H04N5/232

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAMERA MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE

A method of manufacturing a camera module that is low profile and that can achieve superior resolving power, a camera module, and an imaging device are provided. A positioning step of positioning an object-side group optical unit (12a) along an optical axis direction with the use of a jig (40) such that the object-side group optical unit (12a) is located so as not to be in contact with an image-plane-side group lens (32a) and a fixing step of fixing the object-side group optical unit (12a) to a lens holder (20) are included.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
20180013947 · 2018-01-11 ·

Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a main body mounted with an electronic unit including a controller, including a bezel disposed at the outer side thereof, and having a locking groove formed in the bezel; and a band part mounted with an additional device for exchanging an electric signal with the electronic unit and an electronic part providing information related to the additional device for the electronic unit, and including a coupling part detachably coupled to the locking groove. Here, the controller switches an operation mode of the main body according to the information related to the additional device provided by the electronic part when the main body and the band part are coupled to each other. Thus, when the band part mounted with the additional device is connected to the main body, the operation mode of the main body is automatically switched to a mode corresponding to the additional device, thereby providing convenience of use.

IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC MIRROR SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM
20180009379 · 2018-01-11 ·

An electronic mirror system comprising: an imaging portion that captures an image around a vehicle, and outputs the image to an image display control apparatus; and a display portion that displays an image received from the image display control apparatus. The image display control apparatus comprising: a shift amount calculation portion that calculates a shift amount of an object image that shows an object within an image; a following speed determination portion that determines a following speed of an additional image for the object image; an elapsed time calculation portion that calculates the elapsed time; a shift amount determination portion that determines a shift amount of the additional image; an additional image synthesis portion that synthesizes the additional image to the object image; and a display controller that allows the display portion to display a synthetic image.

POWER CONTROLLER, POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
20180011387 · 2018-01-11 ·

The present technology relates to a power controller, a power control method, and a program which appropriately supply power to an actuator for driving a shutter and an actuator for camera shake correction. A power controller includes a shutter controller for controlling a shutter driving unit, a camera shake correction controller for controlling a camera shake correction driving unit, and a power amount setting unit for setting amounts of power to be allocated to the shutter driving unit and the camera shake correction driving unit according to a set shutter speed. The power amount setting unit allocates the amount of power to be supplied to the camera shake correction driving unit when the shutter speed is equal to or less than a predetermined speed to the shutter driving unit in a case where the shutter speed is faster than a predetermined speed. The present technology available for an image pickup device.

METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR NOTIFYING OF SURROUNDING SITUATION INFORMATION
20180012073 · 2018-01-11 ·

According to various embodiments, a method for notifying of surrounding situation information by an electronic device may comprise the operations of: monitoring a value indicating a movement of the electronic device; determining whether a state of the electronic device is a stopped state, on the basis of the value indicating a movement of the electronic device; and acquiring surrounding situation information of the electronic device, which will be notified of to a user, when the state of the electronic device is a stopped state; and outputting the surrounding situation information.

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An image pickup device which captures sound and a moving image prevents deterioration in a reproduction quality. A scene change detector detects a frame at the time of a scene change from among a plurality of frames imaged at a predetermined frame rate as a detection frame. A frame rate converting unit converts a frame rate of the frame imaged outside a detection to a lower frame rate. A video reproduction time setting unit sets a reproduction time when reproduction is performed at the lower frame rate as a video reproduction time. An audio reproduction time setting unit sets an audio reproduction time at constant intervals for sounds recorded at constant intervals outside the detection period and sets an audio reproduction time in synchronization with the video reproduction time corresponding to the detection frame relative to sound recorded in the detection period.

IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

An image display system includes an image acquisition unit which acquires an image, an area setting unit which sets a plurality of viewing areas to which the image is to be assigned according to a direction of the image, an image assignment unit which assigns the image to each of the plurality of viewing areas, an operation determination unit which discriminates an operation in a first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas each having the image assigned thereto, and a display control unit which displays the image in the first viewing area and the image in a second viewing area other than the first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas concurrently based on a result of the discrimination by the operation determination unit.

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20180013951 · 2018-01-11 ·

An image processing apparatus (image processing circuit 125) includes a determiner (125a) that determines a weight coefficient which varies depending on a position in each of a plurality of parallax images and an image generator (125b) that synthesizes the plurality of parallax images based on the weight coefficient to generate an image.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE PANORAMIC IMAGE GENERATION
20180012336 · 2018-01-11 ·

An imaging system for adaptively generating panoramic images and methods for manufacturing and using same are provided. The system includes an imaging device configured to capture digital images at a plurality of image capture positions. The system further includes a processor configured to identify an overlapping portion of first and second images captured at respective first and second image capture positions, determine a stitching position quality measure for a plurality of stitching positions in the overlapping portion of the first and second images, and select a stitching position based on the determined stitching position quality measures of the plurality of stitching positions of the first and second images. The processor is also configured to stitch the first and second images together at the selected stitching position to generate a panoramic image and determine a third image capture position based on the stitching position quality measure.

WARNING DEVICE, WARNING METHOD, AND WARNING PROGRAM
20180012087 · 2018-01-11 ·

To issue an appropriate warning based on detection of an object even under the circumstances where it is difficult to determine the outside environment of a movable body, a warning device according to the present invention includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images respectively based on a plurality of filter characteristics, a detection unit configured to perform detection of a specified object on each of the plurality of acquired images, and a warning unit configured to issue a specific warning when the object is detected from at least any one of the plurality of acquired images, wherein the warning unit issues a higher level of warning when the object is detected from all of the plurality of images than when the object is detected from some of the plurality of images.