The disclosure describes an example vehicle assistance system including a light sensor, a pixelated filter array adjacent the light sensor, and a full-field optically-selective element adjacent the pixelated filter array. The optically-selective element is configured to selectively direct an optical component of light incident on the optically-selective element across the pixelated filter array to the light sensor.

Imaging coverages of a plurality of imaging apparatuses are calculated based on position information about a position of each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses, azimuth and angle information about the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and imaging area information about the plurality of imaging apparatuses. A notification of an area capable of comprehensive imaging and an area not capable of comprehensive imaging is made based on the imaging coverages.

An in-vehicle device comprises a direction controller configured to perform control of switching a direction of an in-vehicle camera that photographs an outside of a vehicle to acquire an image to a first direction which is a direction toward a side in front of the vehicle and a second direction which is a direction toward a lane opposite a lane along which the vehicle is traveling; a recognizer configured to periodically recognize license plate information included in the image acquired continuously from the in-vehicle camera;

a transmitter configured to transmit data related to the recognized license plate information to a server device, wherein the direction controller switches the direction of the in-vehicle camera facing the first direction to the second direction when the recognizer has continuously recognized the same license plate information for a predetermined period or more.

An electronic device is provided and includes a housing having a first external surface; a first imaging device exposed through a first portion of the first external surface and comprising a first field of view (FOV); a second imaging device exposed through a second portion adjacent to the first portion and comprising a second FOV narrower than the first FOV; a communication circuit; at least one processor operatively connected to the first imaging device, the second imaging device, and the communication circuit; and a memory operatively connected to the processor and configured to store instructions executed through the processor that cause the processor to generate a first image including a first object and a second object from a first time point through the first imaging device, generate a second image including the first object simultaneously with the generation of the first image from the first time point through the second imaging device, transmit the first image and the second image to an external server through the communication circuit, receive object recognition information of the first object and the second object, detect motion of the electronic device, generate a third image including the second object from a second time point different from the first time point through the second imaging device, extract an object image from the third image, based at least partially on the information or the detected motion, the object image being smaller than the third image, and transmit the object image and the object recognition information to the external server through the communication circuit.

There is provided a fingerprint sensing module comprising a fingerprint sensor device having a sensing array arranged on a first side of the device, the sensing array comprising an array of fingerprint sensing elements. The fingerprint sensor device also comprises connection pads for connecting the fingerprint sensor device to external circuitry. The fingerprint sensing module further comprises a fingerprint sensor device cover structure arranged to cover the fingerprint sensor device, the cover structure having a first side configured to be touched by a finger, thereby forming a sensing surface of the sensing module, and a second side facing the sensing array, wherein the cover structure comprises conductive traces for electrically connecting the fingerprint sensor module to external circuitry, and wherein a surface area of the cover structure is larger than a surface area of the sensor device. Moreover, the fingerprint sensor device comprises wire-bonds electrically connecting the connection pads of the fingerprint sensing device to the conductive traces of the cover structure.

An optical inspection method for an optical inspection device comprising an optical lens is provided according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The optical inspection method includes: obtaining a first image of an object by the optical lens; performing an edge detection on the first image to obtain a second image comprising an edge pattern; and performing a defect inspection operation on the second image based on a neural network architecture to inspect a defect pattern in the second image. In addition, an optical inspection device and an optical inspection system are provided according to embodiments of the disclosure.

Advanced processing is performed in a chip. A stacked light-receiving sensor according to an embodiment includes a first substrate (100, 200, 300), a second substrate (120, 320) bonded to the first substrate, and connection wiring (402) bonded to the second substrate. The first substrate includes a pixel array (101) in which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix. The second substrate includes a converter (17A) configured to convert an analog pixel signal output from the pixel array to digital image data and a processing unit (14) configured to perform a process for data based on the image data. At least a part of the converter is disposed on a first side in the second substrate. The processing unit is disposed on a second side opposite to the first side in the second substrate. The connection wiring is attached to a side other than the second side in the second substrate.

A display positioning system is described. In an example implementation, the display positioning system includes an adapter adapted to redirect a field of view of a video capture device of a computing device; and a stand adapted to situate on a surface, the stand including one or more legs that are adjustable to modify a distance between the video capture device of the computing device and the surface when the computing device is placed on the stand to adjust the field of view of the video capture device.

A sensor calibration system configured to receive a first frame of one or more markers on a repositionable platform at a first location within a space from a sensor. The system is further configured to determine pixel locations in the first frame for a first marker and a second marker from among the one or more markers. The system is further configured to receive distance information that corresponds with a distance between the platform and distance measuring devices. The system is further configured to determine (x,y) coordinates for the first marker and the second marker based on the distance information. The system is further configured to generate a homography based on the (x,y) coordinates and pixel locations of the first marker and the second marker. The homography includes coefficients that translate between pixel locations in the first frame of the sensor and (x,y) coordinates in the global plane.

An inspection apparatus includes a specimen stage, one or more imaging devices and a set of lights, all controllable by a control system. By translating or rotating the one or more imaging devices or specimen stage, the inspection apparatus can capture a first image of the specimen that includes a first imaging artifact to a first side of a reference point and then capture a second image of the specimen that includes a second imaging artifact to a second side of the reference point. The first and second imaging artifacts can be cropped from the first image and the second image respectively, and the first image and the second image can be digitally stitched together to generate a composite image of the specimen that lacks the first and second imaging artifacts.