GB2401000B - Image sensors with multiple integration/read cycles - Google Patents

Image sensors with multiple integration/read cycles

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Publication number
GB2401000B
GB2401000B GB0416246A GB0416246A GB2401000B GB 2401000 B GB2401000 B GB 2401000B GB 0416246 A GB0416246 A GB 0416246A GB 0416246 A GB0416246 A GB 0416246A GB 2401000 B GB2401000 B GB 2401000B
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Prior art keywords
image sensors
read cycles
multiple integration
integration
cycles
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0416246A
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GB0416246D0 (en
GB2401000A (en
Inventor
Jonathan Ephriam David Hurwitz
Peter Brian Denyer
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STMicroelectronics Ltd Great Britain
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STMicroelectronics Ltd Great Britain
SGS Thomson Microelectronics Ltd
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Publication of GB2401000A publication Critical patent/GB2401000A/en
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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
    • H04N25/57—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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N25/616—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise involving a correlated sampling function, e.g. correlated double sampling [CDS] or triple sampling
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
GB0416246A 2000-06-28 2001-06-27 Image sensors with multiple integration/read cycles Expired - Fee Related GB2401000B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB0015685.1A GB0015685D0 (en) 2000-06-28 2000-06-28 Image sensors with multiple integration read cycle
GB0115632A GB2365650B (en) 2000-06-28 2001-06-27 Image sensors with multiple integration/read cycles

Publications (3)

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GB0416246D0 GB0416246D0 (en) 2004-08-25
GB2401000A GB2401000A (en) 2004-10-27
GB2401000B true GB2401000B (en) 2005-02-23

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN110720211A (en) * 2017-06-23 2020-01-21 高通股份有限公司 Capturing both short-exposure data and long-exposure data using the same pixel for HDR images and video

Citations (4)

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US4460836A (en) * 1979-09-05 1984-07-17 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Device using signal integration and storing type image sensing means
JPH04114571A (en) * 1990-09-05 1992-04-15 Canon Inc Solid state image pickup device
GB2317522A (en) * 1996-09-12 1998-03-25 Vsli Vision Limited Low noise operation of an image sensor
GB2318473A (en) * 1996-10-17 1998-04-22 Sony Corp Cancelling fixed pattern noises in solid state camera output video signal

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4460836A (en) * 1979-09-05 1984-07-17 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Device using signal integration and storing type image sensing means
JPH04114571A (en) * 1990-09-05 1992-04-15 Canon Inc Solid state image pickup device
GB2317522A (en) * 1996-09-12 1998-03-25 Vsli Vision Limited Low noise operation of an image sensor
GB2318473A (en) * 1996-10-17 1998-04-22 Sony Corp Cancelling fixed pattern noises in solid state camera output video signal

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN110720211A (en) * 2017-06-23 2020-01-21 高通股份有限公司 Capturing both short-exposure data and long-exposure data using the same pixel for HDR images and video

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