IP Library Granted Patent US 11,330,213
Granted Patent B2
US 11,330,213 · App. 16/715,852 · Granted May 10, 2022

Imaging device and electronic device

Inventors: Takashi Nakagawa (Kanagawa, JP); Munehiro Kozuma (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Kanagawa, JP); Takayuki Ikeda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
H04N5/3698G08B13/19604H01L27/1207H01L27/1225H01L27/14616H01L27/14634H01L27/14641H01L27/14665H04N5/23245H04N5/23254H04N5/232411H04N5/32H04N5/3205H04N5/343H04N5/374H04N5/376H04N5/3741H04N5/3742H04N5/37452H04N5/378
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Patent No.
US 11,330,213
App. No.
16/715,852
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device with low power consumption is provided. It includes a pixel capable of outputting difference data between two different frames, a circuit determining the significance of the difference data, a circuit controlling power supply, an A/D converter, and the like; obtains image data and then obtains difference data; and shuts off power supply to the A/D converter and the like in the case where it is determined that there is no difference, and continues or restarts the power supply to the A/D converter and the like when it is determined that there is a difference. Determining the significance of the difference data can be performed row by row in a pixel array or at nearly the same time in all the pixels included in the pixel array.

Claims (60)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a camera module comprising:

an imaging device; and

a lens overlapping with the imaging device,

the imaging device comprising:

a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit;

a wiring; and

a first circuit electrically connected to the first pixel circuit through the wiring, the first circuit electrically connected to the second pixel circuit through the wiring,

wherein the first pixel circuit is configured to output a signal based on a difference between two image data to the wiring,

wherein the first circuit is configured to output one of a high-level potential and a low-level potential in a case where the signal is greater than or equal to a first value or is less than or equal to a second value, and

wherein the first circuit is configured to output the other of the high-level potential and the low-level potential in a case where the signal is greater than the second value and is less than the first value.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , comprising a pixel array,

wherein the pixel array includes a plurality of the first pixel circuits arranged in a matrix.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first pixel circuit is configured to obtain the difference between the two image data in two different frames.

4. An electronic device comprising:

a camera module comprising:

an imaging device; and

a lens overlapping with the imaging device,

the imaging device comprising:

a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit;

a wiring;

a first circuit electrically connected to the first pixel circuit through the wiring, the first circuit electrically connected to the second pixel circuit through the wiring;

a second circuit; and

a third circuit,

wherein the first pixel circuit is configured to output a signal based on a difference between two image data to the wiring,

wherein the first circuit is configured to output one of a high-level potential and a low-level potential in a case where the signal is greater than or equal to a first value or is less than or equal to a second value,

wherein the first circuit is configured to output the other of the high-level potential and the low-level potential in a case where the signal is greater than the second value and is less than the first value,

wherein the second circuit is configured to supply power to the third circuit when the one of the high-level potential and the low-level potential is input to the second circuit, and

wherein the second circuit is configured not to supply power to the third circuit when the other of the high-level potential and the low-level potential is input to the second circuit.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , comprising a pixel array,

wherein the pixel array includes a plurality of the first pixel circuits arranged in a matrix.

6. The electronic device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first pixel circuit is configured to obtain the difference between the two image data in two different frames.

7. An imaging device comprising:

a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit;

a wiring; and

a first circuit electrically connected to the first pixel circuit through the wiring, the first circuit electrically connected to the second pixel circuit through the wiring,

wherein the first pixel circuit is configured to output a signal based on a difference between two image data to the wiring,

wherein the first circuit is configured to output one of a high-level potential and a low-level potential in a case where the signal is greater than or equal to a first value or is less than or equal to a second value, and

wherein the first circuit is configured to output the other of the high-level potential and the low-level potential in a case where the signal is greater than the second value and is less than the first value.

8. The imaging device according to claim 7 , comprising a pixel array,

wherein the pixel array includes a plurality of the first pixel circuits arranged in a matrix.

9. The imaging device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first pixel circuit is configured to obtain the difference between the two image data in two different frames.

10. An imaging device comprising:

a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit;

a wiring;

a first circuit electrically connected to the first pixel circuit through the wiring, the first circuit electrically connected to the second pixel circuit through the wiring;

a second circuit; and

a third circuit,

wherein the first pixel circuit is configured to output a signal based on a difference between two image data to the wiring,

wherein the first circuit is configured to output one of a high-level potential and a low-level potential in a case where the signal is greater than or equal to a first value or is less than or equal to a second value,

wherein the first circuit is configured to output the other of the high-level potential and the low-level potential in a case where the signal is greater than the second value and is less than the first value,

wherein the second circuit is configured to supply power to the third circuit when the one of the high-level potential and the low-level potential is input to the second circuit, and

wherein the second circuit is configured not to supply power to the third circuit when the other of the high-level potential and the low-level potential is input to the second circuit.

11. The imaging device according to claim 10 , comprising a pixel array,

wherein the pixel array includes a plurality of the first pixel circuits arranged in a matrix.

12. The imaging device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the first pixel circuit is configured to obtain the difference between the two image data in two different frames.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-055039 · Mar 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16081322
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