Television – Camera – system and detail – Solid-state image sensor
Patent
1996-11-07
2000-09-05
Garber, Wendy
Television
Camera, system and detail
Solid-state image sensor
348362, H04N 314, G03B 700
Patent
active
061150657
ABSTRACT:
Designs and operational methods to increase the dynamic range of image sensors and APS devices in particular by achieving more than one integration times for each pixel thereof. An APS system with more than one column-parallel signal chains for readout are described for maintaining a high frame rate in readout. Each active pixel is sampled for multiple times during a single frame readout, thus resulting in multiple integration times. The operation methods can also be used to obtain multiple integration times for each pixel with an APS design having a single column-parallel signal chain for readout. Furthermore, analog-to-digital conversion of high speed and high resolution can be implemented.
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Fossum Eric R.
Yadid-Pecht Orly
California Institute of Technology
Garber Wendy
Harrington Alicia M.
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