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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2005
Applicant:
John T. Compton, LeRoy, NY (US);
Inventor:
John T. Compton, LeRoy, NY (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for reading out pixel values for a two dimensional array, the method includes the steps of periodically combining at least two pixel values of a same first color in a first dimension of the two dimensional array; reading out the combined pixel values of the first color; and reading out pixels of a second color in the first dimension of the two dimensional array.