CMOS image sensors

A El Gamal, H Eltoukhy - IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we provide a basic introduction to CMOS image-sensor technology, design
and performance limits and present recent developments and future directions in this area …

Trends in CMOS image sensor technology and design

A El Gamal - Digest. International Electron Devices Meeting,, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three trends that promise to increase CMOS image sensor system performance are
presented:(i) modifications of deep submicron CMOS processes to improve their imaging …

A 10000 frames/s CMOS digital pixel sensor

S Kleinfelder, SH Lim, X Liu… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 352/spl times/288 pixel CMOS image sensor chip with per-pixel single-slope ADC and
dynamic memory in a standard digital 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS process is described. The chip …

Counting people in crowds with a real-time network of simple image sensors

Yang, Guibas - Proceedings ninth IEEE international …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Estimating the number of people in a crowded environment is a central task in civilian
surveillance. Most vision-based counting techniques depend on detecting individuals in …

High dynamic range imaging and its application in building research

A Jacobs - Advances in building energy research, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This article describes the theory and application of high dynamic range imaging (HDRI).
HDRI is a recent technology allowing the capture of images with a much extended dynamic …

A 10 000 fps CMOS sensor with massively parallel image processing

J Dubois, D Ginhac, M Paindavoine… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high-speed analog VLSI image acquisition and pre-processing system has been designed
and fabricated in a 0.35¿ m standard CMOS process. The chip features a massively parallel …

Motion/saturation detection system and method for synthesizing high dynamic range motion blur free images from multiple captures

X Liu, A El Gamal - US Patent 7,061,524, 2006 - Google Patents
A. Krymski et al.:“A high speed, 500 frames/s, 1024 X 1024 CMOS active pixel sensor.”
Proceeding of the 1999 Sym posium on VLSI Circuits, pp. 137-138, Jun. 1999. RL Lagendijk …

Simultaneous image formation and motion blur restoration via multiple capture

X Liu, A El Gamal - 2001 IEEE International Conference on …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances in CMOS image sensors enable fast image capture, which makes it possible to
capture multiple images within a normal exposure time. An algorithm that takes advantage of …

Optical flow estimation using temporally oversampled video

SH Lim, JG Apostolopoulos… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in imaging sensor technology make high frame-rate video capture
practical. As demonstrated in previous work, this capability can be used to enhance the …

Synthesis of high dynamic range motion blur free image from multiple captures

X Liu, A El Gamal - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances in CMOS image sensors enable high-speed image readout, which makes it
possible to capture multiple images within a normal exposure time. Earlier work has …