Smart Sensor Implementations of Region of Interest Operating Modes

A method comprising:

• obtaining, by control circuitry and from an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels that form a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs), wherein the image sensor is configured to operate at a frame rate higher than a threshold rate, a full-resolution image of an environment, wherein the full-resolution image contains each respective ROI of the plurality of ROIs;
• selecting, by the control circuitry, a particular ROI based on the full-resolution image;
• detecting, by the control circuitry, at least one object of interest in the particular ROI;
• determining, by the control circuitry, a mode of operation by which subsequent image data generated by the particular ROI is to be processed;
• and
• processing, by the control circuitry and based on the mode of operation and the frame rate, the image data comprising a plurality of ROI images of the detected object of interest.

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:

• obtaining, from an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels that form a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs), wherein the image sensor is configured to operate at a frame rate higher than a threshold rate, a full-resolution image of an environment, wherein the full-resolution image contains each respective ROI of the plurality of ROIs;
• selecting a particular ROI based on the full-resolution image, detecting at least one object of interest in the particular ROI;
• determining a mode of operation by which subsequent image data generated by the particular ROI is to be processed;
• and
• processing, based on the mode of operation and the frame rate, the image data comprising a plurality of ROI images of the detected object of interest.