Programmable multifunction electronic camera

Details Programmable multifunction electronic camera Programmable multifunction electronic camera

2006-08-22

2006-08-22

Vu, Ngoc-Yen (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Combined image signal generator and general image signal...

C348S294000

Reexamination Certificate

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07095435

ABSTRACT:
A programmable multifunction electronic camera uses a commercial pixel digital energy sensor to generate detector element signal digital data normally generated by expensive, custom designed, detector element energy sensors. The camera performs this function by retrieving pixel signal digital data and pixel location data from the pixel energy sensor, retrieving detector element energy sensor masks containing information regarding the size, shape, and location of detector elements included in the detector element energy sensors, mapping the pixels included in the pixel energy sensor to the energy sensor masks to identify pixels that can be combined to create “virtual detector elements” having the same size, shape, and configuration as the detector elements in the detector element energy sensors, and combining the pixel signal digital data associated with the mapped pixels to generate the detector digital data. The camera can be programmed with a number of different energy sensor masks and mapping algorithms.

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