A high dynamic range light-field image may be captured through the use of a light-field imaging system. In a first sensor of the light-field imaging system, first image data may be captured at a first exposure level. In the first sensor or in a second sensor of the light-field imaging system, second imaging data may be captured at a second exposure level greater than the first exposure level. In a data store, the first image data and the second image data may be received. In a processor, the first image data and the second image data may be combined to generate a light-field image with high dynamic range.

An image pickup apparatus includes a sensor configured to pick up a plurality of images different in in-focus position in an optical axis direction, an adjustment unit configured to adjust a parameter relating to image pickup to correct influence caused by an effective F-number varied depending on an in-focus position when at least a part of the plurality of images is picked up, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize the plurality of images.

Introduced here are multi-channel light sources able to produce a broad range of electromagnetic radiation. A multi-channel light source (also referred to as a “multi-channel emitter”) can be designed to produce visible light and/or non-visible light. For example, some embodiments of the multi-channel light source include illuminant(s) capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation within the visible range and illuminant(s) capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation in a non-visible range, such as the ultraviolet range or infrared range. By capturing images in conjunction with the visible and non-visible light, additional information on the ambient scene can be gleaned which may be useful, for example, during post-processing.

A mobile terminal including a display; and a controller configured to display a first image including a focusing region and an out-focusing region on the display, wherein a depth of the first image corresponds to a first depth, and display a second image with the out-focusing region adjusted into a second depth in response to a first input signal

A method for photographing an image and a portable terminal having a camera for photographing an image are provided. The method includes buffering a burst shot image and displaying a frame image, erasing an object having a movement in the displayed image, and generating and displaying a still image by replacing the displayed image including the object having the movement, at location where the object is erased, with a buffered image.

A method of an apparatus includes detecting a focusing state based on an output from a sensor, setting a step width of a focus position, and controlling to perform a plurality of times of image capturing based on a result of focus detection by the detecting and the set step width by the setting. In the setting, a step width from an in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward an infinity side is set to a value different from a step width from the in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward a closest side.

An imaging device comprises an image data acquisition circuit for forming a subject image while shifting focus position by a given amount and acquiring a plurality of image data, an image selection circuit for selecting images to be combined based on shift amount of focus position when image data was acquired by the image acquisition circuit, and image data resolution, and an image combination circuit for combining the plurality of image data that was selected by the image selection circuit, to generate image data having a large depth of field.

A “Moment Capture System” automatically captures and buffers multiple image frames, both prior to and following digital camera shutter activation. This capture and buffering is performed in combination with real-time automatic control of camera settings (e.g., exposure time, capture rate, ISO, white balance, aperture, etc.) based on an ongoing real-time evaluation of contents and characteristics of most recent previously buffered frames. Whenever a shutter activation (e.g., a “tap”) is detected, the Moment Capture System pulls some number of pre-tap frames from the buffer and adds some number of post-tap frames to create an “image moment.” Image moments are defined as sets of sequential frames spanning a time period before and after the detected tap. In various implementations, the Moment Capture System performs automated selection of perceptually best images from the buffered frames associated with each tap. This automated selection closely emulates human selection based on subjective subtleties of human preferences.

There is provided an image processing apparatus that includes an ambient-light image obtaining section, a cumulative image generation section, and a high-quality image generation section. The ambient-light image obtaining section obtains an ambient-light image in a first time range, the ambient-light image being an image of an object captured with a predetermined exposure time. The cumulative image generation section generates a cumulative image in a second time range, the cumulative image being obtained by cumulative addition of each pixel value in a plurality of images, the plurality of images being of the object sequentially captured with the predetermined exposure time. The high-quality image generation section generates a high-quality image, the high-quality image being obtained by subtracting a pixel value in the ambient-light image from a corresponding pixel value in a normalized image, the normalized image being the cumulative image normalized based on a total sum of the exposure time.

Apparatus for recording a scene using a plurality of lighting setups in rapid sequence to concurrently record a plurality of motion picture clips of the scene, one motion picture clip for each lighting setup, the plurality of clips together exhibiting negligible motion offset. The apparatus includes multiple light sources, a controller to define the plurality of lighting setups using the multiple light sources and to actuate the lighting setups in sequence, a variable frame rate camera to capture a sequence of micro frames showing the scene illuminated by each one of the plurality of lighting setups in sequence during each micro frame, and optionally a processing module to process the sequence of micro frames to generate a motion picture clip of the scene for each of the lighting setups. The duration of the micro frame sequence is short enough to minimize the need for an algorithm for removing motion artifacts.