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

Claim 0:
1. A sensor, comprising:
a first plurality of pixels, wherein each of the first plurality of pixels is configured to receive light and perform photoelectric conversion to generate an electric signal; and
circuitry configured to:
detect an event that corresponds to a change of the electric signal of a pixel of the first plurality of pixels;
the electric signal of the 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;

read an electric signal of an event detection pixel of the first plurality of pixels; and
read an electric signal of at least one peripheral pixel of the first 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.