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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Boyd Fowler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xinqiao Lin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Boyd Fowler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
XinQiao Lin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Fairchild Imaging, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A camera for forming an image of a scene that moves relative to the camera and the method of forming that image are disclosed. The camera includes an imaging array having a plurality of CMOS pixel sensors having a plurality of columns and rows, an imaging system, and a controller. The imaging system causes a portion of an image of a scene to be projected on the imaging array such that the image of the scene moves across the imaging array in the column direction. First and second images of the scene are formed at first and second times chosen such that the image of the scene moves a predetermined number of rows of the imaging array between the first and second times. The controller combines pixel values from rows in the first image with rows in the second image that are separated by the predetermined number of rows.