IP Library Granted Patent US 10,397,498
Granted Patent B2
US 10,397,498 · App. 15/844,739 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Compressive sensing capturing device and method

Inventors: Fabien Cardinaux (Stuttgart, DE); Stefan Uhlich (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04N5/3355H03M7/3062H04N5/23219H04N5/23229G06N3/02
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Patent No.
US 10,397,498
App. No.
15/844,739
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compressive sensing capturing device has circuitry, which is configured to obtain compressive sensing image data; and to set a device attribute based on image attribute data, wherein the image attribute data are based on a machine learning algorithm performed in the compressing domain on the obtained compressive sensing image data.

Claims (24)

1. A compressive sensing capturing device, comprising circuitry configured to:

obtain compressive sensing image data; and

set a device attribute based on image attribute data, wherein the image attribute data are based on a machine learning algorithm performed in the compressing domain on the obtained compressive sensing image data.

2. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the device attribute includes at least one of: autofocus, luminance, shutter speed, aperture size, shoot mode, flash mode, object detected.

3. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the machine learning algorithm is based on an artificial neural network using the obtained compressive sensing image data as input.

4. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 3 , wherein the compressive sensing image data are block-based.

5. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 4 , wherein one block of compressive sensing image data is used as input for the artificial neural network.

6. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 5 , wherein for each block of compressive sensing image data at least two different measurements are provided to the artificial neural network.

7. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry further comprises a compressive imaging sensor.

8. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 7 , wherein the device is configured as digital camera.

9. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 7 , wherein the compressive sensing image data are obtained from the compressive imaging sensor.

10. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control the image sensor based on the set device attribute.

11. A compressive sensing capturing method, comprising:

obtaining compressive sensing image data; and

setting a device attribute based on image attribute data, wherein the image attribute data are based on a machine learning algorithm performed in the compressing domain on the obtained compressive sensing image data.

12. The compressive sensing capturing method of claim 11 , wherein the device attribute includes at least one of: autofocus, luminance, shutter speed, aperture size, shoot mode, flash mode, object detected.

13. The compressive sensing capturing method of claim 11 , wherein the machine learning algorithm is based on an artificial neural network using the obtained compressive sensing image data as input.

14. The compressive sensing capturing method of claim 13 , wherein the compressive sensing image data are block-based.

15. The compressive sensing capturing method of claim 14 , wherein one block of compressive sensing image data is used as input for the artificial neural network.

16. The compressive sensing capturing method of claim 15 , wherein for each block of compressive sensing image data at least two different measurements are provided to the artificial neural network.

17. The compressive sensing capturing method of claim 11 , further comprising generating the image attribute data.

18. The compressive sensing capturing method of claim 17 , wherein the image attribute data are generated by performing the machine learning algorithm on the obtained compressive sensing image data.

19. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 11 , wherein the compressive sensing image data are obtained from a compressive imaging sensor.

20. The compressive sensing capturing device of claim 19 , further comprising controlling the image sensor based on the set device attribute.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: CARDINAUX, FABIEN; UHLICH, STEFAN
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044812/0648 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17151024 · Jan 11, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
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