Patent ID: 11937001
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A control method, comprising:
by a sensor that includes a plurality of pixels:
receiving light by each of a plurality of pixels of the sensor,
performing photoelectric conversion, by each of the plurality of pixels of the sensor, to generate an electric signal,
detecting an event that corresponds to a change of the electric signal of a pixel of the plurality of pixels,
reading the electric signal of a pixel based on a voltage change in a capacitance of the pixel, wherein
the capacitance is reset to a specific voltage based on the detected event, and
the voltage change in the capacitance is based on the electric signal of the pixel,

reading an electric signal of an event detection pixel of the plurality of pixels; and
reading an electric signal of at least one peripheral pixel of the plurality of pixels, wherein
the event detection pixel corresponds to the pixel where the event has been detected, and
the at least one peripheral pixel is in a periphery of the event detection pixel.