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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2015
Applicants:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Pixim, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ping Wah Wong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Thomas R. Ayers, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Pixim, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/363 (2011.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/357 (2013.01); H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); H03M 3/342 (2013.01); H04N 5/363 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image sensing device may include one or more compression modules that compress digitized pixel reset values obtained from light sensing elements. The device may perform a CDS operation in which the compressed reset values are stored, decompressed, and then subtracted from light dependent values obtained from the light sensing elements. The compressed reset values may also be output from the device without CDS subtraction having been performed. The light dependent values may also be compressed. CDS corrected output pixel values may also be compressed.


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