Global Patent Index - EP 1574036 A2

EP 1574036 A2 20050914 - IMAGE-SENSOR ARCHITECTURE FOR PER-PIXEL CHARGE-INTEGRATION CONTROL

Title (en)

IMAGE-SENSOR ARCHITECTURE FOR PER-PIXEL CHARGE-INTEGRATION CONTROL

Title (de)

ARCHITEKTUR EINES BILDSENSORS ZUR KONTROLLE VON LADUNGSINTEGRATION PRO PIXEL

Title (fr)

ARCHITECTURE DE CAPTEUR D'IMAGE ASSURANT LA COMMANDE D'INTEGRATION DE CHARGE PAR PIXEL

Publication

EP 1574036 A2 20050914 (EN)

Application

EP 00949865 A 20000724

Priority

  • IL 0000438 W 20000724
  • US 14596099 P 19990729
  • US 51616800 A 20000229

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0110110A2] A sensor array that produces a captured image at the end of a time frame. The array includes a plurality of unit cells which sense the image with multiple within-frame charge-integrations, and control means which separately controls each of the unit cells. The unit cells are programmable multiple charge-integration unit cells with modes of photocurrent integration and non-integration. The control means includes means for separately controlling multiple charge-integrations in a single frame capture of each unit cell, independently of the charge-integrations of the other unit cells.

IPC 1-7

H04N 1/00

IPC 8 full level

H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04N 25/533 (2023.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/583 (2023.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0110110 A2 20010208; WO 0110110 A3 20051222; AU 6311900 A 20010219; EP 1574036 A2 20050914; JP 2003527775 A 20030916

DOCDB simple family (application)

IL 0000438 W 20000724; AU 6311900 A 20000724; EP 00949865 A 20000724; JP 2001513879 A 20000724