Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Sony Europe B.v.

Alexander Gatto

Piergiorgio Sartor

Ralf Müller

Mori Hironori

Oliver Erdler

Yalcin Incesu

Ralf Mueller

Klaus Zimmermann

Markus Kamm

Zoltan Facius

Matthias Wilde

Günter Troll

Matthias Schinzel

Vincent Parret

Adriano Simonetto

An image processing device has circuitry, which is configured to obtain global image data including image data and spectral data, the global image data representing a global image area and to input the global image data to machine learning model for generating output spectral data, wherein the neural network is configured to transform the obtained image data into the output spectral data based on the obtained spectral data.

Imaging sensor, an image processing device and an image processing method

The present disclosure generally pertains to a polarization imaging portion having a plurality of imaging elements, wherein each imaging element is configured to convert light into an electric signal, the polarization imaging portion further including: a set of event sensors configured to detect an event being indicative of an intensity change of the light; a set of polarization filters; and a set of tunable polarizers configured to adjust a polarization of the light in response to an electric signal, wherein each polarization filter of the set of polarization filters is associated with a respective tunable polarizer of the set of tunable polarizers, thereby configuring a set of tunable polarization filters, such that the set of tunable polarization filters is associated with the set of event sensors.

Polarization imaging device and method for polarization imaging

The present disclosure generally pertains to a polarization imaging system having: an imaging portion having a color channel element of a first color type and a color channel element of a second color type; and a light polarization portion configured to: provide a first light polarization of a first polarization type for the first color type and a second light polarization of the first polarization type for the second color type; and convert a second polarization type into the first polarization type, whereby the second polarization type is detectable in the imaging portion.

Polarization imaging system and polarization imaging method

A system including circuitry configured to process image data of a meal to obtain information on the contents of the meal; generate, based on the obtained information, a query with guidance to change image capture settings: and guide a user to pick up at least a part of the meal.

System, method and computer program for guided image capturing of a meal

The present disclosure generally pertains to an imaging apparatus for computed tomography imaging spectroscopy, which has circuitry configured to:

Imaging apparatus and spectral density reconstruction method

A system including circuitry configured to determine a reflectance feature of a liquid based on reflectance image data generated based on multispectral image data of the liquid; determine a structural feature of the liquid based on image data of the liquid; and to provide quality information of the liquid based on the reflectance feature and the structural feature.

System, method and computer program

An apparatus comprising a spectral filter () with a variable spectral filter transmission (FT(&#x3bb;)); an event-based imaging sensor () configured to produce measurement events (y, y, . . . , y) which correspond to a change in a filter response (Y(t)) that is generated by an observed spectrum (X(&#x3bb;)), and a processor () configured to control the filter transmission (FT(&#x3bb;)) of the spectral filter () so that it sweeps over wavelength (&#x3bb;) with time (t), and to generate an estimation (X*(&#x3bb;)) of the observed spectrum (X(&#x3bb;)) based on the measurement events (y, y, . . . , y) that correspond to the filter response (Y(t)) and based on the filter transmission (FT(&#x3bb;)).

Apparatus and method

A system including circuitry configured to process multispectral image data of a meal to obtain information on the contents of the meal; and generate, based on the obtained information, a query with guidance to change image capture settings.

A reflectometer has a depth sensor which obtains distance information between the depth sensor and an object, a light source which emits light having a calibrated light spectrum, a spectral sensor which collects spectral information from light reflected from the object, and a circuitry. The circuitry calculates a reflectance spectrum for the object based on the distance information and the spectral information collected from light being reflected from the object, wherein the light originates from the light source.

Reflectometer, electronic device and method

An apparatus has a circuitry which detects a first biometric feature of a user; detects a second biometric feature of the user, wherein the second biometric feature is detected based on image data representing the second biometric feature, and wherein the second biometric feature differs from the first biometric feature; and estimates an illumination indication for the second biometric feature, based on the image data.

The present disclosure pertains to a wafer level lens stack, which has a substrate, a first, a second lens and an actuator. The substrate has a first side and a second side. The second side is opposite to the first side. The first lens is on the first side of the substrate. The second lens is on the second side of the substrate and the second lens can change its refraction characteristic. The actuator can change the refraction characteristic of the second lens.

Wafer level lens stack, optical system, electronic device and method

In an image processing system a processor is configured to perform an image processing method. The method performs receiving a spectral image of a person's skin and identifying the person based on the received spectral image of the person's skin and skin reflectance information.

Image processing system and method

An apparatus including a processor configured to: obtain image data representing an object for being displayed to a user, wherein the object is displayed on the basis of left eye image data and right eye image data obtained on the basis of the image data; obtain user eye position data representing a left pupil position and a right pupil position of the user; and generate a left eye image position for the left eye image data and a right eye image position for the right eye image data on the basis of the user eye position data.

Apparatus and method for controlling the apparatus

An electronic device including a processor configured to receive a first radiation measurement and determine a skin surface condition information based on the first radiation measurement.

Method, electronic device and system for monitoring a skin surface condition

An electronic device including: an image sensor including plural sensors divided into groups; a multi-lens array including plural lenses configured to each form an image of a scene on a distinct group of the groups of pixel sensors; and a filter including plural color filter elements arranged in rows and columns. Each color filter element is associated with one of the lenses and the respective distinct group and configured to filter an image of the scene into one of plural color channels. A first group of pixel sensors can define a perspective of the scene for an image reconstruction, and the color filter elements in the row of the color filter element corresponding to the first group and the color filter elements in the column of the color filter element corresponding to the first group can filter the image of the scene into each of the plural color channels.

Electronic device, method for generating an image and filter arrangement with multi-lens array and color filter array for reconstructing image from perspective of one group of pixel sensors

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Alexander Gatto