Patent ID: 11910111
Assignee: AMS SENSORS BELGIUM BVBA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A method for operating the pixel cell according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of pixels is configured to capture optical information incident upon the respective pixel and generate electrical information representative of the optical information, the method comprising:
collecting and outputting the electrical information from each of the plurality of pixels; and
operating the pixel set in the global shutter mode and in the rolling shutter mode; wherein
in the global shutter mode of operation the electrical information from each of the plurality of pixels is combined, in particular as a sum or average, for generating a global shutter output signal; and
in the rolling shutter mode of operation the electrical information from each of the plurality of pixels is used to generate individual rolling shutter output signals.