WO2001010110A3 - Image-sensor architecture for per-pixel charge-integration control - Google Patents

Image-sensor architecture for per-pixel charge-integration control Download PDF

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WO2001010110A3
WO2001010110A3 PCT/IL2000/000438 IL0000438W WO0110110A3 WO 2001010110 A3 WO2001010110 A3 WO 2001010110A3 IL 0000438 W IL0000438 W IL 0000438W WO 0110110 A3 WO0110110 A3 WO 0110110A3
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Moshe Stark
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/53—Control of the integration time
    • H04N25/533—Control of the integration time by using differing integration times for different sensor regions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
    • H04N25/58—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures
    • H04N25/581—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired simultaneously
    • H04N25/583—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired simultaneously with different integration times

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A sensor array (10) that produces a captured image at the end of a time frame. The array (10) includes a plurality of unit cells (12) which sense the image with multiple within-frame charge-integrations, and control means (14/16/18) which separately controls each of the unit cells (12). The unit cells (12) are programmable multiple charge-integration unit cells (12) with modes of photocurrent integration and non-integration. The control means (14/16718) includes means for separately controlling multiple charge-integrations in a single frame capture of each unit cell (12), independently of the charge-integrations of the other unit cells (12).
PCT/IL2000/000438 1999-07-29 2000-07-24 Image-sensor architecture for per-pixel charge-integration control Ceased WO2001010110A2 (en)

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JP2001513879A JP2003527775A (en) 1999-07-29 2000-07-24 Image sensor structure for pixel-based charge integration control
AU63119/00A AU6311900A (en) 1999-07-29 2000-07-24 Image-sensor architecture for per-pixel charge-integration control
EP00949865A EP1574036A2 (en) 1999-07-29 2000-07-24 Image-sensor architecture for per-pixel charge-integration control

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