Sampling and readout of an image sensor having a sparse color filter array pattern
    41.
    发明授权
    Sampling and readout of an image sensor having a sparse color filter array pattern 有权
    具有稀疏滤色器阵列图案的图像传感器的采样和读出

    公开(公告)号:US07999870B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-16

    申请号:US12024743

    申请日:2008-02-01

    IPC分类号: H04N3/14 H04N5/335 H04N9/04

    摘要: A CMOS image sensor or other type of image sensor comprises an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns, with the columns being separated into groups each comprising two or more columns that share a common output. The image sensor further comprises sampling and readout circuitry that includes, for each group of columns in the pixel array, a corresponding set of two or more column circuits. The sampling and readout circuitry is configured to sample the common output for each group of columns independently into one of the column circuits associated with that group, and to read out the common output for each group of columns as previously sampled into another of the column circuits associated with that group. The image sensor may be implemented in a digital camera or other type of image capture device.

    摘要翻译: CMOS图像传感器或其他类型的图像传感器包括排列成行和列的像素阵列,其中列被分成组,每组包含两个或更多个共享公共输出的列。 图像传感器还包括采样和读出电路,对于像素阵列中的每组列,包括两组或多列列电路的相应组。 采样和读出电路被配置为将每组列的公共输出独立地采样到与该组相关联的列电路之一,并且读出每组列的公共输出,如先前采样到另一列列电路 与该组相关联。 图像传感器可以在数字照相机或其他类型的图像捕获装置中实现。

    Reduced power consumption in OLED display system
    42.
    发明授权
    Reduced power consumption in OLED display system 有权
    降低OLED显示系统的功耗

    公开(公告)号:US08269798B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-18

    申请号:US11779417

    申请日:2007-07-18

    IPC分类号: G09G3/30

    摘要: A method of controlling a passive matrix display having rows and columns of pixels including receiving an input image signal; determining drive signals for at least a first image field and a second image field; calculating a value that is correlated to a change in the total capacitive charge of the pixels that will occur between the display of the first image field and the second image field for at least one column of the passive-matrix, electro-luminescent display; adjusting at least one of the drive signals within first or second image fields to compensate for the change in total capacitive charge; and providing adjusted drive signals for each pixel.

    摘要翻译: 一种控制具有行和列的像素的无源矩阵显示器的方法,包括接收输入图像信号; 确定用于至少第一图像场和第二图像场的驱动信号; 计算与所述无源矩阵电致发光显示器的至少一列在所述第一图像场和所述第二图像场的显示之间将出现的像素的总电容电荷的变化相关的值; 调整第一或第二图像场中的至少一个驱动信号以补偿总容性电荷的变化; 并为每个像素提供调整的驱动信号。

    Image sensor with improved light sensitivity
    43.
    发明授权
    Image sensor with improved light sensitivity 有权
    具有改善光敏度的图像传感器

    公开(公告)号:US08194296B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-05

    申请号:US13044840

    申请日:2011-03-10

    CPC分类号: H04N5/335 H04N9/045

    摘要: A system for capturing a color image, includes a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels, pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and the first group of pixels has individual pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors; the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defining a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least twelve pixels, and a plurality of non-overlapping cells wherein each cell has at least two pixels representing a specific color selected from the first group of pixels and a plurality of pixels selected from the second group of pixels; a structure for combining pixels of like color from at least two of the plurality of cells within the minimal repeating unit.

    摘要翻译: 用于捕获彩色图像的系统包括具有第一和第二组像素的二维阵列,来自第一组像素的像素具有比来自第二组像素的像素更窄的光谱光响应,并且第一组像素具有各自的像素 具有对应于一组至少两种颜色的光谱反应; 限定具有包括至少十二个像素的最小重复单元的图案的第一和第二组像素的放置以及多个非重叠单元,其中每个单元具有表示从第一组中选择的特定颜色的至少两个像素 的像素和从第二组像素中选择的多个像素; 用于组合最小重复单元中的多个单元中的至少两个的相似颜色的像素的结构。

    Tiled passive matrix electro-luminescent display
    44.
    发明授权
    Tiled passive matrix electro-luminescent display 有权
    平铺无源矩阵电致发光显示

    公开(公告)号:US07995002B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-09

    申请号:US11857634

    申请日:2007-09-19

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00

    摘要: A tiled, passive-matrix, EL display, including two or more EL tiles, each EL tile including an array of rows and columns of light-emitting elements, each light-emitting element being formed from a light-emitting layer that is sandwiched between an orthogonal array of row and column electrodes wherein each of the two or more EL tiles further include at least one row driver; at least one column driver for operating in conjunction with each of the at least one row drivers to control the flow of electrons between the row and column electrodes to control the emission of light from each of the light-emitting elements, with a first exception that when the boundary between the two tiles is to be illuminated, then the number of rows of simultaneously illuminated rows of light-emitting elements within one tile is less than the predetermined number.

    摘要翻译: 包括两个或更多个EL瓦片的平铺无源矩阵EL显示器,每个EL瓦片包括发光元件的行和列的阵列,每个发光元件由夹在中间的发光层形成 行和列电极的正交阵列,其中两个或更多个EL瓦片中的每一个还包括至少一个行驱动器; 至少一个列驱动器,用于与所述至少一个行驱动器中的每个驱动器一起操作,以控制行电极和列电极之间的电子流,以控制来自每个发光元件的光的发射,第一个例外是 当两个瓦片之间的边界被照亮时,一个瓦片内同时发光的发光元件行的行数小于预定数量。

    Multiple component readout of image sensor
    46.
    发明授权
    Multiple component readout of image sensor 有权
    图像传感器的多分量读出

    公开(公告)号:US07855740B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-21

    申请号:US11780523

    申请日:2007-07-20

    摘要: A method for obtaining image data from an image sensor array including the steps of: providing an image sensor array having a first component subset of panchromatic pixels for integrating charge and a second component subset of color pixels for integrating charge; reading pixel charge to produce pixel signals from the first component subset of the panchromatic pixels while exposing the second component subset of color pixels and digitizing and storing the first component subset signals; and reading pixel charge to produce pixel signals from the second component subset of color pixels that were exposed for at least a portion of time during the reading of pixel signals from the first component subset of the panchromatic pixels and digitizing and storing the second component subset signals.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于从图像传感器阵列获取图像数据的方法,包括以下步骤:提供具有用于积分电荷的全色像素的第一分量子集和用于积分电荷的彩色像素的第二分量子集的图像传感器阵列; 读取像素电荷以产生来自全色像素的第一分量子集的像素信号,同时曝光彩色像素的第二分量子集,并数字化和存储第一分量子集信号; 以及读取像素电荷以从在全色像素的第一分量子集读取像素信号期间暴露于至少一部分时间的彩色像素的第二组分子集产生像素信号,并数字化并存储第二组分子集信号 。

    Electronic imaging system with adjusted dark floor correction
    47.
    发明授权
    Electronic imaging system with adjusted dark floor correction 有权
    电子成像系统调整黑板校正

    公开(公告)号:US07330208B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-12

    申请号:US10795465

    申请日:2004-03-08

    IPC分类号: H04N9/64

    CPC分类号: H04N5/361 H04N5/3651

    摘要: An electronic imaging system includes a method for calibrating an image sensor having a array of pixels each used in capturing an image, the method comprising the steps of capturing first dark floor values at a first time from substantially all of the pixels in the array, storing the first dark floor values, capturing second dark floor values at a second time from substantially all of the pixels in the array, using the first and second dark floor values to compute third dark floor values, using the third dark floor values when processing the captured image.

    摘要翻译: 电子成像系统包括用于校准具有每个用于捕获图像的像素阵列的图像传感器的方法,所述方法包括以下步骤:从阵列中的基本上所有像素捕获第一个暗层值,存储 第一暗层值,使用第一和第二暗层值从基本上所有阵列中的所有像素第二次捕获第二暗层值,以便在处理所捕获的第一黑底值时使用第三暗层值 图片。

    Correcting defects in a digital image caused by a pre-existing defect in a pixel of an image sensor
    48.
    发明授权
    Correcting defects in a digital image caused by a pre-existing defect in a pixel of an image sensor 有权
    校正由图像传感器的像素中的预先存在的缺陷引起的数字图像中的缺陷

    公开(公告)号:US06900836B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-31

    申请号:US09788798

    申请日:2001-02-19

    摘要: A method for correcting for defects in a digital image taken by an image sensor when there is a pre-existing defect in at least one pixel of the image sensor which causes a line of pixels in the digital image to have corrupted data, includes the steps of capturing the digital image in the image sensor and reading out such digital image to provide the digital image with the line of pixels in the digital image having corrupted data; computing classifiers based on adjacent non-corrupted pixel data which indicate that there is a horizontal edge or a diagonal edge feature which passes through the defective column; and adaptively replacing the data in the corrupted image pixels by selecting an algorithm which correponds to the edge feature identified by the classifier and using the valid data in the neighboring non-corrupted pixels of the selected edge feature.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于校正图像传感器拍摄的数字图像中的缺陷的方法,所述缺陷在图像传感器的至少一个像素中存在导致数字图像中的像素线具有损坏数据的预先存在的缺陷的步骤包括以下步骤 捕获图像传感器中的数字图像并读出这样的数字图像以向数字图像提供具有损坏数据的数字图像中的像素线; 基于相邻未损坏的像素数据的计算分类器,其指示存在通过缺陷列的水平边缘或对角边缘特征; 并且通过选择与分类器识别的边缘特征相对应并且使用所选边缘特征的相邻未损坏像素中的有效数据的算法来自适应地替换损坏的图像像素中的数据。

    Apparatus and associated method for representing elliptical halftone dots
    50.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and associated method for representing elliptical halftone dots 失效
    用于表示椭圆半色调点的装置和相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US5446558A

    公开(公告)日:1995-08-29

    申请号:US956930

    申请日:1992-10-05

    IPC分类号: H04N1/405 H04N1/40

    CPC分类号: H04N1/4055

    摘要: An apparatus and method are implemented in a halftone printing system utilizing logic blocks that permit a halftone elliptical dot to be represented by an elliptical envelope that is formed from a combination of straight lines that are drawn from tangent points, on the outer periphery of the elliptical dot, through reference axis for the elliptical dot. The intersection points of the tangent lines on the reference axis define the size (density) of the elliptical dot. Storing the intersect points as sets of values for each size elliptical dot provides a unique representation set that is used to reconstruct a selected elliptical dot size for printing a halftone image.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置和方法在利用逻辑块的半色调打印系统中实现,所述逻辑块允许半色调椭圆点由椭圆形包络线表示,该椭圆形包络线由从切点绘制的直线的组合形成,椭圆形 点,通过椭圆点的参考轴。 参考轴上的切线的交点定义椭圆点的大小(密度)。 将交点作为每个尺寸椭圆点的值集合存储提供了一个唯一的表示集合,用于重建用于打印半色调图像的所选椭圆点大小。