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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Herbert J. Erhardt, Webster, NY (US);
David N. Nichols, Fairport, NY (US);
Herbert J. Erhardt, Webster, NY (US);
David N. Nichols, Fairport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a plurality of photosensitive sites which convert incident light into a charge for forming a bounded array of active imaging pixels; one or more substitutional pixels sites arranged in predetermined locations and interspersed amongst the boundary of the array of active imaging pixels; wherein the substitutional pixels are of a different design from the active imaging pixels which provides data, information or function different from the active pixels for improving performance, operation, manufacture, and/or assembly of the image sensor.