12 results about "Camera control unit" patented technology

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The present invention provides a light emission control device, a light emission control method, a self-position estimation device, and a self-position estimation method that can reduce the effects of heat caused by the emission of a target for self-position estimation of a camera. [Solution] The light emission control device includes a camera control unit (70) that controls the exposure timing of the camera when estimating the camera's own position after photographing multiple targets, and a light emission control unit (72) that causes multiple targets to emit pulsed light according to the camera's exposure timing. The self-position estimation device (50) includes a light emission control device and a self-position estimation unit (62) that estimates the camera's own position based on images of multiple targets taken by the camera.

The invention belongs to the field of microcrystal structure analysis, and particularly relates to a MicroED data acquisition and image correction system and method based on software linkage, and the system comprises a data acquisition module and a background correction and format conversion module which are communicated with each other. The data acquisition module is used for controlling the transmission electron microscope to shoot a microcrystalline electron diffraction image of a sample to be detected and outputting the diffraction image to the background correction and format conversion module; the background correction and format conversion module is used for carrying out dark background and bright background correction on the diffraction image; the data acquisition module comprises an electron microscope control unit and a camera control unit, and the camera control unit is used for controlling a camera to carry out image acquisition on the electron microscope and outputting a standardized data packet. According to the invention, on the premise of camera bottom layer driving, MicroED data automatic acquisition and data batch background correction of the interface-free camera can be realized.

A gaming device (100) has a mode switching unit (112), a player character control unit (114) that controls a player character in a virtual space, a virtual camera control unit (113) that controls a virtual camera, and a vehicle object control unit (115) that controls a vehicle object in the virtual space. The virtual camera control unit (113) controls the virtual camera to generate a first person perspective image in the first mode, and controls the virtual camera to generate a third person perspective image in the second mode. The player character control unit (114) and / or the virtual camera control unit (113) causes the facing direction of the player character to be set according to the facing direction of the virtual camera when the player character disembarks from the vehicle object.

Provided are a light emission control device, a light emission control method, a position estimation device, and a position estimation method that make it possible to reduce the influence of heat resulting from light emission by a target for estimating the position of a camera. The light emission control device comprises: a camera control unit (70) that controls the exposure timing of a camera that has captured an image of a plurality of targets when estimating the position of the camera; and a light emission control unit (72) that causes the plurality of targets to emit pulsed light in accordance with the exposure timing of the camera. The position estimation device (50) comprises: the light emission control device; and a position estimation unit (62) that estimates the position of the camera on the basis of the image of the plurality of targets captured by the camera.

Provided are an entry / exit management device, an entry / exit management system, an entry / exit management method and program, and a control device capable of configuring the entry / exit management system, which are capable of issuing a warning against unauthorized intrusion into a controlled area with a simple configuration. [Solution] The control device 100 comprises an acquisition unit 151 that acquires the tag ID of an RF tag read by a tag reader installed at the entrance / exit of the controlled area, a camera control unit 152 that causes a camera installed within 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 image data of the controlled area that the camera control unit 152 has photographed to the entry / exit management server.