Patent ID: 9516239
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61B,F04C,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system for digital imaging in an ambient light deficient environment comprising: an imaging sensor comprising an array of pixels for sensing electromagnetic radiation; an emitter configured to emit a pulse of electromagnetic radiation; and a control unit comprising a processor and wherein the control unit is in electrical communication with the imaging sensor and the emitter; wherein the control unit is configured to synchronize the emitter and the imaging sensor so as to produce a plurality of image reference frames; and wherein the plurality of image reference frames comprise a luminance frame comprising luminance image data and a chrominance frame comprising chrominance data that are combined to form a color image; wherein the image sensor comprises pixels having a plurality of pixel sensitivities; wherein the pixel sensitivities comprise a long exposure and a short exposure; and wherein the image sensor is configured to produce a sequence of frames comprising: and