Patents Represented by Attorney Thomas C. Devine

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  • Block output CCD imager
    Patent number: 4251834
    Abstract: A charge-coupled device (CCD) imager has an output shift register having a number of bits equal to at least a multiple (N), where N is an integer greater than 1, times the number of columns of pixels in the imager. Appropriately spaced in the output shift register are N groups of N outputs each for non-destructive, simultaneous readout of N.times.N bits. The N.times.N bits are then available for pre-processing or display without the requirement for having previously stored each bit, digitally represented, in a computer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Joseph E. Hall