US 12,225,312 B2
Binning system
Po-Chang Chen, Tainan (TW); and Dong-Long Lin, Tainan (TW)
Assigned to Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan (TW)
Filed by Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan (TW)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,439.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323564 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/767 (2023.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H04N 25/131 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/767 (2023.01) [H01L 21/76816 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14881 (2013.01); H04N 25/131 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A binning system, comprising:
a red-green-blue-infrared (RGB-IR) image sensor including at least one pixel group composed of 2×2 sub-groups, each having 2×2 pixels including two green pixels, one infrared pixels and one red or blue pixel, the 2×2 sub-groups being arranged such that the pixel group is half green, one quarter infrared, one eighth red and one eighth blue; and
a digital binning device that performs pixel binning on at least one addend pixel to result in a binned pixel;
wherein the binned pixel and the at least one addend pixel are located in a same pixel group.