Patent ID: 8941764
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image sensor for electronic cameras, comprising a plurality of light sensitive pixels arranged in rows and columns, wherein the pixels of a respective column can be read out via at least one respective column line; and a plurality of data outputs, wherein a plurality of column lines are associated with a respective data output via at least one multiplexer device; wherein the column lines are divided into a plurality of column line groups, wherein each column line group includes a plurality of column lines arranged next to one another; and wherein the number of column lines of the respective column line group corresponds to the number of the column lines associated with the respective data output; wherein at least one switch network is provided between the column lines and the data outputs, the at least one switch network being adapted to associate the column lines of the respective column line group with different data outputs, with a control device being provided for controlling the switch network; and wherein said at least one multiplexer device has a plurality of inputs and outputs and wherein the number of inputs is larger than the number of outputs.