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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;
Jeffrey M. Raynor, Edinburgh, GB;
STMicroelectronics International N.V., Geneva, CH;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a method for capturing an image frame using a pixel array of an image sensor is provided. The method includes sequentially resetting each pixel row of the pixel array; sequentially reading out each pixel row of a first subset of pixel rows during a readout phase such that an integration time for each pixel of the first subset of pixel rows is equal to a fixed integration time; and globally resetting pixels of the pixel array in response to detecting that an ambient light level exceeds a threshold level, the globally resetting of the pixels occurring before a reading out of a second subset of pixel rows, each pixel row in the second subset of pixel rows having a variable integration time less than the fixed integration time and starting from the globally resetting of the pixels.