H04N23/651

POWER CONTROLLER, POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
20180011387 · 2018-01-11 ·

The present technology relates to a power controller, a power control method, and a program which appropriately supply power to an actuator for driving a shutter and an actuator for camera shake correction. A power controller includes a shutter controller for controlling a shutter driving unit, a camera shake correction controller for controlling a camera shake correction driving unit, and a power amount setting unit for setting amounts of power to be allocated to the shutter driving unit and the camera shake correction driving unit according to a set shutter speed. The power amount setting unit allocates the amount of power to be supplied to the camera shake correction driving unit when the shutter speed is equal to or less than a predetermined speed to the shutter driving unit in a case where the shutter speed is faster than a predetermined speed. The present technology available for an image pickup device.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING DUAL CAMERA AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DUAL CAMERA

An electronic device includes a sensor module, a dual camera including a first image sensor and a second image sensor, and a controller that processes first image data and second image data. The controller allows at least one of the first image sensor and the second image sensor to maintain a power restricted state based on at least one of a first condition associated with information extracted from the first image data or the second image data, a second condition associated with sensing information collected by the sensor module, and a third condition associated with a zoom characteristic of each of a plurality of lenses, a respective one of the plurality of lenses being mounted in each of the first image sensor and the second image sensor.

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO OPERATE A MOBILE CAMERA FOR LOW-POWER USAGE
20230237791 · 2023-07-27 ·

Disclosed examples include accessing sensor data; recognizing, by executing an instruction with programmable circuitry, a feature in the sensor data based on a convolutional neural network; and transitioning, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, a mobile device between at least two of motion feature detection, audio feature detection, or camera feature detection after the feature is recognized in the sensor data, the mobile device to operate at a different level of power consumption after the transition than before the transition.

IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
20230234503 · 2023-07-27 · ·

Fabrication processing is executed in a chip of an image sensor. An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit (11) mounted on a vehicle and configured to generate image data by performing image capturing of a peripheral region of the vehicle, a scene recognition unit (214) configured to recognize a scene of the peripheral region based on the image data, and a drive control unit (12) configured to control drive of the image capturing unit based on the scene recognized by the scene recognition unit.

Using remote sensors to resolve start up latency in battery-powered cameras and doorbell cameras
11570358 · 2023-01-31 · ·

An apparatus comprises a camera and one or more sensors. The camera generally has a low power deactivated mode. The one or more sensors are generally remotely located with respect to the camera. The one or more sensors may be configured to communicate a signal to the camera in response to a trigger condition. The camera is generally configured to activate in response to receiving the signal from the one or more sensors.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
20230028469 · 2023-01-26 ·

An electronic device comprises a determination unit configured to determine a target remaining-capacity of a battery provided in an accessory device connected to the electronic device, based on an operation mode of the electronic device; and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the accessory device based on the determined remaining-capacity.

Method and Apparatus for Leveraging Residue Energy of Capsule Endoscope

Method for leveraging battery residue energy and a capsule endoscope using the method are disclosed. The capsule endoscope is capable of performing one or more functions at a first throughput or a first peak current when the battery has sufficient energy. According to this method, whether the battery energy is sufficient is determined. Upon determining the battery energy being insufficient, at least one function of the one or more functions is performed at a second throughput lower than the first throughput, or at least one function of the one or more functions is switched to another function requiring a second peak current lower than the first peak current

A MOBILE ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK APPARATUS
20230232080 · 2023-07-20 ·

A mobile artificial neural network device is provided. The mobile artificial neural network device includes a camera configured to output a video of a product at a first frame rate, an AI recognition model configured to recognize a product information by receiving the product video, an artificial neural network processor configured to drive the AI recognition model at a second frame rate, and a display module configured to display the video of the product at the first frame rate and display the product information at the second frame rate.

USER INTERFACE CAMERA EFFECTS

The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces. In some examples, the electronic device provides for transitioning between simulated lighting effects. In some examples, the electronic device applies a simulated lighting effect to an image. In some examples, the electronic device provides user interfaces for applying a filter to an image. In some examples, the electronic device provides for a reduced filter interface. In some examples, the electronic device provides a visual aid displayed in a viewfinder.

MOBILE APPARATUS WITH COMPUTER VISION ELEMENTS FOR INVENTORY CONDITION DETECTION

Described herein are systems and techniques for imaging inventory objects in an environment. A system can include a cart, a first fixed camera fixedly mounted on the cart at a first angle, a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera controllably mounted on the cart, a PTZ controller, and a cart controller. The PTZ controller can receive PTZ instructions from the cart controller and send engagement instructions to the PTZ camera. The cart controller can receive, from the first fixed camera, first image data that captures a first inventory object, determine, from the first image data, a spatial location of a first inventory object, generate PTZ instructions to cause the PTZ camera to capture the first inventory object, transmit the PTZ instructions to the PTZ controller, and receive PTZ image data that captures the first inventory object.