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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2023
Applicant:
Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan, TW;
Inventors:
Po-Chang Chen, Tainan, TW;
Dong-Long Lin, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/767 (2023.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H04N 25/131 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/767 (2023.01); H01L 21/76816 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14881 (2013.01); H04N 25/131 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01);
Abstract
A binning system includes a red-green-blue-infrared (RGB-IR) image sensor including at least one pixel group composed of 2×2 sub-groups, each having 2×2 pixels including two green pixels, one infrared pixels and one red or blue pixel, the 2×2 sub-groups being arranged such that the pixel group is half green, one quarter infrared, one eighth red and one eighth blue; and a digital binning device that performs pixel binning on at least one addend pixel to result in a binned pixel. The binned pixel and the at least one addend pixel are located in a same pixel group.