A 467nW CMOS visual motion sensor with temporal averaging and pixel aggregation

Author

Gyouho Kim ; Barangi, M. ; Zhiyoong Foo ; Pinckney, N. ; Suyoung Bang ; Blaauw, D. ; Sylvester, Dennis

Author_Institution

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2013

Firstpage

480

Lastpage

481

Abstract

Visual monitoring with CMOS image sensors opens up a variety of new applications for wireless sensor nodes, ranging from military surveillance to in vivo molecular imaging. In particular, the ability to detect motion can enable more intelligent power management through on-demand duty cycling and reduced data-retention requirements. Conventional imager designs focus on achieving higher resolution, frame rate [1], or dynamic range [2], resulting in power consumption levels that are unsuitable for battery-powered wireless sensor nodes [3].

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; biomolecular electronics; computerised monitoring; military communication; video surveillance; wireless sensor networks; CMOS image sensors; CMOS visual motion sensor; battery-powered wireless sensor nodes; data-retention requirements; dynamic range; imager designs; in vivo molecular imaging; intelligent power management; military surveillance; motion detection; on-demand duty cycling; pixel aggregation; power 467 nW; power consumption levels; visual monitoring; Arrays; CMOS image sensors; CMOS integrated circuits; Capacitors; Motion detection; Sensitivity; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4515-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2013.6487823

Filename

6487823