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Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2010
Applicant:

Xiaodong Luo, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Xiaodong Luo, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

OMINIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/01 (2006.01); H04N 5/343 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/343 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image sensor system and associated method supporting multiple video output standards, such as NTSC and PAL, including a pixel array corresponding in size to the frame size having a smaller line number of the video standards, is described. System and method for resolving discrepancies between standards includes multiple crystal oscillators or frequency synthesis to derive a dot clock, and a standard-specific pixel read-out scheme that provides additional lines when outputting according to the frame size having a larger line number of the video standards. In an embodiment, additional line video data is derived by duplicating a line of image data, and in an alternative embodiment additional line video data is derived by digital vertical interpolation.


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