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US 9,807,322 B2Granted
Systems and methods for a digital image sensor
AssigneeDuelight LLC
InventorsAdam Barry Feder, William Guie Rivard, Brian J. Kindle
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for generating an image stack, comprising initializing a pixel array configured to include a set of analog storage planes, enabling simultaneous integration of the photographic scene for two or more analog storage planes within the set of analog storage planes, enabling integration to proceed during a first sampling interval, disabling integration for at least one analog storage plane, and enabling integration to proceed during a second sampling interval.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- initializing a pixel array configured to include a set of analog storage planes in which each analog storage plane of the set of analog storage planes includes an image plane comprised of analog sampling circuits, wherein initializing the pixel array comprises driving voltages within the set of analog storage planes to a reference voltage, wherein the pixel array is disposed within a camera module;
- enabling simultaneous integration of a photographic scene for two or more analog storage planes within the set of analog storage planes;
- enabling integration to proceed during a first sampling interval;
- disabling integration for at least one analog storage plane within the set of analog storage planes;
- and
- enabling integration to proceed during a second sampling interval;
- wherein the camera module is configured to transmit image data corresponding to each analog storage plane to a processing unit.
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A camera module, configured to:
- initialize a pixel array configured to include a set of analog storage planes in which each analog storage plane of the set of analog storage planes includes an image plane comprised of analog sampling circuits, wherein initializing the pixel array comprises driving voltages within the set of analog storage planes to a reference voltage;
- enable simultaneous integration of a photographic scene for two or more analog storage planes within the set of analog storage planes;
- enable integration to proceed during a first sampling interval;
- disable integration for at least one analog storage plane within the set of analog storage plane;
- and
- enable integration to proceed during a second sampling interval;
- wherein the camera module is configured to transmit image data corresponding to each analog storage plane to a processing unit.
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A photographic system, comprising:
- a processing unit, configured to generate exposure parameters including a first sampling interval and a second sampling interval;
- and
- a camera module, configured to:
- initialize a pixel array configured to include a set of analog storage planes in which each analog storage plane of the set of analog storage planes includes an image plane comprised of analog sampling circuits, wherein initializing the pixel array comprises driving voltages within the set of analog storage planes to a reference voltage;
- enable simultaneous integration of a photographic scene for two or more analog storage planes within the set of analog storage planes;
- enable integration to proceed during the first sampling interval;
- disable integration for at least one analog storage plane within the set of analog storage plane;
- and
- enable integration to proceed during the second sampling interval,
- wherein the camera module is configured to transmit image data corresponding to each analog storage plane to the processing unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.