37 results about "Imaging equipment" patented technology

An imaging environment that greatly affects image recognition accuracy is recognized for applications in onboard systems of various sorts including imaging devices. An imaging device for imaging areas around the vehicle is mounted on a vehicle. Before executing image recognition processing, information is acquired on objects and texture, such as traffic signs and pedestrian crossings, present within a field of view of the imaging device. An object or texture present within the field of view is then recognized by an image recognition section. Degrees of distortion and defocus of a shape or texture of the object recognized are calculated based on the shape or texture of the object recognized and information previously acquired on the objects or texture. Imaging environment, such as water droplets or dirt on a lens, and whether fog occurs or not, is then recognized based on the degrees of distortion and defocus calculated from the shape or texture of the object recognized.

A lubricant applying unit includes a lubricant composed of metal salt of fatty acid; an applying member that applies the lubricant on a subject under lubricant application; and a spreading member that forms a thin layer of the lubricant applied on the subject. The spreading member spreads the lubricant in such a manner that a thickness of the thin layer is in a range of 8 nanometers to 12 nanometers.

A heat generating roller, fixing equipment and an image forming apparatus in which warm-up time is shortened while preventing excessive temperature rise and good fixing performance is realized by preventing occurrence of offset. In the heat generating roller, fixing equipment and image forming apparatus, the heat generating roller is formed principally by laying a high permeability conductive layer and a nonmagnetic conductive layer in layer. When a voltage is applied from a power supply (not shown) to an exciting coil and an AC current flow through it, magnetic flux is generated around the exciting coil and a magnetic field is formed. Since the heat generating roller has the high permeability conductive layer and the nonmagnetic conductive layer laid in layer, magnetic coupling of a system consisting of the heat generating roller and the exciting coil is good at the time of low temperature and heat generation of the heat generating roller is accelerated. When the Curie point is exceeded, skin depth becomes deep and skin resistance decreases, which suppresses generation of Joule's heat and reduces heat generation of the heat generating roller.

A toner container includes a container body that is used to house a toner and that is detachably attachable to a mounting portion in a developing device; and an operating member that is used to open and close a shutter. The shutter as well as the operating member includes an engaging portion that can engage with a linking member which is disposed in the mounting portion and which can perform a reciprocating linear movement. In the state in which the container body is not mounted in the mounting portion, the shutter and the operating member are in a non-linked state with each other. In contrast, in the state in which the container body is mounted in the mounting portion, the shutter and the operating member become able to be linked to each other via the linking member.

The invention discloses an automatic exposure control method and device for imaging equipment. Each exposure parameter is divided into a plurality of sections, each section is called as a sub exposure line, and the sub exposure lines are sequenced and then combined to form a main exposure line of the imaging equipment. After the imaging equipment is turned on, the deviation between a current screen brightness and a target screen brightness is judged, the exposure parameters are adjusted according to the main exposure line of the imaging equipment if the deviation exists, and the exposure parameters are not adjusted if the current screen brightness is within the range of the target screen brightness. The automatic exposure control device for the imaging equipment comprises a control module, a brightness evaluation module and an exposure parameter adjusting module. The method and the device are universal, the exposure parameters can be adjusted into reasonable values under a normal lighting condition, imaging effects are optimized, the exposure parameters can be adjusted into maximum values under an extreme lighting condition, the imaging effects cannot be worse than those of a traditional scheme, and overexposure can be effectively suppressed.

Thermographic imaging equipment is incorporated directly into cabinets housing electrical switchgear to provide for dedicated, nearly continuous monitoring of the contained equipment. A mechanical scanning technique may allow low-cost sensors to provide essentially continuous thermographic monitoring. Dedicated thermal imaging equipment allows automatic analysis through predefined temperature threshold maps.

An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The imaging apparatus includes: an imaging part; and an imaging control unit for instructing a user to take a predetermined target subject to store a resulted image taken by the imaging part in accordance with the instruction on a recording medium.

The invention discloses a full-light information collection system. Specifically, the system is characterized in that a spectrum image of sparse sampling is obtained by a sparse sample imaging array, a light splitting device, a gray scale imaging device and a spectrum light path collection device; a color image with high resolution is obtained by a color imaging device and a color light path collection device; light axes of the spectrum light path collection device and the color imaging device are parallel, the obtained two images respectively includes spectrum information of the sparse sampling and color information of the high resolution, and the obtained two images includes parallax information; finally, the two paths of information are processed by an information combined processing device, full-light information including a spectrum and a depth is reestablished according to the sparse spectrum information, the color information and the parallax information due to different poses of two cameras. According to the invention, the combined obtaining of the full light information is realized, and the higher spectrum resolution and the more precise depth information can be obtained by adopting the imaging device higher in precision.

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that respectively generates, with imaging devices different from one another, a first captured image with a specific direction of a subject set in a longitudinal direction, a second captured image with an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the specific direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to one side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image, and a third captured image with the orthogonal direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to the other side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image; a detecting unit that detects a state of the imaging apparatus; and a control unit that determines, based on the detected state, a range of a target image as a target of display or recording among the first to third captured images.

The intermediate transfer unit removably mounted to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, includes a contact roller is disposed so as to come into contact with an intermediate transfer belt correspondingly to a photosensitive drum, an opposing member, and a voltage maintaining element which is connected to the opposing member and the contact roller. The number of electric contacts between the intermediate transfer unit and the apparatus main body is decreased so that the apparatus can be downsized, and its cost can be lowered.

An imaging apparatus includes: determination means for determining whether a capture image is a frontlit image or a backlit image; detecting means for detecting a flesh-color area in the capture image; calculation means for setting weights, in a luminance histogram on the flesh-color area, on luminance of pixels included in a high-luminance area having a relatively high luminance value and luminance of pixels included in a low-luminance area having a relatively low luminance value in accordance with the determination result, and calculating modified luminance produced by modifying luminance on the flesh-color area on the basis of the weights; and correcting means for correcting brightness of the capture image on the basis of the modified luminance.

An information processing apparatus configured to connected via a network to a one or a plurality of remote apparatuses each of which processes information. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting that an imaging apparatus is connected thereto, a determination unit for determining, according to processing to be performed on media data photographed by the imaging apparatus, whether the processing is performed by the information processing apparatus, an execution instruction unit for issuing, when the determination unit determines that the processing is not performed by the information processing apparatus, an execution instruction to the remote apparatus capable of performing the processing to perform the processing on the media data, and a media data receiving unit for receiving from the remote apparatus to which the execution instruction is issued, the media data on which the processing is performed.

An imaging apparatus includes: a zoom lens system including a plurality of groups and performing variable magnification by changing intervals of the lens groups; a color-separation optical system configured to carry out color separation of a light flux from the zoom lens system; and a plurality of imaging devices configured to convert optical images separated by colors by the color-separation optical system into electric signals. The zoom lens system includes at least one reflection member configured to bend an optical axis by 90 degrees or approximately 90 degrees. The color-separation optical system is arranged such that color-separation is performed in a direction within a plane perpendicular to another plane formed by an optical axis for light incident to the zoom lens system and an optical axis for light reflected by the reflection member.

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures an image by photoelectrically converting a subject image; a feature calculating unit that calculates, per region included in the image, a feature value related to suitability for motion detection; a region-motion detecting unit that detects a motion vector per the region; and a whole-motion calculating unit that calculates a motion quantity of a whole image from the feature value and the motion vector.

An imaging lens consists of a negative first lens having a concave object-side surface, a positive second lens, a negative third lens, a positive fourth lens having a convex object-side surface, and a positive fifth lens, which are in this order from an object side. A stop is arranged between an image-side surface of the first lens and an object-side surface of the third lens. When the focal length of an entire system is f, and the focal length of the first lens is f1, and the focal length of the second lens is f2, the following formula is satisfied:

−1.30<f1/f2−0.65  (7).

An X-ray imaging apparatus automatically distinguishes between right and left breasts during mammography. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes: an X-ray assembly configured to press a breast, irradiate X-rays onto the pressed breast, and detect X-rays transmitted through the breast; two handles respectively provided in both sides of the X-ray assembly so that a patient is able to grip the handles, each handle including a sensor for detecting the patient's grip; and a controller configured to determine a position of a handle including the sensor that has detected the patient's grip, and to determine that a breast subject to mammography is a breast corresponding to the determined position.

Optical block assemblies having single or multi-stage folded light path lens assemblies that may be implemented to allow an optical block assembly to occupy significantly less space and/or present reduced rotational inertia to an electrical articulating mechanism. An optical assembly may be so configured for closed circuit television applications or in any other suitable video imaging application including, but not limited to, applications involving non-articulated or articulated cameras such as normal filming (e.g., motion picture film cameras or studio television cameras), camcorders, military targeting or imaging devices, etc.

A developing device for developing a latent image borne on an image bearing body using a developer borne on a developer bearing roller, is provided with: a housing that is for containing the developer and that has an opening; the developer bearing roller that is for bearing the developer and that is provided facing the opening; a sealing member that abuts against the developer bearing roller to prevent the developer from spilling; a supporting member that is attached to the housing and that is for supporting the developer bearing roller and the sealing member; and an urging member that is for urging the sealing member toward the developer bearing roller and that is provided between the supporting member and a surface of the sealing member on an opposite side from an abutting surface of the sealing member with which the sealing member abuts against the developer bearing roller.

An imaging apparatus for diagnosis and a control method of an imaging apparatus for diagnosis are disclosed, which acquire line data represented by multiple luminance values in a radial direction from a rotation center position of an imaging core, which are derived by a rotation position and movement of the imaging core. Then, based on the acquired line data, an image of a two-dimensional space in which θ representing a rotation angle and z representing a position in a movement direction are set to two axes is generated and displayed.

The invention discloses an optical lens and imaging equipment. The optical lens sequentially comprises, from an object side to an imaging surface along an optical axis, a first lens element with negative focal power, the object side surface of which is a convex surface and the image side surface of which is a concave surface; a second lens element with negative focal power, the object side surface of which is a convex surface and the image side surface of which is a concave surface; a third lens element with positive focal power, the object side surface of which is a convex surface and the image side surface of which is a concave surface; a diaphragm; a fourth lens element with positive focal power, the object side surface of which is a convex surface and the image side surface of which is a convex surface; a fifth lens element with negative focal power, the object side surface of which is a concave surface and the image side surface of which is a concave surface; and a sixth lens element with positive focal power, the object side surface of which is a convex surface near the optical axis and the image side surface of which is a convex surface. The optical lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: TTL/f is more than 7.2 and less than 7.8, wherein f represents the effective focal length of the optical lens, and TTL represents the total optical length of the optical lens. The optical lens has the advantages of large wide angle, high pixel, day and night confocal property and small size.

The invention discloses an image tilt correction method and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining an inclination angle between a current scanning direction of a laser scanning device and a standard scanning direction; Calculating a trajectory to be scanned in the current scanning direction of the laser scanning device according to the inclination angle and the standard scanning trajectory in the standard scanning direction; According to the trajectory to be scanned, a driving signal corresponding to the trajectory to be scanned is determined, and the laser scanning device is driven based on the driving signal corresponding to the trajectory to be scanned. The above scheme is used to solve the problems existing in the prior art that When thelaser scanning imaging equipment is projected, it has high requirements on the placing environment or the grip mode of the user, which is easy to be disturbed by the external environment and the picture stability is poor. Therefore, the laser scanning imaging equipment can keep the scanning picture stable by controlling the driving signal when the projection angle is tilted due to the external environment disturbance.