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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Applicants:
Mark Clifford Wilson, Nutcher's Drove, GB;
Peter Michael Thorne, Romsey, GB;
Inventors:
Mark Clifford Wilson, Nutcher's Drove, GB;
Peter Michael Thorne, Romsey, GB;
Assignee:
SELEX ES LTD, Essex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H04N 3/155 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of reducing undesirable image artifacts such as image tear and image smearing are described. The system can include a series of pixels and enhanced sensitivity circuits. The circuit can be configured so as to operate in an enhanced sensitivity mode having a combination of sample and hold circuits and binning functions, the combination acting so as to reduce the undesirable imaging artifacts.