Patent ID: 8638378
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G01S,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image-capturing apparatus comprising: a single pixel array comprising a plurality of pixel matrices, each pixel matrix having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a respective position in said pixel matrix, each pixel comprising a transducer for generating a signal charge according to an intensity of an incident light beam; an output circuit for outputting, from each pixel, a respective pixel signal outside the pixel array based on the respective signal charge and at a respective frame rate, said respective frame rate depending on the respective position of each pixel in the pixel matrix of the single pixel array; an output-controlling unit for controlling the output circuit; and a signal-processing unit comprising a plurality of signal-processing circuits, said signal-processing unit configured to (1) select a predetermined one of said signal-processing circuits for processing each pixel signal and (2) process pixel signals at a plurality of different respective frame rates simultaneously during a single frame period.