WO2004071069A3 - Random access imaging sensor - Google Patents

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WO2004071069A3
WO2004071069A3 PCT/US2004/002963 US2004002963W WO2004071069A3 WO 2004071069 A3 WO2004071069 A3 WO 2004071069A3 US 2004002963 W US2004002963 W US 2004002963W WO 2004071069 A3 WO2004071069 A3 WO 2004071069A3
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address
random access
imaging sensor
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Peter C Mcnulty
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Goodrich Corp
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Priority to EP04707718A priority patent/EP1593258B1/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/40—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled
    • H04N25/44—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by partially reading an SSIS array
    • H04N25/443—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by partially reading an SSIS array by reading pixels from selected 2D regions of the array, e.g. for windowing or digital zooming
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/71—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
    • H04N25/745—Circuitry for generating timing or clock signals

Abstract

A circuit includes a decoder for receiving an address within an address space of a processor and for accessing a pixel in an active pixel sensor array based on the address. The decoder maps the active pixel sensor array to the address space. The circuit can also provide sequencing of these addresses such that a group of pixels can be read out without additional addressing from a processor. There is also provided a method of processing pixel imperfections in real time. Pixel integration can be programmed on any single pixel or group of pixels in the array as well as windowed readout. A method of target discrimination is also disclosed.
PCT/US2004/002963 2003-02-03 2004-02-03 Random access imaging sensor WO2004071069A2 (en)

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AT04707718T ATE429779T1 (en) 2003-02-03 2004-02-03 IMAGE SENSOR WITH RANDOM ACCESS
DE602004020737T DE602004020737D1 (en) 2003-02-03 2004-02-03 PICTURE SENSOR WITH OPTIONAL ACCESS
DK04707718T DK1593258T3 (en) 2003-02-03 2004-02-03 Image sensor with optional access
EP04707718A EP1593258B1 (en) 2003-02-03 2004-02-03 Random access imaging sensor

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