US 12,439,017 B2
Method and system for enhanced image sensor timing
David C. Shafer, Menlo Park, CA (US); Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Austin, TX (US); Ian E. McDowall, Woodside, CA (US); and Max J. Trejo, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,455.
Application 18/135,455 is a continuation of application No. 17/276,061, granted, now 11,671,581, previously published as PCT/US2019/051593, filed on Sep. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/732,718, filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254469 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 13/296 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 13/257 (2018.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/13 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 13/296 (2018.05) [H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 13/257 (2018.05); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/13 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/135 (2023.01); H04N 25/7795 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capture device comprising:
an image sensor comprising a first pixel cell and a second pixel cell adjacent to the first pixel cell;
a plurality of individual alternative light filters configured to filter non-visible light, one individual alternative light filter of the plurality of individual alternative light filters covering both a first set of pixels of the first pixel cell and a second set of pixels of the second pixel cell; and
a plurality of individual visible light color filters covering pixels of the first and second pixel cells, the pixels of the first and second pixel cells covered by the individual visible light color filters being different from the first and second sets of pixels covered by the individual alternative light filters.