Image sensor
US6576882B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/76
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The image sensor of the present invention performs two exposures of differing exposure times, holds the signal charge that is generated in photodiode 1 in the first exposure period in pixel interior capacitance 4 that is provided inside pixels and integrates the signal charge that is generated in photodiode 1 in the second exposure period with the first signal charge inside the pixels and executes readout, whereby the white (overexposed) portions that occur in the first exposure period are compensated by information of the second exposure period, and black (underexposed) portions that occur in the second exposure period are compensated by information of the first exposure period, and an image is obtained having wide dynamic range with respect to the amount of light in which underexposure and overexposure are mitigated.
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