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Patent No.:

US 10542220 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2018

Image sensor device and method capable of detecting actual temperature range in which the image sensor device is being operated without using accurate temperature sensor

Applicant:

Pixart Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Kei Tee Tiew, Penang, MY;

Shan Chong Tan, Penang, MY;

Assignee:

PixArt Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Attorney:

Winston Hsu

Primary Examiner:

Sath V Perungavoor

Assistant Examiner:

Peet Dhillon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G01K 3/00 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); G01K 3/005 (2013.01); G01K 13/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/6212 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 17/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of an image sensor device includes: using a pixel array of the image sensor device to sense and generate at least one dark image; computing pixel statistics according to the at least one dark image; and, determining which one of a plurality of temperature ranges a temperature of the image sensor device falls within according to the pixel statistics.

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Tiew, Kei. (2020). Image sensor device and method capable of detecting actual temperature range in which the image sensor device is being operated without using accurate temperature sensor (U.S. Patent No. 10542220). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10542220

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