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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Guy Gilboa, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
David Cohen, Nesher, IL;
Giora Yahav, Haifa, IL;
Eli Larry, Beit She'an, IL;
Shlomo Felzenshtein, Nesher, IL;
Guy Gilboa, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
David Cohen, Nesher, IL;
Giora Yahav, Haifa, IL;
Eli Larry, Beit She'an, IL;
Shlomo Felzenshtein, Nesher, IL;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a time of flight 3D camera comprising a photosensor having a plurality of pixels that generate and accumulate photoelectrons responsive to incident light, which photosensor is tiled into a plurality of super pixels, each partitioned into a plurality of pixel groups and a controller that provides a measure of an amount of light incident on a super pixel responsive to quantities of photoelectrons from pixel groups in the super pixel that do not saturate a readout pixel comprised in the photosensor.