Analog-to-digital converting circuit for decreasing decision delay and operation method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US12167158B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US18062853

    申请日:2022-12-07

    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converting circuit includes a first amplifier configured to output a first output signal by comparing a pixel signal output from a pixel array with a ramp signal, and a second amplifier configured to generate a second output signal based on the first output signal. The second amplifier includes a first transistor configured to provide a power supply voltage to a first output node in response to the first output signal, a second transistor connected with a capacitor through a bias node, wherein the second transistor is configured to turn on in response to an auto-zero signal, a current source connected with the first transistor through the first output node, the current source configured to generate a power current based on a voltage level of the bias node, and a third transistor connected with the current source.

    COMPARATOR AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240259713A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18407717

    申请日:2024-01-09

    CPC classification number: H04N25/78 H03K5/2472 H04N25/709

    Abstract: Provided are a comparator and an image sensor including the same. The comparator includes a first input transistor including a gate connected to a first input node, a second input transistor including a gate connected to a second input node, a first load transistor including a drain connected to the first input transistor, a second load transistor including a drain connected to the second input transistor, a first shift transistor including a drain connected to the first load transistor, a second shift transistor including a drain connected to the second load transistor, a first bottom switch connected to the first load transistor in parallel, a second bottom switch connected to the second load transistor in parallel, a first top switch connected to the first shift transistor in parallel, and a second top switch connected to the second shift transistor in parallel.

    Display device and display device control method

    公开(公告)号:US11606619B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US16980280

    申请日:2019-01-07

    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The disclosed display device comprises a display, a communication unit, a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions configured such that the processor: controls the communication unit, thereby allowing a request instruction, for requesting transmission of an image obtained using a camera included in a refrigerator, to be transmitted to the refrigerator when receiving an input for requesting information related to the refrigerator; controls the communication unit, thereby receiving at least one image from the refrigerator through the communication unit in response to the request instruction, obtaining first information related to the names of food ingredients according to recognition of food ingredients included in the at least one image, transmitting to first information to a server, and receiving cooking broadcast content obtained by the server; and controls the display so as to display the cooking broadcast content and the image together, wherein the cooking broadcast content can be obtained by the server using the first information and second information related to cooking information recognized from media content prestored in the server. In addition, at least a portion of the server can use a rule-based model or an artificial intelligence data recognition model learned according to at least one of machine learning, a neural network, or a deep learning algorithm. The rule-based model or the artificial intelligence data recognition model can estimate the cooking broadcast content by using food ingredient information as an input value.

    Comparison circuit including input sampling capacitor and image sensor including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11581255B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US17192408

    申请日:2021-03-04

    Abstract: A comparison circuit that includes an input sampling capacitor and an image sensor including the same are provided. The comparison circuit includes an amplifier configured to receive a pixel signal and a ramp signal to perform a correlated double sampling operation, a first pixel capacitor connected to the amplifier through a first floating node and configured to transmit the pixel signal, a first ramp capacitor connected to the amplifier through a second floating node and configured to transmit the ramp signal, a second pixel capacitor connected in parallel to the first pixel capacitor, and a second ramp capacitor connected in parallel to the first ramp capacitor, wherein the second pixel capacitor is formed between the first floating node and first peripheral routing lines, and the second ramp capacitor is formed between the second floating node and second peripheral routing lines.

    Method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of internet of things devices

    公开(公告)号:US11157168B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16983030

    申请日:2020-08-03

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for a sensor network, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of things (IoT). This disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cards, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related services, etc.), based on the above techniques. According to an embodiment, a method for selecting and controlling an external device at a portable electronic device including a touch screen includes displaying a selection area and spatial information including location information of at least one external device on the touch screen, receiving a first touch input in the selection area to select the location information, receiving a second touch input for controlling the at least one external device corresponding to the location information selected in response to the first touch input, and transmitting a control message corresponding to the second touch input.

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