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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hitoshi Kai, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Satoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01);
Abstract

An imaging device includes a pixel array part having a plurality of pixels that perform photoelectric conversion, a converter that converts an analog pixel signal output from the pixel array part into digital pixel data, a first signal processing unit that performs first signal processing on the digital pixel data, a second signal processing unit that performs second signal processing that is at least partly shared by the first signal processing on the digital pixel data or data that has been subjected to at least a part of the first signal processing, a recognition processing unit that performs predetermined recognition processing on the basis of output data of the second signal processing unit, and an output interface unit that outputs at least one of output data of the first signal processing unit and the output data of the recognition processing unit.


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