Asynchronous spiking pixel with programmable sensitivity to illumination

A spiking pixel to be used in image sensor arrays for asynchronous frame-based operation is presented. The pixel features both local and global adaptive sensitivity to the illumination level. Local adaptation is performed by adjusting the voltage stored in an embedded analog memory according to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Leñero-Bardallo, J. A., Delgado-Restituto, Manuel, Carmona-Galán, R., Rodríguez-Vázquez, Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/169718
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/169718
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Integrate and fire pixels
AER
Light adaptation
Image sensors
Spiking pixels
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Sumario:A spiking pixel to be used in image sensor arrays for asynchronous frame-based operation is presented. The pixel features both local and global adaptive sensitivity to the illumination level. Local adaptation is performed by adjusting the voltage stored in an embedded analog memory according to the average illumination within a neighborhood. Global adaptation to the overall illumination of the array is implemented by adjusting a voltage value common to all the pixels. These programming capabilities allow full control on the sensor sensitivity, pixel output data flow, and energy consumption, thus, overcoming the limitations observed in current image sensors based on spiking pixels. Experimental results validate the functionality of the proposal