Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting quantities beyond sensor saturation
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Application No.: US15072129Application Date: 2016-03-16
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Publication No.: US09838628B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Kazunori Tanaka
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION , Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo US CA Culver City
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION,SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION,SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo US CA Culver City
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/372 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
Capturing an image including: receiving an exposure time for an image sensor; measuring time to saturation for each sensel of a plurality of sensels of the image sensor; and calculating a number of electrons that would have been collected by each sensel with unlimited storage capacity using the time to saturation, the exposure time, and an electron collection capacity of a storage unit of each sensel. Key words include sensor saturation and high-dynamic range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170272672A1 DETECTING QUANTITIES BEYOND SENSOR SATURATION Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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