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Electronic zoom for wide-angle line scanners

US5028998A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 1989
Grant dateJul 2, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electronic detector-array synthesis techniques provide fast, precise and accurate digital control of electronic zoom for electro-optical scanning systems. Exponentially-arrayed detector elements with binary-tree size-synthesis and size-interpolation, coupled with logarithmic size-control, offer optimum implementation efficiencies (hardware minimization). Alternative implementations offer different tradeoffs.

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