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- Patent Title: Digital pixel sensor having reduced quantization operation
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Application No.: US17496712Application Date: 2021-10-07
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Publication No.: US11956560B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Tsung-Hsun Tsai , Song Chen , Xinqiao Liu
- Applicant: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/3745
- IPC: H04N5/3745 ; H03M1/56 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N25/59 ; H04N25/709 ; H04N25/771 ; H04N25/772 ; H04N25/778

Abstract:
In some examples, a sensor apparatus comprises: a pixel cell configured to generate a voltages, the pixel cell including a photodiode configured to generate charge in response to incoming light, and a charge storage device to convert the charge to a voltage; an integrated circuit configured to: determine a first captured voltage converted by the charge storage device during a first time period; compare the first captured voltage to a threshold voltage value; and in response to determining that the first captured voltage meets or exceeds the threshold voltage value: determine first time data corresponding to the first time period; and prevent the charge storage device from further generating a charge; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to generate a digital pixel value based on the first captured voltage, and a memory to store the digital pixel value and the first time data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220116565A1 DIGITAL PIXEL SENSOR HAVING REDUCED QUANTIZATION OPERATION Public/Granted day:2022-04-14
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