An apparatus includes a base; a mount attached to the base, the mount including a backplate, a bottom platform formed perpendicular to the backplate along a bottom of the backplate, the bottom platform including a retention wall formed as part of the bottom platform distant from the portion of the bottom platform attached to the backplate, the retention wall being perpendicular to the bottom platform, and a first side arm formed as part of the backplate along a side of the backplate and extending outwards from the backplate, and a notch holder formed as part of the base, the notch holder configured to secure a drug test device to the base.

A system and method for controlling characteristics of collected image data are disclosed. The system and method include performing pre-processing of an image using GPUs, configuring an optic based on the pre-processing, the configuring being designed to account for features of the pre-processed image, acquiring an image using the configured optic, processing the acquired image using GPUs, and determining if the processed acquired image accounts for feature of the pre-processed image, and the determination is affirmative, outputting the image, wherein if the determination is negative repeating the configuring of the optic and re-acquiring the image.

A system and method for controlling characteristics of collected image data are disclosed. The system and method include performing pre-processing of an image using GPUs, configuring an optic based on the pre-processing, the configuring being designed to account for features of the pre-processed image, acquiring an image using the configured optic, processing the acquired image using GPUs, and determining if the processed acquired image accounts for feature of the pre-processed image, and the determination is affirmative, outputting the image, wherein if the determination is negative repeating the configuring of the optic and re-acquiring the image.

A method of producing a Pepper's Ghost, includes projecting an image of a subject onto a reflective and transparent screen to create a virtual image of the subject alongside an object, the subject in the virtual image having a colour temperature. The object is illuminated with light having a colour and intensity that results in a colour temperature of the object at least approximately matching the colour temperature of the subject in the virtual image. The subject in the virtual image has a luminance and may be illuminated with light having a colour and intensity that results in a luminance of the object at least approximately matching the luminance of the subject in the virtual image.

A multi-view vision inspection system includes a darkroom; and a plurality of cameras, the plurality of cameras including a plurality of first cameras, a plurality of second cameras and a plurality of third cameras, the plurality of first cameras being arranged spaced from one another at a top of an interior of the darkroom, the plurality of second cameras being arranged spaced from one another at a bottom of the interior of the darkroom, and the plurality of third cameras being arranged spaced from one another on a side wall of the interior of the darkroom in a circumferential direction of the darkroom. The multi-view vision inspection system can measure each angle of a workpiece to be inspected by using the plurality of cameras above.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide adjustable lighting devices for use in photography lighting systems. In one embodiment, an adjustable lighting device comprises at least two panel sections and a light element. The at least two panel sections are each configured to act as a light reflector or flag, and are rotatably coupled to each other such that each panel section is freely rotatable relative to its one or more adjacent panel sections. The light element is coupled to one side of a first panel section of the panel sections, and configured to direct light substantially in a direction away from the one side of the first panel section.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide adjustable lighting devices for use in photography lighting systems. In one embodiment, an adjustable lighting device comprises at least two panel sections and a light element. The at least two panel sections are each configured to act as a light reflector or flag, and are rotatably coupled to each other such that each panel section is freely rotatable relative to its one or more adjacent panel sections. The light element is coupled to one side of a first panel section of the panel sections, and configured to direct light substantially in a direction away from the one side of the first panel section.

A lighting unit, configured and adapted for illuminating subjects for photography and filming, has a connecting element that comprises, on the one hand, plug-in locations configured and adapted to receive at least two light sources, and, on the other hand, contacts configured and adapted to be connected to a generator, the contacts being electrically connected to the plug-in locations. At least two light sources are inserted into the plug-in locations. A substantially transparent protective cover is connected to the connecting element and at least partially encloses each of the light sources connected to the connecting element. One light source is designed as an HMI (Hydrargyrum Medium-Arc Iodide) light and the at least one other light source is designed as a flash tube. A lighting device including a lighting unit, and a reflector assembly with a lighting device, are also disclosed.

Method and systems of automated document processing described herein include activating in sequence a plurality of illumination modules of an illumination source to illuminate a document, where the plurality of illumination modules are located at different positions relative to the document. The document can be imaged each time the document is illuminated by an illumination module to provide a plurality of images. A shadow profile of the document can be obtained based on the plurality of images. One or more of a boundary of the document and presence of a fastener attached to the document can be identified using the shadow profile. Any fasteners present may be removed using a robot arm.

A mist spraying unit atomizes a liquid and sprays the liquid as a mist, a light projector irradiates a space into which the mist is sprayed from the mist spraying unit with light, an imaging unit images scattered light by the mist of the light irradiated from the light projector, and an arithmetic unit calculates a mist concentration in the space based on a luminance value of a pixel constituting an image acquired from the imaging unit, thereby stopping spraying of the mist sprayed from the mist spraying unit.