Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-06
2007-02-06
Srivastava, Vivek (Department: 2612)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
C348S242000, C348S250000, C348S222100, C382S274000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08984005
ABSTRACT:
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a digital camera includes: a digital imaging array including a plurality of pixels, and image processing circuitry to process the digital pixel output signals produced by the imaging array. The imaging processing circuitry is adapted to process saturated digital pixel output signals differently from non-saturated digital pixel output signals.In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, at least one integrated circuit includes image processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is adapted to process digital pixel output signals produced by a digital imaging array. The image processing circuitry is further adapted to process saturated digital pixel output signals differently from non-saturated digital pixel output signals.In accordance with yet one more embodiment of the invention, a method of processing digital pixel output signals produced by a digital imaging array includes processing saturated digital pixel output signals differently from non-saturated digital pixel output signals.
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Bakhle Ashutosh J.
Dunton Randell R.
Kumar Sasi K.
Hannett James M.
Intel Corporation
Srivastava Vivek
Wong Sharon
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