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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Katsuhiko Hanzawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/767 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/767 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
Abstract

Imaging circuits, devices and methods are disclosed. In one example, an imaging circuit includes circuit blocks each including a photoelectric conversion element configured to photoelectrically convert incident light to generate a photocurrent and a current-voltage conversion circuit configured to convert the photocurrent into a voltage signal, a quantizer configured to generate a detection signal of an address event in accordance with a result of comparing the voltage signal supplied from at least one of the plurality of circuit blocks with a threshold, a demultiplexer connected to a subsequent stage of the quantizer, and latch circuits connected to different output terminals of the demultiplexer.


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