Smart sensor scheduler

A method comprising:

• identifying, by a scheduler comprising one or more of circuitry or a processor, a particular region of interest (ROI) of a plurality of ROIs formed by a plurality of pixels of an image sensor, wherein the particular ROI is identified based on a feature detected within an initial image data associated with the particular ROI;
• selecting, by the scheduler and based on the feature detected within the initial image data, (i), from a first plurality of image processing resources located in a first layer of an integrated circuit, a first image processing resource by which subsequent image data generated by the particular ROI is to be processed to generate an intermediate result and (ii), from a second plurality of image processing resources located in a second layer of the integrated circuit, a second image processing resource by which the intermediate result is to be processed;
• and
• scheduling, by the scheduler, (i) the subsequent image data for processing by the first image processing resource and (ii) the intermediate result for processing by the second image processing resource.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a particular region of interest (ROI) of a plurality of ROIs formed by a plurality of pixels of an image sensor, wherein the particular ROI is identified based on a feature detected within an initial image data associated with the particular ROI;
• selecting, based on the feature detected within the initial image data, (i), from a first plurality of image processing resources located in a first layer of an integrated circuit, a first image processing resource by which subsequent image data generated by the particular ROI is to be processed to generate an intermediate result and (ii), from a second plurality of image processing resources located in a second layer of the integrated circuit, a second image processing resource by which the intermediate result is to be processed;
• and
• scheduling (i) the subsequent image data for processing by the first image processing resource and (ii) the intermediate result for processing by the second image processing resource.