Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range
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Application No.: US17087305Application Date: 2020-11-02
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Publication No.: US11496699B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Nikolai E. Bock
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/243 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/378
Abstract:
The dynamic range of a pixel is increased by using selective photosensor resets during a frame time of image capture at a timing depending on the light intensity that the pixel will be exposed to during the frame time. Pixels that will be exposed to high light intensity are reset later in the frame than pixels that will be exposed to lower light intensity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210051281A1 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM PROVIDING AN IMAGER WITH PIXELS HAVING EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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