US 11,758,302 B2
Imaging device, imaging method, and electronic apparatus
Chiaki Takano, Kanagawa (JP); Toshimasa Shimizu, Kanagawa (JP); Yuki Takizawa, Kanagawa (JP); Mark Pude, Honeoye Falls, NY (US); Hirotaka Murakami, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Kevin Fronczak, Fairport, NY (US)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,522.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070410 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/709 (2023.01) [H04N 23/665 (2023.01); H04N 25/745 (2023.01); H04N 25/7795 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
a controller configured to control an imaging unit, on a basis of a command and data that are received from a host in accordance with an I2C/I3C communication protocol;
a power supply configured to supply a voltage to a digital block of the controller, the digital block being configured to be subjected to dynamic voltage frequency scaling within one-frame operation; and
a regulator and a switch that are provided between the digital block and the power supply, and coupled in parallel with each other.