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A 768x576 logarithmic image sensor with photodiode in solar cell mode

Ni et al., 2011

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5485699620766190699
Author
Ni Y
Zhu Y
Arion B
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International Image Sensor Workshop

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The wide dynamic range and the contrast indexed imaging of logarithmic sensors have a great interest for a large variety of applications from digital photography to automatic machine vision. Still today, the high fixed pattern noise, low sensitivity and image lag remain …
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