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US 6,542,183 B1Granted
Event recording apparatus
AssigneeLynx Systems Developers, Inc.
InventorsDouglas J. DeAngelis, Mike Ciholas, Kirk Sigel
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AssigneeLynx Systems Developers, Inc.
InventorsDouglas J. DeAngelis, Mike Ciholas, Kirk Sigel
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The invention provides a system for recording and displaying a time sequential scene on a computer (16). The digital camera (12) transmits a sequence of digital image frames to the timer (14) representative of the image of a body passing a plane in space. Each frame represents a line object (18) of the body, thus forming a fractional part of the scene. Once the frame reaches the image timer (14), it is digitally marked with a time reference (34) and buffered into a block of information. The main control computer (16) stores blocks of information from the image timer (14) for a variety of processing and features available to the user. The invention also provides a selected memory (36), preferably a virtual memory subsystem, or hard-disc drive. Preferred constructions for adjusting camera pixel processing of light values, time-marking the images, creating color palettes for interactive viewing of color images, and video data coding to accommodate the high volume of line image data are described.
An event recording camera system for forming a time sequence of images, comprising:
An event recording digital camera including an optical imaging element for forming a light image of a visual field, and an image sensing element for generating a digital image frame from the light image, timing means in said camera for generating time signals at tunable discrete rates, and means responsive to communication with a precision time source for selecting a said rate so as to maintain synchronization of the timing means with the precision time source, said digital camera further including time processing means for marking frames generated by said camera with their time of generation as determined by said timing means.
An event recording digital camera including an optical image forming element and an image sensing element for generating digital image frames, a tunable timer and means for periodically varying a rate at which said tunable timer operates so as to maintain it in synchrony with a precision time source, and means for marking the digital image frames with time generated by said tunable timer.
A camera system for forming a time sequence of images, comprising:
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