Smart camera

About: Smart camera is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5571 publications have been published within this topic receiving 93054 citations. The topic is also known as: intelligent camera.

Use of multi-function switches for camera zoom functionality on a mobile phone

Abstract: A combination mobile communication device and camera that combines a hand-held mobile terminal and camera in the same physical package is described herein. The combination mobile communication device and camera uses one or more multi-function controls to control communication functions and camera functions. A user selectively places the device in either a communication mode for engaging in wireless communication with a remote device, or in a camera mode for capturing and/or viewing images. A multi-function control disposed on a side of the combination mobile communication device and camera comprises a multi-directional button that controls a communication function, such as the volume of the speaker, when the device is in a communication mode. When the device is in a camera mode, the multi-function control is used as a zoom control.

Estimating camera position and posture by using feature landmark database

Abstract: Estimating camera position and posture can be applied to the fields of augmented reality and robot navigation. In these fields, to obtain absolute position and posture of the camera, sensor-based methods using GPS and magnetic sensors and vision-based methods using input images from the camera have been investigated. However, sensor-based methods are difficult to synchronize the camera and sensors accurately, and usable environments are limited according to selection of sensors. On the other hand, vision-based methods need to allocate many artificial markers otherwise an estimation error will accumulate. Thus, it is difficult to use such methods in large and natural environments. This paper proposes a vision-based camera position and posture estimation method for large environments, which does not require sensors and artificial markers by detecting natural feature points from image sequences taken beforehand and using them as landmarks.

A Vision-based Approach to Fire Detection

Abstract: This paper presents a vision-based method for fire detection from fixed surveillance smart cameras. The method integrates several well-known techniques properly adapted to cope with the challenges ...

Tactical vision system

Abstract: A system comprising at least a wearable control unit, a camera apparatus and a wearable vision apparatus. The wearable control unit may receive information from the camera apparatus and may process the received camera information. For example, the received camera information may be thermal information or infrared information. The wearable control unit may process the received camera information to video information that may be transmitted to the wearable vision apparatus. The wearable vision apparatus may then display the received video information.

Dual purpose camera for VSC with conventional film and digital image capture modules

Abstract: A dual purpose camera for alternative use with one of photographic film and a digital image capture module is described. The camera includes a camera body, an electrical interface means disposed within said camera body for interfacing the camera body with a digital image capture module; and a communication means disposed within said camera body for transferring data from the digital image capture module to devices external to the camera body.