A system, method, and computer program product are provided for capturing digital images. In use, at least one ambient exposure parameter is determined, and at least one flash exposure parameter based on the at least one ambient exposure parameter is determined. Next, via at least one camera module, an ambient image is captured according to the at least one ambient exposure parameter, and, via the at least one camera module, a flash image is captured according to the at least one flash exposure parameter. The captured ambient image and the captured flash image are stored. Lastly, the captured ambient image and the captured flash image are combined to generate a first merged image. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented.

A vehicular driver assistance system includes a camera that views through the windshield of the vehicle and a control device having an image processor that processes captured image data. Responsive to processing of captured image data by the image processor, the system adjusts a light beam emitted by a headlamp of the vehicle. The control device, responsive at least in part to image data processing by the image processor, determines when the vehicle is at a construction zone. Responsive to determination that the vehicle is at a construction zone, image processing of image data captured by the camera is adjusted to discriminate construction zone signs from taillights of leading vehicles. Responsive to determination of the vehicle exiting the construction zone, the control device adjusts the light beam emitted by the headlamp of the vehicle responsive to determination of headlamps of approaching vehicles and taillights of leading vehicles.

A cleaning device for an imaging unit includes a housing that holds an imaging section, a protection cover provided in the visual field of the imaging section, a vibrator section that vibrates the protection cover, and a cleaning nozzle that discharges a cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid discharged by the discharge section reaches a surface of side of the protection cover that is opposite to the side thereof adjacent to or in a vicinity of the imaging section. According to the vibrator section vibrating the protection cover, a portion of surface of the protection cover exhibits an amount of displacement larger than that of a portion of surface of the protection cover that the discharged cleaning liquid has reached.

A storage medium stores correction data for obtaining a correction amount for correcting image data, obtained from an image formed by a lens apparatus, with respect to a distribution of a light amount in the image, wherein the correction data includes a coefficient of an n-th order polynomial (where n is a non-negative integer) with respect to an image height h, the coefficient corresponding to a state of the lens apparatus. The coefficient satisfies a first inequality
−0.15≤dD′(h)−dDlens(h)≤1.98, where dDlens(h) represents a change amount of the light amount at the image height h per an increase amount dh of the image height h, and dD′(h) represents a change amount of an inverse of a value of the n-th order polynomial at the image height h per the increase amount dh.

A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element, comprises an attachment to which a detection apparatus including the detection element can be attached, a communication unit configured to communicate with the detection apparatus, a cleaning unit configured to clean the detection surface of the detection element, and a control unit configured to control a driving unit of the detection element included in the detection apparatus through the communication unit. When cleaning by the cleaning unit, the control unit controls the position of the detection element by driving the driving unit through the communication unit.

An image capturing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to connect with an external device, which is able to transmit a plurality of learned models, and receive list information of a plurality of learned models, a selection unit configured to select, based on the list information of the plurality of learned models, a learned model from the plurality of learned models, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission request for the learned model selected by the selection unit to the external device, wherein, the reception unit receives the selected learned model transmitted from the external device.

There is provided an image processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains an image, and first NR information defining noise reduction processing using a first noise reduction processing method which an external apparatus can apply to the image. A generating unit generates, on the basis of the first NR information, second NR information defining noise reduction processing using a second noise reduction processing method which is different from the first noise reduction processing method. A noise reducing unit applies the noise reduction processing using the second noise reduction processing method to the image in accordance with the second NR information.

A CPU provided in an image display device of an image exposure device causes a display unit of the image display device to display a display image for divided exposure, which has a divided gradation value obtained by dividing a gradation value of a recorded image, and sequentially performs a plurality of exposures of the photosensitive recording medium by the display image for divided exposure to perform a divided exposure for recording the recorded image on the photosensitive recording medium.

An electronic device for enhancing accuracy upon contactless body temperature measurement is provided. The electronic device includes an image sensor for obtaining an image of an object, a temperature sensor disposed at a position adjacent to the image sensor for measuring a temperature of the obtained object, and a controller for performing control to determine the temperature of the object using a focal length of a camera module including the image sensor corresponding to a time of obtaining the image of the object and a temperature output from the temperature sensor corresponding to the time of obtaining the image of the object.

Provided is a lead-free piezoelectric material reduced in dielectric loss tangent, and achieving both a large piezoelectric constant and a large mechanical quality factor. A piezoelectric material according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is a piezoelectric material including a main component formed of a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the general formula (1): Na.sub.x+s(1−y)(Bi.sub.wBa.sub.1−s−w).sub.1−yNb.sub.yTi.sub.1−yO.sub.3 (where 0.84≤x≤0.92, 0.84≤y≤0.92, 0.002≤(w+s)(1−y)≤0.035, and 0.9≤w/s≤1.1), and a Mn component, wherein the content of the Mn is 0.01 mol % or more and 1.00 mol % or less with respect to the perovskite-type metal oxide.