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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Amir Nevet, Haifa, IL;
Erez Tadmor, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/77 (2006.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 9/11 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/372 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/77 (2013.01); H01L 27/1469 (2013.01); H01L 27/14647 (2013.01); H04N 3/1556 (2013.01); H04N 5/3454 (2013.01); H04N 5/372 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 9/11 (2013.01); H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); H04N 13/0203 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2012 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0077 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2209/042 (2013.01); H04N 2213/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a spectral imager for imaging a scene comprising a semiconductor photosensor comprising light sensitive pixels and a power source that applies voltage to the photosensor to control responsivity of the pixels to light incident on the pixels in different wavelengths bands of light.