A 3D scanner includes one or more projectors configured to emit a projector image including either lines or stripes on to a mirror that reflects the projector image onto an object resting on a turntable, an optical lens configured to shorten a focal length emitted from the projector and defocus the projector image in at least one dimension, wherein the defocusing is in a direction substantially parallel to the lines or stripers, a first camera and second camera configured to capture one or more images from the object resting on the turntable and the projector image is on the object, wherein the turntable is configured to rotate while the object is resting, and a processor programmed to receive, from the first camera and the second camera, the one or more images from the object, and in response to removing noise from the one or more images, output a 3D scan of the object.

Systems and methods for the synthesis of light field images from virtual viewpoints in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a system includes a processor and a memory configured to store captured light field image data and an image manipulation application, wherein the captured light field image data includes image data, pixel position data, and a depth map, and wherein the image manipulation application configures the processor to obtain captured light field image data, determine a virtual viewpoint for the captured light field image data, where the virtual viewpoint includes a virtual location and virtual depth information, compute a virtual depth map based on the captured light field image data and the virtual viewpoint, and generate an image from the perspective of the virtual viewpoint based on the captured light field image data and the virtual depth map.

A streaming 2D image of an object is by obtaining a 2D image of the object and a 3D measurement of the object from a first angle with respect to the object; creating a 3D model of the object using the 2D image and the 3D measurement; obtaining a streaming 3D measurement of the object from a second angle with respect to the object; and creating a streaming 2D image of the object, based on the 3D model of the object and the streaming 3D measurement, the streaming 2D image being created for a third angle with respect to the object, the first and the third angles being different from the second angle with respect to the object.

In an endoscope system, a processor is programmed to control the image sensor and/or illumination to underexpose or overexpose every other frame of the video image data. The image sensor generates image data at a frame rate. Successive pairs of frames of the image data are combined to recover dynamic range and detail in over-bright or over-dark portions of the image, and the combined frames have the full frame rate of the video as generated by the image sensor. A machine learning model processes the video to simultaneously upsample the image data to a resolution higher than that captured by the image sensor, to sharpen edges, and to enhance local contrast. A two-output PID control algorithm controls exposure intensity by controlling at least two of gain, exposure, and illumination to achieve image display at a setpoint intensity, maximum change per step of the PID control damped to prevent oscillation.

A reflection-type Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM), a control method of the reflection-type FPM, and a system thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a reflection FPM may include an objective lens; a light splitter connected to a member including the objective lens; a first illumination system including a first LED array composed of a plurality of LEDs for irradiating a first beam passing through the objective lens through the light splitter; a second illumination system including a plurality of LEDs for radiating a second beam to a measurement sample in a periphery of the objective lens, and repeatedly moving in an up and down direction based on a virtual center line penetrating the objective lens; and a camera.

A reflection-type Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM), a control method of the reflection-type FPM, and a system thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a reflection FPM may include an objective lens; a light splitter connected to a member including the objective lens; a first illumination system including a first LED array composed of a plurality of LEDs for irradiating a first beam passing through the objective lens through the light splitter; a second illumination system including a plurality of LEDs for radiating a second beam to a measurement sample in a periphery of the objective lens, and repeatedly moving in an up and down direction based on a virtual center line penetrating the objective lens; and a camera.

According to one embodiment, an optical imaging apparatus includes a polarizer assembly, a polarization image sensor, and a lens assembly. The polarizer assembly is configured to acquire a first light ray of a first polarization component and a second light ray of a second polarization component which is different from the first polarization component, by using a light flux from an identical direction. The polarization image sensor is located in a position facing the polarizer assembly. The polarization image sensor is configured to acquire an image of the first polarization component and an image of the second polarization component at once or at the same time. The lens assembly includes a first lens configured to form the images on the polarization image sensor.

A camera is provided that comprises an image sensor for detecting image data from a detection region and a reception optics arranged in front of the image sensor, a focus adjustment unit having a thread for changing the position of focus of the reception optics by way of a rotary movement and a front screen. In this connection the reception optics has a front region having an inner contour that is accessible via the front screen in order to rotate the reception optics from the outside in the thread and to thus adjust the focus.

An image pickup system includes: a camera including a first image pickup unit and a second image pickup unit; and a processor configured to: define a first common area in a first image and a second common area in a second image, respectively; detect brightness of an image in the first common area; detect brightness of an image in the second common area; adjust brightness of the first image based on the brightness of the image in the first common area; and adjust brightness of the second image based on the brightness of the image in the second common area.

Disclosed herein is a light field camera, where both a curved shape of a curved microlens array and a curved shape of a curved image sensor are the same as a curved shape of a wide-angle main lens, and a sum of a reciprocal of a vertical distance between the curved microlens array and the curved image sensor and a reciprocal of a vertical distance between the curved microlens array and a virtual image plane of the wide-angle main lens is equal to a reciprocal of a focal length of the curved microlens array, which resolves a problem of poor image quality such as blurring and distortion that is caused when a wide-angle main lens is used in a light field camera and a flat microlens array and a flat image sensor cannot match a curved virtual image plane of the wide-angle main lens.