An information handling system peripheral camera ensures privacy with a cover that minimizes distance of a camera module to a front opening of the camera housing. For instance, opposing cover members rotate about geared ends that engage to translate rotation between the members, where the members meet over a camera opening to block capture of visual images and move to opposing sides to expose the camera module. In an alternative embodiment, a rotating shutter arrangement selectively covers the camera for security and also covers a microphone to provide security against unauthorized audible access through the camera. Selective covering and exposing of a camera module, infrared camera, microphone and user presence detection sensor support adaptive security at a camera based upon end user context.

An opto-electronic sensor module (e.g., an optical proximity sensor module) includes a substrate, a light emitter mounted on a first surface of the substrate, the light emitter being operable to emit light at a first wavelength, and a light detector mounted on the first surface of the substrate, the light detector being operable to detect light at the first wavelength. The module includes an optics member disposed substantially parallel to the substrate, and a separation member disposed between the substrate and the optics member. The separation member may surround the light emitter and the light detector, and may include a wall portion that extends from the substrate to the optics member and that separates the light emitter and the light detector from one another. The separation member may be composed, for example, a thermosetting polymer material, a UV-curing polymer material or a visible light-curing polymer material, wherein the separation member further includes one or more inorganic fillers and/or dyes that make the separation member substantially non-transparent to light detectable by the light detector and/or emitted by the light emitter.

An image display device includes an imaging unit, a color temperature detection unit, a color temperature sensor, a white balance adjustment unit and a display unit. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image of a rear of a vehicle. The color temperature detection unit is configured to detect a color temperature of a captured image. The color temperature sensor is installed at a front of the vehicle to detect a color temperature of incident light. When a difference between the color temperature of the captured image and the color temperature of the incident light is a color temperature threshold value or greater, the white balance adjustment unit is configured to switch from a first white balance adjustment based on the color temperature of the captured image to a second white balance adjustment based on the color temperature of the incident light.

An image-capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a camera, a lighting section, a sensor section, and an image-shooting controller. The lighting section includes a light entrance that at least a portion of external light enters, and an object for calibration that is irradiated with the external light entering the light entrance. The sensor section detects a state of the object for calibration irradiated with the external light. The image-shooting controller controls the camera according to a result of the detection performed by the sensor section.

An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an aperture diameter of a diaphragm based on a result of photometry, a determination unit that, in a case where t light flux enters the imaging unit via a predetermined optical member which has light transmitted in quantities varying stepwise in a radial direction with respect to and optical axis, determine whether there exists a plurality of F numbers that indicates the aperture diameter of the diaphragm at which approximately identical quantities of light enter the imaging unit. In a case where the determination unit determines that there exists a plurality of F numbers at which approximately identical quantities of light enter the imaging unit, the control unit controls the F number to be differently set in accordance with information regarding an image capturing condition.

An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an aperture diameter of a diaphragm based on a result of photometry, a determination unit that, in a case where t light flux enters the imaging unit via a predetermined optical member which has light transmitted in quantities varying stepwise in a radial direction with respect to and optical axis, determine whether there exists a plurality of F numbers that indicates the aperture diameter of the diaphragm at which approximately identical quantities of light enter the imaging unit. In a case where the determination unit determines that there exists a plurality of F numbers at which approximately identical quantities of light enter the imaging unit, the control unit controls the F number to be differently set in accordance with information regarding an image capturing condition.

An information handling system peripheral camera ensures privacy with a cover that minimizes distance of a camera module to a front opening of the camera housing. For instance, opposing cover members rotate about geared ends that engage to translate rotation between the members, where the members meet over a camera opening to block capture of visual images and move to opposing sides to expose the camera module. In an alternative embodiment, a rotating shutter arrangement selectively covers the camera for security and also covers a microphone to provide security against unauthorized audible access through the camera. Selective covering and exposing of a camera module, infrared camera, microphone and user presence detection sensor support adaptive security at a camera based upon end user context.

An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an aperture diameter of a diaphragm based on a result of photometry, a determination unit that, in a case where t light flux enters the imaging unit via a predetermined optical member which has light transmitted in quantities varying stepwise in a radial direction with respect to and optical axis, determine whether there exists a plurality of F numbers that indicates the aperture diameter of the diaphragm at which approximately identical quantities of light enter the imaging unit. In a case where the determination unit determines that there exists a plurality of F numbers at which approximately identical quantities of light enter the imaging unit, the control unit controls the F number to be differently set in accordance with information regarding an image capturing condition.

An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an aperture diameter of a diaphragm based on a result of photometry, a determination unit that, in a case where t light flux enters the imaging unit via a predetermined optical member which has light transmitted in quantities varying stepwise in a radial direction with respect to and optical axis, determine whether there exists a plurality of F numbers that indicates the aperture diameter of the diaphragm at which approximately identical quantities of light enter the imaging unit. In a case where the determination unit determines that there exists a plurality of F numbers at which approximately identical quantities of light enter the imaging unit, the control unit controls the F number to be differently set in accordance with information regarding an image capturing condition.

The present disclosure discloses a dual-core focusing image sensor, a focusing control method for the same and an electronic device. The dual-core focusing image sensor includes an array of photosensitive pixels, an array of filter units arranged on the array of photosensitive pixels and an array of micro lenses arranged above the array of filter units. The array of micro lenses includes at least one first micro lens and a plurality of second micro lenses, each second micro lens is corresponding to one photosensitive pixel, each first micro lens is corresponding to one focusing photosensitive unit, each focusing photosensitive unit includes N*N photosensitive pixels, and at least a part of the focusing photosensitive unit is covered by a white filter unit, where N is an even number greater than or equal to 2.