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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:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Nixon O, Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Nixon O, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Dalsa, Inc., Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes a first step followed by a second step. The first step includes transferring photo charges in a delay register into a first readout register, transferring photo charges in a first storage register into the delay register, and transferring photo charges in a second storage register into a second readout register. The second step includes collecting photo charges in the first storage register, collecting photo charges in the second storage register, shifting photo charges in the first readout register toward a first output, and shifting photo charges in the second readout register toward a second output.