Television – Camera – system and detail – Solid-state image sensor
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-04
2006-07-04
Yu, Ngoc-Yen (Department: 2615)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Solid-state image sensor
C250S208100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07071982
ABSTRACT:
An imaging architecture is provided employing CMOS imaging sensors. The imaging architecture utilizes time domain sampling techniques to extract image data from a photodiode (PD) pixel array. The CMOS imaging architecture associates time index values with firing of CMOS imaging sensors in response to a capture of an image. The time index values correspond to the brightness of the illumination received by the CMOS imaging sensor. The time index value associated with the firing of the CMOS imaging sensor can be stored and employed in reconstruction of the image. The imaging architecture includes systems and methods for reading and compressing imaging data extracted from the PD pixel array.
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