US Patent Issued to Himax Imaging on March 3 for "Image device capable of switching between global shutter mode and dynamic vision sensor mode" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,319, issued on March 3, was assigned to Himax Imaging Ltd. (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Image device capable of switching between global shutter mode and dynamic vision sensor mode" was invented by Hsin-Hung Shen (Tainan City, Taiwan) and Dong-Long Lin (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image device has a pixel array and a controller. The pixel array includes a plurality of sensor pixels. The controller is coupled to the pixel array to switch the image device between a first mode and a second mode. When the image device is in the first mode, the controller manipulates the sensor pixels according to a first timing schem...