Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-17
2009-06-09
Ye, Lin (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
C348S243000, C348S245000, C348S302000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07545418
ABSTRACT:
An image sensor device is provided that has an uncovered imaging array of pixels and a covered global reference non-imaging array of pixels. The pixel samples of the global reference non-imaging array are used to remove noise from the pixel samples of the imaging array. The control signals and control lines that are used to sample the pixels of the imaging array are separate from and independent of the control signals and control lines that are used to sample the pixels of the global reference non-imaging array of pixels. For each row of pixels of the imaging array that is sampled, the same row of pixels of the global reference non-imaging array is sampled. The global reference row has no or very few offsets or variations to ensure that noise removal is performed effectively.
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Beck Jeffery Steven
Lim Yan Ping
Mentzer Ray Alan
Camargo Marly
Ratner & Prestia
Ye Lin
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