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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2005
Tung-tsai Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-chun Fan, Waipu Township, Taichung County, TW;
Li-ming Chen, Keelung, TW;
Chia-kang Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Tsai Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-Chun Fan, Waipu Township, Taichung County, TW;
Li-Ming Chen, Keelung, TW;
Chia-Kang Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An exposure control system and method for an image sensor, which includes an image sensor, an illuminator, a controller and a light separator. The image sensor has plural photosensitive pixels in a two-dimensional matrix arrangement. When an exposure is operated in a sub-region of the plural photosensitive pixels, the illuminator produces a flashlight as a light source for exposure. The light separator eliminates light except the flashlight. The controller sequentially activates each row of pixels in the sub-region, and when each row of pixels is in an exposure state, the controller drives the illuminator to produce the flashlight.