An obtaining unit is configured to obtain image capturing direction information indicating an image capturing direction of a first image capturing part that can change the image capturing direction. A determining unit is configured to determine, in accordance with the image capturing direction of the first image capturing part, a second image capturing part having an image capturing direction closest to the image capturing direction of the first image capturing part in an image capturing part set including a plurality of image capturing parts having a different image capturing direction. A generating unit is configured to generate a combined image such that an image captured by the second image capturing part is arranged at a predetermined position in the combined image by combining images captured by the respective image capturing parts in the image capturing part set.

Systems and techniques are provided for a camera server for heterogeneous cameras. A camera server may include a computing device that may a receive image data from a first camera and second image data from a second camera of a heterogenous system that may be a trapped ion quantum computer. The first camera may observe trapped ions. The second camera may observe optical systems and laser beams. The second image data may have a different format than the first image data. The computing device may convert the image data and the second image data into a format for a common data structure for image data, send the image data in the format for the common data structure for image data to client computing devices, and send the second image data in the format for the common data structure for image data to additional client computing devices.

An autonomous vehicle control system is provided. The control system may include a plurality of cameras to acquire a plurality of images of an area in a vicinity of a vehicle; and at least one processing device configured to: recognize a curve to be navigated based on map data and vehicle position information; determine an initial target velocity for the vehicle based on at least one characteristic of the curve as reflected in the map data; adjust a velocity of the vehicle to the initial target velocity; determine, based on the plurality of images, observed characteristics of the curve; determine an updated target velocity based on the observed characteristics of the curve; and adjust the velocity of the vehicle to the updated target velocity.

A system and method for determining a dimension of a target. The method includes: determining a camera parameter, the camera parameter including at least one of a focal length, a yaw angle, a roll angle, a pitch angle, or a height of one or more cameras; acquiring a first image and a second image of an target captured by the one or more cameras; generating a first corrected image and a second corrected image by correcting the first image and the second image; determining a parallax between a pixel in the first corrected image and a corresponding pixel in the second corrected image; determining an outline of the target; and determining a dimension of the target based at least in part on the camera parameter, the parallax, and the outline of the target.

An electronic device and a method for controlling a camera device in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a camera device disposed at a location overlapping a partial area of the display, and a processor that controls the camera device based on information input through an adjacent area of the partial area of the display or an adjacent area including the partial area of the display.

Thermal monitors comprising a substrate with at least one camera position on a bottom surface thereof, a wireless communication controller and a battery. The camera has a field of view sufficient to produce an image of at least a portion of a wafer support, the image representative of the temperature within the field of view. Methods of using the thermal monitors are also described.

The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a rigid first substrate having a first image sensor arranged thereon; a rigid second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate and having a second image sensor arranged thereon; a third substrate connected to the first substrate and the second substrate; and a flexible connection unit for connecting the first substrate to the second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a first side surface, the second substrate includes a second side surface facing the first side surface, and the connection unit connects the first side surface of the first substrate to the second side surface of the second substrate.

An electronic device (100) and a method for controlling the electronic device (100) are provided. The electronic device (100) includes a time-of-flight (TOF) module 20, a color camera 30, a monochrome camera (40), and a processor (10). The TOF module (20) is configured to capture a depth image of a subject. The color camera (30) is configured to capture a color image of the subject. The monochrome camera (40) is configured to capture a monochrome image of the subject. The processor (10) is configured to obtain a current brightness of ambient light in real time, and to construct a three-dimensional image of the subject according to the depth image, the color image, and the monochrome image when the current brightness is less than a first threshold.

An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, the plurality of captured images having imaging time codes that match each other, the plurality of captured images being used for generating a virtual viewpoint image, executes a detection process for detecting a predetermined image pattern on the plurality of captured images, and determines parameters on positions of the plurality of image capturing devices and orientations from the plurality of image capturing devices based on a result of the detection process for detecting the predetermined image pattern on the plurality of captured images having the imaging time codes that match each other.

A stereo microscope includes a stand, two optical image acquisition units configured to connect to the stand to capture a stereoscopic image, which define an imaging plane using two optical axes of the image acquisition units, a pair of video glasses including two optical image reproduction units, each having an optical axis and a display for reproducing an image, which together define an image plane, wherein the optical image reproduction units are arranged to produce a stereoscopic image impression, and two optical axes of the optical image reproduction units define an image reproduction plane, a detection device configured to determine spatial orientation of the video glasses, the image reproduction plane, the image plane and the imaging plane, and a control unit configured to pivot the stand so that the intersection lines of the image plane and the imaging plane on the image reproduction plane are made parallel. Methods are also disclosed.