Patents by Inventor Massimo Zannoni

Massimo Zannoni has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11991466
    Abstract: In dynamic vision sensor (DVS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Patent number: 11936995
    Abstract: An event-based vision sensor system comprises an event-based pixel array including pixels that detect light, a readout circuit for reading out events associated with light received by each pixel and with the position it occupies in the array, and a memory controller that enables writing of each event, or event-related data, associated with a certain pixel to a certain address in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brandli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20240015416
    Abstract: A photoreceptor module (PR) includes a photoelectric conversion element (PD), a first amplifier circuit (110) and a second amplifier circuit (120). The first amplifier circuit (110) includes a first amplifier portion (112) and a first feedback portion (114), wherein an input of the first amplifier portion (112) and a cathode (C) of the photoelectric conversion element (PD) are electrically connected. The second amplifier circuit (120) includes a second amplifier portion (122) and a second feedback portion (124), wherein controlled path of the second feedback portion (124), a controlled path of the first feedback portion (114), and the photoelectric conversion element (PD) are electrically connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Raphael BERNER, Massimo ZANNONI
  • Patent number: 11825218
    Abstract: An event based pixel sensor system employs regions of interest or regions of non-interest, which are preferably dynamic, to isolate change events and reduce data from non-interesting events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Marc Osswald, Massimo Zannoni
  • Patent number: 11652126
    Abstract: An event-based vision sensor is fabricated using an advanced stacking technique, known as Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit, which stacks more wafers (or dies) and interconnects them vertically. The electronic integrated circuits of the sensor are then distributed between the two or more electrically connected dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SONY ADVANCED VISUAL SENSING AG
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20220394205
    Abstract: In dynamic vision sensor (DVS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Raphäel Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Patent number: 11431937
    Abstract: In dynamic vision sensor (DVS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
    Inventors: Raphaël Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20220264035
    Abstract: An event based pixel sensor system employs regions of interest or regions of non-interest, which are preferably dynamic, to isolate change events and reduce data from non-interesting events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Marc Osswald, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20220094863
    Abstract: An event-based vision sensor system comprises an event-based pixel array including pixels that detect light, a readout circuit for reading out events associated with light received by each pixel and with the position it occupies in the array, and a memory controller that enables writing of each event, or event-related data, associated with a certain pixel to a certain address in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brandli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Patent number: 11212468
    Abstract: An event-based vision sensor system comprises an event-based pixel array including pixels that detect light, a readout circuit for reading out events associated with light received by each pixel and with the position it occupies in the array, and a memory controller that enables writing of each event, or event-related data, associated with a certain pixel to a certain address in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20210151492
    Abstract: An event-based vision sensor is fabricated using an advanced stacking technique, known as Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit, which stacks more wafers (or dies) and interconnects them vertically. The electronic integrated circuits of the sensor are then distributed between the two or more electrically connected dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Patent number: 10923520
    Abstract: An event-based vision sensor is fabricated using an advanced stacking technique, known as Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit, which stacks more wafers (or dies) and interconnects them vertically. The electronic integrated circuits of the sensor are then distributed between the two or more electrically connected dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20200288073
    Abstract: In dynamic vision sensor (DVS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Raphaël Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Patent number: 10715750
    Abstract: In dynamic vision sensor (DVS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Insightness AG
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20190288024
    Abstract: An event-based vision sensor is fabricated using an advanced stacking technique, known as Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit, which stacks more wafers (or dies) and interconnects them vertically. The electronic integrated circuits of the sensor are then distributed between the two or more electrically connected dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20190289230
    Abstract: An event-based vision sensor system comprises an event-based pixel array including pixels that detect light, a readout circuit for reading out events associated with light received by each pixel and with the position it occupies in the array, and a memory controller that enables writing of each event, or event-related data, associated with a certain pixel to a certain address in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni
  • Publication number: 20180189959
    Abstract: In dynamic vision sensor (I)VS) or change detection sensors, the chip or sensor is configured to control or modulate the event rate. For example, this control can be used to keep the event rate close to a desired rate or within desired bounds. Adapting the configuration of the sensor to the scene by changing the ON-event and/or the OFF-event thresholds, allows having necessary amount of data, but not much more than necessary, such that the overall system gets as much information about its state as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Raphael Berner, Christian Brändli, Massimo Zannoni