Image sensor with interleaved image output

Abstract

An image sensor with a light reader circuit coupled to a pixel array. The light reader circuit retrieves a first image and a second image generated by the pixel array. The image sensor may also include a memory controller and/or data interface that transfers the first and second images to an external device in an interleaving manner.

1 . A method for generating and transferring image data, comprising:
 outputting a first image through a plurality of output transistors of a pixel array of an image sensor;   sampling the first image;   outputting a second image through the plurality of output transistors;   sampling the second image; and,   transferring the first and second images from the image sensor to an external device in a time overlapping manner,   wherein the first and second images are transferred to the external device except during said sampling of the first image and said sampling of the second image.