Image capture device and method
AssigneeIsis Innovation Limited
InventorGil Bub
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Abstract
An image capture device (2) includes a sensor (4) having an active area comprising a plurality of pixels (6) and a shutter array (8) for controlling the exposure of individual pixels. The pixels are grouped in a plurality of pixel subsets and are arranged to capture a plurality of time-separated lo-res images, which can be viewed sequentially as a movie or combined to form a hi-res still image.
Claims26
An image capture device including a sensor having an active area comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel provides data that represents the exposure of that pixel, and a data storage device for storing data from the pixels, wherein said pixels comprise a plurality of pixel subsets and wherein said image capture device captures a plurality of time-separated lo-res images, wherein each of said lo-res image comprises the data from a different pixel subset.
A method of capturing images using an image capture device that includes a sensor having an active area comprising a plurality of pixels, the method comprising:
- exposing the sensor;
- storing data representing the exposure of each pixel;
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- capturing a plurality of time-separated lo-res images,
- wherein said pixels comprise a plurality of pixel subsets and each lo-res image comprises the data from a different one of said pixel subsets.
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