Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMOS image sensors having grid array exposure control
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Application No.: US14950050Application Date: 2015-11-24
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Publication No.: US09848137B2Publication Date: 2017-12-19
- Inventor: Uzi Hizi , Nathan Henri Levy , Mickey Bahar
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-Do
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-Do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array and a plurality of control circuits. The pixel array includes a plurality of sub-arrays arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, each of the plurality of sub-arrays including a plurality of pixels. The plurality of control circuits are coupled to the pixel array, and configured to control exposure of the plurality of sub-arrays. At least a first of the plurality of control circuits is configured to control exposure of a first of the plurality of sub-arrays according to a first set of exposure times. At least a second of the plurality of control circuits is configured to control exposure of a second of the plurality of sub-arrays according to a second set of exposure times. The first set of exposure times is different from the second set of exposure times.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170150076A1 CMOS IMAGE SENSORS HAVING GRID ARRAY EXPOSURE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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