The impact of frame quantization on the dynamic range of a one-bit image sensor

TL;DR

This paper investigates how frame quantization affects the maximum measurable intensity and dynamic range in one-bit image sensors, highlighting the importance of frame rate in sensor performance.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of the relationship between frame quantization and the dynamic range limit in one-bit image sensors, a topic not extensively explored before.

Findings

Frame quantization limits the maximum measurable intensity.

Higher frame rates can extend the dynamic range.

Quantization impacts sensor measurement capabilities.

Abstract

For a one-bit image sensor, the number of frames captured determines the quantization step size of the binary rate measurement. The discrete values of the binary rate set a maximum measurable intensity. In this note, we consider how this frame quantization impacts the high-end of the dynamic range of a one-bit image sensor.