Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensors with dynamic pixel binning
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Application No.: US15264465Application Date: 2016-09-13
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Publication No.: US10313610B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Zhengming Fu , Soo Youn Kim , Jan Christian Huber
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
- Main IPC: H04N5/347
- IPC: H04N5/347 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N5/355

Abstract:
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for dynamic pixel binning are presented. In one example, an image sensor system includes a plurality of sensor elements; a plurality of floating diffusion regions in communication with the plurality of sensor elements, each floating diffusion region of the plurality of floating diffusion regions configured to be selectively enabled; and at least one comparison circuit coupled to at least two floating diffusion regions of the plurality of floating diffusion regions, the comparison circuit configured to: receive input signals from the two floating diffusion regions, compare the input signals, and output a comparison signal based on the comparison of the input signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170302866A1 IMAGE SENSORS WITH DYNAMIC PIXEL BINNING Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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