The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program that perform appropriate exposure control, to thereby enable a desired object to be appropriately imaged. The present technology includes: an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels having different spectral characteristics; and an exposure control unit setting information associated with exposure control on the plurality of pixels depending on specification information for specifying a kind of a measurement target. Alternatively, the present technology includes: an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels having different spectral characteristics; and an exposure control unit setting information associated with exposure control on the plurality of pixels on the basis of a predicted output value of each of the plurality of pixels based on a spectral characteristic related to a measurement target. The present technology is applicable to an imaging apparatus which senses vegetation, for example.

A method for determining a level of solar radiation at a point of interest (POI). Multiple sky images are captured by a distributed network of digital cameras. Sun location parameters are determined. A three-dimensional (3D) sky model is generated based on the sky images. Generating the 3D sky model includes generating 3D object data based on the sky images to model one or more objects in a region of sky, and generating position data to model a position of the one or more objects in the region of sky. A level of solar radiation at the POI is determined based on the position data and 3D object data of the 3D sky model and the sun location parameters.

A sky luminance mapping system includes a camera unit, two pyranometer units and a processing unit. Camera unit includes a fisheye lens to shoot image of sky dome and is equipped with light-shading devices which block the sun from the camera unit corresponding to instant location of the sun at instant time. First pyranometer unit measures daylight illuminance from the sky dome and outputs first intensity signal while the light-shading device is applied to block the sun. Second pyranometer unit measures daylight illuminance from the sky dome and outputs second intensity signal without blocking the sun. A reference intensity value is obtained by subtracting a value of the first intensity signal from a value of the second intensity signal. According to the value of the first intensity signal and the reference intensity value, a total luminance of and the luminance distribution in the image of the sky dome are corrected.

Disclosed herein is an oven. The oven includes a case having a cooking chamber therein, a door unit connected to the case, configured to open or close the cooking chamber, and having a transparent portion configured to enable a user to see the inside of the cooking chamber, a handle protruding from the door unit to the outside, and a camera module configured to photograph the inside of the cooking chamber, and disposed to be biased toward one end of the handle from the center in longitudinal direction of the handle.

A vision inspection apparatus includes an inspection controller which displays a grid pattern with a plurality of gray levels on a display panel, an imaging converter which drives a charge-coupled device with a predetermined or set exposure-time and converts the grid pattern displayed on the display panel into a grid pattern signal, a charge calculator which calculates a charge amount per unit time for each color of a reference gray level using a reference gray level signal, included in the grid pattern signal, and the set exposure-time, and an exposure-time calculator which calculates an optimum exposure-time for each color of the reference gray level based on a target charge amount of the reference gray level.

The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program that perform appropriate exposure control, to thereby enable a desired object to be appropriately imaged.

The present technology includes: an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels having different spectral characteristics; and an exposure control unit setting information associated with exposure control on the plurality of pixels depending on specification information for specifying a kind of a measurement target. Alternatively, the present technology includes: an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels having different spectral characteristics; and an exposure control unit setting information associated with exposure control on the plurality of pixels on the basis of a predicted output value of each of the plurality of pixels based on a spectral characteristic related to a measurement target. The present technology is applicable to an imaging apparatus which senses vegetation, for example.

A vision inspection apparatus includes an inspection controller which displays a grid pattern with a plurality of gray levels on a display panel, an imaging converter which drives a charge-coupled device with a predetermined or set exposure-time and converts the grid pattern displayed on the display panel into a grid pattern signal, a charge calculator which calculates a charge amount per unit time for each color of a reference gray level using a reference gray level signal, included in the grid pattern signal, and the set exposure-time, and an exposure-time calculator which calculates an optimum exposure-time for each color of the reference gray level based on a target charge amount of the reference gray level.

Disclosed is a system for combining multiple signals or sensor measurements, representing the same physical phenomenon, into a consolidated signal or measurement describing the given physical phenomenon more accurately or precisely, the system comprising a control system to automatically set or adjust the gain of the multiple signals or measurements, and a merging subsystem. The primary application is as an adaptive High Dynamic Range (HDR) sensing system. Disclosed are systems based on it. Such as for the viewing of electric are welding or other phenomena having extreme variation in exposure or signal level. In some embodiments the system includes a machine learning module that adapts to scene or subject matter changes, temporarily, spatially, or spatiotemporally. Coupled dynamic dynamic-range (D.sup.2R) compositing operates by assembling sensor information, such as images or audio, from multiple strong and weak exposures that are allowed to move and change over time, as lighting conditions or sound conditions change over time in their amplitude-domain properties. A feed back-control method automatically adjusts multiple exposure value settings for HDR compositing. To increase the dynamic range of a sensory process, such as video capture. The system is designed to asymptotically approach an optimal distribution of camera exposure control settings, under varying lighting conditions and motion, to capture an extremely high dynamic range for HDR compositing. This exposure array control system is designed to improve the effective dynamic range of cameras, audio recorders, and other sensors. Applications include an audio recorder that can be taken out of one's pocket, and used to record an earthquake or a ballistics test, and then the whispers of a mouse in a quiet room all without adjusting any volume or gain adjustments, and using ordinary sensors and ordinary analog-to-digital converters (ADC's) with a limited inherent dynamic range. Welding vision systems, autonomous robot and spacecraft vision systems, acoustic recorders in geology/mining, and scientific cameras and signal recorders, are all particular applications of this system, requiring extreme dynamic ranges with unpredictable, nonstationary signals. We have devised a new method for automatic exposure-setting control, to enable coupled dynamic dynamic-range (CD.sup.2R) video compositing. Rather than an HDR system that needs to be tuned for each lighting scenario (e.g. indoors with two exposures, and then returned outdoors with three exposures when viewing the sun or welding). The feedback control system adapts to the dynamic histogram of each exposure image to control all the exposure settings in tan

An apparatus for the creation of works having the same creative look and feel as works filmed via the original Technicolor three-strip filming process comprising: a camera, a lens mounted on said camera, a step-up, lens-filter adapter ring mounted on said lens of said camera, a diffusion filter mounted on said step-up, lens-filter adapter ring, said diffusion filter capable of mimicking the effect of traditional silver nitrate film used in the Technicolor process, and an optical band-stop filter mounted on said the diffusion filter, said optical band-stop filter capable of preventing the transmission of light having a 570-600 nm wavelength and permitting no more than 20% light from being transmitted through it.

A wide angle dispersing light fixture comprising a clear bowl-shaped outer housing having an inner surface, and an outer surface mirrorized with RUSTOLEUM MIRROR EFFECT, silver, SKU NO. 26772, and a candelabra style fixture capable of receiving a multiplicity of light bulbs, said light bulbs being Hypericon A21 LED BULBS having an extended CRI of 94 or higher, and capable of providing R-9 and an unbroken spectrum of light capable of working in daylight balance between 4800 and 5600 kelvin.

A chromatic exposure meter comprising an eyecup and a spectroscope having multiple glass-prisms, a nanometer scale and a control that can open and close the iris/slit to change the amount of light that enters the spectroscope, said spectroscope further uprising an ISO Wheel having a scale for 12, 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, and 6400, a free-moving Shutter Speed Wheel equipped with a Shutter Speed scale of 1/800, 1/400, 1/200, 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, 1/12, 1/6, 1/3, and 1/1.6 of a second, a free moving F-Stop Wheel equipped with an f-stop scale of 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, and 32 and a Rainbow Calibrator scale, and a fixed Foot Candle Wheel correlating to the Iris-loot Candle Measure, and equipped with a scale of 3, 6, 12, 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, and 6400-foot candles.

Disclosed herein is an oven. The oven includes a case having a cooking chamber therein, a door unit connected to the case, configured to open or close the cooking chamber, and having a transparent portion configured to enable a user to see the inside of the cooking chamber, a handle protruding from the door unit to the outside, and a camera module configured to photograph the inside of the cooking chamber, and disposed to be biased toward one end of the handle from the center in longitudinal direction of the handle.