Solid-state imaging elements are disclosed. In one example, an upstream circuit block generates a predetermined reset level and a plurality of signal levels each corresponding to an exposure amount, and causes capacitive elements, different from each other, to hold them. A selection circuit sequentially performs control to connect the capacitive element in which the reset level is held to a predetermined downstream node, control to disconnect capacitive elements from the downstream node, and control to connect the capacitive element in which any of the plurality of signal levels is held to the downstream node. A downstream reset transistor initializes a level of the downstream node when the capacitive elements are disconnected from the downstream node. A downstream circuit sequentially reads the reset level and the plurality of signal levels via the downstream node

An event-driven sensor including: a pixel array; a column readout circuit coupled to column output lines of the pixel array, the column readout circuit including a plurality of column register cells; and a row readout circuit including a readout memory having a storage location corresponding to each pixel of the pixel array, the readout memory having sets of one or more row lines for writing to rows of memory locations of the readout memory, wherein each row output line of the pixel array is coupled, via a corresponding row line control circuit, to a corresponding one of the sets of one or more row lines of the readout memory.

An imaging apparatus including: a first imaging element and a second imaging element, in which each of the first and second imaging elements includes: a plurality of pixels in a semiconductor substrate; a pixel separation wall; and a color filter above a light receiving surface of the semiconductor substrate that transmits light having a wavelength that is different between the first imaging element and the second imaging element, the pixel separation wall included in the first imaging element has a slit at a center of the first imaging element where the imaging apparatus is viewed from a side of the light receiving surface, and the pixel separation wall included in the second imaging element does not have a slit at a center of the second imaging element where the imaging apparatus is viewed from a side of the light receiving surface.

An optical sensor according to one or more embodiments is an optical sensor including an optical member including a plurality of focusing units, each focusing unit focusing light from a subject, and a plurality of image capturing devices, each image capturing device including a plurality of light-receiving elements, each image capturing device being provided corresponding to one of the focusing units, and each image capturing device configured to receive light focused by the corresponding focusing unit and form a captured image of the subject. The light-receiving elements, of the plurality of light-receiving elements, that are to be used to form the captured image are set for each of the image capturing devices.

Provided is an image sensor including a pixel array formed by arranging pixels, which generate an electrical signal in response to light; a memory for storing a register value of the image sensor; and a sensor controller for configuring the register value, wherein the register value includes information for defining a region to be processed in the pixel array, and when a change request for changing at least one of a position and a size of the region to be processed is received, the sensor controller provides a register modification command for adjusting the register value so as to correspond to the change request to the image sensor or the memory.

A TDI sensor which is capable of controlling the exposure according to the present disclosure includes a pixel unit which includes a plurality of line sensors; a light blocking unit which blocks light from being incident into some of the plurality of line sensors; a scan controller which generates an exposure control signal based on an external line trigger signal, generates an internal line trigger signal based on the external line trigger signal and the exposure control signal, and controls the movement of charges of the plurality of line sensors based on the internal line trigger signal.

The present disclosure relates to an event-driven sensor comprising: a pixel array (102); a column readout circuit (104) comprising, for each of the column output lines, a column register cell (108) configured to activate a column event output signal (addrx) when it receives a first token while the detection of an event is indicated on the column output line; and a row readout circuit (106) comprising, for each of the row output lines, or for each of a plurality of sub-groups of the row output lines, a row register cell (108) configured to activate a row event output signal (addry) when it receives a second token while an event is indicated on the row output line, or on one of the row output lines of the sub-group.

An image capture device includes a plurality of independently formed camera channels. Each of the plurality of independently formed camera channels includes a respective lens that receives incident light and transmits the incident light to a respective sensor without transmitting the incident light to respective sensor of other camera channels within the plurality of independently formed camera channels. Further, a processor that is communicatively coupled to the respective sensor of each of the plurality of independently formed camera channels. The processor is configured to control an integration time of the respective sensor of each of the plurality of independently formed camera channels individually with the receive respective images from the respective sensor of each of the plurality of independently formed camera channels, and form a combined image by combing each of the respective images.

What is disclosed are systems and methods for optical correction for correcting for non-uniformity in active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays, using iterative processing of images of calibration patterns including features of coarse and fine granularity to successively generate a high-resolution estimate of the panel pixel locations.

One example system comprises a LIDAR sensor that rotates about an axis to scan an environment of the LIDAR sensor. The system also comprises one or more cameras that detect external light originating from one or more external light sources. The one or more cameras together provide a plurality of rows of sensing elements. The rows of sensing elements are aligned with the axis of rotation of the LIDAR sensor. The system also comprises a controller that operates the one or more cameras to obtain a sequence of image pixel rows. A first image pixel row in the sequence is indicative of external light detected by a first row of sensing elements during a first exposure time period. A second image pixel row in the sequence is indicative of external light detected by a second row of sensing elements during a second exposure time period.