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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Vergence Automation, Inc., Excelsior, MN (US);
James E. Retterath, Excelsior, MN (US);
Vergence Automation, Inc., Excelsior, MN (US);
Abstract
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) multi-frame imaging System on Chip (SoC) incorporates in-pixel embedded analog image processing by performing analog image computation within a multi-frame image pixel. In embodiments, each in-pixel processing element includes a photodetector, photodetector control circuitry with at least three analog sub-frame storage elements, analog circuitry configured to process both neighbor-in-space and neighbor-in-time functions for analog data, and a set of north-east-west-south (NEWS) registers, each register interconnected between a unique pair of neighboring in-pixel processing elements to transfer analog data between the pair of neighboring in-pixel processing elements. In embodiments, the in-pixel embedded analog image processing device takes advantage of high parallelism because each pixel has its own processor, and takes advantage of locality of data because all data is located within a pixel or within a neighboring pixel.