Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – Nonlinear
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-06
2008-05-06
Nguyen, Khai M. (Department: 2819)
Coded data generation or conversion
Analog to or from digital conversion
Nonlinear
C341S155000, C348S079000, C348S229100, C348S333010
Reexamination Certificate
active
07369073
ABSTRACT:
An image sensor and a circuitry associated with the image sensor is used for recording a series of fluorescence images. The image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels for accumulating charges generated by incident radiation, and the circuitry converts the charges accumulated in the pixels into binary numbers. A gain of the circuitry is adjustable. The gain is set to a suitable maximum value at the beginning of a recording procedure. The gain is reduced if it is determined during the recording procedure that one or more brightness values of the recorded image exceed a suitably chosen maximum brightness value.
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Hauger Christoph
Jess Helge
Miesner Hans-Joachim
Schneider Martin
Weinschenk Petra
Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH
Nguyen Khai M.
Potomac Patent Group PLLC
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