A method includes, with aid of one or more processors individually or collectively, analyzing stereoscopic video data of an environment to determine environmental information, generating augmented stereoscopic video data of the environment by fusing the stereoscopic video data and the environmental information, and controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to avoid an obstacle on a motion path of the UAV according to the augmented stereoscopic video data of the environment.

An image quality tuning system includes an image processing system configured to perform a plurality of image processing operations and a terminal device configured to set parameters of the plurality of image processing operations. The image processing system receives a plurality of captured images corresponding to a plurality of reference images and generates a plurality of corrected images by performing a corresponding image processing operation among the plurality of image processing operations on each of the plurality of received captured images. The terminal device determines parameters of the plurality of image processing operations based on the plurality of corrected images and the plurality of reference images and transmits information on the determined parameters to the image processing system.

Embodiments provide image display systems and methods for one or more camera calibration using a two-sided diffractive optical element (DOE). More specifically, embodiments are directed to determining intrinsic parameters of one or more cameras using a single image obtained using a two-sided DOE. The two-sided DOE has a first pattern on a first surface and a second pattern on a second surface. Each of the first and second patterns may be formed by repeating sub-patterns that are lined when tiled on each surface. The patterns on the two-sided DOE are formed such that the brightness of the central intensity peak on the image of the image pattern formed by the DOE is reduced to a predetermined amount.

A method, processor and system of retaining dynamic range. The method comprises obtaining a vignetting correction mesh for image data. The method also comprises generating an intensity compression curve, the intensity compression curve comprising one or more segments, based on the vignetting correction mesh; and adjusting pixel values of a portion of the image data according to the intensity compression curve and vignetting correction mesh.

An image stabilization apparatus comprising: a calculator that calculates a drive amount for correcting blur by moving a position of an image sensor, that photoelectrically converts light incident through an optical system and outputs an image signal, on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical system in accordance with a detected blur amount; and calculates, for each of a plurality of states of the optical system and a plurality of states of an image capturing apparatus, an allowable drive amount of the image sensor corresponding to optical characteristics information and a state of the optical system and a state of the image sensor. The calculator calculates the drive amount within the allowable drive amount.

The present technology relates to solid-state imaging apparatuses and electronic equipment, each of which is capable of contributing to an increased sense of resolution at an outer peripheral portion of an image photographed by using a wide-angle lens. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel array section in which a plurality of pixels is arranged such that a pixel pitch becomes smaller at a greater distance away from a central portion toward an outer peripheral portion. The present technology is applicable to, for example, solid-state imaging apparatuses and the like suited for photographing by using a wide-angle lens such as a fisheye lens used in a 360-degree panoramic camera.

An image processing system includes a memory configured to store a plurality of reference images used for image quality tuning, an image signal processor configured to receive a plurality of captured images corresponding to the plurality of reference images and configured to generate a plurality of corrected images by being configured to perform a corresponding image processing operation among a plurality of image processing operations, and a tuning module configured to set parameters of the plurality of image processing operations based on the plurality of corrected images and the plurality of reference images.

Methods, systems, and devices for display notch mitigation for cameras and projectors are described. A device may support receiving a plurality of light rays via an upper surface of a prism. The prism and a camera assembly of the device are positioned behind a display substrate of the device. The device may support reflecting the plurality of light rays across a reflection surface. The reflection surface may form an angle with the upper surface of the prism. The device may receiver the plurality of light rays via the camera assembly positioned behind the display substrate based on reflecting the plurality of light rays across the reflection surface. The device may additionally support emitting a plurality of light rays via a projector assembly, reflecting the plurality of light rays across the reflection surface, and emitting the plurality of light rays via the upper surface of the prism.

Systems and methods are disclosed for image signal processing. For example, systems may include an image sensor and a processing apparatus. The image sensor captures image data using a plurality of selectable exposure times. The processing apparatus receives a first image from the image sensor captured with a first exposure time and receives a second image from the image sensor captured with a second exposure time that is less than the first exposure time. A high dynamic range image is determined based on the first image and the second image, wherein an image portion of the high dynamic range image is based on a corresponding image portion of the second image when a pixel of a corresponding image portion of the first image is saturated. An output image that is based on the high dynamic range image is stored, displayed, or transmitted.

Disclosed are a solid-state imaging apparatus, a signal processing method of a solid-state imaging apparatus, and an electronic device, which are capable of correcting uneven sensitivities generated by multiple factors in a broad area and realizing the higher-precision image quality. A correction circuit 710 weight a sensitivity Pi corresponding to a pixel signal of each pixel related to correction in a pixel unit PU that is the correction target and a sensitivity Pi corresponding to a pixel signal of each pixel related to correction in at least one same color pixel unit PU and adjacent to the pixel unit PU that is the correction target by a weighting coefficient Wi. Consequently, the correction coefficient μ is calculated by dividing a sum of the weighted sensitivities by a total number n of pixels related to correction.