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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
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 ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/0248 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 31/0248 (2013.01); H04N 5/35518 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01);
Abstract
Recording photons incident on an image sensor; and storing the recorded photons on the image sensor in varying densities, wherein the photons are recorded in varying densities by storing electrons non-linearly. Key words include a sensor and storing non-linearly.