Imagesensorshaverecentlyattractedrenewedinterestforuseindigitalcameras,mobilephonecameras,handycamcoders,camerasinautomobiles,andotherdevices.Fortheseapplications,CMOSimagesensorsarewidelyusedbecausetheyfeatureon-chipintegrationofthesignalprocessingcircuitry.CMOSimagesensorsforsuchspecificpurposesaresometimescalledsmartCMOSimagesensors,visionchips,computationalimagesensors,etc.SmartCMOSImageSensors&ApplicationsfocusesonsmartfunctionsimplementedinCMOSimagesensorsandtheirapplications.Somesensorshavealreadybeenco妹妹ercialized,whereassomehaveonlybeenproposed;thefieldofsmartCMOSimagesensorsisactiveandgeneratingnewtypesofsensors.InthisbookIhaveendeavoredtogatherreferencesrelatedtosmartCMOSimagesensorsandtheirapplications;however,thefieldissovastthatitislikelythatsometopicsarenotdescribed.Furthermore,theprogressinthefieldissorapidthatsometopicswilldevelopasthebookisbeingwritten.However,IbelievetheessentialsofsmartCMOSimagesensorsaresufficientlycoveredandthatthisbookisthereforeusefulforgraduateschoolstudentsandengineersenteringthefield.Thisbookisorganizedasfollows.First,MOSimagersandsmartCMOSimagesensorsareintroduced.ThesecondchapterthendescribesthefundamentalelementsofCMOSimagesensorsanddetailstherelevantoptoelectronicdevicephysics.TypicalCMOSimagesensorstructures,suchastheactivepixelsensor(APS),areintroducedinthischapter.Thesubsequentchaptersformthemainpartofthebook,namelyadescriptionofsmartimagers.Chapter3introducesseveralfunctionsforsmartCMOSimagesensors.Usingthesefunctions,Chapter4describessmartimaging,suchaswidedynamicrangeimagesensing,targettracking,andthree-dimensionalrangefinding.Inthefinalchapter,Chapter5,severalexamplesofapplicationsofsmartCMOSimagesensorsaredescribe
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