Imager methods, apparatuses, and systems providing a skip mode with a wide dynamic range operation
US7956914B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 7, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/78
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems provide a high dynamic range mode of operation for an image sensor when operating in a skip mode where certain pixels of an array are not readout. Multiple integration periods are employed in the skip mode with selected pixels being readout through circuits associated with pixels that are not readout.
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