According to certain embodiments, an electronic device includes a lens part, a driving circuit, an image sensor, a memory, and a processor. The processor may obtain a first image and a second image by using the first group pixels and the second group pixels, generate first correction candidate images based on the first image and the second PSF feature information, generate second correction candidate images based on the second image and the first PSF feature information, identify matching costs between the first correction candidate images and the second correction candidate images in a pixel basis, and determine a depth map corresponding to the matching costs between the first correction candidate images and the second correction candidate images. In addition, certain embodiments understood from the specification are possible.

Implementations generally increase the virtual resolution of a camera sensor. In some implementations, a method includes moving an image sensor in a predetermined pattern, wherein the image sensor includes an array of light collecting elements, and wherein each light collecting element of the sensor array cycles through a plurality of positions in the predetermined pattern. The method further includes capturing a plurality of samples of light at each light collecting element, wherein each light collecting element captures a plurality of the samples in a cycle of movement in the predetermined pattern. The method further includes converting each sample captured at each position into a value. The method further includes generating at least one image from an aggregate of values converted from the samples of light.

A time-of-flight device comprises a pixel array including a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array, respective ones of the plurality of pixel circuits including a first photodiode configured to selectively output two analog signals respectively via two paths, and including a second photodiode configured to selectively output two analog signals respectively via two paths; a signal line coupled to the first photodiode and a second photodiode; and processing circuitry including: a comparator configured to compare a voltage of the signal line with a reference signal and to output a comparison result, and a counter configured to perform a count based on the comparison result in response to a count control signal, wherein the count control signal is configured to switch the counter between an up count mode and a down count mode while a count value is held in the counter.

The present disclosure relates to transmission electron microscopy for evaluation of biological matter. According to an embodiment, the present disclosure further relates to an apparatus for determining the structure and/or elemental composition of a sample using 4D STEM, comprising a direct bombardment detector operating with global shutter readout, processing circuitry configured to acquire images of bright-field disks using either a contiguous array or non-contiguous array of detector pixel elements, correct distortions in the images, align each image of the images based on a centroid of the bright-field disk, calculate a radial profile of the images, normalize the radial profiles by a scaling factor, calculate the rotationally-averaged edge profile of the bright-field disk, and determine elemental composition within the specimen based on the characteristics of the edge profile of the bright-field disk corresponding to each specimen location.

Methods and apparatus for a sensing system having a focal plane array having an n×m array of sensing elements and a single output pixel and a mask to select or deselect ones of the sensing elements in the array to form patterns, wherein the mask forms a part of the focal plane array.

Provided is an imaging device including a scanning unit configured to control a plurality of pixels so as to perform a shutter scan and a readout scan, and the scanning unit is further configured to switch a drive mode between a first drive mode and a second drive mode having periods of different lengths of the readout scan in control of the plurality of pixels and start the shutter scan performed in the second drive mode before the readout scan performed in the first drive mode ends when switching a drive mode from the first drive mode to the second drive mode.

Methods and apparatus for a sensing system having a focal plane array having an n×m array of sensing elements and a single output pixel and a mask to select or deselect ones of the sensing elements in the array to form patterns, wherein the mask forms a part of the focal plane array.

A multi-modal imaging device can include a sensor array, a metamaterial filter, and a memory unit. The sensor array can be any suitable sensor which detects incoming light and is capable of recording a received image. The metamaterial filter can be oriented adjacent the sensor array and can be patterned with pixels having varied physical heights designed to diffract an incoming image to produce an engineered response which is sensitive to 2D spatial coordinates (x, y), time (t), and at least one of depth spatial coordinate (z), spectrum (λ), and degree of polarization ({right arrow over (S)}). The memory unit can include instructions that, when executed by a processor, reconstruct the engineered response to produce a reconstructed image which includes the 2D spatial coordinates and at least one of z, λ, and {right arrow over (S)}.

An image capturing device of the present disclosure has a stacked chip structure in which at least two semiconductor chips including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip are stacked. Pixels each including a light receiving portion are arranged on the first semiconductor chip, and a scanning section that selectively scans the pixel and a signal processing section that processes an analog signal output from the pixel are arranged on the second semiconductor chip. Further, the scanning section is arranged along pixel rows of the pixel arrangement in the matrix form.

The invention relates to a TOF camera system comprising several cameras, at least one of the cameras being a TOF camera, wherein the cameras are assembled on a common substrate and are imaging the same scene simultaneously and wherein at least two cameras are driven by different driving parameters.