Controlling an imaging array not having black cells using an array controller that is adapted to imaging arrays having black cells
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorMark T. Smith
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Abstract
An imaging system that uses an array controller which is adapted to imaging arrays having black cells to control an imaging array not having black cells. The imaging system includes an array controller that is adapted to process a scan line that includes one or more black pixels. The imaging system includes an imaging array not having black cells that generates a series of pixel data samples in response to light from an image. The imaging system includes circuitry for generating the scan line by synthesizing the black level pixels and combining the black pixels with the series of pixel data samples.
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An imaging system, comprising:
- controller that is adapted to process a scan line from an imaging array having a set of black cells that are not exposed to incident light;
- circuit for adapting the controller to an imaging array not having the black cells by synthesizing a set of black pixel samples into a scan line generated by the imaging array not having the black cells.
A method for adapting an array controller that is adapted to an imaging array having a set of black cells that are not exposed to incident light for use with an imaging array not having the black cells, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a scan line from the imaging array not having the black cells;
- synthesizing a set of black pixel samples into the scan line.
An apparatus for adapting an array controller that is adapted to an imaging array having a set of black cells that are not exposed to incident light for use with an imaging array not having the black cells, comprising:
- means for obtaining a scan line from the imaging array not having the black cells;
- means for synthesizing a set of black pixel samples into the scan line.
An imaging system, comprising:
- controller that is adapted to process a scan line from an imaging array having a first number of black cells that are not exposed to incident light;
- circuit for adapting the controller to an imaging array having a second number of black cells by synthesizing a set of black pixel samples into a scan line generated by the imaging array having the second number of black cells if the first number is greater than the second number and by removing one or more samples of black cells from the scan line if the first number is less than the second number.
A method for adapting an array controller that is adapted to an imaging array having a first number of black cells that are not exposed to incident light for use with an imaging array having a second number of black cells, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a scan line from the imaging array having the second number of black cells;
- synthesizing a set of black pixel samples into the scan line if the first number is greater than the second number and removing one or more samples of the black cells from the scan line if the first number is less than the second number.
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