EXPOSURE CONTROL USING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE

Abstract: disclosed is an imaging system including an image sensor with a plurality of photo-sensitive cells arranged on a photo-sensitive surface of the image sensor; a light valve device with an array of light valves, wherein the array of light valves is arranged on an optical path of the photo-sensitive surface of the image sensor; and at least one processor configured to: control an exposure of photo-sensitive cells of at least a first region in the photo-sensitive surface by utilising respective light valves of said array; read out image data from the photo-sensitive cells of the image sensor; and process the image data to generate an image.

Inventor(s): Mikko Strandborg, Mikko Ollila

CPC Classification: H04N23/741 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION)

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