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US09438827B2 Imaging systems and methods for generating binned high-dynamic-range images
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用于生成叠加的高动态范围图像的成像系统和方法
- Patent Title: Imaging systems and methods for generating binned high-dynamic-range images
- Patent Title (中): 用于生成叠加的高动态范围图像的成像系统和方法
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Application No.: US14459213Application Date: 2014-08-13
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Publication No.: US09438827B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Huai Dong Li
- Applicant: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: H04N5/347
- IPC: H04N5/347 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/353 ; G06T5/50

Abstract:
Electronic devices may include image sensors that capture interleaved images having rows of long-exposure pixel values interleaved with rows of short-exposure pixel values. Processing circuitry in the electronic device may (spatially) partition the interleaved images into multiple bins. The processing circuitry may generate a weighted long-exposure pixel value for each bin and a weighted short-exposure pixel value for each bin. The weighted long and short exposure values in each bin may be combined to generate a binned high-dynamic-range (HDR) pixel value for that bin. The processing circuitry may output a binned HDR image formed from the binned HDR pixel values to additional circuitry such as video processing circuitry for performing additional image processing operations. If desired, the image sensor and processing circuitry may be combined into an integrated structure that generates a single binned HDR pixel value and multiple integrated structures may be used.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150062368A1 IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BINNED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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