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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Inventors:
Matthew Powell, San Diego, CA (US);
Jinwen Xiao, San Diego, CA (US);
Scott D Willingham, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); H04N 9/0455 (2018.08);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels, a color filter array comprising a plurality of color filter clusters overlying the pixel array, and readout circuitry configured to concurrently provide the pixels sharing the common filter cluster and having a first exposure time to a readout line for digital data conversion. Each of the color filter clusters includes a group of same color filters, and pixels sharing a common color filter cluster have different exposure times.