H04N25/68

IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD

An image sensor includes a pixel array including first to third pixel groups, including first to third color pixels having first to third colors and outputting first to third pixel signal for the first to third colors, and an image signal processor receiving the first to third pixel signals, wherein the image signal processor, when the first pixel signal is a bad pixel signal, performs bad pixel correction on the first pixel signal based on the second pixel signal and the third pixel signal and generates a remosaiced pixel signal for the first through third colors by remosaicing the second and third pixel signals based on each other, and the corrected pixel signal and the remosaiced pixel signal represent information in which the first through third color pixels are rearranged in a second pattern having a higher frequency than a frequency of a first pattern.

IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE IMAGE SENSOR

An image sensor including an image signal processor and an operating method of the image sensor are provided. An image sensor may include a pixel array configured to convert a received optical signal into electrical signals, a readout circuit configured to analog-digital convert the electrical signals to generate image data, and an image signal processor configured to perform one-dimensional filtering in each of a first direction and a second direction on the image data to remove noise of the image data, the second direction being different than the first direction.

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
20220377263 · 2022-11-24 ·

An image processing apparatus includes a saturated region detection unit, a dynamic range control unit, and a shutter control unit. The saturated region detection unit acquires imaging data from an infrared imaging device that captures a thermal image of an outside of a mobile body, and detects that a saturated pixel is present in the imaging data. The dynamic range control unit sets, in accordance with a result of the detection of the saturated region, a dynamic range of the infrared imaging device to a first temperature range, or a second temperature range where a temperature at least on an upper limit side is higher than that in the first temperature range. The shutter control unit controls opening and closing of a shutter for protecting the infrared imaging device based on the result of the detection of the saturated region and the setting of the dynamic range.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING BAD POINTS IN VIDEO AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
20220377265 · 2022-11-24 ·

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for detecting bad points in a video, including: performing extreme filtering respectively on first, second and third frames of images which are sequentially and continuously in the video to obtain first, second and third filtered images, respectively; wherein the extreme filtering is one of maximum filtering and minimum filtering; determining first and second difference images according to the first, second and third filtered images; determining a candidate image according to the first and second difference images; and determining that at least part of points in the second frame of image corresponding to the valid point in the candidate image are bad points. The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a device and a computer-readable medium for detecting bad points in the video.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium for detecting a defective pixel in an image frame
11503982 · 2022-11-22 · ·

An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: calculate a motion evaluation value on a motion of a subject in a determination target frame; acquire a difference evaluation value of the determination target frame; determine whether to perform defective pixel detection on an image of the determination target frame by using the motion evaluation value and the difference evaluation value; and when it is determined that the defective pixel detection is to be performed, detect a defective pixel by determining whether a pixel of interest that is a determination target is a defective pixel with respect to the image of the determination target frame, based on a pixel value of the pixel of interest and pixel values of neighboring pixels that are located in a vicinity of the pixel of interest.

TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
20220360673 · 2022-11-10 ·

It is an object to realize a correcting process for correcting a defective image in a region of interest (ROI) that is a partial region segmented from a captured image. A transmitting apparatus includes a controlling section that controls the holding of defect correcting information for use in correcting a defect in an image included in a ROI and a transmitting section that sends out image data of the image included in the ROI as payload data and sends out ROI information as embedded data.

DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD, PROGRAM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, LEARNING MODEL GENERATING METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND DEPTH MAP GENERATING METHOD
20220357155 · 2022-11-10 ·

The present technology relates to a distance measuring device, a distance measuring method, a program, an electronic apparatus, a learning model generating method, a manufacturing method, and a depth map generating method that are designed to enable distance measurement with higher precision.

The distance measuring device includes: a first determination unit that determines whether or not the difference in depth value between a first pixel in a depth map and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel is larger than a first threshold; and a second determination unit that determines whether or not the difference in confidence between the first pixel and the second pixel is larger than a second threshold, in a case where the first determination unit determines that the difference in distance between the first pixel and the second pixel is larger than the first threshold. In a case where the second determination unit determines that the difference in confidence between the first pixel and the second pixel is larger than the second threshold, the first pixel is confirmed to be a defective pixel. The present technology can be applied to a distance measuring device, for example.

Solid-state imaging device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus

The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device that can improve imaging quality by reducing variation in the voltage of a charge retention unit, a method of driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. A first photoelectric conversion unit generates and accumulates signal charge by receiving light that has entered a pixel, and photoelectrically converting the light. A first charge retention unit retains the generated signal charge. A first output transistor outputs the signal charge in the first charge retention unit as a pixel signal, when the pixel is selected by the first select transistor. A first voltage control transistor controls the voltage of the output end of the first output transistor. The present technology can be applied to pixels in solid-state imaging devices, for example.

IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USED AS ACTION CAMERA, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR
20230034538 · 2023-02-02 ·

An image pickup apparatus that eliminates manual change of an image pickup direction during an image picking up operation and can easily obtain an image that records experience while focusing attention on the experience. A detection unit is worn on a body part other than a head of a user. An image pickup unit is worn on a body of the user. A memory device stores instructions. A processor executes the instructions to: detect an observation direction of the user by the detection unit, pick up an image by the image pickup unit, output an image in an image recording frame corresponding to the observation direction, determine the image recording frame so that a part of the body of the user will not appear in an output image.

SELECTIVE IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING
20220343472 · 2022-10-27 · ·

A system including image sensor(s) including a plurality of pixels arranged on a photo-sensitive surface thereof; and image signal processor(s) configured to: receive, from image sensor(s), a plurality of image signals captured by corresponding pixels of image sensor(s); and process the plurality of image signals to generate at least one image, wherein, when processing, image signal processor(s) is configured to: determine, for a given image signal to be processed, a position of a given pixel on the photo-sensitive surface that is employed to capture the given image signal; and selectively perform a sequence of image signal processes on the given image signal and control a plurality of parameters employed for performing the sequence of image signal processes, based on the position of the given pixel.