Abstract: Spatially offset, row interpolated image sensor includes a linear array sensor having a first row of longitudinally extending pixels with a first spatial periodicity and a second row of longitudinally extending pixels having a second spatial periodicity laterally adjacent the first row and longitudinally staggered with respect to the first row; and a read circuit for individually, selectively sampling pixels of the rows for producing a composite output which has a combined spatial periodicity which is shorter than either of the first and second spatial periodicities and has a number of samples equal to the combined samples of both the rows.

Abstract: A semiconductor image sensing array for an electronic still image camera comprising a plurality of light sensing elements may be electronically shuttered by a gate control electrode in each light sensing element which operates simultaneously to inhibit the further transfer of signal charges to the substrate while isolating the signal charges transferred to the substrate during the previous scene light integration.