Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Global shutter pixel circuit and method for computer vision applications
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Application No.: US16219829Application Date: 2018-12-13
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Publication No.: US10923515B2Publication Date: 2021-02-16
- Inventor: Erez Tadmor , David Cohen , Giora Yahav
- Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Plantation
- Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Plantation
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/232 ; G01S11/00 ; H04N5/341

Abstract:
An image sensor device includes a plurality of pixel cells arranged in a pixel array, a control circuit for controlling an exposure phase and a sampling phase of the image sensor device. Each of the plurality of pixel cells includes a photodiode, a storage diode, and a floating diffusion region. The control circuit is configured to activate the photodiode in a plurality of time windows to sense light reflected from a target as a result of a corresponding plurality of emitted light pulses, with a pre-determined delay time between each time window and a corresponding emitted light pulse. The photodiode can be activated using a plurality of bias voltage pulses or a plurality of global shutter signal pulses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190181171A1 GLOBAL SHUTTER PIXEL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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