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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack Heller, Mesa, AZ (US);
James Breisch, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 ; H04N 5/217 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 ; H04N 5/217 ;
Abstract
What is disclosed is a single integrated circuit having an image sensor for outputting signals representative of input light; a programmable non-volatile memory for storing defective pixel location information; a controller unit for interfacing with the programmable non-volatile memory and accessing the defective pixel location information; and a input/output port for communicating with control and post-processing circuitry.