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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:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Smartsens Technology (Hk) Co., Ltd, Kwun Tong Kowloon, HK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SmartSens Technology (HK) Co., Ltd., Kwun Tong Kowloon, HK;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01);
Abstract
A CMOS image sensor with an imaging array of pixels containing selected pixels wherein illumination from a normal image is received by one set of pixels and illumination from an LED light source is received by another. The readout method serially separates the normal image signal from the LED light sourced signal. The signal from the selected pixels is resilient against saturation and thereby contributes to increased HDR. The image sensor array and readout method may be incorporated within a digital camera.