An image sensor comprises: a plurality of microlenses; and a pixel region including, with respect to each of the plurality of microlenses, a plurality of first sensitivity regions formed at first depth from a light incident surface, a plurality of second sensitivity regions formed at second depth which is deeper than the first depth, and a plurality of connection portions that electrically connect the plurality of first regions and the plurality of second regions in different combinations.

Disclosed is a method of generating an output signal of a PDAF pixel of an optoelectronic image sensor array, including detecting pixel signals of the pixels of the image sensor arranged within the environment of a PDAF pixel; determining a structure direction of an image structure imaged onto the image sensor from the pixel signals of at least some of the pixels arranged within the environment; and generating the output signal of the PDAF pixel, wherein, the output signal is generated in one case as an interpolation signal from the pixel signals of further pixels arranged within the environment and in another case as an amplified signal by correcting the pixel signal of the PDAF pixel with an amplification factor, wherein the output signal of the PDAF pixel is generated as the amplified signal when the structure direction differs from the first direction by less than a predefined angle.

An example computing system is configured to: (i) receive, from one or more sensors of a vehicle in motion over a body of water, a set of sensor data, (ii) based on the set of sensor data, determine (a) an instantaneous distance between the vehicle and a surface of the body of water and (b) an instantaneous slope of the surface of the body of water, (iii) based on at least one of the instantaneous distance or the instantaneous slope, determine a statistical representation of the surface of the body of water, and (iv) based on the determined statistical representation of the surface of the body of water, adjust one or more control surfaces of the vehicle to change one or more of a speed, altitude, heading, or attitude of the vehicle.

An imaging apparatus is able to perform limit control of limiting a drive range of a focus lens and performing control of the focus lens. When first information regarding an end position of the drive range of the focus lens in the limit control is set, a body control unit drives the focus lens from a position set as one end position of the drive range of the focus lens in the limit control on a near side and a far side to one end position of the movable range of the focus lens on a near side and a far side, and then stores information corresponding to a drive amount during the drive as the first information.

An image sensor comprises: a pixel region including a plurality of microlenses arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions provided for each of the microlenses; a plurality of amplifiers that apply a plurality of different gains to signals output from the pixel region; and a scanning circuit that scans the pixel region so that a partial signal and an added signal are read out, the partial signal being a signal from some of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and the added signal being a signal obtained by adding the signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions.

Apparatus and methods employing a PDAF optical system are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels include a set of pixels configurable to be imaging pixels or focus pixels. The image sensor is configured to generate image data of a scene based on received light at the plurality of pixels. The example apparatus also includes a processor coupled to the image sensor. The processor may be configured to receive first image data of a first frame of the scene, determine at least one region of interest or region of non-interest of the first frame, select, based on the determined at least one region of interest or region of non-interest, a subset of the set of pixels to be focus pixels, and cause the selected subset of the set of pixels to operate as focus pixels.

An apparatus which is capable of displaying an image for a user to easily recognize the brightness and colors of an area of interest in the image and easily determine whether a subject is in focus. The amount of image shift between parallax image signals is calculated. The amount of blur in an area where an image shift occurs in the parallax image signals is determined based on the amount of image shift. A blurring process is performed on at least one of the parallax image signals based on the amount of blur. An image based on the display image signal generated based on the resulting parallax image signal is displayed on a display. The determined amount of blur is greater than the amount of blur shown by a subject image defocused by the amount of defocus converted from the amount of image shift.

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for varied depth determination using stereo vision and phase detection auto focus (PDAF). Computer stereo vision (stereo vision) is used to extract three-dimensional information from digital images. To utilize stereo vision, two optical sensors are displaced horizontally from one another and used to capture images depicting two differing views of a real-world environment from two different vantage points. The relative depth of the objects captured in the images is determined using triangulation by comparing the relative positions of the objects in the two images. For example, the relative positions of matching objects (e.g., features) identified in the captured images are used along with the known orientation of the optical sensors (e.g., distance between the optical sensors, vantage points the optical sensors) to estimate the depth of the objects.

An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a camera module, a memory, and a processor. The camera module includes a lens part, a first image sensor, a second image sensor, and an optical splitter. The optical splitter provides a first portion of light introduced through the lens part to the first image sensor and provides a second portion of the light introduced through the lens part to the second image sensor. The processor combines first image data obtained based on the first image sensor and second image data obtained based on the second image sensor to generate third image data and performs a specified function.

Provided is an image processing device that can accurately detect a target object, even when a high-distortion lens is used. According to the present invention, a camera 100 captures images in accordance with a synchronization signal Sig1, a camera 101 captures images in accordance with a synchronization signal Sig2, an area of interest setting unit 1033 sets an area of interest that represents a region to which attention is to be paid, a phase difference setting unit 1034 sets a shift .DELTA.t (a phase difference) for synchronization signal Sig1 and synchronization signal Sig2 that synchronizes the imaging timing of camera 100 and camera 101 with respect to the area of interest in the images captured by camera 100 and a region of the images captured by camera 101 that corresponds to the area of interest, and a synchronization signal generation unit 102 generates synchronization signal Sig1 and synchronization signal Sig2 on the basis of the shift .DELTA.t.