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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Aditya J. Angal, Lexington, KY (US);
Mahesan Chelvayohan, Lexington, KY (US);
Patrick L. Kroger, Versailles, KY (US);
Aditya J. Angal, Lexington, KY (US);
Mahesan Chelvayohan, Lexington, KY (US);
Patrick L. Kroger, Versailles, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An image sensor has two or three rows of imaging elements, all the imaging elements being of the same size. This provides the rows with a native resolution. The image sensor is also provided with three shift registers. First and second shift register elements receive information from respective corresponding imaging element in a first and second row of imagining elements while shift register elements of the third shift register receive information from four imaging elements. The four imaging elements form a super-pixel, allowing the sensor to output information in a low resolution mode, as well a native and a high resolution mode.