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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Kromek Group, Plc;

Inventors:

Rolf Martin Clajus, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Franklin Dean Walker, San Dimas, CA (US);

James William Hugg, Mars, PA (US);

Brian William Harris, Gibsonia, PA (US);

Assignee:

KROMEK GROUP, PLC, Sedgefield, County Durham, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/367 (2011.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3675 (2013.01); G06T 5/004 (2013.01); G06T 11/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of communication events associated with a pixel of an imaging device; identifying a frequency associated with the communication events, wherein the identifying a frequency comprises determining a number of communication events occurring within a predetermined time interval or determining a time interval between the communication events; determining, from the identified frequency, whether the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel; and masking, if the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel, subsequent communication events from the non-conforming pixel. Other aspects are described and claimed.


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