SMART ILLUMINATION FOR NIGHTVISION USING SEMI-TRANSPARENT DETECTOR ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20230308767A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US17702684

    申请日:2022-03-23

    发明人: James A. LeBeau

    摘要: A nightvision system includes an underlying device that provides output light in a first spectrum. A transparent optical device transmits light in the first spectrum from the underlying device through the transparent optical device. The transparent optical device includes an active area of a semiconductor chip. The active area includes active elements that cause the underlying device to detect light from the underlying device and transparent regions formed in the active area which are transparent to the light in the first spectrum to allow light in the first spectrum to pass through from the underlying device to a user. An image processor processes brightness maps produced using light detected by the first plurality of active elements. An illuminator coupled to the image processor inputs light into the underlying device based on image processing performed by the image processor.

    OPTICAL METROLOGY: REPEATABLE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FLARE AND GHOST ARTIFACTS IN CAMERA OPTICAL SYTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230292021A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-14

    申请号:US17691901

    申请日:2022-03-10

    申请人: Motional AD LLC

    IPC分类号: H04N5/359 H04N5/235

    摘要: Provided are methods for optical metrologies in repeatable qualitative analyses of flare and ghost artifacts in camera optical systems, which can include receiving a first image of a light array captured by a camera, analyzing, using at least one data processor, the first image to detect a first light artifact, receiving a second image of the light array, captured by a camera, in which a first light source in the light array is turned off, and in response to determining that the first light artifact is absent from the second image, determining, using the at least one data processor and based on a position and/or an intensity of the first light source, a first adjustment for the camera. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ZONE-WISE ADAPTIVE ILLUMINATION OF OBJECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230171505A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18054832

    申请日:2022-11-11

    IPC分类号: H04N5/235

    CPC分类号: H04N5/2354 H04N5/2351

    摘要: Lighting conditions affect quality of images being captured. In traditional systems, illuminators (light sources) are used to illuminate the objects without considering illumination levels at different zones/sides of an object being photographed. As a result, all illuminators may run at maximum capacity, resulting in wastage of power and compromising efficiency of the system. The disclosure herein generally relates to illumination of objects, and, more particularly, to a method and system for adaptive illumination of objects. The system determines illumination at different zones of the object, and further identifies zones that are not illuminated properly in comparison with a threshold of illumination. Further the system controls intensity of only the illuminators which are responsible for illumination of the zones in which measured illumination is below a threshold of illumination, and increases the intensity by a value determined based on difference between measured illumination and the threshold of illumination, for each zone.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230164434A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US17988816

    申请日:2022-11-17

    IPC分类号: H04N5/232 H04N5/235

    摘要: An electronic device comprises: an image sensor; an input unit used for inputting an instruction that accompanies switching of an actuation method of the image sensor; and a controller that switches the actuation method of the image sensor using either of a first switching method and a second switching method based on a predetermined condition according to an input of the instruction. In the first switching method, the actuation method is switched via a standby state of the image sensor according to the input of the instruction, and in the second switching method, the actuation method is switched at a timing of a start of a next frame immediately after the input of the instruction while actuating the image sensor at a predetermined frame rate.

    IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230142349A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17834657

    申请日:2022-06-07

    申请人: SK hynix Inc.

    发明人: Kazuhiro YAHATA

    IPC分类号: H04N5/235 H04N9/04

    摘要: An image sensing system includes an image sensor, a sensing controller, an additional unit, and a sensing parameter calculator. The image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels and configured to generate raw image data indicative an image of an object from pixel signals from the plurality of unit pixels. The sensing controller is configured to control, based on a sensing parameter, a sensing condition of the image sensor for each set of the unit pixels. The parameter addition circuit is configured to obtain a parameter added data by adding the sensing parameter and the raw image data. The sensing parameter calculator is configured to calculate a distribution of pixel values for each set of the unit pixels, calculate an updated sensing parameter based on the distribution of pixel values, and transmit the updated sensing parameter to the sensing controller and the parameter addition circuit.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPOSURE CONTROL
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190253601A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:US16395615

    申请日:2019-04-26

    IPC分类号: H04N5/235

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining the exposure setting of an imaging device having a set of exposure parameters. A target luma of the imaging device may be determined. A correspondence table may be obtained, The correspondence table may relate to a plurality of reference luma values and a plurality of groups of operation values of the set of exposure parameters, a group of operation values corresponding to a reference luma value. A reference luma value and a group of operation values of the set of exposure parameters may be identified based on the target luma and the correspondence table. An adjustment of at least one exposure parameter of the imaging device may be determined based on the identified group of operation values. The at least one exposure parameter of the imaging device may be adjusted based on the determined adjustment.