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公开(公告)号:US20210112215A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-15
申请号:US16601541
申请日:2019-10-14
Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
Inventor: Chia-Chi Kuo , Jui-Te Chiu , Han-Chi Liu , Wei-Chia Huang , Yi-Cheng Chiu , Kuan Tang
IPC: H04N5/376 , H04N5/3745 , H04N5/372
Abstract: A method of image sensor apparatus includes: providing pixel array having pixel units arranged in M rows and N columns; providing N parallel column readout circuits each being arranged for reading out pixel data of one corresponding column; disposing a horizontal shift register in row direction coupled to the N parallel column readout circuits, to receive a pulse signal and a clock signal, sequentially shift a phase of the pulse signal according to the clock signal, and scan a corresponding column according to the shifted phase of the pulse signal; and using a column select circuit having N latches to receive a power down digital control signal transmitted from a microcontroller wherein the power down digital control signal is used to disable at least one column readout circuit to enable and select a portion of the set of N parallel column readout circuits.
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公开(公告)号:US11812176B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-07
申请号:US17395527
申请日:2021-08-06
Applicant: PIXART IMAGING INC.
Inventor: Ren-Chieh Liu , Yi-Cheng Chiu
IPC: H04N25/767 , H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H04N25/767 , H01L27/14612 , H01L27/14643
Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit capable of outputting time difference data or image data, and including a first temporal circuit and a second temporal circuit. The first temporal circuit is used to store detected light energy of a first interval and a second interval as the time difference data. The second temporal circuit is used to store detected light energy of the second interval as the image data. The pixel circuit is used to output a pulse width signal corresponding to the time difference data or the image data in different operating modes.
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公开(公告)号:US11706542B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-18
申请号:US17401554
申请日:2021-08-13
Applicant: PIXART IMAGING INC.
Inventor: Ren-Chieh Liu , Yi-Cheng Chiu
IPC: H04N25/75 , H04N25/589 , H04N25/767 , H04N25/77 , H04N25/78 , H04N25/771 , H04N25/44
CPC classification number: H04N25/75 , H04N25/589 , H04N25/767 , H04N25/77 , H04N25/771 , H04N25/78
Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit capable of outputting time difference data and image data, and including an image circuit and a difference circuit. The image circuit is used to record and output detected light energy of a first interval as the image data. The difference circuit is used to record and output a variation of detected light energy between the first interval and a second interval as the time difference data. The pixel circuit selects to output at least one of the time difference data and the image data.
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公开(公告)号:US11592331B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US17474806
申请日:2021-09-14
Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
Inventor: Kuan Tang , Yi-Cheng Chiu , Chia-Chi Kuo , Jui-Te Chiu , Han-Chi Liu
Abstract: There is provided a circuit to improve the sensing efficiency of pixels that uses the induction effect of a capacitor to duplicate a voltage deviation caused by additional electrons and uses a circuit to cancel out the voltage deviation during reading pixel data thereby improving the sensing efficiency.
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公开(公告)号:US20220137723A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
申请号:US17577005
申请日:2022-01-16
Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
Inventor: Tien-Chung Yang , Yi-Cheng Chiu , Cheng-Chih Chang , Jui-Te Chiu , Yi-Chung Chen
IPC: G06F3/0338 , G06F3/03 , G05G9/047
Abstract: A force sensor device includes a first structure component, an optical sensor, and a flexible structure component. The optical sensor is disposed on the first structure component. The flexible structure component has a convex portion, and the flexible structure component is assembled with the first structure component to form a chamber in which the optical sensor is disposed. The optical sensor senses light ray transmitted from the flexible structure component to at least one pixel unit to generate at least one differential image and then detects a user's control force applied for the flexible structure component according to the at least one differential image. Differential image is temporal differential image, generated from successive pixel values of a single pixel unit, or is spatial differential image, generated based on temporal differential images of at least two neighboring pixel units.
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公开(公告)号:US11287316B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16410214
申请日:2019-05-13
Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
Inventor: Kuan Tang , Yi-Cheng Chiu , Chia-Chi Kuo , Jui-Te Chiu , Han-Chi Liu
Abstract: There is provided a circuit to improve the sensing efficiency of pixels that uses the induction effect of a capacitor to duplicate a voltage deviation caused by additional electrons and uses a circuit to cancel out the voltage deviation during reading pixel data thereby improving the sensing efficiency.
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公开(公告)号:US20220070399A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17002755
申请日:2020-08-25
Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
Inventor: Kuan Tang , Yi-Cheng Chiu , Jui-Te Chiu
IPC: H04N5/378 , H04N5/369 , H04N5/3745 , H04N5/355
Abstract: An image sensor apparatus includes a pixel array having pixel units each including an image sensor cell and a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes a bias transistor, second floating diffusion node, first switch unit, signal transfer capacitor, reset transfer capacitor, second switch unit, and third switch unit. Bias transistor is coupled between first and second floating diffusion nodes and has control terminal coupled to bias voltage. First switch unit is coupled between first and second floating diffusion nodes. Second switch unit is coupled between second floating diffusion node and signal transfer capacitor. Third switch unit is coupled between second floating diffusion node and reset transfer capacitor. Signal transfer capacitor is selectively coupled to second floating diffusion node. Reset transfer capacitor is selectively coupled to second floating diffusion node.
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公开(公告)号:US20200302151A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-24
申请号:US16357354
申请日:2019-03-19
Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
Inventor: Han-Chang Lin , Han-Chi Liu , Yi-Cheng Chiu
IPC: G06K9/00 , G08B13/14 , G08B13/196
Abstract: An event detection device includes a sensor array and a processor. The sensor array is adapted to capture one image. The processor is electrically connected with the sensor array. The processor is adapted to identify if the captured image contains a specific pattern, and trigger an external device to determine whether the specific pattern matches a predetermined feature when the captured image contains the specific pattern.
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