Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensors and systems for the capture of scenes and events in space and time
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Application No.: US15939323Application Date: 2018-03-29
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Publication No.: US10516845B2Publication Date: 2019-12-24
- Inventor: Edward Hartley Sargent , Jess Jan Young Lee , Hui Tian , Emanuele Mandelli
- Applicant: InVisage Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Neward
- Assignee: INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Neward
- Agency: Kligler & Associates
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/347 ; H04N5/361 ; G02B5/20 ; H04N5/33 ; G02B23/12

Abstract:
Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods including a light sensor. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes an image sensing array region, a first photosensor having a light-sensitive region outside of the image sensing array region, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is arranged in a first mode to read out image data from the image sensing array region, where the data provide information indicative of an image incident on the image sensing array region of the integrated circuit. The control circuitry is arranged in a second mode to read out a signal from the first photosensor indicative of intensity of light incident on the light-sensitive region of the first photosensor. Electrical power consumed by the integrated circuit during the second mode is at least ten times lower than electrical power consumed by the integrated circuit during the first mode. Additional methods and apparatuses are described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180220097A1 Sensors and systems for the capture of scenes and events in space and time Public/Granted day:2018-08-02
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