An array imaging module includes at least two optical lenses and a molded photosensitive assembly, wherein the molded photosensitive assembly includes at least two photosensitive units, a circuit board that electrically couples to the photosensitive units, and a molded base having at least two optical windows. The molded base is integrally coupled at the circuit board at a peripheral portion thereof, wherein the photosensitive units are aligned with the optical windows respectively. The optical lenses are located along two photosensitive paths of the photosensitive units respectively, such that each of the optical windows forms a light channel through the corresponding photosensitive unit and the corresponding optical lens.

An array imaging module includes at least two optical lenses and a molded photosensitive assembly, wherein the molded photosensitive assembly includes at least two photosensitive units, a circuit board that electrically couples to the photosensitive units, and a molded base having at least two optical windows. The molded base is integrally coupled at the circuit board at a peripheral portion thereof, wherein the photosensitive units are aligned with the optical windows respectively. The optical lenses are located along two photosensitive paths of the photosensitive units respectively, such that each of the optical windows forms a light channel through the corresponding photosensitive unit and the corresponding optical lens.

An auto-focus method including at a same moment, collecting a first image of a first object using a first image shooting unit, collecting a second image of the first object using a second image shooting unit, calculating M pieces of first depth information of M same feature point pairs in corresponding areas in the first image and the second image, determining whether confidence of the M pieces of first depth information is greater than a threshold, obtaining focusing depth information according to N pieces of first depth information in the IM pieces of first depth information when the confidence of the M pieces of first depth information is greater than the threshold, obtaining a target position of a first lens of the first image shooting unit according to the focusing depth information, and controlling the first lens to move to the target position.

A camera system for a vehicle, which is to be arranged inside the vehicle behind a windshield of the vehicle, includes a housing, a first camera module that detects or images an area ahead of the vehicle and a second camera module that detects or images at least an area of the windshield.

An auto-focus method including at a same moment, collecting a first image of a first object using a first image shooting unit, collecting a second image of the first object using a second image shooting unit, calculating M pieces of first depth information of M same feature point pairs in corresponding areas in the first image and the second image, determining whether confidence of the M pieces of first depth information is greater than a threshold, obtaining focusing depth information according to N pieces of first depth information in the M pieces of first depth information when the confidence of the M pieces of first depth information is greater than the threshold, obtaining a target position of a first lens of the first image shooting unit according to the focusing depth information, and controlling the first lens to move to the target position.

The imaging device includes a multiple-property lens that includes a first area having a first property and a second area having a second property different from the first property, an image sensor in which a first light receiving element 25A and a second light receiving element 25B having a different opening size of a light receiving section from the first light receiving element 25A are two-dimensionally arranged, and a crosstalk removal processing unit that removes a crosstalk component from each of a first crosstalk image acquired from the first light receiving element 25A of the image sensor and a second crosstalk image acquired from the second light receiving element to generate a first image and a second image respectively having the first property and the second property of the multiple-property lens.

Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for an imaging system having a plurality of sensors associated with input optics. In one example, an imaging system includes input optics configured to receive incident radiation along an input optical axis and a first optical sensor and a second optical sensor, each configured to detect the incident radiation. The imaging system further includes a rotating member positioned between the first and second optical sensors and configured to rotate about the input optical axis and a reflector coupled to the rotating member configured to be selectively positionable by the rotating member to a first orientation, in which the reflector directs the incident radiation along a first secondary axis to the first optical sensor, and to a second orientation, in which the reflector directs the incident radiation along a second secondary axis toward the second optical sensor.

A long-range viewing apparatus is described, the long-range viewing apparatus arranged to provide an all-in-one solution to combining two videos streams obtained coaxially through a single imaging aperture. A long-range viewing apparatus comprising, a housing; a first camera within the housing; a second camera within the housing; and a processing element; wherein the processing element is arranged to combine images from the first and second cameras; wherein the processing element is further arranged to scale images from the first and second cameras; wherein the processing element is further arranged to crop images from the first and second cameras; characterised in that, the first camera is positioned coaxially in front of the second camera; and the housing comprises a single imaging aperture. The invention aims to achieve real-time digital foveal zoom capabilities in a physically robust, low-weight, low-complexity and small form factor assembly suitable for demanding applications.

An imaging device includes an illuminator, a stage, a plurality of microlenses, an imaging element, and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one of an irradiation position of light beams from the illuminator, and the position of the plurality of microlenses to realize a first state and a second state. A first angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the first state and a second angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the second state are different from each other.

A camera module includes lens modules; and image sensors corresponding to lens modules, wherein f-numbers of the lens modules corresponding to numerical values indicating amounts of light passing through the lens modules, respectively, are different from each other, and an image sensor corresponding to a lens module having a relatively greater f-number is a color (RGB) sensor and an image sensor corresponding to a lens module having a relatively smaller f-number is a black and white (BW) sensor.