公开(公告)号：US12041336B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17961131

申请日：2022-10-06

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyunwoo Kim ,  Hyunseok Hong

IPC: H04N23/61 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/67 ,  H04N23/957

CPC classification number: H04N23/61 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/671 ,  H04N23/957

Abstract: A sensor assembly is provided. The sensor assembly includes a housing including an opening, a circuit substrate disposed in the inside of the housing, an image sensor electrically connected to the circuit substrate, a light-control member configured to change light transmittance from a light transmission state capable of transmitting external light to a light reflection state capable of reflecting light according to application of power, and a contact member disposed adjacent to the opening and allowing light to pass therethrough. wherein, when viewed from a lateral side, the light-control member is disposed such that a longitudinal extension line of the light-control member and a longitudinal extension line of the contact member may form a predetermined angle therebetween, when the light-control member is in the light transmission state, the image sensor is disposed to obtain an image over the light-control member, and when the light-control member is in the light reflection state, the image sensor is disposed to receive light reflected by the light-control member and light directly incident through the contact member.

公开(公告)号：US11978222B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17601819

申请日：2020-03-13

Applicant: SHENZHEN VISION POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Ying Chiu Herbert Lee ,  Li-Hua Lilly Li

IPC: G06T7/292 ,  G06T7/557 ,  G06T7/70 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/53 ,  H04N23/695 ,  H04N23/957

CPC classification number: G06T7/292 ,  G06T7/557 ,  G06T7/70 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/531 ,  H04N23/695 ,  H04N23/957

Abstract: Disclosed is a light field technology-based unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring system. Said unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring system comprises: a first camera, configured to continuously obtain image information in a monitored area; a second camera, the second camera being a light field camera including a compound eye lens, and being configured to obtain, when it is determined that the obtained image information is of an unmanned aerial vehicle, light field information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; a vertical rotating platform and a horizontal rotating platform arranged perpendicular to each other, wherein the first camera and the second camera can rotate synchronously under the control of the vertical rotating platform and the horizontal rotating platform; and a computer processor, configured to calculate depth information of the unmanned aerial vehicle by means of the obtained light field information so as to obtain the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The three-dimensional light field technology-based optical unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring system provided in the present invention can isolate vibration in a monitoring process, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy during the monitoring or detection of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20240121522A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US17769209

申请日：2020-11-19

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： Hideki OYAIZU ,  Ilya RESHETOUSKI

IPC: H04N23/955 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G03B17/24 ,  H04N23/957

CPC classification number: H04N23/955 ,  G02B3/0012 ,  G02B3/0043 ,  G03B17/24 ,  H04N23/957 ,  G03B2217/24

Abstract: There is provided an imaging device manufacturing apparatus, a method for manufacturing an imaging device, and an imaging device that are designed to be capable of increasing the quality of an image to be reconstructed by a lensless camera. The lensless camera includes a mask that has a plurality of lenses that transmit and condense incident light in part of a light shielding material, and modulates and transmits the incident light; an imaging element that images the incident light modulated by the mask as a pixel signal; and a signal processing unit that reconstructs the pixel signal as a final image by signal processing, the optical axis directions of the lenses to be disposed in the mask are adjusted so that only the incident light having passed through the mask is condensed and enters the imaging element. The present disclosure can be applied to lensless cameras.

公开(公告)号：US11950000B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US17930321

申请日：2022-09-07

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Curtis Alan Tesdahl ,  James Peele Terrell, Jr.

IPC: H04N23/957 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/951

CPC classification number: H04N23/957 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/951

Abstract: A camera system comprises a lamp configured to emit light, a lamp driver configured to energize the lamp, an image-sensor array configured to acquire image data, a lenslet array, and an image engine. The lenslet array comprises a plurality of lenslets arranged laterally over the image-sensor array and configured to focus the light, reflected from a subject, onto the image-sensor array. The image engine is configured to (a) receive the image data from the image-sensor array, (b) resolve the image data into a plurality of component images, and (c) return an enhanced image based on the plurality of component images, the enhanced image having enhanced spatial resolution relative to any of the component images.

公开(公告)号：US20240031543A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18255583

申请日：2021-12-02

Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

Inventor： Robin ATKINS

IPC: H04N13/117 ,  H04N13/366 ,  H04N13/388 ,  H04N13/232 ,  H04N13/178 ,  H04N23/957

CPC classification number: H04N13/117 ,  H04N13/366 ,  H04N13/388 ,  H04N13/232 ,  H04N13/178 ,  H04N23/957 ,  H04N2013/0077

Abstract: In one embodiment, methods, media, and systems process and display light field images using a view function that is based on pixel locations in the image and on the viewer's distance (observer's Z position) from the display. The view function can be an angular view function that specifies different angular views for different pixels in the light field image based on the inputs that can include: the x or y pixel location in the image, the viewer's distance from the display, and the viewer's angle relative to the display. In one embodiment, light field metadata, such as angular range metadata and/or angular offset metadata can be used to process and display the image. In one embodiment, color volume mapping metadata can be used to adjust color volume mapping based on the determined angular views; and the color volume mapping metadata can also be adjusted based on angular offset metadata.

公开(公告)号：US11882259B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17095308

申请日：2020-11-11

Applicant: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Guillaume Boisson ,  Valter Drazic ,  Mozhdeh Seifi

IPC: H04N13/178 ,  G06T7/557 ,  H04N13/15 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04N13/172 ,  H04N23/957

CPC classification number: H04N13/178 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/557 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T11/206 ,  H04N13/15 ,  H04N13/172 ,  H04N23/957 ,  G06T2200/21 ,  G06T2207/10052

Abstract: A method for reducing the parameters defining an acquired light field ray which enables only the colour associated with the light field ray to be stored instead of 4 light field co-ordinates (x,y,i,j) and its associated colour.

公开(公告)号：US20230410419A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18229605

申请日：2023-08-02

Applicant: LEIA INC.

Inventor： Arthur Z. Baney

IPC: G06T17/00 ,  H04N23/90 ,  H04N23/957 ,  H04N13/351

CPC classification number: G06T17/00 ,  H04N13/351 ,  H04N23/957 ,  H04N23/90

Abstract: A light field camera system and method of setting a baseline and a convergence distance of a multiple camera rig employ sample point depths to determine and set values with respect to a three-dimensional (3D) scene. A baseline and a convergence distance of a multiple camera rig is set by determining a plurality of sample point depths representing distances between the multiple camera rig and a plurality of sample points in the 3D scene within a field of view of the multiple camera rig. The convergence distance is set to be an average sample point depth of the plurality of sample point depths. The baseline is then set as a negative inverse of a difference between a minimum sample point depth of the plurality of sample point depths and the convergence distance. The light field camera system includes a multiple camera rig comprising a plurality of cameras.

公开(公告)号：US11796733B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US16063675

申请日：2017-07-17

Applicant: LIGHT FIELD LAB, INC.

Inventor： Jonathan Sean Karafin ,  Brendan Elwood Bevensee

IPC: G02B27/09 ,  G02B30/00 ,  G02B30/33 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/04 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B6/293 ,  G02B6/08 ,  G02B30/56 ,  F21V8/00 ,  H04N13/388 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B25/00 ,  G03H1/22 ,  H04N5/89 ,  G02B27/00 ,  H04N23/957 ,  G10K11/26 ,  G21K1/00 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B3/08 ,  H04N13/344 ,  G02B5/32 ,  G03H1/02 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G03H1/00

CPC classification number: G02B6/0096 ,  G02B6/023 ,  G02B6/02042 ,  G02B6/04 ,  G02B6/08 ,  G02B6/29325 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B27/0955 ,  G02B27/0994 ,  G02B27/1066 ,  G02B30/00 ,  G02B30/33 ,  H04N13/388 ,  G02B3/0056 ,  G02B3/08 ,  G02B5/32 ,  G02B6/0229 ,  G02B6/02295 ,  G02B25/00 ,  G02B25/002 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G02B27/0103 ,  G02B27/1073 ,  G02B30/56 ,  G02B2027/0105 ,  G02B2027/0134 ,  G02B2027/0174 ,  G03H1/0005 ,  G03H1/0248 ,  G03H1/2202 ,  G03H1/2294 ,  G03H2001/0088 ,  G03H2223/19 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G10K11/26 ,  G21K1/00 ,  H04N5/89 ,  H04N13/344 ,  H04N23/957 ,  Y02E10/52

Abstract: Energy systems are configured to direct energy according to a four-dimensional (4D) plenoptic function. In general, the energy systems include a plurality of energy devices, an energy relay system having one or more relay elements arranged to form a singular seamless energy surface, and an energy waveguide system such that energy can be relayed along energy propagation paths through the energy waveguide system to the singular seamless energy surface or from the singular seamless energy surface through the energy relay system to the plurality of energy devices.

公开(公告)号：US11785347B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17425767

申请日：2020-02-04

Applicant: Anduril Industries, Inc.

Inventor： Michael W. Kelly ,  Curtis Colonero ,  Christopher David ,  Joseph Bari ,  William Ross

IPC: H04N23/741 ,  G06T7/194 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T7/60 ,  H04N23/11 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/71 ,  H04N23/74 ,  H04N23/957 ,  H04N25/75 ,  H04N25/767 ,  H04N25/772 ,  H01L27/146

CPC classification number: H04N23/741 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T7/194 ,  G06T7/60 ,  H04N23/11 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/71 ,  H04N23/74 ,  H04N23/957 ,  H04N25/75 ,  H04N25/767 ,  H04N25/772 ,  H01L27/14681

Abstract: A stereo imaging system includes an optical assembly and a computational pixel imager (CPI) having a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a light sensor and counters that convert a photocurrent from the light sensor to a digital signal. The optical assembly, which directs light from a light field to the CPI, includes an optical field combiner and first and second primary lens assemblies, which are configured to receive first and second portions of the light from the light field, respectively, and to direct the first and second portions of the light to the optical field combiner. The optical field combiner includes a modulator configured to modulate the first and second portions of the light and to direct modulated first and second portions of the light onto the CPI. The counters are configured to perform digital signal processing on the digital signal.

公开(公告)号：US11765337B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US17834190

申请日：2022-06-07

Applicant: Google Technology Holdings

Inventor： John T. Bretscher ,  Randall S. Vaas

IPC: H04N13/282 ,  H04N13/161 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/957 ,  H04N19/107 ,  H04N19/503 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/62 ,  H04N19/436 ,  H04N19/42 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N23/75 ,  G06T1/20

CPC classification number: H04N13/282 ,  G06T1/20 ,  H04N13/161 ,  H04N19/107 ,  H04N19/436 ,  H04N19/439 ,  H04N19/503 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/62 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/75 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/957

Abstract: Using the techniques discussed herein, a set of images is captured by one or more array imagers (106). Each array imager includes multiple imagers configured in various manners. Each array imager captures multiple images of substantially a same scene at substantially a same time. The images captured by each array image are encoded by multiple processors (112, 114). Each processor can encode sets of images captured by a different array imager, or each processor can encode different sets of images captured by the same array imager. The encoding of the images is performed using various image-compression techniques so that the information that results from the encoding is smaller, in terms of storage size, than the uncompressed images.