US 11,983,931 B2
Image capturing device and vehicle control system
Ryoji Eki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,485.
Application 18/190,485 is a continuation of application No. 17/263,116, granted, now 11,643,014, previously published as PCT/JP2019/030097, filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-144173 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2018; application No. 2019-139196 (JP), filed on Jul. 29, 2019; and application No. 2019-140197 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234503 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06F 18/213 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 10/12 (2022.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 10/94 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 25/40 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 20/56 (2022.01) [G06F 18/213 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 10/12 (2022.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 10/955 (2022.01); G06V 20/693 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 25/40 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01); H04N 25/00 (2023.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device mounted on a vehicle, the imaging device comprising:
a pixel array; and
circuitry configured to:
generate first image data by performing image capturing of a peripheral region of the vehicle;
calculate illuminance in the peripheral region based on the first image data;
generate a control signal;
recognize a scene of the peripheral region based on the first image data and the control signal;
generate image data having a first resolution when the calculated illuminance exceeds a predetermined threshold; and
generate image data having a second resolution when the calculated illuminance does not exceed the predetermined threshold, wherein the second resolution is lower than the first resolution.