US Patent Issued to Vergence Automation on Feb. 18 for "AI system on chip (SOC) for robotics vision applications" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,649, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Vergence Automation Inc. (Excelsior, Minn.).

"AI system on chip (SOC) for robotics vision applications" was invented by James E. Retterath (Excelsior, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Artificial Intelligence (AI) multi-frame imaging System on Chip (SoC) incorporates in-pixel embedded analog image processing by performing analog image computation within a multi-frame image pixel. In embodiments, each in-pixel processing element includes a photodetector, photodetector control circuitry with at least three analog sub-frame storage elements, analog circuitry configured to process both neighb...