Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor with expanding dynamic range
- Patent Title (中): 具有动态范围扩大的图像传感器
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Application No.: US11577850Application Date: 2004-12-23
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Publication No.: US07667172B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Yong-hwan Kim
- Applicant: Yong-hwan Kim
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Mtekvision Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Mtekvision Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2004-0087357 20041029
- International Application: PCT/KR2004/002418 WO 20041223
- International Announcement: WO2006/046792 WO 20060504
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146

Abstract:
A conventional image sensor has a narrow dynamic range, so that the conventional image sensor has the limitation of not representing very dark portions or very bright portions depending on the exposure time when representing an image having such dark and bright portions. The present invention provides an image sensor including at least two storage units for respectively storing at least two image signals; a first switch unit for performing switching applied image signals to be respectively stored in the at least two storage units; and a second switch unit respectively connected to the at least two storage units and for equalizing the image signals stored in the at least two storage units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090127434A1 IMAGE SENSOR WITH EXPANDING DYNAMIC RANGE Public/Granted day:2009-05-21
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