical axis of the lens, and a processor operatively connected to the camera module and the display. When a shooting-related application is executed or when the camera module is activated, the processor may control a luminance of the border region to be within a specified range. Besides, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258468 | GENERATION OF ENHANCED PANORAMIC VISUAL CONTENT - An image capture device may capture two hemispherical views of a scene. The two hemispherical view of the scene may be stitched along a stitch line. The image capture device may be rotated to align the stitch line with a mid-line of a panoramic field of view of the scene. Separate exposure settings may be used to capture the two hemispherical views of the scene, with the exposure settings increasing the dynamic range of the scene depicted within the panoramic field of view of the scene. The panoramic field of view of the scene may be punched out as panoramic visual content. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258469 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image processing apparatus transmits first image data to an external apparatus, receives from the external apparatus second image data generated by the external apparatus performing first image processing on the first image data, and processes the received second image data at a level corresponding to a level of the first image processing adjusted through a user interface. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258470 | MOBILE BODY AND CONTROL METHOD - The present technique relates to a mobile body and a control method by which multiple mobile bodies that are performing photographing can be inhibited from obstructing each other's photographing. The mobile body receives photographing information including information regarding a photographing range which is photographed by another mobile body. Subsequently, the mobile body controls a photographing action of a camera for performing photographing, according to the photographing information regarding the other mobile body. The present technique is applicable to, for example, a photographing system that performs aerial photographing using multiple drones, or the like. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258471 | Human-Automation Collaborative Tracker of Fused Object - A system includes a control station that enables efficient human collaboration with automated object tracking. The control station is communicatively coupled to an aerial vehicle to receive full motion video of a ground scene taken by an airborne sensor of the aerial vehicle. The control station spatially registers features of a movable object present in the ground scene and determines motion of the movable object relative to the ground scene. The control station predicts a trajectory of the movable objective relative to the ground scene. The control station tracks the movable object based on data fusion of: (i) the spatially registered features; (ii) the determined motion; and (iii) the predicted trajectory of the movable object. The control station presents a tracking annotation and a determined confidence indicator for the tracking annotation on a user interface device to facilitate human collaboration with object tracking. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258472 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a display control unit configured to execute control to display an image on a display surface; a generating unit configured to generate gaze position information on a basis of a result of successively detecting a gaze position of a user looking at the display surface; and a control unit configured to control at least one of a detection timing of the gaze position and a method of generating the gaze position information, wherein the control unit changes at least one of the detection timing of the gaze position and the method of generating the gaze position information in accordance with a change in at least one of an interval of updating an image displayed on the display surface and a delay time between acquisition of the image and display of the image on the display surface. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258473 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic device according to the present invention, includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire gaze information relating to a gaze position of a user; and a display control unit configured to execute control for displaying a captured image on a display surface and for displaying a predetermined item in a first state at the gaze position on the display surface, wherein, in a case where a predetermined first condition is satisfied, the display control unit switches a display state of the predetermined item from the first state to a second state in which the predetermined item is displayed in a more subdued manner than the first state. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258474 | Adjusting Motion Capture Based on the Distance Between Tracked Objects - The technology disclosed relates to adjusting the monitored field of view of a camera and/or a view of a virtual scene from a point of view of a virtual camera based on the distance between tracked objects. For example, if the user's hand is being tracked for gestures, the closer the hand gets to another object, the tighter the frame can become—i.e., the more the camera can zoom in so that the hand and the other object occupy most of the frame. The camera can also be reoriented so that the hand and the other object remain in the center of the field of view. The distance between two objects in a camera's field of view can be determined and a parameter of a motion-capture system adjusted based thereon. In particular, the pan and/or zoom levels of the camera may be adjusted in accordance with the distance. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258475 | GUIDANCE ELECTRONIC DEVICE RELATING TO BLURRING, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device includes an acquisition unit capable of acquiring an image captured through optical system, wherein a subject image passing through the optical system has characteristic blurring based on a function of spherical aberration of the optical system or a function of an apodization filter of the optical system; and a control unit that performs control to display, together with the captured image, a guidance related to the characteristic blurring. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258476 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE OF A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - A system configured to assist a user in scanning a physical environment in order to generate a three-dimensional scan or model. In some cases, the system may include an interface to assist the user in capturing data usable to determine a scale or depth of the physical environment and to perform a scan in a manner that minimizes gaps. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258477 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device according to the present invention, includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first line-of-sight information and a second line-of-sight information generated by mutually different statistical methods as line-of-sight information relating to a line of sight of a user looking at a display surface; and a processing unit configured to perform first processing on a basis of the first line-of-sight information and second processing different from the first processing on a basis of the second line-of-sight information. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OCCLUSION WITHIN A CAMERA FIELD OF VIEW - A system and method for determining occlusion are presented. The system receives camera data generated by at least one camera, which includes a first camera having a first camera field of view. The camera data is generated when a stack having a plurality of objects is in the first camera field of view, and describes a stack structure formed from at least an object structure for a first object of the plurality of objects. The system identifies a target feature of or disposed on the object structure, and determines a 2D region that is co-planar with and surrounds the target feature. The system determines a 3D region defined by connecting a location of the first camera and the 2D region. The system determines, based on the camera data and the 3D region, a size of an occluding region, and determines a value of an object recognition confidence parameter. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258479 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a source image; determining spot superposition positions according to pixel brightness values of the source image, where brightness values of pixels of the source image that are located in the spot superposition positions are greater than a preset first threshold; and blurring the source image, and performing, in the spot superposition positions of a blurred image, image fusion on the blurred image and spot images to obtain a processed image, where the spot superposition positions and the spot images fused with in the spot superposition positions are in a one-to-one correspondence. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258480 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes a light emitter, an optical diffraction plate, a pair of wedge prisms, a rotation unit, a light receiver, and a processing unit. The light emitter emits a light beam. The optical diffraction plate is for converting the light beam into a plurality of diffracted light rays that forms a first light spot. The pair of wedge prisms is for adjusting an emission direction of the first light spot. The rotation unit is connected to the pair of wedge prisms and is for rotating the pair of wedge prisms relative to each other. The light receiver is for receiving a plurality of second light spots reflected from the plurality of first light spots. The processing unit is connected to the light receiver and is for generating a plurality of pieces of light spot information and processing the plurality of pieces of light spot information into image information. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258481 | SUPER RESOLUTION AND COLOR MOTION ARTIFACT CORRECTION IN A PULSED COLOR IMAGING SYSTEM - The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for producing an image in light deficient environments and associated structures, methods and features. The features of the systems and methods described herein may include providing improved resolution and color reproduction. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258482 | BACKGROUND REPLACEMENT FROM VIDEO IMAGES CAPTURED BY A PLENOPTIC CAMERA - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for replacing a video background in real-time. The video comprises a plurality of image frames. In a particular embodiment, a method provides generating a range image from a subject image frame of the plurality of image frames. The range image indicates pixel distances from a plenoptic camera that captured the plurality of image frames. The method further provides identifying background pixels that represent a background portion of the subject image frame based on the range image and replacing the background pixels with replacement background pixels in the subject image frame. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258483 | SHOOTING METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a shooting method, which is applied to a terminal device defining at least one camera, and the at least one camera includes at least one lift-able camera. The method includes: displaying a shooting interface; receiving a shooting instruction; controlling a first camera to shoot at least two images at different heights to obtain a shot photo, where the first camera is one of the at least one lift-able camera. With adoption of the embodiments of this application, the software debugging time for the camera can be reduced, and the shooting efficiency can be improved. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258484 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTROL - An image capturing device includes: an imaging device to capture a first image; and circuitry to receive a second image from another image capturing device, the second image being captured with the another image capturing device and having an angle of view wider than that of the first image, and control a display to sequentially display the first image, and an image of an area of the second image that is similar to the first image, the image similar to the first image having the degree of similarity to the first image that is equal to or greater than a threshold. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258485 | VIRTUAL REALITY REAL-TIME SHOOTING MONITORING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The application discloses a virtual reality (VR) real-time filming and monitoring system, configured to allow a user to shoot a video and play a first VR screening video, and allow the user to input an image processing control signal and an editing command into the VR real-time filming and monitoring system in real-time, according to the first VR screening video. The VR real-time filming and monitoring system includes a camera module, a first image processing module, an output module, an editing module, and a real-time play module. The camera module is configured to shoot a video to generate an original video. The first image processing module processes the original video according to an image processing control signal to generate a real-time video temporary data. The output module generates a first VR screening video according to the real-time video temporary data. The editing module generates an edited data according to the real-time video temporary data and an editing command. The real-time play module is configured to play the first VR screening video. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258486 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY CONSERVATION - Systems and methods are described for performing vehicular collision reconstruction and battery conservation for an electric or battery-powered vehicle. In various aspects, an indication of a trigger event may be detected from computer analysis of telematics data gathered by one or more sensors associated with a vehicle. The trigger event may be associated with a vehicle collision. A camera mounted on the vehicle may be activated, based upon the indication of the trigger event, to acquire an image of a second vehicle associated with the vehicle collision. Image data associated with the image may then be transmitted to a remote server computer for analysis of the image data, in which the remove server is capable of generating from the image data, a reconstruction of the vehicle collision, and determining, from the reconstruction of the vehicle collision, a cause of loss associated with the vehicle collision. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258487 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Exposure in High Dynamic Range Video Capture Systems - The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for implementing high dynamic range and automatic exposure functions in a video system. In one aspect, a method is performed at a video camera device and includes, while operating in a non-high dynamic range (HDR) mode: capturing first video data of a scene with the image sensor; determining whether a minimum number of pixels of the first video data meets one or more first color intensity criteria; and in accordance with the determination that the minimum number of pixels of the first video data meets the one or more first color intensity criteria, switching operation from the non-HDR mode to an HDR mode. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258488 | IMAGING APPARATUS - A controller of an imaging apparatus performs, if the controller can not obtain information on a focal length of an interchangeable lens from the interchangeable lens, the controller controls to perform an image stabilization operation using, as the focal length, an estimated focal length calculated based on at least one of a combination of a detected shake amount and an image motion amount in image data, or a combination of the detected shake amount and a motion amount of an image sensor. The controller controls whether to execute or stop the image stabilization operation by a first image stabilizer based on at least one of a correlation between the detected shake amount and the image motion amount, or a correlation between the detected shake amount and the motion amount of the image sensor. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258489 | DRIVE DEVICE INCLUDING MAGNET UNITS ARRANGED IN HALBACH ARRAY, SHAKE CORRECTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A drive device capable of reducing a possibility that magnets or contact members are broken by repulsive forces generated between magnets arranged in the Halbach array. The drive device includes magnet units each including a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in the Halbach array and a holding member that holds the permanent magnets, a fixed portion, a movable portion that is movable with respect to the fixed portion, and coils. The magnet units are supported by one of the fixed portion and the movable portion. The coils are supported by the other of the fixed portion and the movable portion in a manner opposed to the magnet units, respectively. The holding member has elastic shape portions in contact with the permanent magnets on surfaces thereof opposed to the permanent magnets in a magnet arrangement direction of the permanent magnets arranged in the Halbach array. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258490 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an imaging device, a first motion information acquisition unit acquires motion information of the imaging device, and a second motion information acquisition unit acquires motion information of an external device. A shake information generation unit performs a process of subtracting the motion information of the external device from the motion information of the imaging device on the basis of the acquired motion information of the imaging device and the external device. Image blur correction information is generated from the subtracted motion information. An image blur correction control unit performs driving control of a correction lens of an optical system and a movement mechanism unit of an imaging element in accordance with the image blur correction information from the shake information generation unit. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258491 | CAMERA DEVICE AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - The present embodiment relates to a camera device comprising: a mover comprising a first magnet; a lens; a stator comprising a first coil; a first substrate; a second substrate movably disposed on the first substrate; an image sensor disposed on the second substrate; a second coil disposed on the first substrate; and a second magnet disposed on the second substrate and facing the second coil, wherein the second substrate comprises: a coupling part coupled to the image sensor, and an extension part extending outwardly from the coupling part so that at least a portion thereof overlaps with the first substrate in the optical axis direction, and the camera device further comprises a ball disposed between the first substrate and the extension part of the second substrate. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258492 | MODULAR UNDER-VEHICLE CAMERA - An imaging system for a vehicle including a cylindrical housing including a housing surface, the housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, an imaging sensor extending from the first end of the housing, the imaging sensor rotatable from a first position to a second position, a connection member coupled to the imaging sensor and enclosed within the housing, and a cap coupled to the housing at the second end, the cap including a cap surface having an alignment indicator. Rotation of the cap rotates the imaging sensor from the first position to the second position. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258493 | AUTOMATIC CAMERA HEAD AND OPERATION METHOD - An automatic camera head for panning and tilting a video camera, comprising at least one ring actuator arranged to act on a ring control of an objective of the camera, wherein said ring control is one of: zoom, iris, and focus; and said ring actuator includes a torque measurement unit delivering a signal indicative of the torque applied to the ring control. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258494 | FLIGHT CONTROL METHOD AND AIRCRAFT - The present disclosure provides a flight control method. The method includes controlling an imaging device on an aircraft to record a target object at a first frame rate on a first trajectory to obtain a first video, a flight speed of the aircraft on the first trajectory is not lower than a predetermined speed threshold. The method further includes converting the first video into a second video with a second frame rate. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258495 | SUBJECT TRACKING DEVICE, SUBJECT TRACKING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In order to provide a subject tracking device capable of reducing erroneous tracking of a subject, the subject tracking device includes an image acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire images, a tracking unit configured to track a subject which is detected from the images acquired by the image acquisition unit by comparison between images over a plurality of images which are sequentially acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a switching unit configured to switch a time for continuing tracking in the tracking unit in accordance with a type of the subject detected from the images. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258496 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SERVER, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a professional cameraman or general spectator acquires a video, position information of a specific target can be displayed in a timely manner. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258497 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN ACTIVE PULSED 4D CAMERA FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS - An active-pulsed four-dimensional camera system that utilizes a precisely-controlled light source produces spatial information and human-viewed or computer-analyzed images. The acquisition of four-dimensional optical information is performed at a sufficient rate to provide accurate image and spatial information for in-motion applications where the camera is in motion and/or objects being imaged, detected and classified are in motion. Embodiments allow for the reduction or removal of image-blocking conditions like fog, snow, rain, sleet, and dust from the processed images. Embodiments provide for operation in daytime or nighttime conditions and can be utilized for day or night full-motion video capture with features like shadow removal. Multi-angle image analysis is taught as a method for classifying and identifying objects and surface features based on their optical reflective characteristics. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258498 | THROUGH-DISPLAY TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) SENSOR - A depth sensing system including an electronic display, a light source, an array of optical sensing elements, and a depth map generator. The light source is configured to transmit periodic bursts of light in a field of view (FOV) of the depth sensing system. The array of optical sensing elements is disposed behind the electronic display and configured to detect light reflected from one or more objects in the FOV of the depth sensing system, where the reflected light is partially occluded by the electronic display. The depth map generator is configured to receive sensor data based on the detected light form the array of optical sensing elements and determine depth information about the one or more objects by applying one or more neural network models to the received sensor data. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258499 | IMAGE SENSOR AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The technology disclosed in this patent document can be implemented in embodiments to provide an image sensor that includes a first phase difference detection pixel having a light receiving region shifted by a first displacement distance, and a second phase difference detection pixel having a light receiving region shifted by a second displacement distance in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the first and second phase difference detection pixels are structured to detect phase difference information of incident light for controlling focusing of incident light at the imaging pixels for image sensing by the imaging pixels, and each of the first phase difference detection pixel and the second phase difference detection pixel includes an antireflection layer structured to partially cover a microlens, in the light receiving region. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258500 | IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present technology relates to an image sensor and an electronic apparatus which enable higher-quality images to be obtained. Provided is an image sensor including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including one on-chip lens, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion layers formed below the on-chip lens. Each of at least two of the plurality of photoelectric conversion layers is split, partially formed, or partially shielded from light with respect to a light-receiving surface. The pixels are phase difference detection pixels for performing AF by phase difference detection or imaging pixels for generating an image. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor, for example. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258501 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - an image processing apparatus that can easily change the categories of the main object, comprises, an object detection unit for detecting an object categorized as one of at least two categories from an image, a setting unit for setting a first category as a priority category on an object having a predetermined priority among one of the objects detected by the object detection unit; and a region designation unit for designating a predetermined region on an object on a display screen, wherein the setting unit can change the priority category from the first category to a second category different from the first category when the predetermined region of the object designated by the region designation unit is the second category. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258502 | Digital Image Capture Session and Metadata Association - Digital image capture session and metadata association techniques are described. In one example, a user input is received to initiate an image capture session. At least one digital image is captured using a digital camera during the image capture session. Audio input data is also collected using an audio input device during the image capture session and is converted into text data, e.g., speech-to-text. Metadata is generated based on the text data and associated with the at least one digital image. The at least one digital image is output as having the associated metadata as completion of the image capture session. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258503 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING A VIEWING AREA OF A CAMERA DEVICE - A method includes receiving video data from at least one camera device on a remote video management system (VMS) that is communicatively coupled to the at least one camera device. A first video stream corresponding to a panoramic view of imagery associated with the video data, and a second video stream corresponding to an immersive view of select portions of the first video stream, are generated. The first video stream is presented in a first respective viewing area of a remote display device that is communicatively coupled to the remote VMS, and the second video stream is presented in a second respective viewing area of the remote display device. A viewing area of the immersive view is controlled, and an overlay is provided on the presented first video stream to indicate the viewing area of the immersive view on the panoramic view. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258504 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a captured image obtained by capturing an image in an optical finder of an image capture device in a state in which AF frames are displayed on the optical finder, a display unit that displays the captured image and a UI (user interface) for selecting at least one AF frame from AF frames displayed on the captured image, and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the image capture device, information for specifying the at least one AF frame selected via the UI. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258505 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a professional photographer or a general spectator acquires a video, position information of a specific target corresponding to a password is displayed in a timely manner. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258506 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus - An image processing method includes detecting human skeleton key points of a character in an image, and for the to-be-processed image, generating a cropping region based on the human skeleton key points and a preset rule, and using the to-be-processed image selected by using the cropping region as an output object. The human skeleton key points and the preset rule are set based on photographing experience. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258507 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPTH-BASED ILLUMINATION CORRECTION - A system for correcting illumination in an image includes a light source positioned to illuminate scene points and a camera positionable to capture images of the scene points. The system determines a distance between each of a plurality of scene points and the light source, computes an enhanced light compensated image of the plurality of scene points, and displaying the enhanced light compensated image on an image display. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258508 | TILT-SHIFT CORRECTION FOR CAMERA ARRAYS - An imaging system comprising of a set of cameras, the cameras having a configured relative camera arrangement; and each camera of the set of cameras comprising at least one corrective optical system. The system and method may comprise of multi-camera variations for coordinated alignment in multi-camera variations and/or split-field optical systems. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258509 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MOVABLE APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE - A measurement apparatus ( | 2021-08-19 |
20210258510 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE IMAGE SOURCES - Various methods and systems are provided for image processing for multiple cameras. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring a plurality of image frames from each image frame source of a plurality of image frame sources, each plurality of image frames acquired at a first frame rate, combining the plurality of image frames from each image frame source into a single plurality of image frames with a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate, and outputting the single plurality of image frames as a video. In this way, high-frame-rate video may be obtained with multiple low-frame-rate image frame sources or cameras. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258511 | DIY EFFECTS IMAGE MODIFICATION - Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application, an image from a camera of a user device; receiving input that selects a user-customizable effects option for activating a user-customizable effects mode; in response to receiving the input, displaying an array of a plurality of effect options together with the image proximate to the user-customizable effects option; and applying a first effect associated with a first effect option of the plurality of effect options to the image. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258512 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In order to provide an imaging apparatus in which unnecessary rotation of an image caused by rotation of a movable unit is able to simply be corrected, the imaging apparatus has the following configuration: an imaging unit configured to acquire an image; a movable unit configured to change a direction of the imaging unit through rotation thereof around a predetermined axis; and at least one processor or circuit configured to function as a correction processing unit at least one processor or circuit configured to function as a correction processing unit configured to perform correction processing of correcting rotation of the image caused by rotation of the movable unit on the basis on the information on a relationship between a rotation angle around the axis and a rotation angle of an image acquired by the imaging unit. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258513 | METHOD FOR CREATING VIDEO CONTENT WITH A VIRTUAL BACKGROUND PRESENTATION - A method for creating a combined video presentation by combining a first video layer of a subject filmed in front of a chroma key background, a second virtual background presentation layer, and a third video layer of a person assisted by the subject to provide a presentation of information relating to the virtual background presentation layer. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258514 | Multimedia Distribution System for Multimedia Files with Packed Frames - A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file. One embodiment of a multimedia file in accordance with the present invention includes a series of encoded video frames and encoded menu information. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258515 | THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA DEVICE - An improved camera system includes an uncooled thermal imaging sensor, a rotary actuator, a rotary encoder, and a slip ring. The rotary actuator is physically coupled to the uncooled thermal imaging sensor and enables the sensor to rotate a full 360 degrees any number of times relative to the system's horizontal base. Through the use of the slip ring, the sensor and the sensor's wiring can rotate freely without impedance. Notably, the sensor's wiring can be disposed through a central through-hole running the length of the rotary actuator. Therefore, prior to reaching the slip ring, the sensor and its wiring rotate in unison with the rotary actuator. The encoder is structured to monitor the angular position of the sensor in order to accurately determine where the sensor is being aimed. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258516 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PARASITIC HEAT COMPENSATION IN AN INFRARED CAMERA - A method of calibrating an infrared (IR) camera including a pixel array housed in a housing, the pixel array having an image sensor and one or more parasitic heat sensing pixels arranged to receive infrared light from different portions of an interior surface of the housing, the method including: receiving, by a processing device, one or more readings from each of the parasitic heat sensing pixels and from each pixel of the pixel array; and generating, by the processing device based on the one or more readings, one or more conversion matrices for converting readings from the parasitic heat sensing pixels into pixel correction values for performing 2D signal correction of the image. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258517 | IMAGING DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - An artifact caused by secondary reflection is reduced. An imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a diffuser ( | 2021-08-19 |
20210258518 | SENSOR DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A sensor device includes an array sensor having a plurality of detection elements arrayed in one or two dimensional manner, a signal processing unit configured to acquire a detection signal by the array sensor and perform signal processing, and a calculation unit. The calculation unit detects an object from the detection signal by the array sensor, and gives an instruction for making a frame rate of the detection signal from the array sensor variable on the basis of the detection of the object. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258519 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT - Stability of a current-voltage conversion circuit is increased in a solid-state imaging element that converts photocurrent to a voltage signal. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258520 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes: a pixel electrode; a counter electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer that is located between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode and that generates signal charge; a charge accumulation portion that is connected to the pixel electrode to accumulate the signal charge; and a voltage supply circuit that alternately supplies a first voltage and a second voltage different from the first voltage to the counter electrode. The voltage supply circuit supplies a third voltage to the counter electrode in a period between a first period in which the first voltage is supplied and a second period that is subsequent to the first period and in which the second voltage is supplied. The second voltage is a voltage between the first voltage and the third voltage. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258521 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND SENSING MODULE - Exposure with sufficient optical energy is enabled while avoiding temperature rise of laser light emitting elements. Therefore, a light source device includes the plurality of laser light emitting elements and a drive unit. The drive unit drives each of the laser light emitting elements to perform a plurality of light emissions in one frame period in an image sensor that receives and captures light emitted from the plurality of laser light emitting elements and reflected by a subject. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258522 | CAMERA SYSTEM WITH COMPLEMENTARY PIXLET STRUCTURE - A camera system with a complementary pixlet structure and a method of operating the same are provided. According to an embodiment, the camera system includes an image sensor that includes two pixels, each of the two pixels including a deflected small pixlet deflected in one direction based on a pixel center and a large pixlet disposed adjacent to the deflected small pixlet, each pixlet including a photodiode converting an optical signal to an electric signal, and the deflected small pixlets of the two pixels being arranged to be symmetrical to each other with respect to each of the pixel centers within each of the two pixels, respectively, and a depth calculator that receives images acquired from the deflected small pixlets of the two pixels and calculates a depth between the image sensor and an object using a parallax between the images. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258523 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 2021-08-19 |
20210258524 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER HAVING REFERENCE SIGNAL, IMAGE SENSOR, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An analog-to-digital converter includes a generator, a comparator, and a counter. The generator generates a reference signal whose voltage changes with respect to time. The voltage of the reference signal changes with a constant slope in a predetermined first period since the voltage starts changing. The slope of the voltage becomes steeper with respect to time in a second period after the first period. The comparator compares the reference signal and a voltage output from outside, and outputs a comparison result. The counter counts at a predetermined first cycle since the voltage of the reference signal starts changing until the comparison result is inverted. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258525 | EVENT ARRAY READOUT CONTROL OF EVENT-BASED VISION SENSING - A circuit includes a selection circuit electrically coupled to pixels of a line of an event vision sensor. The selection circuit is configured to receive an activation signal from an active pixel of the line, generate an acknowledge signal in response to receiving the activation signal, and send the acknowledge signal to the pixels of the line. The circuit also includes a control circuit that is electrically coupled to a pixel having a largest distance to the selection circuit among the pixels of the line. The control circuit is configured to receive the acknowledge signal from the selection circuit, and generate a process-reading signal in response to receiving the acknowledge signal. The circuit also includes an interface circuit electrically coupled to the pixels of the line and configured to cause a reset of the selection circuit, the control circuit, and the pixels of the line after receiving the process-reading signal. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258526 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE - An image sensor includes: first pixels, each of which receives a pair of light fluxes and outputs a pair of first analog signals; an A/D conversion unit that converts each of pairs of first analog signals to a pair of first digital signals; a digital adder unit that generates digital sum signals each by adding together the pair of first digital signals among pairs of first digital signals; a first output unit that outputs pairs of first digital signals to an external recipient; and a second output unit that outputs the digital sum signals to an external recipient. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258527 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A sensing device may include a signal source, an active area and a plurality of driving units. The active area having a plurality of sensing units. The plurality of driving units sequentially disposed adjacent to the active area and coupled to the plurality of sensing units and the signal source. The signal source provides a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, a scan signal exported from one of the plurality of driving units has a first voltage level and a second voltage level. In the second operating mode, the scan signal has the second voltage level. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258528 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a light shielding unit and a transfer transistor. The photoelectric conversion unit generates charges by photoelectrically converting light. The light shielding unit is formed by engraving a semiconductor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion unit is formed, so as to surround an outer periphery of the photoelectric conversion unit. The transfer transistor transfers charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit. During a charge accumulation period in which charges are accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit, a potential that repels the charges is supplied to the light shielding unit and a gate electrode of the transfer transistor. During a charge transfer period in which charges are transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit, a potential that repels the charges is supplied to the light shielding unit and a potential that attracts the charges is supplied to the gate electrode of the transfer transistor. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258529 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, MOVING BODY, AND STACKABLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A unit circuit includes a photoelectric conversion element, an output transistor including an input node and configured to output a signal based on a charge from the photoelectric conversion element, a reset transistor, and a first transistor connected to the input node and configured to change a capacitance of the input node. A first control signal supplied to a gate electrode of the first transistor has at least three types of voltages. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258530 | IMAGE SENSOR - The disclosure relates to active pixel sensors such as CMOS sensors. A sample stage of each pixel may comprise first and second sample switches in series between a buffer amplifier and a storage node. The first sample switch is connected to a column sample line, and the second sample switch is connected to a row sample line, such that an exposure signal is only passed to the storage node at a time when both a column sample signal and a row sample signal are active. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258531 | Polarization Imager with High Dynamic Range - A polarization imager is provided that includes a plurality of CMOS photodetectors and a plurality of polarization filters. Each of the plurality of CMOS photodetectors has a photodiode that is configured to operate in forward bias mode. Further, each of the plurality of polarization filters is monolithically integrated with a corresponding one of the plurality of CMOS photodetectors. Each of the plurality of photodiodes exhibits a logarithmic response to a flux of incident photons. The polarization imager achieves a dynamic range of at least 100 decibels with a signal-to-noise ratio of at least 60 decibels. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258532 | IMAGE SENSOR - It is an object of the present technology to provide an image sensor capable of reducing crosstalk in an AD conversion unit. The image sensor includes: capacitors in an even-numbered column region; and a capacitor in an odd-numbered column region disposed facing the capacitors in the even-numbered column region with different areas. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258533 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display device includes a power key, and at least one processor that executes following: determination processing that determines, when turning on a light source in response to a user's operation on the power key, whether a power supply supplying power is a predetermined power supply or not, and control processing that displays, when the determination processing determines that the power supply is the predetermined power supply, a power-on continuation confirmation screen and continues, in case of detection of a confirmation operation from the user according to the power-on continuation confirmation screen, lighting of the light source. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258534 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT-BASED PLAYBACK CONTROL DURING VIRTUAL APPLICATION OF MAKEUP EFFECTS - A computing device obtains a live video of a user and obtains selection of at least one makeup effect. The computing device generates a user interface displaying the live video in a virtual mirror with the at least one makeup effect applied to a facial region of the user and monitors for an occurrence of a first target event relating to actions by the user in the live video. In response to detecting an occurrence of the first target event during the live video, the computing device records the live video based on the occurrence of the first target event, detects an occurrence of a second target event relating to actions by the user, and stops recording of the video responsive to occurrence of the second target event. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258535 | IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and an apparatus for image capturing, and a storage medium can be applied to a terminal device. When it is determined that the terminal is in an augmented reality image capturing scene, augmented reality environment information of the augmented reality image capturing scene is determined. When an image capturing instruction is received, an image is captured and augmented reality environment information corresponding to the image is recorded to obtain a target image carrying the augmented reality environment information. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED ONLINE DEBATE - The system provides a method and apparatus for automatically constructing, controlling, curating, recording, displaying, and preserving a discussion between one, two or more users on a topic. The system is an automated debate moderator that provides muting, time limits, number of rounds, round duration countdown, order of speaking, and end time that can be accessed via any processing device, including smartphones, tablets, desktops, laptops, and the like. The topics can be self-generated or selected from a list of curated topics and the resulting recorded debate can be linked to on any social network or media viewing platform. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258537 | REMOTE CONTROLLED VIDEO MESSAGING SESSION - A video messaging system facilitates a video messaging session between a client device and a remote device. A remote device provides information (e.g., a link) to a client device for connecting to a video messaging session. The client device uses the provided information to connect to the video messaging session between the client device and the remote device. The video messaging session generally includes two-way communication, with at least video information being transmitted by the client device to the remote device, and instructions describing video operations being transmitted by the remote device to the client device. The video operations may include annotating the video, rewinding the video, pausing the video, and various other modifications to the video. The video messaging system may mirror operations performed on one device (e.g., the remote device) on the other device (e.g., the client device) in the video messaging session. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258538 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTICIPANT-CONTROLLED VIDEO CONFERENCING - A conferencing device includes a power supply, a processor, a video out module, and a USB hub in communication with the processor and drawing power from the power supply. The conferencing device is configured to provide power from the power supply to an external host device in communication with the USB hub, receive control signals and video data from the external host device, and place video data from the external host device at a video out port of the conferencing device. Embodiments herein discuss the switching between and/or simultaneous presentation of video data for placement at the video out port as between two or more external host devices connected to the conferencing device based on the control signals sent from the external host devices. The conferencing device may be connected to another conferencing device to create a single logical conferencing device that can handle an expanded number of external host devices. | 2021-08-19 |
20210258539 | SERVER AND PROGRAM - A server includes a storage unit, a determination unit, and a notification unit. The storage unit stores content identification information and interrupted spot information in association with user identification information in a case where the viewing of a content during live distribution is interrupted in a first terminal logged in using the user identification information. The determination unit determines whether or not the content identification information and/or the interrupted spot information that are associated with the user identification information are stored in the storage unit in a case where the server is accessed from a second terminal logged in using the user identification information after the viewing is interrupted. In a case where such information is stored in the storage unit, the notification unit notifies the second terminal that the viewing of the content can be restarted from a viewing interrupted spot by time shift reproduction. | 2021-08-19 |