Information processing method, information processing device, and imaging system

Abstract

This invention provides an information processing method, an information processing device, and an imaging system that enable more appropriate use of recognition results based on a portion of the pixels in a pixel region. [Solution] The information processing method according to the present disclosure involves a processor setting a part of a pixel array as a read unit, performing recognition processing on the pixel signals read from the pixel group corresponding to the read unit at each different read position in the pixel array, and outputting, for each read unit, read identification information that identifies the pixel group that was the target of the recognition processing, in association with the recognition result of the recognition processing.

Claims

1. Depending on the processor, A portion of the pixel array is set as the readout unit, At each of the different readout positions in the pixel array, recognition processing is performed on the pixel signals read out from the pixel group corresponding to the readout unit. For each read unit, read identification information that identifies the pixel group that was the target of the recognition process is associated with the recognition result of the recognition process and output. Information processing methods.

2. The exposure for the readout unit and the readout of the pixel signal are performed sequentially. The information processing method according to claim 1.

3. The exposure is performed exclusively at each of the different readout positions in the first cycle. The information processing method according to claim 2.

4. The read in the read unit and the read following that read are performed exclusively at each of the different read positions. The information processing method according to claim 3.

5. The recognition process is performed exclusively at each of the different reading positions in a second cycle that is longer than the first cycle. The information processing method according to claim 3.

6. In the aforementioned pixel array, the pixel signal is read out at a readout position determined based on the output of an external sensor, and the recognition process is performed on the pixel signal read out from the pixel group corresponding to that readout position. The information processing method according to claim 1.

7. In the aforementioned pixel array, the pixel signal is read at a read position determined based on the recognition result, and the next recognition process following the recognition process that output the recognition result is performed on the pixel signal read from the group of pixels corresponding to the read position. The information processing method according to claim 1.

8. The read-specific information includes information that directly indicates the read position in the pixel array. The information processing method according to claim 1.

9. Exposure to the readout unit and reading of the pixel signal are performed in a predetermined imaging pattern. The read-specific information includes information indicating the time the read was performed. The information processing method according to claim 1.

10. The read-specific information is output according to the output timing of the image based on the pixel group that was the target of the recognition process. The information processing method according to claim 1.

11. The read identification information is output according to the timing of the recognition result output. The information processing method according to claim 1.

12. The read-only identification information is output in the stream through which the image frame containing the pixel group that was the target of the recognition process is transferred. The information processing method according to claim 1.

13. The read-specific information is output embedded in the invalid pixel region of the image frame. The information processing method according to claim 12.

14. The aforementioned read-specific information is inserted into the blanking region of the image frame and output. The information processing method according to claim 12.

15. The read-out identification information is output using a path independent of the stream through which the image based on the pixel signal is transmitted. The information processing method according to claim 1.

16. As a result of the recognition process, intermediate information generated during the intermediate stages of the recognition process is output. The read-specific information includes information indicating the generation time when the intermediate information was generated. The information processing method according to claim 1.

17. As a result of the recognition process, the information generated in the final stage of the recognition process is output. The read-out identification information includes the position and time of the recognition result in the image based on each pixel signal read from each pixel of the pixel array, and the observation time and position within the pixel array of the group of pixels used by the recognition process. The information processing method according to claim 1.

18. If the recognition process is a detection task based on an image derived from each pixel signal read from each pixel of the pixel array, the read identification information is output. If the recognition process is an identification task based on the image, the read identification information is not output. The information processing method according to claim 1.

19. A readout unit control unit that sets a portion of the pixel array as a readout unit, A recognition unit performs recognition processing on the pixel signals read from the pixel group corresponding to the read unit at each of the different read positions in the pixel array, Equipped with, The recognition unit, For each read unit, read identification information that identifies the pixel group that was the target of the recognition process is associated with the recognition result of the recognition process and output. Information processing device.

20. The recognition unit, The first half of the divided recognition process is executed, the intermediate information which is the recognition result of the first half of the process is associated with the read identification information, and output to the other recognition unit which executes the second half of the divided recognition process. The information processing apparatus according to claim 19.

21. A readout unit control unit that sets a portion of the pixel array as a readout unit, A control unit that, for each different read position in the pixel array, outputs read identification information that identifies the pixel group that was the target of the recognition process, associated with the recognition result of the recognition process performed on the pixel signal read from the pixel group corresponding to the read unit, for each read unit, Equipped with, Information processing device.

22. An imaging unit having a pixel array in which multiple pixels are arranged, A read unit control unit that sets a portion of the aforementioned pixel array as a read unit, A recognition unit performs recognition processing on the pixel signals read from the pixel group corresponding to the read unit at each of the different read positions in the pixel array, Equipped with, The recognition unit, For each read unit, read identification information that identifies the pixel group that was the target of the recognition process is associated with the recognition result of the recognition process and output. Imaging system.

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