Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for flicker DC offset detection and correction
- Patent Title (中): 闪烁DC偏移检测和校正的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11998525Application Date: 2007-11-30
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Publication No.: US07825959B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Yann Desprez-le-Goarant , Lookah Chua
- Applicant: Yann Desprez-le-Goarant , Lookah Chua
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agent Lisa K. Jorgenson; William A. Munck
- Main IPC: H04N9/73
- IPC: H04N9/73

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method for detecting flicker DC voltage offset. The method includes receiving an output signal of an image sensor, the output signal comprising a reference signal and an image signal, and generating a combined signal by combining the image signal with a peak flicker DC voltage signal during a first time period. The method also includes performing an auto zero function in an auto zeroing comparator during the first time period between the reference signal and the combined signal and comparing the reference signal and the image signal with the auto zeroing comparator during a second time period subsequent to the first time period. The method further include storing a first charge corresponding to the image signal during a second time period and storing a second charge corresponding to a current peak flicker DC voltage signal. The method also includes comparing the image signal to the current peak flicker DC voltage signal, and producing the greater of the image signal and the stored peak flicker DC voltage signal as the peak flicker DC voltage signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080143852A1 System and method for flicker DC offset detection and correction Public/Granted day:2008-06-19
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