US 12,014,558 B2
Privacy-preserving image sensor
Andreas Suess, San Jose, CA (US); and Bo Mu, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,648.
Prior Publication US 2024/0144706 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 20/70 (2022.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 25/47 (2023.01); H04N 25/69 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 20/70 (2022.01) [G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 25/69 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/47 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A signal processing unit configured to perform actions comprising:
reading a captured scene from a pixel array;
reading a value from a test initiation register;
in response to determining that the value indicates a test mode:
processing the captured scene to detect a region of interest associated with the value; and
providing the region of interest to a first interface for transmission to a host device; and
in response to determining that the value does not indicate the test mode:
analyzing the captured scene using a computer vision technique to selectively generate a signal based on the analysis of the captured scene; and
selectively providing the signal to a second interface for transmission to the host device.