Embodiments of systems and methods for using electronic diffusers to implement message indicators are described. A segment of a diffuser attached to an electronic device is configured to indicate an informational message in response to signals that result in a change to an optical property. A set of information to be displayed using the segment is determined, and a signal is transmitted to the segment to display the information.

Optical element(s) of an image capture device may be changed. Characteristic(s) of the optical element(s) may be determined based on shading map corresponding to an image captured by the image capture device and the lighting condition during the capture of the image. The image capture device may be operated in accordance with the determined characteristic(s) of the optical element(s).

An imaging device that images a disease site as a subject includes a camera body, a light unit that is provided in the camera body and includes a first light source and a second light source that have different characteristics, and a filter unit that includes at least one independent filter capable of being positioned on and retracted from an optical axis of the camera body. The imaging device performs continuous imaging by imaging in a state in which the subject is illuminated with light from the first light source and, via a first mode, the filter is positioned on or retracted from the optical axis and, thereafter, imaging in a state in which the subject is illuminated with light from the second light source and, via a second mode that differs from the first mode, the filter is positioned on or retracted from the optical axis.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a first region being capable of reciprocating, a camera configured to obtain an image using incident light through the first region, a driving part configured to reciprocate the first region, and at least one processor electrically connected to the display, the camera, and the driving part, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to control the driving part such that the first region reciprocates, obtain a plurality of first images through the camera while the first region reciprocates, and obtain a second image by synthesizing the plurality of first images.

A system and methods for implementing a transflective mirror as a rolling shutter sensor. The method includes. The method includes a controller setting a current state of an obfuscator to a transmissive state at a first point in time, the first point in time being a time when all pixels of an imaging sensor are in an active state. An imaging sensor then obtains an image of an object in a field of view of the imaging sensor. The image is obtained at a time when the obfuscator is in the transmissive state. The controller then sets the current state of the obfuscator to an obfuscative state at a point in time before a single pixel of the plurality of pixels is switched to an inactive state, wherein the active state of a pixel is a state in which a pixel is an active optical detector, and the inactive state is a state in which a pixel is not an active optical detector.

Methods and systems for optimizing one or more imaging settings for a machine vision job are disclosed herein. An example method includes detecting, by one or more processors, an initiation trigger that initiates the machine vision job. The example method further includes, responsive to detecting the initiation trigger, capturing, by an imaging device, a first image of a target object in accordance with a first configuration of the one or more imaging settings. The example method further includes, responsive to capturing the first image of the target object, automatically adjusting, by the one or more processors, the one or more imaging settings to a second configuration that includes at least one different imaging setting from the first configuration; and capturing, by the imaging device, a second image of the target object in accordance with the second configuration of the one or more imaging settings.

A camera system includes: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer converting incident light into electric charge; voltage application circuitry; and a controller that derives a duty cycle corresponding to an attenuation ratio set for a first frame and that causes the voltage application circuitry to apply a pulse voltage having the duty cycle between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first frame.

A camera system includes: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer converting incident light into electric charge; voltage application circuitry; and a controller that derives a duty cycle corresponding to an attenuation ratio set for a first frame and that causes the voltage application circuitry to apply a pulse voltage having the duty cycle between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first frame.

An example method includes capturing, by an image capture device, a first image having a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of channels, and the first image is captured in accordance with first exposure parameters. The method includes determining, by a controller of the image capture device, average pixel intensities for each of the plurality of channels. The method includes determining, by the controller, a weighted average of pixel intensities using the average pixel intensities. The method includes setting, by the controller, a gain that is proportional to a ratio of a desired average pixel intensity relative to the weighted average of pixel intensities. The method includes setting, by the controller, second exposure parameters for a second image based on the gain. The method includes capturing, by the image capture device, the second image in accordance with the second exposure parameters.

A microscope for imaging a sample is disclosed that may include at least one illumination objective arranged to eject an illumination light beam along an illumination path to illuminate the sample; an imaging objective arranged to receive detection light including at least a portion of the light ejected from the sample, wherein the detection light is propagated along a detection axis and the imaging objective has an imaging focal plane; an adjustment arrangement to linearly displace the illumination light beam and the imaging focal plane relative to each other along the detection axis; a sample holder arranged to receive a sample and having a portion which is transparent to the illumination light beam and to the detection light; and a holder support arranged to receive the sample holder and displace the sample holder relative to the imaging objective such that the imaging focal plane is positioned inside the sample holder.