Abstract:
A method of an image sensor apparatus to be externally coupled to an external circuit through a circuit routing design includes: generating and outputting the clock signal and sensor data signals; and compensating an unbalance of the circuit routing design by automatically determining resultant delay amounts for the sensor data signals, applying a preliminary delay amount into the clock signal and applying the resultant delay amounts into the sensor data signals to generate and output delayed clock signal and delayed sensor data signals to the external circuit through the circuit routing design.
Abstract:
A method of an image sensor apparatus to be externally coupled to an external circuit through a circuit routing design includes: generating and outputting the clock signal and sensor data signals; and compensating an unbalance of the circuit routing design by automatically determining resultant delay amounts for the sensor data signals, applying a preliminary delay amount into the clock signal and applying the resultant delay amounts into the sensor data signals to generate and output delayed clock signal and delayed sensor data signals to the external circuit through the circuit routing design.
Abstract:
A sensor device capable of adjusting at least one clock signal of the sensor device according to a communication between a host and an auxiliary device through a specific bus includes a first oscillator circuit and a processing circuit. The first oscillator circuit is configured for generating a first clock signal. The processing circuit is configured for calibrating a clock frequency of the first clock signal according to the communication between the host and the auxiliary device.
Abstract:
A locating method applied to an optical touch device is disclosed. The optical touch device includes at least one image detecting component for detecting an imaging position of an object and generating a touch position of the object on a plane according to the imaging position. The at least one image detecting component includes a plurality of pixels. The locating method includes dividing the pixels into a first group and a second group along a first direction, analyzing dimension ratios of a darkness point respectively relative to the first group and the second group when the darkness point formed by the object is simultaneously detected by the first group and the second group, and calculating the imaging position of the darkness point inside the image detecting component according to the dimension ratios.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an image sensor comprising: an image sensing unit array, for sensing an object and comprising a plurality of image sensing units arranged in a sensing matrix with M rows and N columns; an image data reading circuit, for reading and outputting image data caught by at least part of the image sensing units; and a control unit for controlling the image data reading circuit to read image data for a reading region in the sensing matrix. The image sensor further comprises a buffer for storing the image data. A number for the buffer rows of the buffer can be smaller than a number for the buffer columns of the buffer to reduce the buffer size.
Abstract:
A method of synchronization adjustment is applied to an optical detecting device, so as to synchronize an exposure timing sequence of an image detector with a light emitting timing sequence of an indicating light source. The method includes acquiring a continued image set, analyzing intensity of each image of the continued image set, and adjusting the exposure timing sequence according to duty cycle of the image detector and intensity ratio of at least two images. An exposure frequency of the image detector is greater than a flickering frequency of the indicating light source.
Abstract:
A locating method applied to an optical touch device is disclosed. The optical touch device includes at least one image detecting component for detecting an imaging position of an object and generating a touch position of the object on a plane according to the imaging position. The at least one image detecting component includes a plurality of pixels. The locating method includes dividing the pixels into a first group and a second group along a first direction, analyzing dimension ratios of a darkness point respectively relative to the first group and the second group when the darkness point formed by the object is simultaneously detected by the first group and the second group, and calculating the imaging position of the darkness point inside the image detecting component according to the dimension ratios.
Abstract:
A sensor device capable of adjusting at least one clock signal of the sensor device according to a communication between a host and an auxiliary device through a specific bus includes a first oscillator circuit and a processing circuit. The first oscillator circuit is configured for generating a first clock signal. The processing circuit is configured for calibrating a clock frequency of the first clock signal according to the communication between the host and the auxiliary device.
Abstract:
An optical detecting device capable of increasing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and economizing power consumption is installed on a wearable device. The optical detecting device includes a base, an optical detecting component and a light emitting module. The optical detecting component is disposed on the base and has a detecting surface normal vector. The light emitting module is disposed on the base and outputs a sampling signal to project onto an external object, and the optical detecting component can receive the sampling signal reflected from the external object. The light emitting module is slanted toward the optical detecting component, and an optical axis of spatial distribution of the sampling signal and the detecting surface normal vector are crossed to form a deviated angle.
Abstract:
An image sensor comprising: an image sensing matrix, comprising at least one image sensing unit, for generating at least one image sensing signal according to a sensed image; an analog to digital converter, for converting the image sensing signal to a digital image sensing signal; an adjusting unit, for adjusting the digital image sensing signal to be an adjusted digital image sensing signal according to at least one adjusting parameter and the digital image sensing signal; an operational circuit, for computing at least part of brightness of the sensed image sensed by the image sensing unit according to the adjusted digital image sensing signal to generate at least one operational brightness signal; and a control unit, for adjusting the adjusting parameter, such that brightness information generated based on brightness values, which corresponds to the operational brightness signal, falls in a predetermined range.