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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:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Harvest Imaging Bvba, Bree, BE;
Inventor:
Albert Theuwissen, Bree, BE;
Assignee:
Harvest Imaging BVBA, , BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/50 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/3572 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, the plurality of pixels comprising: image pixels arranged for providing image data, and shading detection pixels arranged for providing signals from which a degree of shading can be derived, wherein the shading detection pixels are located in substantially the same area as defined by the image pixels.