An embodiment of the invention provides a camera comprising a photosurface having a substrate comprising photopixels and associated storage pixels and a controller that controls the photosurface to image a scene by maintaining a bias between the photopixels and their respective storage pixels at all times during an exposure period of the photosurface so that photocharge, substantially upon its generation in a photopixel by light from the scene incident on the photopixel moves towards the photopixel\'s storage pixel.

Claims

12 · 1 independent · depth 5

12 granted claims

›1.independentA camera comprising:na photosurface having a substrate comprising photopixels and associated storage pixels; anda controller that controls the photosu…+11

›2.↳ 1The camera according to claim 1 and comprising a light source that transmits a train of light pulses to illuminate the scene, wherein the controller i…d2+6

›8.↳ 1The camera according to claim 1 wherein a time lapse between the first and second times is less than 100 ns.d2+2

›12.↳ 1The camera according to claim 1 wherein the photosurface comprises at least one photosurface chosen from the group consisting of a CCD, a CMOS, and an…d2

Classifications

8 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G01C3/08

Section H — Electricity

H01L27/146
H04N5/335
H04N5/351
H04N5/235
H04N5/232
H04N13/02
H01L27/148

Claim changes

Soon

Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

⤢ drag to zoom

USPTOApplicanthover for detail · click to open

Pendency

1.1 y

401 days filing → grant

Office actions

non-final + final

Responses

1 RCE

Examiner

Peter Chon

art unit —

Law firm

Law firm · Log in to unlock

Citations: 13 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Priority chain

1 priority documents

›Priority documents — 1

Type	Document	Date
related publication	US 20140240462 A1	28 Aug 2014

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.