Pixel-based event detection for tracking, hostile fire indication, glint suppression, and other applications
US10242268B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/44
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes generating an intensity value based on illumination received at a pixel of an imaging system. The intensity value is generated by integrating values using a first counter of a detector during a first period of time. The method also includes integrating the values repeatedly during smaller second periods of time within the first period of time using a second counter of the detector. The second counter has a lower bit resolution than the first counter. The method further includes resetting the second counter for each of the second periods of time. In addition, the method includes generating a pixel event indicator in response to the second counter outputting a specified value. The method may also include determining whether one or more neighboring detectors also generated one or more pixel event indicators and generating an event indicator when the one or more neighboring detectors also generated the one or more pixel event indicators.
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