HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE ARRAY OF SENSITIVE IMAGE SENSOR BLOCKS USING BLOCK PROCESSING

摘要

A method is disclosed of an image sensor array comprising more than one image sensor structures and one or more processing blocks that are interconnected. The final image sensor array image output for each image sensor structure or pixel is computed using single image sensor structure output data or output data from more than one image sensor structure and processing blocks. The image sensor array exhibits complexity, cost, power consumption, device yields and reliability benefits when compared to other image sensor array structures.

主权项

1. An image sensor array comprising:
(a) at least two image sensor structures, each sensitive to electromagnetic radiation, used to sense electromagnetic radiation from an external scene during image capture and from this sensing create an electronic representation of the external scene; and (b) at least one block processor coupled to the at least two image sensor structures to exchange information with the image sensor structures during image capture.