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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Michael Frank, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Frank, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/35554 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 5/3532 (2013.01); H04N 5/35536 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of generating a high dynamic range image. A single reset of an image sensor may be executed followed by two or more reads of the sensor to retrieve data. These reads of the image sensor may be done prior to a subsequent reset of the sensor. These reads may also be accomplished at predetermined times relative to one another. Data read out during these scans may be deinterleaved by an image signal processor and combined into a high dynamic range image.