Controlling an imaging array not having black cells using an array controller that is adapted to imaging arrays having black cells
US6661929B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/633
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging system that uses an array controller which is adapted to imaging arrays having black cells to control an imaging array not having black cells. The imaging system includes an array controller that is adapted to process a scan line that includes one or more black pixels. The imaging system includes an imaging array not having black cells that generates a series of pixel data samples in response to light from an image. The imaging system includes circuitry for generating the scan line by synthesizing the black level pixels and combining the black pixels with the series of pixel data samples.
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