US 12,080,061 B2
Imaging apparatus, imaging system, imaging method, and imaging program
Keitaro Yamamoto, Tokyo (JP); Suguru Aoki, Tokyo (JP); Ryuta Satoh, Tokyo (JP); and Ryoji Eki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/336,134.
Application 18/336,134 is a continuation of application No. 17/269,544, granted, now 11,704,904, previously published as PCT/JP2019/034500, filed on Sep. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-163700 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2018; and application No. 2019-159133 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0334848 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06F 18/21 (2023.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 25/441 (2023.01); H04N 25/445 (2023.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/58 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 20/10 (2022.01) [G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06F 18/217 (2023.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 25/441 (2023.01); H04N 25/445 (2023.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/58 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
a sensor having a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is arranged;
readout control circuitry configured to control readout of pixel signals from pixels included in the pixel region;
first readout setting circuitry configured to set a first unit of readout as a part of the pixel region and output the first unit of readout to the readout control circuitry to sequentially readout the pixel signal corresponding to a frame image using the first unit of readout;
second readout setting circuitry configured to set a second unit of readout and output the second unit of readout to the readout control circuitry to perform readout of the pixel signal using the second unit of readout; and
recognition circuitry that performs a recognition process on the pixel signal for each of the units of readout, wherein the recognition circuitry is trained using training data for each of the units of readout, and outputs a recognition result which is a result of the recognition process, wherein the readout control circuitry is configured to control readout of pixel signals from pixels based on the first readout unit or the second readout unit, wherein the first readout setting circuitry does not output the first unit of readout in a region within the frame image in which a specific object has been recognized by the recognition circuitry.