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Patent No.:

US 8462220 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013

Filed:

May. 09, 2007
Applicants:

Sandor L. Barna, Pasadena, CA (US);

Scott P. Campbell, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Gennady Agranov, Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Sandor L. Barna, Pasadena, CA (US);

Scott P. Campbell, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Gennady Agranov, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Aptina Imaging Corporation, George Town, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatuses processing pixel values from a captured image include receiving an array of digital pixel values corresponding to a captured image, and computing a rolling sum of the array of pixel values. Computing a rolling sum includes selecting successive groupings of the pixel values, each grouping comprising N×M pixel values, summing pixel values in each of the successive groupings, and forming an output image using the summed pixel values.


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