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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Roger Panicacci, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 40/14 (2006.01); H03K 17/78 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 3/155 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device that stores charge from a photosensor under at least one storage gate. A driver used to operate the at least one storage gate, senses how much charge was transferred to the storage gate. The sensed charge is used to obtain at least one signature of the image scene. The at least one signature may then be used for processing such as e.g., motion detection, auto-exposure, and auto-white balancing.