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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Applicant:
Paul Varillon, Grenoble, FR;
Inventor:
Paul Varillon, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Grenoble2) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); G03B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a circuit for controlling a dynamic image sensor defining, for each image, several successive time intervals of exposure of photodiode cells, starting from successive decreasing reset levels, wherein the time intervals of exposure of the image respect a homogeneous distribution of the amount of cells in ranges of brightness levels.