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Scanning tele camera based on two prism field-of-view scanning

Scanning Tele cameras (STCs) based on two optical path folding element (OPFE) field-of-view scanning and mobile devices including such STCs. A STC may comprise a first OPFE (O-OPFE) for folding a first optical path OP1 to a second optical path OP2, an O-OPFE actuator, a second OPFE (I-OPFE) for folding OP2 to a third optical path OP3, an I-OPFE actuator, a lens, a lens actuator and an image sensor, wherein the STC has a STC native field-of-view (n-FOVT), wherein the O-OPFE actuator is configured to rotate the O-OPFE around a first axis and the I-OPFE actuator rotates the I-OPFE around a second axis for scanning a scene with the n-FOVT, wherein the lens actuator is configured to move the lens for focusing along a third axis, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis and parallel to the third axis.
Owner:COREPHOTONICS

Anti-overexposure anti-trailing imaging method based on dynamic integral time and multi-frame fusion

The invention provides a self-adaptive multi-frame accumulation detection imaging method used in a dynamic background irradiation environment, belongs to the technical field of space target imaging, and aims to solve the problems of low imaging quality, image information loss and a dynamic background of trailing in the dynamic background irradiation environment. Setting initial integral time to shoot the to-be-detected area, and setting panoramic integral time according to a shooting result to shoot again; 2, dividing the re-shot area into a plurality of rectangular areas; step 3, setting different sampling time for each divided area for sampling; step 4, performing multi-frame accumulation on the sampled image until a new faint target is identified; and 5, for a new faint target, repeating the steps 2-4 to perform sampling and multi-frame accumulation until the sampling time reaches the specified total integral time, and outputting a detection image.
Owner:HARBIN INST OF TECH

Scanning Tele camera based on two prism field of view scanning

Scanning Tele cameras (STCs) based on two optical path folding element (OPFE) field-of-view scanning and mobile devices including such STCs. A STC may comprise a first OPFE (O-OPFE) for folding a first optical path OP1 to a second optical path OP2, an O-OPFE actuator, a second OPFE (I-OPFE) for folding OP2 to a third optical path OP3, an I-OPFE actuator, a lens, a lens actuator and an image sensor, wherein the STC has a STC native field-of-view (n-FOVT), wherein the O-OPFE actuator is configured to rotate the O-OPFE around a first axis and the I-OPFE actuator rotates the I-OPFE around a second axis for scanning a scene with the n-FOVT, wherein the lens actuator is configured to move the lens for focusing along a third axis, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis and parallel to the third axis.
Owner:COREPHOTONICS

Signal period synchronization method and device, electronic equipment and computer readable storage medium

The embodiment of the invention discloses a signal period synchronization method and device, electronic equipment and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: determining a signal period corresponding to a vertical synchronization signal of a display controller; and adjusting the decoding frame rate of the decoding module according to the signal period. According to the signal period synchronization method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the decoding frame rate of the decoding module in the terminal equipment can be adjusted according to the signal period of the vertical synchronization signal, so that the phenomena of tearing and lagging of a display picture are avoided.
Owner:SHENZHEN TCL DIGITAL TECH CO LTD

Methods and systems for counter scan area mode imaging

Methods and systems for compensating for relative motion between an optical detection system and an object to be optically interrogated are described. In some instances, the method may comprise: redirecting light transmitted, reflected, or emitted by an object onto one or more optical sensors in a time-dependent manner to correct for relative motion between the object and the one or more optical sensors, wherein an area of the object from which the transmitted, reflected, or emitted light arises corresponds to a field-of-view for the one or more optical sensors, and wherein the time-dependent redirecting of the transmitted, reflected, or emitted light results in a substantially motion-invariant delivery of an optical signal to the one or more optical sensors for a specified signal acquisition time.
Owner:ULTIMA GENOMICS INC

Perfless and cadenceless scanning and digitization of motion picture film

Motion picture film is scanned by high-resolution, continuous sprocketless scanner, producing a first sequence of digital images each representing a plurality of motion picture frames and perforations (perfs) of the film input. The first sequence of images is processed using a processor running an analysis and extraction algorithm, producing a second sequence of images each including a single, edge-stabilized frame of the motion picture.
Owner:WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENT INC

Particle indentation focusing mechanism and focusing method

The invention discloses a particle indentation focusing mechanism and a focusing method. The particle indentation focusing mechanism comprises a line scanning driving assembly and a detection assembly, and the detection assembly is movably connected to the line scanning driving assembly; the detection assembly comprises a distance measuring device and a particle detection camera which are arranged in parallel in the particle indentation detection moving direction, the distance measuring device is located in front of the moving direction of the particle detection camera, and the view center of the particle detection camera deviates from a distance measuring point on the particle indentation. According to the method, the moving track curve of the particle indentation can be obtained through high-speed focusing, then line scanning photographing is carried out through automatic following of the track, the focusing speed is high, the focusing error is small, the image definition is improved, and interference caused by the communication delay problem can be avoided.
Owner:HANGZHOU FENGHE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Image acquisition device and imaging device

Image acquisition device for performing a signal readout by a rolling readout of each of a plurality of pixel rows to capture an image of an object illuminated by a scanning illumination light, comprising: a light receiving section in which the multitude of pixel rows are arranged; an image acquisition control section for controlling a signal readout of the light reception section based on a drive clock; and an external signal receiving section, coupled with the image acquisition control section and for receiving an external signal, wherein the external signal receiving section is coupled to a processing unit that generates the external signal, wherein the external signal comprises data specifying an interval of a start time of a signal readout between adjacent pixel rows, wherein the interval of a start time of a signal readout between adjacent pixel rows is calculated by the processing unit for synchronization with a sampling of the object with the illumination light, and where the start time of a signal readout of each pixel row is controlled based on the external signal.
Owner:HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KK

Real-time focusing in a slide-scanning system

Real-time focusing in a slide-scanning system. In an embodiment, focus points are added to an initialized focus map while acquiring a plurality of image stripes of a sample on a glass slide. For each image stripe, a plurality of frames, collectively representing the image stripe, may be acquired using both an imaging line-scan camera and a tilted focusing line-scan camera. Focus points, representing positions of best focus for trusted frames, are added to the focus map. Outlying focus points are removed from the focus map. In some cases, one or more image stripes may be reacquired. Finally, the image stripes are assembled into a composite image of the sample.
Owner:LEICA BIOSYSTEMS IMAGING INC

Method for reading a pixel with dual charge / voltage conversion gain and corresponding system

During low-gain conversion, a mode control signal (DCG) pulse is generated, framing the pulse (TG2) that triggers charge transfer. This allows the use of only three ramps (RAMP1, RAMP2, RAMP3).
Owner:STMICROELECTRONICS INT NV

Cameras with scanning optical path folding elements for automotive or surveillance

Systems including dual-aperture zoom digital cameras with scanning optical path folding elements (OPFEs) for automotive or surveillance applications and methods for operating and using same. In some embodiments, a dual-aperture zoom digital camera comprises a Wide camera with a Wide field of view FOVW, a Wide sensor and a Wide lens, wherein the Wide camera is operative to output Wide image information, a Tele camera with a Tele field of view FOVT smaller than FOVW and with a Tele sensor, a Tele lens with a Tele lens optical axis and a scanning OPFE, and a processing unit operative to detect an object of interest (OOI) from Wide and / or Tele image information and to direct the Tele camera to move FOVT to acquire Tele image information on the OOI.
Owner:COREPHOTONICS

Optical filter, image sensor, camera module, and electronic device

To provide an optical filter, an image sensor, a camera module, and an electronic device, in which the transmissivity of light in a visible light region is increased and the transmissivity of light in a near-infrared region is decreased with the small thickness.SOLUTION: An optical filter according to the present invention includes a near-infrared light absorption layer including a first material that absorbs light in a first wavelength region that belongs to a near-infrared ray wavelength region, a compensation layer disposed adjacent to the near-infrared light absorption layer and including a second material different from the first material, and a meta-material structure that exists apart from the near-infrared light absorption layer through the compensation layer and absorbs or reflects light in a second wavelength region that overlaps with the first wavelength region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD +1

Event-based computational pixel imagers

A computational pixel imaging device that includes an array of pixel integrated circuits for event-based detection and imaging. Each pixel may include a digital counter that accumulates a digital number, which indicates whether a change is detected by the pixel. The counter may count in one direction for a portion of an exposure and count in an opposite direction for another portion of the exposure. The imaging device may be configured to collect and transmit key frames at a lower rate, and collect and transmit delta or event frames at a higher rate. The key frames may include a full image of a scene, captured by the pixel array. The delta frames may include sparse data, captured by pixels that have detected meaningful changes in received light intensity. High speed, low transmission bandwidth motion image video can be reconstructed using the key frames and the delta frames.
Owner:ANDURIL IND INC

Infrared imaging systems and methods for oil leak detection

A system for detecting an oil leak can include: at least one infrared imaging sensor; and an imaging analysis computer operably coupled with the at least one infrared imaging sensor. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to control any infrared imaging sensor and acquire infrared images therefrom at any rate and in any duration. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to analyze the infrared images in order to detect an oil leak. The imaging analysis computer can be configured to detect oil on a surface (e.g., solid surface or water surface) where oil should not be (or is not present in a baseline) in order to determine that there is an oil leak in the vicinity.
Owner:QUANTUM IR TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Divided-aperture infra-red spectral imaging system

Various embodiments disclosed herein describe a divided-aperture infrared spectral imaging (DAISI) system that is adapted to acquire multiple IR images of a scene with a single-shot (also referred to as a snapshot). The plurality of acquired images having different wavelength compositions that are obtained generally simultaneously. The system includes at least two optical channels that are spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels are configured to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards an optical FPA unit comprising at least two detector arrays disposed in the focal plane of two corresponding focusing lenses. The system further comprises at least one temperature reference source or surface that is used to dynamically calibrate the two detector arrays and compensate for a temperature difference between the two detector arrays.
Owner:REBELLION PHOTONICS

Camera with scanning beam path folding element for automotive or monitoring applications

Systems and methods for operating and using the same, including a plurality of dual aperture zoom digital cameras for an automobile or monitoring that should have a scanning optical path folding element (OPFE). In some embodiments, a dual aperture zoom digital camera includes a wide angle camera having a wide field of view (FOVW), a wide angle sensor, and a wide angle lens, where the wide angle camera is operative to output wide angle image information, a telephoto camera, and a processing unit. The remote camera has a far field of view (FOVT) less than the wide field of view and has a remote sensor, a remote lens having a remote lens optical axis and a scanning beam path folding element, and the processing unit is operative to detect an object of interest (OOI) from wide angle image and / or remote image information, and directing the remote camera to move a far field of view to acquire remote image information on the object of interest.
Owner:COREPHOTONICS

Display device and control method therefor

A display apparatus may include an input terminal configured to receive an analog video signal; a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal; a rear multiplexer configured to multiplex at least two of the analog video signal and an output signal of the tuner; an analog-digital converter configured to convert the output signal of the rear multiplexer into a digital signal; and a decoder configured to decode the digital signal. The tuner may include an analog broadcast tuner outputting an analog broadcast video signal and an analog broadcast audio signal; a broadcast tuner; a digital broadcast tuner outputting a digital broadcast signal; and a front multiplexer multiplexing at least two of the analog broadcast video signal and the analog broadcast audio signal and the digital broadcast signal.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Rapid electronic axis alignment control method and control system for photoelectric pod

A rapid electronic axis alignment control method and control system for a photoelectric pod, relating to the technical field of automatic control. After electronic axis alignment in the minimum field of view of a continuous zoom television of a photoelectric pod is completed, aiming line center coordinates can be automatically fitted after axis alignment in other fields of view of the continuous zoom television and all fields of view of an infrared continuous zoom system is completed, thereby realizing rapid axis alignment of the photoelectric pod in all fields of view, and thus helping an unmanned aerial vehicle to achieve precise strikes on targets in all fields of view. The present application has the advantages of short time consumption, strong transportability, and low cost-effectiveness ratio.
Owner:LUOYANG INST OF ELECTRO OPTICAL EQUIP OF AVIC

Conversion of color film to digital media

A method and an apparatus to realize a faster, easier and more precise multispectral digitalization of films. The proposed method and apparatus ensure quality control of the multispectral film digitization using sensors and can correct the digital images for film shrinkage and deformation. This can allow for efficient digitization of films which can enable an effective automatization of the mass safeguarding of archived films. The proposed film digitizer apparatus can comprise a novel and improved fight source module, which comprise a light assembly that can allow for better illumination of the film and shorter required exposure time that can lead to lower acquisition time for each of the various wavelength image acquisitions for each film image. Monitoring of the spectral distribution and / or the temperature of the light sources can ensure quality control of the digitalization.
Owner:MEDIA MATTERS

Real-time focusing in slide-scanning system

To provide a system and method for overcoming significant problems with real-time focusing found in conventional systems.SOLUTION: Focus points are added to an initialized focus map while acquiring a plurality of image stripes of a sample on a glass slide. For each image stripe, a plurality of frames collectively representing the image stripe may be acquired using both an imaging line-scan camera and a tilted focusing line-scan camera. Focus points representing positions of best focus for trusted frames are added to the focus map. Outlying focus points are removed from the focus map. In some cases, one or more image stripes may be reacquired. Finally, the image stripes are assembled into one composite image of the sample.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5A
Owner:APERIO TECHNOLOGIES INC

Inspection method and inspection system for pillar-shaped honeycomb structure made of ceramic

An inspection system for carrying out an inspection method for a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure, the inspection system including: a robot arm with a robot hand at a tip of the robot arm, the robot hand comprising a pair of gripping surfaces capable of gripping the pillar-shaped honeycomb structure from the first end surface and the second end surface, the pair of gripping surfaces being configured to be able to rotate the pillar-shaped honeycomb structure at a predetermined rotational speed while gripping the pillar-shaped honeycomb structure from the first end surface and the second end surface; the area camera for the side surface; a screen that can display the strip-shaped images; and a controller that can at least set a rotation speed of the pair of gripping surfaces and the shutter speed of the area camera for the side surface.
Owner:NGK INSULATORS LTD

Large field-of-view imaging systems

A large field-of-view (FOV) imaging apparatus includes a monocentric lens (101), and a plurality of imaging modules comprising digital mirror device(s) (DMD) (103) arranged to form or arranged in proximity to a spherical focal surface (107) in optical communication with the monocentric lens (101) such that the monocentric lens (101) directs light rays that enter the monocentric lens (101) at a surface (107) of the monocentric lens (101) towards the spherical focal surface (105) and into the imaging modules as a function of incident angle of each light ray relative to a reference plane.
Owner:GOODRICH CORP

Display device

An embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first antenna module which has a plurality of first antenna patches and a plurality of dipole antennas disposed on a first substrate and is closer to one end among one end and the other end of a display panel; and a second antenna module which has a plurality of second antenna patches and a plurality of monopole antennas disposed on a second substrate and is closer to the other end among one end and the other end of the display panel, wherein the first antenna module and the second antenna module are arranged under the display panel to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other in the left-and-right direction.
Owner:LG ELECTRONICS INC

Scanning tele camera based on two prism field-of-view scanning

Scanning Tele cameras (STCs) based on two optical path folding element (OPFE) field-of-view scanning and mobile devices including such STCs. A STC may comprise a first OPFE (O-OPFE) for folding a first optical path OP1 to a second optical path OP2, an O-OPFE actuator, a second OPFE (I-OPFE) for folding OP2 to a third optical path OP3, an I-OPFE actuator, a lens, a lens actuator and an image sensor, wherein the STC has a STC native field-of-view (n-FOVT), wherein the O-OPFE actuator is configured to rotate the O-OPFE around a first axis and the I-OPFE actuator rotates the I-OPFE around a second axis for scanning a scene with the n-FOVT, wherein the lens actuator is configured to move the lens for focusing along a third axis, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis and parallel to the third axis.
Owner:COREPHOTONICS

Method and computing unit for controlling at least one drive unit or at least one deflection unit of a microscanner device

Method for controlling at least one drive unit (30, 55, 56) and at least one deflection unit (25, 60, 61), in particular a micromirror, a two-dimensional microscanner device (40), the method comprising the following process steps: - Generating (100) first control signals (11, 420a, 420b) for controlling the drive unit (30, 55, 56) of the at least one deflection unit (25, 60, 61) by means of at least one computing unit (10, 65), and - Generating (110) second control signals (12) for controlling the drive unit (30, 55, 56) of the at least one deflection unit (25, 60, 61) by means of the at least one computing unit (10, 65), and - Transmitting (120) the first control signals (11, 420a, 420b) from the at least one computing unit (10, 65) to the at least one drive unit (30, 55, 56), and - Transmitting (130) the second control signals (12) from the at least one computing unit (10, 65, 76) to the at least one drive unit (25, 60, 61), and - Execution (130) of a sinusoidal first motion (320a), in particular a first rotational motion, of which at least one deflection unit (25, 60, 61) about a first axis (62), in particular a horizontal axis, depending on the transmitted first control signals (11, 420a, 420b) at a first time (301), and - Execution (140) of a sinusoidal second motion (340), in particular a second rotational motion, which includes at least one deflection unit (25, 60, 61) about a second axis (57) arranged substantially perpendicular to the first axis (62), in particular about a vertical axis, at the first time (301), wherein the first control signals (11, 420a, 420b) transmitted from the at least one computing unit (10, 65) to the at least one drive unit (25, 60, 61) are adapted (219) such that a periodic third movement (330) is superimposed on the first movement (320a) at a second time (305) following the first time (301), or wherein the second control signals (12) transmitted from the at least one computing unit (10, 65) to the at least one drive unit (25, 60, 61) are adapted (220) such that a periodic fourth movement is superimposed on the second movement (340) at the second time (305) following the first time (301), characterized by the fact that the sinusoidal first motion (320a) of the at least one deflection unit (25, 60, 61) about the first axis (62) is performed with a defined first frequency f1 (160), and the sinusoidal second motion of the at least one deflection unit (25, 60, 61) about the second axis (57) is performed with a defined second frequency f2 (170), wherein, depending on the frequencies f1 and f2, image points in the form of a Lissajous figure (455a, 455b, 456a, 456b, 510) are projected onto a provided, in particular rectangular, projection volume (500) by means of the deflection unit (25, 60, 61) (180).
Owner:ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

Motion picture film image stabilization method and system

The present invention provides a motion picture film image stabilization method (100) that uses (a) a coincident exposure process to capture a predetermined number of marked frames (74) of a film (10) wherein each marked frame (74) includes a marked image (72) and fiducial mark(s) (70); (b) developing the film (10); (c) digitizing the film (10) to convert each of the marked frames (74) into a digital marked scan (76) having a digital image (80) of the marked image (72) and the digital fiducial mark(s) (78); and repositioning each digital image (80) of each digital marked scan (76) using dimensional position of the digital fiducial marks (78). This method can be achieved via the present invention's system (200) comprising a motion picture film camera (14), a fiducial system (86), a scanner (50), and a processor (81).
Owner:LASERGRAPHICS

Method and electronic device for switching a display mode

A method for switching a display mode, wherein the method is used on an electronic device with a plurality of display units and the electronic device has at least one first display mode and a second display mode, wherein each display unit corresponds to a display channel, each display channel corresponds to at least one display unit, wherein the electronic device has pre-stored a corresponding relationship between the display channel and the display unit, and the method comprises the steps: Detecting whether a first instruction has been received, and obtaining a first detection result if the electronic device is in the first display mode, wherein the first instruction is used to switch a display mode of the electronic device from the first display mode to the second display mode; Stopping the generation of current data to be displayed in the first display mode, and determining a second display unit corresponding to the second display mode if the first detection result shows that the first instruction has been received, wherein the second display unit is one or more of the plurality of display units; Determining a display channel that corresponds to the second display unit, based on the appropriate relationship between the display channel and the display unit; and Generating current data to be displayed in the second display mode, and transmitting the current data to be displayed in the second display mode to the second display unit corresponding to the second display mode via the determined display channel in order to display it. the procedure further includes the step: Storing current status information of the first display mode, in case the display mode of the electronic device is switched from the first display mode to the second display mode, in order to restore a display state of the display unit that corresponds to the first display mode if the display mode of the electronic device is switched back to the first display mode, and the current status information is information that is currently displayed by the display unit according to the first display mode.
Owner:LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD

Audio processing method and apparatus

This application discloses an audio processing method and an apparatus, and relates to the encoding and decoding field. A decoding device obtains an audio stream including metadata that describes object information of objects; and when decoding the audio stream, adjusts the metadata of the audio stream in real time with reference to a change of the metadata by the user, thereby controlling audio output of the audio stream based on the metadata that is adjusted in real time. In this way, the user does not need to modify metadata of an object in the audio stream in a bitstream production process, and can adjust an attribute such as a sound channel of any object in the audio stream in real time according to a requirement, to implement audio output that satisfies the user requirement, thereby improving flexibility in the audio output.
Owner:HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

Operating a drone device based on capture instructions determined from social network information

One technique for operating a drone device to capture an image based on capture instructions comprises receiving capture instructions determined from social graph information from a social network, the capture instructions identifying one or more subject faces corresponding to one or more social network users identified in the social graph information; and capturing an image including the one or more subject faces based on the capture instructions. Another technique for operating a drone device to capture an image based on capture instructions comprises receiving capture instructions determined from social graph information from a social network, the capture instructions identifying geographic locations of one or more social network users identified in the social graph information; and capturing an image at a geographic location of the geographic locations included in the capture instructions.
Owner:IKORONGO TECH LLC