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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Kwang-bo Cho, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Igor Subbotin, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Michael Kaplinsky, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Sandor L. Barna, Pasadena, CA (US);
Gary E. Slayton, Pear Blossom, CA (US);
Kwang-Bo Cho, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Igor Subbotin, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Michael Kaplinsky, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Sandor L. Barna, Pasadena, CA (US);
Gary E. Slayton, Pear Blossom, CA (US);
Aptina Imaging Corporation, George Town, KY;
Abstract
The invention provides a new method and apparatus for NTSC and PAL image sensors which employs fusion of adjacent row pixel charge samples to generate image data for a row. A variety of fusion schemes are possible for fusing the pixel signals from the adjacent rows. The rows of pixels are scanned so that each scan takes an odd row signal sample and, in some cases, an adjacent even row signal sample when specified conditions are met. One sampled row of the two adjacent rows integrate an image with a first integration period while the other adjacent row integrates an image with a second integration period.