H04N23/683

Imaging apparatus and image stabilization sharing between interchangeable lens and camera body

An imaging apparatus includes an interchangeable lens, and a camera body. The interchangeable lens includes a correction lens, a lens driver, and a first controller. The camera body includes an image sensor, a sensor driver, and a second controller. The first or second controller selects one of the interchangeable lens and the camera body, in accordance with a level of correction capability to perform the image stabilization. Corresponding to the selected one, one driver of the lens driver and the sensor driver performs the image stabilization for the image blur within a predetermined range. The other driver corresponding to non-selected one performs the image stabilization for a remaining portion of the image blur exceeding the predetermined range.

Electronic apparatus with image stabilization
11516395 · 2022-11-29 · ·

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display device, a sensor, and a processor. The display device receives an image data. The display device includes a display panel and displays an image related to the image data on the display panel. A reference image point of the image is displayed on a first location on the display panel. The sensor detects a movement status of the electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus shakes to generate at least one movement parameter. The processor calculates compensation data according to the at least one movement parameter and size information of the display panel. When the display device receives the compensation data, the display device displays the image by shifting the reference image point of the image from the first location to a second location on the display panel to display according to the compensation data.

Real-time image motion correction or stabilization system and methods for projectiles or munitions in flight

The present invention relates to projectiles and munitions, and more specifically to such in flight. More particularly the present invention relates to projectiles and munitions in flight equipped with one or more image sensors adapted for acquiring image data of the environment surrounding the projection or munition in flight. The present invention further relates to systems and methods for correcting or stabilizing motion effects and artifacts present in the image data related to the movement or motion of the projectile or munition in flight, including spin or rotation of the projectile or munition.

COMBINED MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION

Systems and methods are disclosed for image signal processing. For example, methods may include, based on a sequence of orientation estimates for an image sensor and an orientation setpoint, invoking a mechanical stabilization system to adjust an orientation of the image sensor toward the orientation setpoint; receiving an image from the image sensor; determining an orientation error between the orientation of the image sensor and the orientation setpoint during capture of the image; and, based on the orientation error, invoking an electronic image stabilization module to correct the image for a rotation corresponding to the orientation error to obtain a stabilized image.

IMAGE STABILIZATION CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20230055150 · 2023-02-23 ·

An image stabilization control device capable of correcting a parallel blur or the like with high accuracy is provided.

A image stabilization control device includes: a rotation radius calculation unit configured to calculate a rotation radius of an angle blur based on outputs of an angle blur signal acquired from an angle blur detection unit and a parallel blur signal acquired from a parallel blur detection unit; a rotation radius prediction unit configured to predict a change in the rotation radius based on an output of the rotation radius calculation unit and output a rotation radius prediction signal; and a blur correction control unit configured to control correction of the parallel blur based on the rotation radius prediction signal of the rotation radius prediction unit and the angle blur signal acquired from the angle blur detection unit.

Image alignment using a virtual gyroscope model
11503209 · 2022-11-15 · ·

A target image captured from a fisheye lens or other lens with known distortion parameters may be transformed to align it to a reference image. Corresponding features may be detected in the target image and the reference image. The features may be transformed to a spherical coordinate space. In the spherical space, images may be re-pointed or rotated in three dimensions to align all or a subset of the features of the target image to the corresponding features of the reference image. For example, in a sequence of images, background features of the target image in the spherical image space may be aligned to background features of the reference image in the spherical image space to compensate for camera motion while preserving foreground motion. An inverse transformation may then be applied to bring the images back into the original image space.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING DIGITAL VIDEO
20230047490 · 2023-02-16 ·

A method and apparatus for capturing digital video includes displaying a preview of a field of view of the imaging device in a user interface of the imaging device. A sequence of images is captured. A main subject and a background in the sequence of images is determined, wherein the main subject is different than the background. A sequence of modified images for use in a final video is obtained, wherein each modified image is obtained by combining two or more images of the sequence of images such that the main subject in the modified image is blur free and the background is blurred. The sequence of modified images is combined to obtain the final video, which is stored in a memory of the imaging device, and displayed in the user interface.

Blur correction device, imaging apparatus, monitoring system, and program
11503210 · 2022-11-15 · ·

A blur correction device includes: a sensor; a mechanical blur correction device; an electronic blur correction circuit that corrects the blurring by performing image processing on an image obtained through imaging of the imaging apparatus, based on the amount of blurring and operation state information about an operation state of the optical element during exposure in the imaging apparatus; and a supplementary blur correction circuit that, in a case where the mechanical blur correction device and the electronic blur correction circuit are shared and operated at a predetermined ratio during the exposure, corrects the blurring by applying, to the image, a filter determined depending on the operation state information, the predetermined ratio, the amount of blurring, and an exposure period in the imaging apparatus.

Motion compensation for a SPAD array camera

Examples are disclosed that relate to motion compensation on a single photon avalanche detector (SPAD) array camera. One example provides a method enacted on an imaging device comprising a SPAD array camera and a motion sensor, the SPAD array camera comprising a plurality of pixels. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of subframes of image data. Each subframe of image data comprises a binary value for each pixel. Based upon motion data from the motion sensor, the method further comprises determining a change in pose of the imaging device between adjacent subframes, applying a positional offset to a current subframe based upon the motion data to align a location of a stationary imaged feature in the current subframe with a location of the stationary imaged feature in a prior subframe to create aligned subframes, summing the aligned subframes to form an image, and outputting the image.

CAMERA MODULE AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
20220360712 · 2022-11-10 ·

An imaging device includes a lens module configured to receive an optical signal, an image sensor configured to generate image data based on the received optical signal, a tilting module configured to adjust a position of the image sensor, and a processor configured to control the tilting module based on the image data. The processor is further configured to recognize a target object from the image data and control the tilting module in response to comparing a location of the target object with reference location information including object location information.