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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:
Sep. 09, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2023
Applicant:

Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bo Mu, San Jose, CA (US);

Luis Eduardo García Capel, Singapore, SG;

Menghan Guo, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/47 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H04N 25/709 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/47 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H04N 25/709 (2023.01);
Abstract

An event-based vision sensor is provided. The event-based vision sensor comprises an event-based vision sensor pixel array, an always-on row scanner, an always-on column scanner, a major row scanner and a major column scanner. The event-based vision sensor pixel array comprises a plurality of always-on pixels and a plurality of major pixels. The always-on row scanner and the always-on column scanner are for the plurality of always-on pixels. The major row scanner and the major column scanner are for the plurality of major pixels. When the event-based vision sensor is configured to be operated in an always-on mode, the plurality of major pixels are powered down, and the plurality of always-on pixels, the always-on row scanner and the always-on column scanner are in operation.


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