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A multi-cell cluster which includes a plurality of light-detecting unit cells and a single charge-integration and readout circuitry. Typically, each of the cells produces charge representative of the detected light. The circuit may be shared by the plurality of unit cells, and used to read-out the c

A multi-cell cluster which includes a plurality of light-detecting unit cells and a single charge-integration and readout circuitry. Typically, each of the cells produces charge representative of the detected light. The circuit may be shared by the plurality of unit cells, and used to read-out the charge in real-time. The cluster may also Include a switch associated with each unit cell, such that each switch connects its associated unit cell to the circuit. The switch may also be controlled in a time-multiplexing manner. Each unit cell may include a photodetector, a photodiode, or a photogate. The circuit may include a shared storage device, a shared reset circuit, or a readout circuit. Typically, the shared storage device may be for accumulating the charge in the focal plane. The here-above described apparatus facilitates either static or dynamic, either local or global image resolution/sensitivity tradeoffs.

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A multi-cell cluster which includes a plurality of light-detecting unit cells and a single charge-integration and readout circuitry. Typically, each of the cells produces charge representative of the detected light. The circuit may be shared by the plurality of unit cells, and used to read-out the c

A multi-cell cluster which includes a plurality of light-detecting unit cells and a single charge-integration and readout circuitry. Typically, each of the cells produces charge representative of the detected light. The circuit may be shared by the plurality of unit cells, and used to read-out the charge in real-time. The cluster may also Include a switch associated with each unit cell, such that each switch connects its associated unit cell to the circuit. The switch may also be controlled in a time-multiplexing manner. Each unit cell may include a photodetector, a photodiode, or a photogate. The circuit may include a shared storage device, a shared reset circuit, or a readout circuit. Typically, the shared storage device may be for accumulating the charge in the focal plane. The here-above described apparatus facilitates either static or dynamic, either local or global image resolution/sensitivity tradeoffs. 's U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/302,761, entitled "MOVING IMAGER CAMERA FOR TRACKlNG, SCANNING, RANGE AND SUPER-RESOLUTION," filed Dec. 11, 1996, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This application is related to Woodfill et al.'s copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/839,767, filed Apr. 28, 1997, entitled "Data Processing System and Method," which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. f each child node of a grouping node and determining if a more efficient data compression may be performed by combining quantization lists at the grouping node and outputting a quantization parameter consolidated text file; and using the quantization lists to generate a binary file with the number of bits used to represent each data parameter being determined by its corresponding quantization parameter. 21. A system as defined in claim 18, wherein the performance parameter is a value indicating an acceptable distortion level and an acceptable data rate, and the quantization parameter is calculated so as to minimize the distortion level without exceeding the acceptable data rate. 22. A system as defined in claim 18, wherein the performance parameter is a value indicating an acceptable distortion level and an acceptable data rate, and the quantization parameter is calculated so as to minimize the data rate without exceeding the acceptable distortion level. 23. A system for compression of a text-based language representation to a binary representation, the system comprising: a memory in which instructions and data are stored; and a proces