Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging systems with verification pixels
- Patent Title (中): 具有验证像素的成像系统
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Application No.: US14034365Application Date: 2013-09-23
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Publication No.: US09131211B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Richard Scott Johnson
- Applicant: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Kendall P. Woodruff
- Main IPC: B60W30/08
- IPC: B60W30/08 ; H04N17/00

Abstract:
An imaging system may include a pixel array having a plurality of image pixels and a plurality of test pixels. The test pixels may each include a photodiode configured to receive a test voltage. For example, the photodiodes of test pixels may be coupled to a bias voltage supply line or the photodiodes may receive test voltages via a column readout line or a row control line. The test voltage may be output on a column line associated with the column of pixels in which the test pixel is located. Verification circuitry may compare the output test signal with a predetermined reference signal to determine whether the imaging system is functioning properly. If an output test signal does not match the expected output signal, the imaging system may be disabled and/or a warning signal may be presented to a user of the system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140094993A1 IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH VERIFICATION PIXELS Public/Granted day:2014-04-03
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