US 11,956,526 B2
Image capturing element, image capturing device and method
Takuya Kitamura, Tokyo (JP); and Takefumi Nagumo, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/297,051
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/045557
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/116177, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-228311 (JP), filed on Dec. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030159 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/61 (2023.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/61 (2023.01) [G06T 7/11 (2017.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01); G06T 2207/20112 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing element, comprising:
an image capturing section configured to capture an image of a subject to generate a captured image;
a feature amount extracting section configured to extract a specific feature amount to be output to an outside from the captured image;
a selecting section configured to select, based on a request from an outside of the image capturing element, one of to output the captured image or to output the feature amount; and
an authenticating section configured to authenticate a request source of the request, wherein
when the request source is authenticated by the authenticating section, the selecting section is further configured to select based on the request.