Patent ID: 11902681
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A vehicle control system comprising:
an imaging device configured to detect an image of an environment outside a vehicle; and
an integrated control unit configured to control the vehicle,
wherein the imaging device comprises:
a first pixel including a first photodiode;
a second pixel including a second photodiode;
a first signal line coupled to the first pixel, the first signal line extending along a first direction;
a second signal line coupled to the second pixel, the first second line extending along the first direction;
a first AD converter coupled to the first signal line;
a second AD converter coupled to the second signal line;
a first control line extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a second control line extending along the second direction;
a signal generator coupled to the first control line and the second control line;
a first transistor having a source or a drain coupled to the first signal line and a gate coupled to the first control line;
a second transistor having a source or a drain coupled to the second signal line and a gate coupled to the second control line; and
diagnosis circuitry configured to detect an error based on a digital code generated from the first AD converter or the second AD converter,
wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are in a pixel column extending along the first direction, and
wherein the integrated control unit is configured to control an operation of the vehicle based, at least in part, on a result output from the diagnosis circuitry.