A high-dynamic-range (HDR) detecting system includes a camera module comprising an image sensor; and a vision module that receives data generated by the camera module and accordingly transmits feedback to the camera module. The camera module comprises a multiple-exposure unit that provides different exposure settings, according to which a plurality of images are captured by the image sensor. The vision module comprises an object detection device that detects objects in the plurality of images, thereby resulting in object detection results as metadata.

An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit for acquiring each of motion vector amounts of video signals each obtained from a plurality of camera units; a determination unit for determining whether or not each of the motion vector amounts is appropriate; and a control unit for performing image blur correction for the video signal for which the motion vector amount determined to be not appropriate has been obtained by using the motion vector amount determined to be appropriate if it is determined by the determination unit that at least one of the motion vector amounts is not appropriate, and to perform image blur correction for the video signals by sharing any one of the motion vector amounts determined to be appropriate by the determination unit or by using the respective motion vector amounts if it is determined by the determination unit that the respective motion vector amounts are appropriate.

A method for stabilizing a video sequence comprises: obtaining an indication of camera movement from acquisition of a previous camera frame to acquisition of a current camera frame; determining an orientation for the camera at a time of acquiring the current camera frame; and determining a candidate orientation for a crop frame for the current camera frame by adjusting an orientation of a crop frame associated with the previous camera frame according to the determined orientation. A boundary of one of the camera frame or crop frame is traversed to determine if a specific point on the boundary of the crop frame exceeds a boundary of the camera frame. If so, a rotation of the specific point location which would bring the specific point location onto the boundary of the crop frame is determined and the candidate crop frame orientation updated accordingly before the crop frame is displayed.

An integrity monitoring system for a first image sensor includes an electronic processor configured to receive sensor data for the provision of image data associated with an environment of the avionic sensor. The electronic processor is configured to monitor the avionic sensor for integrity. The electronic processor is configured to perform at least one of: determining a presence of an optical feature associated with optics of the first image sensor, comparing overlap information derived from the sensor data and other sensor data, comparing characteristics of a digital output stream of the sensor data to expected characteristics, or comparing a first motion derived from the image data and a second motion derived from avionic position equipment.

An electronic device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a memory, a first camera including a first image sensor and at least one processor, and the at least one processor obtains a plurality of image frames by photographing surroundings of the electronic device through the first camera, sets a region of interest (ROI) on the plurality of image frames, obtains a motion identification map corresponding to each of the plurality of image frames and select at least one image frame from among the plurality of image frames based on the obtained motion identification map, identifies whether there is a motion of an object on the ROI set on the selected at least one image frame, and performs a Super Slow Motion (SSM) function through the first camera based on a result of the identification.

An image pickup apparatus includes a lens, an image pickup device, and a processor. The processor acquires a plurality of pieces of first image data and second image data with an exposure time period longer than an exposure time period of the first image data from the image pickup device, detects a motion region by using the first image data and the second image data, and acquires motion detection information by using the plurality of pieces of first image data. The processor changes a synthesis method in accordance with whether the motion region is detected and generates one piece of synthesized image data.

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of first captured images captured by first image capturing using a first image capturing parameter and to acquire motion information about a subject in the plurality of first captured images, an estimation unit configured to estimate a motion blur of the subject in a second captured image captured by second image capturing based on a second image capturing parameter for the second image capturing to be performed using the second image capturing parameter, a setting unit configured to set the first image capturing parameter and the second image capturing parameter. The acquisition unit acquires the motion information from the plurality of first captured images captured using the first image capturing parameter changed so that the changed first image capturing parameter corresponds to an exposure time for the second image capturing relating to the second image capturing parameter.

Provided is method for rectifying an image using an electronic device. The method includes simultaneously capturing a first image of a scene using a first image sensor and a second image of the scene using a second image sensor, a first field of view (FOV) of the first image sensor being different from a second FOV of the second image sensor; identifying a motion characteristic in the first image; determining a motion function based on one of the first image and a capture process of the first image that caused the motion characteristic in the first image; scaling the motion function from the first image by a scale of the first image sensor with respect to the second image sensor; and applying the scaled motion function onto the second FOV of the second image to obtain a rectified second image without the motion characteristic.

There is provided a system (100) for performing image motion compensation. The system comprises a light source (110), an imaging unit (120), and a control unit (130). The light source is configured to provide multiplexed illumination to an object in a plurality of color channels, the imaging unit is configured to capture a first image and a second image of the object in the plurality of color channels, and the control unit is configured to determine an estimated motion of pixels between the first image and the second image in a first color channel, and to generate a first motion compensated image by extrapolating the estimated motion of pixels between the first image and the second image to at least another one of the plurality of color channels.

There is provided a system for performing image motion compensation. The system comprises a light source configured to provide pulsed illumination to an object, an imaging unit configured to capture a plurality of images of the object including a first image, a second image, and a third image, and a control unit configured to: determine a first motion map indicating an estimated motion between at least a section in the first image and at least the corresponding section in the second image, determine a second motion map indicating an estimated motion between at least the section in the first image and at least a corresponding section in the third image, or an estimated motion between at least the corresponding section in the second image and at least a corresponding section in the third image, and generate an at least partially motion compensated image.