Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving image data captured by an imager array including a plurality of focal planes are described. One embodiment of the invention includes capturing image data using a plurality of active focal planes in a camera module, where an image is formed on each active focal plane by a separate lens stack, generating lines of image data by interleaving the image data captured by the plurality of active focal planes, and transmitting the lines of image data and the additional data.

Disclosed in this application are a method for capturing an image during video recording and an electronic device, so that image quality of a captured image is improved. The method includes: displaying a viewfinder screen, where the viewfinder screen displays a preview image stream, the preview image stream includes n frames of preview images obtained based on n frames of first images collected by a camera, the viewfinder screen includes a snapshot shutter, and the n frames of first images are stored in a first buffer queue; stopping recording a video; saving the video; when the camera collects a q.sup.th frame of first image in the n frames of first images, receiving a third operation performed by the user on the snapshot shutter; and performing image processing on the q.sup.th frame of first image saved in the first buffer queue to obtain a captured image.

A solid-state image sensor with quasi-global shutter function and a method of operating the same. A row control unit of the image sensor is configured to determine exceptional pixel rows for which a pre-scheduled global exposure control pulse would fully or partially coincide with a sequentially applied readout control pulse that is selecting a number of pixel rows of the pixel array to be read out. The pre-scheduled global exposure control pulse is applied simultaneously to all but the exceptional pixel rows and delayed and/or advanced versions of the exposure control pulse are applied to the exceptional pixel rows.

A solid-state image sensor with quasi-global shutter function and a method of operating the same. A row control unit of the image sensor is configured to determine exceptional pixel rows for which a pre-scheduled global exposure control pulse would fully or partially coincide with a sequentially applied readout control pulse that is selecting a number of pixel rows of the pixel array to be read out. The pre-scheduled global exposure control pulse is applied simultaneously to all but the exceptional pixel rows and delayed and/or advanced versions of the exposure control pulse are applied to the exceptional pixel rows.

Information processing that suppresses increased power consumption is disclosed. In one example, an information processing apparatus includes a hybrid sensor with photoelectric conversion units (PDs) that convert incident light, and a processor that acquires, based on outputs of the PDs, a luminance signal or an event signal based on a luminance change. The processor performs predetermined processing based on the luminance signal or the event signal. A request to read the luminance signal is made when the predetermined processing based on the event signal fails, and the predetermined processing based on the luminance signal following the request is then performed.

To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled. [Solution] A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.

[Object] Observation is made possible by switching between a stereoscopic vision image and a depth-of-field extended image correspondingly to a situation.

[Solution] An image processing device according to the present disclosure, includes a photographing situation acquiring section that acquires information with regard to a photographing situation of an image for a left eye or an image for a right eye, and a determining section that determines correspondingly to the information with regard to the photographing situation whether to perform stereoscopic vision image processing for the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye, or whether to perform two-dimensional depth-of-field extension processing with at least one of the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye. With this, it becomes possible to observe by switching between a stereoscopic vision image and a depth-of-field extended image correspondingly to a situation.

An imaging apparatus includes a panning driver and a tilting driver for changing an imaging direction. A PT (pan-tilt) controller performs image blur correction by using at least one of a panning driver and a tilting driver, based on a shake detection signal of the imaging apparatus. The PT controller stores the position information of the current driver in a memory before each driver is driven in an image blur correcting start process. With the stored position as a reference position, image blur correction is performed by using the shake detection signal. After the end of the image blur correction control, the PT controller sets the position stored in the memory to the drive target value and controls the operation of each driver.

To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled.

[Solution] A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.

An imaging apparatus is configured of a first structure 20 and a second structure 40, in which the first structure 20 includes a first substrate 21, a plurality of temperature detection devices 15 formed on the first substrate 21 and configured to detect a temperature on the basis of an infrared ray, drive lines 72, and signal lines 71, the second structure 40 includes a second substrate 41, and a drive circuit provided on the second substrate 41 and covered with a covering layer 43, the first substrate 21 is bonded to the covering layer 43, a cavity 50 is provided between each temperature detection device 15 and the covering layer 43, and the drive lines 72 and the signal lines 71 are electrically connected to the drive circuit.