An automatic robot control system and methods relating thereto are described. These systems include components such as a touch screen panel (“TSP”) robot controller for controlling a TSP robot, a camera robot controller for controlling a camera robot and an audio robot controller for controlling an audio robot. The TSP robot operates inside a TSP testing subsystem, the camera robot operates inside a camera testing subsystem, and the audio robot operates inside an audio testing subsystem. Inside the audio testing subsystem, an audio signals measurement system, using a bi-directional coupling, controls the operation of the audio robot controller. In this control scheme, a test application controller is designed to control the different types of subsystem robots. Methods relating to TSP, camera, and audio robots, and their controllers, taken individually or in combination, for automatic testing of device functionalities are also described.

Introduced here are multi-channel light sources able to produce a broad range of electromagnetic radiation. A multi-channel light source (also referred to as a “multi-channel emitter”) can be designed to produce visible light and/or non-visible light. For example, some embodiments of the multi-channel light source include illuminant(s) capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation within the visible range and illuminant(s) capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation in a non-visible range, such as the ultraviolet range or infrared range. By capturing images in conjunction with the visible and non-visible light, additional information on the ambient scene can be gleaned which may be useful, for example, during post-processing.

Introduced here are multi-channel light sources able to produce a broad range of electromagnetic radiation. A multi-channel light source (also referred to as a “multi-channel emitter”) can be designed to produce visible light and/or non-visible light. For example, some embodiments of the multi-channel light source include illuminant(s) capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation within the visible range and illuminant(s) capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation in a non-visible range, such as the ultraviolet range or infrared range. By capturing images in conjunction with the visible and non-visible light, additional information on the ambient scene can be gleaned which may be useful, for example, during post-processing.

An imaging device has a lens group; a lens barrel for holding the lens group; a base member for holding the lens barrel; an imaging element; a securing plate that faces at least a portion of the base member in a state wherein the imaging element is secured; and a coil spring for pressing the lens barrel to produce a state wherein a male threaded portion of the lens barrel is pressed against a female threaded portion of the base member.

A reduction in resolving power due to the tilt of an imaging element is easily solved. A camera module manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment is a camera module manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a camera module 100 including an optical lens 28, a lens fixing member 29, an actuator block 21 that drives the optical lens 28 to be displaced along an optical axis, and an imaging block on which the actuator block 21 is mounted via an adhesive 25, the imaging block including a substrate 22 and an imaging element 23 packaged on the substrate 22 to capture an image formed by light from the optical lens 28, the camera module manufacturing apparatus including:

a pedestal 27 that directly supports the imaging element 23 horizontally from a side opposite to an imaging surface; and an actuator block mounting head 32 that mounts and fixes the actuator block 21 onto the substrate 22 horizontally in an at least partially floating state so that a central axis 26 of the optical lens 28 is perpendicular to the imaging surface of the imaging element 23 supported by the pedestal 27.

An imaging device having a lens group; a lens barrel holding the lens group; a base member holding the lens barrel; an imaging element; a fixed plate arranged facing at least part of the base member in a state in which the imaging element is fixed; and a pressing member for attaching, to the base member, the fixed plate in a state in which the fixed plate is temporarily fixed to the base member in a state in which fixed plate is movable in a direction intersecting the axial line of the lens group, relative to the base member.

The techniques of this disclosure relate to determining an optical characteristic of a camera. The device includes a housing that receives a test fixture retaining a camera. The housing includes a first segment and a second segment creating a chamber surrounding the camera. The first segment is attached to the test fixture and defines a first orifice located in a side of the first segment. The first orifice directs a flow of a gas out of the chamber. The second segment defines a second orifice located in a first side of the second segment to direct the flow of the gas into the chamber. An aperture is located in a second side of the second segment and positioned opposite the test fixture to define a field of view that includes a camera target. The aperture receives a lens barrel of the camera and enables the determination of the optical characteristic.

Disclosed are a method for obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface and an apparatus therefor. The method for obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface, comprises the steps of: (a) calculating a combination value of spectral characteristics of a light source and response characteristics of a camera for an image of a reference object, the full reflectance spectrum of a surface of which is known, by utilizing the known full reflectance spectrum of a surface; (b) obtaining an image by photographing an object irradiated with light according to a predetermined lighting environment; and (c) obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface for the object by utilizing the combination value of the spectral characteristics of the light source and the response characteristics of the camera for the image.

Disclosed are a method for obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface and an apparatus therefor. The method for obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface, comprises the steps of: (a) calculating a combination value of spectral characteristics of a light source and response characteristics of a camera for an image of a reference object, the full reflectance spectrum of a surface of which is known, by utilizing the known full reflectance spectrum of a surface; (b) obtaining an image by photographing an object irradiated with light according to a predetermined lighting environment; and (c) obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface for the object by utilizing the combination value of the spectral characteristics of the light source and the response characteristics of the camera for the image.

Automatic focusing where variance in the focus due to a relative shift in mounted positions of sensors is suppressed is performed. An imaging apparatus including a photometric sensor and a ranging sensor includes an image data generating unit configured to generate image data by using the photometric sensor, a detection unit configured to detect a region including an object from the image data generated by the image data generating unit, a determination unit configured to divide the image data into blocks corresponding to discretely arranged ranging points of the ranging sensor, and to determine a proportion of an area occupied by the region including the object for each block, and a focusing unit configured to focus on a ranging point of the ranging sensor corresponding to a block where the area occupied by the region including the object is at a predetermined proportion or more.