Handheld communication device with drive-sense imaging array and methods for use therewith

A handheld communication device:

• at least one wireless interface for sending and receiving data via wireless communications;
• at least one memory that stores operational instructions;
• at least one processing circuit that executes the instructions to perform operations;
• an imaging device that includes:
• a plurality of pixel sensors arranged in a first direction and a second direction that respond to incident light, wherein the first direction is different than the second direction;
• a plurality of drive-sense circuits configured to couple, in response to subset selection signal, a selected subset of the plurality of pixel sensors along the first direction, and to generate a plurality of sensed signals, wherein each of the plurality of drive-sense circuits includes:
• a first conversion circuit configured to convert a receive signal component of a sensor signal corresponding to one of the plurality of pixel sensors in the selected subset, into a corresponding one of the plurality of sensed signals, wherein the corresponding one of the plurality of sensed signals indicates a change in a capacitance associated with the corresponding one of the plurality of pixel sensors;
• and
• a second conversion circuit configured to generate, based on the corresponding one of the plurality of sensed signals, a drive signal component of the sensor signal corresponding to the one of the plurality of pixel sensors in the selected subset;
• wherein the plurality of drive-sense circuits is further configured to generate a plurality of other sensed signals corresponding to other subsets of the plurality of pixel sensors in the first direction;
• and
• wherein a graphics processing module is configured to generate image data based on the sensed signal and the plurality of other sensed signals.