Image sensor system
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsJuuso Petteri Gren, Eero Juho Kustavi Tuulos, Mikko Muukki, Samu Koskinen
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Abstract
An image sensor system comprises a plurality of image sensing pixels which are arranged in lines. Control circuitry in the image sensor system is configured, when capturing a single image, to set an exposure time for the image sensing pixels in a line such that a first group of pixels in the line has a first exposure time and a second group of pixels in the same line has a second exposure time.
Claims23
An image sensor system comprising:
- a plurality of image sensing pixels arranged in lines;
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- control circuitry configured to:
- receive and analyze pre-capture data;
- divide the plurality of image sensing pixels into a plurality of regions based on analysis of the pre-capture data such that a first group of the image sensing pixels is in a first region of the plurality of regions and a second group of image sensing pixels is in a second region of the plurality of regions;
- set an exposure time for each region based on the analysis of the pre-capture data, the exposure time being set such that when capturing a single image, a first pixel in a line has a first exposure time and a second pixel in the same line has a second exposure time, the first pixel being in the first region and the second pixel being in the second region.
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A method of capturing a single image in an image sensor system comprising a plurality of image sensing pixels arranged in lines, the method comprising:
- receiving pre-capture data;
- analyzing the pre-capture data;
- dividing the plurality of image sensing pixels into a plurality of regions based on the analysis of the pre-capture data;
- defining, based on the analysis of the pre-capture data, a first exposure time for a first region of the plurality of regions and a second exposure time for a second region of the plurality of regions;
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- capturing the image using the first exposure time or the second exposure time, respectively, for each image sensing pixel.
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An image sensor system comprising:
- a plurality of image sensing pixels arranged in lines;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- receive and analyze pre-capture data;
- divide the plurality of image sensing pixels into a plurality of regions based on analysis of the pre-capture data such that a first group of the image sensing pixels is in a first region of the plurality of regions and a second group of image sensing pixels is in a second region of the plurality of regions;
- set an exposure time for each region based on the analysis of the pre-capture data, the exposure time being set such that a first pixel in a line has a first exposure time and a second pixel in the same line has a second exposure time, the first pixel being in the first region and the second pixel being in the second region.
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