Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100231717 | IMAGE ADJUSTING DEVICE, IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD, AND ON-VEHICLE CAMERA - An image adjusting device for an on-vehicle camera mounted on a vehicle includes an operations unit configured to input mounting position information regarding a mounting position of the on-vehicle camera on the vehicle; a storing unit configured to store image processing parameters in association with various mounting positions of the on-vehicle camera; a control unit configured to read the corresponding image processing parameters from the storing unit based on the mounting position information input from the operations unit; and an image processing unit configured to process image data obtained by an imaging unit of the on-vehicle camera according to the image processing parameters read by the control unit. | 09-16-2010 |
20110134282 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a lens array including multiple lenses facing a subject; an image sensor obtaining a compound-eye image including single-eye images of the subject formed by the lenses; and a computing unit processing the compound-eye image obtained by the image sensor. The lenses have different radii of curvature and substantially the same back focal length, and the computing unit extracts an in-focus image from the compound-eye image. | 06-09-2011 |
20110216215 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND RANGE DETERMINATION SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus comprises a lens array with a plurality of lenses, a part of which lenses makes one or more stereo lens pairs; an image pickup device for taking a multifaceted compound-eye image consisting of a set of monocular images formed by the plural lenses; and a computing unit for computing range imagery from one or more pairs of the monocular images formed by said one or more stereo lens pairs. The computing unit includes imaging position determination means for determining from the monocular images an image pickup position of each of one or more subjects whose relative positional relationships with respect to the image pickup apparatus are known by dividing the multifaceted compound-eye image into the monocular images, and image distortion parameter determination means for determining an image distortion parameter based upon a determination result of the imaging position determination means. | 09-08-2011 |
20120212605 | DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD - A defect inspection apparatus includes an imaging apparatus configured to include a lens array configure to include plural lenses arranged in a form of an array, and an imaging device configured to image a compound-eye image that is a collection of ommatidium images of an object approximately formed by the respective plural lenses of the lens array; and a processing apparatus configured to process the compound-eye image obtained from imaging the object by the imaging apparatus, and determine whether there is a defect of the object. | 08-23-2012 |
20140078379 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image capturing device and an image capturing system are provided. The image capturing device includes an optical system, a first filter provided near a diaphragm position of the optical system, a sensor, and a lens array. The first filter includes a plurality of filters respectively having different spectral characteristics. The sensor includes a plurality of filters respectively having different spectral characteristics. The lights from an object pass through the respective filters of the first sensor and the respective filters of the second sensor to simultaneously form a plurality of types of spectral image of the object on an image plane of the sensor. | 03-20-2014 |
20140098212 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image capturing device and an image capturing system are provided. The image capturing device includes an optical system that focuses lights from an object to generate optical information, a filter provided near a diaphragm position of the optical system, the filter having a plurality of types of spectral characteristics, a sensor that converts the optical information of the object to electronic data, the sensor providing a plurality of spectral transmittance values that sequentially and spatially change, and a lens array having a plurality of lenses being arranged in substantially parallel in a direction of a two-dimensional surface of the sensor. | 04-10-2014 |
20140152983 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING SPECTRUM OF OBJECT - An apparatus or system of estimating a spectrum of an object includes a plurality of filters or a plurality of filter areas that respectively have spectral characteristics different from one another, wherein at least two filters or filter areas have transmittance greater than a predetermined value throughout a wavelength range subject for estimation. The image capturing apparatus or system estimates a line spectrum of an object using spectral images of the at least two filters or filter areas having transmittance greater than the predetermined value. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153775 | SIMILARITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, SIMILARITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND SIMILARITY DETERMINATION METHOD - A similarity determination apparatus, a similarity determination system, and a similarity determination method are provided, each of which calculates spectral information of an object, transforms the spectral information of the object into characteristic quantity, generates a similarity determination criterion from one or a plurality of items of characteristic quantity of a reference item, and checks the characteristic quantity of the object against the similarity determination criterion to determine similarity of the object with reference to the reference item. | 06-05-2014 |
20140375994 | MEASURING APPARATUS, MEASURING SYSTEM, AND MEASURING METHOD - A measuring apparatus and a measuring method are provided. The measuring apparatus includes an optical system to condense light, a light receiving device to receive light condensed by the optical system at a plurality of light receiving positions and convert the light into an electric signal, a plurality of optical band-pass filters arranged near a lens stop of the optical system, each of the optical band-pass filters having a different spectral transmittance, a lens array arranged between the optical system and the light receiving device, the lens array having a plurality of lenses each of which is arranged substantially in parallel with a two-dimensional surface of the light receiving device, and a correction unit to correct the electric signal for each one of the plurality of light receiving positions of the light receiving device. The measuring method is performed by the measuring apparatus. | 12-25-2014 |