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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Applicants:
Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) Sas, Grenoble, FR;
Stmicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
STMicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FR;
STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2357 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/35581 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, where each of the plurality of pixels includes a photodiode. The image sensor is configured to capture images of a scene exposed with a flickering light source by for each of the plurality of pixels, acquiring a value representative of a light level at a corresponding pixel by gradually varying a value of sensitivity of the corresponding pixel.