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ADAPTIVE HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CAMERA

  • US 20120287242A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2011
  • Published: 11/15/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A camera comprising:

  • a photosensor comprising a plurality of pixels that generate and accumulate photoelectrons responsive to incident light, which photosensor is tiled to a plurality of super pixels, each partitioned into a plurality of pixel groups;

    optics for imaging light onto the photosensor;

    a readout pixel that receives photoelectrons from the pixel groups;

    circuitry that provides a measure of how many photoelectrons are contained in the readout pixel; and

    a controller that provides a measure of a number of photoelectrons in a super pixel responsive to quantities of photoelectrons from pixel groups in the super pixel that do not saturate the readout pixel.

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