Patent ID: 8537245

Claim:
A device comprising: an imaging subsystem comprising an image sensor array and an imaging optics assembly operative for focusing an image onto the image sensor array, the image sensor array comprising a plurality of pixels wherein a pixel comprises a photosensitive portion comprising one or more nanocrystals, and a read-out portion capable of relaying incident light data representing light incident on the one or more nanocrystals; a data storage element capable of storing frames of image data comprising data communicated through the read-out portion of at least some of the pixels during an imaging operation; and a processor operative for receiving one or more of the frames of image data from the data storage element and performing a decode operation for attempting to decode a decodable feature represented in at least one of the frames of image data, wherein a representative pixel comprises a first pixel sublayer, and a second pixel sublayer: wherein the first pixel sublayer has a peak sensitivity centered on a first visible color wherein the second pixel sublayer has a peak sensitivity centered on a second visible color, wherein the first pixel sublayer and the second pixel sublayer are sized to promote both distribution of wavelength collection between the first pixel sublayer and the second pixel sublayer, and total quantum efficiency of the representative pixel across the spectrum of the first and second visible colors; and wherein each of the plurality of the pixels further comprises an in-pixel data storage portion capable of storing the data representing the light incident on the one or more nanocrystals, and communicating the data representing the light incident on the one or more nanocrystals to the data storage element.