Mobile device equipped with digital image sensor
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1. A mobile device comprising:
- an image sensor producing digital signals representing a target when the image sensor is activated, the image sensor including an array of pixel elements, each of the pixel elements including a photodetector and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit, the photodetector producing an analog signal, the analog signal being converted to one of the digital signals; and
a data transmission circuit coupled to the image sensor and receive the digital signals therefrom, the digital signals being converted to data that are transmitted over a network.
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Abstract
A mobile device with the capability of imaging a natural scene or a document and transmitting the image over a network is presented. The mobile device includes a digital pixel sensor so that over-sampling of an image of a target is possible. The target may be a scene or a document and output images can be set for the appropriate target.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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an image sensor producing digital signals representing a target when the image sensor is activated, the image sensor including an array of pixel elements, each of the pixel elements including a photodetector and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit, the photodetector producing an analog signal, the analog signal being converted to one of the digital signals; and
a data transmission circuit coupled to the image sensor and receive the digital signals therefrom, the digital signals being converted to data that are transmitted over a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. The mobile device of claim I further comprising a light source to illuminate a target being imaged.
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16. The mobile device comprising:
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an image sensor including digital pixel elements and data memory, the digital pixel elements coupled to the data memory and producing a predefined number of frames of digital signals when the image sensor is activated to expose to a target for a predefined time;
wherein each of the frames is readout respectively and pixel values in each of the frames is selectively wrote into the data memory;
a data transmission circuit coupled to the data memory and converting the pixel values in the data memory to data packets for data transmission transmitted over a network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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