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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Pixart Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventor:
Wooi Kip Lim, Penang, MY;
Assignee:
PixArt Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14681 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method applied to a BJT pixel of an image sensor apparatus includes: obtaining at least one of a surface quality signal of a first image sensed by the BJT pixel and a shutter turn-on time corresponding to the first image; and adaptively adjusting a pre-flash time of the BJT pixel for sensing of a second image according to the at least one of the surface quality signal of the first image and the shutter turn-on time corresponding to the first image; wherein the second image follows the first image.