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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Caeleste Cvba, Mechelen, BE;
Inventor:
Bart Dierickx, Edegem, BE;
Assignee:
CAELESTE CVBA, Mechelen, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/95 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/767 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/616 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/95 (2023.01); H04N 25/767 (2023.01); H04N 25/7795 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/616 (2023.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image sensor with quasi-global shutter function and a method of operating the same. A row control unit of the image sensor is configured to determine exceptional pixel rows for which a pre-scheduled global exposure control pulse would fully or partially coincide with a sequentially applied readout control pulse that is selecting a number of pixel rows of the pixel array to be read out. The pre-scheduled global exposure control pulse is applied simultaneously to all but the exceptional pixel rows and delayed and/or advanced versions of the exposure control pulse are applied to the exceptional pixel rows.