An imaging system includes a visible light source configured to output visible light and a near infrared laser light source configured to output an excitation laser light. The system also includes a camera assembly having: a housing with an opening configured to receive a combined light, which includes visible light and infrared fluorescence light. The combined light entering the housing along a combined light path, the combined light may include visible light and infrared fluorescence light; an aperture mechanism having an adjustable opening disposed along the combined light path; a beamsplitter configured to split the combined light into the visible light along a visible light path and the infrared fluorescence light along an infrared light path; a visible light sensor configured to receive the visible light and to generate visible light image data; and an infrared sensor configured to receive the infrared fluorescence light and to generate infrared fluorescence image data.

Array cameras, and array camera modules incorporating independently aligned lens stacks are disclosed. Processes for manufacturing array camera modules including independently aligned lens stacks can include: forming at least one hole in at least one carrier; mounting the at least one carrier relative to at least one sensor so that light passing through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier is incident on a plurality of focal planes formed by arrays of pixels on the at least one sensor; and independently mounting a plurality of lens barrels to the at least one carrier, so that a lens stack in each lens barrel directs light through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier and focuses the light onto one of the plurality of focal planes.

A focus detecting unit that includes a corrector configured to correct a signal output from an image sensor using a first shading correction value when the half-mirror is retreated from an optical path, and to correct the signal using a second shading correction value different from the first shading correction value when the half-mirror is inserted into the optical path, and a focus detector configured to provide a focus detection based on the signal corrected by the corrector.

A system, method, and computer program product for generating a digital image is disclosed. The system includes a first image sensor configured to capture a first image that includes a plurality of chrominance values, a second image sensor configured to capture a second image that includes a plurality of luminance values, and an image processing subsystem configured to generate a resulting image by combining the plurality of chrominance values with the plurality of luminance values. The first image sensor and the second image sensor may be distinct image sensors optimized for capturing chrominance images or luminance images.

A dual-aperture zoom camera comprising a Wide camera with a respective Wide lens and a Tele camera with a respective Tele lens, the Wide and Tele cameras mounted directly on a single printed circuit board, wherein the Wide and Tele lenses have respective effective focal lengths EFL.sub.w and EFL.sub.T and respective total track lengths TTL.sub.w and TTL.sub.T and wherein TTL.sub.w/EFL.sub.w>1.1 and TTL.sub.T/EFL.sub.T<1.0. Optionally, the dual-aperture zoom camera may further comprise an optical OIS controller configured to provide a compensation lens movement according to a user-defined zoom factor (ZF) and a camera tilt (CT) through LMV=CT*EFL.sub.ZF, where EFL.sub.ZF is a zoom-factor dependent effective focal length.

A dual-aperture zoom camera comprising a Wide camera with a respective Wide lens and a Tele camera with a respective Tele lens, the Wide and Tele cameras mounted directly on a single printed circuit board, wherein the Wide and Tele lenses have respective effective focal lengths EFL.sub.w and EFL.sub.T and respective total track lengths TTL.sub.w and TTL.sub.T and wherein TTL.sub.w/EFL.sub.w>1.1 and TTL.sub.T/EFL.sub.T<1.0. Optionally, the dual-aperture zoom camera may further comprise an optical OIS controller configured to provide a compensation lens movement according to a user-defined zoom factor (ZF) and a camera tilt (CT) through LMV=CT*EFL.sub.ZF, where EFL.sub.ZF is a zoom-factor dependent effective focal length.

A detection system is provided. The detection system includes an optical detection module and a control module. The optical detection module includes a first light source, a second light source, and an image capturing component. The first light source provides a first light beam to illuminate an object to be measured. The second light source provides a second light beam to illuminate the object to be measured. The image capturing component is used to capture the object to be measured. The wavelength of the first light beam is different from the wavelength of the second light beam. The wavelength of either the first light beam or the second light beam is between 300 nanometers and 3000 nanometers. The control module receives and analyzes an image of the object to be measured obtained from the image capturing component to determine whether the object to be measured has a defect.

A detection system is provided. The detection system includes an optical detection module and a control module. The optical detection module includes a first light source, a second light source, and an image capturing component. The first light source provides a first light beam to illuminate an object to be measured. The second light source provides a second light beam to illuminate the object to be measured. The image capturing component is used to capture the object to be measured. The wavelength of the first light beam is different from the wavelength of the second light beam. The wavelength of either the first light beam or the second light beam is between 300 nanometers and 3000 nanometers. The control module receives and analyzes an image of the object to be measured obtained from the image capturing component to determine whether the object to be measured has a defect.

A joint imaging system based on unmanned aerial vehicle platform and an image enhancement fusion method are provided. The system includes a flying unit as a load platform, a shutter control system for controlling the operation of a load camera, a posture control system for recording the movement track and POS data of the flying unit, an airborne image transmission system for communicating with ground equipment, and an onboard computing unit with an image processing module for receiving the output images and performing image processing and fusion.

A joint imaging system based on unmanned aerial vehicle platform and an image enhancement fusion method are provided. The system includes a flying unit as a load platform, a shutter control system for controlling the operation of a load camera, a posture control system for recording the movement track and POS data of the flying unit, an airborne image transmission system for communicating with ground equipment, and an onboard computing unit with an image processing module for receiving the output images and performing image processing and fusion.