Abstract:
본 발명에 따른 보안 카메라 처리 장치는: 이미지 센서로부터 감지된 정지 영상 및 이전 정지 영상을 비교하여 검출신호를 생성하는 움직임 감지센서; 상기 검출신호에 응답하여 상기 감지된 정지 영상을 임시로 기입하는 에스램; 상기 에스램에 기입된 정지 영상을 소정 단위로 독출하여 압축하여 기입하는 플래시 메모리; 외부의 호스트로부터 명령어를 입력받아 처리하는 호스트 콘트롤러; 및 상기 호스트 콘트롤러로부터 출력된 어드레스 및 데이터를 입력받아 처리하는 슬레이브 블록;을 포함하며, 상기 움직임 감지센서, 에스램, 플래시 메모리, 호스트 콘트롤러 및 슬레이브 블록은 하나의 칩으로 구현된다. 움직임 감지센서, 이미지 센서, 보안
Abstract:
본 발명은 저비용 구성으로 뛰어난 조작감을 제공하는 무선 포인팅이 가능하도록 한 적외선 무선 포인팅용 반도체 칩과 이를 이용한 적외선 무선 포인팅 장치에 관한 것으로, 이를 위해서 적외선 신호를 송신하는 복수의 광원을 가지는 리모콘이 제공하는 적외선 신호를 효과적으로 수신하여 각 광원의 신호 크기를 출력하는 적외선 수신용 신호 처리부를 제공함으로써, 대단히 낮은 비용으로도 사용자의 움직임에 따른 무선 포인팅이 가능한 효과가 있다. 또한, 일반적인 적외선 리모콘 신호의 수신 방식과 달리 상이한 크기의 신호들을 효과적으로 수신할 수 있도록 구성된 단일 반도체 칩을 통해 낮은 가격으로도 뛰어난 성능의 무선 포인팅이 가능한 효과가 있다. 포인팅, 적외선, 가변 이득 조절, 가변 이득 증폭 속도, 복수 광원
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A security camera processor is provided to use a host controller playing only a simple essential role such as data transmission command and realize necessary configuration elements in one chip, thereby reducing the size and manufacturing costs of the processor. CONSTITUTION: A security camera processor(20) includes a motion sensor, an SRAM, a flash memory, a host controller and a slave block. The motion sensor compares a still image sensed by an image sensor with a previous still image to generate a detection signal. A host controller(100) receives and processes a command from an external host(30). A slave block(200) receives and processes an address and data outputted from the host controller.
Abstract:
본 발명은, 주로 광마우스나 핑거 마우스 등 광 포인팅 장치에 사용되는 저전력 이미지 센서에 관한 것으로서, 피사체로부터 광을 감지하여 이미지 신호를 출력하는 이미지 센서에 있어서; 피사체로부터 광을 감지하여 전기신호로 변환하고, 상기 전기신호를 출력하는 이미지 센서부; 상기 이미지 센서부로부터 전기신호를 수신하여, 상기 전기신호의 전압 레벨을 기준전압과 비교한 후, 픽셀 당 1 비트(bit) 신호로 이미지 신호를 출력하는 비교부; 상기 비교부로부터 출력된 이미지 신호의 비트값 분포를 기 설정된 유효범위와 비교하여 상기 기준전압을 조절하여 유효 이미지를 출력하도록 하는 유효 이미지 조절부;를 포함하여 이루어진다. 이미지 센서, 기준전압 조절, 유효이미지 판단
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A low power image sensor in which a reference voltage is automatically adjusted and an integrated circuit integrating the image sensor on one chip are provided to remove a preprocessor having a large chip size and large power consumption to reduce raw costs of an optical pointing image sensor drastically and minimize power consumption. An image sensor unit(100) senses light from a subject and converts and outputs it into an electric signal. A comparing unit(200) receives an electric signal from the image sensor. The comparing unit compares a voltage level of the electric signal with a reference voltage, and then outputs an image signal at 1 bit/pixel. An effective image adjusting unit(300) compares bit value distribution of the image signal outputted from the comparing unit with an effective range to adjust the reference voltage, thereby outputting an effective image.
Abstract:
A radio IR optical signal receiver is provided to perform an EDS(Electrical Die Sorting) test without an additional test pad by using an input pad and an output pad as input and output of a tested circuit block even when being operated in a test mode, thereby reducing a chip area and improving productivity of a chip. A radio IR(infrared) optical signal receiver(200) comprises a pad including bonding pads(IN, VDD, GND, OUT) and fusing pads(T0~T4) and an inner circuit(220) including plural tested circuit blocks. The receiver includes a detector. The detector senses DC(Direct Current) voltage applied to an input pad, and generates an operation mode signal for determining a test mode or a normal mode operation according to a sensed voltage level. In response to the operation mode signal, the normal mode or at least one test mode is determined. The input pad and an output pad are used as input and output of the tested circuit block even when being operated in the test mode.
Abstract:
An inputting apparatus using an image capturing sensor and a method thereof are provided to optimize the image capturing sensor with the minimum number of pixels, to convert data per one pixel into one bit data, and to calculate a movement vector with minimum data. An inputting apparatus includes a sensor unit(100) and a calculation unit(200). The sensor unit includes an image capturing sensor(110) which senses a subject(150) and outputs sensed image data. The calculation unit receives the image data from the sensor unit, data per each pixel of the image data into one bit data, compares image data at one time and that after a certain time has passed, and calculates a movement vector. The sensor unit includes a light source(120) for emitting light to the subject and a lens(130) which is a light collecting tool for transmitting an approaching image to the image capturing sensor by the light emitted by the light source. The calculation unit includes a quantization unit(220), a temporary storage unit(230), a comparison unit(240), an orientation unit(250) and a core controller(270). The quantization unit converts data per each pixel of the image data inputted from the sensor unit into one bit data. The temporary storage unit temporarily stores the image data processed by the quantization unit. The comparison unit compares the image data processed by the quantization unit with that temporarily stored at the temporary storage unit. The orientation unit calculates the movement vector from a value outputted by the comparison unit. The core controller controls operations of the calculation unit.
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An infrared receiver for dual channel and an infrared remote control system for dual channel comprising the same are provided to receive two infrared carriers having the different carrier frequency. A signal detection unit(310) detects infra-red signal. An amplifier amplifies and receives the output signal of the signal detection unit. A variable gain amplifier(330) controls the size of the signal voltage by the desired signal level by the automatic gain control the output signal of amplifier. A first band pass filter(341) passes through only the first carrier frequency component. The second band pass filter(342) passes through only the second answer frequency component. A first envelope signal detection unit(351) receives the first bandpass filter output signal and extracts the envelope signal. The second envelope signal detection unit(352) receives the second band pass filter output signal and extracts the envelope signal.
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An infrared receiving apparatus and a method thereof are provided to filter the disturbing light of a bandwidth by using an HPF having a pole frequency higher than the bandwidth, and remove signal distortion caused by excessive settling through a reset process by using the waveform characteristic of a received signal, thereby improving a noise characteristic by the disturbing light having a frequency in the bandwidth. A light receiving unit(200) receives infrared signals and provides a voltage signal. An HPF(High Pass Filter) unit(210) filters the signals provided through the light receiving unit in a pole frequency higher than an infrared signal bandwidth. An amplification unit(220) amplifies the output of the HPF unit. A waveform shaping unit(230) shapes the output of the amplification unit on the basis of a reference threshold voltage to provide a square wave. A reset unit determines the output of the amplification unit on the basis of the reference threshold voltage to reset the output of the HPF unit.
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An inputting apparatus using an image capturing sensor and a method thereof are provided to enable a user to input data by using a mouse inputting scheme, namely a drag & drop function, even in a portable device. An inputting method using an image capturing sensor comprises the following several steps. If the image capturing sensor senses a movement(ST1), a preprocessor of a calculation unit performs a preprocess(ST2), and a quantization unit performs a quantization process(ST3). A comparison unit finds an image whose pattern difference is minimized(ST4). The orientation selecting unit finds the smallest value among outputted values, namely calculates a movement vector via movement information between one image and its most similar image(ST5).