A multifunctional, wireless, high power LED-based strobe for still and motion photography is disclosed. The device is comprised of an LED lamp having a touch screen, onboard microcontroller, radio wave transmitter and receiver as well as a remote ‘hot shoe’ The invention is designed to be used with conventional still cameras and movie cameras. An object of the disclosure is to provide a means of customizing lighting conditions manually, automatically and in real time. Several proprietary lamps can also be tailored and controlled by the device.

A method of monitoring a target object uses a first imaging device to provide first images of a first area at a first resolution and processing the first images to detect a position of the target object in the first area. A second imaging device is used to provide second images of a second area that is a part of the first area and contains the detected position of the target object. The second images are at a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution. The second images may be analysed by a processor to determine characteristics of the target object.

The described technology is directed towards a production shot design system that facilitates previsualizing scene shots, including by members of a production crew (running client devices) in different locations in a collaborative and secure shot construction environment. Modifiable scene elements' properties and camera data can be manipulated to build a scene (shot) containing modifiable and non-modifiable scene elements. In an online, shared camera mode, changes to a scene can be communicated to other client devices, e.g., virtually immediately, so that each client device displays the change for other users to see at an interactive frame rate. Scene changes can also be made locally and/or in an offline mode before communicating to other users. In various aspects, animation and a video plane camera/video plane (e.g., greenscreen) are integrated into the production shot design system.

A sub imaging apparatus 60 used by a user generates a sub captured image by imaging a subject OB. A main imaging apparatus 20 of which an imaging direction can be changed by a camera platform 40 is remotely controlled by the sub imaging apparatus 60 to image the subject imaged by the sub imaging apparatus 60 so as to generate a main captured image with an angle of view different from that of the sub captured image. An image combination section included in the sub imaging apparatus 60 generates a display image by combining the sub captured image generated by the sub imaging apparatus 60 with the main captured image generated by the main imaging apparatus 20. A display section included in the sub imaging apparatus 60 displays the display image generated by the image combination section. Using the sub imaging apparatus 60, the user may cause the main imaging apparatus 20 away from the sub imaging apparatus 60 to image a desired subject easily. The user may further verify the subject by using captured images with different angles of view.

The disclosed implementations offer techniques for using different motion sensitivity settings for a trail camera to flexibly control how the trail camera captures images. For instance, a trail camera can be provided with multiple motion sensors configurable to different sensitivities, and can have different image capture settings depending on which motion sensor triggers. In other implementations, a single motion sensor can output a magnitude of a detection signal to similarly control image capture settings.

A live video distribution system has an on-the-spot system including a video signal generating means for generating video signals of a plurality of systems having different display ranges and a communicating means, and a plurality of terminal apparatuses each including a video display means, a display range setting signal generating means, and a communicating means. The systems of the video signals and the terminal apparatuses are associated with each other, the on-the-spot system has a function to determine the display ranges of the video signals of the respective systems on the basis of display range setting signals generated by the terminal apparatuses associated with the respective systems, and a function to send the video signals. Each of the terminal apparatuses can send the display range setting signal, can receive the video signal of the system associated with the terminal apparatus itself, and can display a video image based on the video signal.

A shooting method includes: when a target shooting object has entered a shooting range of a first camera but has not entered a shooting range of a second camera, starting a target shooting function of the second camera; and when the target shooting object has entered the shooting range of the second camera, obtaining an image of the target shooting object captured by the second camera using the target shooting function; where the shooting range of the first camera is larger than the shooting range of the second camera, and the shooting range of the first camera includes the shooting range of the second camera; and the target shooting function includes a continuous-shooting function or a function of recording at a first recording frame rate.

This application relates to the field of image processing, and in particular, to a multi-lens video recording method and related devices. The method includes: performing collaborative photographing through a plurality of cameras, determining a target camera movement mode based on main subject information in images obtained through photographing and motion information of the cameras, and then fusing, based on the target camera movement mode, the images obtained through photographing by using the plurality of cameras, to implement online camera movement fusion on the plurality of video stream images.

An imaging apparatus configured to change an imaging direction and to perform wireless communication includes at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor that is configured, upon execution of the stored instructions, to act as a position identification unit configured to identify a position of a subject based on an incoming direction of a radio wave received from a wireless apparatus held by the subject, and a control unit configured to, based on the identified position of the subject, perform control to change the imaging direction based on the subject not being in a predetermined region of a captured image, and not to change the imaging direction based on the subject being in the predetermined region.

An image-capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a camera, a lighting section, a sensor section, and an image-shooting controller. The lighting section includes a light entrance that at least a portion of external light enters, and an object for calibration that is irradiated with the external light entering the light entrance. The sensor section detects a state of the object for calibration irradiated with the external light. The image-shooting controller controls the camera according to a result of the detection performed by the sensor section.