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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Carl Dennis, Edinburgh, GB;
Gilles Dufaure DE Lajarte, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Carl Dennis, Edinburgh, GB;
Gilles Dufaure De Lajarte, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Ltd., Marlow-Buckinghamshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensor may have a pixel array and an imaging lens for forming an image on the pixel array. The sensor may also include a pixel readout unit for enabling individual pixel values to be readout. The sensor may further include a pixel selection unit wherein at least one pixel sub-array is selected according to the pixel values readout and the at least one sub-array is used for reading the image.