An apparatus includes a motion detection unit configured to detect a moving object in an angle of view based on an event signal indicating a location of a pixel where a luminance change occurs and time when the luminance change occurs, a shape detection unit configured to detect a shape of the moving object from frame data generated based on the event signal, and a control unit configured to change the angle of view, wherein in a case where the detected moving object is not currently detected, the shape detection unit detects the shape of the moving object by changing the angle of view by a predetermined value.

An image processing device includes an evaluation unit configured to evaluate whether a first region of a captured image satisfies a quality condition, and a composition frame setting unit configured to set a different composition frame in the captured image in accordance with an evaluation result of the first region.

Improvement of noise characteristics is achievable. A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements (333) arranged in a two-dimensional grid shape in a matrix direction and each generating a charge corresponding to a received light amount, and a detection unit (400) that detects a photocurrent produced by the charge generated in each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. A chip (201a) on which the photoelectric conversion elements are disposed and a chip (201b) on which at least a part of the detection unit is disposed are different from each other.

Systems and methods track objects within an operating room. A machine vision system includes a camera and a controller. A navigation system includes a camera unit including a sensor array. The sensor array includes a plurality of sensing elements. The controller system identifies a first subset of the plurality of sensing elements to be active based on the position of the object. The controller is also configured to track a movement of the object within the operating room using the first subset of the plurality of sensing elements while preventing the use of the second subset of the plurality of sensing elements.

The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing chip, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to utilize the result of detecting an occurrence of an event in imaging. The solid-state imaging device includes: an event detection unit that detects, as an event, a change in an electrical signal generated by each pixel of a pixel array unit; a region-of-interest detection unit that detects, from a result of detecting the event, a region-of-interest of the pixel array unit; and a pixel signal generation unit that generates a pixel signal constituting an image of a region corresponding to the region-of-interest. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a sensor that detects an event that is a change in an electrical signal of a pixel.

Systems and methods to track objects within an operating room with a navigation system that includes an optical sensor including sensing elements and a controller in communication with the optical sensor. The controller controls the optical sensor to process a first quantity of the sensing elements to view a first region of interest. The object is tracked within the first region of interest with the optical sensor. The controller obtains data related to the object within the operating room. The data may include a type of the object and/or prior pose data of the object being tracked. Based on the data, the controller controls the optical sensor to process a second quantity of the sensing elements, different from the first quantity, to view a second region of interest different from the first region of interest. The object is tracked within the second region of interest with the optical sensor.

A sensor device includes an array sensor having a plurality of detection elements arrayed in one or two dimensional manner, a signal processing unit configured to acquire a detection signal by the array sensor and perform signal processing, and a calculation unit. The calculation unit detects an object from the detection signal by the array sensor, and gives an instruction, to the signal processing unit, on region information generated on the basis of the detection of the object as region information regarding the acquisition of the detection signal from the array sensor or the signal processing for the detection signal.

An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.

A moving object is detected and tracked accurately and a region of interest including the moving object is output at high resolution without increasing power consumption.

An imaging device includes: a pixel array unit that has a plurality of pixel circuits and can clip a first pixel region which is a part of an effective pixel region and output pixel data in the first pixel region; and a signal processing unit that detects and tracks a moving object in the first pixel region based on the pixel data output from the pixel array unit in the first pixel region, clips a second pixel region which is a part of the first pixel region, and outputs pixel data in the second pixel region.

A moving object is detected and tracked accurately and a region of interest including the moving object is output at high resolution without increasing power consumption.

An imaging device includes: a pixel array unit that has a plurality of pixel circuits and can clip a first pixel region which is a part of an effective pixel region and output pixel data in the first pixel region; and a signal processing unit that detects and tracks a moving object in the first pixel region based on the pixel data output from the pixel array unit in the first pixel region, clips a second pixel region which is a part of the first pixel region, and outputs pixel data in the second pixel region.