H04N23/665

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
20230049796 · 2023-02-16 ·

The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that allow a sensing time of a sensor to be easily and accurately determined. An information processing apparatus includes a control circuit that outputs a control signal for controlling a sensing timing of a sensor, a counter that updates a counter value in a predetermined cycle, and an addition circuit that adds, to sensor data output from the sensor, sensing time information including a first counter value, a second counter value, and a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) time in a GNSS. The first counter value is obtained when the control signal is output from the control circuit, and the second counter value is obtained when a pulse signal synchronous with the GNSS time is output from a GNSS receiver. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a vehicle-mounted camera.

IMAGE SENSOR APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING SIGNAL TIMING MARGINS IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT CIRCUIT ROUTING DESIGNS
20230049466 · 2023-02-16 · ·

A method of an image sensor apparatus to be externally coupled to an external circuit through a circuit routing design includes: generating and outputting the clock signal and sensor data signals; and compensating an unbalance of the circuit routing design by automatically determining resultant delay amounts for the sensor data signals, applying a preliminary delay amount into the clock signal and applying the resultant delay amounts into the sensor data signals to generate and output delayed clock signal and delayed sensor data signals to the external circuit through the circuit routing design.

MULTI-APERTURE CAMERAS WITH AT LEAST ONE TWO STATE ZOOM CAMERA

Multi-cameras and in particular dual-cameras comprising a Wide camera comprising a Wide lens and a Wide image sensor, the Wide lens having a Wide effective focal length EFL.sub.W and a folded Tele camera comprising a Tele lens with a first optical axis, a Tele image sensor and an OPFE, wherein the Tele lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens element group G1, a second lens element group G2 and a third lens element group G3, wherein at least two of the lens element groups are movable relative to the image sensor along the first optical axis to bring the Tele lens to two zoom states, wherein an effective focal length (EFL) of the Tele lens is changed from EFL.sub.T,min in one zoom state to EFL.sub.T,max in the other zoom state, wherein EFL.sub.Tmin>1.5×EFL.sub.W and wherein EFL.sub.Tmax>1.5×EFL.sub.Tmin.

Battery efficient wireless network connection and registration for a low-power device

A client device is configured to communicate with an access point over a wireless network, exchanging data with the access point over a selected communication channel. The client device stores an identifier of the selected communication channel. After the wireless connection to the access point has ended, the client device initiates a process to reconnect to the access point over the selected communication channel using the stored identifier.

COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL WITH MULTI-LEVEL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION

A system may include multiple electrical components. One electrical component such as an imaging sub-system may be communicatively coupled to another electrical component such as control circuitry for the system. The imaging-subsystem may include transmitter circuitry. The transmitter circuitry can include driver circuitry configured to provide the transmitter circuitry output using a multi-level signaling scheme. To generate the control signals for the driver circuitry, pre-driver combinational logic may precede the serializer circuitry and be coupled to the word data latch circuitry. In such a manner, the generated control signals for different portions of the driver circuitry can be better synchronized with one another, thereby helping improve data EYE margin in the multi-level signal scheme.

Using an image sensor for always-on application within a mobile device
11595576 · 2023-02-28 · ·

A mobile device includes an application processor and an image sensor. The application processor includes an imaging subsystem configured to process high resolution image data through a first interface and a sensor hub configured to process sensor data through a second interface. The image sensor operates in one of first and second modes. The image sensor is configured to capture the high resolution image data in response to a request from the imaging subsystem and the imaging subsystem is configured to access the high resolution image data using the first interface for performing a first operation, during the first mode. The image sensor is configured to capture low resolution image data and the sensor hub is configured to access the low resolution image data using the second bus for performing a second operation, during the second mode.

Control apparatus, control method, image capturing apparatus, and image capturing system
11595571 · 2023-02-28 · ·

A control apparatus comprises a generation unit that generates a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal; and a control unit that controls the generation unit. The control unit controls the generation unit such that the first synchronization signal used to repeatedly readout a first image signal to be sequentially displayed on a display and the second synchronization signal used to display the first image signal on the display are output with a predetermined time difference. In a case where a second image signal is read out at a timing corresponding to a shooting instruction between readouts of the first image signals, the first and second synchronization signals are output with the predetermined time difference before and after the readouts of the second image signal.

Modular camera with interchangeable image head and sub-system bases
11711603 · 2023-07-25 · ·

An image head including a housing, side rails, a port, and internal componentry. The housing includes a first side and a second side located opposite the second side. The side rails are located on or within the first side, the second side, or both and the side rails are configured to provide sliding directional control of the image head when connecting to a base. The port is configured to electrically connect the image head to the base. The internal componentry includes a printed circuit board; an integrated lens and sensor assembly (ISLA) configured to generate an image; and memory located on the printed circuit board configured to store the image.

Imaging apparatus, image data processing method of imaging apparatus, and program

An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of imaging elements, at least one signal processing circuit, and a transfer path, in which each of the plurality of imaging elements includes a memory that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores image data obtained by imaging a subject, and a communication interface that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs output image data based on the image data stored in the memory, the transfer path connects the plurality of imaging elements and a single signal processing circuit in series, and the communication interface of each of the plurality of imaging elements outputs the output image data to an imaging element in a rear stage or the signal processing circuit through the transfer path.

Image capture display terminal

The control module outputs a control signal to control the first image capture module and the second image capture module to be in a working state in a time-sharing manner. A first signal interface is electrically connected to the first node. The first optimization unit is electrically connected between the first node and the first image capture module, and the second optimization unit is electrically connected between the first node and the second image capture module. The first optimization unit is configured to ensure the smoothness of a curve of a first image signal corresponding to a first image captured when the first image capture module is in the working state, and the second optimization unit is configured to ensure the smoothness of a curve of a second image signal corresponding to a second image captured when the second image capture module is in the working state.