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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Malone, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chiajen Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher G. Zeleznik, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2357 (2013.01); H04N 5/359 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes an imaging area and one or more flicker detection regions. The imaging area includes pixels that capture one or more images. Each flicker detection region includes pixels that are sampled multiple times while an image is being captured. The samples can be analyzed to detect flicker in the scene being imaged.