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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Matsunaga, Kyoto, JP;
Keiji Mabuchi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lindsay Grant, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
Abstract
In a case where a photodiode is in a saturated state, the photodiode can be transited from the saturated state to an unsaturated state during a period when a knee pulse is supplied from a knee pulse supplying unit. The knee pulse supplying unit preferably supplies the knee pulse a plurality of times during one frame period.