WO2004107727A3 - Image sensor with time overlapping image output - Google Patents

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WO2004107727A3
WO2004107727A3 PCT/US2004/014139 US2004014139W WO2004107727A3 WO 2004107727 A3 WO2004107727 A3 WO 2004107727A3 US 2004014139 W US2004014139 W US 2004014139W WO 2004107727 A3 WO2004107727 A3 WO 2004107727A3
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An image sensor system with an image sensor that generates a first image and a second image. The first and second images are transmitted to a processor in a time overlapping manner. By way of example, the images may be transferred to the processor in an interleaving manner or provided on separate dedicated busses.
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