Smarts are added to a CMOS active pixel color linear image sensor operable in any of parallel-packed, pixel-packed, and line-packed readout mode, to provide the added feature of variable imaging resolution operability. By combining decoder block functionality with shift selection logic to provide column...http://www.google.ca/patents/US6365886?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6365886 - Smart column controls for high speed multi-resolution sensors
