公开(公告)号：US12099912B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US16446610

申请日：2019-06-19

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ilia Ovsiannikov ,  Ali Shafiee Ardestani ,  Joseph H. Hassoun ,  Lei Wang ,  Sehwan Lee ,  JoonHo Song ,  Jun-Woo Jang ,  Yibing Michelle Wang ,  Yuecheng Li

IPC: G06N3/04 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F17/15 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T9/00

CPC classification number: G06N3/04 ,  G06F17/153 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T9/002 ,  G06F9/3001

Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.

公开(公告)号：US12073302B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US18219904

申请日：2023-07-10

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ilia Ovsiannikov ,  Ali Shafiee Ardestani ,  Joseph H. Hassoun ,  Lei Wang ,  Sehwan Lee ,  JoonHo Song ,  Jun-Woo Jang ,  Yibing Michelle Wang ,  Yuecheng Li

IPC: G06N3/04 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F17/15 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T9/00

CPC classification number: G06N3/04 ,  G06F17/153 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T9/002 ,  G06F9/3001

Abstract: A neural processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes a first tile, a second tile, a memory, and a bus. The bus may be connected to the memory, the first tile, and the second tile. The first tile may include: a first weight register, a second weight register, an activations buffer, a first multiplier, and a second multiplier. The activations buffer may be configured to include: a first queue connected to the first multiplier and a second queue connected to the second multiplier. The first queue may include a first register and a second register adjacent to the first register, the first register being an output register of the first queue. The first tile may be configured: in a first state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, a first weight by an activation from the output register of the first queue, and in a second state: to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first weight by an activation from the second register of the first queue.

公开(公告)号：US12032065B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US16940237

申请日：2020-07-27

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Chunji Wang ,  Yibing Michelle Wang

IPC: G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/42

CPC classification number: G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/42

Abstract: Provided is a depth detection system and method of histogram binning for depth detection. The depth detection system includes a light source configured to emit a light pulse toward an object, an optical sensor configured to detect the light pulse reflecting off the object, the optical sensor including a first sensing pixel configured to detect the light pulse for a first event count according to the light pulse reflecting off the object, and a second sensing pixel configured to detect the light pulse for a second event count according to the light pulse reflecting off the object, and a processing circuit configured to determine a first aggregated histogram corresponding to the first sensing pixel based on the first event count and the second event count and determine a first peak of the first aggregated histogram to determine a first time of flight associated with the first sensing pixel.

公开(公告)号：US12013494B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-18

申请号：US17111888

申请日：2020-12-04

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yibing Michelle Wang

IPC: G01S7/4861 ,  G01S7/487 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G06F1/04 ,  H03K3/012 ,  H03K3/037 ,  H03K3/356 ,  H03K17/30 ,  H03K19/00

CPC classification number: G01S7/4861 ,  G01S7/4876 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G06F1/04 ,  H03K3/012 ,  H03K3/0372 ,  H03K3/356052 ,  H03K17/30 ,  H03K19/0016 ,  H03K3/356147 ,  H03K19/0013

Abstract: A range sensor and a method thereof. The range sensor includes a light source configured to project a sheet of light at an angle within a field of view (FOV); an image sensor offset from the light source; collection optics; and a controller connected to the light source, the image sensor, and the collection optics, and configured to determine a range of a distant object based on direct time-of-flight and determine a range of a near object based on triangulation. The method includes projecting, by a light source, a sheet of light at an angle within an FOV; offsetting an image sensor from the light source; collecting, by collection optics, the sheet of light reflected off objects; and determining, by a controller connected to the light source, the image sensor, and the collection optics, a range of a distant object based on direct time-of-flight and a range of a near object based on triangulation simultaneously.

公开(公告)号：US11988779B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17011813

申请日：2020-09-03

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kwang Oh Kim ,  Yibing Michelle Wang

IPC: G01S7/4915 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/06 ,  G01S17/58

CPC classification number: G01S7/4915 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S17/06 ,  G01S17/58

Abstract: Provided is a readout integrated circuit of a FMCW LiDAR system includes a transimpedance amplifier to receive an optical signal of optical mixer output from balanced PIN photo diode, convert the received optical signal into a current signal including a mixed signal of high and low frequencies, and convert the current signal into a voltage signal including a low frequency sinusoidal waveform, a comparator to receive the voltage signal, and generate a pulse signal from the voltage signal, a primary counter to receive a primary signal corresponding to the pulse signal, and count a number of pulses to generate primary counter data, a reference counter to receive a reference signal, and count a number of pulses to generate reference counter data, and an arithmetic logic unit to receive the primary and reference counter data, and calculate depth information corresponding to a distance of a target.

公开(公告)号：US11875268B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US18148422

申请日：2022-12-29

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Zhengping Ji ,  Ilia Ovsiannikov ,  Yibing Michelle Wang ,  Lilong Shi

IPC: G06N3/084 ,  G06F18/213 ,  G06N3/045 ,  G06V30/18 ,  G06F18/24 ,  G06F18/2413 ,  G06V30/19 ,  G06V10/77 ,  G06V10/82 ,  G06V10/44 ,  G06V30/10

CPC classification number: G06N3/084 ,  G06F18/213 ,  G06F18/24 ,  G06F18/24137 ,  G06N3/045 ,  G06V10/454 ,  G06V10/7715 ,  G06V10/82 ,  G06V30/18057 ,  G06V30/19127 ,  G06V30/19173 ,  G06V30/10

Abstract: A client device configured with a neural network includes a processor, a memory, a user interface, a communications interface, a power supply and an input device, wherein the memory includes a trained neural network received from a server system that has trained and configured the neural network for the client device. A server system and a method of training a neural network are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11706400B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US17578232

申请日：2022-01-18

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kwang Oh Kim ,  Yibing Michelle Wang ,  Radwanul Hasan Siddique ,  Lilong Shi ,  Chunji Wang

IPC: H04N13/25 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/521 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/254 ,  G01S17/894 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06V20/64 ,  H04N25/79 ,  H04N25/705 ,  G03B35/08 ,  G03B35/10 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: H04N13/25 ,  G01S17/894 ,  G03B35/08 ,  G03B35/10 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06V20/64 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/254 ,  H04N25/705 ,  H04N25/79 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  G06T2207/30252

Abstract: Provided is a 3D depth sensing system and method of providing an image based on a hybrid sensing array. The 3D sensing system including a light source configured to emit light, a hybrid sensing array comprising a 2D sensing region configured to detect ambient light reflected from an object and a 3D depth sensing region configured to detect the light emitted by the light source and reflected from the object, a metalens on the hybrid sensing array, the metalens being configured to direct the ambient light reflected from the object towards the 2D sensing region, and to direct the light emitted by the light source and reflected from the object towards the 3D depth sensing region, and a processing circuit configured to combine 2D image information provided by the 2D sensing region and 3D information provided by the 3D depth sensing region to generate a combined 3D image.

公开(公告)号：US11525671B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-13

申请号：US17374982

申请日：2021-07-13

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Lilong Shi ,  Yibing Michelle Wang

IPC: G01B11/25 ,  G06T7/50

Abstract: A structured-light pattern for a structured-light system includes a base light pattern that includes a row of a plurality of sub-patterns extending in a first direction. Each sub-pattern is adjacent to at least one other sub-pattern, and each sub-pattern is different from each other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern includes a first number of portions in a sub-row and a second number of portions in a sub-column. Each sub-row extends in the first direction and each sub-column extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Each portion may be a first-type portion or a second-type portion. A size of a first-type portion is larger in the first direction and in the second direction than a size of a second-type portion in the first direction and in the second direction. In one embodiment, a first-type portion is a black portion and the second-type portion is a white portion.

公开(公告)号：US11443447B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16894705

申请日：2020-06-05

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yibing Michelle Wang ,  Kwang Oh Kim ,  Lilong Shi

IPC: G06T7/521

Abstract: A camera system. In some embodiments, the camera system includes a first laser, a camera, and a processing circuit connected to the first laser and to the camera. The first laser may be steerable, and the camera may include a pixel including a photodetector and a pixel circuit, the pixel circuit including a first time-measuring circuit.

公开(公告)号：US11431938B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US17093632

申请日：2020-11-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yibing Michelle Wang ,  Ilia Ovsiannikov

IPC: H04N5/00 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/376 ,  H04N17/00 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N13/00

Abstract: Using the same image sensor to capture a two-dimensional (2D) image and three-dimensional (3D) depth measurements for a 3D object. A laser point-scans the surface of the object with light spots, which are detected by a pixel array in the image sensor to generate the 3D depth profile of the object using triangulation. Each row of pixels in the pixel array forms an epipolar line of the corresponding laser scan line. Timestamping provides a correspondence between the pixel location of a captured light spot and the respective scan angle of the laser to remove any ambiguity in triangulation. An Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) in the image sensor operates as a Time-to-Digital (TDC) converter to generate timestamps. A timestamp calibration circuit is provided on-board to record the propagation delay of each column of pixels in the pixel array and to provide necessary corrections to the timestamp values generated during 3D depth measurements.