Patent ID: 11869273
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code, the program code being executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
causing a light source section to irradiate a subject with dot light having a predetermined pattern;
receiving, by an event detection sensor including a pixel array that includes a plurality of pixels, the dot light having the predetermined pattern as reflected by the subject;
detecting pixel events when respective changes in luminance of respective pixels exceeds a predetermined threshold;
detecting a noise event when the pixel events are detected for a first group of linearly successive pixels in the pixel array having a number that is equal to or greater than a first threshold number within a predetermined period of time; and
removing the noise event.