US 12,146,963 B2
Imaging device and electronic device
Ryoji Eki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,172.
Application 17/702,172 is a continuation of application No. 16/986,049, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Application 16/986,049 is a continuation of application No. 16/330,468, granted, now 10,795,024, issued on Oct. 6, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2017/031539, filed on Sep. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-181194 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0214458 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2020.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/617 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H04N 23/70 (2023.01)
CPC G01S 17/89 (2013.01) [G01C 3/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/93 (2013.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/617 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H04N 23/70 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device, comprising:
an image sensor that outputs an image signal;
an imaging processor that outputs first image data based on the image signal;
an image compression processor that compresses the first image data and outputs second image data;
a recognition processor that performs at least part of a recognition process on the second image data; and
an output control processor that performs output control of a recognition result by the recognition processor when instructed and intermediate data from the recognition process prior to completion of the recognition process and the first image data via an output interface (I/F) when instructed,
wherein an amount of the second image data is less than an amount of the first image data, and
wherein the imaging sensor and the recognition processor are disposed on a chip.