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US 4,589,030 AGranted
Solid state camera
OwnerVictor B. Kleyinventor
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Abstract
An electronic camera has an array of solid state detectors upon which a plurality of selectively masked image regions are superimposed by an optic system. Electrical processing facilities operate an electrical optic mask to sequentially select the image regions to pass light therethrough onto the detector array. Readings from the detector array are processed and used by a video generator to produce an electrical video signal.
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An electronic camera comprising:
- a linear array of solid state light detectors, planar electro-optic mask means for defining different narrow slit-like image regions extending across the mask means and including electrically operated means for selectively passing light through the different image regions of the mask, said image regions each dimensionally corresponding to the array of light detectors,
- objective means for projecting an image of an object on a first side of the mask means,
- optic means for superimposing the different image regions from the second side of the mask means into a single line image which is collinear with the array of light detectors wherein each portion of the single line image includes the corresponding superimposed portions of all of the different slit-like image regions from the mask means, and
- electrical processing means for operating the mask means and for reading the array of light detectors to produce electrical signals corresponding to the image of the object.
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An electronic camera comprising:
- a linear array of solid state light detectors,
- planar electro-optic mask means for defining different narrow slit-like image regions extending across the mask means and including electrically operated means for selectively passing light through the different image regions of the mask, said image regions each dimensionally corresponding to the array of light detectors,
- objective means for projecting an image of an object on a first side of the mask means,
- optic means including cylindrical lens means for focusing the slit-like image regions from the second side of the mask means on the linear array of light detectors, and
- electrical processing means for operating the mask means and for reading the array of light detectors to produce electrical signals corresponding to the image of the object.
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An electronic camera comprising:
- a linear array of solid state light detectors,
- planar electro-optic mask means for defining different narrow slit-like image regions extending across the mask means and including electrically operated means for selectively passing light through the different image regions of the mask, said image regions each dimensionally corresponding to the array of light detectors,
- objective means for projecting an image of an object on a first side of the mask means,
- optic means including light compression horn means for superimposing the slit-like image regions from the second side of the mask means on the linear array of light detectors, and
- electrical processing means for operating the mask means and for reading the array of light detectors to produce electrical signals corresponding to the image of the object.
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An electronic camera comprising:
- an array of solid state light detectors,
- planar electro-optic mask means for defining different image regions and including electrically operated means for selectively passing light through the different image regions of the mask, said image regions each dimensionally corresponding to the array of light detectors;
- objective means for projecting an image of an object on a first side of the mask means;
- optic means for superimposing the different image regions from the second side of the mask means on the array of light detectors;
- electrical processing means including computer means for operating the mask means and for reading the array of light detectors to produce electrical signals corresponding to the image of the object;
- said computer means including a randon access memory, means for processing and storing information in the random access memory from the readings of the array of light detectors, and a video generator for generating an electrical video signal from the information stored in the random access memory;
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- said computer means further including means for simultaneously selecting a plurality of the mask image regions to simultaneously superimpose light from the selected plurality of mask image regions onto the detector array, means for comparing the detector array output with a previously stored reading of the detector array to determine whether a change in the selected plurality of mask image regions has occurred, and means responsive to determining that a change has occured for storing a new detector array reading and for sequentially selecting each of the selected plurality of mask image regions and for reading, processing and storing information from the readings in the random access memory.
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