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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:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Samuel Berkovich, Bellevue, WA (US);

Reid Pinkham, Redmond, WA (US);

Tanner Schmidt, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/617 (2023.01); G06N 3/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/617 (2023.01); G06N 3/02 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H04N 23/665 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01);
Abstract

In one example, an apparatus comprises a pixel cell array and a controller formed within a semiconductor package. The pixel cell array is configured to: generate, at a first time and based on first programming signals received from the controller, a first image frame; transmit the first image frame to a host processor; and transmit the first image frame or a second image frame to the controller, the second image frame being generated at the first time and having a different sparsity of pixels from the first image frame. The controller is configured to receive second programming signals from a host processor, the second programming signals being determined by the host processor based on the first image frame; update the first programming signals based on the second programming signals; and control the pixel cell array to generate a subsequent image frame based on the updated first programming signals.


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