Method and system for calibration of time delay integration imaging devices

A method for aligning a line sensor comprising the steps of:

• a) generating a two dimensional image from the line sensor;
• b) analyzing said two dimensional image;
• c) generating calibration information for the line sensor based on the analysis in order to calibrate the line sensor;
• d) deriving an alignment correction from said analysis;
• e) applying the alignment correction in order to align the line sensor;
• and,
• f) repeating steps a), b), c) and d) to verify alignment.

A sensor calibration system comprising:

• an image capture sub-system including a line sensor;
• an image generating sub-system capable of generating two dimensional image data from said line sensor;
• a processing sub-system capable of analyzing the two dimensional image data and generating calibration information;
• and,
• an output sub-system capable of displaying results of said analysis;
• wherein the results of said analysis are used to calibrate the line sensor.