The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an information processing method, and a program capable of more easily grasping parallax among a plurality of images viewed from different individual-view optical systems.

Any one a plurality of images viewed from a plurality of individual-view optical systems having optical paths independent from one another is displayed while selectively and dynamically switching among the images. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an imaging device, an electronic device, an interchangeable lens or a camera system equipped with a plurality of individual-view lenses, an information processing method, a program, or the like.

To improve strength of an imaging module with an adjusted optical axis. An imaging device includes an imaging module and a holding unit. The imaging module provided in the imaging device includes an imaging element that images incident light introduced from an upper surface of a housing. The holding unit provided in the imaging device surrounds and holds a side surface of the imaging module, the side surface being adjacent to the upper surface of the housing. The holding unit surrounds and holds the side surface of the imaging module, thereby protecting the imaging module.

The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an interchangeable lens that enable depth-of-field adjustment.

The imaging apparatus includes a depth-of-field adjustment function that adjusts the depth of field of at least one monocular optical system among a plurality of monocular optical systems having optical paths independent of one another. For example, the depth-of-field adjustment function includes a mechanism that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems, and an optical system control unit that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems by driving the monocular optical systems on the basis of control information. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an interchangeable lens or a camera system that provides a plurality of monocular lenses, an information processing method, a program, or the like, for example.

The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and method, an imaging apparatus and method, a program, and an interchangeable lens that enable acquisition of viewpoint images in accordance with an imaging mode.

For a captured image generated by an image sensor that has different positions irradiated with the respective irradiation light beams having passed through a plurality of monocular optical systems that have optical paths independent of one another, viewpoint image regions that are the regions of the respective viewpoint images corresponding to the respective monocular optical systems are set in accordance with the imaging mode of the captured image. The present disclosure can be applied to an information processing device, an electronic apparatus, an interchangeable lens or a camera system that includes a plurality of monocular optical systems, an information processing method, an imaging method, a program, or the like, for example.

An imaging system is provided with: a first imaging apparatus (2) that captures an image of an imaging target (T, TP) that is located at a first point (P1); a second imaging apparatus (3) a focus position of which is set at a second point (P2) that is located at a forward side along a moving direction of the imaging target than the first point; and a control apparatus (6) that controls the second imaging apparatus to capture an image of the imaging target that is located at the second point on the basis of the image (200) captured by the first imaging apparatus.

A lens driving apparatus includes a housing; a bobbin; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet facing the coil; a base disposed below the housing; a substrate disposed between the housing and the base; an elastic member disposed on the bobbin and coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and a support member coupled to the housing and the substrate. The elastic member includes an external part coupled to the housing, an internal part coupled to the bobbin, a connection part connecting the external part and the internal part. The bobbin includes a groove. The internal part of the elastic member includes a coupling hole. The coupling hole of the internal part includes a first area formed at a position corresponding to the groove, and a second area extending from the first area. An adhesive for fixing the elastic member to the bobbin is disposed in the coupling hole.

An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of stereo cameras arranged so that directions of baseline lengths of the stereo cameras intersect each other; a depth estimation unit that estimates, from captured images captured by the plurality of stereo cameras, a depth of an object included in the captured images; and an object detection unit that detects the object based on the depth estimated by the depth estimation unit and reliability of the depth, the reliability being determined in accordance with an angle of a direction of an edge line of the object with respect to the directions of the baseline lengths of the plurality of stereo cameras.

An electronic apparatus including a first lens and a second lens at a first side, the second lens having a angle of view different from that of the first lens, includes a switching unit configured to switch first imaging via the first lens and second imaging via the second lens, and a control unit configured to control display of items corresponding to a plurality of respective imaging modes, wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where the second imaging is being performed, control display of a first item and a second item in different display modes, the first item corresponding to an imaging mode that enables the first imaging and the second imaging, the second item corresponding to an imaging mode that enables the first imaging and disables the second imaging.

A first image capturing unit (203 to 205) configured to capture an image using a lens placed on a first surface, a second image capturing unit (201 and 202) configured to capture an image using a lens placed on a second surface, the second image capturing unit being configured to switch to first image capturing using a first lens and second image capturing using a second lens with a wider angle than an angle of view of the first lens, and a control unit configured to perform control to, during the image capturing by the second image capturing unit, in response to a user operation for changing from a still image capturing mode to a moving image capturing mode, switch to the moving image capturing mode and also switch from the first image capturing using the first lens to the second image capturing using the second lens, are included.

An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging element and a second imaging element. The second imaging element includes a storage portion that stores first image data output from the first imaging element, and a processing portion that processes second image data. A second image indicated by the second image data has a higher resolution than a first image indicated by the first image data. The second imaging element outputs the first image data stored in the storage portion to a specific output destination in a case where a specific subject image is not detected, and outputs the second image data or combined image data obtained by combining the first image data with the second image data using the processing portion to the output destination in a case where the specific subject image is detected.