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Abstract

In accordance with at least some embodiments, a method for outputting video images is disclosed. The method starts by measuring the ambient light in a scene. When the ambient light in the scene is lower than a threshold, images of the scene are created in the analog domain by combining multiple pixel values from imaging cells in an image sensor. The analog image will have a lower resolution than the native resolution of the image sensor. The images of the scene are converted into the digital domain and up-sampled to match the native resolution of the image sensor. The up-sampled images are used as the outputted video images. When the ambient light in the scene is not lower than a threshold, images of the scene are outputted where each pixel value in the image is created from the pixel value from only one pixel cell in the image sensor.

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