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20080260291 | Image downscaling by binning - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for image binning (downscaling) according to a predetermined procedure for a pre-selected color arrangement (e.g., a Bayer arrangement) by substantially maintaining a phase of channels (represented by selected colors) for reducing/elimination of artifacts in images taken by an electronic device. Several binning or scaling modes where the center points of each binned (e.g., averaged) pixel are arranged in the pre-selected color arrangement and maintain the phase of the channels are described. | 10-23-2008 |
20080297816 | Method and system for black-level correction on digital image data - The black level in raw image data captured from an image sensor does not always stay fixed at a constant level, but may change as a function of the analog gain and exposure time and may vary from one spatial location of the pixels to another. To carry out black-level correction on the raw image data, the black level of each of the color components is measured at one or more sampling locations. A look-up table is generated based on the measured black levels and a computation module is used to carry out black-level correction based on the information stored in the look-up table. The look up table may have information indicative of the analog gain level and the exposure time and the variations of black-levels in different spatial locations. | 12-04-2008 |
20090251584 | Camera Unit and Method for Controlling an Image Sensor in a Camera Unit - The invention relates to a camera unit, comprising an image sensor ( | 10-08-2009 |
20090316724 | Electronically configurable interface - A physical interface that is electronically configurable to transfer information according to any protocol of a pre-defined set of at least two protocols is disclosed. Moreover, electronic configuration of such a physical interface to transfer information according to any protocol of a pre-defined set of at least two protocols is disclosed. | 12-24-2009 |
20100283875 | READ OUT METHOD FOR A CMOS IMAGER WITH REDUCED DARK CURRENT - The invention relates to an apparatus and method, for capturing an electronic image using a CMOS imager having an electronic shutter and a reduced dark current component in its image output signal. The dark current is reduced by—reading out each line of the CMOS imager in normal and reversed order and subsequent processing. | 11-11-2010 |
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20090213250 | Internal Storage of Camera Characteristics During Production - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for storing camera module characteristics of a camera module (or camera) of an electronic device provided during production (e.g., a factory testing) of the electronic device in a non-volatile memory of the camera module, such that the camera module characteristics are used by the electronic device for taking and processing images and/or identifying the camera module. The electronic device can be a wireless communication device, a portable electronic device, a camera, a camera-phone mobile device, etc. | 08-27-2009 |
20120092541 | Method and apparatus for ambient light measurement system - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display and a combined camera and ambient light measurement arrangement having photosensitive elements. The arrangement is configured to operate in a first power mode and a second different power mode. The arrangement is configured to use the photosensitive elements to measure a color signal of light incident on the display when the arrangement is in the first power mode. The arrangement is configured to use the photosensitive elements to capture an image when the arrangement is in the second power mode. | 04-19-2012 |
20120188404 | Enhanced Timer Functionality for Camera Systems - This solution relates to a camera system including an enhanced timer functionality in a camera module. The enhanced timer functionality includes defining a first synchronization point triggering a first set of exposing functionalities by a sensor internal signal as a response to a first command, and controlling the exposure internally according to said first synchronization point. | 07-26-2012 |
20130070130 | IMAGE SENSOR OPTIMIZATION - An apparatus including: a plurality of photodetectors for converting the light to which they are exposed to into signals for image generation, wherein the photodetectors use locally optimized saturation signal. The apparatus is, for example, an image sensor or an electronic communication device. | 03-21-2013 |
20130162759 | Controlling Image Capture and/or Controlling Image Processing - A method including selecting one or more portions of a scene; controlling an image sensor to capture, at a relatively wide field of view, a wide-field-of-view image of a scene; controlling the image sensor to capture, at a relatively narrow field of view or narrow fields of view, one or more narrow-field-of-view images of the one or more selected portions of the scene. | 06-27-2013 |
20130194454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DATA TRANSFER IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING - An apparatus and method are described in which image information is received from an image sensor relating to one image frame, one or more sub-images are produced from the received image information according to given cropping data; and the produced one or more sub-images are forwarded through an output. | 08-01-2013 |
20140125846 | Arrangement for Macro Photography - An apparatus for capturing images. The apparatus includes a camera unit configured to capture images of target objects, and a processing unit configured to control the apparatus to detect close-up photography conditions, and to automatically zoom said camera unit in response to said detection. | 05-08-2014 |
20140267824 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DATA TRANSFER IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING - An apparatus and method are described in which image information is received from an image sensor relating to one image frame, one or more sub-images are produced from the received image information according to given cropping data; and the produced one or more sub-images are forwarded through an output. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100320368 | Color filters for sub-diffraction limit sensors - An apparatus includes an array of sub-diffraction limit-sized light receptors formed in a substrate having a light receiving surface. Each light receptor may be configured to output a scalar valued multi-bit element and to change state based on the absorption of at least one photon. The apparatus further includes an optical filter structure disposed over the light receiving surface, the optical filter structure having an array of filter pixels each having an associated passband spectral characteristic. A data element obtained from the array of sub-diffraction limit-sized light receptors is composed of a combination of a plurality of the multi-bit elements output from a plurality of light receptors that underlie filter pixels having at least two different passband spectral characteristics. | 12-23-2010 |
20100320369 | Color filters for sub-diffraction limit sensors - An apparatus includes an array of sub-diffraction limit-sized light receptors formed in a substrate having a light receiving surface. Each light receptor may be configured to output a binary valued bit element and to change state between an off-state and an on-state by the absorption of at least one photon. The apparatus further includes an optical filter structure disposed over the light receiving surface, the optical filter structure having of an array of filter pixels each having an associated passband spectral characteristic. A data element obtained from the array of sub-diffraction limit-sized light receptors is composed of a plurality of the bit elements output from a plurality of light receptors that underlie filter pixels having at least two different passband spectral characteristics. | 12-23-2010 |
20100321511 | Lenslet camera with rotated sensors - At a digital imaging system, a first set of samples of a scene are digitally captured with a first array of image sensing nodes while simultaneously a second set of samples of the scene are digitally captured with a second array of image sensing nodes. Image sensing nodes of the second array are oriented in a rotated position relative to the image sensing nodes of the first array. The first and second sets of samples are integrated with one another while correcting for the rotated orientation of the image sensing nodes of the second array relative to the image sensing nodes of the first array, and from that integration is output a high resolution image. In specific embodiments, there may be additional arrays of image sensing nodes, different arrays may sample different size portions of the scene, and be also rotated relative to other sensing node arrays. | 12-23-2010 |
20100321542 | Gradient color filters for sub-diffraction limit sensors - An apparatus includes an array of sub-diffraction limit-sized light receptors formed in a substrate having a light receiving surface. Each receptor is configured to output an n-bit element and to change state based on the absorption of at least one photon (n is an integer >0). The apparatus includes an optical filter structure disposed over the light receiving surface, the structure having an array of filter pixels, each having an associated passband spectral characteristic. A data element obtained from the array of receptors is generated from a combination of a plurality of the n-bit elements output from a plurality of light receptors that underlie filter pixels having at least two different passband spectral characteristics. The filter pixels having at least two different passband spectral characteristics form a gradient filter wherein bandpass regions increase when moving from a central region of the gradient filter towards an edge region. | 12-23-2010 |
20100328456 | Lenslet camera parallax correction using distance information - An apparatus, method and software construct an image of a scene by determining distance information to an object in a scene; and using the distance information to correct parallax error when combining at least two images of the object which were captured from different viewpoints. A single image of the scene from the combining is then output, with the object corrected for parallax error. In one embodiment the distance information is input from an autofocus mechanism of a multi-camera imaging system, and in another the distance information is derived from one of an object recognition algorithm or a scene analysis algorithm. The two (or more) images that are combined are captured preferably on different lenslet cameras of the same multi-camera imaging system, each of which sees the object in the scene from a different viewpoint. | 12-30-2010 |
20130216092 | Image Capture - An apparatus including a processor configured to move automatically a sub-set of pixels defining a target captured image within a larger set of available pixels in a direction of an edge of the target captured image when a defined area of interest within the target captured image approaches the edge of the target captured image and configured to provide a pre-emptive user output when the sub-set of pixels approaches an edge of the set of available pixels. | 08-22-2013 |
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20120257069 | Imaging - A method, apparatus and computer program is provided. The apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory storing a computer program including computer program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause at least the following to be performed: determining at least one area of interest in a scene imaged by an image sensor; initiating capture of a image, including the at least one area of interest, by causing the image sensor to be exposed to light conveyed by an optical arrangement; detecting movement of the apparatus during capture of the image; and controlling movement of at least one of: the image sensor and the optical arrangement, in dependence upon the detected movement of the apparatus and the at least one area of interest, in order to mitigate the perspective error, at the at least one area of interest, in the image being captured. | 10-11-2012 |
20130182153 | Method and Apparatus for ambient Light spectrum Detection in digital Photography - Digital camera or device with a digital camera unit is controlled in a process in which light spectrum power distribution is detected by a detector that has a plurality of narrow-band photo-electric sensors at locations spaced apart on an image capture unit of a digital camera unit. Each sensor has a given sensitive bandwidth within the frequency range of visible light. The number of the sensitive bandwidths is N that is greater than 3. A signal indicative of the light spectrum power distribution as detected by the detector is produced. | 07-18-2013 |
20130207901 | Virtual Created Input Object - An apparatus including an electrical touch surface; and a controller connected to the touch surface. Based upon a user drawing a symbol on the touch surface, the controller is configured to create a virtual user input object at the touch surface corresponding to the drawn symbol. | 08-15-2013 |
20140223344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SLIDER INTERFACE ELEMENT - A method comprising determining to provide for adjustment of a first setting, causing display of a first curvilinear slider interface element that relates to a value of the first setting, receiving an indication of a drag input associated with the first curvilinear slider interface element, causing adjustment movement of the selection point relative to the curvilinear slider interface element in proportion to the drag input, and determining a value of the first setting is based, at least in part, on a position of the first selection point relative to curvilinear slider interface element is disclosed. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SLIDER INTERFACE ELEMENT - A method comprising determining to provide for adjustment of a first setting, causing display of a first curvilinear slider interface element that relates to a value of the first setting, receiving an indication of a drag input associated with the first curvilinear slider interface element, causing adjustment movement of the selection point relative to the curvilinear slider interface element in proportion to the drag input, and determining a value of the first setting is based, at least in part, on a position of the first selection point relative to curvilinear slider interface element is disclosed. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SLIDER INTERFACE ELEMENT - A method comprising determining to provide for adjustment of a first setting, causing display of a first curvilinear slider interface element that relates to a value of the first setting, receiving an indication of a drag input associated with the first curvilinear slider interface element, causing adjustment movement of the selection point relative to the curvilinear slider interface element in proportion to the drag input, and determining a value of the first setting is based, at least in part, on a position of the first selection point relative to curvilinear slider interface element is disclosed. | 08-07-2014 |
20140320602 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Capturing Images - In accordance with various example embodiments, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided. A method comprises receiving a panchromatic image of a scene captured from a panchromatic image sensor, receiving a colour image of the scene captured from a colour image sensor, and generating a modified image of the scene based at least in part on processing the panchromatic image and the colour image. The apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory, configured to, cause the apparatus to perform receiving a panchromatic image of a scene captured from a panchromatic image sensor, receiving a colour image of the scene captured from a colour image sensor, and generating a modified image of the scene based at least in part on processing the panchromatic image and the colour image. | 10-30-2014 |