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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Bernd Mueller, Leonberg, DE;
Uwe Beutnagel-Buchner, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/002 (2013.01); H04N 5/335 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for monitoring an image sensor, the image sensor having a communication interface for communicating with an external monitoring unit. In the method, a request signal generated by the monitoring unit is read in via the communication interface, a test pattern generated by the image sensor is modified using the request signal, and the modified test pattern is output to the communication interface, in order to have the modified test pattern evaluated by the monitoring unit.