Patent ID: 8599284

Claim:
A method implementing a high dynamic range (HDR) bin algorithm in an image sensor having a pixel array, the pixel array having rows and columns of pixels, the pixel array including a first and a second super row, the first super row having a first integration time and the second super row having a second integration time, the method comprising: reading out image data from the first super row into a counter, the first super row being a first set of multiple rows of the pixel array; multiplying the image data from the first super row by a factor to obtain a multiplied data, the factor being a ratio between the first integration time and the second integration time; comparing the multiplied data with a predetermined data; reading out image data from the second super row into the counter, the second super row being a second set of multiple rows of the pixel array; and if the multiplied data is larger than the predetermined data, storing the multiplied data from the first super row in the counter and if the multiplied data is smaller than the predetermined data, storing the image data from the second super row in the counter.