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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:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2020
Applicants:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kei Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;

Shota Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/351 (2011.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/705 (2023.01); H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/50 (2023.01); G01B 11/22 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/705 (2023.01); H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
Abstract

A system includes a processor, a light source controlled by the processor and configured to emit a light, and an event based vision sensor controlled by the processor. The sensor includes a plurality of pixels. At least one of the plurality of pixels includes a photosensor configured to detect incident light and first circuitry configured to output a first signal based on an output from the photosensor. The first signal indicates a change of amount of incident light. The sensor includes a comparator configured to output a comparison result based on the first signal and at least one of a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage. The processor is configured to apply one of the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage to the comparator selectively based on an operation of the light source.


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