38results about "Stereoscopic photography" patented technology

A controller (100) for an automated milking apparatus (110) acquires an animal's identifier (ID1). Based on the identifier (ID1), the controller (100) retrieves an exposure setting (ID1:xs1) from a data storage (120) selected to capture image data (D) of at least one body part (131, 132, 133, 134) of the animal whose unique identity is reflected by the identifier (ID1). img Using the stored exposure settings (ID1:xs1), the camera (140) captures image data (D) representing at least one body part (131,132,133,134). img The controller (100) is based on image data (D). img The camera (140) uses the exposure settings (ID1:xs1) from the data storage (120) to register image data (D). img At least one first frame of the image data (D). img If at least one region of interest in the image does not meet the image quality standard, the exposure setting (ID1:xs1) for the animal whose unique identity is reflected by the identifier (ID1) is adjusted (ID1:xs1') and stored in the data storage (120) to replace the previously stored exposure setting (ID1:xs1).

Correcting the vertical parallax of each image used to generate a stereoscopic image. [Solution] The imaging device comprises an imaging device body equipped with an image sensor, a first lens having a first no-parallax point, a second lens having a second no-parallax point, and a drive unit that controls the positions of the first lens and the second lens so that the straight line connecting the first no-parallax point and the second no-parallax point is perpendicular to the direction of gravity.

A camera support is provided for a camera, the camera having an optical axis, a plan footprint and a center of gravity. The camera support includes a support body and a flange element. The support body is so structured as to enable fixedly attaching the camera to the camera support in a manner to thereby provide a fixed and predetermined spatial orientation between the camera optical axis and the camera support. The flange element is fixedly attached to the support body, the flange element including flange zones projecting outwardly with respect to the plan footprint, the flange zones enabling the camera support to be affixed to an external structure via fasteners at the flange zones. Also provided is a camera assembly including the camera support and a camera. Also provided is a camera system including a plurality of camera assemblies.

The image is displayed using the distance of the subject within the image. There is a need for the development and commercialization of a specialized computing integrated circuit for rearranging the positions of the image signal sequence displayed on a television screen. [Solution] The image is corrected and displayed at a position corresponding to the binocular parallax of the distance to the subject shown in the image on the television screen. The two-dimensional image of the subject shown on the television screen is projected onto the left and right television screens by the corrected images of the subject on the left and right, and synchronized with each other, allowing the viewer to see a three-dimensional screen by looking through a light-blocking filter.

To provide a camera device which allows removal of water droplets attached to transparent parts and has excellent measurement accuracy and high reliability.SOLUTION: A camera device 1 comprises: a waterproof case 3; transparent parts 4a and 4b provided in the waterproof case 3; and forward tilting parts 5a and 5b which are formed of respectively one ends of the transparent parts 4a and 4b in the waterproof case 3 and provide in front of the transparent parts 4a and 4b in an optical axis direction (third direction Z). The forward tilting parts 5a and 5b are tilted with respect to the optical axis direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

According to an embodiment disclosed herein, a projector comprises: a light source unit including a light source that emits light; a first lens assembly including a first lens unit; a second lens assembly including a second lens unit; and a light modulator that modulates and reflects the light, wherein the optical axis direction of the second lens unit is arranged in a first direction, and the light source, the first lens assembly, and the light modulator overlap in a second direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the light modulator.

This imaging device comprises: a first imaging unit that comprises an optical system and an imaging element; a sensor unit that is capable of sensing a range that includes an imaging range of the first imaging unit and is wider than the imaging range; and an image processing unit that generates a composite image obtained by combining a first image obtained by the first imaging unit with a second image obtained by capturing an image of the outside of the imaging range of the first image by the sensor unit, and performs distortion correction on the composite image.

To reduce positional misalignment in stereo images observed through a lens. [Solution] The image processing device displays a UI for inputting image height misalignment information on the HMD by executing a program stored on the HDD. The image height misalignment information acquisition unit acquires image height misalignment information. The image input unit acquires stereo image data from the HDD or the like. Image height misalignment information is acquired by correcting the test pattern so that flickering and double images caused by misalignment when the user observes the test pattern displayed on the left and right displays of the HMD with both eyes are reduced. The image height misalignment correction unit performs image height misalignment correction on the acquired stereo image data, adjusting the correction amount for each region specified by image height so as to reduce the misalignment in the observed image seen on the HMD. The image output unit outputs the corrected stereo image data to the HMD.

An imaging device includes a display control unit configured to display a first indicator indicating a recommended imaging position and a second indicator indicating a current imaging position in a superimposed manner on an imaging monitor image, and perform processing for changing display of the first indicator in accordance with image obtaining processing for obtaining image data, and an imaging control unit configured to perform the image obtaining processing in accordance with a result of a matching determination between the first indicator and the second indicator on a screen.

To provide a lens device having an auto-focus mode and a manual focus mode, and capable of executing a focus adjustment of two optical systems individually with high accuracy.SOLUTION: A lens device includes: a first adjustment part for moving a first optical system; a second adjustment part for moving at least a second optical system; and an operation member to be operated for moving at least one of the first optical system and the second optical system. The lens device is capable of switching between the auto-focus mode for executing a focus adjustment of the first optical system and the second optical system according to subject information and a manual focus mode for executing a focus adjustment according to an operation to the operation member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Stop apparatuses and optical apparatuses are provided herein. One or more stop apparatuses configured to determine a light amount in each of a first optical system and a second optical system that are arranged in parallel may include a single drive source, a first aperture stop to be driven by the drive source to change the light amount in the first optical system, a second aperture stop to be driven by the drive source to change the light amount in the second optical system, and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a light amount passing through one of the first aperture stop and the second aperture stop independently of a light amount passing through the other one of the first aperture stop and the second aperture stop.

This paper presents a method and structure in which a card image is materialized on the front of the card, a three-dimensional image is displayed on the back of the card, and a three-dimensional observation structure that allows for the three-dimensional observation of such a three-dimensional image is combined in a thin film form on a single card. [Solution] The three-dimensional card is characterized in that a horizontal fold line 10 is provided between the central part 1b of the card and the bottom surface 1c of the card, a lower fold line 8 is provided between the bottom surface 1c of the card and the lower shielding surface 7, vertical fold lines 15 are provided on the left and right sides of the central part 1b of the card and between the left and right shielding films and the lens plate 5, and an upper fold line 8 is provided between the light window 2 and the upper shielding surface 6, so that the bottom surface 1c of the card rotates and moves between the front and back surfaces below the card 1 to become a single card 1 or a three-dimensional device.

This reduces the difference in light intensity between the two optical systems that make up the compound eye. [Solution] The light intensity control device controls the light intensity in a first optical system 201 and a second optical system 301 arranged in parallel. The device has a single drive source 105, a first aperture driven by the drive source to change the light intensity of the first optical system, and a second aperture driven by the drive source to change the light intensity of the second optical system. Furthermore, it has adjustment mechanisms 107 and 117 that can adjust the amount of light passing through at least one of the first aperture and the second aperture independently of the amount of light passing through the other, without the drive source.

Enterprise communication display systems enable life-like images for videoconferencing and entertainment productions. Life-like images appear in a 3D environment where imaged people are visible through the use of specially configured see-through displays. Various sportsbook venues with presentational displays showing life-size images of people is revealed including venues that serve multiple purposes. Further, a black void illusion is described and is applicable to numerous displays including event and live theater stages and movie theaters. Numerous inventive features are described enabling and advancing the black void illusion. Virtual stage lighting is disclosed for simulating stage lights and coordination of virtual stage lights with real stage lights for live and recorded performances.

This printing device forms an image layer by printing, with a color ink, a composite image obtained by dividing a plurality of original images along a sub-scanning direction and combining them, forms an interlayer by printing, on the image layer, an image by solid printing with a transparent ink, and forms, on the interlayer, a lens layer by printing, with a transparent ink, a lens image composed of a plurality of continuous lenses extending in a main scanning direction and arranged in the sub-scanning direction so as to correspond to the composite image. When the lens layer is formed, a printing head ejects the transparent ink to the recording medium while moving in the main scanning direction and the transparent ink on the recording medium is cured by a curing device.

An alignment system for aligning at least one camera unit with respect to a system base platform, the alignment system including a support structure, a camera unit alignment arrangement, and a platform mounting arrangement. The support structure includes a first side and second side, the camera unit alignment system being associated with the first side, and the platform mounting arrangement being associated with the second side. The camera unit alignment system enables adjustably mounting the camera unit with respect to the support structure. The platform mounting arrangement is configured for mounting the support structure with respect to the system base platform in a predetermined fixed spatial position with respect thereto. A camera system is also provided, including a plurality of camera units, a plurality of alignment systems, and a system base platform, each camera unit being mounted to the system base platform via a respective alignment system.

To provide a camera which can be protected from heat and dust, and enables the photographic range thereof to be finely adjusted without requiring change of the direction of the camera.SOLUTION: The camera comprises: a camera casing 5 which has a cylindrical portion 5b extending in a center axis direction; an imaging lens 1 which is secured at a prescribed position near the distal end of the cylindrical portion 5b of the camera casing 5; an imaging device 2 which captures the image formed by the imaging lens 1; a movement mechanism M which is fitted to the camera casing 5, and which is constituted in such a manner that the mechanism M can move the imaging device 2 in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction of the imaging lens 1; and a gas supply device 15 which continuously supplies gas from the proximal end side of the cylindrical portion 5b of the camera casing 5 to the inside of the cylindrical portion 5b.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide a display device that can improve the quality of the display. [Solution] A display device according to one embodiment comprises a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in a first direction, a liquid crystal panel inclined with respect to the normal of the light-emitting surface of each of the plurality of light-emitting units, a prism sheet located between the plurality of light-emitting units and the liquid crystal panel and having a plurality of prisms on the side facing the plurality of light-emitting units, and a lens element located between the prism sheet and the liquid crystal panel and having a plurality of lenticular lenses arranged in a first direction on the side facing the liquid crystal panel. The plurality of light-emitting units are configured to emit illumination light from their light-emitting surfaces, the prism sheet is configured to split the illumination light into transmitted light and refracted light, the lens element is configured to diffuse the transmitted light and refracted light, and the liquid crystal panel is illuminated by the transmitted light and refracted light and is configured to display a first image based on the transmitted light and a second image based on the refracted light.

An imaging parameter applied to imaging for generating a captured image to be used for generation of second three-dimensional shape information is controlled on the basis of position and orientation information indicating a position and an orientation of an imaging unit and first three-dimensional shape information. Furthermore, an illumination environment of a space in which imaging is performed is detected, imaging for generating a captured image to be used for generation of three-dimensional shape information expressing a three-dimensional shape of a 3D object is performed in the space, and information regarding the detected illumination environment is associated with the captured image. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an information processing device, an imaging device, an imaging communication device, electronic equipment, an information processing method, a program, an information processing system, or the like.

To provide a method for determining areas of a tooth substance subject to demineralization that may occur in a dental caries case.SOLUTION: Provided is a method for detecting demineralization of a tooth substance, including the steps of: irradiating (S101) a structured light pattern onto the tooth substance; detecting (S102) a light intensity of the light pattern remitted from the volume of the tooth substance; and determining (S103) demineralization of the tooth substance based on the detected light intensity.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

The invention relates to an imaging device (10; 110; 210), in particular an endoscope device, with a shaft (12; 112; 212) defining a longitudinal axis (14; 114; 214) and with a stereoscopic unit (16; 116; 216) for stereoscopic image generation. It is proposed that the stereoscopic unit (16; 116; 216) includes a movement unit (20; 120; 220) for mechanically effecting a change in a selection area (22, 22'; 122, 122'; 222, 222') from a field of view (24; 124; 224) of the stereoscopic unit (16; 116; 216) for image acquisition, wherein the stereoscopic unit (16; 116; 216) is configured to To define the selection range (22, 22'; 122, 122'; 222, 222') for capturing images for use in stereoscopic image generation as a function of a rotation parameter with respect to the longitudinal axis (14; 114; 214).

To provide a stereoscopic display device and a stereoscopic display method that display multiple parallax images with suitable image quality and light efficiency. [Solution] The stereoscopic display device comprises a light source unit with multiple light sources, an illumination optical system, an image display unit, a projection optical system, and a directional screen. The image display unit displays multiple parallax images in a time-division manner using illumination light from the light sources via the illumination optical system. The projection optical system comprises a first projection lens, multiple second projection lenses, and multiple third projection lenses. The number of multiple second projection lenses and the number of multiple third projection lenses are equal to the number of multiple parallax images. Each of the multiple second projection lenses has an entrance pupil at each position of the multiple light source images and images each of the multiple parallax images from each of the multiple light source images formed on the first projection lens. Each of the multiple third projection lenses projects each of the multiple parallax images imaged by each of the multiple second projection lenses onto the directional screen.

An aerial image display device includes a display device, an optical system, and a distance-varying portion. The optical system forms, as a real image, an aerial image from image light emitted from the display device. The distance-varying portion is located opposite to an eye of a user across the aerial image and at a defocus position for the eye of the user when the eye of the user is at a focus position for the aerial image. The distance-varying portion has a varying distance, by location, from a virtual imaging plane of the aerial image.

A stereoscopic display device includes an optical element configured to restrict a (2h−1)th image for a right eye of an hth (h: a natural number) observer and a 2hth image for a left eye of the hth observer to a position where visual recognition is possible and a display having a display surface including a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction and configured to display the (2h−1)th image and the 2hth image. A control process is performed so that at least one of a (2h−1)th viewpoint region where the (2h−1)th image is visually recognizable and a 2hth viewpoint region where the 2hth image is visually recognizable is wider than a distance between the eyes of the observer, the (2h−1)th image is displayed on (n(2h−1)) pixels, the 2hth image is displayed on (n(2h)) pixels, and a position of at least one of a (2h−1)th interocular boundary that is a boundary between the right eye and the left eye of the hth observer and a (2h−1)th interobserver boundary that is a boundary between the hth observer and an (h+1)th observer is moved on the basis of position data indicating positions of the eyes of the hth observer.

Disclosed is a stereo camera device that can achieve both the maintenance of the superiority of low-light performance possessed by a camera having a large amount of incident light and the maintenance of the contrast of an image when the gradations between images are aligned in stereo matching. This stereo camera device includes a first camera 110, a second camera 120, an exposure amount calculation unit 204 that calculates the exposure of a captured image, and a gradation control unit 207 that determines a gradation conversion curve to be used by the second camera 120 on the basis of the calculated exposure. The gradation control unit 207 is configured to select a gradation conversion curve used for converting pixel information of an image captured by the second camera 120 from among a plurality of gradation conversion curves including a second gradation conversion curve having the same characteristics as a first gradation conversion curve used by the first camera, and a third gradation conversion curve having a larger inclination than the second gradation conversion curve in a region where the amount of light is less than the amount of light at which a pixel value becomes maximum in the first gradation conversion curve.

The application relates to the technical field of sensors, and provides a binocular stereo vision dynamic measurement method and device based on a double-mirror camera. The method realizes high-precision measurement of a target under a dynamic condition based on the high dynamic response characteristic of the mirror camera; a time-varying dynamic measurement model is constructed, a traditional static measurement model is introduced into a time dimension, time-varying dynamic vision measurement combining measurement and estimation is realized, an optimal visual angle control law is provided, continuous tracking of a dynamic target is realized at an optimal measurement visual angle, a target motion mode estimation module is further provided, motion compensation during exposure is realized, clear imaging is realized, and high-precision dynamic measurement is ensured in the three aspects of imaging, control and measurement.

The invention relates to a camera module (112) for robotic lawnmowers (10), comprising a sealed camera housing (23) that can be fixed to the housing (103), in particular chassis, of the robotic lawnmower (10), a base plate (31), in particular circuit board, arranged in the camera housing (23), on which at least one image sensor (32) is arranged, and a heat conducting element (38) that serves for thermal coupling between a heat-generating component (37), in particular the image sensor (32), arranged on the base plate (31), inside the sealed camera housing (23) and the environment (39) outside the sealed camera housing (23).

This application relates to the field of three-dimensional imaging technology and proposes a 3D camera with temperature drift control. It mainly comprises a housing (100), a 3D lens assembly (104), a heating plate (106), and a heating controller. The 3D lens assembly (104) is fixedly mounted on the lower cover plate (103) of the housing (100) via a base fixing member (105). The heating plate (106) is fixed on the lower cover plate (103) and located between the base fixing member (105) and the lower cover plate (103). The heating plate (106) is fixedly installed inside the housing (100) and electrically connected to the heating controller. This application can heat the 3D camera using the heating plate, which can quickly increase the temperature of the core components and cavity inside the camera, allowing the 3D camera temperature to quickly reach a stable state after power-on, effectively reducing the camera's temperature drift stabilization time.