Imaging systems having image sensor pixel arrays with sub-pixel resolution capabilities

RA Mauritzson, DR Engelbrecht, RA Black - US Patent 9,888,198, 2018 - Google Patents
An image sensor may include an array of photodiodes and readout circuitry. A group of
adjacent photodiodes in the array may be covered with a first color filter element that …

Back-side illuminated pixels with interconnect layers

S Velichko, C Silsby - US Patent 10,014,333, 2018 - Google Patents
An imaging pixel may be provided with an upper substrate layer, a lower substrate layer, a
floating diffusion region in the upper substrate layer, and a photodiode in the upper …

Using multiple exposures to improve image processing for autonomous vehicles

DI Ferguson, AS Ogale - US Patent 9,654,738, 2017 - Google Patents
The invention relates to collecting different images using different camera parameters. As an
example, a single camera may capture two different types of images: a dark exposure for …

High dynamic range imaging systems having differential photodiode exposures

RS Johnson, RM GRAVELLE, BW Keelan… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Image sensors may include an array of photodiodes arranged in groups of adjacent
photodiodes that generate charge in response to same-colored light. The image sensor may …

Imaging systems and methods for performing column-based image sensor pixel gain adjustments

S Velichko - US Patent 9,628,732, 2017 - Google Patents
An imaging system may include an array of image pixels arranged in rows and columns that
includes first and second pixels in two different columns and a common row. A first column …

Imaging systems and methods for performing unboosted image sensor pixel conversion gain adjustments

J Beck - US Patent 9,888,191, 2018 - Google Patents
An image sensor may include an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each pixel
may include a floating diffusion node, a capacitor, a dual conversion gain (DCG) transistor …

Multi-resolution pixel architecture with shared floating diffusion nodes

RA Mauritzson, M Mlinar - US Patent 9,686,486, 2017 - Google Patents
An image sensor may include an array of image photodiodes formed in rows and columns.
The array of image photo diodes may include a region of photodiodes arranged in three …

Imaging systems with signal chain verification circuitry

T Martinussen - US Patent 8,953,047, 2015 - Google Patents
An imaging system may include an array of image pixels and Verification circuitry. The
Verification circuitry may inject a test Voltage into the pixel signal chain of a test pixel. The …

Imaging systems with pixel array verification circuitry

J Beck, C McCord, C Silsby - US Patent 9,584,800, 2017 - Google Patents
An imaging system may include an array of image pixels and verification circuitry. The
verification circuitry may inject test voltages into the image pixel array during the photodiode …

Ensuring imaging subsystem integrity in camera based safety systems

R Gulati, V Easwaran, MN Mody… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for testing an imaging Subsystem of a system-on a-chip (SOC) is
provided that includes executing imaging Subsystem test Software instructions periodically …