1. A vehicle-mounted imaging device that is mounted to an automobile and performs color imaging, the vehicle-mounted imaging device including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixel cells, each pixel cell comprising of a photodiode formed on a semiconductor substrate and a color filter formed on the photodiode, wherein:
the color filter includes a layered structure and is composed of an inorganic material,
the color filter is configured to selectively transmit a wavelength of incident light, and
the vehicle-mounted imaging device is mounted in an engine compartment of the automobile.
2. The vehicle-mounted imaging device of claim 1, wherein the vehicle-mounted imaging device is configured to monitor condition of at least one of an engine, a transmission, a suspension, and a tire.
3. The vehicle-mounted imaging device of claim 1, outputting signals input to a video control device, wherein
another vehicle-mounted imaging device mounted in a passenger compartment of the automobile also outputs signals input to the video control device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for routing communication signals in a network organized into layers of sub-networks, comprising:
receiving in a sub-network, a communication signal from another sub-network, wherein each sub-network of each layer in the network is comprised of a processing node, and wherein the communication signal is received by the processing node in the sub-network; selecting a carrier signal based on a destination address of the communication signal; and outputting the carrier signal to a different sub-network via one of a plurality of ports associated with the carrier signal of the processing node that received the communication signal, wherein each one of the plurality of ports is pre-assigned to one of a plurality of different carrier signals;
extracting a first portion address from the destination address; selecting a carrier signal corresponding to a first processing node of an above sub-network if the first portion address does not include an address of the first processing node of the above sub-network; and outputting the carrier signal to the first processing node;
selecting a carrier signal corresponding to a second processing node of a below sub-network if the first portion address does include the address of the first processing node of the above sub-network; and
outputting the carrier signal to the second processing node.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
outputting the carrier signal to a child device if the destination address is directed to a child device.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different carrier signals has a plurality of possible frequencies and each of a plurality of processing nodes of the network is assigned a carrier signal frequency that is received and processed by the processing node.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different carrier signals has a plurality of possible wavelengths and each processing node of each layer is assigned a carrier signal wavelength that is received and processed by the processing node.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving the communication signal in the processing node of a sub-network from a processing node in an above sub-network; outputting the communication signal to a child device if a destination address of the communication signal is directed to the child device and the child device is reachable without going through another processing node; and selecting a carrier signal that corresponds to a processing node of a below sub-network if the destination address is not directed to a child device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein if the destination address does not include an address for a parent processing node in an above sub-network, the carrier signal is output to the parent processing node in the above network.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein if the destination address includes an address for a parent processing node in an above sub-network and an address for a current processing node, the carrier signal is output to a below sub-network.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein if the destination address includes an address for a parent processing node in an above sub-network and does not include an address for a current processing node, the carrier signal is output to another processing node in a same sub-network.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the carrier signal is selected based on whether the communication signal is an express signal.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein if the communication signal is the express signal, the carrier signal is output without the communication signal being processed.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein if the destination address does not include an address for a parent processing node in an above sub-network, the carrier signal is output to the parent processing node in the above network.
12. A method for routing communication signals in a network organized into layers of sub-networks, comprising:
receiving in a sub-network, a communication signal from a child device, wherein each sub-network of each layer in the network is comprised of a processing node, and wherein the communication signal is received by the processing node in the sub-network; selecting a carrier signal based on a destination address of the communication signal; and outputting the carrier signal to a different sub-network via one of a plurality of ports associated with the carrier signal of the processing node that received the communication signal, wherein each one of the plurality of ports is pre-assigned to one of a plurality of different carrier signals;
extracting a first portion address from the destination address; selecting a carrier signal corresponding to a first processing node of an above sub-network if the first portion address does not include an address of the first processing node of the above sub-network; and outputting the carrier signal to the first processing node;
selecting a carrier signal corresponding to a second processing node of a below sub-network if the first portion address does include the address of the first processing node of the above sub-network; and outputting the carrier signal to the second processing node.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
outputting the carrier signal to a child device if the destination address is directed to a child device.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of different carrier signals has a plurality of possible frequencies and each of a plurality of processing nodes of the network is assigned a carrier signal frequency that is received and processed by the processing node.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of different carrier signals has a plurality of possible wavelengths and each processing node of each layer is assigned a carrier signal wavelength that is received and processed by the processing node.
16. The method of claim 12, further comprising: receiving the communication signal in the processing node of a sub-network from a processing node in an above sub-network; outputting the communication signal to a child device if a destination address of the communication signal is directed to the child device and the child device is reachable without going through another processing node; and selecting a carrier signal that corresponds to a processing node of a below sub-network if the destination address is not directed to a child device.