US Patent Application 18231871. IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE simplified abstract

IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Organization Name

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor(s)

Takayuki Ikeda of Atsugi (JP)

Yoshiyuki Kurokawa of Sagamihara (JP)

Shintaro Harada of Sagamihara (JP)

Hidetomo Kobayashi of Isehara, (JP)

Roh Yamamoto of Toyama, (JP)

Kiyotaka Kimura of Atsugi, (JP)

Takashi Nakagawa of Sagamihara, (JP)

Yusuke Negoro of Atsugi (JP)

IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18231871 titled 'IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes an imaging device that can process images and convert them into binary data using a product-sum operation with a weight coefficient. This allows for efficient processing of image data in applications such as neural networks and image recognition.

• Imaging device capable of image processing
• Retains analog data obtained from image-capturing operation in pixels
• Performs product-sum operation with weight coefficient to convert data into binary form
• Enables processing such as image recognition in neural networks
• Efficiently retains large volumes of image data in analog form in pixels

Original Abstract Submitted

An imaging device capable of image processing is provided. The imaging device can retain analog data (image data) obtained by an image-capturing operation in a pixel and perform a product-sum operation of the analog data and a predetermined weight coefficient in the pixel to convert the data into binary data. When the binary data is taken in a neural network or the like, processing such as image recognition can be performed. Since enormous volumes of image data can be retained in pixels in the state of analog data, processing can be performed efficiently.