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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1997
Richard Billings Merrill, Woodside, CA (US);
Albert Bergemont, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Min-hwa Chi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Foveonics, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An active pixel image cell which includes a photosensor, active devices for control of the sensor and readout of a signal representing the intensity of light to which the sensor is exposed, and a neuron MOSFET transistor which 'both amplifies the signal from the photosensor and' simulates the behavior of a human neuron. An integrated neural network and imaging array may be formed by interconnecting a group of such pixels. Digital signal processing algorithms used for image processing may be implemented at the pixel level by appropriate interconnections between the output signals from the photosensor of surrounding pixels and the neuron MOSFET.