Method and device for monitoring an image sensor
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsBernd Mueller, Uwe Beutnagel-Buchner
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Abstract
A method for monitoring an image sensor, the image sensor having a communication interface for communicating with an external monitoring unit. In the method, a request signal generated by the monitoring unit is read in via the communication interface, a test pattern generated by the image sensor is modified using the request signal, and the modified test pattern is output to the communication interface, in order to have the modified test pattern evaluated by the monitoring unit.
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1-13. (canceled)
A method for monitoring an image sensor, the image sensor having a communication interface configured for communicating with an external monitoring unit, the method comprising:
- reading-in a request signal, generated by the monitoring unit, via the communication interface;
- modifying a test pattern, generated by the image sensor, using the request signal, to obtain a modified test pattern;
- and
- outputting the modified test pattern to the communication interface, to have the modified test pattern evaluated by the monitoring unit.
A device having units configured for monitoring an image sensor, the image sensor having a communication interface configured for communicating with an external monitoring unit, the device configured to:
- read-in a request signal, generated by the monitoring unit, via the communication interface;
- modify a test pattern, generated by the image sensor, using the request signal, to obtain a modified test pattern;
- and
- output the modified test pattern to the communication interface, to have the modified test pattern evaluated by the monitoring unit.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for monitoring an image sensor, the image sensor having a communication interface configured for communicating with an external monitoring unit, the method computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:
- reading-in a request signal, generated by the monitoring unit, via the communication interface;
- modifying a test pattern, generated by the image sensor, using the request signal, to obtain a modified test pattern;
- and
- outputting the modified test pattern to the communication interface, to have the modified test pattern evaluated by the monitoring unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.