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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
Applicant:
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 25/40 (2023.01); H04N 25/47 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 25/40 (2023.01); H04N 25/47 (2023.01);
Abstract
A camera is provided for recognizing flashes that has an image sensor having a plurality of pixel elements for generating image information and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to read and evaluate image information from the image sensor as to whether a flash has been detected with the image information. In this respect, the image sensor is an event-based image sensor and the control and evaluation unit is configured to read and evaluate events as image information.