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Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Vladimir Petkov, San Jose, CA (US);

Pedram Lajevardi, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Christoph Lang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nikhil Naikal, Washington, DC (US);

Sam Kavusi, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/343 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/343 (2013.01); H04N 5/3456 (2013.01); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging system for low-power and low data-rate applications is provided. The imaging system comprises a pixel array having a plurality of photosensitive elements (pixels) divided into a plurality of groups of photosensitive elements (super pixels). An image processor is operably connected to the pixel array and configured to selectively operate each group of photosensitive elements in either (i) a high resolution mode in which the pixel array outputs readout voltages corresponding to all of the photosensitive elements in the respective group of photosensitive elements or (ii) a low resolution mode in which the pixel array outputs readout voltages corresponding to only a subset of the photosensitive elements in the respective group of photosensitive elements. Groups of photosensitive elements corresponding to detected motion in each image frame are operated in the high resolution mode, while the remaining groups of photosensitive elements are operated in the low resolution mode.


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