Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Corpotation

Yoshitaka Miyatani

Noriaki Kozuka

Norihiko Akamatsu

Akira Matsui

Kouji Yamamoto

Akira Tokuse

Genta Yagyu

Mitsuaki Kita

Akira Iwase

Hirotaka Niikura

Masashi Nakata

Shinichi Fujii

Masafumi Wakazono

Shinichiro Noudo

Yuto Ishizu

Tatsuji Ashitani

Daiki Nakagawa

Tomoyuki Minami

Takuya Mikami

Takaya Yamamura

Shunsuke Yajima

Atsutake Kosuge

Takayoshi Hirai

Ryuta Okamoto

Hideyuki Kawashima

Kazuki Akaho

Toshihiro Miyabe

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program enabling to achieve more suitable vibration monitoring. A vibration detection unit generates vibration information representing a vibration state of a subject, on the basis of event data that is output from an EVS and includes a pixel position, a time, and a polarity at which an event that is a luminance change for each pixel has occurred. The technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a vibration monitoring system.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Shape measuring systems are disclosed. In one example, a shape measuring system includes a light source part with a light source, a waveform control lens, and a scan mechanism. It also includes light receiving parts that each include a light receiving lens on which reflected light reflected by the measurement target among measurement light from the light source part is incident, an EVS, which is an asynchronous imaging device that is a light receiving element, an event issuing part that detects an event on the basis of output data from the EVS and outputs event data, and a transmitting part that outputs the event data to the signal processing part. A signal processing part includes an unwanted signal removing part that removes an unwanted signal resulting from incidence of secondary reflected light, and a three-dimensional calculating part that calculates a three-dimensional shape of the measurement target.

Shape measuring system

The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing system that enable accurate detection of a droplet from a dispenser. The information processing apparatus includes: an event sensor including a pixel configured to photoelectrically convert an optical signal and output a pixel signal, the event sensor being configured to output a temporal luminance change of the optical signal as an event signal on the basis of the pixel signal; and a processor configured to detect a droplet injected from the dispenser on the basis of the event signal. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a dispenser control system that controls a dispenser, and the like.

Information processing apparatus and information processing system for detecting an injected droplet

The present invention aims to suppress a decrease in the accuracy of inspection, recognition, and the like of an object. An information processing apparatus according to embodiments includes a processing unit () that generates image data on the basis of event data output from a first sensor () including a pixel array unit () in which multiple pixels () that each detect a luminance change of incident light and output event data are arranged in a two-dimensional lattice pattern. In the information processing apparatus, the processing unit generates first image data of a current frame by using event data detected during an integration period including an overlap period that overlaps with at least a part of a frame period of a previous frame.

Information processing with generation of image data using event data from an integration period that overlaps with a previous frame period

The present invention relates to a solid-state imaging device capable of highly accurate authentication. The solid-state imaging device includes a light receiving unit and a control unit. The light receiving unit includes event-driven pixels that output the occurrence of an event on the basis of a threshold. The control unit is a control unit that controls the light receiving unit, and is configured to set a first threshold for the event-driven pixels, and, in a case where an event based on the first threshold has been detected, set a second threshold smaller than the first threshold for the event-driven pixels.

Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus

An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels that receives incident light entering from an object after passing through neither an imaging lens nor a pinhole, and each outputs a detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated in accordance with an incident angle of the incident light. The imaging device is attached to a vehicle so that a light receiving surface faces a side of the vehicle, and the average of the centroids of incident angle directivities indicating directivities of the plurality of pixels with respect to the incident angle of the incident light deviates in one direction from the center of the pixel. The present technology can be applied to an electronic sideview mirror, for example.

Imaging device, display device, and imaging system

The present technology relates to an imaging device, a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a program, and an imaging apparatus that are designed to reduce flicker in the imaging apparatus that does not use any imaging lens. The imaging device includes: a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels including a pixel that receives incident light and outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated depending on the incident angle of the incident light is arranged in a row direction and a column direction, and is sequentially exposed row by row, the incident light entering from an object via neither an imaging lens nor a pinhole; and a plurality of detection regions that are disposed in different rows in the pixel region, and are used for flicker detection. The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus, for example.

Imaging device, signal processing device, signal processing method, program, and imaging apparatus

A signal processing device, on the basis of an image capture signal acquired by an image capture device provided with an anamorphic lens, performs a detection process each in a vertical direction of the anamorphic lens and in a horizontal direction of the anamorphic lens.

Signal processing device, signal processing method, and image capture device

The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and method, and an image processing apparatus and method that make it possible to control the resolution of a detection image. A resolution is set, and a restoration matrix is set including coefficients used when a restored image is restored from output pixel values of a plurality of pixel output units, of an imaging element including the plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light entering without passing through either an imaging lens or a pinhole, and each outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light, depending on the resolution set. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an imaging apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an electronic device, a computer, a program, a storage medium, a system, and the like.

Imaging apparatus and method, and image processing apparatus and method

In an information compression unit, in an image capturing unit(), among a plurality of pixel output units that receives object light that enters without passing through any of an image capturing lens and a pinhole, pixel outputs of at least two of the pixel output units have incident angle directivity modulated into different incident angle directivity according to an incident angle of the object light. The information compression unitperforms compression processing to reduce an amount of data of pixel output information generated by the image capturing unit(). For example, by computation of a difference between set reference value information and the pixel output information, linear calculation of a set calculation parameter and the pixel output information, and the like, the information compression unitreduces a word length of the pixel output information, and reduces the amount of data of the pixel output information generated according to the object light that enters without passing through any of an image capturing lens and a pinhole.

Information processing device, information processing method, image capturing device, and program

The present technology relates to a focus detection device and method and a program by which an accurate image shift amount can be detected. A calculation unit performs calculation based on learning on the basis of a received light amount distribution of an A pixel group having a first property for phase difference detection and a received light amount distribution of a B pixel group having a second property different from the first property and outputs defocus amount related information relating to a defocus amount. The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus that performs focus detection by a phase difference detection method.

Focus detection device and method

The present disclosure relates to an electronic instrument capable of downsizing an electronic instrument having a function of imaging at least a part of a user. In an electronic instrument worn or used by a user, the electronic instrument includes an imaging unit arranged at a position where at least a part of the user wearing or using the electronic instrument is capturable, the imaging unit including two or more pixel output units that each receive incident light from a subject incident not via either an imaging lens or a pinhole and output one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated depending on an incident angle of the incident light. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a wearable device.

Electronic instrument

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system for enabling reduction in a load by enabling selective arithmetic processing in performing imaging without using an imaging lens. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection image output from an imaging element that receives incident light incident without through an imaging lens, and restoration information including setting information set by a user and to be used to generate a restoration image from the detection image, a restoration processing unit configured to perform restoration processing of generating the restoration image using the detection image and the restoration information, and an output control unit configured to control an output of the restoration image. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a device or a system that restores a detection image captured by a lensless camera.

Information processing device, information processing method, program, and information processing system

A signal processing device performs a displaying process in a display unit on the basis of a parameter being predetermined in an image capture device provided with an anamorphic lens.

The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and method, and an image processing apparatus and method that make it possible to expand a range of a subject that can be imaged. A subject is imaged by an imaging element including a plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light from the subject entering without passing through either an imaging lens or a pinhole and entering through an optical system that is not an imaging lens and has a negative power, and each outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an imaging apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an electronic device, a computer, a program, a storage medium, a system, and the like.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yoshitaka Miyatani