Imaging system with dead element concealment
CA 2136645 A1 · Owner: Manning, Paul Anthony · Inventors: Manning, Paul Anthony
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A solid state imaging system with improved dead element concealment comprises image displacement means which cyclically displaces the image (20) relative to the array by a distance of at least one inter element pitch (P1, P2), in at least one coordinate direction of the array, so that each resolvable area of the image is focussed cyclically onto at least two different elements (2). By means of signal processing the output of each dead element (24) is replaced by output associated with the same area of the image but recorded by a different element in a previous image position.
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- Filed April 29, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 29, 2013.
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