Patent ID: 11863886
Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to:
control a first switch of the plurality of switches to transfer a first overflow charge from a first photodiode of the set of photodiodes to the single charge sensing unit to convert to a first voltage;
control the ADC to perform at least one of the first or third quantization processes of the first voltage to generate a first digital value;
control the first switch to transfer a first residual charge from the first photodiode to the single charge sensing unit to convert to a second voltage;
control the ADC to perform the second quantization operation of the second voltage to generate a second digital value;
control a second switch of the plurality of switches to transfer a second residual charge from a second photodiode of the set of photodiodes to the single charge sensing unit to convert to a third voltage;
control the ADC to perform the second quantization operation of the third voltage to generate a third digital value; and
generate the pixel value based on one of first digital value and the second digital value.