Optical waveguides and alternate pixel group layouts cut color filter overlap and light loss, improving solid-state image sensor sensitivity.
Periodic surface texturing on both sides of the silicon absorber boosts near-infrared sensitivity without thicker Si or higher dark current.
An off-center segmented lower electrode suppresses light leakage in phase detection pixels, reducing noise and color mixture in image sensors.
BDPCM direction-based intra prediction mapping improves residual coding efficiency while preserving decoding accuracy for high-quality images.
BDPCM direction flags let the decoder derive intra prediction modes, improving image compression efficiency while preserving image quality.
Photometric NIR interpolation and subtraction clean RGB pixels, align edges, and reduce color artifacts in multi-spectral sensor images.
Partial remosaicing in the ISP shifts remaining color-pattern conversion to the application processor, cutting sensor-side complexity and resource use.
Pixel-difference encoding cuts image transmission volume while preserving resolution and bit depth for complete image restoration.
Multiple optical filter channels feed a multispectral sensor to estimate scene illumination more accurately and improve image color correction.
Multiplexed light lets one RGB sensor capture aligned visible and near-infrared images without extra optics.
Multispectral channels improve spectral sensing for accurate white balance and color correction.
A color transformation function converts multispectral medical images into white-light-like views, reducing repeated white-light capture.
Subtractive cyan, magenta, and yellow filtering captures color information while reducing intensifier count and noise in low-light imaging.
A rotating fluorescent plate with a single layer converts excitation light into multiple colored beams for projector illumination.
Selective neural network activation reduces power consumption while maintaining image quality through dynamic task distribution.
PostScript constructs generate dynamic patterns to create security features, eliminating the need for special inks and reducing device complexity.