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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Albert Theuwissen, Bree, BE;
Inventor:
Albert Theuwissen, Bree, BE;
Assignee:
Harvest Imaging BVBA, , BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor () comprises a plurality of image pixels (R, G, B) and a plurality of focus-pixels (F), each focus-pixel comprising a light shield () for partly shielding the focus-pixel from incident light so as to obtain a focus-related signal in a first mode of operation. The image sensor further comprises additional circuitry for processing the focus-related signal, which additional circuitry is conveniently located underneath the light shields. The additional circuitry may be adapted for accumulating the charge of two focus-pixels (F, F), e.g. by charge binning, and for providing the accumulated charge in a second mode of operation.