A digital device including a camera unit; and a controller configured to in response to a request to execute a first application on the digital device having a first security authentication level, control the camera unit to capture first vein image data at a first depth of a particular body part of a target and perform a first authentication process by comparing the captured first vein image data with prestored first vein image data, and in response to a request to execute a second application on the digital device having a second security authentication level more secure than the first authentication level, control the camera unit to capture second vein image data at a second depth of the particular body part of the target and perform the first authentication process and a second authentication process by comparing the captured second vein image data with prestored second vein image data.

An infrared projector and an infrared observation system by which unevenness of wavelengths in a projection pattern is reduced are provided. An infrared projector (100) is provided with infrared semiconductor laser elements (11a to 11d) that emit near-infrared laser light beams (L1a, L1b, L1c, and L1d), a scattering member (51) that receives and scatters the near-infrared laser light beams, and a projecting member (61) that projects the near-infrared laser light beams scattered by the scattering member.

A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustably attached at a mounting base. The mirror head includes a prismatic mirror reflective element having a wedge-shaped, reflector-coated glass substrate having a front side and a rear side separated by a thickness of the glass substrate, with the thickness of the glass substrate varying between a lower edge region of the glass substrate and an upper edge region of the glass substrate. A driver monitoring camera is accommodated by the mirror head and views through the prismatic mirror reflective element. A refraction-compensating element is disposed between a lens of the driver monitoring camera and the rear side of the glass substrate of the prismatic mirror reflective element. The refraction-compensating element is a wedge-shaped element that offsets refraction of light that passes through the wedge-shaped, reflector coated glass substrate of the prismatic mirror reflective element.

A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustably attached at a mounting base. The mirror head includes a prismatic mirror reflective element having a wedge-shaped, reflector-coated glass substrate having a front side and a rear side separated by a thickness of the glass substrate, with the thickness of the glass substrate varying between a lower edge region of the glass substrate and an upper edge region of the glass substrate. A driver monitoring camera is accommodated by the mirror head and views through the prismatic mirror reflective element. A refraction-compensating element is disposed between a lens of the driver monitoring camera and the rear side of the glass substrate of the prismatic mirror reflective element. The refraction-compensating element is a wedge-shaped element that offsets refraction of light that passes through the wedge-shaped, reflector coated glass substrate of the prismatic mirror reflective element.

An image sensor suitable for low light level imaging, the image sensor having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having nMOS and pMOS components, provides a lower noise threshold as compared to prior art single-flavor pixels.

A modulated lighting infrastructure for a runway approach lighting system includes a network of LED emitters, emitting primarily in the visible spectral band, driven by control logic to emit brief high-frequency pulses of energy at peak brightness for a fraction of their duty cycle while emitting no energy for the remainder of the duty cycle. While the pulsed emissions of the approach lighting system are so brief as to appear normal to pilots (as the average intensity is unchanged), an onboard detection system can integrate a camera for short bursts at a high frame rate to detect images of the emitted high-frequency pulses against competing atmospheric and background illumination and display the detected images to the pilot. The emitter network may include additional emitters configured to emit energy in infrared and other spectral ranges for detection by onboard enhanced vision systems.

A system for displaying a plurality of targets and detecting the path of a projectile is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises an enclosed space with a plurality of walls wherein the walls are coated with an anti-reflective coating; a screen for displaying a plurality of targets within the enclosed space; a first area scan camera and a second area scan camera positioned on a first side of the screen, wherein the first area scan camera is positioned at a first corner of the screen and is looking at a detection zone in front of the first side of the screen and the second area scan camera is positioned in an adjacent second corner and is looking at the detection zone; a first directional light source that spans a length of the screen and is positioned outside a field of view of the first area scan camera and second area scan camera, wherein the first directional light source is directed to project light across the first side of the screen through the detection zone.

Described herein are systems and methods for detecting a physiological response based on facial skin color changes (FSCC) recognizable in images taken with an inward-facing head-mounted visible-light camera (VCAM.sub.in). Some examples of physiological responses whose manifestation involves FSCC include emotional responses (which at times may be hidden to the naked eye), and physiological signals such as a heart rate, heart rate variability, and/or a breathing rate. In one embodiment, a system that detects a physiological response based on FSCC includes VCAM.sub.in that takes images of a region of interest (IM.sub.ROI) on a user's face, which is illuminated by ambient light, and a computer that detects the physiological response based on FSCC recognizable in IM.sub.ROI. Optionally, the system includes an outward-facing head-mounted visible-light camera (VCAM.sub.out) that takes images of the environment (IM.sub.ENV), and the computer detects the physiological response also based on IM.sub.ENV.

A processing method for processing a workpiece includes a holding step of holding the front surface side of the workpiece on which an alignment mark is formed by a holding table having a holding surface that reflects a near-infrared ray and exposing the back surface side and an imaging step of emitting the near-infrared ray toward the back surface side of the workpiece held by the holding table and imaging the workpiece by an imaging unit that has sensitivity to the near-infrared ray and faces the back surface side of the workpiece to form a captured image. The processing method also includes an alignment mark detection step of detecting the alignment mark based on the captured image and a processing step of processing the workpiece held by the holding table by a processing unit based on the detected alignment mark.

An iris image acquisition system comprises an image sensor comprising an array of pixels including pixels sensitive to NIR wavelengths; at least one NIR light source capable of selectively emitting light with different discrete NIR wavelengths; and a processor, operably connected to the image sensor and the at least one NIR light source, to acquire image information from the sensor under illumination at one of the different discrete NIR wavelengths. A lens assembly comprises a plurality of lens elements with a total track length no more than 4.7 mm, each lens element comprising a material with a refractive index inversely proportional to wavelength. The different discrete NIR wavelengths are matched with the refractive index of the material for the lens elements to balance axial image shift induced by a change in object distance with axial image shift due to change in illumination wavelength.