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US 5471515

How a Modern Camera Sensor Captures Light and Converts It to Data

This patent describes a camera sensor technology that combines light-capturing elements with a special circuit to read out the image data quickly and efficiently, all on a single c…

Statusexpired

Granted1995

Expires2014

Claims21

Forward citations620

Prior art12

AssigneeCalifornia Institute of Technology

InventorsEric R. Fossum, Sabrina E. Kemeny +1

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