Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor with flexible pixel summing
- Patent Title (中): 具有灵活像素求和的图像传感器
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Application No.: US13830748Application Date: 2013-03-14
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Publication No.: US09319611B2Publication Date: 2016-04-19
- Inventor: Xiaofeng Fan
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/347 ; H04N5/355

Abstract:
An image sensor can include pixels that are grouped into subsets of pixels, with each subset including three or more pixels. A method for asymmetrical high dynamic range imaging can include capturing an image of a subject scene using a single integration time for all of the pixels. In a subset of pixels, charge in N pixels is read out and summed together. N represents a number that is between two and one less than a total number of pixels in the subset. Un-summed charge is read out from one pixel in the subset. The un-summed charge and the summed charge are combined when producing a high dynamic range image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140263951A1 IMAGE SENSOR WITH FLEXIBLE PIXEL SUMMING Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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