Color balanced image detector system
CA 2009286 C · Owner: Polaroid Corporation · Inventors: Smyth, William K.
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An imaging system for producing multicolor images of a scanned subject includes a plurality of detector assemblies. Each of the detector assemblies is sensitive to a specific color. Typically red, green, and blue detector assemblies are employed for converting images in the primary colors to the desired output image. Each detector assembly includes multiple rows of CCD detector elements positioned in registration with each other for a two-dimensional array of the detectors. Pixels of the subject are viewed repetitively by the successive detectors of the column to provide for an integrated detector signal. The number of detector elements in each column is varied in accordance with the color …
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- Filed February 5, 1990 and granted December 14, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 5, 2010.
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