US 12,238,415 B2
Camera having video stream indicator
Boyd Fowler, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Devang Patel, Fremont, CA (US); Eiichi Funatsu, San Jose, CA (US); Andreas Suess, San Jose, CA (US); and Kevin Johnson, Kildeer, IL (US)
Assigned to OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,316.
Prior Publication US 2025/0030941 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/66 (2023.01) [H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor comprising:
an input/output port for receiving a command from outside of the image sensor;
a control block for receiving the command from the input/output port, and generating a video interface enabled signal;
a video interface for receiving the video interface enabled signal from the control block;
a pixel array for providing a video stream to the video interface;
an output port for receiving the video stream from the video interface, and outputting the video stream to outside of the image sensor;
a stream indicator pin for receiving the video interface enabled signal from the control block when the video interface is receiving the video interface enabled signal from the control block;
wherein a terminal of the video interface receiving the video interface enabled signal is connected to the stream indicator pin by a conductor; and
wherein the video interface, the stream indicator pin, and the conductor connecting the terminal of the video interface and the stream indicator pin are sealed inside a package of the image sensor.