Nissan Motor Company Limited

Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

Yusuke Minagawa

Go Asayama

Toru Akishita

Toshihiro Kai

Kraisorn Throngnumchai

Kazuhiko Mori

Hiroshi Suzuki

Teiichi Shiga

Yoichi Nishikawa

Shigeki Teramoto

Kazutaka Tachibana

Ayumu Watanabe

Hirotake Yamamoto

Satoshi Takizawa

Nobuyuki Asakura

Masayuki Tachi

Masahiro Kikuchi

Yasushi Narita

Michimasa Obana

Kengo Maikawa

Eiji Hirata

Yasuaki Hayami

Taishin Yoshida

Masafumi Kusakawa

Yoshinobu Furusawa

Hisashi Nishimaki

Teruhiko Mochizuki

Throngnumchai Kraisorn

Takahiro Akahane

Atsushi Hirokawa

Yuji Naruse

Marie Toyoshima

Ikuhiro Tamura

Tomohiro Morimoto

Jun Ejiri

A solid-state imaging device adapted to encrypt data is described. The solid-state imaging device may include a sensor die comprising an array of imaging pixels formed on a first side of the sensor die and first wiring layers formed on a second side of the sensor die, wherein at least one of the imaging pixels is configured to generate specific signals; a logic die comprising second wiring layers formed on a first side of the logic die; and an encryption processor on the logic die configured to generate encrypted data using the specific signals. The first side of the logic die may be mounted adjacent to the second side of the sensor die and the first wiring layers electrically connect to the second wiring layers, wherein the at least one of the imaging pixels, the encryption processor, and a connecting conductor in which the specific signals pass through from the at least one of the imaging pixels to the encryption processor are located interior to the solid-state imaging device.

Solid-state imaging device and information processing method of solid-state imaging device

A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix pattern; and a pixel signal read-out unit including an AD conversion unit performing analog-to-digital (AD) conversion of a pixel signal read out from the pixel unit, wherein each pixel included in the pixel unit includes division pixels divided into regions in which photosensitivity levels or electric charge accumulating amounts are different from one another, the pixel signal reading unit includes a normal read-out mode and a multiple read-out mode, and includes a function of changing a configuration of a frame in accordance with a change of the read-out mode, and wherein the AD conversion unit acquires a pixel signal of one pixel by adding the division pixel signals while performing AD conversion for the division pixel signals.

Solid-state imaging device and camera system

An information processing apparatus including a specification section specifying, from among a plurality of blocks that are set by dividing pixels included in at least a partial region of a pixel region having a plurality of pixels arrayed therein and each of which includes at least one or more of the pixels, at least one or more of the blocks, and a generation section generating a unique value based on pixel values of the pixels included in the specified blocks.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

The present technology is to provide an image sensor capable of enhancing the security of biometric information and lowering the risk of information leakage. An image sensorincludes: a biometric information acquisition unitthat acquires biometric information; a storage unitthat stores reference information to be compared with the biometric information; and a biometric authentication unitthat performs biometric authentication by comparing the biometric information with the reference information. The image sensorfurther includes an encryption processing unitthat encrypts biometric authentication information that authenticates a living organism.

Image sensor with inside biometric authentication and storage

An information processing apparatus including a specification section specifying, from among a plurality of blocks that are set by dividing pixels included in at least a partial region of a pixel region having a plurality of pixels arrayed therein and each of which includes at least one or more of the pixels, at least one or more of the blocks, and a generation section generating a unique value based on pixel values of the pixels included in the specified blocks and a dispersion of the pixel values of the pixels among the plurality of blocks.

An in-vehicle building material processing system including: a flat cargo bed formed on a vehicle; rigid members for ensuring flatness with respect to a workpiece-receiving table formed at predetermined section of the cargo bed; clampers for fixing a building material on the workpiece-receiving table; a multi-joint robot provided with a freely swingable cutting means at its tip, which is capable of protruding in a range wider than outer periphery of the workpiece-receiving table; and a control unit having an operation unit for making the multi-joint robot to cut and process the building material desirably, wherein the control unit controls the cutting means to cut and process the building material while controlling at least either of the cutting means and the clampers to avoid a contact of the cutting means and the clampers.

In-vehicle building material processing system and building material processing method

[Subject] To generate a value unique to a solid-state imaging apparatus utilizing a physical feature of the solid-state imaging apparatus. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus including a specification section specifying, from among a plurality of blocks that are set by dividing pixels included in at least a partial region of a pixel region having a plurality of pixels arrayed therein and each of which includes at least one or more of the pixels, at least one or more of the blocks, and a generation section generating a unique value based on pixel values of the pixels included in the specified blocks and a dispersion of the pixel values of the pixels among the plurality of blocks.

The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, an image sensor, an information processing device, and a program that facilitate cancellation of a locked state. An image processing device includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined state, using data from a plurality of sensors; and an imaging unit that captures an image of a predetermined object, in a case where the predetermined state is detected by the detection unit. The image processing device further includes a plurality of input interfaces that input the data from the plurality of sensors. When an application processor switches from an activated state to a non-activated state, detection by the detection unit is started. The present technology can be applied to a smartphone, for example.

Image processing device, image processing method, image sensor, and information processing device

A coil unit includes a coil formed of a conducting wire arranged on a first plane and laid side by side with itself in an inside-outside direction with a coil axis normal to the first plane as the center, and a plurality of magnetic plates arranged on a second plane which is along and adjacent to the first plane. A gap which is formed by the magnetic plates and traverses the inside-outside direction of the coil is located near an edge portion of the coil in the inside-outside direction.

Coil unit for contactless power supply

A construction block and a wall face structure with high durability and versatility are provided. The construction block including: a front face wall and a rear face wall being parallel to each other; a top face wall with a horizontal groove formed for inserting a horizontal reinforcement; side face walls formed with at least one vertical groove for inserting a vertical reinforcement; at least one vertical hole formed between both of the side face walls and closed off by the top face wall and opened at a bottom face; a plurality of protrusions formed on the bottom face in a shape to engage with the horizontal groove; and recessed slits respectively formed in vertical direction on each side face of the front face wall and the rear face wall, is used.

Construction block and wall face structure using same

As an aspect of the present invention, a noncontact power feeding apparatus includes: a power transmission resonator; and a power reception resonator configured to be magnetically coupled with the power transmission resonator by magnetic field resonance. The power transmission resonator is magnetically coupled with the power reception resonator by the magnetic field resonance, whereby electric power is supplied from an electric power source to the power reception resonator through the power transmission resonator. One of the power transmission resonator and the power reception resonator has a predetermined single resonant frequency, and the other one of the power transmission resonator and the power reception resonator has multiple resonant frequencies inclusive of the predetermined single resonant frequency.

Noncontact power feeding apparatus and noncontact power feeding method

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yusuke Minagawa