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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:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); G01C 3/08 (2013.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H01L 27/148 (2013.01); H04N 5/335 (2013.01); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 13/02 (2013.01); H04N 13/0203 (2013.01); H04N 13/0296 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a camera comprising a photosurface having a substrate comprising photopixels and associated storage pixels and a controller that controls the photosurface to image a scene by maintaining a bias between the photopixels and their respective storage pixels at all times during an exposure period of the photosurface so that photocharge, substantially upon its generation in a photopixel by light from the scene incident on the photopixel moves towards the photopixel's storage pixel.