Digital camera

About: Digital camera is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 12169 publications have been published within this topic receiving 137431 citations. The topic is also known as: digicam & digital still camera.

Solid-state image sensor, production method of the same, and digital camera

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state image sensor wherein the color shading is decreased, and/or a solid-state image sensor wherein the shading effect is outstanding Moreover, the invention provides a digital camera having the solid-state image sensor The solid-state image sensor of the present invention has color filters and/or apertures of a light blocking layer, and the center of the color filters and/or the center of the apertures of the light blocking layer is offset with respect to the center of a light-receiving part, in the direction to the center of a valid cell area In each photodetecting cell of a preferred solid-state image sensor, micro-lenses are further placed on the light-receiving side of the solid-state image sensor, and preferably, the center of the micro-lens is similarly offset with respect to the center of the light-receiving part Also, the digital camera is mounted with an above-described solid-state image sensor

A coaxial optical scanner for synchronous acquisition of 3D geometry and surface reflectance

Abstract: We present a novel optical setup and processing pipeline for measuring the 3D geometry and spatially-varying surface reflectance of physical objects. Central to our design is a digital camera and a high frequency spatially-modulated light source aligned to share a common focal point and optical axis. Pairs of such devices allow capturing a sequence of images from which precise measurements of geometry and reflectance can be recovered. Our approach is enabled by two technical contributions: a new active multiview stereo algorithm and an analysis of light descattering that has important implications for image-based reflectometry. We show that the geometry measured by our scanner is accurate to within 50 microns at a resolution of roughly 200 microns and that the reflectance agrees with reference data to within 5.5%. Additionally, we present an image relighting application and show renderings that agree very well with reference images at light and view positions far from those that were initially measured.

Digital camera with GPS enabled file management and a device to determine direction

Abstract: A digital system that uses a global positioning system (GPS) and a device to determine direction to help name the files and/or the file location of the images captured by the device can help manage the large number of files created by the device. The digital system containing a photo-sensor, an image storage area, a GPS system, a GPS database, a device to determine direction, and a processor.

Apparatus and method for increasing a digital camera image capture rate by delaying image processing

Abstract: An apparatus for increasing a digital camera image capture rate comprises an imaging device for capturing raw image data, a frame buffer for receiving the image data, a first RAM spooler for transferring the raw image data to a RAM disk, a first flash spooler for transferring the raw image data from the RAM disk to a flash memory, an image processor for processing and compressing the raw data, a second RAM spooler for storing the compressed image data into the RAM disk, and a second flash spooler for transferring the compressed image data from the RAM disk to the flash memory.

Mobile device with dual digital camera sensors and methods of using the same

Abstract: A mobile device comprising a first image sensor, a second image sensor configured to change position with respect to the first image sensor, a controller configured to control the position of the second image sensor, and an image processing module configured to process and combine images captured by the first and second image sensors.