The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2022
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Youji Sakioka, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Minagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Switching is performed between a global shutter method and a local shutter method. A pixel control unitperforms local shutter and global shutter on a pixel. The image generation unitgenerates a first frame, which is an image based on the first image signal, and a second frame, which is an image based on the second image signal. The self-position estimation unitgenerates a surrounding map from the first frame. The object detection unitdetects a target object from the second frame and generates target object information.