39 results about "Camera control unit" patented technology

It is possible to generate an image captured with a camera control parameter optimum for a clipped image of a partial region of a captured image by a camera, and to distribute, display, or record the image. The image processing device includes: a clipping execution unit that generates a clipped image obtained by clipping a partial region from a captured image by a camera; a camera control parameter determination unit that determines a camera control parameter optimum for the cut-out image; and a camera control unit that causes the camera to execute image capturing to which the camera control parameter determined by the camera control parameter determination unit is applied. The camera control parameter determination unit determines a camera control parameter of at least one of focus, exposure, white balance (WB), shutter speed, or aperture optimum for the clipped image.

Camera heads configured to provide digitally articulated images or video, at adjustable resolutions and / or offsets and orientations, to a camera control unit (CCU) or other electronic computing system for display, storage, and / or transmission to other systems are disclosed.

The present invention provides an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of suppressing confusion that may arise in a case where a target person is identified when tracking a person. An image processing system includes: a camera control unit which accepts input video images captured by a plurality of video cameras; a tracked person registering unit capable of registering one or more persons appearing in the video images inputted from the camera control unit; and a display screen generating unit which displays switchable windows of the video images inputted from the video cameras for each person registered by the tracked person registering unit.

A system architecture for a medical visualization system (1) is provided, having a central control module (CCM) (4), using which numerous components (3, 2, 6 and possibly 23), in particular a camera control unit (3) and optionally peripheral devices (6), can be accessed in a controlling manner, in order to be able to exert a central control function in the sense of a “surgical cockpit” in this manner. With the aid of the CCM (4), the user, for example, with the aid of a touchscreen (15), can control and regulate in a controlling manner all important functions of the visualization system (1), wherein the visualization system (1) can also be modularly expanded using further components, which can then each be newly connected to the CCM (4).

This application relates to user interface navigation, control and display, generally to generating various composites of input video information for streaming to one or more displays. For example, a first display can be configured to show a first video stream and a second video stream. The first video stream can be a live view of video from an endoscope, and the second video stream can be from a (remote) camera control unit. These streams are presented in a PIP (picture-in-picture) mode or a PAP (picture-aside-picture) mode. Either or other information in the video streams can be selected for display, and any combination of them can be optionally configured for streaming to any selected display. Additional aspects relate to video rendering systems in which the primary image is a 3D image stream, and the secondary image (such as in PiP) is the same image stream, but in 2D. Even more aspects relate to video rendering systems in which the primary image is a 2D image stream, and the secondary image is the same image stream, but in 3D.

To highly accurately measure cloud heights of clouds in the whole sky.SOLUTION: A cloud measurement system comprises: a stereo camera 30 that can change zoom magnification in an imaging direction and optically; a picture reception unit 204 for acquiring the imaged picture; a cloud edge detection unit 207 that recognizes a cloud displayed on the picture, detects a boundary of the cloud, and acquires an edge region including the boundary from a plurality of sub regions in the picture; a cloud imaging order setting unit 209 that on the basis of the edge region, sets target sub regions to be imaged while changing the zoom magnification of the camera and their imaging order; a camera control unit 210 that controls the stereo camera 30 so as to perform enlargement imaging on the target sub regions according to the set imaging order to acquire a stereo picture for each target sub region, a stereo vision distance measurement unit 202 for acquiring a distance to a cloud displayed on the stereo picture using a parallax, and a cloud bottom height estimation unit 203 for acquiring a cloud bottom height of the cloud on the basis of the acquired distance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A technique for reducing a work load during introduction of a system in the system processing an image generated by a camera. An information processing apparatus includes at least an accumulation unit, a recommended setting determination unit, and a camera control unit. The accumulation unit accumulates a score obtained through an authentication process using an image in which a person is captured and a camera setting at which a camera generates the image in a storage area. The recommended setting determination unit determines a recommended setting for the camera on the basis of a correspondence relationship between the score and the camera setting. The camera control unit controls the camera on the basis of the recommended setting.

To reduce a time lag from an instruction to start moving image recording to the start of the moving image recording, in an imaging system in which a control body of a diaphragm can be switched.SOLUTION: An imaging system 1 has: a diaphragm driving ring 208 that sets a first diaphragm value according to a user operation to a diaphragm 202; a lens control unit 205 that performs drive control of the diaphragm 202; and a camera control unit 104 that sets a second diaphragm value to the diaphragm 202 on the basis of a photometric value, and controls the drive of the diaphragm 202 through the lens control unit 205. When switching from an automatic diaphragm mode in which the camera control unit 104 performs drive control of the diaphragm 202 to the second diaphragm value through the lens control unit 205, to a manual diaphragm mode in which the lens control unit 205 performs drive control of the diaphragm 202 to the first diaphragm value, the camera control unit 104 switches a control body of the diaphragm 202 to the lens control unit 205 after performing drive control of the diaphragm 202 to the first diaphragm value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

The invention relates in general to a new system architecture for a medical visualization system 1, which specifies a central control module ("central control module" = CCM), by means of which a plurality of components 3, 2, 6 and if necessary 23, in particular a camera control unit 3 and if necessary peripheral devices 6, can be controllably accessed, in this way, a central control function can be carried out in the sense of a'surgical cab '. According to the invention, a user can controllably control and regulate all important functions of the visualization system 1 by means of the CCM 4, for example by means of a touch screen 15, the visualization system 1 also being able to modularly extend further components, which can then be newly connected to the CCM 4, respectively.

The invention relates to a device for estimating (1) the internal volume of a barrel (2), comprising: - a body (4), - an arm (5) movable in rotation about a first axis of rotation (12), the arm (5) having a first arm part (7) and a second arm part (8) connected to the first arm part (7) by a joint (9), the second arm part (8) being movable in rotation about the joint (9) along a second axis of rotation (13), said arm being intended to be at least partially inserted through a bung hole (6) of the barrel (2), - an infrared camera (17) fixed to the second arm part (8), - a control unit (18), in which the control unit (18) is configured to control the movement of the arm (5) according to a plurality of positions, and the acquisition of an infrared image (34) by the infrared camera (17) for each of the positions of the arm (5),and in which the control unit (18) is configured to calculate the internal volume of the barrel (2) using infrared images (34). Figure for the abstract: 1,

A system for measuring and analyzing a forest area, comprising at least one stereo camera, a camera control unit, a computing unit to receive data from the stereo camera and to compute the received data and to calculate and determine information based on the data, a display unit, configured to display the results to an operator of a forestry vehicle, the system being configured to be integrated in a forestry vehicle, wherein the information is any one of the following, the shape of a tree or stem, the type of tree, the bark or surface of a tree or stem, irregularities of a tree or stem, diameter of a tree or stem, density or basal area of a working area of the forestry vehicle.

The present invention provides an access control device, an access control system, an access control method and program, and a control device capable of configuring the access control system, all of which are capable of issuing warnings against unauthorized intrusion into a controlled area with a simple configuration. [Solution] The control device 100 includes an acquisition unit 151 that acquires the tag ID of an RF tag read by a tag reader installed at the entrance and exit of the controlled area, a camera control unit 152 that causes a camera installed in the controlled area to photograph the controlled area after the tag ID has been acquired by the tag reader, and a transfer unit 153 that transfers the tag ID acquired by the camera control unit 152 and the image data of the controlled area that the camera control unit 152 has photographed to the access control server.

To alleviate a feeling of discomfort of a sound generated when interlocking a virtual microphone with a virtual camera.SOLUTION: A camera control part moves a virtual camera C on the basis of a motion signal according to a user's motion. A sound collection point control part executes interlocking control for interlocking a virtual microphone M with the virtual camera C so as to maintain predetermined positional relationships with respect to the position of the virtual camera C, and invasion avoidance control to maintain the position of the virtual microphone M at the position before the invasion to an invasion impossible area when the virtual microphone M invades the invasion impossible area by the interlocking control.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

A vehicle interior surveillance system that includes a plurality of camera modules and an electronic control unit. The camera modules include a first camera module having a first camera control unit connected to a first serialization module, and at least a second camera module having a second camera control unit connected to a second serialization module. The electronic control unit has a first deserialization module connected to the first serialization module, and a second deserialization module connected to the second serialization module. The electronic control unit further includes a main control device connected to the first and second deserialization modules, and configured to manage, via at least one of the first and second deserialization modules, an activation of each camera module with a time lag with respect to another camera module.

A video call quality measurement system according to the present invention comprises: a real camera; a video storage unit in which one or more moving image files are stored; a mobile communication terminal including a virtual camera application and one or more video call applications; and video call quality measurement equipment for measuring the quality of a video call by comparing an original video and a video received via the mobile communication terminal over a wired / wireless communication network. The virtual camera application includes: a virtual camera unit for recognizing the virtual camera as a hardware device such as a real camera; a camera switching unit for selectively connecting the real camera and the virtual camera unit to the video call application; a video processing unit for processing a moving image to be output to the virtual camera unit; a user interface via which a user sets, in the video storage unit, a moving image to be processed by the video processing unit; and a camera control unit for controlling the moving image set via the user interface to be output and processed in the video processing unit, and controlling the camera switching unit to selectively transmit outputs of the real camera and the virtual camera unit to the video call application.

To measure a cloud height with high accuracy for a long time.SOLUTION: A cloud measurement device includes: a stereo camera 30 for photographing a stereo image by a plurality of cameras that can change a pan angle and a tilt angle; a camera control unit 210 for controlling the pan angle and the tilt angle of each camera to control photographing; an image reception unit 204 for receiving the stereo image from the stereo camera; a matching coordinate acquisition unit for acquiring feature points of a subject captured in the stereo image, and acquiring a combination of reference coordinates at which the feature points should be located on the image and coordinates of the acquired feature points as matching coordinates; a direction difference detection unit 209 for acquiring a displacement amount of the feature points on the basis of the matching coordinates, and acquiring a difference amount of pan directions and tilt directions of the plurality of cameras to generate correction information; a correction processing unit 201 for correcting the stereo image on the basis of the correction information; and a cloud base height estimation unit 203 for estimating a cloud base height on the basis of the corrected stereo image.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A video call device using a virtual camera of the present invention comprises: a virtual camera unit installed in a mobile communication terminal that includes a physical camera, a video storage unit storing one or more video files or still image files, and one or more video call applications, the virtual camera unit being configured to cause a virtual camera to be recognized as a hardware device identical to the physical camera; a camera switching unit that selectively connects the physical camera or the virtual camera unit to the video call application; an image processing unit that processes an image to be outputted to the virtual camera unit; and a user interface via which a user selects, from the video storage unit, a video file or a still image file to be processed by the image processing unit, and a camera control unit that controls the selected video file or still image file stored in the video storage unit to be outputted to the image processing unit for processing according to the video file or still image file selected via the user interface, and instructs the camera switching unit to selectively transmit an output of the physical camera or the virtual camera unit to the video call application.

The present invention relates to an AF carrier feedback control-type camera module. The present invention comprises: a housing providing a mounting space and having an optical path; an OIS carrier mounted in the housing and including a plurality of magnets; an AF carrier accommodated in the OIS carrier, an AF coil being wound around the outer portion thereof so as to correspond to the magnets, and the AF coil being adjustable in position in the optical axis direction; a lens module mounted on the AF carrier; a driving unit configured to move the AF carrier in the optical axis direction and, if the OIS carrier is eccentric, move the OIS carrier such that the center of the lens module is aligned with the center of the housing optical path; an AF displacement amount sensing unit configured to operate if the AF carrier moves, thereby acquiring displacement amount information of the AF carrier; and a camera control unit configured to receive displacement amount information from the AF displacement amount sensing unit and control the driving unit on the basis of the received information. The AF carrier feedback control-type camera module of the present invention, configured as described above, can electrically connect the AF carrier to an external camera control unit, thereby enabling feedback control and implementing quick and accurate autofocusing through precise control of the AF carrier.

To realize a camera system in which an IP transmission is used for a communication between an imaging device and a CCU which various signals are appropriately transmitted with a simple configuration.SOLUTION: In a camera system 1, an imaging device 10 side and a camera control unit 50 are connected via a network N by an IP transmission. A signal exchanged between an imaging device main body 20 and a CCU main body 60 can be roughly classified into two types: (1) a signal in which a restriction on a delay time is loose but a degradation at the time of the IP transmission is required to be small; and (2) a signal in which the restriction on the degradation at the time of the IP transmission is loose but the delay time is required to be short. A video signal and a communication audio signal, which are signals to be transmitted, are both input to an encoder for the IP transmission and encoded. Here, as this codec, two types of codec are set: a first codec in which a delay time in processing is relatively long but degradation is small; and a second codec in which degradation is relatively large but delay time in processing is short.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present invention relates to a method for debugging a camera control unit (1), the camera control unit defining a first processing path for video data, wherein an operating program for the camera control unit (1) is loaded from a non-volatile program memory into a temporary memory (3) of the camera control unit (1), and it is checked whether an expansion unit (5) is connected to the camera control unit (1), and if so, at least a part of the operating program is loaded from a non-volatile program memory (6) of the expansion unit (5) into the temporary memory (3) of the camera control unit (1), wherein the expansion unit (5) includes a TFTP server, and a boot loader of the camera control unit checks whether the TFTP server holds a bootable operating program ready.

In a game in which a plurality of players cooperate to play, the players can more easily cooperate with each other. [Solution] A virtual space control unit operates a character placed in the virtual space. A first virtual camera control unit operates a first virtual camera placed in the virtual space in response to an operation by a first user. A second virtual camera control unit operates a second virtual camera placed in the virtual space in response to an operation by a second user. A display unit displays a first image generated by the first virtual camera. The display unit displays the first object in the first image when a first condition is satisfied, that is, a second object is placed between the first virtual camera and the first object and the first object is displayed in the second image generated by the second virtual camera.

Method for inspecting sewer lines, in particular for damage assessment, with a crawler (14) movable in a channel (8) with at least one camera module (30) and a camera control unit (15) for recording at least one first video sequence (4) by the camera module (30), the signals of which can be transmitted via a data transmission device (13), preferably a cable, to an inspection vehicle (1) during the inspection and stored there in a first storage module (28) in the inspection vehicle (1), wherein during the recording of the first, potentially faulty video sequence (4) the camera module (30) records an identical, local second video sequence (5) and stores it in a camera-connected second storage module (18), and that in an evaluation phase following the inspection phase the two video sequences (4, 5) are read out in the inspection vehicle (1) and compared with each other,wherein their quality is assessed visually and / or mechanically, and that, depending on the assessment criterion, either time- or frame-dependent replacement of the first potentially faulty video sequence (4) by parts of the second video sequence (5) takes place in order to provide a video sequence free of interference signals and failures.

The invention relates to a composite sensor and a vehicle. The invention is completed in view of the situation that a camera and a radar in a composite sensor are integrated, a shell is large, and the arrangement position is limited. A composite sensor and a composite sensor in a vehicle according to the present invention are provided with: a main body having a radar control unit, a camera control unit, a transmission / reception unit connected to the radar control unit, and an image sensor connected to the camera control unit; and an antenna unit which is connected to the transmission / reception unit and is separate from the main body.

To allow players to easily cooperate with each other in a game in which multiple players cooperate to play a game.SOLUTION: A virtual space control unit controls a character arranged in a virtual space to operate. A first virtual camera control unit controls a first virtual camera arranged in the virtual space to operate in response to a first user's operation. A second virtual camera control unit controls a second virtual camera arranged in the virtual space to operate in response to a second user's operation. A display unit displays a first image generated by the first virtual camera. The display unit displays a first object in a first image when a first condition is satisfied in which a second object is arranged between the first virtual camera and the first object and the first object is displayed in a second image generated by the second virtual camera.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Method for live display of digital color images on a monitor (4), in particular in false color display, - wherein the color images are captured with an image sensor (2) of an endoscopic image acquisition system (1) in a color image acquisition mode (15) and are transmitted to the monitor (4) as image signals (8) in order to be displayed live on the monitor (4), and - wherein, for this purpose, an image processing unit (3) arranged in a camera control unit (9) of the image acquisition system (1) generates the respective image signals (8) from the color images in color image acquisition mode (15), which are supplied to an image signal input (5) of the monitor (4) in order to reproduce the color images live on the monitor (4), characterized in that - that the camera control unit (9) retrieves information relevant for image reproduction from the monitor (4) before the actual live display of the color images on the monitor (4), - that the retrieved information is used by the image processing unit (3) to adapt the generated image signals (8) before these image signals (8) are transmitted to the monitor (4), - wherein the information retrieved by the monitor (4) includes a color characteristic of the monitor (4) and - wherein a calculation unit (11) of the camera control unit (9) calculates at least one color compensation parameter (20) from this and the image processing unit (3) uses this color compensation parameter (20) to color-correct the image signals (8) generated in the color image acquisition mode (15).

To alleviate a feeling of discomfort of a sound generated when switching positions of a virtual camera.SOLUTION: A camera control part executes camera position switching processing for switching positions of a virtual camera C from a first camera position CP1 to a second camera position CP2 away from a predetermined object in a virtual space farther than the first camera position CP1 when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A sound collection point control part executes interlocking control for interlocking a virtual microphone M with the virtual camera C so as to maintain predetermined positional relationships with respect to the position of the virtual camera C, and microphone position switching control for switching the positions of the virtual microphone M from a first microphone position MP1, which is a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the first camera position CP1 to a second microphone position MP2 closer to the object than a corresponding position MPC, which is a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the second camera position CP2 when performing the camera position switching processing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

The utility model relates to a centralized and unified control system for channel cameras and video cameras, which comprises an ultra-high-definition 4K television relay van system, a plurality of channel cameras, a plurality of high-speed channel cameras, a pan-tilt camera, a 3500 RCP (Remote Control Protocol) control unit, an MCU (Microprogrammed Control Unit) central control unit and a 10-gigabit switch. The method comprises the following steps of: matching professional equipment such as a channel camera, a high-speed channel camera, a pan-tilt camera and the like, connecting the pan-tilt camera with a 3500 RCP (Remote Control Protocol) control unit of the channel camera, adjusting a color matrix of the pan-tilt camera and the high-speed channel camera by using the 3500 RCP control unit to make a movie-feeling picture, and combining a movie-feeling picture effect with a television relaying technology. Later manpower and material resources are not needed to adjust the picture, and the working efficiency is greatly improved.

The information processing device comprises: a camera; a camera control unit that controls the camera to capture video of a product to be insured; a receiving unit that receives an application for insurance as a series of processing operations including capturing video of the product; and a transmitting unit that sends to a device at an insurer the application for insurance with a captured still image and / or moving image of the product attached as a series of processing operations including reception of the application for insurance.

Method for reproducing digital color images on a monitor (4) in false color representation, - wherein the color images are captured using an image sensor (2) of an endoscopic image acquisition system (1) in a color image acquisition mode (15), - wherein an image processing unit (3) of the image acquisition system (1), which is arranged in a camera control unit (9) mediating between an endoscope (10) of the image acquisition system (1) and the monitor (4), generates respective image signals (8) from the recorded color images, which are supplied to an image signal input (5) of the monitor (4) in order to reproduce the color images live on the monitor (4) in false color representation, - and wherein the image processing unit (3) calculates a respective false color representation of the color images, based on image data recorded with the image sensor (2) and on the basis of at least one stored false color which is assigned to a specific image area, characterized in that - that before the actual reproduction of the color images on the monitor (4) a digital color test image (6) is displayed on the monitor (4) which has at least one stored false color that is used for the false color display, - that a digital image (7) of the color test image (6) displayed on the monitor (4) is captured by means of the image sensor (2) and compared with the original color test image (6), - that, depending on a determined deviation between the image (7) and the original digital color test image (6), at least one color compensation parameter (20) is determined and - that subsequently, in the color image capture mode (15), at least one color compensation parameter (20) is used to adjust the image signals (8) generated in the color image capture mode (15) before these image signals (8) are transmitted to the monitor (4), - so that the image signals (8) are color-adapted to the monitor (4) used, and thus a color-accurate reproduction of the at least one false color stored on the monitor (4) can be achieved.

A program, an information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing method for improving the visibility of objects in a virtual space are provided. [Solution] The system includes a virtual space setting unit 120 that sets a virtual space in which the player's character and enemy characters are placed, a virtual camera control unit 126 that controls the position and orientation of a virtual camera that follows the player's character, and a target setting unit 124 that makes it possible to set an enemy character as a target in accordance with the player's input, and when an enemy character is set as a target, the virtual camera control unit 126 controls at least one of the position and orientation of the virtual camera in accordance with the distance from the player's character to the enemy character so that the player's character and the enemy character are displayed in a predetermined positional relationship in the image of the virtual space seen from the virtual camera.