US 2023/0033700 A1 · LINEAR ARRAY OF IMAGE SENSOR CIRCUITS INCLUDING UNUSED PIXELS

Abstract

Examples of the present disclosure relate to a linear array of image sensor circuits including unused pixels. An example apparatus includes a linear array of image sensor integrated circuits, each integrated circuit including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light-sensitive element, and an unused pixel at a start of the integrated circuit. The apparatus further includes a processor, and a non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions executable by the processor to receive programming instructions specifying a number of unused pixels associated with each integrated circuit, measure image data pixel signals from the linear array of image sensor integrated circuits, including the unused pixels, and disregard image data associated with the unused pixels.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

a linear array of image sensor integrated circuits, each integrated circuit including:
a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light-sensitive element;
and
an unused pixel at a start of the integrated circuit;
a processor;
and
a non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions executable by the processor to:
receive programming instructions specifying a number of unused pixels associated with each integrated circuit;
measure image data pixel signals from the linear array of image sensor integrated circuits, including the unused pixels;
and
disregard image data associated with the unused pixels.

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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive instructions specifying a scan rate associated with a linear array of image sensor integrated circuits;
provide to each integrated circuit in the linear array, a signal indicating a number of unused pixels associated with the corresponding integrated circuit, based on the scan rate of the linear array;
measure image data pixel signals from the integrated circuits, including the unused pixels;
and
disregard image data associated with the unused pixels.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Linear array of image sensor circuits including unused pixels

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Linear array of image sensor circuits including unused pixels

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Abstract

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