Patent ID: 11962924
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels that form a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs);
a plurality of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) banks;
a plurality of multiplexers, wherein each respective multiplexer of the plurality of multiplexers is configured to electrically connect (i) a corresponding ADC bank of the plurality of ADC banks to (ii) a selected ROI of the plurality of ROIs; and
control circuitry configured to perform operations comprising:
selecting a particular ROI of the plurality of ROIs;
electrically connecting, to the particular ROI, (i) a first ADC bank by way of a first multiplexer corresponding to the first ADC bank and (ii) a second ADC bank by way of a second multiplexer corresponding to the second ADC bank; and
generating an ROI image by digitizing pixels of the particular ROI by way of parallel operation of the first ADC bank and the second ADC bank.