Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seungnam Choi

Junseok Kim

Yunjae Suh

Jongwoo Bong

Jeongseok Kim

Seol Namgung

Masamichi Ito

JOngseok Seo

Jaeho Baek

Donghee Yeo

Byoungmoo Kim

An amplifier includes a first capacitor connected between an input node and a floating node, a second capacitor connected between the floating node and an output node, an amplifying element connected between a power supply voltage and the output node and operating in response to a voltage level of the floating node, a current bias source connected between the output node and a ground voltage, a first reset switch connected between the floating node and an intermediate node and operating in response to a reset bias, a second reset switch connected between the intermediate node and the output node and operating in response to the reset bias, and a reset bias generator circuit that outputs the reset bias in response to a reset signal. The reset bias is one of a reset voltage of the intermediate node, the power supply voltage, and the ground voltage.

Amplifier and image sensor device including the same

A vision sensor and an operating method of the vision sensor are provided. The vision sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a form of a matrix; and a bias voltage generation circuit configured to provide a test bias voltage to the pixel array, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a sensing circuit configured to sense light and generate a first output voltage, wherein the first output voltage changes as the test bias voltage changes within a specific frame.

Vision sensor including a voltage generation circuit for outputting a test bias voltage to a transistor and operating method thereof

Provided are a vision sensor, an image processing device including the vision sensor, and an operating method of the vision sensor. The vision sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes: a sensing circuit configured to output an output voltage by sensing a change of light; a comparison circuit configured to output a comparison signal indicating whether an event has occurred by comparing the output voltage to an event threshold; and an event detection circuit configured to generate internal event signals by sampling the comparison signal at each of a plurality of sampling time points, and configured to output a valid event signal based on the internal event signals.

Vision sensor and operating method of the same

A vision sensor including a plurality of pixels configured to sense intensity of incident light, and to output request signals representing an occurrence status of an event; and an event detection circuit configured to generate event data including information about a pixel at which the event occurs, based on the request signals, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion device configured to generate a current corresponding to the incident light; a current-to-voltage converter configured to generate a voltage corresponding to the current; an amplifier configured to amplify a variation amount of the generated voltage to generate an output voltage; an event storage configured to generate an event signal corresponding to a comparison between the output voltage and a threshold voltage, and to hold the event signal using cross-coupled transistors; and an output logic configured to output a request signal based on the event signal.

Vision sensor and image processing device including the same

An imaging device, image sensor and method are provided. A first scanning operation is performed on a pixel array in a first direction by a first selection circuit to generate first frame data by first readout circuit. A second scanning operation is performed on the pixel array in a second direction different from the first direction to generate second frame data by a second selection circuit. The first and second frame data are merged into single frame data by an image signal processor.

Image sensor, imaging device including image sensor, and method of operating imaging device

The present disclosure relates to a dynamic vision sensor. The dynamic vision sensor comprises a pixel array, address event representations, and a control logic. The pixel array includes a plurality of dynamic vision sensor (DVS) pixels connected to a plurality of row lines and a plurality of column lines. Each of the DVS pixels is configured to output an event signal in response to a change in light. The address event representations are configured to select one of the plurality of column lines and obtain an event signal output from DVS pixels connected to the selected column line. The control logic is configured to generate image data, including an object capable of generating a movement using an event signal output from each of the plurality of DVS pixels. The control logic divides the plurality of DVS pixels into a plurality of groups and allocates different readout times to each of the plurality of groups.

Dynamic vision sensor system

A dynamic vision sensor device includes a photo detector that outputs a detection signal based on light incident from outside, a log amplifier that receives the detection signal from the photo detector through a first node, amplifies the received detection signal, and outputs the amplified detection signal to a second node, a differencing amplifier that outputs a difference signal based on a change in an intensity of the amplified detection signal, and an event determination circuit that determines an event based on the difference signal. The log amplifier includes a first buffer connected between the first node and a third node, an amplifier connected between the third node and the second node, and a feedback circuit connected between the second node and the first node.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Seungnam Choi