Methods and devices for improving dynamic range in image sensors

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PATENT NO 8994859
APP PUB NO 20130083236A1
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13249881

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Methods and devices for improving dynamic range in image sensors are disclosed. An image sensing device comprises an image sensor having a plurality of rows of pixels, and a controller for controlling the exposure of each row of pixels. The controller is programmed to perform a shutter operation for one of the plurality of rows of pixels, and to sample the one of the plurality of rows after a predetermined duration following the performance of the shutter operation. The predetermined duration is different from a multiple of a row time period of the image sensing device.

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH AS COLLATERAL AGENT60 WALL STREET NEW YORK NY 10005

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Yaghmai, Sohrab Oslo, NO 9 152

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