Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Tomohiro Matsumoto

Hidetoshi Kabasawa

Kosei Yamashita

Sho Murakoshi

Masahiro Segami

Hiroki Hiyama

Shizunori Matsumoto

Takahiro Miura

Tatsuki Nishino

Akihiko Miyanohara

Yusuke Oike

Ryoji Ikegaya

Hiroyuki Yamagishi

Akito Sekiya

Yasushi Fujinami

Yosuke Ueno

Atsumi Niwa

Takashi Moue

Hideki Yokoshima

Yuya Kondo

Yasumasa Hasegawa

Yoshihisa Takaike

Satoru Shinke

A signal processing circuit outputs, in a case where a first timing at which a first input signal changes is earlier than or same as a second timing at which a second input signal changes, a first output signal at the first timing and a second output signal at the second timing, and outputs, in a case where the first timing is later than the second timing, the first output signal and the second output signal at the second timing.

Signal processing circuit, signal processing device, and signal processing method using logic circuit

There is provided a voltage control device that automatically sets a limit operating voltage. Provided is a voltage control device including a first neural network, a second neural network, an inference result determination unit, and a voltage determination unit, in which the inference result determination unit has a function of comparing correct answer value data held by the inference result determination unit with inference result data of the first neural network to obtain determination result data, and the voltage determination unit has a function of outputting a voltage signal lower than a voltage supplied to the first neural network and the second neural network in a case where the correct answer value data and the inference result data match, and outputting a voltage signal higher than the voltage supplied to the first neural network and the second neural network in a case where the correct answer value data and the inference result data do not match, on the basis of the determination result data.

Voltage control device

To control an excess bias to an appropriate value in a light detection device. A solid-state image sensor includes a photodiode, a resistor, and a control circuit. In this solid-state image sensor, the photodiode photoelectrically converts incident light and outputs a photocurrent. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the resistor is connected to a cathode of the photodiode. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the control circuit supplies a lower potential to an anode of the photodiode as a potential of the cathode of when the photocurrent flows through the resistor is higher.

Solid-state image sensor and electronic device

A signal processing circuit has a plurality of first circuits each including a first-time-length-signal output circuit that outputs a first time-length signal representing a time length between first timing at which a first input signal changes and second timing at which a second input signal changes and a second-time-length-signal output circuit that outputs the first time-length signal as a second time-length signal at timing based on a control signal. The signal processing circuit includes a second circuit that outputs the second time-length signal having the longest time length among a plurality of the second time-length signals output respectively from the plurality of first circuits.

Signal processing circuit, signal processing device, and signal processing method to suppress power consumption

There is provided a demodulator that makes it possible to reduce or avoid deterioration in demodulation performance due to nonlinearity of input amplitude-frequency characteristics of a variable capacitive element included in an analog control signal input section of a frequency variable oscillator, while suppressing an influence of noise. The demodulator includes: a low-resolution A/D converter that performs analog-digital conversion of a first phase difference signal to generate a second phase difference signal that is digital; a low-resolution D/A converter that performs digital-analog conversion of the second phase difference signal to generate a third phase difference signal; an analog subtractor that subtracts the third phase difference signal from the first phase difference signal to generate a first control signal; an ADPLL that generates a second control signal; and an FVO that generates the oscillation signal on the basis of the first control signal and the second control signal.

Demodulator and wireless receiver including the same

A vehicle control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit generates a control signal for controlling behavior of a vehicle body on a basis of a first acceleration detection signal and a second acceleration detection signal, the first acceleration detection signal including information relating to an acceleration acting on the vehicle body, the first acceleration detection signal having an alternating current waveform corresponding to the acceleration, the second acceleration detection signal including information relating to the acceleration, the second acceleration detection signal having an output waveform, an alternating current component corresponding to the acceleration being superimposed on a direct current component in the output waveform.

Vehicle posture control apparatus based on acceleration detection signals

A motion measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a controller unit. The controller unit extracts, from an acceleration in each direction of three axes that includes a dynamic acceleration component and a static acceleration component of a detection target that moves within a space, the dynamic acceleration component of the detection target, and generates, as a control signal, a change in kinematic physical quantity of a posture of the detection target from the dynamic acceleration component.

Information processing apparatus

A motion measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a detector unit, a controller unit, and an output unit. The detector unit is to be attached to a detection target and detects velocity-related information, the velocity-related information being related to temporal changes in velocities in three-axis directions of the detection target being in motion in a space. The controller unit extracts a motion feature amount including one or a plurality of kinematic physical quantities of the detection target on the basis of the velocity-related information. The output unit generates a perceivable measurement signal that changes depending on the motion feature amount.

Motion measurement apparatus, information processing apparatus, and motion measuring method

The present technology relates to a chip module, a signal processing method, and electronic equipment that are aimed at enabling a change before and after mounting a module to be debugged and enabling a mounting module to be easily designed. A gyro module includes a MEMS that is formed into a chip and an IC that processes a detection signal from the MEMS, which are arranged above and below. The IC has a temperature sensor and stress sensor that detect an external environment within the IC in plurality and outputs difference values obtained by subtracting reference sensor values that are sensor values of the temperature sensors and the stress sensors at the time of calibration from sensor values detected by a plurality of the temperature sensors and the stress sensors respectively. The present technology can be applied, for example, to the gyro module or the like.

Chip module, signal processing method, and electronic equipment

A control unit generates a first control signal for camera shake correction on the basis of a first acceleration detection signal, a second acceleration detection signal, and an angular velocity signal. The first acceleration detection signal including information relating to an acceleration acting on a camera and has an alternating current (AC) waveform corresponding to the acceleration. The second acceleration detection signal including information relating to the acceleration and has an output waveform. An AC component corresponding to the acceleration is superimposed on a direct current (DC) component in the output waveform. The angular velocity signal including information relating to an angular velocity acting on the camera.

Camera control device and imaging device with camera shake correction function

A posture control apparatus, comprising a control unit that determines, on a basis of a static acceleration component, a gravity direction in a holding apparatus holding an object to be held, the static acceleration component being computed on a basis of a first acceleration detection signal and a second acceleration detection signal, the first acceleration detection signal being acquired by detecting a dynamic acceleration component acting on the holding apparatus, the second acceleration detection signal being acquired by detecting the dynamic acceleration component and the static acceleration component acting on the holding apparatus, and controls, by controlling posture of the holding apparatus on a basis of the gravity direction, posture of the object to be held.

Posture control apparatus, holding apparatus, posture control method, and program

An attitude control device is provided and includes a control unit that determines a gravity direction in a flying object on a basis of static acceleration components computed on a basis of a first acceleration detection signal obtained by detecting dynamic acceleration components acting on the flying object and a second acceleration detection signal obtained by detecting the dynamic acceleration components and the static acceleration components acting on the flying object, and controls an attitude of the flying object on a basis of the gravity direction.

Attitude control device, flying object, attitude control method, and program

The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method capable of increasing a harmonic rejection ratio while suppressing an increase in power consumption. In one aspect of the present technology, two local signals having a 1/3 duty ratio and phases mutually shifted by a 1/2 period are mixed with each signal of a differential signal, and a difference between results of the mixing of the two local signals is calculated. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a signal processing apparatus, a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, a communication apparatus, an electronic apparatus having a transmission function, a reception function, or a communication function, or a computer that controls those apparatuses.

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Tomohiro Matsumoto