Sony Group Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Sony Corporation

Kei Nakagawa

Shin Kitano

Golan Zeituni

Zvika Veig

Ayaka Hirata

Atsushi Suzuki

Katsuhiko Hanzawa

Koya Tsuchimoto

Tomoo Mitsunaga

Takao Tanikame

Hideaki Togashi

Teppei Kurita

Yusuke Minagawa

Kazuhiro Hoshino

Kensei Jo

Masahiro Segami

Kaori Takimoto

Nobuhiro Kawai

Motonari Honda

Masatsugu Fukunaga

Hirotsugu Takahashi

Shota Watanabe

Kenta Endo

Sho Nishida

Kohei Yamada

Shuntaro Izumi

Kimiyasu Shiina

Switching is performed between a global shutter method and a local shutter method. A pixel control unitperforms local shutter and global shutter on a pixel. The image generation unitgenerates a first frame, which is an image based on the first image signal, and a second frame, which is an image based on the second image signal. The self-position estimation unitgenerates a surrounding map from the first frame. The object detection unitdetects a target object from the second frame and generates target object information.

Body wearable terminal and information processing system

An object recognition system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an event detection sensor that detects, as an event, that a change in luminance of a pixel has exceeded a predetermined threshold, and a spiking neural network. The spiking neural network executes recognition processing on an object to be recognized on a basis of a result of the detection by the event detection sensor.

Object recognition system and electronic apparatus

An imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion region that converts incident light into electric charge. The imaging device includes a first readout circuit coupled to the photoelectric conversion region at a first location, and a second readout circuit including a portion coupled to the photoelectric conversion region at a second location. The second readout circuit is configured to control the first readout circuit. The first location and the second location are on a same side of the photoelectric conversion region.

Solid-state imaging device and imaging device

Imaging devices and ranging devices are disclosed. In one example, an imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first pixel array, a second pixel array, and a control unit. In the first pixel array, a first light receiving pixel on the semiconductor substrate has a stacked structure of a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode (). It photoelectrically converts light in a first wavelength region including the visible light region. In the second pixel array, a second light receiving pixel is provided at a position overlapping the first light receiving pixel in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate. It photoelectrically converts light in a second wavelength region including the infrared light region. The control unit drives and controls the second pixel array based on a signal photoelectrically converted by the first pixel array.

Imaging device and ranging system

A system includes a processor, a light source controlled by the processor and configured to emit a light, and an event based vision sensor controlled by the processor. The sensor includes a plurality of pixels. At least one of the plurality of pixels includes a photosensor configured to detect incident light and first circuitry configured to output a first signal based on an output from the photosensor. The first signal indicates a change of amount of incident light. The sensor includes a comparator configured to output a comparison result based on the first signal and at least one of a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage. The processor is configured to apply one of the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage to the comparator selectively based on an operation of the light source.

Ranging system and electronic apparatus

An imaging system of the present disclosure includes: an event detection sensor that detects an event; an object recognition unit that performs recognition processing for an object detected as the event on the basis of an event signal output from the event detection sensor; a motion vector estimation unit that estimates a motion vector of the object on the basis of a recognition result by the object recognition unit; and a control unit that outputs warning information for warning that a dangerous state has occurred on the basis of an estimation result by the motion vector estimation unit.

Motion vector imaging alert system

A state of a driver is detected more quickly. A state detection device according to an embodiment is provided with a first solid-state imaging device provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the first solid-state imaging device that detects, according to a light amount incident on each of the pixels, occurrence of an event in the pixel, and a state detection unit that detects a state of a driver on the basis of the occurrence of the event detected by the first solid-state imaging device.

State detection device, state detection system, and state detection method

An imaging system of the present disclosure includes: an event detection device that detects an event; and a controller that controls the event detection device. The controller then controls the detection sensitivity of event detection being performed by the event detection device, on the basis of external information. Further, an object recognition system of the present disclosure includes: an event detection device that detects an event; a controller that controls the detection sensitivity of event detection being performed by the event detection device, on the basis of external information; and a recognition processing unit that performs object recognition in an event, on the basis of an event signal output from the event detection device.

Imaging system, method for controlling imaging system, and object recognition system

A distance measuring device according to the present disclosure includes: a light-receiving section including a first light-receiving pixel and a second light-receiving pixel that are configured to detect light, and a light-shielded pixel that is light-shielded, the first light-receiving pixel, the light-shielded pixel, and the second light-receiving pixel being disposed in a first direction in this order; and a processor that is configured to measure a distance to a measurement object on the basis of a detection result in the first light-receiving pixel and a detection result in the second light-receiving pixel.

Distance measuring device

An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a pixel array part in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are disposed, an image processing unit for imaging that acquires captured image information on the basis of a pixel signal output from each pixel of the pixel array part, and an object recognition processing unit that acquires object recognition information on the basis of the pixel signal output from each pixel of the pixel array part. Further, a vehicle control system of the present disclosure has the imaging device having the aforementioned configuration.

Vehicle control system using imaging device capable of object detection

A time-of-flight device comprises a pixel array including an array of pixel circuits, wherein a column of the array includes: a first pixel circuit including a first photodiode, a first capacitor and a second capacitor coupled to the first photodiode, and a second pixel circuit including a second photodiode, a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor coupled to the second photodiode, a first signal line coupled to the first capacitor, a second signal line coupled to the second capacitor, a third signal line coupled to the third capacitor, a fourth signal line coupled to the fourth capacitor, a first switch circuitry, a second switch circuitry, a first comparator coupled to the first signal line and the third signal line through the first switch circuitry, and a second comparator coupled to the second signal line and the fourth signal line through the second switch circuitry.

Readout circuit and method for time-of-flight image sensor

Provided is a sensing system that includes a light emitting section, a predetermined number of pixels, a solid-state imaging element, and a counting section. In the solid-state imaging element, the light emitting section emits irradiation light in synchronization with a light emission control signal having a higher frequency than a vertical synchronization signal. Each of the predetermined number of pixels generates a pulse signal by photoelectric conversion and the counting section counts a number of pulse signals in synchronization with each of the light emission control signal and the vertical synchronization signal.

System to measure a distance to an object without addition of a distance measuring sensor

Accuracy of results obtained by integrally processing information acquired by different sensors is improved. A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a first sensor that detects light in a first wavelength band; and a second sensor that detects light of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, in which the first sensor includes a first pixel () that detects light of the first wavelength band in incident light, and the second sensor includes a second pixel () that detects light in the second wavelength band that has transmitted through the first pixel among the incident light.

Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus

An imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: an event detection device that outputs an event signal corresponding to a temporal change of a first pixel signal, the first pixel signal being obtained by imaging; and an expression detector that detects an expression on a basis of the event signal to be outputted from the event detection device.

Imaging apparatus and method of detecting expression

Provided is a vehicular image capturing system capable of further improving characteristics such as a reduction in power consumption. The system includes: an event detection unit, installed in a vehicle, that outputs an event signal in accordance with an amount of change in an intensity of received light from a predetermined light receiving range; an image capturing unit, installed in the vehicle, that performs image capturing, the image capturing being an operation of generating and accumulating a charge in accordance with an intensity of received light from a predetermined image capturing range that at least partially overlaps with the predetermined light receiving range, and generating image information in accordance with an accumulation amount of the charge; and a control unit that outputs, to the image capturing unit, a control signal according to the event signal.

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Kei Nakagawa