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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Dongsoo Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor may include an array of image pixels arranged according to a predetermined pattern. A 3-by-3 pixel sub-sampling method is provided that supports a high-speed sub-resolution video mode. The 3-by-3 sub-sampling method may involve organizing the image pixel array into groups, each of which contains a 3-by-3 array of nine pixels. Image pixels at the four corners of each group may be sampled and combined to form a final output. Final outputs produced from each group may form a sub-sampled array that is used by the sub-resolution video mode.