Camera Having Video Stream Indicator

An image sensor comprising:

• an input/output port for receiving a command from outside of the image sensor;
• a control block for receiving the command from the input/output port, and generating a compute enabled signal;
• a compute block for receiving the compute enabled signal from the control block;
• a pixel array for providing video signals to the compute block;
• wherein the compute block performs computation on the video signals provided by the pixel array to produce a compute result;
• wherein the control block receives the compute result from the compute block, and passes the compute result to the input/output port;
• wherein the input/output port receives the compute result from the control block, and outputs the compute result to outside of the image sensor;
• a compute indicator pin for receiving the compute enabled signal from the control block when the compute block is receiving the compute enabled signal from the control block;
• wherein a terminal of the compute block receiving the compute enabled signal is connected to the compute indicator pin by a conductor;
• and
• wherein the compute block, the compute indicator pin, and the conductor connecting the terminal of the compute block and the compute indicator pin are sealed in a package of the image sensor.

A method for indicating a video stream being output from a camera system comprising:

• generating a video interface enabled signal by a control block;
• providing the generated video interface enabled signal to a video interface;
• providing the video stream by a pixel array to the video interface;
• providing the video stream received by the video interface to an output port, when the video interface receives the video interface enabled signal;
• wherein an image sensor comprises the control block, the video interface, the pixel array, and the output port, and the camera system comprises the image sensor;
• outputting the video stream by the output port to outside of the image sensor;
• providing the generated video interface enabled signal to a stream indicator pin when the generated video interface enabled signal is provided to the video interface;
• connecting a terminal of the video interface receiving the video interface enabled signal to the stream indicator pin by a conductor;
• and
• sealing a package of the image sensor including the video interface, the stream indicator pin, and the conductor connecting the terminal of the video interface and the stream indicator pin.