1. A lens module comprising:
a barrel;
a first lens fixedly disposed in the barrel, the first lens comprising a first optically active part and a first optically inactive part surrounding the first optically active part;
a second lens movably received in the barrel, the second lens comprising a second optically active part and a second optically inactive part surrounding the second optically active part; and
a zinc oxide nano-wire based actuator sandwiched between the first and the second optically inactive parts, the zinc oxide nano-wire based actuator comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and
a zinc oxide nano-wire layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, the zinc oxide nano-wire layer comprising two opposite surfaces respectively in contact with the first and the second electrodes and a plurality of zinc oxide nano-wires substantially parallel to each other, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured for cooperatively creating an electric field therebetween with an electric field direction thereof substantially parallel to the zinc oxide nano-wires so as to adjust a thickness of the zinc oxide nano-wire layer, thereby moving the second electrode relative to the first electrode.
2. The lens module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the zinc oxide nano-wire based actuator is annular with a through hole defined therein, and the through hole aligns with the first optically active part and the second optically active part.
3. The lens module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second electrodes are fixedly connected with the first and the second optically inactive part respectively.
4. The zinc oxide nano-wire based actuator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the zinc oxide nano-wire layer is a single layer of a zinc oxide nano-wire array.
5. The zinc oxide nano-wire based actuator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the zinc oxide nano-wire layer is a plurality of stacked layers of zinc oxide nano-wire arrays.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image transmission apparatus comprising:
an imaging portion to output a pick up image obtained by picking up a shooting object;
a region designation portion to accept designation of at least a partial region of said pick up image;
a masked region determining portion to determine a masked region to mask at least a part of said pick up image based on said accepted region;
a composite image generation portion to generate a composite image in which said masked region of said pick up image is converted to another image;
a transmission portion to transmit said composite image;
a display portion to display said pick up image,
wherein said region designation portion includes a position acceptance portion to accept a position of a display surface of said display portion;
a facial region detection portion to detect a facial region from said pick up image; and
a pattern image generation portion to generate a pattern image by replacing said detected facial region said masked region, wherein:
said display portion displays an image in which said generated pattern image is superimposed onto said pick up image; and
said masked region determining portion includes a change portion to change said masked region included in said pattern image based on said accepted position of said display surface.
2. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
said masked region determining portion determines said accepted region or a region other than said region as said masked region.
3. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
said display portion displays an image in which a pattern image including a predetermined masked region is superimposed onto said pick up image; and
said masked region determining portion includes a change portion to change said masked region included in said pattern image based on the position of said accepted display surface.
4. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
said change portion comprises:
an expansion portion to expand said masked region; and
a reduction portion to reduce said masked region.
5. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a feature extraction portion to extract a feature from said pick up image; and
a masked region movement portion to move said masked region in said pick up image according to a change in the position of said feature in said pick up image.
6. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission portion transmits said composite image on condition that said masked region is determined.
7. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a call detection portion to detect an incoming call,
wherein said transmission portion transmits, upon acceptance of an instruction to answer the incoming call, a predetermined image until said masked region is determined.
8. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission portion transmits, upon acceptance of an instruction for calling, a predetermined image until said masked region is determined.
9. An image transmission method comprising the steps of:
acquiring a pick up image obtained by picking up a shooting object;
accepting a designation of at least a partial region of said pick up image;
determining a masked region for masking at least a part of said pick up image based on said accepted region;
generating a composite image in which said masked region of said pick up image is converted to another image;
transmitting said composite image;
displaying said pick up image,
wherein said designation of said region accepting step includes the step of accepting a position in said displayed pick up image;
detecting a facial region from said pick up image; and
generating a pattern image by replacing said facial detected region by said masked region, wherein:
said displaying step includes the step of displaying an image in which said generated pattern image is superimposed onto said pick up image; and
said masked region determining step includes the step of changing said masked region included in said pattern image based on said accepted position in said pick up image.
10. The image transmission method according to claim 9, wherein said masked region determining step includes the step of determining said accepted region or a region other than said region as said masked region.
11. The image transmission method according to claim 9, wherein:
said displaying step includes the step of displaying an image in which a pattern image including a predetermined masked region is superimposed onto said pick up image, wherein;
said masked region determining step includes the step of changing said masked region included in said pattern image based on said accepted position in said pick up image.
12. The image transmission method according to claim 11, wherein said changing step includes the steps of:
expanding said masked region; and
reducing said masked region.
13. The image transmission method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
extracting a feature from said pick up image; and
moving said masked region in said pick up image according to a change in the position of said feature in said pick up image.
14. The image transmission method according to claim 9, wherein
said transmitting step includes the step of transmitting said composite image on condition that said masked region is determined.
15. The image transmission method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of detecting an incoming call,
wherein said transmitting step includes the step of transmitting a predetermined image, upon acceptance of an instruction to answer the incoming call, until said masked region is determined.
16. The image transmission method according to claim 9, wherein said transmitting step includes the step of transmitting a predetermined image, upon acceptance of an instruction for calling, until said masked region is determined.
17. An image transmission apparatus comprising:
an imaging portion to output a pick up image obtained by picking up a shooting object;
a region designation portion to accept designation of at least a partial region of said pick up image;
a masked region determining portion to determine a masked region to mask at least a part of said pick up image based on said accepted region;
a composite image generation portion to generate a composite image in which said masked region of said pick up image is converted to another image;
a transmission portion to transmit said composite image;
a feature extraction portion to extract a feature from said pick up image; and
a masked region movement portion to move said masked region in said pick up image according to a change in the position of said feature in said pick up image.
18. An image transmission method comprising the steps of:
acquiring a pick up image obtained by picking up a shooting object;
accepting a designation of at least a partial region of said pick up image;
determining a masked region for masking at least a part of said pick up image based on said accepted region;
generating a composite image in which said masked region of said pick up image is converted to another image;
transmitting said composite image;
extracting a feature from said pick up image; and
moving said masked region in said pick up image according to a change in the position of said feature in said pick up image.
19. An image transmission apparatus comprising:
an imaging portion to output a pick up image obtained by picking up a shooting object;
a display portion to display said pick up image;
a position acceptance portion to accept a position of a display surface of said display portion;
a facial region detection portion to detect a facial region from said pick up image;
a masked region determining portion to determine a masked region to mask at least a part of said pick up image based on said detected region;
a composite image generation portion to generate a composite image in which said masked region of said pick up image is converted to another image;
a change portion to change said masked region based on said accepted position of said display surface; and
a transmission portion to transmit said composite image.
20. An image transmission method, comprising:
outputting a pick up image obtained by picking up a shooting object;
displaying said pick up image;
accepting a position of a display surface of said displayed pick up image;
detecting a facial region from said pick up image;
determining a masked region to mask at least a part of said pick up image based on said detected region;
generating a composite image in which said masked region of said pick up image is converted to another image;
changing said masked region based on said accepted position of said display surface; and
transmitting said composite image.