Morton (Z) scan based real-time variable resolution CMOS image sensor

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 947-952

  Artyomov, Evgeny ^a   Rivenson, Yair ^a   Levi, Guy ^a   Yadid Pecht, Orly ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor; Averaging; Block processing; CMOS; Image sensor; Morton order; Variable resolution

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA TRANSFER; DECODING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MOSFET DEVICES; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS; AVERAGING; BLOCK PROCESSING; CMOS; MORTON ORDER; VARIABLE RESOLUTION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 23744494380     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2005.848338     Document Type: Article

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