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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1998
Frank Armstrong, Rochester, NY (US);
Mark Grabosky, Fairport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of reading out a CCD interline image sensor having M lines×N columns of photosites, N vertical shift registers corresponding to the N columns of photosites, and a horizontal shift register, comprising the steps of: exposing the sensor to a first exposure such that all the M lines of photosites are exposed; transferring a subset of the M lines of photosites from the exposed lines of photosites to the N vertical shift registers; serially shifting each line of data from the N vertical shift registers to the horizontal shift register and reading out the horizontal shift register until all of the lines of data have been read out except for a second subset of the M lines; exposing the sensor to a second exposure such that the second subset of the M lines of photosites have remained in the sensor; and transferring the data from the exposed lines of photosites of the second exposure to the N vertical shift registers, except for the second subset of the M lines, thereby increasing the frame rate of the sensor.