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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kazunori Tanaka, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignees:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC., Culver City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/372 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 5/355 (2013.01); H04N 5/372 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01);
Abstract
Capturing an image including: receiving an exposure time for an image sensor; measuring time to saturation for each sensel of a plurality of sensels of the image sensor; and calculating a number of electrons that would have been collected by each sensel with unlimited storage capacity using the time to saturation, the exposure time, and an electron collection capacity of a storage unit of each sensel. Key words include sensor saturation and high-dynamic range.