APPARATUS COMPRISING IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY HAVING GLOBAL SHUTTER SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor array having a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel sharing a common global shutter having a charge storage area and an associated opaque shield, the opaque shield for reducing charge buildup on the charge storage area attributable to light rays being incident on the charge storage area.
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Abstract
There is set forth herein in one embodiment an image sensor array including a global shutter shared by first and second pixels. The global shutter can include a charge storage area having an associated shield for reducing charge build up on the charge storage area attributable to incident light rays. There is set forth herein in one embodiment an imaging apparatus having one or more configuration. The one or more configuration can include one or more of a configuration wherein a frame read out from an image sensor array has unbinned pixel values, a configuration wherein a frame read out from an image sensor array has binned pixel values corresponding to an M×N, M>=2, N>=2 arrangement of pixel values, and a configuration wherein a frame read out from an image sensor array has binned pixel values corresponding to a 1×N, N>=2 arrangement of pixel values.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
an image sensor array having a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel sharing a common global shutter having a charge storage area and an associated opaque shield, the opaque shield for reducing charge buildup on the charge storage area attributable to light rays being incident on the charge storage area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus comprising:
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an image sensor array having a first arrangement of adjacent pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel of the first arrangement of adjacent pixels sharing a first global shutter having a first charge storage area; wherein the image sensor array has a second arrangement of adjacent pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel of the second arrangement of adjacent pixels sharing a second global shutter having a second charge storage area; wherein the first pixel and the second pixel of the first arrangement of adjacent pixels are disposed in first and second rows of the image sensor array respectively, and wherein the first pixel and the second pixel of the second arrangement of adjacent pixels are disposed in third and fourth rows of the image sensor array respectively; wherein the image sensor array is operative so that each of the first pixel and the second pixel of the first arrangement of adjacent pixels and each of the first pixel and the second pixel of the second arrangement of adjacent pixels have common exposure initiation and termination times; wherein the image sensor array is further operative so that readout of an image signal corresponding to a charge stored on the second common charge storage area is performed sequentially relative to readout of an image signal corresponding to a charge stored on the first common charge storage area. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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