Smartphone Camera Technology

The camera is a vital component of the smartphone and its utility is indispensable. The design of the smartphone camera system determines the quality of the captured photos and videos. This course discusses the key topics related to smartphone camera technology, including advanced features in image and video processing. It also covers the foundational principles of color science and the human visual system. The course comprises over 100 informative slides that are meticulously crafted to maximize clarity and accelerate learning. A short quiz is provided.

Course Highlights

• Study smartphone camera system components

• Review image signal processor and optical system architecture, color imaging system components, and imaging quantities

• Understand camera parameters such as sensor size, pixel pitch, Airy disk, Nyquist frequency, and modulation transfer function

• Review various types of color filter arrays

• Identify CMOS and CCD image sensors

• Understand various camera and image noise sources

• Learn image correction and enhancement techniques

• Review camera lens structure and material

• Learn techniques to overcome optical distortions

• Understand light, color, spectral distribution structure of RGB color space, and the purpose of display rendering transform

• Study the difference between radiometry and photometry, and their measured quantities

• Study the photoreceptors and sensitivity of human visual system

• Learn advanced smartphone camera features and the use of AI

About the Instructor

The instructor has developed 6 U.S. video patents that were licensed to industry and received the National Association of Broadcasters Technology Innovation Award for demonstrations of advanced media technologies. He has conducted many custom video courses for Comcast/NBC, Qualcomm, Motorola, universities, and the IEEE, and has served as an expert witness on cable TV and video streaming. More recently, two of his video books were adopted by the AI company Anthropic as training material.