摘要 |
<p>A control system (1, 2) for controlling an image array sensor (3) and controlling communication between the image array sensor (3) and a microcontroller (5) by way of a serial communication interface (6). The control system (1, 2) is able to efficiently control various aspects of the image array sensor (3) such as windowing, mode of operation, sensitivity as well as other parameters in order to reduce the data throughput. An important aspect of the invention relates to the fact that the control circuit (1, 2) can be rather easily and efficiently configured in CMOS with relatively few output pins which enable the control circuit (1, 2) to be rather easily and efficiently integrated with CMOS based image array sensors (3) and even the microcontroller (5) to reduce the part count and thus, the overall cost of the system.</p> |