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US 12,225,312 B2Granted
Binning system
AssigneeHimax Imaging Limited
InventorsPo-Chang Chen, Dong-Long Lin
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Abstract
A binning system includes a red-green-blue-infrared (RGB-IR) image sensor including at least one pixel group composed of 2×2 sub-groups, each having 2×2 pixels including two green pixels, one infrared pixels and one red or blue pixel, the 2×2 sub-groups being arranged such that the pixel group is half green, one quarter infrared, one eighth red and one eighth blue; and a digital binning device that performs pixel binning on at least one addend pixel to result in a binned pixel. The binned pixel and the at least one addend pixel are located in a same pixel group.
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A binning system, comprising:
- a red-green-blue-infrared (RGB-IR) image sensor including at least one pixel group composed of 2×2 sub-groups, each having 2×2 pixels including two green pixels, one infrared pixels and one red or blue pixel, the 2×2 sub-groups being arranged such that the pixel group is half green, one quarter infrared, one eighth red and one eighth blue;
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- a digital binning device that performs pixel binning on at least one addend pixel to result in a binned pixel;
- wherein the binned pixel and the at least one addend pixel are located in a same pixel group.
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