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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ashirwad Bahukhandi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy J. Bales, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reading a pixel value from an image sensor housed with a set of components includes determining a current state of the set of components; adjusting, at least partly responsive to the current state of the set of components, a correlated double sampling (CDS) time; and performing, in accordance with the adjusted CDS time, a CDS readout of at least one pixel in a pixel array of the image sensor.