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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Smartsens Technology (Hk) Co., Ltd, Kwun Tong Kowloon, HK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SmartSens Technology (HK) Co., Ltd., Kwun Tong Kowloon, HK;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/585 (2023.01); H04N 25/621 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/585 (2023.01); H04N 25/621 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CMOS image sensor with an imaging array of pixels containing selected pixels wherein illumination is blocked and light scattered from an adjacent pixel is collected. The signal from the selected pixels is resilient against saturation and thereby contributes to increased dynamic range of the imaging signal. The image sensor may be incorporated within a digital camera.