Line scan image recording device with internal system for delaying signals from multiple photosensor arrays

A digital camera comprising:

• a housing;
• a capturing device including a plurality of photosensors spatially separated from each other along a scan direction within the housing, each of the plurality of photosensors capable of sensing an image scanned across the capturing device in the scan direction, and transmitting an electrical signal corresponding to the sensed image;
• synchronizing means within the housing for synchronizing the transmitted electrical signals;
• and
• an image combiner capable of combining the transmitted electrical signals to form a generated image.

A method of generating a digital image comprising:

• providing a housing, the housing containing a delay means and a plurality of photosensors that are spatially separated;
• scanning an object across a field of view of each of the plurality of photosensors;
• generating, within the housing, a plurality of electrical signals corresponding to the plurality of photosensors and associated with the object;
• delaying at least one of the plurality of electrical signals with respect to another of the plurality of electrical signals, within the housing;
• and
• combining the plurality of electrical signals after the delaying.

A method of generating a digital image comprising:

• providing a camera including a housing, the housing containing a signal synchronizer and a plurality of photosensors that are spatially separated;
• scanning an object across a field of view of each of the plurality of photosensors;
• generating, within the housing, a non-synchronous plurality of electrical signals corresponding to the plurality of photosensors and associated with the object;
• synchronizing the plurality of electrical signals within the housing;
• and
• combining the plurality of synchronized electrical signals.