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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Silicon Optronics, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Xinping He, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Optronics, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/3535 (2013.01); H04N 5/355 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high dynamic range CMOS image sensor is disclosed. The pixels of the image sensor incorporate in-pixel memory. Further, the pixels may have varying integration periods. The integration periods are determined, in part, by the signal stored in the in-pixel memory from previous integration periods.