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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Alan Levine, West Windsor, NJ (US);
John Robertson Tower, Yardley, PA (US);
Nathaniel Joseph McCaffrey, Delaware Township, NJ (US);
Francis Paul Pantuso, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/15 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/15 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for low light imaging in which a plurality of relatively small detectors forming a line is coupled to a respective cell of a CCD register. A charge indicative of detected image information is provided to the respective cells after the cells are substantially discharged via a drain. The register is read by a control element to define therefrom a row of pixel information.