Patent ID: 7843554

Claim:
A high dynamic range sensor assembly, comprising: a plurality of sensing sets, said sensing sets being organized into a sensing array, each of said sensing sets comprising: a) a set of sensing elements for sensing physical phenomena, said set of sensing elements having a locally selectable integration time; b) an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter operatively connected to said set of sensing elements for acquisition and conversion of an analog signal from each of said sensing elements into a digital signal; and, c) a processor operatively connected to said A/D converter and to said set of sensing elements for managing said selectable integration time for said set of sensing elements and for analyzing said digital signals from each of said sensing elements in said set of sensing elements, wherein said digital signals from each of said sensing elements are measured by said processor and an integration scaling factor for said set of sensing elements is computed and controlled by said processor to adjust said integration time.