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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Smartsens Technology (Hk) Co., Limited, Kowloon, HK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SMARTSENS TECHNOLOGY (HK) CO., LIMITED, Hong Kong, HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/44 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/46 (2023.01); H04N 25/531 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/12 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/44 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/46 (2023.01); H04N 25/531 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H10F 39/199 (2025.01); H10F 39/8033 (2025.01); H10F 39/813 (2025.01); H10F 39/014 (2025.01); H10F 39/182 (2025.01); H10F 39/802 (2025.01); H10F 39/811 (2025.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a pixel and a method thereof. The imaging device comprises: a pixel array, which comprises multiple pixels arranged in rows and columns, wherein at least one pixel comprises multiple subpixels, and the multiple subpixels share one floating diffusion region; and a control circuit, which controls the pixel array; wherein the control circuit reads the multiple subpixels one by one under the rolling shutter state, and reads the multiple subpixels simultaneously under the global shutter state.