Sensor apparatus having array sensor for sensor-equipped device, sensor equipped device provided with sensor apparatus having array sensor, and contol method for sensor apparatus having array sensor for sensor-equipped device

A sensor apparatus comprising:

• an array sensor in which a plurality of detection elements are arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally;
• signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing on a detected signal obtained by the array sensor;
• and
• arithmetic operation circuitry configured to perform object detection from the detected signal obtained by the array sensor, to perform operation control of the signal processing circuitry based on the object detection, and to perform switching processing for changing processing contents of the signal processing circuitry based on device information input from a sensor-equipped device on which the sensor apparatus is mounted, wherein
• the arithmetic operation circuitry is further configured to identify a class of an object detected from the detected signal obtained by the array sensor and, to select parameters used for the signal processing on the detected signal by the signal processing circuitry based on the class of the object, as processing related to the switching processing, the class of the object representing a category of the object recognized by image recognition of the object, and
• the arithmetic operation circuitry is further configured to set, based on the device information, a threshold value for all or some of the parameters used for the signal processing on the detected signal by the signal processing circuitry or detection processing of the array sensor, and to perform the signal processing using parameters set based on the threshold value, as processing related to the switching processing.

A sensor-equipped device comprising:

• a sensor apparatus;
• and
• control circuitry configured to communicate with the sensor apparatus, wherein
• the sensor apparatus includes
• an array sensor in which a plurality of detection elements are arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally,
• signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing on a detected signal obtained by the array sensor, and
• arithmetic operation circuitry configured to perform object detection from the detected signal obtained by the array sensor, to perform operation control of the signal processing circuitry based on the object detection, and to perform switching processing of operation setting of the signal processing circuitry based on device information input from the control circuitry, and further wherein
• the arithmetic operation circuitry is further configured to identify a class of an object detected from the detected signal obtained by the array sensor and to select parameters used for the signal processing on the detected signal by the signal processing circuitry based on the class of the object, as processing related to the switching processing, the class of the object representing a category of the object recognized by image recognition of the object.

A processing method executed by a sensor apparatus including an array sensor in which a plurality of detection elements are arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, and a signal processing circuitry configured to perform signal processing on a detected signal obtained by the array sensor, the processing method comprising:

• performing object detection from the detected signal obtained by the array sensor;
• performing operation control of the signal processing circuitry based on the object detection;
• performing switching processing for changing processing contents of the signal processing circuitry based on device information input from a sensor-equipped device on which the sensor apparatus is mounted;
• identifying a class of an object detected from the detected signal obtained by the array sensor, the class of the object representing a category of the object recognized by image recognition of the object;
• and
• selecting parameters used for the signal processing on the detected signal by the signal processing circuitry based on the class of the object, as processing related to the switching processing.