Multi-mode CMOS image sensor and control method thereof

Abstract

The present invention discloses a multimode CMOS image sensor and a control method thereof. The sensor comprises an independent control area group, a peripheral control circuit, a section mode setting module and a section mode configuration module. The method comprises dividing an independent control area group of the sensor into sections; setting a mode for each of the sections obtained; configuring a control mode of the peripheral control circuit for a corresponding section according to the mode set. By means of the present invention, when imaging in a push-broom mode, a regular sequence of images with fixed pixel difference can be produced at high frequency, and by performing pixel unmixing or integrating on the images obtained, the resolution and signal-to-noise ratio of the images can be effectively increased; because it is possible for some image unit area(s) of the sensor not to be selected as a scanning area, such design can bypass image units with quality issues when imaging by the hardware, which increases the reliability of the device; the characteristic of multiple times of imaging for the same target within very short time by multiple channels of the device can be utilized to realize moving target detection of optical camera imaging.

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