Nikon's 2016 hybrid sensor patent has been updated again, this time with technology to locally utilize a global shutter during shooting.
Nikon applied for a revised patent in Japan for a hybrid image sensor design the company has worked on since at least 2016.
Like many imaging technology patents, this one has yet to be realized in an actual camera. However, Nikon’s continued work on it after all these years gives reason for optimism. Since the original filing, global shutter technology has come a long way.. That camera demonstrates many benefits and downsides of global shutter technology, some of which Nikon describes in its patent application.
A few years ago when Nikon updated this patent, it was still only describing its hybrid sensor in terms of autofocus performance. However, in 2022 and now in the latest filing, Nikon has made increasing reference to image quality, including the benefits and costs of a global shutter. The new filing goes even further, describing a hybrid image sensor where the shutter type isn’t an all-or-nothing selection. The patent describes how the global shutter technology could be applied to only a portion of the image sensor, meaning that a demanding area may utilize a global shutter while the rest of the sensor is read out traditionally using a rolling shutter.
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