Patent ID: 7830431

Claim:
A method of reading an image field of an imager array, said method comprising: providing an imager array comprising n rows and m columns wherein a pair of said rows can be read during a single row access time; and completing an image field by a method comprising: reading and storing a string of pixel values for a pair of said rows, wherein each said pair of said rows comprises one said row from the upper half of said imager array and one said row from the lower half of said imager array; copying said pixel values for a first said row of said pair from said pixel string to a first row register in an order corresponding to said columns; copying said pixel values for a second said row of said pair from said pixel string to a second row register in said order corresponding to said columns; and repeating said steps of reading and storing, copying said pixel values for a first said row of said pair, and copying said pixel values for a second said row of said pair for all said rows of said imager array.