Patent ID: 7630008
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling image quality of an image captured by a CMOS photosensor array comprising: exposing one row of the CMOS photosensor array to one portion of an optical image; addressing the one row of the CMOS photosensor array; transferring a portion of data received from the one row into a processor via a sensor capture special function register; evaluating the data using the processor; outputting sensor control data from the processor to the CMOS photosensor array via a sensor control special function register; modifying an operating parameter of the CMOS photosensor array responsive to the sensor control data; and exposing another row of the CMOS photosensor array to another portion of the optical image using the modified operating parameter, the another row being adjacent to the one row, wherein said exposing the one row and the another row occurs within a single vertical scan of the CMOS photosensor array.