Patent ID: 9584742
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of binning pixels in an image sensor, comprising: dividing a pixel array into a plurality of binning areas, wherein each binning area includes (2n)*(2n) pixels, wherein n is an integer equal to or greater than three; for pixels having the same color in each of the binning areas, selecting a number of those pixels in a row and selecting a different number of those pixels in another row; and generating binning pixel data from the selected pixels, wherein in a first binning area of the binning areas the selected pixels having the same color include a first color, a first pixel disposed at a vertex of the first binning area in a first row and in a first column, a second pixel disposed apart from the first pixel in the first row, and a third pixel disposed apart from the first pixel in the first column, wherein the second pixel is the farthest same color pixel from the first pixel in the first row, wherein the third pixel is the farthest same color pixel from the first pixel in the first column.