Patent ID: 7859581
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An x-y addressable image sensor comprising: (a) a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in an array of rows and columns that convert the light to a signal; (b) means for reading out two or more equivalent samples of a same signal from each light receiving element in at least one row, wherein the same signal is produced after a single integration period for all of the light receiving elements in the at least one row; (c) at least two signal storage banks comprised of individual signal storage elements; each of the at least two storage banks having enough individual storage elements to store the two or more signals from the at least one row of light receiving elements in the array, wherein the two or more samples of the same signal are concurrently stored in different individual signal storage elements; and (d) at least two select mechanisms which can direct signals from the plurality of light receiving elements to any single or combination of the signal storage banks.