A CMOS image sensor with an imaging array of pixels containing selected pixels wherein illumination is blocked and light scattered from an adjacent pixel is collected. The signal from the selected pixels is resilient against saturation and thereby contributes to increased dynamic range of the imaging signal. The image sensor may be incorporated within a digital camera.

An image processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a first pixel signal output from a first pixel, a second acquisition unit that acquires a second pixel signal output from a second pixel having a size smaller than that of the first pixel, a temperature detection unit that detects temperature; a composition gain determination unit that determines a composition gain corresponding to the detected temperature, and a composition unit that composes the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal multiplied by the composition gain.

The present application provides a pixel structure, an image sensor, a device, an image processing method and a control method. The pixel structure includes a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, where the first pixels adopt first photoelectric conversion elements arranged in an array and provided with high sensitivity, and the second pixels adopt second photoelectric conversion elements arranged in an array and provided with low sensitivity, to realize compatible recognition of high-brightness information and low-light information by the image sensor and improving the dynamic range; the first photoelectric conversion elements and the second photoelectric conversion elements adopt a design of independent output circuits to realize separate output of electrical signals without interfering with each other, which improves recognition reliability and signal utilization recognition; the overall performance of the image sensor can also be improved based on layout of the pixel structure of the present application.

A system for converting global shutter image data into simulated rolling shutter image data may include a global-to-rolling shutter image converter. The converter may be configured to receive global shutter image data associated with a plurality of global shutter images. The global shutter image data may include dynamic global shutter image data representative of a moving object in the plurality of global shutter images. The converter may also be configured to determine an optical flow field based at least in part on two or more of the plurality of global shutter images and generate the simulated rolling shutter image based at least in part on the optical flow field. The converter may also be configured to generate high dynamic range (HDR) images based at least in part on the optical flow field and the global shutter image data.

The present disclosure relates to an imaging device capable of achieving miniaturization and height reduction of a device configuration, reducing generation of a flare or a ghost, preventing separation of a lens. A size relation of “solid-state imaging element>lens non-effective region>lens effective region” is established in a vertical direction with respect to an incident direction of incident light. The present disclosure is applicable to an imaging device.

The present disclosure relates to an imaging device capable of achieving miniaturization and height reduction of a device configuration, reducing generation of a flare or a ghost, preventing separation of a lens. A size relation of “solid-state imaging element>lens non-effective region>lens effective region” is established in a vertical direction with respect to an incident direction of incident light. The present disclosure is applicable to an imaging device.

An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a pixel array part in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are disposed, an image processing unit for imaging that acquires captured image information on the basis of a pixel signal output from each pixel of the pixel array part, and an object recognition processing unit that acquires object recognition information on the basis of the pixel signal output from each pixel of the pixel array part. Further, a vehicle control system of the present disclosure has the imaging device having the aforementioned configuration.

A sensor device according to the present technology includes: a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixel units each having one or a plurality of pixels and capable of generating a gradation signal indicating intensity of a light reception amount and an event signal indicating a change in the light reception amount is two-dimensionally arranged; and a row control unit that can sequentially execute in rows selection of a pixel from which the event signal is to be read and selection of a pixel from which the gradation signal is to be read at different timings.

The invention is relates to systems and methods for high dynamic range (HDR) image capture and video processing in mobile devices. Aspects of the invention include a mobile device, such as a smartphone or digital mobile camera, including at least two image sensors fixed in a co-planar arrangement to a substrate and an optical splitting system configured to reflect at least about 90% of incident light received through an aperture of the mobile device onto the co-planar image sensors, to thereby capture a HDR image. In some embodiments, greater than about 95% of the incident light received through the aperture of the device is reflected onto the image sensors.

An image processing method comprising steps of obtaining a first map representing a region outside a dynamic range of an input image based on a signal value in the input image and a threshold of the signal value, and inputting input data including the input image and the first map and executing a recognition task or a regression task.