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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Makoto Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;

Jun Horie, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/351 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor system includes a sensor array and a gradation determination section. The sensor array includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to detect, with a first sensitivity, a variation in a quantity of light at a first pixel address. The second sensor is configured to detect, with a second sensitivity that is lower than the first sensitivity, a variation in a quantity of light at a second pixel address that is adjacent to or coincides with the first pixel address. The gradation determination section is configured to determine, when the first sensor generates a first event signal in response to a luminance variation event, a gradation of an object having caused the luminance variation event to occur, depending on whether or not the second sensor generates a second event signal in response to the luminance variation event.


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