Imaging system
    22.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11178352B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US17023066

    申请日:2020-09-16

    Abstract: An imaging system includes a body, a first processing circuit provided at the body, a gimbal carried by the body, an image collection circuit carried by the gimbal, a second processing circuit provided at the gimbal, a third processing circuit provided at the body, and a signal transmission line. One end of the signal transmission line is connected to the second processing circuit, and another end of the signal transmission line is connected to the third processing circuit. The second processing circuit is configured to encode a multi-channel first signal output by the image collection circuit to output a second signal. The third processing circuit is configured to receive the second signal through the signal transmission line, decode the second signal to obtain a decoded second signal, and transmit the decoded second signal to the first processing circuit.

    Optical path length adjustment
    23.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11130593B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US17027376

    申请日:2020-09-21

    Inventor: Zisheng Cao

    Abstract: A system for adjusting an optical path length includes: a camera body; an image sensor coupled to the camera body; a first optical device coupled to the camera body; and a second optical device coupled to the camera body. At least one of the first and the second optical devices are movable relative to the camera body. The optical path length between the image sensor and the camera body opening is continuously adjusted by movement of the at least one of the first and the second optical devices relative to the image sensor. As the at least one of the first and the second optical devices move relative to the image sensor, the first optical device is in continuous contact with the second optical device.

    System and method for image dynamic range adjusting

    公开(公告)号:US11070705B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16697997

    申请日:2019-11-27

    Inventor: Zisheng Cao

    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a dynamic range representation of an image including multiple color channels. The dynamic range representation includes dynamic range information of pixels of the image in the color channels. The method further includes decomposing the dynamic range representation into a smooth portion, a color portion, and a detail portion. The smooth portion includes low frequency information of the pixels in the color channels. The color portion includes color intensity information of the pixels in the color channels. The detail portion includes high frequency information of the pixels in the color channels. The method also includes adjusting the smooth portion, the color portion, and the detail portion, respectively, to obtain an adjusted smooth portion, an adjusted color portion, and an adjusted detail portion, and combining the adjusted smooth portion, the adjusted color portion, and the adjusted detail portion to generate an output image.

    Imaging system and method
    25.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11006037B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US15992678

    申请日:2018-05-30

    Abstract: A system for focusing an imaging device according to a focal distance setting and methods for making and using same. The focal distance setting can be an infinite focal distance setting for objects that are far away from the imaging device. Focusing of the imaging device can be triggered by activation of a button for “one-touch” rapid focusing. The focusing, for example, can be triggered at a terminal that is distal from the imaging device through an app and suitable user interface. The focal distance setting can be determined by interaction via the app, which can present a prompt to direct the imaging device to an object at a suitable distance. Once determined, the focal distance setting can be stored and later retrieved for rapid focusing. The present system and methods advantageously can be used aboard a mobile platform such as an unmanned aerial vehicle.

    System and method for adaptive panoramic image generation

    公开(公告)号:US10685426B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US15699131

    申请日:2017-09-08

    Abstract: An imaging system for adaptively generating panoramic images and methods for manufacturing and using same are provided. The system includes an imaging device configured to capture digital images at a plurality of image capture positions. The system further includes a processor configured to identify an overlapping portion of first and second images captured at respective first and second image capture positions, determine a stitching position quality measure for a plurality of stitching positions in the overlapping portion of the first and second images, and select a stitching position based on the determined stitching position quality measures of the plurality of stitching positions of the first and second images. The processor is also configured to stitch the first and second images together at the selected stitching position to generate a panoramic image and determine a third image capture position based on the stitching position quality measure.

    Color correction system and method
    28.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10560607B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-11

    申请号:US16358946

    申请日:2019-03-20

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for color correction includes determining a peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) for a noise evaluation image, determining a corrected PSNR for a corrected noise evaluation image, determining a downsampled PSNR for a downsampled noise evaluation image obtained by downsampling the noise evaluation image, determining a downsampled corrected PSNR for a downsampled corrected noise evaluation image obtained by downsampling the corrected noise evaluation image, and determining a noise amplification metric based on the PSNR, the corrected PSNR, the downsampled PSNR, and the downsampled corrected PSNR.

    Method and apparatus for generating HDRI

    公开(公告)号:US10298896B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15385502

    申请日:2016-12-20

    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for generating a high dynamic range image (HDRI). After acquiring a first illuminance diagram, a base layer and detail layers are extracted from the first illuminance diagram, where the base layer contains low frequency information of the first illuminance diagram and the detail layers contain high frequency information of the first illuminance diagram. The dynamic range of the base layer is then compressed while dynamic ranges of the detail layers remain uncompressed. Further, a second illuminance diagram is generated from the first illuminance diagram by fusing the base layer with the compressed dynamic range and the detail layers, the second illuminance diagram is mapped onto a plurality of preset color channels; and the images on the plurality of preset color channels are fused into the HDRI. Therefore, the detail information in the original illuminance diagram can be preserved.

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